The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah has posed a big question to Nigerians and their leaders: can this country still remain united?
“Now the question is, can this country still remain united? Yes, it can and it depends on how we understand the concept of unity.”
Bishop Kukah, who spoke at the 2016 Annual General Meeting of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations in Abuja, stressed that integration and national unity are the only solution to the conflicts in the northeast, Niger Delta and the clashes between herdsmen and farmers.
The cleric of the Catholic Church said that national unity would overcome ethnicity and nepotism, which, in his opinion still reign in Nigeria even as he told political leaders to always carry the people along in all that they do.
“The question is; what are the aggregate ingredients? What are kind of tangible realities? What are the things we need to bring together to be able to enhance national integration?
“Now, tragically for us in Nigeria, now more than ever before, we have never been as frustrated, as disunited in almost every sense of the world as we are today and it is not enough to blame the APC. It is not enough to blame Buhari. It is about the fact that somehow something had been creeping in on us and finally has caught up with us.
“I often say that one of the difficulties in Nigeria is that the people who are the followers are better equipped, better educated, more intelligent and even more passionate than those who govern them.” [myad]
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has accused the factional chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Pastor Eze Nwachukwu Eze of being a bigger thief than he is.
The governor is angry with Pastor for being on his jugular by asking him to resign over what he considers as massive fraud in the state under his watch.
A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Emma Anya, quoted governor Umahi as asking Pastor Eze to face his criminal charge in court and desist from distracting his government from delivering democracy dividends to Ebonyians. The governor stressed that Pastor Eze lacks credibility in all fronts to have the moral justification to beam a searchlight him and his administration..
“Eze is known to be facing criminal charge in the state High Court for forging the signatures of some genuine APC members endorsing him as the party’s chairman in Ebonyi State. The government has documentary evidence about this which we intend to publish in due course.”
Governor Umahi said that he is happy that the public is aware that Pastor Eze is an impostor who is neither the APC chairman in the state nor a genuine member of the party, adding: “if he claims to be a genuine APC member, he should be more interested in finding ways to and means of uniting the party members.”
He said that Pastor Eze is an agent of Abuja-based politicians whose primary desire is to truncate the existing peace in the state and discredit his government, stressing that the good thing is that the people of Ebonyi who gave their mandate to him to exercise on their behalf would never allow agents of the devil to have their negative desires come to pass.
Governor Umahi said that he knew that Pastor Eze and his masters were peeved by the earth-shaking allegation by Justice Ngwuta that Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu attempted to bribe him in order to have his mandate thwarted through the judiciary but God exposed their plot and brought shame to them. Governor Umahi also accused Pastor Eze of openly selling empowerment forms to unemployed youths of Ohaukwu local government claiming that it was a Federal Government directive,
He pointed out that the good thing is that his government had intervened by empowering over 4,500 unemployed youths and women of Ebonyi State and provided the sum of N250, 000 to them to embark on business of their choice. [myad]
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria has commenced the preparations for the 2017 hajj operations, starting with the process of licencing state Muslim pilgrims’ welfare boards, commissions and agencies across the country. The Commission’s Head of Media, Alhaji Uba Mana, who made this known in a statement in Abuja, said that the Commission has constituted a committee that is made up of members of the Licensing, Inspectorate and Legal Units of the Commission to visit state boards to inspect their facilities and manpower. According to him, these are prerequisites for the issuance of licence to state boards, commissions and agencies, adding that the aim of the exercise is to ensure that state boards, commissions and agencies got adequate facilities and manpower to provide services to pilgrims during Hajj. He said that it is based on the licence grade of either A, B or C that NAHCON would allocate 2017 Hajj slots to the states, adding that the committee had begun the national assignment and has so far been hitch-free. Uba Mana said that the head of the committee, Alhaji Muhammad Liman, had briefed the Commission that the seven states covered had expressed happiness with the exercise and had complied with the directives issued them. The spokesman listed the seven states so far visited by the committee as Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara, Katsina, Kano, Jigawa and Bauchi. He said that report of the committee revealed that the general assessment of the visited states was encouraging, while each state was scored according to laid down guidelines. He, therefore, urged other states to wait for the committee’s arrival as each state would be graded according to its capacity. “The grading criteria will be based on office accommodation, facilities, as well as manpower of the boards. “Section 4 subsection 1 (a and i) of the NAHCON Establishment Act 2006, empowers the Commission to licence, regulate, supervise and perform oversight functions over organizations or bodies engaged in Hajj and Umrah operations. “The NAHCON Act also empowers the Commission to issue guidelines and rules that will ensure that states pilgrims welfare agencies provide appropriate welfare services and guides for pilgrims.” [myad]
The Traders Association in Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have taken to the streets, demonstrating against the astronomical increase in the tax they pay to the Area Council from N3,000 to N36,000.
The traders shut their shops and marched on major streets in the council as business activities were generally brought to a standstill on Friday. The acting chairman of the traders’ association, Uche Nwokedi, said that the protest was also to express the association’s displeasure with the use of force and touts by the consultant engaged by the Area Council to collect the taxes. He said that some members of the association were on Thursday taken to court by the consultant for failure to pay what the traders called “outrageous tax.” He said that the use of the court to introduce higher taxes instead of dialogue was not in the best interest of the traders and the council. “Most of us, including those taken to court paid our taxes since January and we have our receipts with us. The consultant has not engaged us before coming up with these outrageous taxes and we will resist it.” The Chairman of Kuje Area Council, Alhaji Abdullahi Galadima, while addressing the protesters said that the council was unaware that some members of the association were taken to court by the consultant. He expressed dismay at the development, saying that the consultant had not been officially engaged to collect taxes on behalf of the council. Galadima said: “the consultant approached us when we advertised and we only had an oral agreement with him to go out and see how he could convince and dialogue with the people to pay their taxes. “Our agreement with him is on temporary basis; he has not been fully engaged by the council because no document has been given to him. This administration is committed to the protection of the rights of all residents. “So, issues like this, engagements and town hall meetings, are what are needed.” The council chairman, who ordered the withdrawal of the cases from the court, urged the traders to be calm and go about their normal businesses. He said that the consultant has been warned against the use of force and touts to collect revenue. [myad]
Protest against the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States of America continued today, Saturday, leading to a man being injured by gunfire at Oregon.
Portland police said in a statement that the suspect was crossing Portland’s Morrison bridge in his car and got into an altercation with one of the protesters, shooting the victim several times.
Police said that the shooter subsequently fled the area in his car, while the injured man was brought to hospital for treatment of non-life threatening gunshot wounds.
In the western city, thousands of protesters have gathered each day since Trump’s election win.
On Friday, the protest turned into a riot as demonstrators torched cars and smashed windows.
Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole, today, bowed out as governor of Edo state, after eight years in the saddle, even as Godwin Obaseki, stepped into his shoes, with a declaration that he had hit the ground running in delivering on the promises he made to the people of the state, during his governorship campaign.
Obaseki said that he is fully aware of the enormous task before him regarding the pursuit of the good and well-being of the people and the state, which he said he would pursue with vigour and diligence.
The new governor, in his inaugural address shortly after taking his oath of office as the fifth elected governor of Edo at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin said: “the responsibility of leading the match of Edo people is mine, that of my deputy governor and that of my government I would be announcing shortly. Many of the fundamental, major socio-economic development have been put in place by (Adams) Oshiomhole.
“I am looking forward to you to make our government accountable every step of the way. As we have always said, our message is simple – let’s go further together. Our work starts immediately.”
Obaseki promised to focus on human and material infrastructure, even as he assured that he would build on the foundation laid by his predecessor, whom he lauded for his developmental efforts across the state Obaseki and his deputy, Philip Shuaibu, took their oath of office, which was administered by the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Cromwell Idahosa, and later inspected a guard of honour before receiving cheers as he (Obaseki) rode in a motorcade.
The ceremony was graced by important personalities drawn from all walks of life, including a former Head of State, retired General Yakubu Gowon; the immediate past governor, Adams Oshiomhole, and his wife, Lara; the immediate past deputy governor, Dr. Pius Odubu; National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun; Deputy National Chairman (South) of the APC, Segun Oni, and a former Governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba.
Also present were APC governors, including Akinwumi Ambode (Lagos State) and Rochas Okorocha (Imo State), who was represented by his deputy, Prince Eze Madumere; Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun), Mohammed Abubakar (Bauchi) and Abdul-Aziz Yari (Zamfara). Among the captains of industry at the ceremony were the Chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote; Hakeem Bello-Osagie, Tony Elumelu and retired Captain Hosa Okunbor. [myad]
Immediate past Governor of Niger state, Dr. Muazu Babangida Aliyu, has said that Nigeria’s constitution does not provide for the federal government to save any income coming to the federation account, but that such funds should be shared amongst the three-tier of the government.
Babangida Aliyu, who spoke against the background of the criticisms of the past government of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of not saving for rainy day during the economic boom, said that the government was handicapped by the 1999 Constitution.
According to him, what the constitution provided for was for all amounts of money generated to be put in the federation account and shared among the three tiers of government.
“The Constitution did not say we should save anything; what the Constitution says is that we should generate and share. It will be illegal for us to say we want to save; the law does not allow it.”
Babangida Aliyu who chaired the second edition of the NDEDI Annual lecture series in Minna, Niger State today, Saturday admitted however that he and some of his colleagues were convinced at the time of the need to keep some money aside for eventuality, which brought about the establishment of the Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF).
The lecture in Minna was theme: “The Emergence of the Current Economic Realities : Expectations on the part of government and the private sector.” [myad]
The Defence Headquarters of the Nigerian Army has made it clear that Nigeria government did not pay any form of ransom, much less financial ransom to Boko Haram insurgents for the release of 21 Chibok schoolgirls recently.
Reacting to report by a Nigerian newspaper, alleging that ransom was paid by the government in exchange for the recently released of 21 of the abducted Chibok girls, the Nigerian Army said “this is unsubstantiated story, to say the least, is quite unfortunate.”
In a statement today, the Army recalled that it had issued several statements to clarify the issue surrounding the release of the girls, which the whole world applauded.
“It is, therefore worrisome that some sections of the media continue to undermine this modest effort of the government, security agencies and other stakeholders. It is imperative to state categorically that the sponsors of this media campaign have a hidden agenda which is best known to them.
“The defence headquarters and other security agencies will not be distracted and would remain focus in achieving its objectives in the North East. The important thing is that the release have been made and circumstances surrounding this effort should not be a matter of controversy so as not to overheat the polity and jeopardizing the ongoing efforts to secure the release of the remaining girls and other innocent citizens still in captivity of the terrorists.
“The insinuations that ransom was paid to the terrorists which the terrorists used to escalate the recent attacks in the North East is completely false and imagination of the author. The general public should, therefore, discountenance it in its entirety.
“The DHQ wishes to once more remind the media to be cautious of such reports which have serious implication on national and to further add that, as partners in progress, the media also has a stake in the ongoing efforts to restore lasting peace in the North East and the country in general.” [myad]
Some years ago, I met Reno Omokri, a wonderful Nigerian/Canadian man, who was not only an intellectual but has made a mark as an entrepreneur in Canada.
During one of our many discussions, he expressed delight that his personal friend, Barack Obama, had won the nomination to run as the President of the United States of America under the Democrats.
A few weeks later, my friend was very unhappy. The source of his unhappiness? He was eager to support his friend financially. But he was not an American citizen and so, was PROHIBITED by law, American law, from contributing to his friend, Obama’s campaign funds.
I was mortified that Reno Omokri does not, in 2016, know this fact before embarking on fabricating a story about President Muhammadu Buhari part-funding Mrs. Hilary Clinton’s campaign with a whooping $500 Million! And under this economic hardship that Reno’s paymasters bequeathed to Nigerians?
Reno Omokri obviously views America through the lens of PDP where even funds appropriated for developmental projects, ended up being used to fund elections. Even if the government of President Buhari has the funds to spare, which it doesn’t, American laws have ensured that no American candidate would foolishly accept foreign donations.
There’s quite a lot such a huge amount can do at this time of Nigeria’s economic recession. The government is scraping together its scarce resources to meet its daily obligations to Nigerians and corporate bodies.
For example, it has since been revealed that Reno Omokri’s masters failed to pay for fertilizers in 2014 and this debt was not reflected in their handover notes. Consequently, farmer’s yields depreciated in the 2015 farming seasons, giving rise to the “Hunger in the land.” That obligation has now been met by this administration, the reason we are optimistic about a 2016 bumper harvest.
Again, Nigeria is now compelled to pay $5billion final settlement to Western Energy Companies (Royal Dutch Shell, ExxonMobil, Eni, Chevron and Total), a group of companies involved in crude oil exploration and production in joint venture with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
As Exploration and production costs are split between NNPC and the Western Energy Companies, NNPC failed to pay its portion of the expenses between 2010 and 2015. Five years when Nigeria made more money from crude oil sale than any other period in the nation’s history. This has prompted the groups to hold back on vital investment to continue production activities on the oil fields.
Construction companies across the nation were made to lay off their workers and abandon their equipments for lack of due payments while funds appropriated for such were used as slush funds to buy Nigerians during the 2015 elections. This information was also lacking in their hand over notes. But these obligations have also been met and construction companies are back on their beats.
Just as Reno has continued to lie through his teeth, the President Jonathan transition team was very economical with the state of the nations economy and indebtedness. It took one of their own, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to inform a not-too-shocked nation that the economy had been down for three years before Pres. Buhari came along.
The Jonathan era was when the administration elevated corruption from the ordinary to the ridiculous. A person like Reno Omokri has been selling lies for a living. But Nigerians are sick and tired of the lies of the Jonathanian era. They know the truth. They won’t swallow their lies anymore because they know it’s corruption fighting back.
The more we try to forget these people, who ruined our nation, the more they remind us of their ignoble deeds that brought our nation on its knees. It was therefore, a cheery piece of news when the Federal Government restored History, as a subject in our schools’ curriculum. That means we can now freely discuss the sins of the past administration without being told to move on. It also means that our children can learn how Reno Omokri’s masters squandered our commonwealth in selfish and ostentatious living. How can we know where we are heading to if we do not relate to our past? How can we avoid repeating past mistakes if we bury the past and refuse to even talk about it? We will continue to confront and shame them with the facts and the truth.
When in 2015 some Nigerians invoked Isaiah 54:17 on President Buhari, those who ruined our nation thought it was a joke. Reno Omokri and his ignoble team are experiencing it today. Lies after lies, and they get exposed for the fraud they are.
American elections are funded with American Money. A simple question on google could have saved Reno Omokri this mockery and embarrassment. As usual, with all his lies, Reno has mud in his face. Always ask Google.
Lauretta Onochie is PA To The President On Social Media. [myad]
The little child that was later named Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu was born in Chanchanga, Minna, Niger State on November 12, 1955. Early in life, the young Mu’azu demonstrated traits of leadership qualities that showed him as destined to be a leader of men. During his elementary and secondary school days, he was appointed a monitor in clear acknowledgment of his leadership qualities. The man whose royalty is never in doubt enrolled at the Central Primary School, Kuta in Minna and Sultan Primary School, Sokoto. He headed to the College of Arts and Arabic Studies, Sokoto, after his primary education where he graduated in 1974.
Thereafter, he went to the College of Education in Sokoto, where he bagged the National Certificate of Education (NCE). In search of more academic laurels, he was at the Bayero University, Kano and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Education and later capped it with a doctorate degree in Public and International Affairs in 1989.
To demonstrate his love for ordinary folks, he became a union leader who was at the forefront in fighting for improved conditions of service for workers. Realizing that unionism had its limitations; he threw his hat in the ring and was elected House of Representatives from the Chanchanga Federal Constituency in 1983. His dream of a prosperous political career was soon cut short as the military threw out the then administration of President Shehu Shagari from the corridors of power.
With the military back to power, the unionist turned politician returned to the public service where he walked to the pinnacle of his career, culminating in his appointment as a permanent secretary in the Ministry of the Federal Capital Territory (MFCT) in 2001. His tenure at the MFCT was not devoid of challenges, as he walked a tight rope in adhering to the rules of civil service and at the same time not offending the political leadership, headed by Engr. Muhammad Abba Gana. It is to his immense credit that he avoided heady moments with the Abba Gana whose weakness then was his inability to turn down requests from politicians. In consideration of Aliyu’s astounding wealth of experience in bureaucracy, then President Olusegun Obasanjo never let anyone in doubt that he was committed to building Rome in one day. Having one of the nations’s tested brilliant technocrats in charge of the administrative saddle, the Talban Minna was later to champion the reforms envisioned by the Obasanjo administration.
It was while serving as the permanent secretary in the Federal Ministry of Transport that he resigned to contest for the 2007 Niger State governorship poll. Having reached the zenith of his career as a permanent secretary, the blue blooded technocrat and scion of the Usman Dan Fodio’s lineage once again returned to the political turf. All that followed is now history. Throughout his eight years as Niger State, he provided what he described as “Servant leadership,” insisting that leaders are elected to serve the people.
Niger State presently bears eloquent testimonies of his eight years’ footprints in the development of wards, security, education, massive infrastructural expansion and engaging the citizenry for participatory democracy. While the North was turned into a fiery furnace of terrorism and religious violence, Niger remained a safe haven, apart from the Boko Haram bombing that took place in Suleja in 2012. Aliyu also proved his mettle when he ensured that both adherents of Islam and Christianity were treated justly, as he provided pro-active governance and was always a step ahead of those plotting to plunge the state into chaos. Urbane and an erudite communicator, Aliyu’s greatest asset is his ability to build consensus across religious and political divide. He sees honest leadership as the anvil upon which the development of humanity can be realized. The essence of life, considering his footprints on the sands of his 61st earthly sojourn, bears testimony that education and courage remains the building blocks for the improvement of people’s lives.
I have known the Chief Servant for over 14 years, and the dearth of courageous men like him on the present political turf is widening the gulf of negative partisanship and delaying the dawn of a new day for our nation. His leadership of the Northern Governors’ Forum (NGF) provided a platform in tackling some of the scourges that have bedeviled the troubled House Sir Ahmadu Bello built. The former Chief Servant of Niger State discontinued discriminatory fees between settlers and natives and, thereby, expanding the frontiers of national integration by emphasizing on the humanity of Nigerians. Out of power, not a few Nigerians now appreciate the relevance of Aliyu’s legacies in bonding various units now screaming for balkanization.
As a humanist who believes in justice and fairness, irrespective of religious and political affiliations, the Talba sees issues not from the prism of religion, but on the need to enthrone equity and provides the citizenry an opportunity to realize their full potentials in all fields of human endeavour. The former technocrat views and treats all religions on scale of justice, thereby justifying the assertion that violence can only occur when the political system engages in injustice. The peace enjoyed throughout his reign as the Niger State Chief Servant attested to his relentless pursuit of peace.
Aliyu is an epitome of courage as he is not afraid to be politically incorrect in telling the truth. With Talba, you knew where he stands. He is never capable of nursing a grudge. His fire of anger easily dies out as soon as he makes his displeasure known. He can be so forgiving, and most often times, his aides take advantage of this pardoning spirit. He takes everything in his strides and does not regret the past. Life to him seems to be “forward ever and backward never.”
At the height of financial profligacy that trailed the SURE-P programme, Aliyu shocked his party in 2014 when he told Nigerians that they were just being taking for a ride by the then administration of Goodluck Jonathan. Later discoveries were to prove that the Chief Servant said nothing less than the truth. He was among the PDP governors that rebelled against the tyranny of his party. However, when other governors defected to the then mega coalition that later turned into the All Progressives Congress (APC), he, with then Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State, refused to abandon the PDP, insisting that it was against his principles.
As Aliyu celebrates his 61st birthday on November 12, I am sure the occasion should provide an opportunity for him and his political like-minds to ruminate on the affairs of our nation. In a country that is increasingly divided along religious and political divide, the resurgence of such courageous traits is needed to rediscover our nation and pull it from the woods. Talba’s relevance and his footprints in governance and public service should serve as a wake-up call on the current administration to arrest the negative political partisanship that is driving the nation into combustion. A study on how Aliyu turned Niger State into a safe haven should provide recipe to state chief executives on how to put out the little fires threatening national cohesion and development. Herein lies the essence of a politician and technocrat whose footprints are yet unfinished.
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Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has accused the factional chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Pastor Eze Nwachukwu Eze of being a bigger thief than he is.
Reno Omokri, Fabricating Verifiable Lie For Political Gain, By Lauretta Onochie
Some years ago, I met Reno Omokri, a wonderful Nigerian/Canadian man, who was not only an intellectual but has made a mark as an entrepreneur in Canada.
During one of our many discussions, he expressed delight that his personal friend, Barack Obama, had won the nomination to run as the President of the United States of America under the Democrats.
A few weeks later, my friend was very unhappy. The source of his unhappiness? He was eager to support his friend financially. But he was not an American citizen and so, was PROHIBITED by law, American law, from contributing to his friend, Obama’s campaign funds.
I was mortified that Reno Omokri does not, in 2016, know this fact before embarking on fabricating a story about President Muhammadu Buhari part-funding Mrs. Hilary Clinton’s campaign with a whooping $500 Million! And under this economic hardship that Reno’s paymasters bequeathed to Nigerians?
Reno Omokri obviously views America through the lens of PDP where even funds appropriated for developmental projects, ended up being used to fund elections. Even if the government of President Buhari has the funds to spare, which it doesn’t, American laws have ensured that no American candidate would foolishly accept foreign donations.
There’s quite a lot such a huge amount can do at this time of Nigeria’s economic recession. The government is scraping together its scarce resources to meet its daily obligations to Nigerians and corporate bodies.
For example, it has since been revealed that Reno Omokri’s masters failed to pay for fertilizers in 2014 and this debt was not reflected in their handover notes. Consequently, farmer’s yields depreciated in the 2015 farming seasons, giving rise to the “Hunger in the land.” That obligation has now been met by this administration, the reason we are optimistic about a 2016 bumper harvest.
Again, Nigeria is now compelled to pay $5billion final settlement to Western Energy Companies (Royal Dutch Shell, ExxonMobil, Eni, Chevron and Total), a group of companies involved in crude oil exploration and production in joint venture with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
As Exploration and production costs are split between NNPC and the Western Energy Companies, NNPC failed to pay its portion of the expenses between 2010 and 2015. Five years when Nigeria made more money from crude oil sale than any other period in the nation’s history. This has prompted the groups to hold back on vital investment to continue production activities on the oil fields.
Construction companies across the nation were made to lay off their workers and abandon their equipments for lack of due payments while funds appropriated for such were used as slush funds to buy Nigerians during the 2015 elections. This information was also lacking in their hand over notes. But these obligations have also been met and construction companies are back on their beats.
Just as Reno has continued to lie through his teeth, the President Jonathan transition team was very economical with the state of the nations economy and indebtedness. It took one of their own, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to inform a not-too-shocked nation that the economy had been down for three years before Pres. Buhari came along.
The Jonathan era was when the administration elevated corruption from the ordinary to the ridiculous. A person like Reno Omokri has been selling lies for a living. But Nigerians are sick and tired of the lies of the Jonathanian era. They know the truth. They won’t swallow their lies anymore because they know it’s corruption fighting back.
The more we try to forget these people, who ruined our nation, the more they remind us of their ignoble deeds that brought our nation on its knees. It was therefore, a cheery piece of news when the Federal Government restored History, as a subject in our schools’ curriculum. That means we can now freely discuss the sins of the past administration without being told to move on. It also means that our children can learn how Reno Omokri’s masters squandered our commonwealth in selfish and ostentatious living. How can we know where we are heading to if we do not relate to our past? How can we avoid repeating past mistakes if we bury the past and refuse to even talk about it? We will continue to confront and shame them with the facts and the truth.
When in 2015 some Nigerians invoked Isaiah 54:17 on President Buhari, those who ruined our nation thought it was a joke. Reno Omokri and his ignoble team are experiencing it today. Lies after lies, and they get exposed for the fraud they are.
American elections are funded with American Money. A simple question on google could have saved Reno Omokri this mockery and embarrassment. As usual, with all his lies, Reno has mud in his face. Always ask Google.
Lauretta Onochie is PA To The President On Social Media. [myad]