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Former Pastors of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries have accused the General Overseer of illegal importation in a US land dispute.

Daniel Olukoya, General Overseer of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM), is in the spotlight in a US court after his group, one of Nigeria’s foremost Pentecostal churches, dragged some former pastors and members to court over monetary and property disputes.
The sued pastor and former church members have in turn accused the General Overseer of engaging in fraudulent activities in the US, including evasion of duties owed to US authorities.
In an action filed in the Circuit Court for Prince Georges’ County of Maryland, U.S.A., (Case No. CAL16-26532) on behalf of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries International, Lagos, and Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, USA, Nevada, the church is seeking declaratory judgment and damages against Pastors Lawrence Adetunji, Ronke Adetunji, and 11 former members of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, Bowie, Maryland. Also joined in the suit is Christ the Truth Ministry, the successor of MFM Bowie.
At issue are real property described as 5506 and 5503 Church Road in Bowie, Maryland, which were acquired by MFM Bowie in 2001 and 2004 respectively. Also in contention are funds for the MFM building in Bowie. MFM International (Lagos) claims that the property acquired with the contributions and offerings of the members of MFM in Bowie, without assistance of any form from Mr. Olukoya or MFM headquarters, are property of MFM headquarters by way of trust. The plaintiffs claim further that when Pastor Adetunji and most members of MFM in Bowie decided not to associate further with the denomination, Pastor Adetunji was under an obligation to hand over the properties and funds to MFM headquarters (copy of MFM Complaints attached).
In their response, the defendants allege that they decided to sever their relationship with MFM and its leadership because of the illegal and fraudulent activities of MFM International, Lagos. They allege that MFM International was in the practice of knowingly and deliberately making false claims to evade U.S. Customs duties and taxes on books exported from Nigeria to U.S.
Upon information and belief, the defendants alleged that the plaintiffs had willfully and intentionally evaded U.S. Customs Service duties and had evaded tax payments to the United States Government. They allege that the plaintiffs carried out these illegal activities for many years.
The nature of the illegal activities stems from the fact that the plaintiffs would ship prayer books (specifically, “70 Days Prayer & Fasting” and “Pray Your Way Into [current year]” to various U.S.-based MFM branches with a cover letter categorizing the books as “donations” to be distributed to local parishioners. However, once delivered to the United States, instructions were then emailed to U.S. pastors by MFM International and /or MFM USA instructing them of the price they must charge parishioners in selling these books. The pastors were then instructed to remit the earnings of their sales to MFM International.
The defendants disclosed that, although this practice had been going on for many years, on or about 2013, MFM International started shipping their books directly to U.S. Customs in Baltimore, along with the cover letter stating that the books were “donations” (page 2-3 of the Defendants’ Amended Answer and Counter Claim).
The Defendants asserted that they did not become aware of the illegal practice until 2015. They stated further that, when they became aware, having no power over MFM and its leadership “to influence or change their behavior had (sic) to sever all ties in order to curtail their (defendants’) unwitting participation in plaintiffs’ illegal actions.”
The defendants also argued that MFM International could not lay claim to the property because they contributed nothing towards the acquisition of the property, not even when the defendants requested for assistance by way of a loan to meet some of their financial obligations. They declared that no valid trust was created over their property for the benefit of the plaintiffs.
The case comes up for hearing on October 14, 2017. Some Officers of MFM International, including the General Overseer, Daniel Olukoya are expected to get into the witness box at the hearing.
In an earlier development, MFM brought a similar action before the Superior Court of Los Angeles, California, against Ade Oyeyemi, a former MFM pastor (Los Angeles County Super. Ct.N0. BC 352398). The Fourth Division of the Second Appellate District of the California State Court of Appeal ultimately decided the case in favor of Pastor Oyeyemi


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If this Hon. Umar Buba Jibril is not sick of ignorance, let's check his points:

...Some NGOs collected funds for North East IDPs and disappeared..... *ask him if they collected cash, was there no process, can't the bank account be traced to people, BVN. What about thousands of NGOs working*

...Churches, Mosques, Esusu, Market Women Associations not affected....... *they are registered as CSO, go verify from CAC*

1. Religious bodies and organizations are NOT NGOs....... *that is a lie*

2. Our quasi financial institutions at local levels are NOT NGOs! These organizations have existed for centuries to serve businesses and commerce of our market women and traders...... *go check their registration process*

Now NGOs(Non-Governmental Organizations) and CSOs(Civil Society Organizations) are voluntary organizations that are registered to partner Government at all levels to fill gaps wherever they exist. They are supposed to be partners in progress with the Government; ( *who said they are not* ) therefore the need for a commission to serve this purpose arises...... *A commission run by civil servants without NGO experience*

Secondly and naturally for them to carry out their activities, the NGOs and CSOs solicit for funds from all over the World and collect billions of naira on behalf of Nigerians! ..... *who are these monies used for if not Nigerians, yet they the politicians steal Nigerians money and stock pile in foreign lands*

Thirdly they recruit expatriates to help them run their activities in the country with lots of abuses etc....... *what is wrong with that as if Nigerians do not work outside. Are there no bodies that check abuses. Don't they politicians abuse Nigerians*

However, recent developments have shown that;
--- Some people registered NGOs,solicited for funds and disappeared. That happened recently in the North East..... *those NGOs belong to the politicians hence their names were not mentioned cos they know what happened*

--- Some NGOs are used to fund the activities of terrorist and insurgents! etc...... *Not only terrorist or insurgency but also political campaigns and they the legislators know the terms and conditions they uses. They also know their reactions towards those that refuse their greedy offer*

The NGOs bill therefore is primarily to set up a commission to regulate their activities and provide a platform for robust relationships between them and the government for the interests of Nigerians........ *selfish interest*

In addition it is to ensure TRANSPARENCY and ACCOUNTABILITY in the ways and manners the NGOs collect moneys and use them for Nigerians...... *what is the role of EFCC or ICPC......toothless bulldog Abi*

The NGOs bill is not new or peculiar to Nigeria. It exists in many countries particularly in the ECOWAS sub- region and all over Africa and other continents. In Europe, Israel passed theirs last year! Kenya has a similar law since 1990!
Nigeria is and should not be a banana republic where anything goes. ..... *the provisions made by those countries are they here or the parallel bodies that exist in Nigeria nko*

Finally, the way the NGOs are reacting to this wonderful and well packaged bill particularly SERAP is not only shameful but condemnable...... *he should be ashamed of himself not to listen to the voice of those that voted him to office*

The Nigerian parliament is an institution governed by rules and traditions. When a bill is for public hearing you go there and present your views like other interested Nigerians and invited cooperate bodies and government agencies for the standing committee to do justice to the bill. Period! ....... *pride*

Going on cheap propaganda and blackmail and even calling on World bodies including the United Nation to help you withdraw a bill from our National Assembly will not help you! *ignorance*

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Game of Thrones lead character, Kit Harington popularly known as Jon Snow and his co-star, Rose Leslie known as Ygritte will soon be a couple after getting engaged.

Popular TV series, “Game of Thrones” co-stars, Kit Harington and Rose Leslie, who star as Jon Snow and Ygritte are reportedly engaged.
It was gathered that Harington reportedly popped the question to Leslie, who was also his love interest in the show.
The duo have reportedly been dating for 5 years, and have told friends and family that they’re engaged.
Sources who spoke to The Sun said: “They’re yet to set a date, but told friends and family last week that they’ve gotten engaged.

“Kit’s known for ages he’s wanted to marry Rose but he wanted them to get a house and settle down a bit first.”
The 2 moved in together back in January, and Harington reportedly felt that was the next step, so he popped the question.
Source: Tori

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Niger Delta Youth Governance Monitoring Group, has condemned the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs for poor outing at the National Council on Niger Delta meeting held in Akure.

The group in a statement by its Spokesman, Mr Emmanuel U. Justin in Yenagoa on Monday, flayed the disharmony between the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Pastor Usani Usani and stakeholders in the Niger Delta region.

It attributed the poor attendance to the disagreement between both parties.

The meeting was held in Akure, Ondo State from Sept. 7 to Sept. 14.

It said that it was regrettable that the minister in connivance with the Country Director of UNDP, Mr Mathew Alao opposed the participation of youth leaders who were invited to participate at the meeting.

It said that Usain deliberately excluded the youths who formed the majority in the Niger Delta region, an indication that he did not have the interest of the people he was supposed to represent in government.

The group said that the council’s inability to form the requisite quorum to enable it formulate policy direction to drive the ministry rendered the whole exercise “ a nullity and illegal’’.

“No other minister from the region, members of National Assembly, representatives of International Oil Company, or governors from the region were present at the Akure Council meeting.

“This was a far cry from the inaugural edition which held in Uyo in 2013, which had all the relevant stakeholders and now they all shunned the second edition,” it said.

The group also frowned at comments by the minister suggesting that the Niger Delta master plan developed by seasoned technocrats was at great cost and the commitment over the years had been jettisoned.

“Abandoning the Niger Delta master plan for a work plan developed by the ministry without inputs from the youths, women, other civil society organisations and the organised private sector is against the concept of continuity in governance,’’ it said.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/09/youths-flay-poor-outing-national-council-niger-delta-meeting/