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The Senate has named Senator Aniekan Bassey as the new Chairman of the Committee on Diaspora and Non-Governmental Organisations.

Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, announced the appointment during Thursday’s plenary, confirming Bassey’s replacement of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who is currently on suspension.

Akpoti-Uduaghan was reassigned to the Diaspora and NGOs Committee in February after she was removed as Chair of the Senate Committee on Local Content during a minor reshuffle.

Bassey is the senator representing Akwa Ibom North-East Senatorial District.

Although no reason was given for her removal on Thursday, the change is believed to be connected to her unresolved suspension.

In May, Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court ordered her reinstatement and directed her to tender an apology to the Senate.

Akpoti-Uduaghan, who represents Kogi Central, has yet to resume her legislative duties despite a recent court ruling that voided her suspension.

In a televised interview on Tuesday, she said she was awaiting the Certified True Copy of the judgment before officially returning to plenary, citing legal advice and respect for institutional process.

Although the Federal High Court described her suspension as “excessive and unconstitutional”, a legal opinion dated July 5 and attributed to the Senate’s counsel, Paul Daudu (SAN), argued that the ruling lacked any binding directive to enforce her reinstatement.

Akpoti-Uduaghan, one of only three female senators in the current assembly, said the continued delay in allowing her return was not only a denial of her mandate but also a blow to democratic representation.

“By keeping me out of the chambers, the Senate is not just silencing Kogi Central—it’s denying Nigerian women and children representation. We are only three female senators now, down from eight,” she said.



https://punchng.com/senate-replaces-natasha-as-committee-chairman/?amp

It is called flying lizard, its botanical names is sauria!

Ukraine's top military commander has said that Ukrainian forces have stopped Russia's advance in the country's northeastern region of Sumy.


Ukrainian forces have halted Russia’s recent advance into the northeastern Sumy region and stabilised the front line near the Russian border, Ukraine’s top military commander said Thursday.

The Ukrainian military's commander-in-chief, General Oleksandr Syrskyi, stated that a successful defence in the Sumy region has prevented Russia from redeploying around 50,000 troops, including elite airborne and marine brigades, to other parts of the front line.

"Based on the results of May and June, we can say that this year's wave of the enemy's summer offensive from Russian territory is faltering," Syrskyi said on Thursday.

Moscow has not yet commented on his claim.

Russian forces have made slow, costly advances along parts of the roughly 1,000-kilometre front line.

Their incremental gains have come at the expense of heavy troop casualties and damaged equipment. The outnumbered Ukrainian army has relied heavily on drones to hold back Russian troops.

Months of US-led international efforts to broker a ceasefire — now well past the three-year mark — have failed.

The only tangible result of the talks was the agreement to carry out a series of prisoner of war exchanges. The most recent exchange took place on Thursday

Ukraine’s coordination headquarters for POWs said the swap included severely injured or sick soldiers. The youngest is 24, and the oldest is 62, with officials adding that more exchanges are expected soon.

Sumy, the regional capital, had a prewar population of approximately 250,000 and lies about 20 kilometres from the front line.

Syrskyi said a special defence group has been formed to improve security and defence in Sumy and surrounding communities. Its focus is improving fortifications and accelerating the construction of additional defensive barriers.

In March, Ukrainian forces withdrew from parts of Russia's neighbouring Kursk region — parts of which they controlled after launching an incursion in August 2024.

Their withdrawal allowed Russian forces to reclaim some territory in the region of Kursk, before advancing between 2 and 12 kilometres into Ukrainian territory, according to differing estimates.


https://www.euronews.com/2025/06/27/ukraine-halts-russian-advance-in-northeastern-sumy-region-commander-says

The Mossad Farsi page on X claims to have uncovered the identity of the new commander of Iran's unified combatant command, revealing Ali Abdollahi Aliabadi as the leader.


The previous two commanders of the headquarters, Major General Gholam Ali Rashid and Brigadier General Ali Shadmani, were eliminated in Israeli strikes within four days of each other.

In a post on Tuesday evening, the page noted that the IRGC-linked Tasnim News Agency announced that the regime would not disclose the name of the new commander to protect him. However, it affirmed that "we know exactly what his name is and we are well acquainted with him," adding: "Unfortunately, such basic information is hidden from the people of Iran."

The post ends by asking followers to send their guesses about his name.

On Wednesday morning, the page shared one of the responses to the post, writing that the comment's author was the "lucky winner who managed to uncover the name," adding: "Please contact us privately to claim your prize."

The commenter, exiled Iranian journalist ‌Behnam Gholipour, wrote that the new commander is Ali Abdollahi Aliabadi.

Aliabadi, a known Iranian commander who has served in various government and military positions since the 1979 revolution, previously served as deputy coordinator of the Iranian Armed Forces General Staff.

While it has not been officially confirmed that the"Mossad Farsi" page is truly tied to the Israeli spy agency, senior Israeli commentators have noted that the Mossad has not denied operating the account. Several days after Operation Rising Lion concluded, the page extended an offer of free telemedicine to Iranian citizens.

In a later post, it warned Iranian citizens to avoid IRGC personnel, bases, and vehicles. In yet another post, it dispelled rumors that IRGC Quds Force Commander Esmail Qaani is a Mossad agent.


https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411001

Ukraine launched a devastating attack overnight on the army headquarters of Russia's 8th Combined Arms Army. The military HQ was located in the central department store in Donetsk, according to local reports.

The lethal strike was carried out using Storm Shadow missiles and is reported to have killed "dozens" of Russian officers. However, so far there has been no official confirmation of casualties by either Ukraine or Russia.

A building is engulfed by a raging inferno, as firefighters desperately try to douse the flames.

Damage to nearby buildings and cars can also be seen in the dramatic images that have been widely shared.

Kyiv's army launched a series of ferocious drone and missile strikes at targets across both Russia and the occupied-parts of Ukraine in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

Nine Ukrainian fighter jets were reported to have attacked targets in Crimea, including the port city of Sevastopol.

Both the Rostov and Astrakhan region also came under aerial bombardment, as Kyiv intensifies its campaigns to disrupt Putin's war machine.

The military missile base in Akhtubinsk, Astrakhan - known as Kapustin Yar - was believed to be the target of one of the attacks.

Russia's army has used the base in the past to launch medium-range ballistic missiles known as "Oreshnik.

Meanwhile, the city of Izhevsk in the Udmurtia region of Russia came under drone attack on Tuesday morning.

At least two UAVs attacked the Izhevsk Electromechanical Plant Kupol within five minutes of each other, eyewitnesses reported.



https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2075596/russia-8th-combined-arms-army-hq-missile-strike-donetsk?int_source=amp_continue_reading&int_medium=amp&int_campaign=continue_reading_button#amp-readmore-target

budaatum:
Leave him for where?

Dude, there's not much entertainment out there, so please let me watch fight.

They should just employ you as their ring referee and pay you off since you want to watch fight!

Trump wahala too much. He should leave this man to rest

MaxIntheHouse2:
Thanks for your time!

Go back to your hall, tell your elder that you need more training!

MaxInDHouse:
Guy you don't have anything tangible to say it's obvious you know nothing about God's word but when you are ready meet sincere people they will help you!

Russell has ruined your life with his false teachings and doctrines!

I asked you to tell me how Paul met God after you agreed to the fact that he was a servant of God that came to be when scriptures (OT) was not completed

Mr follower of Russell that knows the word of God shouldn't be afraid to defend himself

MaxInDHouse:
YES, he is that's why he told us that the scriptures is not complete in his days:

For we have partial knowledge and we prophesy partially,  but when what is complete comes, what is partial will be done away with. 1Corinthans 13:9-10

If you agreed that Paul was servant of God and you said scriptures was completed after the demise of all servants of God, so how did Paul met God, where did he read about him or did you accept Jesus as God in your Russell religion

MaxInDHouse:
This means until the scriptures is completely revealed there is no complete knowledge of God's word!

See how Russell has finished you, so Paul who you called servant Of God wasn't adequately equipped about the knowledge of God's words and commandments right and how was he servant of God then?

MaxInDHouse:
YES that's why Jesus' life and ministry is not written in the OT.

Did Jesus has mission to fulfil in OT? his birth, death and resurrection was foretold in OT I think you know

MaxInDHouse:
NO that's why He made us to understand that the message is not yet complete in the last book of the OT.

Who and Where in OT?

Is this how Russell gathered you inside hall to be brainwashed?

MaxInDHouse:
Of course it's part of the books that makes up the Bible which Paul said it's still IN PARTS that's why Paul and his companions had PARTIAL KNOWLEDGE of God's word! 1Corinthans 13:9

"For we have partial knowledge and we prophesy partially"

He said this because the Bible has not been completed.

But after it's completion Jesus said:

“I am bearing witness to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: If anyone makes an addition to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this scroll;  and if anyone takes anything away from the words of the scroll of this prophecy, God will take his portion away from the trees of life and out of the holy city, things that are written about in this scroll." Revelations 22:18-19

This means NO ADDITION and NO SUBTRACTION!

Is Paul servant of God?

The books Jesus read on sabbath day, was it not completed, is Mr Russell on earth as at this period?

is God of Old testament different from the New testament?

Russell has des..troyed your destiny to understand the word of God!

MaxInDHouse:
That is the ultimate truth!

And the scripture Jesus read in synagogue on sabbath day was written after the demise of all servants of God too isn't it

MaxInDHouse:
Insults can't save your face in this one you can ask for help at least Jesus said to his disciples:

Since you know that insults can't save your face, next time you won't use word like Pẹ̀lẹ́

MaxInDHouse:
“I still have many things to say to you, but you are not able to bear them now. However, when that one comes, the spirit of the truth, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak of his own initiative, but what he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things to come." John 16:12-13

What the holy spirit revealed to them is now part of what made up the Bible today.

So back to the main point:

Mankind didn't have the complete word of God even when Jesus walked the earth it's after him that his own life, ministry and teachings was included in the Bible!

All you want to say, go back to your hall and say it to your elder. The religion of Russell has caused more damages to your life.

All the servants of God in the Bible lived before the Bible was compiled.. says Russell follower!

This man again!



Seun, is full stop ( . ) no more character?

MaxInDHouse:
Pẹ̀lẹ́, at least you know now that Bible was completed at c.e not b.c.e

That's enough for a take home!

Wa gbadun las las, oya which book did Jesus read in synagogue, Is Jesus not God's sent to humanity? Did Jesus lived after the word he read was written down if to go by your stupid..iity utterances that all the servants of God in the Bible lived before the Bible was compiled?

Go back to your hall, tell your elder that you've been brainwaa.shed by Russell's teachings!

MaxInDHouse:
Ọmọ no be by arrogance you must have humility to acquire knowledge of God's word!
All the servants of God in the Bible lived before the Bible was compiled so they have partial knowledge of God's word unlike Russel, you and i today that has the whole books combined together that's what i told you.

I am only exposing your ignorant and gullibility so therefore, it is not about arrogant!

Jesus stood in synagogue to read the word of God written down in Old testament. Did he lived after the word he read was written down?

You need that knowledge most and stop turning the word of God upside down you Russell people

MaxInDHouse:
There's no reason being ignorant and the same time being arrogant.

Whoever lived in the 19th century has the access to the complete Bible which is the OT and NT compiled together period!

Did you always think before typing?


Your grievances won't change the fact that Russell lived in the time the Bible (God's word) has been completed whereas all ancient servants of God lived when the message is not complete! 1Corinthans 13:12


So whosoever lived before 19th century has no access to OT and NT which is the word of God right?

MaxInDHouse:
Now you got it right!
YES!
Russell lived around 1800 c.e when both OT and NT has been compiled into one big book!

I love the way you're diligently and willingly displaying your ignorance for us here! You're now a Laughing stock

The period of 2 century ce was 1st January 101 AD – 31 December 200 AD while 1800 CE falls within the Early Modern Period (1500-1800 CE). Seeing these time frame and periods, are they the same?

MaxInDHouse:
Ọmọ stop disgracing your pastors OT is not Bible but a part of the books that makes up the Bible and aside from that it was never completed in 10 centuries before Christ!

We'll see who is a disgrace to his Elders between you and I.

In my previous posts I said Old testament was completed in 10th century BCE while NT was composed and completed in 2nd centuries CE. Were you blind..folded to see this?

Did Russell lived during this period when OT and NT was completed?

You are only dis..gracing religion of Russell

MaxInDHouse:
Was the Bible completed in 10 century BCE

YES, OT was completed in 10 century BCE!

Is Russell on earth in 10 century BCE?

MaxInDHouse:
You don't know anything yet you want to argue!

BIBLE is all the book from Genesis to Revelations o!

B.C.E. means Before Christ Era
So the Bible was completed 10 century (1,000 year) before Jesus shey?

Are you saying the Gospels, Acts, Letters and Revelations were all written BEFORE CHRIST?

Ọmọ you don't know anything!

All these your diverting tactics won't work!

Is Russell on earth in 10 century BCE?

MaxInDHouse:
Lies!
Continue deceiving yourself ọmọ you've been silenced intelligently.

No religion has contributed to the peace of this world today except Jehovah's Witnesses so the claim of OP about Islam affects all other religions except Jehovah's Witnesses!

It is very clear now dat you don't know what to say again. But a recap of lies you dropped that need urgent attention!

You said Russell lived when Bible was completed. Did Russell lived in 10 century BCE?

[quote author post=135802394]MaxInDHouse[/quote]Just a reminder, this is not the time to look away!

MaxInDHouse:
YOU'VE BEEN SILENCED!

By who?

MaxInDHouse:
You're just repeating the same thing over and over as if only JWs have pedophile yet you've not caught one single JW commiting the crime in your own area.
Can you see why i keep saying it's all a lie?

What you have in Jws is more than pedophile. I believe you see evidences from those news outlets sent to you which you can't denial.

MaxInDHouse:
OK you've been silenced shey?

Who want to silence me? Are you saying you didn't see the picture attached where you got what you commented on? Just a step up👆

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MaxInDHouse:
What lies?
That Jesus' disciples don't have immoral ones among them in the first century? 1Corinthans 5:1-5
Or
That Jesus came because of sinners? Matthew 9:13
Ọmọ you don't know anything.
Jesus' disciples weren't perfect humans what signifies that they are practicing true religion is the love that everyone can testify to among them! John 13:34-35

Behold your people in Jw

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MaxInDHouse:
When did Habakkuk, Amos, Zechariah and Malachi lived?
Well a century is 100 years so 10 centuries means 1,000 years.
Ọmọ it's OK to wish you know but then it's bad arguing what is obvious!

I am very sure you must be aged, if your children are on this forum, is this how you'll be disgracing them?

You said Russell lived in the time when Bible was completed and I analyzed when OT and NT was completed. Now asking you does Russell lived during this time but asking me When did Habakkuk, Amos, Zechariah and Malachi lived? Is Russell now the aforementioned names or are you this clueless?


The 10th century BCE comprises the years from 1000 BC to 901 BC. This period followed the Late Bronze Age collapse in the Near East, and the century saw the Early Iron Age take hold there. The Greek Dark Ages which had come about in 1200 BC continued.

MaxInDHouse:
Does Judas Iscariot's blunders makes the whole apostles evil men?

This is about your dadies and brothers in Jw caught in evil acts not about Judas iscariot!

A case of a betrayal is different from child molestation!

MaxInDHouse:
You don't know anything so go and rest this is not aggression it's knowledge of truth!

I don't know anything for exposing your lies and your religion

MaxInDHouse:
Does this mean that whatever CNN and BBC reports about the Bible is correct?

Is there anything they reported about the Bible that wasn't correct?

The report they gave about your religion are very correct!