The gov't of Abia state led by Dr Alex Chioma Otti OFR @alexottiofr SEALED OFF President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Renewed Hope Partners Office in Umuahia over NOTHING
Renewed Hope Partners is a grassroot mobilization initiative being championed by Rt Hon Benjamin Okezie Kalu @OfficialBenKalu PhD CFR @OfficialBenKalu.
Thw gov't of Abia state led by Dr Alex Chioma Otti OFR @alexottiofr SEALED OFF President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Renewed Hope Partners Office in Umuahia over NOTHING
Renewed Hope Partners is a grassroot mobilization initiative being championed by Rt Hon Benjamin Okezie Kalu… pic.twitter.com/8Hs9twuB3l
I am watching closely the situation as it unfolds in Umuahia where Alex Otti SEALED the office of the Renewed Hope Partners
Na like this Alex Otti wan take do opposition by sealing up facility of the No 6 Citizen of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Rt Hon Benjamin Okezie Kalu PhD CFR @OfficialBenKalu
I don't want to hear "Federal might" when tables turn oo
Na Alex Otti start am ooo
I am watching closely the situation as it unfolds in Umuahia where Alex Otti SEALED the office of the Renewed Hope Partners
Na like this Alex Otti wan take do opposition by sealing up facility of the No 6 Citizen of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Rt Hon Benjamin Okezie Kalu… pic.twitter.com/wogR9iyOIl
Its official the henchmen of Alex Otti who ILLEGALLY sealed the Renewed Hope Partners office in Umuahia has UNSEALED it because they know Abia state gov't was acting with ILLEGALLY
Rt Hon Benjamin Okezie Kalu @OfficialBenKalu PhD CFR isn't a man that will break the law.
Before vs After
Its official the henchmen of Alex Otti who ILLEGALLY sealed the Renewed Hope Partners office in Umuahia has UNSEALED it because they know Abia state gov't was acting with ILLEGALLY
There were many rumours yesterday that the property was sealed because of the exchange of words by the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Abia State Governor a month ago.
Sealing and Unsealing of No. 36 Ojike Lane, Umuahia, and General Enforcement Updates.
1. The property at No. 36 Ojike Lane has been unsealed following directives from His Excellency, Dr. Alex Chioma Otti, OFR, the Executive Governor of Abia State.
2. The Deputy Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu, brought the matter to the Governor’s attention. The unsealing was promptly executed pending the regularization of the building's documentation.
Background on Sealing
1. The property was sealed by the Harmonised Task Force as part of a blanket enforcement of court orders.
2. This enforcement was not politically motivated; rather, it was part of a general exercise targeting properties in default of statutory obligations.
Key Details of the Enforcement*- *Basis for Sealing No. 36 Ojike Lane:
1. Ground Rent has been owed since 1982, with the lease expiring on December 31, 2025.
2. The property owner failed to respond to demand notices requesting proof of compliance with payment of ground rent and other related charges.
3. court order was obtained for the sealing after evidence of service of demand notices was presented.
Documents Supporting the Enforcement:
a. Demand notice served. b. Affidavit of service of the demand notice. c. Court order authorizing the sealing. d. Statement of ground rent owed.
General Enforcement Summary
1. The enforcement exercise, which began in August 2025, targeted 83 properties in Umuahia and 91 in Aba.
2. A significant number of affected property owners have since complied with the court orders.
3. Exceptions to Sealing - As per court directives, churches, hospitals, and schools are exempt from sealing due to the social services they render. Enforcement in these cases is handled passively without sealing.
Examples of Responsive Actions Taken
1. Unsealing of property belonging to the Sam Mbakwe family. 2. Unsealing of a radio station. 3. Unsealing of a property in use by a government agency.
Policy on Enforcement
Strict instructions have been issued to the Harmonised Task Force to ensure enforcement is carried out without compromise. However, the unsealing of No. 36 Ojike Lane reflects the government’s responsiveness to emerging issues. While enforcement remains uncompromised, sensitive matters will receive greater oversight to ensure fairness and political balance.
Ctz. UKOHA, NJOKU UKOHA Chief Press Secretary to the Executive Governor of Abia State. November 25, 2025.
NIGERIAN MILITARY NOT RECRUITING BOKO HARAM EX FIGHTERS
The Defence Headquarters has been notified of false information peddled in some online media, insinuating that deradicalized Boko Haram ex- fighters are being absorbed into the Nigerian military.
One of such insinuations is contained in a trending video footage published by Roots TV, where one Balhatu Musa Ezekiel claimed the Nigeria Army had recruited de-redicalized Boko Haram Ex-fighters into the Army and was therefore recycling insurgency.
The Defence Headquarters wishes to unambiguously state that Balhatu's claims are not only bereft of truth, but laced with mediocrity emanating from poorly researched and uninformed position. Contrary to his claims, no Boko Haram ex- fighter has been recruited into the Nigerian military and no such plan is in the offing. The de-radicalization, rehabilitation and reintegration program is a Federal Government program conducted under the auspices of Operation Safe Corridor as a non- kinetic operation.
Nigeria's De-radicalization model is a very effective one, targeted at low risk combatants and has become a classical example in the Lake Chad Basin Region and West Africa. Over 250 repentant insurgents who willingly abandoned their struggle and surrendered to federal troops have been de-radicalized, rehabilitated and re-integrated into the society by their respective state governments in conjunction with traditional and religious institutions. Nigeria's De-radicalization model is therefore not new in the global community, as such model exists in Algeria, Colombia, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, where persons involved in violent extremism have been de-radicalized and rehabilitated. This process is therefore an internationally acceptable practice now.
So far in Nigeria, the de-radicalized ex-fighters are doing well in their respective communities, as no adverse report has been recorded against the de-radicalized repentant ex fighters by Operation Safe Corridor's monitoring unit.
There has not been report of molestation or harassment of any sort against them by members of the communities, where they are resettled. As a matter of verifiable fact, the reintegrated ex- fighters are doing well in their various endeavours and are positively impacting on their respective communities. It is also expedient to state, that the Federal Government of Nigeria has continued to prosecute BHT/ISWAP suspects in courts of competent jurisdiction and over 500 terrorists have so far been convicted.
Meanwhile, the next round of prosecution of another batch of terrorism suspects is due to commence shortly. Members of the public are therefore enjoined to please discountenance the misinformation and misguided views peddled by Balhatu Musa Ezekiel, as it constitutes outright aberration of extant recruitment procedures and practice of the Armed Forces of Nigeria. The Defence Headquarters reiterates its commitment to ensuring a well motivated, trained and equipped Armed Forces that is professionally responsive to national security commitments.
Jimmy Cliff, the Jamaican reggae artiste who was very popular in Nigeria in the 1970s and '80s recently died at the age of 81.
Mr Cliff came to Nigeria many times in the 1970s (particularly in 1974 and 1976) and he often said that his 1976 visit was bitter-sweet.
The sweet part was that there were many fans at the airport and they lined the streets from the airport to his hotel.
The bitter part was that a man claimed that he had a deal with Jimmy Cliff (which he claimed was signed in London) that he would bring him to Nigeria, but Jimmy Cliff broke the deal. Jimmy Cliff was detained for three days, but he was released when the case got to court because the accuser had no evidence.
The famous Jamaican journalist, Lindsay Barrett, who lived and worked in Nigeria in the 1970s and '80s was one of the people that actually convinced Jimmy Cliff to come to Nigeria.
REWIND: In 1976 song ‘The News’, Reggae icon Jimmy Cliff recalled being detained in Nigeria over contract dispute
By Muhibat Sulaimon November 24, 2025
The recent passing of Jimmy Cliff has brought renewed attention to the life and stories of the Jamaican Reggae veteran: one of which was his “bitter-sweet experience” during his first visit to Nigeria decades ago.
In a July 2012 interview with The Arts Desk, the 81-year-old recalled the sweet part of his trip, narrating how upon his arrival in Nigeria, thousands of fans were at the airport to welcome him, lining the streets all the way to his hotel.
“My first trip to Africa was Nigeria. It was a bitter-sweet experience. Sweet because of the thousands of people at the airport awaiting me,” he said.
“I’d never had that adulation, I only saw it for The Beatles, so to have it for myself was really great. They lined the street from the airport to the hotel. It was amazing.”
The singer revealed that the bitter part of the experience began when a show promoter claimed he had failed to honour a previous performance agreement in London.
Cliff said due to allegation, the promoter filed a civil suit against him while he was in Nigeria.
The allegation, according to the singer, led to him being arrested and “thrown in jail,” where he spent three nights in detention.
He added that when the case finally went to court, the promoter’s claim collapsed due to a complete lack of evidence, and the suit was promptly thrown out.
“The bitter part of it was I got thrown in jail for no reason at all. A man came and said, ‘I was the one who was supposed to bring Jimmy Cliff to Africa. I had a contract with him in London and he didn’t turn up so now he’s here I’m taking out a civil suit against him,'” he said.
“They put me in jail for three nights. When I went to court, where’s the evidence? Nothing! So they threw it out. Nigeria was a pretty rough place but I didn’t mind – I liked the energy.”
The incident was significant enough in his life that he had previously referenced it in his 1976 single ‘The News‘.
“Have you heard the news/ Have you heard the news/ Have you heard the news/ Have you heard the news,” the lyrics read.
“I was in Africa down in Nigeria/ Oh they threw me in jail/ I had one hell getting bail.”
In the song, Cliff also dismissed the promoter’s claim as a “lie and propaganda” designed to “scandalise my name”.
They scandalizng my name/ They want to make me look shame/ Because I got little fame/ They want to make me look shame/ Have you heard the news Everybody/ Have you heard the news /Have you heard the news/ Have you heard the news/ It started by some liar/ Spreading like wild fire/ Propaganda all around/ News believed in every town/ In London ‘Merica then in Jamaica/ All over Trinidad/ Oh Lord I felt so bad eeh eeh,” the lyrics continued.
Cliff passed away on Monday after suffering a seizure linked to the pneumonia he had been battling.
The veteran reggae singer is survived by his wife, Latifa, and their children, daughter Lilty and son Aken.
Trump’s rhetoric may have escalated insecurity in Nigeria, Omojuwa tells US senator
by Claire Mom November 24, 2025
Japheth Omojuwa, an author and political commentator, says US President Donald Trump’s remarks on Nigeria may have led to an upsurge in insecurity in the country.
He added that he did not share the notion that Nigerian Christians feel reassured by Trump’s offer of protection from “persecution”.
Omojuwa offered his perspective while posing a question to Kevin Cramer, US senator, at the three-day Halifax International Security Forum in Canada.
Omojuwa is a member of the Halifax Forum board.
Before the influencer’s comments, Cramer said Christians in Nigeria today are probably feeling “pretty good” about Trump’s position.
Trump had threatened to send US troops “guns-a-blazing” into Nigeria, a country he called “disgraced”, to wipe out the “Islamist terrorists” he said were killing Christians.
In a clip of his response to Cramer shared on X on Monday, Omojuwa said he offered a different view because he speaks as a Christian living in Nigeria.
“I do not feel good about Donald Trump. He called Nigeria a disgraced country. Frankly speaking, that’s not so bad, because he used to call us a shit hole country. So it’s a kind of improvement,” Omojuwa said.
He followed by asking if powerful nations could offer assistance more respectfully, and without doing so in a way that leaves others worse off.
“For instance, America went to Libya. Libya has a causative effect on the terrorism challenges Nigeria and the Sahel are facing. I don’t want to talk about the other places America went to. Let’s just take it to Nigeria,” he added.
“Since Donald Trump said what he said for Nigerian Christians, Christians have been abducted in the church in the north-west of Nigeria.
“Muslim students have been abducted. I do not speak to the causation but there’s a correlation from the point Donald Trump spoke about Nigeria’s challenges and the escalation of terrorism.
“So decency apart, there are rules of engagement, there’s a rules based global order. Is there a way to speak about Nigeria, first of all, in a respectful, decent way, not even just as president of America, but as a human being?”
Omojuwa also pointed to the failed arms deal between the US and Nigeria as playing a role in the weakened fight against terrorism.
“Is there a way to decently help Nigeria without making things worse and without disrespecting Nigerian Christians and Muslims?” he asked.
The US senator replied in the affirmative.
“The right words help. A more delicate way of saying something is obviously better than a more brutal way,” Cramer said.
“A lot of people will say the right thing and do the wrong thing. Other people will maybe say the wrong thing and mean to do the right thing. Is there a better way to say? Certainly.”
However, the senator said he believed that foreign aid assistance would be more effective in stemming terrorism, noting that he had publicly disagreed with Trump multiple times on the aid cuts.
“I think, globally speaking, aid to friends, and would-be friends, and possible friends is a bargain compared to munitions,” he said.
Cramer also posited that assistance would need to suit local contexts.
The Halifax International Security Forum (also known as HISF or Halifax Forum) is an annual summit for international government and military officials, academic experts, authors and entrepreneurs, held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is organized by HFX, an organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. that describes itself and has been quoted as an "independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization". HFX addresses global security issues through various programs, with the Halifax International Security Forum serving as its flagship event.
When I heard Senator Kevin Cramer say, "The Christians in Nigeria today are probably feeling pretty good about Donald Trump's position", I decided I had to let him understand a few things.
The Halifax International Security Forum's audience certainly enjoyed this one.
When I heard Senator Kevin Cramer say, "The Christians in Nigeria today are probably feeling pretty good about Donald Trump's position", I decided I had to let him understand a few things.
The Halifax International Security Forum's audience certainly enjoyed this one. pic.twitter.com/pLys3sRFZz
Senator Kevin Cramer is a Republican who is the junior senator for North Dakota. Japhet Joshua Omojuwa is a member of the board of the Halifax International Security Forum. This exchange took place at the Halifax International Security Forum.
Senator Kevin Cramer: with that and I think the Christians in Nigeria today are probably feeling pretty good about Donald Trump's position.
Japhet Joshua Omojuwa: Thank you very much. Senator, you said the Christians in Nigeria today are probably feeling good about Donald Trump. So I'm a Christian from Nigeria. One out of 100 million Christians very small sample size.
I do not feel good about Donald Trump. He call Nigeria a disgraced country. Frankly speaking that's not so bad because he called us. . . used to call us a shithole country. So it's a kind of improvement on. . .disgraced country is an improvement.
Is there a better way, for instance to. . . a decent way to offer help to someone? So if I said if I look at all the shoes on this panel and you guys are wearing nice suits, everybody is wearing nice suits but there's a differentiation of shoes. The senator's shoe is different. So if I was your friend after this panel, I'll buy you a gift a nice shoe to match up with your suit. I wouldn't have to say anything about the state of your shoes that made me buy those shoes.
Is there a way that powerful countries can help less powerful countries, poor countries without doing it in a way that leaves the worse off?
For instance, America went to Libya. Libya has a causative effect on the terrorism challenges that Nigeria and the Sahel is facing. I won't talk about the other places America went to. Let's just stick it to Nigeria.
Since Donald Trump said what he said for Nigerian Christians, Christians have been abducted in a church in the north-west of Nigeria, Muslim students have been abducted. I will not speak to the causation but there's a correlation between Donald Trump. . .from the point Donald Trump spoke about Nigeria's challenges and the escalation of terrorism.
So decency apart, there are rules of engagement, there's a global rules based order, is there a way, first of all, to speak about Nigeria in a respectful and decent way not just as president of America, but as a human being and much more so as the president of the United States of America, that I would always respect as a person and frankly speaking, Nigerians continue to respect generally.
Also, is there a way to help Nigeria, because for instance, one of the reasons we failed woefully at fighting terrorism was because desite having the money, despite having the intention and motivation to buy weapons from America for so many years we were denied. Eventually we got them and for some of those weapons they they also told them where not to use those weapons. So I'm just going to ask and sit down, is there a way to decently help Nigeria without making things worse and wihhout disrespecting Nigerian Christians and Muslims.
Senator Kevin Cramer: Thank you very much. I think great question. No doubt the answer to your question is certainly and I I want to address both things. First of all, the words do matter. They do. You were kind in suggesting is there a way to do some things and not needing you know to make things worse by the wrong words. The right words help. You know, if a more delicate way of saying something is obviously better than a more brutal way.
That said, at the end of the day, a lot of people have promised a lot of things to Nigerian and several African countries. And by the way, you're talk you're once again I point to my colleagues who are two of the biggest advocates for our relationship with Africa.
And I won't go into all the ways that they do that or that we do it together, but but the actions do matter. A lot of people will say the right thing and do the wrong thing. Other people will maybe say the wrong thing and and mean to do the right thing. Is there a better way? Certainly. But one thing your your example is very specific and it's appropriate in your case.
But you also touched on the larger issue of it's not just one country. It's not just one on one. We did. There was an earlier panel I I forget which one that that got to the point of and it might have even been Senator King I don't remember but one of the senators spoke to America's retreat. I think it might have been Tom Tillis now I think of it. America's retreat from several areas which has left them vulnerable to to the predators if you will to China especially and their predatory financing and behavior.
There there are lots of ways and I think for example one of the areas where President Trump and I have disagreed quite openly is in the use the effective use of US AID. Those things need to be conformed for sure. But when we talk about democracy and I talk about the difference in the United States as being more self-governed, he is a reflection of the country.
All of our democracies, democratically elected leaders are a reflection of their country and that's the pastoral role they should play at the higher level but at the governing level I think globally speaking aid to friends and would be friends and possible friends is a bargain compared to to munitions and I just think we need to be more directly engaged in
Politics › Re: Why Abia State Government Sealed And Unsealed The Renewed Hope Office In Umuahia by naptu2(op): 2:55am On Nov 26, 2025
