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Terrorists have abducted fifty people from Kuchi, in the Munya Local Government Area of Niger State.

According to the Co-convener of Concerned Shiroro Youths Of Niger State, Sani Kokki, who made this known in a statement made available to our correspondent, the abduction was said to have occurred while it rained at 2am on Friday.

“Confirmed reports emanating indicate that terrorists in their large numbers invaded the town in the midnight which resulted in mass abduction of people,” Kokki said.

He said the terrorists went from house to house picking their victims while it rained.

“They stormed the town around 2am while it was raining, instantly launched house to house operation and assembled their victims for onward movement to their enclave” the statement read.

He further stated that there were no deaths recorded, giving the number of those abducted as 50.

“Though at the moment, there is no report of any casualty, the estimated number of people kidnapped is put at about 50” Kokki said.

Kokki also stated that the terrorists and their victims had been trapped by an overflowing river as a result of the heavy downpour.

“However, the rampaging terrorists alongside their captives are reported to have been trapped without access to proceed with their journey as a result of a nearby Dangunu River that has overflown its banks rising from heavy downpour.”

When contacted, the state Commissioner for Internal Security and Humanitarian Affairs, Emmanuel Umar, confirmed the abduction, adding that security operatives have responded.

“Security operatives have responded since around 5am and we are waiting for the report,” he said.

When asked the number of persons abducted, Umar stated that the number couldn’t be ascertained as many of the residents escaped to safety.

“The number of those abducted cannot be ascertained at the moment as many of the villagers ran away and until they start to return before we can tell how many were abducted,” Umar said.

adenigga:
Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) said clerics that attended the unveiling of Bola Tinubu’s running mate, Kashim Shettima are not fake.

MURIC Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola issued a statement on Friday in reaction to the dissociation by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN).

Akintola said despite the brouhaha over the Muslim-Muslim ticket, “many bishops and pastors” attended the event.

MURIC accused the Christian leadership of shying away from reality and living in self-denial.

“Going by the findings, it is now very clear that leaders of CAN have distanced themselves from reality,” it said.

“How low can a religious body descend? What does CAN stand to gain by deceiving its followers?

MURIC also listed some of those it maintained are genuine clergymen that graced the APC event.

Akintola said Bishop Kamoru is “a real cleric from Peace Chapel, Mararaba”, in Nasarawa State.

“A picture has emerged where he was seen conducting a wedding in the church. Some members have come up to say that they knew him personally.

“Reverend Father Hyacinth Alia, of Gboko Catholic Diocese, Benue State, is also the APC Governorship candidate.

“Pastor Prince Ugokwe, also confirmed that he is a real pastor and not fake”, the Islamic group added.

MURIC noted that CAN “is not to be trusted” for CAN disowning “but knowledgeable bishops and pastors”.

“This shows that a caucus within the leadership of CAN has unleashed tyranny of the oligarchy on Christendom in Nigeria”, the statement added.

Ugo Ugokwe, an APC member and one of the clerics, responded to critics in a Facebook post on Wednesday.

Source: https://dailypost.ng/Tinubu-Bishops-at-Shettimas-unveiling-not-fake-MURIC-replies-CAN

Islie:
I didn’t attend Shettima’s unveiling as Tinubu’s running mate – Calabar-based Bishop




https://www.google.com/amp/s/dailypost.ng/2022/07/21/i-didnt-attend-shettimas-unveiling-as-tinubus-running-mate-calabar-based-bishop/%3famp=1


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An elder statesman and second Republic Minister of Aviation, Chief Mbazulike Amechi, has said cabals in Aso Rock are preventing the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), from making rightful decisions in the management of the country’s affairs.

Amechi said a series of letters he had written to Buhari on the state of affairs in the country, including that of Nnamdi Kanu, were not delivered to the President.

The elder statesman stated these in his Ukpor country home in Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State, on Thursday.

Amechi recalled that when he led a delegation of Igbo elders to Buhari and requested him to release Kanu to the Igbo elders on political grounds, Buhari himself agreed and demanded that they should go and put the request in writing.

He said, “The people around the President are not allowing him to make rightful decisions and that is why the country is in a bad shape at the moment, but God is raising a new generation of leaders.”

He lamented that he was shocked and still remains shocked that after writing the letters and sending it across to Buhari for his perusal and immediate action, nothing has been heard about it till date, which suggested to him that the President may have been forced not to take action on the letters by the same cabals who had sworn that Kanu would not be released.

He also recalled that shortly after Kanu’s arrest, he wrote an application to pay a visit to Buhari but the same cabals did not show him the application until somebody met Buhari in Paris, France and asked him whether he saw the application and he said “no”.

He, therefore, urged Buhari to demand the letters from his aides, swallow his pride, ignore the antics of the cabals and act on them appropriately.

According to him, the Igbo elders, led by his humble self have assured him that Kanu’s release will not only douse tensions but also restore normalcy in the country, just as the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua handled the Niger/Delta issue and secured the country from further chaos during his regime.

Amechi also expressed sadness over the poor state of affairs in the country, saying that as the last surviving second republic elder statesman, he cannot continue to watch as things continue to decay.

He described the 2023 general elections as an election that is capable of determining the continuous existence of the country and must be given every attention it deserves.

Amechi said, “As I lie down in my bed, meditating and navigating the quiet sea of 94 years, tears rolled down my cheeks that my President, a man who has so much regard and respect for me will be diverted not to trust me and grant me the one single request which I made in my capacity as about the only surviving co-founder of this great country, which is the release of Kanu.”

On the state of affairs, the 94-year-old patriot said a third force is springing up which appears that God now wants to openly act and save the country from anarchy.

He said, “To me, the two most potent and current issues in the country now are the coming presidential election and the growing spate of insecurity in the country.

“On the elections, I am no longer a politician but I cannot keep dumb when I see the country which I gave my whole youth and blood to co-found being pushed to an irretrievable pit of disintegration and anarchy.

“Since the operation of the military imposed constitution in 1999, two major political parties have ruled the country and both parties have goofed in the selection of their presidential candidates and their running mates. The nation has sunk into the stinking catacomb of corruption, looting, religious and tribal bigotry.

“It would appear that the emergence of Peter Obi and Datti Baba Ahmed ticket is an opportunity which God has given to the long suffering people of Nigeria to save and take back their country which has been economically and politically raped for many years.”

On the Muslim-Muslim ticket, he said, “The position is this bad for the poor Christians now that we still have Muslim/Christian presidency. You can imagine what will happen if Nigeria is said to have elected a Muslim/Muslim presidency in 2023.”

The Emir of katsina, Alhaji Dr Abdulmumimi Usman Kabir has observed that the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) was the only surviving Federal Government Project among so many that were established between 1970 to 1990.

Emir Kabir made the observation on Wednesday, 20th July, 2022 when the State Coordinator NYSC katsina state Hajiya Muhammad Aisha paid a courtesy call on the Emir in his palace.

The Katsina monarch called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to continue to support the NYSC Scheme, noting that it is the only project that brings in national unity and integration.

He disclosed that while serving under the scheme in Sokoto as a Youth Corps member in the 80s, he served with dedication and selflessness, unlike what is happening today.

The Emir further observed that lots of difference exist between nowadays youths and those in his days. He explained that “youths in the good old days, listen and obey advise but today, if you tell the youth to sit down, he or she wants to know why you are asking him to sit down.”

“NYSC is the only project established by the Federal Government in the 70s’ that is still in existence among many others like War Against Indiscipline (WAI), Green Revolution, to mention but a few.”

Emir Kabir also promised to support the scheme in his capacity as the traditional head of the katsina Emirate council

While assuring the coordinator of adequate security of lives and properties of corps members and staff serving in his domain, the Emir said:
“My doors are always open to render assistance as far as the NYSC is concern whenever the need arises.”

The monarch encouraged the coordinator not to express any fear while praying, noting that the gods of the land will protect and preserve the NYSC members in his domain

Earlier, the Coordinator, Hajiya Aisha Muhammad informed the Royal father that She was in his palace to present herself to the Emir for his prayers and royal blessing having been posted to the state recently.

Hajiya Aisha thanked the Emir for the provision of a conducive atmosphere for the corps members to operate within his domain.

dre11:
https://www.thecable.ng/breaking-debt-servicing-finally-surpasses-revenue-as-fg-releases-q1-data/amp

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SugarGirl44:
Lo gba ball abi ko lo play ten-ten.

press9jatv:
Osun 2022: The defeat of APC will lead to the political death of many politicians-Lasun Yusuff

A former Deputy Speaker in the House of Representatives, Lasun Yusuff has revealed that the anticipated defeat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Osun gubernatorial election will result in the political death of many politicians.
Yusuff, who is the Labour Party gubernatorial candidate in the election also revealed that APC chieftains in the state were human haters who were not interested in developing young politicians.
Making this revelation while featuring on a radio current affairs programme in Osogbo on Thursday, Yusuff who served as Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives under the banner of the APC explained that most of the founding members of the APC in the state have been treated badly.
He advised that any politician seeking relevance should dissociate themselves from the party.
In his words, “We were the grandfather of APC in Osun and they treated everybody badly. I won’t wish anybody that has a future that is relevant to his environment to stay back in APC.
“A lot of people will die when APC loses the coming governorship election. They will die politically because they are not relevant politically and they have also made so many enemies and they are just ground-standing.
“Almost everybody in PDP at the top level in Osun is either our fathers, uncles or friends. I can describe them as that. But in APC, people hate one another a lot. There are supposed to be fathers, friends, uncles, but when you describe them like that, particularly APC, they are human haters.”
While debunking rumours of his alleged plans to step down for another gubernatorial candidate in the election, the Ilobu-born politician described it as far from the truth.
“The information is insane. Nobody has ever approached me to step down and there is nobody amongst those contesting in Osun today that is worth stepping down for.
“I am a veteran in politics. In 2011, I had 72,000 votes and in 2015, I had 73,000 votes for the House of Representatives seat. So, for someone like me who gathered such votes in four local governments, to be going into an election to step down for people who struggle to score about 250,000 votes in 30 local governments. It is insane. That is the only way I can explain that.
“It shows that in the politics of Osun today if you check election results, I am probably one of the most popular because to have 72,000 votes in 2011 election in four local governments and 73,000 in 2015 and for people who are ground-standing now that I’m going to step down for them, the best of them in 2018 had just 255,000 votes.
“I have been deputy speaker of Nigeria for four years. As of today, amongst everybody that is contesting, I am the highest office holder. That is the highest position anybody contesting is either holding or must have held.”


http://www.adabanijaglobal.com.ng/osun-2022-the-defeat-of-apc-will-lead-to-the-political-death-of-many-politicians-dsp-lasun-yusuf/

Rostikol:
FG releases $100m to Siemens to further power sector rehabilitation

July 7, 20222

By Habeeb Adamu

The Federal Government of Nigeria [has released] $100 million to Siemens to carry on with the necessary rehabilitation works in the power sector.

This is coming on the basis of an agreement between the government and the National Assembly on the compelling need to improve the power supply situation in the country. The agreement would enable Siemens to strengthen the necessary infrastructure that would raise the country’s power generation to 7,000 megawatts (MW) under the Presidential Power Initiative.

Gabriel Suswan, chairman, Senate Committee on Power, who disclosed this Wednesday at the Nigeria Oil and Gas Conference in Abuja, said Siemens AG’s accomplishment of a similar plan in Egypt gives hope that the Nigeria Electricity Roadmap (NER) is possible and achievable.

The Siemens Power Project under the Presidential Power Initiative is aimed at increasing Nigeria’s electricity from the current 4,500 MW to 25,000 MW, but this will come in phases. The phases cover the upgrading and expansion of the Transmission Networks (TN) and Distribution Companies (DisCos) networks, improvement of access to affordable, efficient and reliable electricity, and providing support for industrial and economic growth in the country.

In Nigeria, the imbalance between power generation, evacuation, dispatch and consumption is a major challenge for the population of over 200 million people. While over 13 GW of grid power generation capacity is installed, only approximately 3.4 GW reaches consumers on average.

Siemens was introduced to assess the situation in Nigeria’s power sector, alongside other stakeholders from Nigeria’s Ministry of Power, Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE), (NERC), Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and DisCos, with an immediate priority to enhance the transmission and distribution segment of the power sector.

“Given Siemens AG’s accomplishment of a similar plan in Egypt and also its reputation as an international giant in the power sector related engagements, it is strongly believed that the Nigeria Electricity Roadmap (NER) is possible and achievable,” Suswan said.

https://www.businessamlive.com/fg-to-release-100m-to-siemens-to-further-power-sector-rehabilitation/

clockwisereport:
https://www.nairaland.com/7239635/leader-bishops-delegation-tinubu-shetima
See proof below

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Mynd44

SugarGirl44:
Toh.
O le lo ra Valium 10 nigbayen.

SugarGirl44:
Ogbeni lo sun jare.

SugarGirl44:
Awon obi ti e jo e loju abi?
Lo n so isokuso.

SugarGirl44:
Is agbado and cassava poison?
What a lame talk!!
Can your parents even afford it?

seunjungle1:
Not only planning to vite for him but very proud to vite for him because he remains the only candidate that can do the good works...sikena.

SugarGirl44:
The rottenness is nothing compared to your state sha.

JAWBONE:
This pride and insensitive behaviour that APC leadership and their supporters always display is one of the reasons I loathe that party.

It costs nothing to apologize to the Christian community and admit your error but here they are doubling down. Maybe they think they have Nigerians under a spell, maybe they haven't learnt from Osun.

No problem

Jking20:
Good one, you reasoned well. We don't want this country to remain like this, either do we wish to be stucked in this poverty. The main issue here is that, PDP worsened this country for good 16 years ruled by Christians. This same PDP are the ones still willing to take over power and be our Messiah.
How is this possible?? Pls explain to me.

SATANICALLY:
https://twitter.com/seunosewa/status/1550038322554310657?t=3FdhJwemExfvnSjZl4lDGQ&s=19[/quote]A fake will always be deceptive!

Eniitankorede:
Wherever you come from, why dont you stay in the shithole you came from if Lagos is not good? May God destroy all the good things you earned in Lagos because you don’t deserve it, you refused to appreciate those who provided for your improvement.

Eniitankorede:
If Lagosians are not enjoying why are you running down to Lagos? Why don’t you stay in your shithole in the east?

Eniitankorede:
If Lagosians are not enjoying why are you running down to Lagos? Why don’t you stay in your shithole in the east?

SugarGirl44:
Remove them and take them where?
To sit at home region?
The headquarters recognize prosperity, that's why they decided to come to SW, and not backward regions.

abokikhalifa:
I don't want to know your states. But it can never come close to lagos in terms of development. Prove me wrong.