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A mild drama was recorded in Akure, the Ondo State capital, when a self- acclaimed pastor with one of the Pentecostal churches, was arrested for allegedly hawking fetish items.

The pastor, Adeniyi Johnson, said to be mentally
challenged, was arrested by residents of Ijomu in Akure
metropolis while hawking the items as fried meat in the
area.
According to an eyewitness account, the pastor brought out the items from his pocket and put them on a tray before
hawking.
Vanguard reported that those who saw him immediately
raised an alarm and were trying to lynch him before some
elders intervened and suggested he should be taken to the
Oba’s palace.
Reports had it that the suspect, who is in police custody,
was formally in the Iju/Ita Ogbolu branch of the church
before he was transferred to Ipogun branch.
When quizzed by the palace chiefs, Johnson said he was
divinely instructed to share the items so as to save his ailing son.
On hearing his confession, the crowd that followed him to
the palace attempted to stone him to death, but the palace
chiefs reportedly prevented them as the suspect was taken
into the inner chambers of the Oba.
Johnson according to reports told the chiefs that his son
was dying and that unless people eat the fried meat he was
hawking, his son might not survive.
He was said to have pleaded with those who arrested him toallow him finish what he had started so as to save his dying son.
He has since been arranged by the chiefs to be transferred
to police custody.
Also, Vanguard reported that he is being detained at the
Police Area Command headquarters of the state for
interrogation.
Meanwhile, sources at his church revealed that he had been sacked over a month ago to enable his family take care of his mental problem.

slimfit1:
What did Jonathan do for 8 years ?

A day after the Buhari administration increased the price of the pump price of fuel by 67%, from N86.5 to N145 a liter, our sources disclosed that Mr. Buhari has also agreed to demands by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that he significantly devalues the Nigerian currency. Our sources indicated that the naira would be pegged at N290 to one dollar. The current official rate is about N200 to a dollar.

Our sources said Mr. Buhari and his economic team took the decision to accept the IMF’s terms for funds that the Nigerian government wants to access to bridge a critical shortfall in revenue occasioned by a drastic decline in oil revenues. An administration insider told SaharaReporters that Nigeria could receive as much as $3 billion in credit facilities from the IMF.

“The truth is that Nigeria cannot operate without sourcing credit from the IMF,” said one of our sources, an economic adviser to Mr. Buhari, who spoke on condition of anonymity. “And the IMF was adamant that we must devalue before they can discuss extending credit to us,” he added.
Curiously, administration officials took the decision to devalue the naira without the input of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, another source revealed. An official of the CBN confirmed to Saharareporters that bank executives were kept in the dark about the discussions that led to the Buhari administration’s decision to devalue the naira. “Some of us here [the CBN] are not opposed to devaluation, given our country’s present circumstances,” the source said, adding that it was the CBN’s function to pilot Nigeria’s monetary policies.

One of our sources pointed to the fact that the naira has been weakened in the parallel market, where it now sells at N360 per dollar. “The government cannot continue to operate under the illusion that the naira is stronger than it is. The only problem is that we did not start early enough to admit to Nigerians how bad the financial outlook was,” the source added.

The Nigerian economy has been pummeled by falling oil earnings that have led to a near collapse of the economy. The IMF had long indicated its readiness to support Nigeria’s economy with credit liquidity but insisted on Nigeria devaluing its currency. President Buhari had insisted on numerous occasions, before and after his election, that he would never devalue the naira.

It is unclear how Mr. Buhari and members of his economic team plan to justify the about-turn on devaluation and other policy somersaults. After initially vowing to reduce the price of fuel, the government yesterday announced a significant hike in fuel price. The administration also set to announce a 10% increase in value-added tax (VAT), another indication that the Buhari government was embracing the kind of liberalization pushed by the IMF.

To compound dwindling oil prices, militants in the oil-rich Niger Delta region have crippled oil exports substantially after bombing oil pipelines and issuing threats to oil companies to leave the region.

Last week, several oil companies evacuated essential staff from the region’s offshore platform leading to a reduction in daily oil outputs from 2.2 million barrels a day to 1.3 million barrels a day.

Davbams:
Who can battle with d Lord?

Lol

Olodo.

He no wan go prison.

Nigerian government is annually spending N10billion for feeding of prisoners in the country, minister of Interior, AbdurRahman Dambazau has said.

With the country’s estimated prison population of 57,000, the government is roughly spending N14,000 for a three-square meal of each prisoner per day.

Speaking at a town hall meeting in Kaduna on Tuesday, Dambazau said his ministry is searching inward to see how it can harness some revenue sources in the sector to complement government’s efforts.

“It is unacceptable for government to be commiting N10 billion every year on feeding of prison inmates,” Dambazau said.

musicwriter:
All of them are the same. Airtel also auto-subscribed me to Guardian news daily without warning. Called them to stop it and they refused, but I texted the stop code myself and it worked, fortunately.

However, they hooked me on another daily N100 subscription for what I know nothing about. Have made every effort for them to stop deducting N100 everyday from my account, and when they refused I stopped recharging the line. Let me know how they'll take the money.