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Oya Mr Governor! Another 20m + house for the widow! Nigeria turned to funny country! May God save us
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maleekberry:
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available for inspection Inspect what?
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Newman20:
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They selected three princes out of 11, now the ball is in the court of the state governor to choose 1 out of them.
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Edo no be Lagos hurricane, makes this man to wake up from his slumber.
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jerseyboy:
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Davidbrooks:
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enshi:
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chibike69:are you among the beneficiaries?
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MrCover:
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stephenduru:
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Taiwo Akerele – Chief of Staff John Mayaki – Chief Press Secretary Paul Ohonbamu – Commissioner Omua Oni-Okpako – Commissioner Monday Ogiegor – MD EDSTMA Christopher Adesotu – Chairman, Vocational and Technical Education Board Gabriel Oiboh – Chairman, Post Primary Education Board Osanyemwere Osawe – Member, Post Primary Education Board Fulani Yakubu Ekpeyoung – SSA Adeyanju Noah – SSA Cordelia M. Iyogun – SSA James Osheku – SSA Louis Osamuyi Osayande – SSA Ernest Unuaghon imina – SSA Prince Lucky Igbinedion – SSA Chris Oseiwe Oribhabor – SSA Solomon Okoduwa – SSA Kennedy Itepu – SSA Sabbath Egbeyon – SSA Emike Obazee – SA Goodluck A. Uyigue – SA Razaq Rotimi – SA Olajide Victor Oloruyomi – SA Smart Bank – SA Bright Njor – SA Kingsley Ekueme – SA Joshua Akhabue – SA Oladele Ayotope Josiah – SA Boyi Magdalene – SA Osarobo Osaro Anthony – SA Aibangbee Chico – SA Obayagbona Augustine – SA Osamwonyi Atu – EDSOGPADEC Emmanuel Odigie – EDSOGPADEC Rilwanu Oshiomhole – EDSOGPADEC Okondoh Patrick Iyoha – OSM Director Maureen Osaro Ekhoragbon – Vice-Chairman Ovia North-East Aghedo Oscar – Secretary Ovia North-East Kehinde Garrick Osemwingie – Secretary, Uhumwonde LGC Otaniyen Igbinosa – Orhiomwon Supervisor Martins Ozakpolor – Orhiomwon Supervisor Vincent Ehibor – Orhiomwon Supervisor. It pays to be loyal, no man is God!!
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The death of the 18th Fulani Emir of Zazzau Alhaji Shehu Idris has created a vacancy on the ancient throne. The emir died on Sunday after a protracted illness and has since been buried after janaza at his palace in Zaria.Nigerians from all walks of life continue to mourn the death of the revered monarch Dateline Nigeria looks at a number of princes likely to inherit the throne. Zazzau Emirate has four ruling houses – Barebari, Katsinawa, Sullubawa and Mallawa, and a new emir can emerge from any of the houses. Kingmakers of the emirate are expected to select three names and forward to the governor, who will pick one of them to become the emir. Below are some of the princes considered frontrunners to the throne. Iyan Zazzau Alhaji Bashar Aminu Believed to be in his 70s, Iyan Zazzau is a senior counsellor in the Zazzau emirate and a son of the 17th Emir of Zazzau Muhammad Aminu, who preceded the late Dr Shehu Idris. He is also from the Katsinawa ruling house, just like the late Dr Shehu Idris. Iya Bashar, as he is being fondly called, is a very close friend and confidant of the late monarch, who is married to his sister. Iya Bashar is blessed with many children including Kogunan Zazzau Alhaji Abdulkarim Bashir Aminu and Danbarhim Zazzau Alhaji Ahmad Bashir Aminu. Yariman Zazzau Munir Jaafaru Alhaji Munir Jaafaru is the son of the 16th Emir of Zazzau Jaafaru Dan Isiyaku from the Barebari ruling house. A former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Security and Administration Agency (NIMASA) and Commissioner in Kaduna State, Munir Jaafaru was born in 1956. He is a trained lawyer who worked in many places from lecturing at a university to working in a bank and public sector. A married man with children, Munir Jaafaru is always an interesting sight to behold during Sallah durbar. Magajin Garin Zazzau Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli Bamalli is from the Mallawa ruling house which last sat on the throne over 100 years ago. The title of Magajin Gari is also an important title usually given a senior royal family member of the Zazzau Emirate. Born on 8th June 1966 in Zaria, Ahmed is a diplomat serving as Nigerian Ambassador to Thailand and Myanmar. He was also Commissioner Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission between 2015 and 2017. From November 2011 to 2014, he was Acting Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer & ED Corporate Services at the Nigeria Security Printing and Minting Plc. A very good friend of Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, Ahmed is married and blessed with 5 children (a boy and four girls). Sarkin Kudun Zazzau Sambo Shehu Idris Barrister Sambo Shehu Idris is seen as a likely successor to his father owing to their close relationship, coupled with the fact that he is also the District Head of Zaria and environs. Sambo is still seen as serious contender because of the position he occupies. Barrister Sambo Shehu Idris is also the chairman of the famous Zaria Polo Club and also the Legal Adviser of the Nigerian Polo Federation. He is also married with children. Danmajen Zazzau Nasiru Shehu Idris Arch. Nasiru Shehu Idris is also a son of the late monarch who was born on 19th July 1983 in Zaria. He is also a disaster risk manager as well as a construction risk manager. His mother Hajiya Binta is the daughter of the 17th Emir of Zazzau Muhammadu Aminu, which also makes him a nephew of Iyan Zazzau Bashar Aminu. Nasiru Shehu Idris is married to Hajiya Hadiza Muhammadu Muhammadu and their union is blessed with three kids namely Safiyya (Nawal), Fatima (Rania) and Naja’atu (Nihal).
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i need like 200 seedlings, my farm is in kano.. already i have 500 tommy mango and 200 hybrid guava, i don't know if i can mix them together since i already have almost 2 hectares free.. |
On my way to Kano... I need your prayers.... Edo people show me shege.
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Gyar Gyar Gyarrrrrr
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i need something like this for my orchard farm, but let it be wireless. |
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Igbo people are more into drug business....... what igbo man cannot do because of money |
Major Breakthrough By NPF! This Woman evaded arrest for more than 3 yrs, she is the woman buying off kids from different parts of the country especially the Northern part of the country She was arrested in Obosi with 12 kids from Northern Nigeria and the kids have been taken away from her. This has been her business, buying kids and reselling them..
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Evans wife and children are crying over the death sentence on their father and husband? Can they imagine how many families cried from their father's cruelty? Good night Evans
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Abdulrahman Bashir, the Chief Executive Officer of Rahamaniyya Oil and Gas Limited has been jailed in the United Kingdom. Justice Butcher of England and Wales High Court sentenced the Nigerian oil mogul after he was found guilty of breaching multiple orders of the court in a pending suit instituted by Sahara Energy Resources Ltd. Bashir who was handed a 10 months jail sentence, had been ordered to comply with requests for the release of 6,400.69 metric tonnes gas oil to Sahara Energy Resource Ltd or its agent from Rahamaniyya Oil and Gas Ltd, Jetty 6.436181, Ibafon, Kirikiri Waterfront, of Aero Maritime Street, Apapa, Lagos, Nigeria (“the Terminal”). This was in line with the deal Ultimate Oil and Gas, the trading arm of Rahamaniyya Oil in the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC), entered into a deal with Sahara Energy in 2018. In the signed contract, Ultimate agreed to buy, and Sahara agreed to sell 15,000 metric tonnes in the Vacuum of Gas Oil. A Collateral Management Agreement (CMA) containing a London arbitration clause was entered into on July 8, 2018 between the two parties and it was further learnt that Rahamaniyya agreed to store the gas oil at its terminal pending payment by Ultimate. Premium Times reported that Sahara delivered a total of 14,967.159 metric tonnes of gas oil to Rahamaniyya’s terminal in Nigeria and also issued invoices for the gas oil on October 26, 2018 for USD 10,760,728.77. The payment should have been made by August 29, 2019 but Ultimate defaulted in making necessary payments. In December 2018, Ultimate and Sahara entered into a settlement agreement in which Ultimate confirmed that the value of gas oil that had been delivered was USD 10,760,728.77, and agreed to make a series of monthly payments for it. Court records showed that some payments were made, in consequence of which some 8,566.469 metric tonnes of gas oil was released to Ultimate. Ultimate, however reneged in performing the terms of the settlement agreement in full by making all the payments due. After various warnings, on May 10, 2019, Sahara terminated the settlement agreement, notifying Ultimate that its agent, Asharami Synergy Plc would take delivery of part of the remaining gas oil from the terminal. Various attempts made by Sahara to obtain delivery of the gas oil were futile, leading to the lawsuit which was filed both in Lagos and in the United Kingdom. Justice Butcher who delivered the third order following a contempt of court judgement; “The basis of the sentence was that Mr Bashir had committed continuing breaches of the order of Mr Justice Robin Knowles of 1 August 2019 and of the order of Mr Justice Bryan of 6 September 2019." There was also a binding indication that the sentence could be reduced to six months if Mr Bashir complies with the relevant order which had previously been breached. He was also fined £500,000 while Adebowale Aderemi, its manager, was fined £10,000.
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� Sunnah of sleeping � 1. Dust the bed thrice before retiring to bed. (2) 2. Sleep on your right side. (1) 3. Sleep with the right palm under the right cheek. (3) 4. Say Dua after positioning to your right side : Bismika Rabbi Wada`tu janbi, wa bika arfa'hu. In amsakta nafsi faghfir laha, wa in arsaltaha fahfazha bima tahfaz bihi 'ibadaka-s-salihin (2) 5. Say additional dua: 'Allahumma aslamtu wajhi ilaika, wa fawwadtu 'amri ilaika wa alja'tu dhahri ilaika, raghbatan wa rahbatan ilaika, la malja'a wa la manja minka illa ilaika. Amantu bikitabik al-ladhi anzalta wa binabiyyika al-ladhi arsalta' (1) 6. Say dua of protection from Hellfire "Allahumma qini 'adhabaka yawm tab'athu 'ibadaka (4) 7. Refrain from sleeping on one’s stomach. (5) 8. Recite Surah Mulk, before sleeping. (6) 9. Recite Ayatul Kursi. (7) 10. Recite last two verses of Surat Baqarah ( ![]() 11. Recite Surah Ikhlaas, Surah Falaq and Surah Naas, blow in cupped hands and wipe entire body. Process to be done three times (9) 12. Recite Subhan Allah 33 times Alhamdulillah 33 times and Allahu Akbar 34 times (10) 13. Say dua before sleeping "Allahumma bismika amutu wa ahya," (3) ___________________________________________________ (1) Narrated Al-Bara bin `Azib: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to me, "When you want to go to bed, perform ablution as you do for prayer, then lie down on your right side and say: اللَّهُمَّ أَسْلَمْتُ وَجْهِي إِلَيْكَ، وَفَوَّضْتُ أَمْرِي إِلَيْكَ، وَأَلْجَأْتُ ظَهْرِي إِلَيْكَ، رَغْبَةً وَرَهْبَةً إِلَيْكَ، لاَ مَلْجَأَ وَلاَ مَنْجَا مِنْكَ إِلاَّ إِلَيْكَ، اللَّهُمَّ آمَنْتُ بِكِتَابِكَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلْتَ، وَبِنَبِيِّكَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلْتَ. (O Allah,1 I submit myself to You, entrust my affairs to You, turn my face to You, and lay myself down depending upon You , hoping in You and fearing You . There is no refuge , and no escape, except to You. I believe in Your Book (the Qur'an) that You revealed, and the Prophet whom You sent.) If you should die then (after reciting this) you will die on the religion of Islam (i.e., as a Muslim); so let these words be the last you say (before going to bed)" (al-Bukhari) (2) The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "When anyone of you goes to bed, he should dust it off thrice with the edge of his garment, and say: بِاسْمِكَ رَبِّ وَضَعْتُ جَنْبِي وَبِكَ أَرْفَعُهُ، إِنْ أَمْسَكْتَ نَفْسِي فَاغْفِرْ لَهَا، وَإِنْ أَرْسَلْتَهَا فَاحْفَظْهَا بِمَا تَحْفَظُ بِهِ عِبَادَكَ الصَّالِحِينَ (In Your name my Lord, I lie down and in Your name I rise, so if You should take my soul then have mercy upon it, and if You should return my soul then protect it in the manner You do so with Your righteous servants.) (al-Bukhari) (3) When the Prophet (ﷺ) went to bed at night, he would put his hand under his cheek and then say, اللَّهُمَّ بِاسْمِكَ أَمُوتُ وَأَحْيَا (In Your name O Allah, I live and die) (al-Bukhari) (4) whenever the Prophet (ﷺ) went to his bed, he would put his hand - meaning his right hand - beneath his cheek then say: اللَّهُمَّ قِنِي عَذَابَكَ يَوْمَ تَبْعَثُ - أَوْ تَجْمَعُ - عِبَادَكَ (O Allah, save me from Your punishment on the Day when You resurrect - or gather - Your slaves)." Sunan Ibn Majah (5) "The Prophet(ﷺ) passed by me and I was lying on my stomach. He nudged me with his foot and said: 'O Junaidib! This is how the people of Hell lie.'"" (ibn Majah) (6) Narrated Jabir: The Prophet (ﷺ) would not sleep until he recited Alif Lam Mim Tanzil and: Tabarak Alladhi Biyadihil-Mulk." At-Tirmidhi Classed as saheeh by Shaykh al-Albaani (7) That person said (to me), "(Please don't take me to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and I will tell you a few words by which Allah will benefit you.) When you go to your bed, recite Ayat-al-Kursi, (2.255) for then there will be a guard from Allah who will protect you all night long, and Satan will not be able to come near you till dawn." (When the Prophet (ﷺ) heard the story) he said (to me), "He (who came to you at night) told you the truth although he is a liar; and it was Satan." (al Bukhari) ( The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If somebody recited the last two Verses of Surat Al-Baqara at night, that will be sufficient for him." (al-Bukhari)(9) It was narrated from ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) went to bed every night, he would hold his hands together and blow into them, and recite into them Qul Huwa Allaahu Ahad, Qul a’oodhu bi rabb il-falaq and Qul a’oodhu bi rabb il-naas. Then he would wipe them over whatever he could of his body, starting with his head and face and the front of his body, and he would do that three times. ( al-Bukhaari) (10) Fatima came to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) and asked for a servant and told him of the hardship of household work. He said: You would not be able to get a servant from us. May I not direct you to what is better than the servant for you? Recite Subhaana Allah thirty-three times, al- Hamdu li-Allah thirty-three times and Allah-o-Akbar thirty-four times as you go to bed (Muslim)
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I pray your daughter be a victim of raped... So we can see which judgement you are going to pass to the rapist. |
KILLING AND MURDER IN THE BIBLE* 1. Kill People Who Don’t Listen to Priests: (Deuteronomy 17:12) 2. Kill Witches: (Exodus 22:17) 3. Kill Homosexuals: (Leviticus 20:13) 4. Kill Fortunetellers: (Leviticus 20:27) 5. Death for Hitting Dad: (Exodus 21:15) 6. Death for Cursing Parents: (Proverbs 20:20) & (Leviticus 20:9) 7. Death for Adultery: (Leviticus 20:10) 8. Death for Fornication: (Leviticus 21:9) 9. Death to Followers of Other Religions Exodus 22:19) 10.Kill Nonbelievers: (2 Chronicles 15:12-13) 11. Kill False Prophets: (Zechariah 13:3) 12. Kill the Entire Town if One Person Worships Another God: (Deuteronomy 13:13-19) 13. Kill Women Who Are Not Virgins On Their Wedding Night: (Deuteronomy 22:20-21) 14. Kill Followers of Other Religions: (Deuteronomy 13:7-12) & (Deuteronomy 17:2-5) 15. Death for Blasphemy: (Leviticus 24:10-16) 16. Kill False Prophets: (Deuteronomy 13:1-5) & (Deuteronomy 18:20-22) 17. Infidels and Gays Should Die: (Romans 1:24-32) 18. Kill Anyone who Approaches the Tabernacle: (Numbers 1:48-51) 19. Kill People for Working on the Sabbath: (Exodus 31:12-15) 20. Kill Brats: (2 Kings 2:23-24) 21. God Kills the Curious: (1Samuel 6:19-20) 22. Killed by a Lion: (1 Kings 20:35-36) 23. Killing the Good Samaritan: (2 Samuel 6:3-7) 24. Kill Sons of Sinners: (Isaiah 14:21) 25. God Will Kill Children: (Hosea 9:11-16) 26. Kill Men, Women, and Children: (Ezekiel 9:5-7) 27. God Kills all the First Born of Egypt: (Exodus 12:29-30) 27. Kill Old Men and Young Women: (Jeremiah 51:20-26) 28. God Will Kill the Children of Sinners: (Leviticus 26:21-22) 29. More Rape and Baby Killing: (Isaiah 13:15-18) 30. More of Samson’s Murders.(Judges 15:14-15) 31. Peter Kills Two People: (Acts 5:1-11) 32. Mass Murder: (1 Samuel 15:2-3) 33. You Have to Kill: (Jeremiah 48:10) 34. The Danites Kill the Next Town: (Joshua 19:47) 35. God Kills Some More: (Jeremiah 15:1-4) 36. God Promises More Killing: (Ezekiel 35:7-9) 37. The Angel of Death: (Exodus 23:23) 38. Destruction of Ai: (Joshua 8:1-29) 39. Killing at Jericho: (Joshua 6:20-21) 40. God Kills an Extended Family: (1 Kings 14:9-16) 41. Mass Murder: (Judges 20:48) 42. The Angel of Death: (2 Kings 19:35) 43. Kill Your Neighbors: (Exodus 32:26-29) 44. Kill the Family of Sinners: (Joshua 7:19-26 Webster’s Bible) 45. Kill Followers of Other Religions: (Numbers 25:1-9) 46. Murder: (1 Kings 18:36-40) 47. Kill All of Babylon: (Jeremiah 50:21-22) 48. Micah Kills a Whole Town: (Judges 18:27-29) *Note:*God approves of this slaughter in verse 6 same chapter Jesus said "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them" Mathew 5 verse 17 |
*Buruji Kashamu (1958 -2020)* *By* *Reuben Abati* Then let them laugh and rejoice in our man’s ill-luck. Alive perhaps they felt no need of him, but now that he Is dead, they will grieve their lack in the demands of war. For foolish men do not appreciate the noble prize they have, until it is discarded from their hands. His death pains me and falsely pleasures them, for him it is a pure delight. For he has gained all that he wanted for himself and that was simply death. Why then should they exult in overbearing mockery? He died at the hands of god. They had no part in it. And let Odysseus gloat at this along with them. For Ajax is no more for them- for me his loss Bequeaths a legacy of pain and lament. - Teucer in Ajax by Sophocles (442 BC) Buruji Kashamu, Nigerian politician, entrepreneur, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and a controversial public figure, has gone the way of all mortals- one of the high-profile victims of the global scourge called COVID-19 - which has effectively turned the year 2020 into “annus horribilis”. No man is completely good, nor is any man completely bad, all mortals are archetypes of the very incompleteness of Creation itself. But if anything must be said of Buruji Kashamu whose last remains were buried in his home town of Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State, on Sunday, August 9, it is that he was deeply loved by the common people whose aspirations he championed and who benefited greatly from his benevolence. It was not for nothing that Kashamu was known as “Alanu Mekunnu”. He was more comfortable identifying with the poor, despite his stupendous wealth. He was in his lifetime one of the most prominent Ijebus of the first quarter of the 21st Century. I recall that each time he entered Ijebu Ode from Lagos, motorcyclists (that is Okada riders) would form a convoy – that convoy could be as long as a durbar/calvacade of 100 motorcycles, hailing him, and they would lead him all the way from Ijebu Ode to his home town, Ijebu Igbo, about 20 minutes away. The first time I witnessed that spontaneous reaction to his presence by ordinary people trying to earn their own living, I was shocked. In the course of his public career, Kashamu had gained a reputation as a friend of the ordinary people, not just in Ijebuland, but across Yorubaland and by extension, other parts of Nigeria. He had established a group known as the Omo Ilu Foundation through which he provided support for the poor. These include(d) indigent students whose school fees he paid, the sick whose hospital bills he picked up, struggling petty traders for whom he rented shops and paid house rent. He donated vehicles to many and provided shelter. He sponsored community development projects. With the Omo Ilu Foundation, he also managed to build a vast, grassroots political network, across the South West. The headquarters of the Foundation in Ijebu Igbo sits on acres of land, and if Buruji called a meeting of members of his grassroots network, every local government in the South West sent delegates. I saw the power of such a political network on display when in 2019, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held its South West flag off campaign at Mapo Hall in Ibadan, Oyo state. There was and there is still conflict in the Ogun State branch of the People’s Democratic Party, with Buruji Kashamu at the centre of it all. In 2019, the party at the national level had refused to work with him and chose instead to collaborate with other forces within the state. The plan was to hand over the party flag to the Ladi Adebutu group whereas the Kashamu-led Engr. Bayo Dayo faction of the party was legally recognized by the Courts and was effectively in charge of the party secretariat. If the party was not so divided at the time, the PDP would perhaps have won the Gubernatorial election of 2019 in Ogun State. But Ogun PDP remains divided. On election day, fifth columnists further worked against the party. I was talking about the Mapo Hall flag-off. Senator Kashamu ensured that his grassroots network in the entire South West was fully mobilized. By 2 am on the day of the event, his political machinery was already effectively on the ground at the venue. We left Lagos at night. When we arrived at Mapo Hall around 3 am, the only people who had secured all the strategic positions were Kashamu’s supporters. They were fully dressed in party garments, ready to receive the Abuja crowd. He had ensured that his own supporters outnumbered every other group. When the programme began, nobody was unruly. Everything went smoothly. But nobody gave out any flag. That particular item on the programme was conveniently omitted. I saw an aspect of Nigerian politics at work that day. The loyalty of Kashamu’s supporters was obvious for the discerning to see. I saw that loyalty on display again, last Sunday. The masses trooped out en masse to honour their hero; members of the Kashamu grassroots network defied COVID-19 and ignored the circumstances of his death to pay their last respects. Earlier in the day, access to his residence was controlled. Barrel-chested security men stood at the gates to enforce guidelines. But the people soon found a way around that. They wanted to catch a glimpse of their hero. They climbed the walls of adjoining buildings and occupied every possible rooftop. Others jumped the fence into the compound. Outside, on the streets of Ijebu Igbo, the people mourned. If the people had been allowed, they would have taken charge of the very burial itself. The Governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun was there to commiserate with the widow, the children and other members of the family. Islamic clerics recited Quranic verses. It was as if those verses, oozing out of the loudspeakers in the compound touched a vein in the people’s hearts. People wailed and wept. I was later told one of our female foot-soldiers became hysterical with grief and kept saying “Kashamu was killed. Wicked people have done their worst. What is Corona? Corona cannot kill Baba. Is it money? Baba can buy Corona many times over.” Buruji Kashamu was many things to many people: Baba, Chairman, Senator, Olori, Leader, Esho Jinadu, Ibu Owo Baba Sherifatu, Ekun Oko Susan… He loved the people’s adoration, and he captured their imagination for sundry reasons. He had the common touch. He had no airs. He could stop by the roadside, go into the bush and urinate and then come out. He could enter a store on the highway to buy snacks and drinks for his entourage. He once told me that he started from a humble background. He said he once worked as a ticketing officer at a motor park in Makoko, Lagos, and later at a Local Government Council. He spoke the language of the streets even better than the boys. During the campaigns, he held meetings with all manners of people. One day, a group of street boys stormed the Omo Ilu Foundation. They said they wanted to see him. The security people told him to ignore them. He disagreed. He went immediately downstairs and asked that the gates should be thrown open for them. He was a courageous man who loved challenges. He told the boys to calm down and without any introductions, he personally called out their leaders. He then proceeded to speak about his own life. He said he would like them to be like him and make something out of their lives. He gave them a lecture on drug abuse and warned them never to take drugs or they would end up badly. That encounter ended with the boys prostrating and lifting their hands in the air (Tuale Baba, Buruji, Buruii, Kashamu Kashamu, ori e wa n be!.)He gave them money and gifts and told them he was ready to support any one of them who was ready to change and be a responsible member of society. I am not sure Senator Kashamu had exactly that same kind of connection with the Nigerian elite. He had friends who loved him passionately, but there were also many who had reservations about him. When I accepted to be his running mate, there were many members of the public and the PDP who used to call me aside to say: “You have to be careful. That man may be your friend today, but there is nobody he cannot quarrel with, and if he disagrees with you, he will fight you to finish. He doesn’t have permanent friends.” Kashamu’s public persona and politics were constructed around this and other narratives. But beneath that, you could sense that he was feared. His combination of financial power, street wisdom and his growing influence as a political force was a bit rather intimidating for his rivals. He probably didn’t help matters with the manner in which he pursued every matter as if a war was afoot. He was a tall, well-built man, robust and inescapable with his physical presence. He devoted both his physical weight and mental energy to every task. He was also brutally blunt. He didn’t know how to pull his punches. On many occasions he showed me vitriolic text messages he sent to those who offended him. If they replied, he would fire back. He feared no one. He once explained to me that he was driven by a commitment to justice. “Too many people are treacherous”, he said. “they would use you and dump you and then work against you.” He told me he would always stand for the truth. “I hate hypocrisy”, he would add. This brought a wedge between him and many people, particularly within the political sphere. But while he would mend fences with others, there were persons he took on with all the weight at his disposal. This probably explains why he loved litigation. I was with him once and someone brought a woman to him whose son had been detained by the police and was charged to court for what looked like a minor misdemeanor. He didn’t allow the woman to finish before he called one of his lawyers, and told the woman, a complete stranger, that he would take up the matter. A lawyer was dispatched. Some assistants were told to go to the police station. Any matter related to police station or the courts brought out a special side of him. If he had not been an entrepreneur and politician, he probably would have been a lawyer or a policeman. I saw him in action explaining legal concepts and quoting precedents. No lawyer could hoodwink him. He would probably be the first to figure out the technicalities of the case. He once asked me and someone to go to a police station to report a matter. He gave a summary of the statement that should be written and I simply marveled. He had a retinue of lawyers and he knew just who to consult on a variety of matters from real property to fundamental human rights. One PDP leader once told me: “That your man. He doesn’t ever get tired of going to court. That is our real problem with him. Court. Court, every time. If you greet him and he takes offence, he will go to court.” I found all that intriguing considering the fact that after the 2019 Gubernatorial elections, he and I had a meeting and he told me his plans for the future. He would not run for elective office again, he said. He would rather concentrate on his businesses which were beginning to suffer at home and across the West African region. He wanted to do three things: (a) build his Lottery business into a more profitable venture across West Africa, (2) re-organize and strengthen the Omo Ilu Foundation to support the grassroots, and (3) stockpile resources for the 2023 election, not for himself but to provide support for his political associates. On the third point though, he added a caveat. He said he would not support me to challenge Governor Abiodun because he cannot sponsor someone from Central to challenge an Ijebu man. “But don’t worry, all of that depends on if Dapo Abiodun does well or not, and then we can sit down and re-strategize. In politics, everything is about strategy.” I told him my plan was to keep doing journalism, see if I can publish one or two books, and that before 2023, I intend to go back to school and get one more degree. He pretended as if he didn’t hear what I said. He sent for drinks and asked if I wanted food. Then he started laughing: “Abati, you mean with all that you have read, you still want to go to school? What for? What do you want to prove? You don’t want to set up business! You want to read more books?” He then told me the story of how a former wife of his once pushed him to do an Executive Programme at the University of Lagos. He said it was a harrowing experience. Every day in class was like a punishment. Every examination was like a death sentence! He said he used to sweat in class but he kept at it because that his wife would not allow him to drop out. He said he was relieved when the ordeal was over. “But do you know, my enemies even tried to use that against me, politically?” He was above all, a family man to the core. His young children who are below ten, will one day read about him. May Almighty Allah grant him Aljannah Firdaus. For him, the journey is ended. Let the living worry about their future...
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The remains of Senator Buruji Kashamu arrived at Ijebu Igbo for final burial according to the Islamic teaching! May his gentle soul and that of departed rest in perfect peace.... Ameen
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Senator Buruji Kashamu is dead! He died today due to complication of Covid19, at First Cardiology Consultants, in Lagos. May his gentle soul rest in peace. I pray his family and loved ones the fortitude to bear this heavy loss. I have just lost my good friend of forever to #COVID19. Until his death, Sen. Buruji Kashamu and I were inseparable. He died today at First Cardiology Consultants, in Lagos. May his gentle soul rest in peace. I pray his family and loved ones the fortitude to bear this heavy loss.https://twitter.com/benmurraybruce/status/1292146377468895232?s=19
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LATE ALHAJI MAI DERIBE from Borno, was Nigeria's richest man in 80s, Who built Gold-marble house In Maiduguri and Customized (owned) A Gulfstream G550 Model Of private jet in 80s. Late Deribe was extremely wealthy is a fact and even more factual is his action of dazzling others with his luxurious wealth. And many other Nigerians remember him more for the trappings of his wealth. In the 1980s, he was one of the very few people on earth who were cruising around in the newly-released Gulfstream G550 private jet. It is believed that he was among the first 12 people to purchase the customized version of this jet in the early 1980s, putting him in the same league with Yoshiaki Tsutsumi of Japan who was the richest man in the world at that time and other billionaires like Khalid Ibn Mahfouz of Saudi Arabia and Robert Edward ‘Ted’ Turner, the owner of CNN. -There is also the Deribe Palace (Gidan Deribe) in Maiduguri, the state capital. Sprawling and vast, the building’s majesty was enough to impress the late Princess Diana and her husband, Prince Charles, King Juan Carlos I of Spain who stayed in the palace for two days in 1986 (the Spanish king was said to have been amazed with such opulence right in the middle of a vast desert) and even a son of an American President (George Bush would later become the US President himself), all of whom were hosted in the gold-marble building which was so exquisite that its commissioning was done by military president, General Ibrahim Babangida. IBB was also a guest at the palace, while another high-profile guest is a retired army general, Muhammad Saad Abubakar, now the Sultan of Sokoto. Many Nigerians were flabbergasted at the majesty of the Deribe Palace when Ovation magazine did a feature on the man and his wealth in early 2000. How much did the palace cost him? Just $100 million. And cleaning his house was said to have cost N5million per month. This is what Dele Momodu, the publisher of Ovation has to say on the Mai Deribe piece, which he said was one of the most memorable for his company: After that, I think the Mai Deribe in Maidugri. I also flew in Colin Ramsey from London to do p the photography for us and this is a man who has photographed Imelda Marcos (former First Lady of the Philippines) and all the top stars. MAI DERIBE THE PHILANTHROPIST... Mai Deribe was known and is still revered by the people of Borno for his charitable activities while alive. He pumped money into various ends, and these include: -Construction of the Deribe Central Mosque, Old Maiduguri, Jere Local Government, Borno. It was commissioned by General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida. -In the early 1980s, Mai Deribe upon returning from overseas (most probably the US or the UK) came with gifts of ultramodern gadgets and equipment for the staff of NTA Maiduguri. NTA is the Nigerian Television Authority. The gadgets were so advanced that it took the staff two years to master it, even after inviting their seniors from NTA Channel2, Victoria Island, Lagos. -On the 1 st of January, 1987, Mai Deribe gave a sum of N5million naira to the Maiduguri Central Mosque on behalf of his family and that of his brother, late Alhaji Kuli Deribe. -His neighbours were the people of Fezzan and Old Maiduguri, and they also benefitted from his largesse, he sent money and food to them, one bag of millet per family every month of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting. -Construction of the Bulumkutu Central Mosque, Borno, the Aminu Deribe Mosque, the Doggon Masalanchi in the Fezzan Ward of Maiduguri, Deribe Hotel Mosque, School Mosque, Government College, Maiduguri and Fillin Polo Mosque, Airport Mosque. This is in addition to 27 smaller mosques all across the country. In total, he erected 78mosques. -Deribe Arabic and Islamic Schools. -For 44 years, Mai Deribe sponsored people to the hajj, the Muslim holy pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Atimes, he would ferry the pilgrims in his own Gulfstream private jet. -Deribe Hospital along Bulumkutu Road. It was commissioned by Admiral Augustus Aikhomu, the-then Chief of General Staff, the second-in command to General Babangida. -Construction of the Baga Road Central Market and Shopping Complex. -In the mid-1980s, Alhaji Mai Deribe dropped the sum of $1million for oil prospectors looking for crude oil deposits in the Gajiganna and Kukawa areas of Bornu State. Some geophysicists believe that there is a considerable quantity of oil in the Nigerian part of the Chad Basin and that is quite feasible as the Chadians have already started drilling oil in their own part of the basin. In a recent NTA programme hosted by the suave Cyril Stober, Governor Kashim Shettima said the Federal Government of Nigeria is the one stalling progress on the exploration of crude oil in the Chad Basin. -Mai Deribe’s company, Preussag Drilling Company, built and donated more than 60 boreholes in rural districts across Borno and Yobe State. -Mai Deribe sponsored numerous indigent students from Borno State to study abroad, giving them scholarships to England where some of them stayed at his palatial residence in Gloucester, London. -Mai Deribe was regarded as a patriarch for the people ofvBorno State and that explains why his people ran into his open arms at various occasions. During the devastating flood disaster in September 1994, thousands of displaced residents camped at his house where they were catered to. Although he was not in the country when the flood happened, he sent a sum of 135million naira (about $375,000) to the Borno State government to assist them with the relief efforts to purchase food items, shelter materials and other accessories for them. May His Soul Rest In Perfect Peace
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