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Legal Practitioner, Barr. Galadima Turns Traditional

 

Legal practitioner, Barrister Yakubu Galadima was crowned Makama Toto in Nasarawa State today, December 27, 2020 by His Royal Highness, the Ona of Ogye in Toto Local Government, Alhaji Umar Muhammad Azaki. The new Makama later hosted friends and relations to a festivity in his Chibiri, Kuje, FCT residence.

Makama Toto, Barrister Yakubu Galadima and his wife.

Group Describes Bishop Kukah’s Sermon As Subtle Call For Coup Against Buhari, Says It’s UnGodly

Niyi akinsiju
A group known as Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has described a sermon delivered by Bishop Matthew Kukah on Christmas Day 2020 as a subtle call for coup against President Muhammadu Buhari.
In a statement today, December 26, the group noted that this was not the first time the Catholic Bishop had used the pulpit to sow division, discord and fuel an agenda of anarchy.
The statement, signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju and Secretary Cassidy Madueke, said: “we condemn the remarks of Bishop Kukah where he made claims that the President was creating a Northern hegemony and that such could have been the reason for a coup.
“These comments are false, unreasonable and evil. They are anti-Nigeria and have no place in the kind of conversations Nigerians deserve to hear at a time that all are longing for peace and love.
“Time after time, the President Buhari administration has responded with clear facts, numbers and statistics on this allegation of nepotism, showing that in fact, the South-West has the most appointees in the government, while the South has more appointees than the North.
“Yet, no one has produced evidence to the contrary.
“Bishop Matthew Kukah has fallen far below the mark expected of godly leaders, again”, the statement said.
“He has used the pulpit where the messages of peace, of joy, of solidarity, of unity and love should be heard to rather preach messages of discord, disunity, anarchy, fear and worse, to tell blatant lies against the President.
“A man who prides himself as a Bishop of the Church should not be the kind of person that these untruths should be heard from.”
The group said that the sermon delivered by Bishop Kukah on Christmas Day was a contrast against the spirit and message of the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ.
“Bishop Kukah’s Christmas sermon is a contrast against what Christ’s birth and his life on earth symbolise, and continue to be the subject of sermons across the world. They are like light and darkness, they have no meeting point. Christ came to exemplify, teach and show us forgiveness, love, peace and fellowship; Bishop Kukah, who claims to be a servant of Christ preaches hate, anger, violence and disunity.
“This irony is made worse by the very fact that Bishop Kukah is a member of Nigeria’s National Peace Committee. But he constantly continues to be the reference point for trouble and warmongering. We have previously called for him to be sacked from that role as he does not fit in, at all.
“His partisanship and hate for President Buhari has put him in a position of blindness where he can no longer work for or achieve peace.
“It is not surprising that he chose Christmas Day, to deliver an anti-Christian Sermon.”
The group stated that it remained confident in Nigeria’s Armed Forces not to be moved or take any notice of the sermon delivered by Bishop Kukah.
“The Nigerian Armed Forces under President Buhari are not thugs and will not do anything against the Constitution of Nigeria. They are well-trained and are in tune with the President’s agenda for the nation: to tackle insecurity, to fight corruption and to rejuvenate and build a resilient economy for the country. We are sure that, this will be the case even when President Buhari leaves office, at the expiration of his tenure”, the statement added.

Bishop Kukah Never Supported Buhari, Always Singing Nepotism – Federal Govt

Information Minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed
Federal Government has responded to the Archbishop of Sokoto, Hassan Kukah over his accusation that President Muhammadu Buhari is practicing nepotism in governance.
The Government said that while some religious leaders, being human, may not be able to disguise their national leadership preference, they should refrain from stigmatizing the leader they have never supported anyway, using well-worn and disproved allegations of nepotism or whatever.
The Minister of information and culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in a statement today, December 26, said that whatever challenges Nigeria may be going through at this moment can only be tackled when all leaders and indeed all Nigerians come together, not when some people arrogantly engage in name-calling and finger-pointing.
He asked religious leaders in the country to refrain from stoking the embers of hatred and disunity, warning that resorting to scorched-earth rhetoric at this time could trigger unintended consequences.
”While religious leaders have a responsibility to speak truth to power, such truth must not come wrapped in anger, hatred, disunity and religious disharmony.”
Lai Mohammed said that it is particularly graceless and impious for any religious leader to use the period of Christmas, which is a season of peace, to stoke the embers of hatred, sectarian strife and national disunity.
”Calling for a violent overthrow of a democratically-elected government, no matter how disguised such a call is, and casting a particular religion as violent is not what any religious leader should engage in, and certainly not in a season of peace.”
The minister said that instigating regime change outside the ballot box is not only unconstitutional but also an open call to anarchy.

Bishop Kukah Accuses President Buhari Of Institutionalizing Northern Hegemony

Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah

The Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Mathew Kukah, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of institutionalizing Northern hegemony by reducing others in public life to second class status.

He said: “President Buhari deliberately sacrificed the dreams of those who voted for him to what seemed like a programme to stratify and institutionalize northern hegemony by reducing others in public life to second class status. He has pursued this self-defeating and alienating policy at the expense of greater national cohesion.”

The Bishop who spoke yesterday, December 25 in his 2020 Christmas message titled, ‘A nation in search of vindication,’ said: “every honest Nigerian knows that there is no way any non-Northern Muslim President could have done a fraction of what President Buhari has done by his nepotism and gotten away with it.

“There would have been a military coup a long time ago or we would have been at war. The President may have concluded that Christians will do nothing and will live with these actions.

“He may be right and we Christians cannot feel sorry that we have no pool of violence to draw from or threaten our country. However, God does not sleep. We can see from the inexplicable dilemma of his North.

“This government owes the nation an explanation as to where it is headed as we seem to journey into darkness. The spilling of this blood must be related to a more sinister plot that is beyond our comprehension. Are we going to remain hogtied by these evil men or are they gradually becoming part of a larger plot to seal the fate of our country?”

Anambra CAN Boss Complains: Gov Obiano Against Me Because I’m Not Anglican

Chairman of the Christians Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Anambra State, Rev. Ndubuisi John has accused Governor Willie Obiano of marginalizing the Christian body in the state because most of them are of Catholic disposition.

Rev John who received the United Nations Peace and Positive Living Awareness Centre award recently, said that Governor Obiano had continually sunned him and his team since he assumed office as the CAN chairman, saying: “one should imagine it is religious bigotry; it depends on one’s perception. If I were to be an Anglican or Roman Catholic Bishop, he would not have treated me that way.

“I think that the government should not abet religious bigotry, it is not wise for the government to abet such. The government should be seen as a neutral body treating everyone equally irrespective of religious denominational differences.

“It is unfortunate that no member of CAN in the state has been given a slot to participate in a pilgrimage to Holy land since the CAN regime came on board.

“In CAN we have five families, Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, Christians Council of Nigeria, Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, Organisation of African Instituted Churches and Evangelical Church Winning All, which I belong to and all handled the leadership of CAN in the state before I came in.

“He has been inviting me in many of the public activities and to be candid I have been showing up, honouring his invitation but he has not honoured my invitation to him.

“For the governor to have kept calm in the present CAN regime is not a good story. It is a very big challenge because the government should finance CAN.

“Ebonyi State Government gives N5million every month to CAN in the state to run the office. Imo is doing that and they have built ecumenical centre, area offices and employed people who work there. Delta has done the same, they built lodging centre and people are employed.

“Here in Anambra, we don’t have such. We have not even seen the governor’s face on a formal note. We have not been given that opportunity despite so many letters we wrote following so many channels.”

Senate Dismisses Petition Against Isa Ozi Salami, Confirms Him As HYPADEC Member

Alhaji Isa Ozi-Salami

The Senate has dismissed a petition against the nomination of Alhaji Isa Ozi Salami from Kogi State, confirming him as one of the memebers of the Governing Council of the Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPADEC).

The report of the Senate Committee on Power, which confirmed the nominees, whose names were forwarded by President Muhammadu Buhari

said that it received a petition against the Kogi and Kwara States nominees from “Concerned Stakeholders of HYPADEC Communities.

“After careful consideration of the petition, the Committee found it to be baseless and of no consequence to the confirmation of the nominees.”

Among those who were confirmed yesterday, December 24, were Ityav Joseph Tarfa (Benue) as Chairman; Abubakar Sadiq Ahmed Yelwa (Kebbi) as Managing Director; Alhaji Isa Ozi Salami (Kogi), Member; Engr. Taoheed Daud Toyin (Kwara), Member; Mikail Al-Amin Bmitosahi (Niger), Member; Dr. Saleh Mohammed Galadima Kanam (Plateau), Member; Engr. Aminu Mohamed Ganda (Sokoto), Member and Chief (Barr.) Utum Ubi Eteng (Cross River), Member.

The Chairman of the Committee, Gabriel Suswam (PDP – Benue North East), recalled that the nominations were made by President Muhammadu Buhari pursuant to Section 3(1) of the Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (Establishment) Act, 2018, as amended.

He said that the Committee during screening of the nominees found them to be qualified and experienced to be appointed as Chairman, Managing Director and Members of the Governing Council of HYPADEC.

Katsina Billionaire Business Mogul, Mangal, Funds Niger Republic Presidential Candidate

Katsina Billionaire business mogul, Alhaji Dahiru Mangal has participated in substantially funding by the donation of over a hundred campaign vehicles for the presidential election bid of a former Minister, Mohamed Bazoum, in the Republic of Niger.

In an undated video obtained, the presentation of the vehicles was made in Maradi, the second-largest city in the Niger Republic which is also a border town between Nigeria and the country.

The vehicles were all branded with “Mohammed Bazoum, 2021” with a conspicuous photo of the presidential candidate on them.

With a net worth estimated around $765 Million, Alh. Dahiru Barau Mangal is a business mogul, an entrepreneur, industrialist and seasoned management expert who founded Max Air Limited in 2008.

His donation will boost Mohamed Bazoum’s chances who is already a protege of President Issoufou and the candidate for the ruling Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS).

The general elections are scheduled to be held in Niger on Sunday, 27 December 2020 to elect the President and National Assembly. PRNigeria gathered that if no presidential candidate receives a majority of the vote above 50% at the election on the weekend, a second-round will be held on 21 February 2021.

In a year marked by setbacks for some West African countries, the forthcoming presidential election will lead to Niger’s first democratic transition of power between two democratically elected presidents since the country’s independence in 1960 from France.

Mohamed Bazoum is a Nigerien Arab politician who has been President of the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS-Tarayya) since 2011. He served in the government of Niger as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 1996 and again from 2011 to 2015. He was Minister of State at the Presidency from 2015 to 2016 and was Minister of State for the Interior between 2016 and the summer of 2020 when he resigned to focus on running for the 2020 presidential election.

There are indications that Bazoum may win Niger’s first democratic transfer of power in 2021’s Presidential election owing to the ruling party’s vast financial advantages.

The 60-year-old former interior minister has vowed to continue Issoufou’s policies for combating Islamist violence and tackling poverty. His policy platform, dubbed Renaissance 3, is named after Issoufou’s Renaissance 1 and Renaissance 2 governing agendas. Bazoum’s campaign manager is Issoufou’s son.

Bazoum will face 29 other candidates, including Mahamane Ousmane, who was president from 1993-1996, and Seini Oumarou, a former prime minister. The runner-up in the last election, Hama Amadou is barred from running because of a criminal conviction.

President Mahamadou Issoufou is stepping aside after two five-year terms, in contrast to other leaders in the region, especially in Guinea and Ivory Coast who used constitutional changes to extend their tenures to three terms.

He thus paves the way for a peaceful transition of power between two elected presidents, a first for the West African country, which has seen four coups since achieving independence from France in 1960.

Sour: PRNigeria.

Saudi Crown Prince Injected With COVID19 Vaccine

Saudi Arabian Crown Prince, Muhammad Bin Salman is being injected with the first dose of the COVID19 vaccine today, December 25.

A New World Order Has Begun

2020 is a year many would like to forget very quickly. It is the year that an invisible force shutdown the economies of the world. 2020 is the year of the Coronavirus, also known as Covid-19.

To date, more than 77 million cases of Coronavirus have been identified and over 1.6 million deaths reported globally and the numbers are growing exponentially daily.

The second wave has started in many countries and most of these countries will be “locked down” during the Christmas and New Year period.

It all started in March 2020, when the Coronavirus (Covid-19) struck and the world experienced a shock it never imagined or was equipped to deal with.  It has never been the same since then. It was the beginning of a new World Order. As some put it, the whole world was brought down to it’s kneel. Suddenly, New York ‘the city that never sleeps’ went quiet. Cities and towns were deserted. Hugging and kissing were replaced with social distancing and at a stage it was against Government guidelines (almost a law) to visit family, friends and other loved ones. Even Mecca was empty!

Suddenly wealth, power, status all meant nothing.  It didn’t matter whether you were black, white, brown or yellow.  All that mattered was LIFE which no one had control over.  No one talked about Brexit, wars, Boko Haram.  It was all about survival, LIFE.

Covid-19 was and remains a leveller.  Presidents, Head of States, Leaders were confused, helpless and cried to God to intervene.

Working from home, zoom meetings became the norm.

And the most commonly used words were “Covid-19”, “coronavirus”, “social distancing”, “lockdowns”, “sanitizers”, “facemasks”, “bubble”, “palliatives”, “furlough”, “Covid” vaccine” and ”isolation centres.” Yes, 2020, is a year many want to forget but unfortunately, can’t forget.

Many predicted that it was the beginning of the end of the world, others felt that God was fed up with the actions or inactions of man and decided to act. There were all sorts of conspiracy theories as well. But unknown to many there was increased activity between the world of light, the spiritual world and the earth plane also at about the same time.

So what was happening?

Since the pandemic started, Ascended Masters like Jesus the Christ, Beloved Mother Mary (His mother), His father, Joseph also known as Saint Germain, Mary Magdalene, Lord Archangel Michaeland many others have taken their turns to make weekly global broadcast to those who have been able to tune in here on earth. In these weekly broadcasts they explain the change the world is going through, why, how we can help and what they are doing to assist.

Based on the broadcast to date and bearing in mind that revelation is continuous, I have attempted to answer some of the most frequently asked questions here.  It is an attempt by a mortal mind to bridge the knowledge gap.  First let me explain that the Ascended Hosts use the word “Storm” to explain what is going on in the world today

According to these Ascended Hosts there are two storms in our world as of date:

– The world viral infection, which has also led to economic emergency and
– Action against social injustice that keeps spreading throughout the world.  Black Lives Matter Movement which started in the US and Endsars in Nigeria are some examples of this.

There are three more storms to follow.  Two of these storms will affect the global financial systems and the climate/weather system.  The third storm is yet to be revealed.

 

So why the Storm?

 

The Earth has now entered a Seventh Golden Age and as a result, the accumulation of discord on earth must be cleansed for the Golden Age to proceed and succeed.

The first 15 years of any Golden Age are the most difficult but they help lay the foundation for a peaceful, harmonious and happy world where LOVE drives all our thoughts, words, deeds and feelings to all life. Yes, it is possible to have such a world.

In the opening years of this Golden Age all that have been on the shadow side of life must be cleaned.  Racism, injustices, hatred, sinister activities and other activities that have held back the spiritual advancement and civilisation of the people of earth must be cleansed.  I wish to be clear with you that these difficult times are not the end of the world; they are not Armageddon. They are not the ‘wrath of God’, nor are they caused by God Source. God is all love.

The storms are the growing consequences and effects of our civilization’s discord, misdeeds, and destructive miscreations of the past and the present that have reached such a momentum and are now acting out. It is about the Law of Cause and Effect – Cause and Consequence.  It is imponderable, intrinsic, inherent, and the most natural characteristic of existence itself.

The Law of Cause and Effect is a natural law that must be understood and like all the other spiritual laws it cannot be circumvented.  It applies to all circumstances. When man sows in ignorance, he reaps in pain, in fear, in anguish. But when Man sows in love and understanding, he reaps peace of mind and peace in his being”. We are indeed the architects of our own problems.  What you sow you must reap. That is the law.

When you sow, whether it is the seed of light or darkness, they must germinate and grow to full maturity – it takes time.  The ripe fruit must descend back to earth where it originated.  That is the problem of not only our country but of the world. .  The people of the earth must commute what they have in ignorance sown. Man is suffering because of his fellow man and the drive after things that have no substance.   The energy of all discord, impurities, and greed has been building in the world for far too long because too many greedy people are taking control of governments, corporations, resources, monetary global systems and much more and now the consequence is that that energy is beginning to recoil in people’s individual lives and en masse.  You can pray but your prayer must be fortified with action. See your fellow man with the eye of the Christ

The purpose of this momentum of discordant energy being released back into the world at this time is the fundamental nature of life, life that seeks to purge itself, life that seeks to clean itself, life that seeks to throw off all accumulation of discord so all life may once again try to fulfill the Divine Plan for all life upon this Earth. This process of cleansing is critical to the future of our Planet and each one of us.

What do we know about the Golden Age?

We are only in the opening years of this new Permanent Golden Age, which  started towards the end of 2012.  The Seventh Golden Age will provide the people of Earth the opportunity to be fully awakened and fulfill their divine purpose and destiny.  The Earth and civilization will be given the opportunity to correct every wrong against themselves, against all life that lives on Earth with man and against the Earth itself.

How they are helping

Be assured that they are helping.  In fact the world has never received so much help in the last 100 years.  The Ascended Masters and Angelic Hosts are working very closely with many spiritual movements around the world and many of them are here on earth assisting humanity and the planet. All Golden Ages in all worlds are always given great assistance to create new wonderful advanced civilizations. This assistance always comes from the Spiritual Hierarchy of Systems of Worlds. This is why they are here and why they are using every means to make contact with the people of Earth.

We also have a role to play.

To help the world and to remain untouched by these storms, there are abnumber of things we are expected/required to do:

– Love your neighbours as yourself and God above all.  This is always the first commandment
– Be awakened.  To be awakened means to be exposed and to understand the Truth and Wisdom of God that always prevails.  You can get this in spiritual groups/movements or even religious organisations as long as they know and teach you (a) who you are, (b) why you are on earth (c) where you are going (d) how to get there. There are many of such spiritually enlightened groups all over the world including in Nigeria. Find one that resonates with you and stay the course.  As they say, once the student is ready, the teacher will appear.  Your spirit/soul will direct you.
– Acknowledge and call on God, call Jesus Christ, call on the Ascended Masters and Angelic Hosts for protection and assistance through your prayers, meditations and/or decrees. If you keep calling upon them, they will continue to sustain a mighty outpouring of Light and Love upon you.
– Live and express God’s divinity. Your Heart will lead you to the most perfect teaching. “Be heart centred in everything you do” – live, act and think from the heart.
– Maintain purity, harmony, peace, kindness, caring and honesty in your thoughts, in your words, in your interactions with others and in your relationships.
– Do not allow thoughts or feelings of anger, worry, hate, greed, doubt and selfishness be expressed through you. When you do, you close the door to your own Divinity and Source of all Good and Perfection expressing in your lives.  Also overcome the five bad/impure human habits: criticism, condemnation, judgement, blame and gossip.  If you are not in alignment with your Government or political leaders send light to enfold them and pray for them rather than criticise, condemn or blame them. It is hard but it is the only way to make change.
– Your daily conduct now, your morals and values, how you live your lives will determine how much of these storms reach into your personal lives, and the degree of severity of these storms, and the realization they can be lessened by your constructive presence in this world.
– Forgive others and forgive yourself of your conduct, your mistakes.  With forgiveness in your Heart, begin to seek spiritual understanding and expression that will ultimately and wonderfully change your lives.  Be willing to right a wrong and correct a mistake.  This will always open the way for an Ascended Master to come to you and to give assistance and place you on a path towards permanent Freedom and Attainment
– Do not accept fear mongering or that the outer world is stronger than your innate spiritual strength, and
– Live each day as if it was your last because no one knows when the angel of light/death will tap on your shoulder and say, it is time to go back home. This is another lesson Coronavirus reminded or taught us.

Despite the difficulties we are going through now, there is no doubt that, there is brilliant light at the end of the tunnel and we must all work together to make the planet cleaner and a better place for all life on earth.  There is no better time to understand and preach the message of the ONENESS of life, of humanity.  If and when we understand this, there will be equality, no discrimination whether by race, color, tribe, religion or gender.  That is a lesson, which Covid-19 has taught us.  It does not discriminate.  Through spiritual studies, understand the natural law of Cause and Effect.  Let it influence your thoughts, words, deeds and feelings to all lifedaily.

I am conscious that some will fully comprehend this write up and find it easy to digest and that there will be others who may find it strange, almost unbelievable and cryptic to understand.  I plead that this second group do no not dismiss the contents too quickly but park it….it might make sense to them in future.  I was like them too many years ago!

Welcome to the Golden Age.  The beginning of a new World Order. Our thoughts and prayers are always with those who lost loved ones and to those who are still recovering from the infection. All will be well. Be strong and have faith.

May I take this opportunity to wish you and yours a Merry Christmas.  May 2021, the year of vaccinations, be a better year and may it benefit from the lessons we learnt from our experiences in 2020.

God bless

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Court’s Order Throws Benue Into Financial Mess, Can’t Pay Workers’ December Salaries

Samuel Ortom

An order by Abuja High Court, issuing a garnishee order (seizure of the account) of the Benue State government’s funds, deposited in all the state accounts and those of its parastatals over a judgment debt of N1.148 billion, has thrown the state into financial mess.

The accounts affected by the order include 23 accounts operated by the state government and its parastatals in seven commercial banks.

The State Commissioner for Information, Mrs. Ngunan Addingi who spoke to news men today, December 24 in Makurdi, the state capital, confirmed that the court order had crippled all activities in the state.

“This is saddening since the government is supposed to be paying salaries ahead of the Yuletide festivities and the banks do not know these details because as long as they bring a court order to them, they garnish the accounts.

“It is unfortunate because tomorrow is Christmas and Monday is a public holiday. It is quite sad,” the Commissioner said.

The order was sequel to an application brought before the court by one Julianna Igweka and 95 others against the Benue State Universal Basic Education Board and the Attorney General of the state.

The applicants were said to have approached the court for a leave to enforce the judgment of the Benue State High Court in a suit number MHC/227/2007.

The commissioner explained that the matter arose when, in 2007, selected non-indigenous staff of the State Universal Basic Education Board were laid off and ordered to return to their states of origin and be absorbed into their respective state’s civil service.

“The affected persons took the state government to court and in 2008, judgment was given that the matter should be looked into and they should be reabsorbed into by the Benue State civil service.

“Unfortunately, instead of them did not wait to follow due process to be reabsorbed, they decided to go to court to ask that they be paid a certain amount of money.

“Some of these people actually went to their states to take up appointments but are still fighting the Benue State government.

“In 2012, the Benue State government went to court and got a judgment that ruled that they could not make monetary demands since the issue from the onset was not about monetary demands but to be reabsorbed into the civil service.

“One of their lawyers then took the Benue State government to a Nasarawa State High Court while another lawyer approached an Abuja High Court on the same matter.

“In November this year, they got a court order to garnish the accounts of the state.

“The government wrote back that they could not garnish the accounts of the state because they were out of jurisdiction.

“An order was again given yesterday garnishing all the state and local government accounts.”

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