An Anambra-based cattle dealer, Chibuike Okafor, has cried out that he has lost over 50 cows in the recent slaughter of cows by the Igbo agitators against Fulani herdsmen.
Okafor, who made this known when he met the Secretary to the State Government of Anambra State today, June 8, Professor Solo Chukwulobelu, said that most of the cows in the Southeast are owned by Igbo businessmen.
He said that over 50 of his cows were set ablaze by an angry mob at Kwata junction, Awka, Anambra State.
Okafor said that it was wrong for the hoodlums to believe that all the cows coming to the South-East from the North belong to Northerners and must be destroyed, with little or no provocation.
“Your Excellency, I would want to tell you that almost all, if not all the cows you see in the South-East are owned by Igbo traders. What happens is that if we go there to buy the cows, we use the vehicles owned by the Northerners to bring them down here. Even some of us have our vehicles for the transportation of these cows to south east.”
“We’ve had a long-time cordial relationship with them in this business. It will be wrong for our people to have wrong impression about the Northerners. They are good people generally speaking, especially in business” he said.
Responding, the Secretary to the State Government assured the protection of every Nigerian in the state.
“We understand that our people hae been in a long-time cordial joint business partnership with the north in this trade and we must not destroy this relation built over the years ” he said.
He assured that he would take back all the information he had gathered to Governor Willie Obiano for appropriate action.
The meeting held after an angry mob set ablaze a truck transporting cattle from the north to the southeast.
The mob went wild after the truck killed eight persons in an accident.
The Senate has finally stopped the Nigeria Postal Services (NIPOST) from collecting tax on behalf of the Federal Government. This followed the passage of the Nigerian Postal Service (Repeal and Reenactment) Bill 2021 at the plenary.
A section of the bill barred NIPOST from engaging in tax collection in the country. It effectively restricts the agency to only postal operations in the country.
The bill also unbundled NIPOST by creating a commission to regulate its affairs.
The development brought to an end, month-long controversy between agency and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) on the collection of stamp duty on behalf of the government.
The Chairman of Senate Committee on Communication, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, who presented the committee report, said the sub-clause (1) (a) under clause 3 in the bill deals with the Establishment and Membership of the Governing Board of the Public Postal Operator.
According to her, the bill was amended to give the NIPOST Governing Board power to formulate policies and adopt strategies for the overall development of the postal sector.
She added that sub-clause (1) (b) was deleted as the Board cannot borrow or raise funds for the entity while sub-clause (1) (c) was amended to align with existing legislation.
Two people have been arrested in southeast France after French President Emmanuel Macron was slapped in the face by a man in the crowd in Tain-l’Hermitage, BFM TV and RMC radio reported.
A video clip circulating on Twitter shows a man in a green tshirt and glasses shout “Down with Macronia” in French before slapping Macron’s face.
The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has lamented the Federal Government’s suspension of Twitter which they said is a setback for their operations.
They appealed therefore toPresident Muhammadu Buhari to rescind his government’s decision to suspend Twitter in Nigeria.
In a statement today, June 7 signed by its President, Dotun Oladipo, and General Secretary, Danlami Nmodu, mni, GOCOP said that online publishing and other businesses rely on the social media platform for mass circulation and marketing of their businesses.
“We believe this suspension will ruin our businesses and shrink the democratic space.
“Even more, this action will leave many social media handlers who work full time doing legitimate businesses jobless.This will compound the already troubling unemployment situation in the country.
“We believe this action is more injurious to the survival of Nigerian young business entrepreneurs who rely on Twitter.
“Also, government’s move is a major setback for information dissemination, growth of the media, information technology sectors among others in Nigeria.
“We note that there are also millions of Nigerians who use Twitter to ventilate their democratic right of freedom of expression responsibly.The suspension clearly shrinks the democratic space.
GOCOP advised the President to explore alternative means of relating with Twitter to resolve whatever difference that have arisen.
“Once again, we call on government to lift the order suspending Twitter in Nigeria immediately.”
President Muhammadu Buhari has consoled the family and members of The Synagogue, Church of All Nations (SCOAN) over the death Pastor Temitope Balogun, popularly known as TB Joshua.
He reminded them that the deceased impacted on millions of followers all over the world in terms of spiritual contributions and as well as touching many lives through philanthropic gestures.
President Buhari advised Pastor Joshua’s followers to take solace in the knowledge that life is not measured and defined by chronological longevity but by enduring legacies and lives touched positively.
He also condoled with the government and people of Ondo State, even as he prayed that God will accept the soul of the departed pastor.
File photo: Wole Soyinka | PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP/Getty Images)
Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka has described the wanton arson and killings perpetrated by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), operating in the Southeast by killing policemen, setting INEC offices on fire as brother of Boko Haram.
Professor Soyinka, in a statement he issued in the wake of Twitter ban in Nigeria, said that the militants are not genuine liberators.
“I hold no brief for those who resort to burning down police stations, slaughter their occupants simply for the crime of earning a measly monthly pittance, torch electoral offices, assassinate politicians in calculated effort to set sections of the country against others in the promotion of their own political goals. These are largely nihilists, psychopaths and/or criminal lords, soul mates of Boko Haram, ISWAP, Da’esh and company, not to be confused with genuine liberators. “All over the world, throughout history, elections are denounced, boycotted, and generally delegitimized without recourse to wanton butchery,” Soyinka said.
A concerned citizen of Kogi State, Ismaila Isa has drew the attention of the Chief Justice of Nigeria to the alleged falsification of the date of birth by the currently serving President of Kogi Customary Court of Appeal, Justice John Bayo Olowosegun.
In a petition addressed to the Chief Justice, Ismaila also alleged that Olowosegun never did National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), neither did he have certificate of exception from such Service as required by the law before he began his working life.
The petitioner, who provided some documents to support his claim, said that the aim of Justice Olowosegun is to elongate his retirement time.
He explained in yet another statement to the media that Justice Olowosegun was supposed to retire in 2021 but that with his newly concocted age, he will retire in 2024, adding: “such act constitutes an offence which in legal parlance is called perjury and is punishable by long years of jail.
“The case becomes even more odious when committed by an officer of the judiciary who ought not only to personify and and model the best human character traits but also understand the position of the law on such a malfeasance.”
Full text of his petition to Chief Justice of Nigeria is reproduced below, with the response of Justice Olowosegun at the tail end of the write up:
No. 9, Enyinare Quarters,
Okene – Kogi State.
2nd June, 2021.
Hon. Dr. Justice I.T. Muhammad CFR, GCON,
Chief Justice of Nigeria,
Supreme Court Complex,
Three Arm Zone,
Abuja.
Dear Sir,
A REMINDER ON THE NOTICE OF ALLEGATIONS OF FALSIFICATION OF AGE AND FRAUDULENT MANIPULATION OF OFFICE AGAINST THE HOLDER OF THE OFFICE OF HONOURABLE PRESIDENT, KOGI STATE CUSTOMARY COURT OF APPEAL, HON. JUSTICE JOHN BAYO OLOWOSEGUN.
You may recall, my noble Lord, that I have earlier submitted petition to you on the 6th of May, 2021, bothering on the above subject matter.
It is interesting to know that the Hon. Justice John Bayo Olowosegun who finished his University programme in 1985 and his call to Bar in 1986 never Partook in the National Youth Service Scheme. One of the grounds for exemption, which is the situation in the case at hand, is if a person is 30 years of age and above. However, all that is required to clear the air on this score is to present his NYSC exemption certificate, which will clearly show that he had already clocked 30 years in 1986. The implication of the following is that we have 35 years from 1986 to 2021, making the current age of Hon. Justice John Bayo Olowosegun to be 65 as against 62 that he claims. It is equally interesting to know that the Hon. Justice did not indicate it in his Curriculum Vitae that he served.
More importantly, aside the curriculum vitae prepared and signed by the Hon. Justice, in which his age as the time he started work at the Federal Civil Service was put at16, there are documents, as attached, a year 2009 memo, in which a former Chief Judge, Hon. Justice Umaru Eri and Former Late Chief Judge, Hon. Justice Nasiru Ajanah, submitted the nomination of qualified persons to fill the vacant space of judges in the state’s judiciary to the National Judicial Council, which clearly states the date of birth of Hon. Justice John Bayo Olowosegun to be 28th February, 1956.
Accordingly, Hon. Justice John Bayo Olowosegun, having attained the statutory retirement age of 65 years on the 28th February, 2021, ought to have retired by now.
However, if his fraudulently revised CV is allowed to stand, it will mean that he has three more years in office. He would have successfully gamed the system if this happens.
My Lord, if this anomaly is not corrected, it could bring the judiciary to disrepute in no small measure, making the image and integrity of the Arm of Government questionable whilst at the same time exposing it to ridicule.
With these points, which can easily be verified, it is hoped that the National Judicial Council will swing into action to establish the true situation and follow up with necessary actions.
To avoid manipulation of justice, it is advisable that the Hon. Justice John Bayo Olowosegun be sent on compulsory leave so that he does not have undue influence on the course of Justice.
Yours faithfully,
Ismaila Isah
Responding to a WhatsApp enquiry put across to him by our Editor-In-Chief in respect of the petition and press statement, Justice Olowosegun simply said that all the allegations are false.
He wrote on June 5: “Grateful for your kind consideration and thoughtfulness. The allegation is false and unfounded.
“By the ethics of our profession, we are prohibited from giving press conference as l cannot defend myself through the media but only the NJC. Once again, am grateful for your professionalism and integrity.”
Foremost televangelist and founder of The Synagogue, Church of All Nations (SCOAN), Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua is dead.
His passing is coming exactly seven days to his 58th birthday, June 12.
This was contained in a statement posted on the official Facebook handle of the church. According to the release, the cleric passed on Saturday, June 5, 2021.
“Surely the Sovereign LORD does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets. – Amos 3:7. On Saturday 5th June 2021, Prophet TB Joshua spoke during the Emmanuel TV Partners Meeting:
“Time for everything – time to come here for prayer and time to return home after the service.”
God has taken His servant Prophet TB Joshua home – as it should be by divine will. His last moments on earth were spent in the service of God. This is what he was born for, lived for and died for.
“As Prophet TB Joshua says, “The greatest way to use life is to spend it on something that will outlive it”. Prophet TB Joshua leaves a legacy of service and sacrifice to God’s Kingdom that is living for generations yet unborn.”
Temitope Balogun Joshua (born June 12, 1963), commonly referred to as T. B. Joshua, was a Nigerian charismatic pastor, televangelist and philanthropist. He was the leader and founder of The Synagogue, Church of All Nations (SCOAN), a Christian megachurch that runs the Emmanuel TV television station from Lagos.
Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola has described those who are agitating for a Yoruba nation and their supporters as foolish.
Aregbesola, who spoke at Zenabab Hotel, Ilesha, Osun State today, June 5, during his 64th birthday celebration, warned that agitators must consider the women, children, old people and those living with disabilities who are mostly affected.
He said Nigeria must be more united, else African countries will be enslaved once again.
He noted that Nigeria is the country that will liberate Africa from all oppressions and therefore, Nigerians must not give nod to secessionists.
“Anything that threatens and creates a problem for Nigeria may cause backwardness for our country for 50 years.”
People holding mobile phones are silhouetted against a backdrop projected with the Twitter logo in this illustration picture taken in Warsaw September 27, 2013. Twitter Inc, the eight-year-old online messaging service, gave potential investors their first glance at its financials on Thursday when it publicly filed its IPO documents, setting the stage for one of the most-anticipated debuts in over a year. Picture taken September 27. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel (POLAND – Tags: BUSINESS TELECOMS LOGO) – RTR3FL8C
The Nigerian Presidency has accused Twitter for opening its platform to all manner of fake news and misinformation to spread and cause security havoc to the country.
It said that the temporary suspension of the medium is not just a response to the removal of the President’s post but the fact that it joined other social media platforms through which misinformation and fake news spread.
“All the while, the company has escaped accountability.
“Nevertheless, the removal of President Buhari’s tweet was disappointing. The censoring seemed based on a misunderstanding of the challenges Nigeria faces today.”
A statement by the senior special assistant to the President on media and publicity, Malam Garba Shehu recalled the address of the President at the United Nations General Assembly, UNGA in 2019 where he said: “the world was shocked and startled by the massacre in New Zealand by a lone gunman taking the lives of 50 worshippers.”
The statement said that thiis and similar crimes which have been fueled by social media networks risk seeping into the fabric of an emerging digital culture.
The President cautioned that major tech companies should be alive to their responsibilities, saying that they cannot be allowed to continue to facilitate the spread of religious, racist, xenophobic and false messages capable of inciting whole communities against each other, leading to loss of many lives.
“This could tear some countries apart.
‘President Buhari has therefore been warning against social media’s disruptive and divisive influences and the government’s action is not a knee-jerk reaction to Twitter’s preposterous deletion of his tweet which should have been read in full.
“The tweet was not a threat, but a statement of fact.
“A terrorist organisation (IPOB) poses a significant threat to the safety and security of Nigerian citizens.
“When the President said that they will be treated “in a language they understand,” he merely reiterated that their force shall be met with force. It is a basic principle of security services response world over.
“This is not promotion of hate, but a pledge to uphold citizens’ right to freedom from harm. The government cannot be expected to capitulate to terrorists.
“IPOB is proscribed under Nigerian law. Its members murder innocent Nigerians. They kill policemen and set government property on fire. Now, they have amassed a substantial stockpile of weapons and bombs across the country.
“Twitter does not seem to appreciate the national trauma of our country’s civil war. This government shall not allow a recurrence of that tragedy.”
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President Muhammadu Buhari has consoled the family and members of The Synagogue, Church of All Nations (SCOAN) over the death Pastor Temitope Balogun, popularly known as TB Joshua.
