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Religion / Anglican Church Withdraws Sylvester Eboh's License As A Priest by MyopicMods: 11:10pm On Mar 09, 2022 |
Diocese On The Niger Dismisses Priest, Withdrawals His License As Anglican Priest FROM: THE BISHOP. 9th March, 2022 Mr. Sylvester Lumenkristi Eboh St. Mark’s Church, Umelum Niger West WITHDRAWAL OF ORDINATION LICENCE AND DISMISSAL AS AN ANGLICAN PRIEST Recall that on 20th December, 2021, you were suspended indefinitely as the priest in charge of Christ Church Annex and God in Action Adoration Prayer Ministry, Umudioka for grievous acts of disobedience and stubbornness unbecoming of a priest. You were given some time to retrace your steps, failure of which we will have no other choice than to withdraw your licence as a priest. Sadly, instead of taking necessary actions to retrace your steps, you sued the Diocese and the Bishop in a court of law contrary to section 83 of the Church of Nigeria Constitution and Canons 2020. It was in the law suit you instituted against us that we found that-you registered the God in Action Adoration Ministry in the Corporate Affairs Commission as a personal ministry contrary to your ordination vows and in contravention of the Constitution of the Church. Furthermore, there is a pending petition and complaint against you from Arnaka Ezeno, Esq, the Principal Partner ‘The Law Zoomers’ firm, bordering on immoral behaviour. The petitioner alleged that you impregnated one Ozioma Onubuogu. There is another petition and complaint against you by Obika Chukwuebuka —FFancis who claimed that you owe him the sum of N368, 130.00 from the tiles he —supplied for the building of the parsonage. You have not cleared the air on this matter. There is yet another complaint against you by Ekene Okeke •who claimed that you owe him the sum of from the electrical materials he supplied for the building of the parsonage. You have not also cleared the air on this matter. There is also the petition from High Chief Obi Anoliefo of Ogidi, who claimed that you are building on his land illegally. Besides, you were accused to be a false prophet and a shaman who uses occultic means to perform miracles. A panel was appointed to investigate your activities. You were duly informed and invited to defend yourself from the allegations brought against you by many faithful. Unfortunately, you ignored the panel and never appeared. After observing various evidences and hearing from many witnesses, the panel made their recommendation to the Bishop. The recommendation is reproduced as follows: Our Recommendations We recommend that his licence as clerical worker of this Diocese on the Niger be revoked forthwith. The Bishop on the Niger no matter how hard it may look like is advised to make a public Disclaimer about Sylvester Eboh. In view of the foregoing and the fact that you remained unrepentant, instead you are using the social media to misinform people and spread lies to scandalise the Diocese and the Bishop. This is recklessness to the highest order. We hereby revoke your ordination licence and dismiss you as a priest of the Diocese on the Niger. We have also withdrawn your preferment. You should forthwith desist from acting, parading or claiming to be a serving, retired or resigned priest of the Diocese on the Niger. May the Lord have mercy on you. Amen. https://acnntv.com/diocese-on-the-niger-dismisses-priest-withdrawals-his-license-as-anglican-priest/?fbclid=IwAR0ORl6Fesk4VMDVHOJUjkPi6k-UbK6h4TSvl7qnnrx2-TWbhxMXaJV3QFQ 5 Likes 1 Share
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Politics / Scores Injured, Shops Burnt As Yoruba, Hausa Traders Clash In Ogun by MyopicMods: 12:08pm On Mar 09, 2022 |
Scores injured, shops burnt as Yoruba, Hausa traders clash in Ogun SCORES of people were reportedly injured on Monday evening when Yoruba traders and Hausa settlers engaged in a bloody clash at the popular Lafenwa Market in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. Our correspondent gathered that the clash started on Monday evening and snowballed into a full blown crisis by Tuesday morning, leading to the burning down of several shops while many people were reportedly injured. A source said the clash was ignited by a fight between a Yoruba man and an Hausa man. According to the source who is a trader in the market, the Hausa man was seriously injured and presumed dead, a situation that provoked the Hausa settlers who allegedly went on the rampage, destroying properties worth millions of naira. The trader, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the crisis took a turn for the worse when the Seriki Hausa (head of Hausa settlers) who was called to intervene in the crisis was injured. She said, “The Seriki Hausa who was called upon to settle the issue was injured and this further worsened the crisis. “The man is currently receiving treatment at the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba.” When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident. He however said the situation had been brought under control. Hausa, Yoruba must be remorseful after Sasa market tragic incident – Taliban of Sasa, Alhaji Yaro Oyeyemi said no life was lost contrary to the report that an Hausa man was killed, adding that, the police had arrested some persons in connection to the crisis. He said, “I am aware of the clash, but the situation has been brought under control and we have made some arrests. I don’t want to disclose the number of persons we have arrested, but we have made some arrests. “But, contrary to what people are insinuating, no life was lost, but people were injured while shops were also burnt and property destroyed. “We are still investigating the clash. The crisis is as a result of a rumour because there was a clash between a Hausa man and a Yoruba man. I think the Hausa man was injured and some people went to town with the rumour that the injured man died and that was what led to the whole thing and the issue was escalated.” https://punchng.com/scores-injured-shops-burnt-as-yoruba-hausa-traders-clash-in-ogun/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR1TEKmlnWNS44o8ucD_RHY2MNCWZN1hIczmMDj61PtuR6OVSOOysC0xm0c#Echobox=1646793116 |
Foreign Affairs / Evacuate Civilians, My Mission In Ukraine Will Be Completed-Putin To Macron by MyopicMods: 6:30pm On Mar 03, 2022 |
Focus on evacuating civilians because my mission in Ukraine will eventually be completed, Putin tells Macron Russian leader Vladimir Putin had a phone conversation with French president Emmanuel Macron today The tasks of Russia's 'special military operation' in Ukraine would be fulfilled in any case, Putin reportedly told Macron. The Russian president also urged his French counterpart to join efforts to ensure the safe evacuation of foreign citizens from Ukraine. Putin reportedly explained that it was about demilitarisation and the neutral status of Ukraine, so that a threat to Russia would never come from its territory. He said attempts to gain time by delaying negotiations would only lead to the emergence of new demands on Ukraine. Russia invaded the European nation last week, triggering huge waves of economic sanctions from the international community. Putin complains about Ukraine's move to join NATO, a military alliance to which Russia doesn't belong. But critics accuse the Russian leader of trying to revive the former USSR of which Ukraine used to be part. https://goldmyne.tv/focus-on-evacuating-civilians-because-my-mission-in-ukraine-will-eventually-be-completed-putin-tells-macron/ |
Politics / Reps Ask IGP, Army Chief To Raid Kidnappers’ Den In Anambra by MyopicMods: 4:10pm On Mar 03, 2022 |
The House of Representatives has asked the Inspector General of Police, Usman Akali and the Chief of Army Staff, Faruk Yahaya, to deploy personnel to raid kidnappers’ hideouts in Anambra State. It also asked the Chief of Air Staff, Isiaka Amao, to provide aerial support for the operation. The resolution followed a motion of urgent public importance moved by Roland Igbakpa (PDP, Delta) on Wednesday during plenary. Moving the motion, Mr Igbakpa informed his colleagues of the abduction of Steady Idisi and Emmanuel Ifie, by men suspected to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) He stated that the two victims were reported to have been kidnapped in Anambra State and taken to Orsumoghu forest. Mr Igbakpa added that Mr Idisi, who is from Ovo, Ehtiope East LGA of Delta State, was kidnapped on February 20 while travelling to Port Harcourt from Asaba, the Delta State capital. He said Mr Idisi and his friend were abducted by suspected IPOB militants at Orsumoghu in Ihiala LGA of Anambra State. Mr Igbakpa also disclosed that Gab Ofoma, a businessman from Nnewi in Anambra State, was killed on the same highway on the same day. Narrating an account of an escapee from the den, Mr Igbakpa said there are over 100 kidnapped victims in the hideout. “There is electricity, generators, SUV vehicles, and is like a City of its own, where evil reigns. By the same account, over 100 persons are held captive in that camp and are killed intermittently at the pleasure of the bandits,” he said. He said, “a properly coordinated and concerted inter-agency intelligence-driven efforts by the police, army and other security agencies in the form of a Joint operation to continually raid the entire area, as was done in the past, is critical at this point to address this menace in order to dislodge the bandits and release their victims.” Contributing to the motion, the Minority Leader, Ndudi Elumelu (PDP, Delta), blamed the APC-led government for the insecurity in the country. “Since the APC-led government came into power, there has been an increase in brutalising of Nigerians in making sure that our people who should be in the farm to produce food do not have the opportunity to do that,” he said. The debate dovetailed to partisan matter, as the Majority Leader, Ado Doguwa (APC, Kano), attacked the main opposition party, PDP. . “I want to remind the minority leader that we are running a federal democracy. We have the federating units. Of course, every federating unit has its constitutional responsibility. But I want to believe even the state governors in the south, do have the same responsibility to protect the lives and property of the people they govern. Whether you control the police or not, I assume the governors in the south are the chief security officers of their respective states. What are your governors doing?” Consequently, the House resolved that the Committees on Army, Police and Air Force ensure compliance and report to the House in two weeks. https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/514832-reps-ask-igp-army-chief-to-raid-kidnappers-den-in-anambra.html |
Politics / Siege On South-East: Gunmen Now Operate Openly by MyopicMods: 12:42pm On Mar 02, 2022 |
In the last couple of weeks, life has once again become hell for residents of the South-East region following upsurge of attacks, killings and kidnappings by gunmen.https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/03/siege-on-s-east-gunmen-now-operate-openly/?fbclid=IwAR30EnzG-gVHeB8OAbh4CZZr1zNylM2on-S2iGFsMI8mDTzzCLgTih2YhDo 8 Likes 4 Shares
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Politics / 2021 NLNG Prize Winner, Onyemelukwe, Confirms Father’s Killing By IPOB-UGM by MyopicMods: 6:42am On Feb 27, 2022 |
2021 NLNG prize winner, Onyemelukwe, confirms father’s killing The father of the winner of the 2021 NLNG Prize for Nigerian Literature, Professor Isaiah Onyemelukwe, has been killed by gunmen His daughter, Prof Cheluchi, who confirmed the incident to Sunday PUNCH on Saturday, said, “My heart is heavy. It is the hardest thing that Nigeria happed to my father. We don’t even know where we are headed in this country, but I’m glad he lived an exemplary and lesson-filled life will try to put up something tomorrow.” It was learnt that Onyemelukwe, an 88-year-old retired professor of Economics at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, on Friday in Oko, in the Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State. Multiple sources said the gunmen blocked vehicles coming from Umunze, Ufunma into Oko, and murdered the professor in cold blood. It was gathered that the operation lasted for more than an hour unhindered. The assailants were also said to have abducted two other individuals whose whereabouts have remained unknown. A Facebook user with the name, moniker Onyi, who shared the news in a post on Nairaland, wrote, “South-East is absolutely going down. My godfather was recently murdered by the marauding killers wreaking havoc on the South-East’s ecosystem. “He was returning to Nanka with his wife from Enugu and decided to follow the Oji-Ufuma-Amaokpala-Oko axis instead of traveling through Awka when he was attacked by the hoodlums. “The previous Bishop of Niger, Bishop J. A. Onyemelukwe, is his cousin. May his soul rest in peace. Amen!” The late professor was a permanent secretary in the old Anambra. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, promised to get back to our correspondent but had yet to do so as of press time. https://punchng.com/2021-nlng-prize-winner-onyemelukwe-confirms-fathers-killing/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR00gOYukRu8H0i6a3T5SdkR4K4Ap-QvXB0FBTdBLjOjiImTrwh4QCfha4Y#Echobox=1645939706 |
Politics / Gov Obiano Shows Off Dancing Steps While People Are Killed Recklessly In Anambra by MyopicMods: 9:49pm On Feb 26, 2022 |
Gov Obiano showing off dancing Steps While People are killed Recklessly in Anambra Gov Obiano Shows Off Dance Steps Anambra State governor, Willie Obiano on Saturday showed off his dancing skills at an event in Awka. He danced alongside his wife, Ebelechukwu and other guests. It would be recalled that Obiano has said that his wife would contest the Anambra North Senatorial seat in the 2023 general elections. Credit: Ericsson Nduka https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=5279914948713291&id=206270189411151&fs=1&focus_composer=0&m_entstream_source=feed_mobile
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Jobs/Vacancies / Re: N-power Batch C: How To Complete The Biometrics Without Going Through NASIMS by MyopicMods: 7:15pm On Feb 26, 2022 |
ezenwaez: Stop misleading people this boy. |
Politics / Buhari’s Performance Not Good Enough,I’d Take Different Approach-102 Yr Aspirant by MyopicMods: 7:32am On Feb 26, 2022 |
Buhari’s performance not good enough, I’d take different approach if elected President – 102-year-old aspirant Centenarian High Chief Josephine Ezeanyaeche, who recently declared her ambition to become Nigeria’s President in 2023, speaks to IKENNA OBIANERI about her motivation and strategy Please tell us about yourself. My name is High Chief Josephine Ezeanyaeche. I am from Akukwa Village, Ubukwu, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State and I am the Ezinne Gburugburu of Akukwa Ngo, Igbo-Ukwu. I am also the Founder and Chairman Emeritus of the Voice of the Senior Citizens of Nigeria. I am 102 years old. I attended grammar school in those days – what you people call secondary school now – before going abroad for further studies. I am an activist, both abroad and home. I am a great great grandmother. I am a widow and. How was your growing up like? Growing up was full of discipline in those days, we were taught hard work. We were taught morals and our hands were given out in marriage very early in life. My father was a chief warder in the old Bendel State. My mother was a businesswoman. Recently, you declared interest in becoming Nigeria’s President. Why do you consider yourself suitable for the job? All my life, I have lived a life of service and offering humanitarian aid. I have travelled far and wide and garnered enough experience to lead a nation. I have spent my life mostly abroad and I have seen the countries that are flying high and I have seen countries that are facing challenges, especially corruption. And I have seen my own country, Nigeria, going from bad to worse and I have decided to rise up to the occasion because this country needs to be salvaged by all means before it becomes irredeemable and we, the senior citizens, cannot continue to fold our arms. We need to return Nigeria to the country of our dreams. I have seen people suffer, I have seen people lose their lives needlessly due to insecurity, I have seen people going to bed without eating and I have seen our young ones roaming the streets in search of employment. I have seen people who do not have hope in sight and I have seen people committing suicide today more than during our own time. In fact, during our own time, you could not see people thinking of anything that would make them commit suicide, but today, it has become a common phenomenon. I have seen the health care system in the country gone down to nothing; I have seen factories closing down with many having no jobs. I have seen people taking flights to other countries to access health care system. I have seen our children die in the desert and in the ocean because they were looking for greener pastures. So, I said to myself, I can do better than our recent leaders. However, that has not always been my intention. But having waited up till today and seeing that people are just being recycled over and over again within the same government, as if there are no other people in this country of 200 million people who can equally do the job and even better, (I have decided to come out); more so because as a matter of fact 50 per cent, if not 90 per cent, of the people being recycled in government are well-known as corrupt individuals. I have watched our young men and women, who I know that if they are given the platform, they will not only perform but clearly outperform the current people in leadership circles today; they would use their creative energies to transform Nigeria and in no time, Nigeria would be resurrected to start competing with the successful countries around the world. In terms of human and capital development, Nigeria has gone down. Nigerians are suffering while the wealth of the nation is circulating in the hands of very few people. So, we need a leader who can be creative, a no-nonsense leader who can think out of the box to give the country the kind of leadership it deserves. I am coming out now because the younger ones are not ready to come out and I don’t know why they are afraid, especially those ones from the South-East. In my recent media interview, I talked about the issue and why the younger ones are afraid of coming out. And I did not see our young men and women declaring interest. Although, I am seeing one or two coming out, they are not coming out like a lion; they are coming out as if they are afraid. So, there is no reason for us not to come out – men and women – to challenge the recycling going on in the polity. You know power is not given, even in those days; you must come out to get it. And I am saying to them, if they are not ready to come out, I have already shown my interest to come out. My posters, very soon, will flood everywhere. I believe the whole world will vote for me, not only Nigerians, if they have a way of voting. I will not be afraid in a country that I joined others to build, and trust me, I have made my own contribution in the building of this nation and I can’t be afraid of anything. There are a lot of people who were not born here but they are contesting and winning elections. How much me, who was born here? This country needs somebody who has integrity, knowledge and understanding of the peculiarities and challenges of this country. I am a critical stakeholder in this country and nature will blame me if I continue to look the other way while the current politicians we have now destroy things. Look at our currency, it has no value in reality and you want me to keep quiet when obviously there are a lot I can do to help salvage the situation. The youths of this country are afraid to take the bull by the horns and I don’t know why it is so, especially the youths from the South-East. Presidential electioneering campaign involves heavy spending. How do you hope to raise such money? Take it or leave it, once Nigerians see somebody like me, they will want to identify with me, and my plans are working already because Nigerians and people all over the world are saying, “Yes, come out; we will sponsor your campaigns.” Since my declaration was made public, many people have called, they have asked me to put out my bank account details so that they can deposit money. But I am not a worshipper of money, I want Nigerians to buy into and claim ownership of my government. I want Nigerians to buy into this project and be in charge of the government that will come out of this. Don’t you think that when you allow people to sponsor your campaign, they will force you to do things their own way or have undue influence on your government? The people will not lead me into the ocean; they can only tell me that they need factories to be built; they need the currency to be strengthened; they need security, they need employment. These are the things the Nigerian people want. I am a versatile person; I have founded so many groups with people that cut across various ethnic groups. I have done well to show that I can deliver this country from its present condition. I can unite this country. I fought the South African apartheid; I fought the war in Burundi. There is nothing I cannot do for my country. By the time I complete my eight years’ rule, Nigeria will become another Dubai. At your age, do you think you still have the energy that the office of the President requires? Energy is God-given and God-made. I have the God-given energy which He has blessed me with. I am still strong enough to move around and I really don’t have to be everywhere. I will have team members to delegate duties to. Nelson Mandela ruled South Africa at the age he ruled and we all saw how he galvanised that country within the period. He came and did the much he could do within the four years he ruled. If I come out in four years and God says I should go for another four years, I will do. Thank God, we have the social media available to simplify all the tasks involved. Like the current President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), you are an aged person. Do you really believe you can do better than him as President? Well, Buhari is just like my first son and I think he is trying his best. It is one thing to be a king while it is another to be a kingmaker. If you are a king and the kingmakers are more powerful than you are, it is also makes another greater difference. Buhari has done his bit the way he understands it but I agree he could have done far better. Buhari has tried his best but his best is not just good enough to salvage this country. He did not realise what he was coming to face, that was why he kept promising Nigerians here and there. But the realities on the ground have dawned on him and it became obvious right from the outset that his capacity could not take Nigeria out of its current mess. He has tried, but the effort is not just enough To answer your question: Can I do better? (Let’s wait) until then because I will take a different approach. I will have better advisers. One thing I can tell you is that Nigeria will be great again under my leadership. Given your age, people are saying that your declaration is a publicity stunt. What is your response to such people? Before now, I have done so much in this world and you have never heard my voice or my name. Publicity is not my ambition. I have achieved so much that publicity is not my problem. If I start mentioning all my achievements, we won’t finish (this interview) in three days. What I can tell you for free is that the issue of this country bothers me so much. And this is why I am coming out. This was not how we laid the foundation of our great country. What am I using publicity to do at this point? I have successful children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. The issue is that I can’t continue to stay aloof while charlatans, who did not know the sacrifice we put in for this country to come into existence, continue to mess it up. God has kept me alive up till now so that I can bring the desired change that this country truly needs. I am so wealthy that I give what I have. So, what am I looking for? What I have done is not for my country alone, I have contributed so much to the growth of the world. There is so much rot in the system and the present leaders don’t know what to do. What are your children’s opinions about your presidential ambition? In fact, they are the happiest people right now. They are very impressed by my strong will to come out to salvage this country. They are my cheerleaders and my backbone. They are watching the way I am doing things and they are telling me, “Grandma, when I grow up, I will love to be like you.” I haven’t heard any of them saying otherwise. They are very happy wherever they are and I adopted so many children. A lot of people have been calling me since they read about my declaration in the media. That is why I am challenging the young ones. The youths of this country must rise up. If the youths are folding their arms while old people like me are being recycled in government, then let me too enter race. Let the youths continue to complain in the social media. We have so many vibrant young people for God’s sake, where are they? Let them come out and stop complaining in the social media! Go abroad, Nigerian youths are doing exploits, but here, they are laid-back. And if they don’t want to rise, let me come out. I won’t see Nigerians going hungry, I won’t see Nigerians going to bed without food, I won’t see youths unemployed and be comfortable as a President. But most of the Presidents we have had in this country seem to be delighted about this. I will not see my old people not being taken care of. The old people built this country; therefore, they should not be denied what rightfully belongs to them. How can they relegate us, the old people, in a country we built together? This will never happen under my watch. Our children will go to school up to university free of charge. A situation where an individual will embezzle public funds and he or she joins the party in power and the sins are forgiven won’t happen under me. On what political party will you be running? I am still making consultations. I am consulting widely, home and abroad. Some political parties have approached me to adopt me as their candidate. At the right time I will make the party known. What are your expectations and your message to Nigerians as regards the 2023 elections? My message to them is that the future is still very bright for this country, despite the challenges it is facing now, but Nigerians must make the right choices in 2023 and stop glorifying criminals. Nigerians must stop praising those who are stealing the wealth that belongs to them and keeping them in abject poverty. The youths should come out and stop hiding in the social media. The rot and damage is massive and it is because the young ones have left the affairs of this country, their future, far too long, in the hands of recycled leaders. The damage can make one to despair, but I will tell Nigerians that there is still hope of redemption if we start doing the right things. The people should stop collecting money from politicians during elections As for 2023, we are praying and calling on God not to allow those who are squandering the wealth and resources of this country to have their way back. This is the only country we have, especially the young ones. As for me, I have seen it all, what else am I still seeking other than the growth of my country? I say no to the exodus of our young ones to foreign lands as a result of bad governance. I want Nigerians to make a U-turn in the way they select their leaders https://punchng.com/buharis-performance-not-good-enough-id-take-different-approach-if-elected-president-102-year-old-aspirant/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR3Oc-q-Jm79KLIBhIbzd1dyv97_-_fyg2WIWV8IQ_jZIS2dHTBYgHRoh1s#Echobox=1645852610 Lalasticlala |
Politics / Again Another Nnewi Man Survives Attack By Ipob Gunmen(video) by MyopicMods: 8:04pm On Feb 25, 2022 |
Barely few days after IPOB killed an Nnewi Illustrious son Chief Gab ofoma. Another Nnewi man Escapes assassination by Igbos today In orsumughu. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=141644261667169&id=103078598857069&fs=0&focus_composer=0&m_entstream_source=timeline
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Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Npower Batch C 2020 - How To Apply. by MyopicMods: 6:36pm On Feb 25, 2022 |
Edemaya: Shortlist happen but na stream c1 supplementary list.
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Politics / How Ipob-gunmen In Anambra Kidnapped My Brother & Demanded For 200k Ransom by MyopicMods: 6:23pm On Feb 25, 2022 |
A man who refused to disclose his identity because of security reasons has narrated how his cousin brother who visited Nigeria for a burial from Switzerland was abducted by suspected gunmen of the Indigenous People Of Biafra. He said the abductors of his brother whose operational base is in Lilu in Anambra State did not hide their identity after he was ferried to their camp to pay a ransom of two hundred thousand naira for his brothers release. The gunmen according to his account, said that they resorted to kidnapping after Nnamdi Kanu was arrested in order to raise funds for their operations. Read his account below. Let me share this my experience with you guys for everybody to know that we are in serious troubles. At about 2pm on the 26th January, 2022, I got a call from my cousin who came back from Switzerland for a burial at Umuike Ukpor. He told me that he was under captivity of IPOB guys at Lilu. The IPOB guys told me to come with 200,000 naira and bail my brother and his SUV if I still want him alive. Initially, I thought it was a prank but when the call came again, I knew it was a serious matter They warned me not to involve police or else they will kill my brother. I called my boss in the office and told him what was happening and he adviced me not go. I also sought the opinion of my other friend who is a DSS guy, he asked me not to go. I called my elder sister and she warned me not to try it They used another number to call me and directed me on how to come. I convinced myself that I should go and that nothing would happen to me. But my instinct continued telling me to go and save Okey As soon as I joined the St Joseph to St Joseph/Onuselogu road, one particular bike man started following me from Awka Etitit section I pretended that I wanted to buy fuel but the pump attendant told me that one man was calling me at the other side of the road. I also received a call from another number and I told them that I was on my way. I took my old Siena bus and withdrew 250k and moved. Surprisingly, the person asked me whether I was the person with the Siena and I answered in affirmative. He then asked me to stop at Hajosty Petroleum at Ukpor which I did. I came down, waited for further instructions He then told me that my brother was in safe hands only that MNK onye Ndu is in prison and there is no money to operate I walked to the other side and the man showed me my phone number and asked me whether I was the owner which I accepted. He then told me to buy him 2 bottles of Hero beer at a shop there which I did. I also took my own 2 bottles of Heineken beer I told him that I understood him perfectly well. He then told me to remove everything that bear Nigeria I have on me and keep them in my vehicle and I obliged him. Emirate asks NCAA to punish Air Peace for refusing to delay flight… I have bequeathed Nigerians a lasting legacy with the new electoral… That’s why they deployed a way of raising money by kidnapping. He asked me to join him on his bike and we zoomed off from that Hajosty Petroleum Ukpor He asked me to pick a Greenleaf and be waving it across my head as he drove into Lilu. That was when I knew that I was in trouble. We got to a a point where they used a trip of chippings to block the tarred road and they dug a deep gully after the chippings to prevent soldiers from entering with armoured tanks into Lilu. He drove for about 3 kilometers without seeing any life there except IPOB guys who were armed with various types of arms and dangerous weapons. The guy was on a neck breaking speed until he got to Lilu junction Orsumoghu. There is also a filling station there which I can not remember the name now. He stopped and went to the filling station to greet some fierce looking men. All of them were carrying AK 47 automatic rifles with cache of ammunitions. But they created a road in the bush where one could drive through but the road was seriously manned by IPOB guys. Several exotic cars were there. It is either their owners were killed or the owners ran away and abandoned them When we got to their camp, it was a gory sight. I was shocked to see a woman selling beer there and some girls who put spices to their lives were there singing and clapping. My Visa was the green leaf which identified me as a peaceful man. I bought them beer and they were 25 in number I stayed there for 30 minutes before the GOC came out to see me. My brother was already pushed into their cell. They brought him out and knelt him down before me. As soon as the GOC saw me, he queried them why they brought me there. They told him that I came for my brother. He said that there was a grave that was following me. But everywhere was smelling like sewage or septic tank. I told him how I got a call and how I came to save my brother. He said that he liked my guts. He asked them to bring out my brother. He ordered 4 of his men to escort us to that Ukpor junction. The GOC told me to be praying for MNK to be released. I gave them what they asked me to bring and I also gave them 20k to drink. But most of them were speaking Abakaliki dialect There is no life there now. Lilu town is like Sambisa forest now. The experience is not worth having for a second time It has been taken over by insurgents. We are in serious troubles in Anambra South These guys are mean They have Intel’s everywhere It is very unfortunate It is very unfortunate Lilu, Orsumoghu, Azia, Isekke, Ukpor are in serious troubles They are small boys. https://news.band/how-ipob-gunmen-in-anambra-kidnapped-my-brother-demanded-for-200k-ransom-man-narrates/?fbclid=IwAR22nQHS7pi22SCIH3YEzfoOu9GrcBMUw78m5qsM_yyZG6fYmuoXVUVwd_k
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Politics / Declan Emelumba: Imo people Not Wike Will Re-Elect Uzodinma by MyopicMods: 9:28pm On Feb 24, 2022 |
Imo State Government has declared that the re-election of Gov Hope Uzodinma will be done by the people of Imo state who will not be influenced by ” rabble-rousers like Nyesom Wike”https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/02/imo-people-not-wike-will-re-elect-uzodimma-says-govt/?fbclid=IwAR32wWK9Uzr9GMEccWtGIleo1ZBGo8sFKiasC3n_KnkRc04YrSBHISRo0pY 4 Likes 2 Shares
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Politics / Another Victim Of IPOB-UGM Tells His Story. I Narrowly Escaped by MyopicMods: 9:22pm On Feb 21, 2022 |
Another Victim of IPOB-UGM Tells his Story. I narrowly Escaped.
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Politics / Re: Man Gunned Down By IPOB Unknown Gunmen In Ihiala by MyopicMods: 4:55pm On Feb 21, 2022 |
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Politics / Man Gunned Down By IPOB Unknown Gunmen In Ihiala by MyopicMods: 4:53pm On Feb 21, 2022 |
Man Gunned down by IPOB Unknown Gunmen in Ihiala https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=4873558749436827&id=354795944646486&fs=0&focus_composer=0&m_entstream_source=timeline
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Politics / Re: The Unending Atrocities Of IPOB-ESN Terrorists, Those Who Survived Speaks by MyopicMods: 10:01pm On Feb 20, 2022 |
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Politics / Re: The Unending Atrocities Of IPOB-ESN Terrorists, Those Who Survived Speaks by MyopicMods: 9:59pm On Feb 20, 2022 |
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Politics / Re: The Unending Atrocities Of IPOB-ESN Terrorists, Those Who Survived Speaks by MyopicMods: 9:52pm On Feb 20, 2022 |
More The terrorism is real. Like we do see with Boko Haram members IPOB terrorists now recruits small children and are training them as future suicide bombers. |
Politics / Re: The Unending Atrocities Of IPOB-ESN Terrorists, Those Who Survived Speaks by MyopicMods: 9:51pm On Feb 20, 2022 |
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Politics / The Unending Atrocities Of IPOB-ESN Terrorists, Those Who Survived Speaks by MyopicMods: 9:50pm On Feb 20, 2022 |
The Unending Atrocities of IPOB-ESN Terrorists, Those Who Survived Speaks.
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Fashion / Two Edo Girls Teases Igbo Girls,declare Themselves The Most Beautiful In Nigeria by MyopicMods: 3:12pm On Feb 19, 2022 |
Two Edo girls teases Igbo girls, declares themselves the most beautiful girls in Nigeria (Video) https://www.instagram.com/p/CaJkqtFgUeI/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=0a1ff39e-8a59-46f5-a99b-1225390da20d&ig_mid=F438453A-0651-45B0-92DE-B25FF1FCD46A
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Education / Yoruba Language: South-West, Kogi, Kwara Commissioners Meet March 3 by MyopicMods: 2:23pm On Feb 18, 2022 |
Yoruba language: South-West, Kogi, Kwara commissioners meet March 3. In a bid to protect, preserve and promote the Yoruba language, Commissioners of Education in the six South-West States and Kwara and Kogi states will meet in Ibadan, Oyo State on March 3, 2022. https://punchng.com/yoruba-language-south-west-kogi-kwara-commissioners-meet-march-3/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR2LBYXvBlGU2C1uCAAFlRdwt6yrW68OdsI2ANaXjSlrsIB9HdOq7Ru9EdI#Echobox=1645184378 37 Likes 6 Shares
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Politics / INDABOSKI! If Only For 2nd Niger Bridge, This Country Won’t Forget Buhari – Femi by MyopicMods: 8:44am On Feb 18, 2022 |
INDABOSKI! If only for 2nd Niger bridge, this country won’t forget Buhari – Femi Adesina This year, the long wait for Godot will come to an end. The second bridge over the River Niger will be commissioned, and put to use. And what a dream come true it would be. Last December, a friend had traveled from Lagos to the South East for the Christmas holidays. When he had spent six hours on the River Niger bridge, a journey which should take less than five minutes, since the bridge is only 1.6 kilometers long, he called me in frustration. He was almost bursting a blood vessel. I consoled and comforted him, and added for good effect: “This is the last time you and other travelers would be stranded on that bridge. By next Christmas, there would be two bridges in operation, and it would be a jolly good ride.” He said a resounding amen, and went off the line. What trauma and travails users of the River Niger bridge have passed through. Built in 1965, the artery between the South East, South South, and the rest of the country has become grossly inadequate, and a torture to navigate at peak seasons. There was a year travelers even spent the night on the bridge. There is a long history to the building of a second bridge over the River Niger, and it had over the years become a tool of false promises, lies and propaganda. When politicians want the votes of South Easterners as elections approach, they go and offload shovels, pick axes, wheelbarrows, cutlasses and others at the site, as if that is what is required to build a bridge of that magnitude. After they’ve got the votes, they come to remove their miserable implements. Goodbye basket, I’ve carried all my apples. The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) did it for 16 years, building the bridge with their mouths. The first recollection was during the campaign for the 1979 presidential election. Candidate of the National Party of Nigeria (NPN), Alhaji Shehu Shagari, went to the South East, and promised a Second Niger bridge. That was all it was. A promise, though the NPN government lasted from 1979 to 1983. Then came the military regimes headed by Muhammadu Buhari, which lasted only 20 months, that of Ibrahim Babangida, which endured for eight years, Ernest Shonekan-led Interim National Government, 84 days, Sani Abacha, five years, and Abdulsalami Abubakar, 11 months. Nothing was heard about the bridge. Under Babangida, an alarm was raised about the deteriorating condition of the bridge. Ever the master of artifice and sleight of hand, the then military president challenged Nigerian engineers to design a new bridge. They did! End of story. Then came Olusegun Obasanjo, a former military head of state, as civilian President. He promised to build the bridge. It didn’t happen in eight years. READ ALSO: Buhari laments mass youth migration to Europe About five days before he left office, Obasanjo flagged off the project, to cost N58.6 billion, and handed it to his successor, Umaru Yar’Adua. No action in the three years that the administration lasted. Understandably so, for Yar’Adua was infirm. Then came Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, who even at a point added Azikiwe to his name. He promised Heaven on earth, saying he was a South easterner, and he would build the bridge. During a Town Hall meeting on August 30, 2012, in the region, he said what would he claim he had done for his Igbo brethren, if he didn’t build the bridge. Later, Azikiwe disappeared from Jonathan’s name, and the Second Niger bridge disappeared with it. All that happened in the about six years that the administration lasted was a Federal Executive Council approval for final planning and design of the bridge. All motion, no movement. And then came the man from Daura, a Fulani, with no affinity with the South East. He didn’t make promises, he didn’t boast. He just went to work quietly. From September 1, 2018, without fanfare or swashbuckling, action started on the Second Niger bridge. Babatunde Raji Fashola, Minister for Works and Housing, was the chief executioner. Doggedly, he and his principal set to work. And here we are today. What has defeated many military and civilian administrations is now reality in our country. I will never forget the day I traveled to Onitsha for a private event. I was on the same flight from Lagos to Onitsha with His Royal Majesty, the Obi of Onitsha. When we alighted, and were walking towards the arrival hall of the airport, I went to pay my courtesies to the distinguished monarch. He greeted me warmly, asked after President Buhari, and told me to pass his appreciation for the work being done on the Second Niger bridge. “Every time I drive on the old bridge, and I look to my side, seeing the new upcoming one, joy wells in my heart,” the Obi said. And that is the thing to do. We must appreciate the ramrod straight man from Daura for succeeding where many other leaders before him had failed. Where there is a will, there is a way. President Buhari has taken up many major infrastructure works, most of which would be due for commissioning before he exits next year May. Roads, rail, airports, bridges, many others. If only for the Second Niger bridge, Nigerians will never forget Muhammadu Buhari. But then, you can add Loko-Oweto bridge, Bodo-Bonny road, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Enugu-Port Harcourt, Abuja to Kaduna and Kano, AKK Pipelines, rail network across the country, and many others. Surely, this country will always remember Muhammadu Buhari for good, no matter how revisionists have tried to shroud the successes with only talk of insecurity ravaging the country. While the security challenges are being met frontally, infrastructure proceeds apace. It takes determination and doggedness. Indaboski! Nigeria will always remember Buhari for his strides in infrastructure, when the country was earning far less than it used to do. Indaboski? What does it mean? Search me. Ask Prophet Chukwuemeka Odumeje what the word means. He coined it. But I repeat: Indaboski! This country will never forget Buhari, if only for the Second Niger bridge. *Adesina is Special Adviser to President Buhari on Media and Publicity https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/02/indaboski-if-only-for-2nd-niger-bridge-this-country-wont-forget-buhari-femi-adesina/?fbclid=IwAR0svXmDgM6GU5h81oN5N3Ak3IA0PjZ6vWoL6oR2csuOucp-clLghxSubFg Lalasticlala |
Politics / Police Raid Suspected Ipob/esn Camps, Kill 3 Commanders, Arrest 9 In Imo by MyopicMods: 8:39am On Feb 10, 2022 |
POLICE RAID SUSPECTED IPOB/ESN CAMPS, KILL 3 COMMANDERS, ARREST 9 IN IMO Three suspected commanders of the Eastern Security Network, ESN, of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, have been killed and nine others arrested by the police during raid of two terror camps in Okwudo, Umuorji in Naba and Oru West Local Government Areas in Imo State. The State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Micheal Abattam, who disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri, the state capital said the operation was carried out last Monday. Abattam said: “On 07/02/2022 at about 04:00 hours, after credible intelligence and surveillance of some identified camps of the terror groups in the state stormed in commando style, two identified terror Camps located in Okwudo in Naba LGA of Imo State and Umuorji Mgbidi in Oru West LGA of Imo State respectively, engaging the hoodlums in a fierce gun battle in a commandos styles successfully dislodged them due to their number and superior fire-power. ” He added that; “The hoodlums who suffered a heavy casualty in the process lost three of their members who and nine others arrested with various degrees of bullet wounds, they are Ekene Abiaziem age 31 yeas m of Mgbidi, Emmanuel Nwabueaze m age 58 years of Mgbidi, Ifeanyi Eze m age 38 years of Mgbdi, Izunna Chukwukezie, male, age 39 years of Okwudo, Ejike Onuabuike m age 44 years of Okwudo, Chukwuebuka Elvis Nkonta male age 27 years of Okwudo, Jerohm Amaiah m 33 years of Okwudo, Chukwuebuka Nwachuk, ale, are 23 years of Okwudo and Chimobi Ogbonna m age 27 years of Awomama to the station.” Items recovered from the ESN camps include: “Three automatic Pump Action guns, Four Locally made Pistols, Twenty-One (21) Rounds of Live Cartridges, Four Locally Made Improvised Explosives Devices ( I.E.DS, Five Sharpened Cutlasses, Five Rounds of 7.62 mm Live AK47 Rifle Ammunition, Four Rounds of 5.56 mm Live Assault Rifle Ammunition, One Big Rubber Drum containing Substances suspected to be Indian hemp. “Some Quantities of Ice Hard Drugs suspected to be Mkpurumiri, One Live Tortoise, Assorted Black Charms, Four Biafran Flags, Several BIAFRAN/MASSOB, suspected adds, Three Battle Axes 3, Four Biafran Berets and Assorted Phones,” Police said. The police PRO further stated that; “The three Corpses were later deposited at Federal Medical Center Mortuary Owerri, lmo State.”
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Politics / Re: IPOB Attack: Imo People Running To Anambra For Safety ( Video) by MyopicMods: 9:36pm On Feb 09, 2022 |
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Politics / IPOB Attack: Imo People Running To Anambra For Safety ( Video) by MyopicMods: 9:29pm On Feb 09, 2022 |
IPOB Attack: Imo people running to Anambra for safety over as Igbos currently raids the community. Watch below https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=466660084910524&id=100046996092209&fs=1&focus_composer=0&m_entstream_source=feed_mobile |
Religion / Re: Catholic Church Suspends Rev James Anelu For Banning Igbo Songs In Parish by MyopicMods: 7:35am On Feb 08, 2022 |
UselessBuhari: Sad as it may Sound, Onitsha is not Igbo land and has never been. 9 Likes |
Politics / Wike Elevates Awuse, Oriebe To First-class Kings by MyopicMods: 12:03pm On Feb 04, 2022 |
The Executive Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, CON, GSSRS, Power of Sports (Africa) in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 13 of the Rivers State Traditional Rulers Law No.4 of 2015 and other powers enabling him, has recognized the following: HIS ROYAL MAJESTY, EZE OZUOWUOWU LEVI AMOS ORLU ORIEBE, JP, as NYE NWE ALI AKPOR, occupant of a 1st Class Traditional Chieftaincy Stool in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State with effect from 14th January, 2022. HIS ROYAL MAJESTY, SIR OHNA SERGEANT CHIDI AWUSE, as NNE-NWE-ELI EMOHUA XIII (OLO IV), occupant of a 1st Class Traditional Chieftaincy Stool in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State with effect from 29th January, 2022. The presentation of Staff of Office and Certificates of recognition will take place on Friday 4th February, 2022 at Banquet Hall, Rivers State Government House by 11am. All guests are expected to be seated by 10am. Signed: Hon. Sam Ejekwu KGS JP Hon. Commissioner Rivers State Ministry of Chieftaincy and Community Affairs https://theportcitynews.com/2022/02/03/wike-elevates-awuse-oriebe-to-first-class-kings/
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Crime / FUTA Students Beats Up A Bully And Extortionist by MyopicMods: 8:44pm On Feb 02, 2022 |
FUTA students beats up a bully and extortionist
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Crime / How POS Operator From Ebonyi Made Away With Business Owners 700k In PH by MyopicMods: 7:40pm On Feb 02, 2022 |
POS operator from Ebonyi made away with his Boss 700k in PH https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=486594806362657&id=100050364255333&refid=28
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Crime / Photos: Yahoo Boys Performing Rituals At World Bank Owerri, Imo State by MyopicMods: 6:41pm On Feb 01, 2022 |
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