References:
Spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Lagos State chapter, Joe Igbokwe, has described himself as a Nigerian and not belonging to any ethnic group.

Igbokwe, who stated this yesterday at the House of Assembly during the screening of the last batch of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s cabinet-nominees, lampooned those he described as ethnic bigots.

He hinted that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) vice presidential candidate, Peter Obi, was the reason for the attitude of easterners in the state during the last general election.

Lagos should take the lead and be more open to other ethnic groups by giving them political appointments, he asserted.

He said, “I’m proudly Nigerian; I don’t know about east, west, north or south. I have been in Lagos since 1985. My children were born here. It’s high time we started building this country.

“I get angry when people mention ethnicity. A young Nigerian lady was just made a minister in Britain. If I become the president of this country, nobody is going to fill form and put his state of origin. That’s the first thing I will do. It is when you take people for who they are that is when they will release their energy for the good of the country. One day, Nigerians will say, we are all Nigerians.

“The reason for the attitude of easterners in Lagos at the last election was because Peter Obi was on the ballot. If Atiku had won, he would be the vice president.

“If 70 to 75 per cent of a particular people dominate a region, they should be encouraged. If they don’t get council chairman, at least make them deputy. What Igbo people have in Lagos, they don’t have a quarter of it in their land. If you see anybody that is doing well in the South East, he must have a thriving business in Lagos.


https://m.guardian.ng/politics/i-belong-to-no-ethnic-group-says-joe-igbokwe/

I am happy about Joe Igbokwe's appointment as Commissioner in Lagos State. He deserves it both for his intellectual prowess, his contributions during the last elections in Lagos State and his overall loyalty to the party.

I hope that with this appointment, he becomes a little more circumspect and tempered in his speech. He tends to voice out his opinions without deferring to political correctness.

While that may be seen as a virtue in some situations, as a government official, he needs to be careful.

His recent personal opinion on the advent of Motorbike Hailing Services (Gokada, OPay, etc) is a good example of such statements that are unbecoming of a public official. It could be wrongly assumed from his statement, that the entire Lagos State Government is averse to the growth of MSMEs.

Karemarealty288:


Taaaa gbafueee visit the prison in the next 8months and see if there will be any changes....only Gen Abdulsalam's government touched the lives of prison inmates, till date no improvement. Abeg all na eye service. One things is to sponsor bill another hurdle is to implemented the bill. All Nigeria prisons still remains as the colonial masters left it, Verify this.

It is no longer a bill. It has been signed off by the President therefore, it is now a law.

Like every reform, it will take some time to implement...but it must be implemented.

The changes will not be automatic. The act was only signed off about 2 days ago.

It is the job of the Senate Committee on the Interior to ensure that the reforms are followed through.

Have some faith.

Nat404:
Please accept being wrong and learn. It's better you make mistakes here than making blunders outside.

Has a company ever called you on phone, you say to this company, please hold on for one quick second.

They are like this guy speaks good. Let's hold on anyway.

With every response to me, you just keep opening up new vistas in your attempt to display what is most likely, a theoretical understanding of the nuances of the English language.

A short while ago, you were telling someone here how "arrogant" they sounded.

But here you are all caught up in your false knowledge and too arrogant to agree you are wrong.

Speaking generally, I know you are eager to display your good control of the English language. But with all sense of modesty, there is very little, if anything, that you can teach me about the English Language.

Please take your own advise in this case: Please accept you are wrong and learn!

Nat404:
Learning is now a real problem, isn't it? LOL!

You could as well ask them, where do you stay? Instead of where do you live? Seriously, you crack me up here!

If I have a need to ask them where they stay, seeing that they aren't permanent residents of Nigeria, I would. I know and can make a clear distinction between both phrases. Neither is grammatically incorrect.

Like every other language, the English Language and its grammar are evolving. In 2018 alone, over 1000 new words were added to the Oxford English Dictionary. Would you question my prowess in the use of the language if I use a new word or construct you aren't familiar with just because you have a personal dislike for its use?

Do you know that there are people that respond to being greeted "Good Morning" with the rude retort, "What is good about the morning?". Does it mean because they probably woke up on the wrong sides of their bed that morning, I am grammatically incorrect to wish them a "Good Morning"?

darling4real1:
I TRULY DON'T ANSWER THIS!!

*Do you know that asking a person “How was your night?” is wrong?*
Well, if you didn’t know it until today, get to know with the help of Edward E Onoriode who shared the update on his Facebook wall.
I felt it very necessary to spread the word and help people know about it too.

Here it is.... as posted by Edward E Onoriode.

I attended a IED (Improvise Explosive Device) fusion cell meeting with some US and British EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) experts yesterday to discuss all the IED incidences that had happened within the week across Somalia.

At the meeting hall, I saluted one of the British officers ‘Good morning sir’ and he responded back ‘good morning to you too’

My oversabi did not allow me to keep quiet so I went further with the Nigeria popular phrase ‘how was your night sir?’

Dude was shock. He looked at me in a weird way as if I’d said something out of the ordinary. Something that’s sacrilegious which is an abomination to his ears. After some sec, he said ‘how my night went is none of your business’!

I was awed in shock. Normally, I was expecting a simple ‘fine’ ‘Good’ ‘Splendid’ ‘ My night was great’ etc. But he didn’t say any of these but he told me ‘how my night went is none of your business’!
I felt embarrassed.

For minutes, I couldn’t mutter a word back to him. I just buried my head in shame.

All through the meeting, I was lost in thought and I couldn’t concentrate on the meeting minutes. I kept asking myself within, ‘was my question wrong?’ ‘have I said something that offended this man?’ ‘could it be that he had a bad night rest and he decided to transfer the aggression at me?’

After the meeting, I did a little Google search and I couldn’t believe the answers I got.

Ladies and gentlemen, did you know the phrase “How was your night ” In English Language means “How was last nights sex?” “How was your night shift duty?” “How was your health during the night hours?”

Whenever you ask this question in the morning to healthy people who are not in sick bed, you’re invariably inquiring about their sexual comfort/activities during the night or how their night shift went and it’s rude to ask such mostly if you’re not closely related to the person.
No wonder the British officer find my question condescending because he felt I was intruding in his private business since I’m not too familiar with him. But I asked that question with a sincere and innocent mind without any harm.
Basically, how was your night is normally asked to people who are receiving treatments in the hospital or people who are on night shift.

Nigeria has really messed me up. Now, I’d be more careful whenever I want to speak with these white folks because I never can tell when I’d say something that’s offensive and invasive again.
By the way, I need to un-learn so many English I’ve been proudly speaking, they’re wrong.
My happiness is that I know the appropriate question whenever I want to enquire how a person’s night went now and it should be;

“Did you have a good night sleep?” or
“Did you sleep well?

The answer to ‘ How was your night?’ Is actually ‘none of your business!’

I have checked our local languages. Even as literal translation goes, no Nigerian language asks ‘How was your night?’ I am checking because of this phrase, for those who know, was not in use in Nigeria as recent as 10 years ago.

As my Doctor friend said to me, it may have come from hospitals.
It’s common knowledge according to the doctor that sick people often have rough nights and most deaths occur at night. So a doctor’s question to the patient during morning ward rounds is usually ‘How was your night?’ If we exported hospital vocabulary to the streets, are we now to assume, we are all at death’s door?

The proper address for mornings is simply ‘good morning’ and if you want to spice it up by being overly friendly, you may add ‘hope you slept well?’ A person’s night is not our business.

If we are Igbo it’s either, ibolachi– have you woken up. Ututuoma- good morning.

If Yoruba, 'ę karo' – good morning. You can go further as Yorubas are won’t do by adding “se daada l'ę ji’ – hope you woke up well?

None of these our local greetings intrusively asks ‘How was your night?’ So, No! It is not African either.
Let us be well aware when we leave our lanes to go measuring that of others.
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*So now we know!*
*Don't go asking me or anyone else "How was my night anymore?*

*Copied*

There is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING wrong with asking anyone how was your night!

I work with a lot of British and American expatriates and I ask them that almost every morning in the office and they respond very politely.

The fact that one person responded rudely to you doesn't mean everyone else will take umbrage at been asked an innocuous question.

Is it only at night that sex happens? So why is it ok to ask " How was your day?" and crime to ask "How was your night?"

Anyone who takes umbrage at being asked about the night should blame themselves for having a perverted and twisted mind. They need to get their minds outta the gutter.

There is also nothing ungrammatical about the construction.

For those interested in reading the contents of the Act, find it attached below.

It isn't just a change in name. It is a far-reaching reform of the entire prison system.

https://we.tl/t-IQbn1hv7v9

Karemarealty288:
Does changing name translate to changing structures.... Its still the same old wine in new bottle.

Why don't you read the Act itself before you make uninformed comments?

Abuharib:
Deputy Governor of Kogi State, Simon Achuba, has accused the state governor, Yahaya Bello, of not completing any project in the state since 2016.

Achuba has been at loggerheads with Bello who is said to have withheld his deputy’s allowances amounting to N800 million, Igbere TV reports.

In an interview, Achuba said the governor never told him his offence. He, however, said Bello could be angry at him because of his insistence “that the right things be done.”

“You flag off project here today; you go to another place, you flag off again; you continue to flag off projects without anything being completed, and you get back to meet these same people. What are you going to tell them?” Achuba said of Bello.

When asked if the governor had really not completed any project in four years, he said: “Essentially, that is what it is. There is no meaningful project that has been brought to 100 percent completion …that he started that has got to 100 percent completion…. No!”

The deputy governor said as far as he was concerned he had not been suspended by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi.

He said Bello’s government was corrupt but that he would be seen as being a hypocrite to talk about it since he was a part of the government.

Source; http://igberetvnews.com/900760/yahaya-bello-hasnt-completed-a-project-in-four-years-deputy-simon-achuba/

Shame on the governor! But a bigger shame on you Mr. Deputy Governor for continuing to serve in such an inept administration.

Even after granting this hypocritical interview, you are still ensconced in Kogi Government House pretending to be a deputy governor.

Both the deputy governor and the governor are dishonourable men that have overseen the fraud called governance in Kogi State for the last 4 years.

nototribalist:
You have no constitutional rights to order CBN on what to do. This terrorist need to know his limit

But when CBN takes economic decisions that fail, who do you hold responsible?

Swizzyj5:
I am here in New Delhi,India,medanta is a world class and super specialty hospital,i was there last week with my friend and i will be going there tomorrow to see elzakzaky in person..

I doubt the security team will allow anyone to see him.

Apart from the Nigerian security team, the Indian government will most likely also have their own team on ground. They cannot afford to have such a high profile person die through poisoning or any untoward means while in their custody. It would lead to a major diplomatic row.

It was on this same Nairaland that I saw pictures of the man at the airport in Nigeria, on the plane en route India, at the airport in India flanked by Indian doctors, and finally of him lying in a hospital bed been attended to by an Indian doctor.

What exactly is all these nonsense talks of Nigeria and America preventing him from being admitted in a hospital?

Looks like these Shiites are looking for another reason to continue their madness in Abuja. Anyway, I trust Baba Buhari will not broach nonsense from them at all.

amdman:
For those that want to see container on high sea ...Customs Inspection pics.

We are told Customs Server has been down this week so vehicles are not being released... another unforeseen challenge with doing business in Nigeria

Hey bro.

Tried calling you earlier today but your line wasnt going through.

Is there a number you can be reached on?

Olastar990:
See bastard talk frm bastard hungry Nigerian when MTN employed 3000 Nigerian and its country kill 30000 Nigerian loot over 30billion properties what is d benefit of ther fuckin employment those people dey kill are employed dem

I spent time trying to decipher the drivel you posted but concluded you were one of those unemployed and mentally challenged kids looking for where to vent your frustrations.

Get an education and have a great life!

dre11:









https://www.newtelegraphng.com/2019/08/xenophobia-nans-gives-mtn-multichoice-shoprite-stabic-ibtc-7-days-to-leave-nigeria/

Bollocks!

MTN Nigeria alone currently employs over 3000 Nigerians directly. If we factor in those benefiting one way or the other within the MTN ecosystem, it is unquantifiable.

Then some semi-literates "career students" in the name of "NANS" is giving an ultimatum

Where is thunder when you need it

If it ain't broken, don't fix it!

I hope the name change doesn't come back to haunt them.

EzegeNG:
Some internet users are having mixed feelings about the arrest and freedom of El-Zakzaky after EndSARs convener, Segalink, shared a throwback video of the leader of IMN preaching against killings and violence by Muslim faithfuls, stating what the punishment of any who kills should be.

Segalink on sharing the video, wrote;



However the video which is somewhat trending on social media, shattered Nigerians of what to believe of the sect after their recent activities in the capital territory and other parts of the country.

Watch the video
https://zenithnaija.com/segalink-shares-video-of-el-zakzaky-preaching-against-killings-nigerians-react/

It is one thing for the preacher to preach a message. It is another thing for the devotees to adhere to the teachings. Christian preachers preach against killings and other vices too. But do "Christians" commit murder and other vices? You bet they do!!!

IMN Shiites have displayed violent tendencies by making themselves a nuisance in Zaria and clashing with virtually every government in power since the military days. I grew up in Zaria so I have experienced their nuisance value first hand. They aren't the only Shiite group in Nigeria so why are they the only ones always clashing with the government?

I share the opinion that successive governments, including the current one, have mishandled the IMN threat. But for anyone to come and be preaching that the IMN we have known over the years is a "peaceful" one is utter nonsense.

OEPHIUS:
Xenophobic attack: MTN moves to frustrate Glo
•NCC calls for caution

With the increasing volume of protests from Nigerian youths over the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa, it appears that South African telco MTN may have decided to take out its frustrations on Globacom, Nigeria’s 100% home-grown telco.

Many Globacom subscribers over the weekend expressed difficulties in completing calls to MTN subscribers in the last few days, suggesting that the South African company may have constricted some pipes delivering Globacom calls to its network. Glo Subscribers have to try several times before their calls are connected to MTN subscribers.

The new development comes after protests organised by the National Association of Nigerian Association on MTN premises in Kaduna and Benue on Thursday, last week. A few other protests planned for Anambra State and other locations in the country were aborted by the police.

MTN and Globacom have periodically had disputes over the details of their interconnection obligations to each other. It is not uncommon for telecommunications operators to disagree on interconnection obligations from time to time.

However, in order to ensure optimum experience for telecom consumers, the regulator of the industry, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has always advised caution in the area of disconnecting each other as a way of forcing a resolution of interconnect disputes.

Globacom has maintained a steady growth since inception on the strength of its innovative offerings and affordable plans. It is currently the second largest telecommunications operator, next to MTN, and MTN may be afraid that its recent woes, including imposition of a series of fines on account of SIM card registration infractions, among others, might make it possible for an unhindered Globacom to catch up with it at its current rate of growth. Efforts to get the top officials of both MTN and Glo proved abortive.

https://thepunditng.com/xenophobic-attack-mtn-moves-to-frustrate-glo/

What kind of nonsense conspiracy theory is this one now?

Glo can't make calls to MTN and suddenly it is MTN's fault? How about it could be Glo having an issue with their network?

So when Airtel can't make calls to MTN, it is MTN trying to get back at India?

Do you know that MTN as a business loss good money when you can't terminate calls on their network?

Let's stop this senselessness!

As wasteful as some of Mr. Okorocha's initiatives were, the fact is that they were done with taxpayers money.

Might surprise you to find out how much it is costing Imo State to dismantle some of these things.

The question is: is it necessary? At this rate, it seems to me like Mr. Ihedioha will spend his tenure in reverse gear.

I hope he moves forward soon.

nairavsdollars:
Temidayo Akinsuyi, Lagos

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State on Monday insisted that he will not issue a fresh proclamation for the inauguration of Edo State House of Assembly as demanded by the House of Representatives and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

The House of Representatives last week urged the governor to issue a fresh proclamation within one week in line with section 105(3) of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) for a proper inauguration of the state’s 7th Assembly.

It also ordered the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) and the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS) to seal off the House of Assembly until a proper inauguration is done.
Also, the ruling APC had on Sunday called on the governor to obey the resolution of the House of Representatives and issue fresh proclamation.

However, speaking with Daily Independent on Monday the governor, who spoke through Crusoe Osagie, his Special Adviser on Media and Communication Strategy, said his responsibility as regards the inauguration of Edo State House of Assembly has ended with the first proclamation.

He said, “It is unconstitutional for the governor to issue any other proclamation. The constitution says that the governor shall issue a proclamation letter.

“That is where the governor’s responsibility begins and ends in the constitution of the House of Assembly. So, after doing that, the governor cannot issue another proclamation because the constitution does not allow him to do so”.
The Edo State chapter of the APC on Monday also said the House of Representatives lacks the power to order the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) and the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS) to seal off the House of Assembly until a proper inauguration is done.
In an interview with journalists, Anselm Ojezua, the state chairman of the party, also assured the people of the state that no invasion will take place in the state as Edo is not a colony of the National Assembly but a sovereign part of Nigeria.

While restating his earlier statement that the leadership of the party is comfortable with the development in the House of Assembly as its preferred candidates are the ones occupying leadership positions, Ojezua said the intervention of the National Assembly has worsened the political situation in the state rather than resolve it.

According to him, “The people of Edo should continue to live in peace and not to be worried by the so-called threat of an invasion. There will be no invasion against the people of Edo. Edo State remains a sovereign part of Nigeria. We are what we call federating partners.

“We are not anybody’s houseboys. Edo is not a colony of the National Assembly or of anybody or any entity. So, the people of Edo shouldn’t worry at all. All what is playing out now is just politics and it will be resolved politically”.


While accusing the leadership of the House of Reps of acting out a script, Ojezua said having sent its committee to the state on a fact-finding mission and the state chapter of the party has said it is not against the present leadership of the House led by the Speaker, Frank Okiye, what the National Assembly should have done is to recommend a political solution instead of threatening to take over the House.

“We don’t believe that the National Assembly has a right to intervene in this matter. We know that we are obliged to be polite to them when they come calling for very obvious reasons. So, we’ve made all the facts known. If we had resisted them, the tendency would have been that we have something to hide.

“They have come and they have all the facts. The fact is that the House was inaugurated, that a leadership is in place and they are actually functioning and that the matter is in court. With all that knowledge, what we expected to report and recommend is that in the light of all these facts, they should seek political solutions and watch the judicial pronouncements. They didn’t do that.

“They couldn’t even wait for the National Assembly process to be completed before they went to town. In doing that, they justify the speculation in town arising from audio recording where one of the House of Assembly member was boasting that the matter has been resolved and that the Senate President and the Speaker have already been told what to do and three days later, they did that which the voice said, even though prematurely of their own processes. That to my mind has compounded our problem rather than help to resolve”.
https://www.independent.ng/obaseki-to-apc-i-wont-issue-fresh-proclamation-for-edo-assembly/

Issokay!

Please whenever the House of Reps gives the order for the Police and DSS to seal off the Edo State House of Assembly, feel free to send officers of the "Edo State Armed Forces" or the "Edo State Police Force" to resist them...since we all want to be mad!

Edo is a "sovereign state" my big black butt!!!

ZWorld:
See What Naval Officers Did To Man For Parking His Car Near Their Fence In Lagos




Watch the video
https://zenithnaija.com/see-what-naval-officers-did-to-man-for-parking-his-car-near-their-fence-in-lagos/

These ones don go talk pass their mouth.

When you see mad man, you giam road make e no pour shit for ya body.

It is well.

Blitz4real:
Rip to all those we lost today to the Nigeria police It's one of those things about life,one thing must kill a man

What about the ones lost by the Police? What do you say to them? Don't they deserve to rest in peace too?

livebyday:
Did the shites really kill the DCP?

How did they get to him? All videos I have seen show the police shooting at them without remorse

So how did they kill him?

I just hope that the government isn't using propaganda to justify this killings of the shites ?

Time and Time again we have seen these shiites hide under the "peaceful protest" toga to unleash mayhem on the public. When they are resisted, they flood the internet with gory pictures playing victim.

While I believe that the FG can better handle this impasse, I also think the Shiites can toe the line of peace by been more civil in their protests.

Hurling rocks and destroying public property is by no means a Hallmark of a peaceful protest anywhere in the world. It isn't only about not carrying guns. No government anywhere in the world will fold their arms and watch you do that.

Peaceful protest is people gathered at one location and holding placards or even sitting down. Where marching must be done, it is done in an orderly fashion usually with police escorts to prevent hoodlums hijacking it.

To the FG, I think itis time to explore other options. If I were the President, I would "free" Zakzaky but keep him under very strict security surveillance. The case can continue from his house. Once he is in his house among his people, these needless conflicts will cease.

Frankly this daily riots in the nation's capital is becoming an international embarrassment.

Poorly done photoshop job.

Just look at the distortion on the trouser around the stomach area.

Besides, there is nothing wrong if she has a child.

TITOPE:
http://www.titopeblog.com/2019/07/busola-dakolo-vs-biodun-fatoyinbo-can.html


The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has given the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, two weeks to submit report of its probe on the rape allegation against the Senior Pastor of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, COZA, Biodun Fatoyinbo.

PFN had set up a panel to probe the rape allegation against Fatoyinbo by celebrity photographer, Busola Dakolo.

Busola, who is the wife of popular singer, Timi Dakolo had few weeks ago disclosed details of how Fatoyinbo allegedly raped her when she was young.

Fatoyinbo, however, denied the allegation, saying he has never forced himself on any woman in his life.

However, President of CAN, Dr Samson Ayokunle, at a news conference in Abuja on Thursday, explained that the body had taken it stands in the alleged rape case against Fatoyinbo.

He stated that the allegation, no matter how bad it might be, remained an allegation until proven otherwise.

According to Ayokunle: ”We have told you without mincing words that we will never support immorality in whatever form, it is alien to the culture of the church, to the teachings of Christ.

”And there is no pulpit that I know in Nigeria that the members are taught immorality, but we will not condemn until we have reasons to condemn, let the panel come out with the result let’s know what the truth is.

”I told you in the press release we issued that we have given the right to Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), because we don’t deal with individual churches, we deal with blocs.

”We have directed PFN, an arm of a bloc, which is also large enough to investigate that matter. I am telling you under God that PFN has set up that panel and that panel had been given two weeks within which to submit its report,

”Not only that, the two individuals involved have been invited by the committee and we are assuring them that nothing will be covered.”

lalasticlala, mynd44, seun

Utter nonsense.

First off, PFN doesn't report to CAN and thus can't instruct PFN to submit a report in 2 weeks.

Secondly, I doubt very much if Fatoyinbo is an active member of PFN so their sanctions most likely will have no bearing on him...except he chooses to submit to them.

The sad truth is that both CAN and PFN are basically toothless bulldogs as far as regulating Christendom in Nigeria is concerned.

Both organisations were only formed as vehicles for gaining political leverage within the body of the churches. That is why you notice that they enjoy a lot of government patronage during election time.

The real regulators that can regulate and take any far-reaching decision regarding indiscipline within the church are the board of trustees or council of elders found in most churches. Most churches, orthodox and pentecostal, have inbuilt regulatory mechanisms that can take action where necessary.

CAN and PFN are just blowing hot air as far as this COZA matter is concerned.

I don't think these soldiers could have pulled off this stunt without the active connivance and support of one or more very senior officer(s) in the Army.

Also, the plan must have been a long time in the works. You can't easily move that chunk of cash physically without a well laid out plan.

If the authorities are really serious about catching them, publish their pictures and put a bounty on their heads. They will be caught within 24 hours even if they have managed to escape abroad.

asuustrike1:

A sane human being would ask questions why do they pray that way. In most cases he or she engages them with a talk by brainstorming scriptures. If I didn't ask them similar question to understand why I wouldn't know why they pray that way. The scriptures daddy freeze mentioned talks about physical enemies. People who were once your friends now enemies as a result of quarrel. The ones MFM deal with is the spiritual enemies which is Satan.

Makes it even more ridiculous if you ask me. The so-called "spiritual enemies" are exactly that...spirits. Meaning they are immortal and cannot die until the judgment day when they will be cast into the lake of fire along with their master the devil.

Even Jesus Christ throughout his ministry never pronounced death on evil spirits. He only cast them out so they stop tormenting their victims.

Frankly, I think praying for death upon "spiritual enemies" is a pointless spiritual exercise.

Nwaforj44:


Critic, Ifedayo Olarinde, popularly known as Daddy Freeze has attacked Mountain of Fire Ministries, MFM, for praying that their enemies should die, saying such prayer is Anti-Christ doctrine.

Daddy Freeze, on his Instagram page on Wednesday said the prayer being prayed by MFM members for their enemies to die was unscriptural.

He wrote: “Dear MFM, kindly consider the following scriptures before your next prayer session. Please if you pray for your member’s enemies to die, STOP IT!

“Instead, teach your congregation to pray for their enemies to prosper and encourage them to lend their enemies money whenever they need it, expecting nothing in return, as Christ instructed us to.

“Anything outside this is an Antichrist doctrine!”

Daddy Freeze quoted several Bible passages to buttress his points, one of which was Luke 6:27,28, which read: “But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you! Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who hurt you.”


He added Luke 6:35, which reads: “But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.”

https://www.akelicious.net/2019/07/daddy-freeze-to-mfm-praying-for-your.html

On this claim, I agree with Freeze. It is a no-brainer really.

Hear the words of Jesus Christ:

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.” (Matt. 5:43-45)

He also said:

“But I say to you, do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also” (Matt. 5:38–39).

Jesus Christ himself lived this value by forgiving even those who crucified him and mocked him while he was dying on the Cross.

It is thus an aberration to pray for the destruction or death of our "enemies" in the name of this same Christ.

livebyday:


How is that Savage?

You do understand what it means when someone asks you to sue them?

If Femi is certain let him sue

Why are you calling him names ? As an adult one expects more coherent enlightened responses and comments from someone your age

Who did he impersonate? You do understand what impersonating means right?

Why hasn't Femi gone to court to sue Reno for this so called slander ?

One thing I know fully well as someone who works in Tech , you cannot erase a server digital footprint and infact all works and refreshes and deletions leave traceable digital footmarks which is why Femi will never ever sue Reno

Why is Reno looking for someone to sue him? Isn't that diversionary and detracting from Atiku's case before the tribunal?

What is the aim of presenting his "evidence" on social media when he can simply share them with Atiku's legal team to bolster Atiku's chances of overturning the election results at the tribunal?

Ok lets agree with Reno that "Femi" is complicit in INEC's attempt to obstruct justice by "deleting a server". How does Reno's evidence on Twitter and his decision to wait to be sued help Atiku's case?

Let's also stretch further and pretend that we agree that the chap's decision not to sue Reno means Reno is right. Hurrah!!! I take it that means that Atiku will now be sworn in as President tomorrow right?

My brother, the truth is that Reno has nothing that looks like hard evidence anywhere. He is creating pointless drama on social media as a way of fleecing Mr. Atiku of his money

Reno is been clever by half.

That tweet that started with "For the avoidance of doubt...." is a technical play seeking to indemnify himself from possible legal implications of his lie.

The INITS guy was clear: I NEVER HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH ANY SERVER USED FOR COLLATING RESULTS BY INEC.

What Reno is failing to tell us is exactly what the server he highlighted in his tweet was used for. Was it the server used to collate results by INEC?

If yes, then I doubt Reno will be presenting such evidence to fuel a media trial/campaign to sway public opinion. It would be presented in court to buttress Mr. Atiku's case that has been floundering so far.

If the so-called server highlighted on the tweets wasn't used by INEC to collate results, (and I suspect this is the case) then what is the point of Reno's "expose"

Mr. Atiku's entire case rests on one leg: which is that INEC had a server that recorded him as winner of the 2019 elections. INEC concedes that there was an initial plan to adopt electronic transfer of results which fell through at the end of the day. Bottomline: INEC doesn't have any server anywhere housing any election results. The onus is on Mr. Atiku to prove with concrete facts that INEC has a server...in court and not on social media like Reno and the rest of Mr. Atiku's army of "e-nfluenzas" have been trying to do since the elections were concluded.

Mr. Atiku made a sentimental appeal to the judiciary a few weeks ago, that they should feel and reflect the pulse of the nation in their judicial pronouncements. If he thinks this appeal is enough to sway the judges at the tribunal to overturn a presidential election, then he has another think coming. Judicial pronouncements are made on the basis of hard facts...not on the basis of the pulse of the nation.

People like Reno thrive in selling hot air and false hope. If Atiku isn't wise, people like Reno will keep riding on his ignorance and desperation to fleece him of his money and end up ridiculing him before the rest of the world.

Perhaps you aren't your father's biological daughter and your mum is concerned about "implications"!

Have a heart to heart talk with your mum but keep an open mind.

It could also just be your mum being overtly protective in the face of numerous strange stories we hear these days.

GistMore11:


https://www.google.com/amp/s/thenationonlineng.net/breaking-samson-siasias-mum-abducted/amp/

The poor woman must have been kidnapped by "Ijaw herdsmen".

I pray she is found safe and sound.

Staro:
Fresh facts emerged on Saturday that herdsmen have converted the Ondo Government reserve located in the Odigbo Local Government Area into a militia camp.

This indication buttressed the widespread claim that killers of Mrs Funke Olakunrin, 58-year-old daughter of the leader of pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, Chief Reuben Fasoranti, were herdsmen who sneaked out of the reserve to rain bullets on the vehicle she was travelling in.

Olakunrin was killed on Friday as the gunmen ambushed vehicles on the highway and abducted some commuters. Her maid reportedly sustained some gunshot injuries during the attack.

Killers of Fasoranti’s daughter have their base in the forest, say villagers

A former senator who represented Ondo South Senatorial District at the Senate, Boluwaji Kunlere, said hoodlums had been operating around where Olakunrin was killed for a long time.

He said this in an interview with one of our correspondents in Lagos on Saturday.

Kunlere said, “I beefed up security in the area when I was in the Senate. I gave 13 Hilux vans to the police divisions in Ondo South Senatorial District and gave motorcycles to the Department of State Services for surveillance.

“I think the police do not have the manpower to ensure adequate security in the area. The expressway (Benin-Ore-Sagamu Expressway) is where the major problem is. The spot (Kajola) where they killed Baba Fasoranti’s daughter falls between Odigbo and Okitipupa Local Government territory.

“The people living close to the area said Fulani herdsmen had taken over that area and there was a time a bishop was abducted and the police rescued him in that area. Herdsmen are all over the forest. We see them between Omotosho and Igbotako. They graze their cows on the road and strike and they run back to the bush.

“They have been operating there for long but the attack on Baba Fasoranti’s daughter was given a wide publicity because of the man’s influence. The downtrodden have been suffering there for long. There was a time that they exchanged gunfire with the police between Omotosho and Ore in the afternoon and they ran away when they discovered that the police would overpower them.

“When they attacked Chief Olu Falae’s farm then, the police said it was bush burning because of the fear of Abuja. They want to attribute this killing to armed robbers but the locals are saying the killers are herdsmen.

Some residents of Kajola town in the Odigbo council area who spoke with SUNDAY PUNCH insisted that some Fulani herdsmen terrorising the area were residing in the forest in the area.

One of the residents identified only as Mr Ola said the herdsmen behaved as if they were above the law, adding that it was not the first time they would perpetrate the act in the area.

He said, “They destroy our farms at will. Their cows always eat up many of our farm produce. We have reported several times to the police but no action was taken. We heard gunshots yesterday (Friday) and it is a common thing in the area. We call on the government to provide adequate security to protect our lives and property.’’

Also, a farmer in Kajola village who gave his name only as Mr Aliu, also said bandits had invaded forests surrounding the village.

He said there had been many criminal activities going on in the forest and nobody stopped them.

Aliu said, “The herdsmen that struck on the expressway yesterday (Friday) stay in the forest around the area. That is not their first time and that is how they operate. We have reported to security agents but nothing has been done about it. We are helpless. Government should come to our aid.”

Another resident who spoke on condition of anonymity also reiterated that the reserve in the Odigbo council area had been inhabited for long by herdsmen.

He said though the reserve belonged to the government, community members now use the place for farming.

The resident, who is a prominent member of the National Association of Odigbo Local Government Students, said herdsmen rampage started in the area at the same time it became rampant in the country.

He said, “Villagers are aware of the activities of herdsmen in the area. There was a time herdsmen cut the wrist of a farmer who confronted them when they took their cows for grazing on his farm.

“The DPO of Ore Police Station intervened in the matter and spoke with members of the community. The vigilantes have had to confront them many times. The vigilantes later constructed a shed in the community and take turns to ensure security in the area. This is a development that is known to people in the community.’’



https://punchng.com/herdsmen-convert-ondo-govt-forest-reserve-into-militia-camp/

Every killing in the south is attributed to "herdsmen". Every killing in the north is attributed to "gunmen".

Like every other thing in Nigeria, the media has found a cheap way to sell newspapers: just sit in your newsroom in Lagos or Abuja and cook up the sensational headlines. Push Nigeria to the brink and make a profit.

The scam will be completed in a few days when the Nigeria Police will capture and parade a few hapless individuals in the name of "herdsmen". A few pictures, more sensational headlines and then we can all go back to sleep until the next unfortunate victims of "herdsmen" in the south or "gunmen" in the north. Then it is just a case of rewind and replay.

No further investigation; case closed!

No one is calling out the police or the government to thoroughly investigate the case. All you read are personal attacks and parochial nonsense.

God bless Nigeria.