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The Senior Pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Dr. Paul Enenche, has described as untrue and fallacy a media report which claimed an armed attack on worshipers in one of the branches of the ministry.
The cleric said the report making the rounds in the media is untrue and should be discarded in its entirety.
Dr. Enenche was reacting to a report published by AFAMNEWS with the title, Armed Men Storm Dunamis Church In Abuja, Attack Worshippers.
The report, which was also widely aggregated by other blogs, claimed some armed men invaded a branch of Dunamis at Phase 4, Kubwa, on Monday, stabbed a security guard in the stomach and ripped off his intestines.
Reacting to the report during Tuesday’s Healing and Deliverance Service, Dr. Enenche warned that those manufacturing and sponsoring fallacious stories just to tarnish the name of the Ministry and create panic among members of the Church should stop as their end is hell.
He said, “My attention was drawn to a report that devil’s church (not this Church) was attacked by armed men. You know we live in a world that is thriving on lies, especially social media. I don’t know but I think 80% of the news there are lies.
“We also live in a world where people anticipate evil for others, with a heart rooted with bitterness, all manner of wickedness, a heart continuously expecting evil news. And then, they push what is unreal and untrue. We are worshiping here right now; the camera can show everyone here and there is nothing like that.
“I want to make it clear that anybody who tells a story that is not true, whether you are telling in hard copy paper or in a news channel or whatever means, I refer you to revelation chapter 21:18, which say “…all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
“Listen to me, when you tell or promote a story that is not true, it is hell fire you are playing. What they said there is no truth in it.”

Speaking further, the cleric said the incident was that of a petty thief trying to steal something within the said location and was resisted and some people picked the news and blew it out of proportion.
He added, “A particular location that a petty thief was trying to steal something at night and was resisted and alarm was raised and he ran off the fence, then some demonic agents picked a hint of such unsuccessful misadventure of a petty thief and called it armed men attacked worshipers.
“Nothing like that ever happened and nothing like that will ever happen.

“ Let it be made clear that rumours, untruths, fallacies, fabrications are bring pushed in the air, and should be trashed. And those pushing such should be ashamed of themselves for promoting what is not true.”

It is no longer news that Nollywood actor, Oyekunle Opeyemi Oluwaremi, simply known as Remi Kunle, has replaced his colleague, Chidi Mokeme as the taskmaster of the 2021 edition of the Gulder Ultimate Search.

Kunle, who is best known for his roles in Falling, Family Forever and Tinsel, came to prominence after winning the 7th edition of Gulder Ultimate Search in 2010.

He studied acting at the New York Film Academy, Los Angeles, and graduated in 2014. This was followed by a stint learning film making and direction from the same academy, and graduating in 2015.

Remi started acting professionally in 2011, after winning Gulder Ultimate Search in 2010. His first major role was in Heavy Beauty, produced by Grace Edwin Okon and directed by Stanlee Ohikhuare.

Later, he starred in several films, TV series, and stage plays, including Family Forever, Tinsel, Lagos Cougars Reloaded, The Getaway, Falling, and Africa Magic's Forbidden.

He has been featured in a number of Africa Magic Original Films.


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The Likeminds, a group of patriotic APC members in Ado, Okpokwu and Ogbadibo Federal Constituency Benue State has frowned at a report published on Sahara Reporters over alleged irregularities in the last Local Government Area congress in Ado.

The report, which quoted unknown sources, had claimed that the consensus APC Chairman for Ado Local Government Area Hon. Ikese Echo Benjamin is of no political value to the party.

The report also accused wife of the Minister of Special Duties, Chief Mrs Regina Akume through her aide, Anna Itodo and some members of the Ibrahim Mashi-led committee of turning the exercise into a money-making venture.


However, in a statement signed by the Coordinator of the group, Hon. Ogbu Obande, said, Ikese, who has won elections in his Akpoge Ogblolo Ward of Agila district right from the time of ACN can not be of less political advantage to the Party.

The group described the allegation as baseless and untrue.


According to Obande, “To set the record straight, Chief Mrs Regina Akume is the mother of Benue and all APC faithfuls are her children. She does not indulge in illicit act none her aides as canvassed by the unknown author.”



He said the report was a deliberate attempt to smear the image of APC leader, George Akume.


The statement added, “Though, we have uncovered the authors from Ado and Otukpo Local Government Areas, we want them to desist from tarnishing the image of our leader and the Party platform through which they are seeking political offices.

“We never wanted to respond to the fake report because it was attributed to a ghost, but to set the record straight and avoid some elements against misleading the good people of Ado, Okpokwu and Ogbadibo Federal Constituency.

“This group views these allegations as smear campaign against the former Deputy Governor of Benue State, Chief Steve Lawani, Mrs. Regina Akume, Miss Anna Itodo, a governorship aspirant, Dr. Mathias Byuan and other party stakeholders from Ado, Okpokwu and Ogbadibo Federal Constituency.

“We want to state it categorically that at no point did Miss Itodo receive any money from Chief Steven Lawani, Sunny Oche or Dr. Matthias Byuan to edit the congress lists for Ado, Okpokwu and Ogbadibo local government areas.

“The sponsored article is a clear voice of Jacob but hand of Essau, he the failure of the said source to reveal his/her identity.

“Surprisingly, the mendacious report has been making the rounds claimed Anna Itodo said any aspirants who fails to settle her will not make it to the 2023 general elections is wicked and will kill the party in Idomaland.

“We can say this without fear or favour that the exercise in Ado and the entire Enone was peaceful without any rancour.

“It is unfortunate Sahara Reporters, member of the fourth estate of the realm failed to balance its report by reaching out to Miss Itodo and party stakeholders for comment before publishing.

“We want to make it clear that the report should be discarded in entirety as it is laced with hatred and clear attempt to pitch leaders and members of the APC in Enone against each other.

“We urge members of the APC on the constituency to remain resolute and supportive to the new leadership in our quest to regain power from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, which has obviously failed the people of Benue State.”

Dr Ebuka Onunkwo, Chairman, Seahorse Industries Limited, manufacturer of quality lubricant, was on Thursday, September 2, 2021, honoured by the Anambra State Government for his significant contribution to the growth of education in the state.


Onukwo bagged the award at a programme tagged “Anambra State at 30: A Day with Education Builders,” which was held at Hollywood Event Centre, Awka.

The event, organised by the state’s Ministry of Basic Education in commemoration of Anambra three decades of statehood, had the singular objective of appreciating those who have contributed to the development of education in Anambra State.

According to the organisers, Dr Onukwo, who is a native of Ihembosi, was picked for the honoured following his massive contribution to the education of youths of Anambra State.

The business mogul had at a time picked the five best students from Ozubulu and sponsored their university education. He had also at another time donated 10 million naira towards the education of 10 university students. More importantly, he has been paying WAEC and NECO exam fees for all the senior students of Community Secondary School Ihembosi, a noble gesture that has led to an increase in the population of the school from 190 in 2009 to over 600 students in 2021.

The award was presented to him by Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano and the State Commissioner for Basic Education, Prof Kate Azuka Omenugha.

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A major drug dealer wanted for attempting to export 69.65kilograms of cocaine, heroin and cannabis to the United Kingdom through the NAHCO export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos, has been arrested at a church in Ojodu, Ikeja area of Lagos state.
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, had traced the wanted drug dealer, Stephen Afam Ikeanyionwu, on Sunday 15th August, 2021, to a popular pentecostal church at Mike Ajari street, Ojodu Berger, where they arrested him soon after he stepped out of the church service.

His arrest followed the interception of a consignment of illicit drugs weighing 69.65kg going to the UK through the Lagos airport on Thursday, 12th August, 2021. The illegal baggage had been sent to the airport for export through a freight forwarding company, which in turn gave a driver to deliver at the NAHCO export shed. Following the arrest of the driver, follow up operations and investigations later revealed the true identity of the actual owner of the consignment, Stephen Afam Ikeanyionwu, who was arrested three days later in a sting operation.

Also at the Lagos airport, NDLEA operatives arrested an Italy-bound passenger, Abibu Miminu, during the outward clearance of passengers on Ethiopian Airways flight to Italy via Addis-Ababa for ingesting illicit drugs. While under observation at the Agency’s facility between Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th August, 2021, the trafficker excreted 68 wraps of heroin in three excretions, all weighing 800grams.
In the same vein, narcotic officers of the Directorate of Operation and General Investigation have intercepted at two courier companies in Lagos 840 grams of Methamphetamine going to Australia and concealed in bolts; 340 grams of Meth hidden in locally made footwears and also going to Australia; 1kilogram of cocaine coming from Ghana with UK as destination and concealed in four local guitars. Also seized from one of the courier firms is another 480grams of Meth concealed in footwears and going to Australia.

Meanwhile, a South Africa returnee, Obi Chigozie Samuel, was also last Sunday arrested at the Lagos airport during the inward clearance of Ethiopian Airlines from Addis-Abbaba, for importing 58grams of skunk into Nigeria. During preliminary interview, he admitted ownership and claimed to be a cannabis smoker.

In strings of operations in Edo, Ondo, Kaduna, Kano and Kogi states, at least 2,504.8 kilograms of diverse illicit drugs were seized from multiple suspects in the past week. In Kogi, 60-year-old Mrs Comfort Uzor was arrested with 62.1kg cannabis on Tuesday, 17th August, 2021 in Lokoja, where one Dayyabu Usman was also caught with 8kg of same substance. While Uzor sourced hers from Bolorunduro in Ondo state and was heading to Abuja, Usman got his from Lagos and was taking it to Kano for sale.

In Kaduna state, operatives of the Birnin Gwari Area Command of the Agency raided the home of one Mr Joseph Sunday at Ungwa Pama, Kaduna where they recovered 48.3kg of cannabis from his room following credible intelligence.

In Edo state, NDLEA officers on Tuesday 17th August stormed the Ugbuwe forest in Ovia North East LGA, where they seized146 bags of cannabis sativa weighing 2,044 kilograms, while in Kano state, one Ikechukwu Aleke was arrested with 30,000 tablets of Tramadol 225mg and 99 bottles of Codeine syrup, in addition to the arrest of one Muktar Muhammad, with 370 bottles of Codeine cough syrup, weighing 60.4kg, as well as 900 tablets of Rohypnol. Also arrested in Kano was Sufiyanu Abubakar, 24, with 400 plastic bottles of Codeine cough syrup weighing 52kg as well as one Mutta Hassan Wada, who specializes in using courier firms to send drugs to a recipient in China, using cooking spices bottles for concealment.

In Ondo state, over 77.5kilograms of cannabis and monkey tail were intercepted on Saturday 21st August at Odigbo town in Odigbo LGA, where operatives arrested one Basiru Ijiniga. Also arrested on Saturday was Ibrahim Umaru in Sabo area of Akure South LGA. Recovered from him include different quantities of psychotropic substances like Diazepam, Tramadol, Swinol and Rophynol.
Reacting to the strings of arrests and seizures in the past week across some states and the MMIA, Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) commended the officers and men of the various commands for their unrelenting commitment to the presidential mandate to clear Nigerian forests and communities of illicit drugs in whatever form. “We have all laid our hands on the plough, there’s no looking back, no retreat or surrender and as such I urge all our officers and men to intensify the ongoing offensive action until the last gram of illicit drug is taken away from merchants of death”, Gen. Marwa stated on Sunday.

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On the 12th of August, 1989, while he was playing for Nigeria in a 2nd round World Cup Qualifier match (Group C, Italia World Cup) against Angola, Samuel Okwaraji slumped on the pitch and died immediately. It was 77 minutes into the match. Right there, in front of 20,000 Nigerians at the Main Bowl of the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, the Green Eagles were thrown into disarray while the Palancas Negras of Angola forgot the competition and joined in the futile attempts to revive him.

His body was then taken to the National Stadium Clinic where he was covered up, and from there to the General Hospital. The thousands of Nigerians who came to cheer him to glory left the stadium under a dark cloud of grief. Many would never forget that ominous day. It was just about 10 minutes to the final whistle. Okwaraji was 25. Autopsy revealed he died from high blood pressure-induced congestive heart failure (which occurs when the heart is unable to provide sufficient pump action to ensure enough blood goes round the body). His heart was discovered to be enlarged -not a good sign in medicine. Okwaraji literally played his heart out for Nigeria.

He had just signed a $500,000 contract with Berchem FC of Antwerp, Belgium.

The Green Eagles on that day, apart from Okwaraji, were:

-David Ngodigha

-Augustine Eguavoen

-Stephen Keshi

-Sunday Eboigbe

-Obobaifo Osaro (now of blessed memory)

-Ademola Adesina

-Uchenna Okafor (now of blessed memory)

-Humphrey Edobor

-Samson Siasia

-Etim Esim

-Dahiru Sadi (substituted Edobor in the second half) Nigeria won the match: 1-0. But we lost the gallant Okwaraji. Forever.

That fateful day in the newly-refurbished stadium, one of the very last people that Okwaraji (he made the national squad in 1988) met and spoke with was David Ngodigha, a former goalkeeper for Nigeria and later the coach for Bayelsa United FC. They were both in the Nigerian national team and were roommates at the Seoul Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea in 1988 while both of them were playing under German coach Manfred Hoener and Clemens Westerhof of the Netherlands.

However, their friendship was forged long before they started playing for Nigeria. He was with Okwaraji before the ill-fated match and narrates: “I had known Sam way back while I was in Port Harcourt. But our paths really crossed during the Olympic qualifying games for Seoul ’88. We were roommates then and with Sam you can hardly find a dull moment because he is, sorry he was a down-to-earth person.”

Then he stated that shortly before the match, Sam, who was known for his calm and friendly character became a bit aggressive. On the morning of the match, he shouted at one of the staff in their hotel and that gave him serious concern: “Since I knew Sam, I had never seen him in that mood before and I must say I was so disturbed because this was a man that will allow nothing disturb him before, during or after any match. And suddenly Sam started telling how important the game against Angola was. And he kept talking about the game and this was quite unusual because instead we will joke and then he will call his Italian girlfriend, who I knew, on telephone and they will speak for about six hours.” Then he added that may the late Sam was being emotional because of the nature of the match: “I think Sam was also mindful that he was going to play in Lagos for the first time coupled with the publicity that was built around him before the game.” “

Sam on that day seemed to know that he was leaving. So he told me in his exact words that ‘I am perching on the scrotum of someone. That person wants to strike but he is being careful not to strike and miss.’ Back then I didn’t really understand what he was talking about. And he also warned me to be careful because he has done his best and might not be around for too long.” He was later shocked when his Sam’s cousin came to pack his belongings in the hotel where they were staying (something he said had never occurred before) that Sam had instructed him to do just that before he died. Ndodigha later said of his good friend: ”He wasn’t just a roommate or teammate but a true brother.”

According to his brother, Patrick, when Sam died, he had life insurance from a Belgian firm but ‘because of his love, he did what I will call a capital mistake, he had a clause in his insurance policy in which he stated that if he played outside Europe and America, that he would lose his insurance cover. And that is exactly what happened because he died here. There was an insurance package that was done by Guinness place for that particular match but it was just a cover for that match, not a life insurance. It was worth N10,000. That was what we got. And nothing else.‘

His mother says of that sad day:

I didn’t know that my son had died. It was a mystery to me. Because when we were watching the match, the screen suddenly went blank and I was even abusing NEPA or was it NTA for cutting short such an important match. I started to see people running around and I was wondering what was happening. It was dark, you know it was in the evening when they were playing. So I had to go in and sleep…I was even saying this Nigeria sef, this is a World Cup qualifier match and ….I slept. That night, by 7.30 pm, I woke up to see whether they had started the match again, what I heard was that (she pauses…) …….they are very sorry that……they announced his death….that he slumped and died….that was how I heard it…. It was so painful to me….he was a boy so close to my heart…he always knew what I wanted…he would come home and say Mummy, what do you want. He would ask me if I was well. He would take me to the hospital to the doctor that he just wanted the doctor to examine me, to do this and that. He did so many things to touch my heart. I lost him…and it was a terrible loss to me…because he loved me so much….and I so loved him.. The government indeed made promises to help me out with the care of my children when Sam died because he was the family’s provider but nothing was done. I was at home for a whole year and didn’t teach, receiving condolences from people all over Nigeria for the death of Sam who was multitalented, because I could remember he got a recommendation and congratulatory letter from the Korean government for one of his art works which was chosen as the best in a primary school art contest.” They brought him home to Enugu here where we lived from Lagos but before then they had told me to go to Umudioka and wait for them. My friends gathered here, markets closed, banks closed, offices closed, people lined up the streets in Enugu….he was given a lot of respect…and when they brought him, it was like a king, I had never seen such before.

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IDOMA VOICE reports that there was pandemonium at the Federal Secretariat, Abuja, on Monday following a protest by the taxi drivers in the Federal Capital Territory over the activities of Vehicle Inspection Office, VIO.

The protesters alleged that the officials of the VIO have allegedly continued to harass and collect illegal levies from them.

It was gathered that Union leaders are preventing taxi drivers from operating by stopping their vehicles and telling their passengers to alight.

Details of the incident are still sketchy as of press time.

The FCT Police Public Relations Officer, Maryian Yusuf was unable to be reached.

Details shortly.


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The president of Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo, on Saturday, dedicated the Great Dome built by the Global Impact Church, Lagos.


Speaking at the dedication ceremony, which is part of this year’s recharge conference, with the theme, Multiply, Bishop Oyedepo warned that it is total wrong to ascribe God’s glory to oneself.

Bishop Oyedepo warned the lead pastors of the church, Yemi and Bimbo Davids and other ministers around to avoid swallowing every accolade being thrown at them.

Oyedepo recalled that after completing the Faith Tabernacle some years back, he strongly warned his pastors that anyone that goes about telling people we built it will be killed by God.

According to him, the church doesn’t have the capacity to build such edifice if God is not involved.


Also speaking speaking earlier, the founder of Eternity Network International, Pastor Joshua Selman, described the Great Dome building as a great marvellous work of God.

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The viral story making the rounds on social media with the headline, How I love the ‘evil’ of prophet T.B Joshua, credited to Dr. Pastor Paul Enenche, Senior Pastor, Dunamis International Gospel Centre was actually written by a totally different person.

The attribution of the story is misleading as the said statement did not emanate from the Senior Pastor.

The said story was authored by Enenche Obonyilo Peter, also known as Enenche Enenche, a comedian and it was first published on Daily Post online with his name boldly written below the article.

To set the record straight, Enenche Enenche is an entertainer while Dr. Paul Paul Enenche is a pastor and both are separate individuals.

Those sharing the story should be aware of who the real author is, as any attribution of the article to Dr Paul Enenche is false and misleading.

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The Senior Pastor of Dunamis Int’l Gospel Centre, Dr Paul Enenche on Friday, commissioned a road project constructed by the church in Karu/Jikwoyi community, Abuja.

The road project which covers 550 meters and dilapidated over the years, was funded by Dunamis Church.

IDOMA VOICE reports that the Karu/Jikwoyi branch of the church under the leadership of Pastor Usman Yakubu, flagged off the project on March 31, 2021.

Commissioning the road project, Pastor Enenche, accompanied by his wife, Dr Becky Enenche, said the major assignment of leadership is to cater for the welfare of the people.

Some dignitaries, such as royal fathers, political and religious leaders, who graced the occasion, hailed the Dr. Paul Enenche-led Dunamis Church for always setting the pace and breaking new grounds.

In February and March 2020, Dr. Paul Enenche commissioned road projects financed by the church in Mararaba (Nasarawa) and Kubwa (Abuja).

Some residents of the area also expressed their gratitude to the Dunamis church for the road project.

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The United Muslims for Peace and Good Governance has described as total madness and joke taken too far by some persons who staged a protest at the Glory Dome, headquarters of the Dunamis International Gospel Centre on Sunday.

IDOMA VOICE recalls that a rebel group, Revolution Now, led by Omoyele Sowore’s had sneaked into Dunamis Church and staged #Buharimustgo protest on Sunday.

However, the protesters got more than the bargained for as officials of the Department of State Service, DSS, who were on routine duties arrested the protesters in order to maintain peace.

Reacting to the development, the Muslim group described Sowore and his followers as ‘confused in-house penguins’ who are hell bent of creating anarchy in the country.

The group in a statement by its National President, Ibn Mohammed, hailed Dr. Paul Enenche and leadership of the Church for the mature way they handled the development.

The group urged Sowore and his team to visit the National Mosque on Friday in continuation of their campaign.

“The ongoing madness being displayed by some confused in-house penguins led by a certain Omoyele Sowore to cause anarchy and chaos in the country took another dimension on Sunday as some of them stormed Dunamis church to display their madness.

“This is madness and joke taken too far and must be dealt with immediately.

“It is absolute madness and show of shame for them to take their campaign to Church.

“How can a few individuals ask a democratically elected president to go for no reason?

“Since Sowore and and his group have chosen religious centres as the best place to stage his protest, we are inviting them to come to the National Mosque on Friday.

“We want to make it empathetically clear to him that no one has monopoly of madness,” part of the statement read.


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The general overseer of The Mountain of Holy Ghost Intervention and Deliverance Ministry Prophet Chukwuemeka Ohanaemere, predominantly known as Odumeje, has paid a glowing tribute to the late founder of Synagogue Church of All Nations, Prophet TB Joshua.

IDOMA VOICE reports that that TB Joshua died on June 5, 2021 just a week to his 58th birthday.

Following his death, many Nigerians have been criticising him, tagging his miracles and good works as fake.

However, Odumeje, while addressing his congregation on Sunday, lamented that it is unfortunate that people don’t appreciate good things.

While urging his members to observe a minute of silence in honour of the departed cleric, Prophet Odumeje warned them against speaking ill of dead people.

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The Senate on Tuesday observed a minute silence in honour of the founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), late Pastor Temitope Balogun Joshua.

Joshua passed on Saturday night at the age of 57.

The resolution of the Senate followed a point of order moved by Senator Ajayi Boroffice in which he intimated his colleagues of the passage of the popular man of God.

Boroffice, while citing order 43 of the Senate Standing Rules, lamented the death of Pastor Joshua.

He described him as a passionate leader who contributed immensely to the development of Ondo State in particular and Nigeria in general.

He called on the Senate to send a delegation to condole with the Ondo State Government and the family of the deceased over the irreparable loss as well as on the Federal Government to name a befitting monument to immortalise the late Pastor.

“Pastor T.B. Joshua was an illustrious son of Ondo State who contributed his quota to the development of the state.

“He contributed to the advancement of sports, education, health and other social amenities in the state,” Boroffice said.


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The Senate on Tuesday observed a minute silence in honour of the founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), late Pastor Temitope Balogun Joshua.

Joshua passed on Saturday night at the age of 57.

The resolution of the Senate followed a point of order moved by Senator Ajayi Boroffice in which he intimated his colleagues of the passage of the popular man of God.

Boroffice, while citing order 43 of the Senate Standing Rules, lamented the death of Pastor Joshua.

He described him as a passionate leader who contributed immensely to the development of Ondo State in particular and Nigeria in general.

He called on the Senate to send a delegation to condole with the Ondo State Government and the family of the deceased over the irreparable loss as well as on the Federal Government to name a befitting monument to immortalise the late Pastor.

“Pastor T.B. Joshua was an illustrious son of Ondo State who contributed his quota to the development of the state.

“He contributed to the advancement of sports, education, health and other social amenities in the state,” Boroffice said.


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Following the move by the federal government to ban the use of social media in the country, there are speculations that some aides of President Buhari might be relieved of their duties.

IDOMA VOICE reports that the federal government had on Friday announced a total ban on the use of Twitter in Nigeria.

This followed the decision of the microblogging to delete a controversial tweet by the presidency.

Relatively, Facebook has deleted the video of the same post by the federal.

With this, a battle line has been drawn between the federal government and the new media.
Following the development, many Nigerians are asking if President Buhari will relief his new media aides of their duties.

Here are some new media aides that may lose their jobs once the law becomes effective.

Tolu Ogunlesi
Tolu Ogunlesi is a Nigerian journalist, poet, photographer, fiction writer, and blogger.
Ogunlesi was appointed to the role of Special Assistant on Digital/New Media by President Muhammadu Buhari on 18 February 2016.

Lauretta Onochie
Lauretta Onochie is a Nigerian educationist, pastor and politician. She is the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Senior Social Media.
Lauretta Onochie is popular on social media for her support for President Buhari’s administration.
She hails from Anioma Local Government Area of Delta State.


Bashir Ahmad
Bashir Ahmad, 29 is a Nigerian writer and journalist who is currently the personal assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on new media.

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