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WorldRichest:
Gradually, Goatluck the chicken is coming home to roast.

sarrki:
Revival is needed for spiritual cleansing
I mean a 3months uninterrupted prayers and fasting
For the upper chamber to work again

Popular US trained journalist, Kemi
Olunloyo has alleged that her father,
former Governor of Oyo State, Victor
Omololu Olunloyo, and former
President of Nigeria, Olusegun
Obasanjo, used her younger brother, Oyeleke for rituals in 1999. The controversial journalist said she
would upload the ritual video on
YouTube soon for all to see. In a message she shared on Instagram to
mark the ex-President Olusegun
Obasanjo’s birthday, she claimed that
her father, Mr Olunloyo first told her
that the former President killed her
brother. She wrote, “We are raised in the
Olunloyo family to always tell the
truth. “In 2014, my dad told me that
Obasanjo KILLED OYELEKE! “That when my 17-year-old brother
went to open the gate for you [her
father] March 5th 1999 on his birthday
he [Obasanjo] dropped charms there. “Oyeleke died later that year in the UK
when a drunk driver hit him.” “Before my brother died at 17 years
old in December 24th 1999, he told my
mom and I that he was taken by my
dad and his concubine Ronke Shonaike
who parades herself as Ronke Olunloyo
to Obasanjo’s house and Ibefun, a ritualist den where he was told to bath
in human blood preparing him for a
good journey to school abroad and do
well. “They sacrificed my brother. I will
never stop exposing them. My
investigative journalism spares no one.
I stopped talking to my father in 2015. “Many of you saw the ritualist videos
on Facebook and today
onYouTube.com/hnnafricatv, I will
transfer them. “My Facebook page is closed
indefinitely as I deactivated it. I will go
there and transfer the videos to
YouTube. “Subscribe to it as I will upload
shocking footage. If you have never
walked in my shoes, keep shut. “Ritualism is real and many Nigerians
are in denial of it. Happy Birthday in
heaven. Oyeleke would have been 35
years today, possibly with a wife and
family. My dad and Obasanjo took it all
using a birthday, March 5th.”

9 hours ago It's simple, the Nigerian officials
and ISIS are business partners in
the human trafficking business.
Reply 9 △ ▽ ⚑ − Tokaise Blessed Pat... 9 hours ago You have to be one cold hearted
b@stard to refuse help to rescue
children. One can only hope
someone kidnaps Goodluck
Jonathan, Nigeria’s president at the
time and gives him the same treatment these girls received
X300.
Reply 8 △ ▽ ⚑ − Mine ☆ ᵀᴿᵁᴹᴾ 8 hours ago I thought Goodluck Jonathan
was a Christian.
Reply 2 △ ▽ ⚑ − Tokaise Blessed... 7 hours ago I have no idea only that as
they stated he refused
assistance, when within a
week he knew where they
were.
Reply 4 △ ▽ ⚑ − Big Jake (The D... 6 hours ago Nominally he is Christian. But
he was trying to give the
impression the terror threat
from the Bokos was under
control by the Nigerian army.
Reply ▽ ⚑ − Oma MAGA 6 hours ago > Tokai... Just live Clintons, it's all about
$$$

In 2014 Boko Haram Islamists abducted some 200 Christian
teenage girls, late at night, from
their school dormitories in
northeastern Nigeria. Early reports within a week of the
kidnapping indicated that most of them had been sold, married off and moved abroad. The girls were moved abroad by truck and canoe. The girls were married off to
Islamist sect members on N2,000
bride price each. Now this… British forces offered to help rescue the the girls but were turned down by Nigerian officials. 195 of the girls are still missing. The Guardian reported, via Religion of Peace: British armed forces
offered to attempt to
rescue nearly 300
Nigerian schoolgirls
kidnapped by the
Islamist militant group Boko Haram, but were
rebuffed by Goodluck
Jonathan, Nigeria’s
president at the time, the
Observer has learned. In a mission named
Operation Turus, the RAF
conducted air
reconnaissance over
northern Nigeria for
several months, following the kidnapping
of 276 girls from the
town of Chibok in April.

Darwin... 10 hours ago > 426Hemi... We can't help the entire world.
Some areas are so backwards
we would just throw our
resources away for nothing. http://www.truthjustice.net...
Reply 6 △ ▽ ⚑ − 426HemiCuda... 10 hours ago >... Yea, its better to sit back
allow it to happen here, and
its coming! You're right we
cant help everyone, but we
could do a lot more to stop it
from happening here!

Contrary to public sentiments that members of ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan’s cabinet enjoyed working with him because of his alleged leniency towards corrupt people, his then media adviser, Mr. Reuben Abati, has said that he had no regrets working with Jonathan, because of the many lessons and quality exposure that he received under him. Abati said this on Sunday night while fielding questions from the media on life in the Presidential Villa. He described working under the former President as going to the ‘University of Life,’ saying that even those who were his critics would have had something to learn if they got into arena of state power at that time. The former presidential spokesman said that in spite of the allegation that he received N50 million from ex-National Security Adviser, Dasuki Sambo, and his alleged promise to return N5 million out of the sum to the government, he still thinks his integrity and name are intact. He said: “I do not regret working with the former President. If you worked with his government, it is a different kind of exposure. It is like going to the university. If you like, you can call it the University of Life. “I’m grateful for the opportunity I had to serve at that highest level in Nigeria and for the many lessons and quality exposure that I received.

Over 5000 residents of Oyo State on
Tuesday gathered at the Lekan Salami
Sports Complex, Adamasingba, Ibadan
to pray for the safe return of President
Muhammadu Buhari and the turn
around of the political, socio-economic development of the country. Those at the prayer meeting include
members of various political parties, as
well as clerics from both the Islamic
and Christian faiths in the state. Aside the numerous number of clerics,
religious musicians from both the
Christian and the muslim faithfuls were
also on hand to add colour to the event In their separate prayers, an Islamic
Cleric and preacher, Sheik Muhideen
Ajani-Bello and Apostle Sunday
Popoola, of the Word Communication
Ministriees (WOCOM), enjoined the
people not to loose faith in the country or the present political administration. They further called for peace and
support of the President Muhammadu
Buhari led administration, noting that
regular prayers for the political leaders
would go a long way in turning things
around for the good of the country The State Governor, Senator Abiola
Ajimobi in his remarks noted that the
prayer programme was more than a
prayer session for President Buhari’s
recovery alone but for the entire
country to prosper and allow peace reign. He expressed confident that the nation
was getting better and things were
improving by the day as the
international price of crude was
already improving. He assured that within the next three
to six months, things would have
stabilised. He said: “This event is organised for
three reasons. First, it is to appreciate
God for all he has done for us so that
he can do more. “Secondly, we are here to seek God’s
guidance as to how to lead this nation.
And thirdly, it is to pray for the sound
health of our President, vice President,
leaders of the National Assembly and
all our leaders both at the National and state level. “I pray that the country will continue to
progress. The prayer is not for Buhari
alone but for all of us as the leaders
and the led. It is not fair for anybody to
wish another person death. “Nigeria is getting better. The crude oil
price has increased tremendously in
the international market and I know
for sure that within the next three to
six months, things will have improved
lot more. Let us all just work more together.” Dignitaries at the event include, the
Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi,
representatives of the Olubadan of
Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Akanmu
Adetunji and Eleruwa of Eruwa, Oba
Samuel Adegbola, among others.

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has said only President Muhammadu Buhari would tell Nigerians when he is coming back to the country. Adesina said this to State House correspondents who took him up on his earlier statement that the president said he needed a longer period of rest, necessitating his staying longer than originally planned. When asked to confirmed reports that the President might be out for several months, Adesina said, “What we have just said is what I will want us to believe. The President said he needs to rest further. The same President that communicated that to us, when it is time for him to come, he will also communicate to us”.On when Buhari is expected back, the Presidential Spokesman reiterated what he wrote in the statement, “The President wants Nigerians to know that he appreciates their prayers; he appreciates their concerns and their goodwill. He has added that there is really no cause to worry.“He is the one who owns the body and there is nobody who will know his body more than him and he says no cause to worry. “It makes sense to say that maybe from the results of the tests, further rests had been recommended. The statement did not say how long the rest will last.“I speak for somebody; I do not speak for myself. So it is what he tells me to say that I say and the statement transmitted to me is that the President needs to rest for some further time”. On the possibility of the President speaking to Nigerians?, Adesina replied, “What he has just done is to speak to Nigerians”. Asked to state exactly what is wrong with the President, Adesina replied, “Don’t you know that the Hippocratic Oath even forbids a doctor from speaking about the condition of his patient except the patient authorises it? It is only the patient himself who can speak about what he is going through. This is the person going through these series of tests and rest and he says no cause to worry, let us believe that”.Asked why a journalist trying to reach the President was being harassed in London, Adesina said, “I do not consider that an harassment. Presidents are not hijacked and interviewed. Those things are scheduled. So, I do not consider that as harassment.”On the claim that the President has lost his voice, Adesina said, “Those people need to proveit. He spoke with President Trump. Did Trump say he did not speak with Nigerian President. Anybody can allege anything.“My message to Nigerians is that let us learn to believe our leaders. This is a man we elected intooffice and he says no cause to worry, let us believe him”.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has said the on-going recession rocking the nation can be linked to the activities of the Niger-Delta militants last year.He stated this on Monday while delivering his opening remarks at an investigative hearing on the alleged violation of the Public Procurement Act and abuses of the Amnesty Programme jointly organized by the House of Representatives Committees on Public Procurement and Niger Delta Affairs.Dogara said that in 2016, the intense militancy activities that raged in the Niger Delta region and the rising security risks which hindered the exploration of oil and economic activities in the region, resulted in a drastic reduction in Nigeria’soil production capacity and revenues; foreign direct investment and the dwindling of the nation’s economy.He noted that the activities of militants cost Nigeria, the giant of Africa, to lose its position as the largest producer and exporter of oil in the African continent.Dogara said there was an urgent need to take necessary steps to solve the problems of increasing loss of revenue accruable to the federal government which is estimated to be between $50 billion and $100 billion; and the lossof about 3000 MW of electricity due to the renewed tension in the region. He said this can be achieved through the restoration of the Amnesty programme.The Speaker urged all stakeholders and participants in the public hearing to be open-minded, honest and constructive in their contributions, adding that the Green Chambers expects the Joint Committee to take into consideration the submissions and positions presented by stakeholders in arriving at its recommendations to the House. He said: “Your participation in this Hearing as stakeholders, will not only assist the House of Representatives in the discharge of its constitutional duties, but also contribute to the on-going efforts to move Nigeria’s economy out of Recession.“It is worthy of note that the activities of the militants cost, Nigeria, the giant of Africa, to lose its position as the largest producer and exporter of oil in the African continent.“According to Dr Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, the Honourable Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Nigeria lost between $50 billion and$100 billion in oil revenues to militant attacks on installations in 2016. At a point, he said, the attacks cut production to 1.2 million barrels a day— a loss of 1 million barrels a day.“Indeed Nigeria lost about 3,000 MW of electricity to militancy activities in the Niger Delta, since then, according to Raji Fashola (SAN) – the Hon Minister of Works, Power, and Housing.“As representatives of the people, the House noted the urgent need to take necessary steps to solve these problems, and restore the Amnesty programme to the ideals for which it was set up.“Let me use this opportunity to state that a more permanent solution which directly empowers the areas and stakeholders where oil and gas is produced should be instituted in order to achieve better fiscal, social and environmental equity. It is in this regard, that we welcome the recent announcement of the Hon Minister of State, Petroleum, of the unveiling of a 20-point agenda aimed at instituting permanent peace in the oil-producing region.“I urge all stakeholders and participants in this hearing to be open minded, honest and constructive in their contributions and we expect the Joint Committee to take into consideration the submissions and positions presented by stakeholders in arriving at its recommendations to the House.”

President Muhammadu Buhari was not the first African leader called by U.S. President Donald Trump. The American leader spoke with his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, on January 23, three days after his inauguration and three weeks before calling Mr. Buhari and South African President Jacob Zuma on February 13. News reports from the United States and Egypt said Mr. Trump discussed bilateral issues bordering on terrorism and extremism with Mr. El Sisi. This contradicts claims by presidential media aides that Mr. Trump’s call to Mr. Buhari was the first to any African leader since being sworn in a month ago. At least two media aides to the president, Garba Shehu and Tolu Ogunlesi, made the misleading assertion while propping it as a major foreign policy success for the administration. Mr. Shehu told Channels Television on February 14 that Mr. Trump’s call to his principal was not entirely surprising given Nigeria’s place in Africa, especially in areas of diplomacy and politics. “It shouldn’t surprise anyone that President Trump made the choice of making the first African call to the Nigerian President,” he said
The night before, Mr. Ogunlesi, who handles digital communication for Mr. Buhari, had made the same assertion in a Twitter update shortly after news broke that the call did take place between the two leaders. “Nigeria and SA take first and second places on POTUS (President of the United States) Africa call list. As they should, really. Also not surprising BH (Boko Haram)/terror main focus of Nigeria call,” Mr. Ogunlesi said. But he later walked back the statement, saying he was referring to sub-Saharan Africa. Mr. Shehu has yet to withdraw his claim. He did not respond to calls and text messages from PREMIUM TIMES about it Saturday afternoon. Channels Television appeared to have relied on the information passed by the media aides, in also incorrectly making the same claim. “Now, the conversation between both presidents is the first U.S. President Donald Trump will be having with an African leader, so what impact would this have on U.S.-Nigeria relations,” the station said in its 10:00 p.m. bulletin February 13. Mr. Trump spoke with Mr. Buhari from his medical vacation in London. The American leader assured Nigeria of U.S. readiness to cut a new deal in provision of military weapons to combat terrorism.

“This is the man with the golden touch,” Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo excitedly told a guest in full glare of jubilant supporters and an observing press. “Anything he touches turns to gold.”He is talking about Adebola Williams, chief executive officer of StateCraft Inc, the communication agency that helped power Ghana’s three-time presidential aspirant to a victory this time, becoming President in January. He is not exaggerating. Williams, only 30 this year, has turned out to be the continent’s leading authority on winning elections, running a governance communication company that won the presidential elections in Nigeria in 2015 and then won the presidential elections in Ghana in 2016.Both elections are eerily similar. Both incumbents, as Vice-Presidents had stumbled into public office based on the deaths of their principals. Both entered into office on a wave of wild popularity. Their opponents had run at least twice each before (three in the caseof Nigeria’s Muhammadu Buhari) – and both had won in the years that they brought in StateCraft Inc to manage their political communication. Both campaigns ran on a ‘Change’ message.

The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, MACBAN, North West zone has offered to assist the Federal Government in the protection of refineries and pipelines.

The zonal youth leader of MACBAN, Comrade Yusuf Usman gave the call when he led members of the group to pay management of the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company, KRPC, a courtesy visit.


MACBAN explained that it decided to offer assistance in the protection of pipelines because vandalised oil installations in time past had led to the death of some of its cattle.

Usman disclosed that Fulani herdsmen were peaceful people who have lived peacefully with their neighbours.

According to Usman, “A couple of years ago, some of our cattle drank poisonous water, contaminated by pollution due to emission from vandalized or burst pipelines containing petroleum products and we are living witnesses to the negative consequences of sabotaging or vandalizing KRPC facilities.

“The Fulani herdsmen in this part of the country have all these years been one of the neighbours of the KRPC. Our neighbourliness has been very cordial, mutual and peaceful.”.

sarrki:
He followed the constitution

We have an acting president

He's doing well

Enemies of state what do you want

Muhammadu Buhari's nearly month-long medical leave in London is a sharp reminder to taxpayers that while they finance their leaders' health care abroad, they often are stuck with decrepit, ill-staffed government health facilities at home. For decades, Nigerians have paid for their leaders and former rulers to get medical treatment overseas. That courtesy also extends to senior government employees. This is despite taxpayers' funding of the State House Medical Center, said to be Nigeria's best-equipped facility, which serves the president and vice president, their families and staff. The center's budget this year of 3.8 billion naira to care for fewer than 1,000 people represents 1 percent of the entire public health budget for the country's 170 million people."For years, billions have been budgeted for the State House Medical Center while it has always been evident that every president mostly accessed medical facilities outside the country, going back to the 1980s," said Oluseun Onigbinde, co-founder of BudgIT, an organization that tries to bring clarity to the West African nation's opaque budget.The mysterious nature of Buhari's absence is adding to the unhappiness at home, as one of Africa's largest economies and oil producers lurches through a recession. His government has not said what exactly his health issues might be or when he will return. The President's trip, originally scheduled from Jan. 20to Feb. 6, was described as a vacation during which he would undergo routine medical tests. It has been extended for further tests. Officials insist that Buhari is "hale and hearty," and he was well enough this week to speak by telephone with U.S. President Donald Trump. Human rights lawyer Femi Falana said Nigerians should seize on the president's medical leave to demand adequate funding for public hospitals he described as ``mortuaries for the masses.''"The practice of allowing poor citizens to die of preventable diseases while top public officers and rich private citizens are allowed to travel abroad for medical treatment can no longer be justified," he said in a lecture this week, noting that Nigerians have a life expectancy of 52 years, though the World Health Organization puts it at 49.It is not clear how much the country's taxpayers pay for leaders' treatments abroad. Former first lady Patience Jonathan has claimed that half of $31.5 million frozen in a corruption investigation was a government payout for medical bills she incurred in London in 2013. Ever-witty Nigerians took to social media to ask if she was buying eternal life.The Ministry of Health estimated that Nigeria paid about $1 billion for government officials traveling abroad for medical care in 2014, with ordinary Nigerians spending about $6.3 billion in 2015 for what is called medical tourism.Senior Nigerian officials get "high yearly allowances" for health care abroad which"provides them opportunity to demand amounts totake care of their non-health care needs like shopping abroad,'' economist Vitalis Chi. Nwaneriwrote in his 2013 book "Governing the Ungovernable."Former military dictator Gen. Ibrahim Babangida returned home this month from a six-week"medical vacation" in Switzerland. Last year, he was treated for weeks in Germany.Taxpayers also footed the bill when former President Umaru Yar'Adua received months of medical treatment in Saudi Arabia in 2008-2009, before he returned home to die in office. In April, Buhari announced that his government would no longer pay for officials to travel abroad for medical services available at home. But two months later, the president was in London for treatment of an ear infection."The best-funded clinic in Nigeria does not suffice to treat the president's ear infection. Nor does the president have enough confidence in the same clinic to do his `routine checkups' there," novelist Okey Ndibe wrote at saharareporters.com ."Imagine, then, the fate of Nigerians who have no choice but must seek treatment at the ill-equipped, wretchedly funded hospitals in our country?" he asked. Nigeria has just five hospital beds for every 100,000 people, as opposed to a global average of 35 beds and 24 beds per 100,000 in South Africa, which has the continent's most advanced medical care, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers study in 2015.Nigerians who can afford it shun even private health care at home. Because the country has one of the world's worstinfant and maternal mortality rates, women fly to the United States and Britain to have babies safely delivered. The risk of a woman dying because of pregnancy or childbirth in Nigeria is one in 15, compared to one in 5,000 in developed nations, according to Dr. Chris Akani, professor ofobstetrics and gynecology at Nigeria's College of Health Sciences at the University of Port Harcourt. Buhari's medical costs do not come with a heftily priced five-star hotel bill, as did those of predecessors. The 74-year-old anti-corruption crusader known for his simple lifestyle is staying at the residence of the Nigerian High Commission in London, a spokesman said

The White House has published details
of the phone conversation that took
place between US President Donald
Trump and President Muhammadu
Buhari on Monday. The White House Press Secretary and
Communications Director, Sean Michael
Spicer confirmed on Tuesday, the phone call between the two leaders. However, the readout was released on
the official website of the US
Government. One curious omission from America’s
version of the conversation, is the
invitation of Buhari to Washington DC
at a “mutually convenient” day. Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman,
had released the Nigerian version
immediately after the call.

THE READOUT
President Donald J. Trump spoke this
week with President Muhammadu
Buhari of Nigeria to discuss the strong
cooperation between the United States
and Nigeria, including on shared
security, economic, and governance priorities. President Trump underscored
the importance the United States places
on its relationship with Nigeria, and he
expressed interest in working with
President Buhari to expand the strong
partnership. The leaders agreed to continue close coordination and
cooperation in the fight against
terrorism in Nigeria and worldwide.
President Trump expressed support for
the sale of aircraft from the United
States to support Nigeria’s fight against Boko Haram. President Trump thanked
President Buhari for the leadership he
has exercised in the region and
emphasized the importance of a
strong, secure, and prosperous Nigeria
that continues to lead in the region and in international forums. The details of Trump’s Call with
President Jacob Zuma of South Africa
was also published. It read: “President Donald J. Trump
spoke this week with President Jacob
Zuma of South Africa to discuss ways
to expand cooperation and trade
between the United States and South
Africa. President Trump highlighted the strong bilateral trade ties between the
two countries and expressed interest in
identifying new, mutually beneficial
opportunities for trade. President
Trump also suggested that the United
States and South Africa do more to collaborate on shared security
interests, including the fight against
terrorism. Both leaders agreed to
continue dialogue on these priorities
and find ways to deepen the bilateral
partnership.”