Buhari Directs Maina's Sack - Presidency

STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE

PRESIDENT BUHARI DIRECTS MAINA'S DISENGAGEMENT FROM SERVICE

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the immediate disengagement from service of Mr Abdullahi Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms.

In a memo to the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, the President equally demanded a full report of the circumstances of Maina's recall and posting to the Ministry of Interior.

The report is to be submitted to the office of the Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari, before the end of work today, Monday, October 23, 2017.


FEMI ADESINA
Special Adviser to the President,
(Media and Publicity)
October 23, 2017

Go Forth O Knight of Righteousness: A poem by Fani-Kayode

 GO FORTH O KNIGHT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS: A POEM BY FFK

Love God with all your heart and soul. Resist the devil and his agents and emissaries. Fight against evil. Stand up for the weak, the vulnerable, the persecuted and the oppressed. Speak truth to power.

Bless the poor. Be merciful to the young. Defend the old. Challenge the rich. Let courage and faith be your shield.

Let strength and honor be your armour. Let the Ancient of Days be your rock and your salvation. Let the love of humanity and the desire for good and charitable works be your purpose.

And most important of all, torment the tyrant, give him sleepless nights and slay him with your sword.

Go forth O Knight of righteousness, go forth in the name of the Lord. Go forth in His power and in His might, defying the odds and despising the shame. Go forth, go forth, seeking the glory that is rightfully yours.

Go forth, go forth, with sword in hand under His banner of love. Go forth, go forth, with head held up high for He shall surely give you the land.

IG Donated Cats to Buhari's Wife - Misau

SENATOR: IG DONATED VEHICLES TO BUHARI’S WIFE
The last may not have been heard in the allegations of corruption and counter-allegations by Senator Isah Misau (Bauchi Central) and the Inspector- General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, on alleged abuse of office. The Federal Government had, last Thursday, arraigned Misau before an Abuja High Court on a fivecount charge bothering on alleged injurious falsehood against the IGP, Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the Police Service Commission (PSC).
The senator, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge and was consequently admitted to bail in the sum of N5 million, with two sureties in like sum. However, part of the documents in his (Misau) defence before the court was a Police document which showed that the IG approved two Jeeps for the wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, and a bus for the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru.
But a top police source, who prefers anonymity because the case is pending in court, said that there is nothing illegal in the donation as there is no law which bars government agencies from assisting each other. He, however, denied that vehicles were donated to the President’s wife.
He rather stated that the vehicles were given to the police officers attached to the President’s wife. According to the documents before the court cited by New Telegraph, the vehicles were approved for the President’s wife early this year, in response to a request signed by one SP Sani M. Baba-Inna, ADC to the wife of the President. In the letter, dated January 17, 2017 and addressed to the IGP, the ADC requested for Toyota Sienna Space bus and Toyota Hiace Bus to compliment the vehicles attached to Her Excellency, the wife of the President.
The ADC further stated in the request letter that the said vehicles, if approved, will be used to support Her Excellency’s private movement and utilities. In a response to the request, the Office of the IGP on January 18, 2017 directed the Force Transport Officer to provide two Jeeps for the wife of the President.
In the same vein, the office of the IGP, on August 8, 2016 approved the release of a bus for NIPPS, Kuru. The approval was sequel to a letter of request dated August 8, 2016, signed by the Institute’s Acting Director General, Jonathan M. Jumai. In the said request letter, dated 8th August 2016 titled “RE: REQUEST FOR INTERVENTION IN THE ACQUISITION OF PROGRAMME/ VEHICLES AND CONSTRUCTION OF DIRECTING STAFF QUARTERS”, the Acting Director General of NIPSS, Kuru, one Jonathan M. Juma, requests the IGP’s assistance in the construction of one “Directing Staff quarters (4-bedroom bungalow)”.
The letter reveals that the NIPSS had requested “programme vehicles for the use of its Senior Executive Course Participants” and their “Directing Staff”, ostensibly for use during their local and “strategic studies tours”; Juma then indicates that the Institute will be “highly appreciative” of the IGP’s assistance in that regard. In the document sighted by our reporter, the IGP then inscribed “Approved” on the correspondence, and to minute it to the Force Transport Officer (FTO).
The IGP inscribed a handwritten note in the margin of the letter directing the “O/C ALL” to “issue one (1) bus with inscription Donated by: The Nigeria Police Force.” It is the contention of the defence team that such approval by the Office of the IGP may have contravened the police budget for 2016 and 2017 since there was no provision for same in the approved budget.
However, in his further reaction to the document, the police source said: “There are police officers in the Villa, that is, Mopol 24, they are in the Presidential Escort. They use police vehicles and, as such, they have right to request for vehicles from police, if they have additional needs for vehicles because all those attached to the Vice President and the President’s wife are police officers.

The wife of the President did not request for any car from the IGP, rather it is the police attached to her that requested for additional vehicles to complement the ones they have. “For me, I don’t think, there is anything in that, that is abnormal. For NIPSS, there is an interagency co-operation. For instance, there are military, police officers and others serving in NIPSS. So, if NIPSS is requesting something from the police, if the police have it, they can give it to them. It is just like War College. You know that every year, the IG goes to lecture them, same way, the Chief of Army Staff does.

During the lectures, each of the organisations promises what to do for them. Even as at the now, the police have promised to help with their library. “IGP did not give out the vehicle  in his personal capacity, lest it will be said that he used police money to give out gift to NIPPS and wife of the President. But, since it is official, there is nothing wrong in it.
There is nothing wrong for an organisation to partner with another towards achieving a goal. “For example, in the police, if we are having joint operation, we can call on the FCT to assist us with vehicle. Like the Ministry of Works, they can donate vehicle for police, during Highway Patrol, even they buy cars for Road Safety. So, there is nothing wrong for one agency to assist another agency. “NIPSS is a government agency and they can request for the assistance of another government agency. “It is not compulsory that the gifts you give out be included in the budget,” he stated.
-New Telegraph

Let Not Heart Be Troubled - Joseph Prince

Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you…Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

John 14:27
- OCTOBER 22 -
LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED
The night before Jesus died, He gave His peace to His disciples—“Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you…” This peace was not just for His disciples, but also for us today. We have His peace.

The moment you believe in Jesus Christ, He who is the Prince of Peace comes to live inside you. And when the Prince of Peace resides in you, every blessing that you will ever need pertaining to your soundness and wholeness is already inside you.

“Pastor Prince, if this is true, then why do I still see problems in my health, finances, family and relationships?”

The answer is a troubled heart. That is why after Jesus said, “Peace I leave with you,” He said, “Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”

A troubled and fearful heart works like fingers that clamp down hard on a water hose. The supply of water is flowing from the tap, but little or nothing is coming out at the other end of the hose. God’s ever-present supply of blessings toward you is like the water flowing freely from the tap. But you don’t see the blessings when you allow your heart to be gripped by worry or fear.

So when fearful, anxious thoughts come, remind yourself of Jesus’ words: “Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” Even when things appear to get worse, say, “Lord, I refuse to worry about this. In the midst of all this, I see the finished work of Christ. He said, ‘It is finished!’ So my child’s healing is accomplished. My marriage is blessed. My debts are cleared. I will let not my heart be troubled by these things.”

Beloved, I cannot “let not” for you. Your family and friends cannot “let not” for you. Only you can “let not your heart be troubled”. So guard your heart from being troubled. You don’t have to guard your career, reputation, children or even health. When you guard your heart, God will guard everything else for you!

 Joseph Prince Ministries

When Tough Times Come - Copeland

When Tough Times Come
Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
– Acts 9:31

There are times when life on this earth is hard and uncomfortable...and even downright painful. When those times come, you deeply need the comfort that only the Holy Spirit can bring.

How do you receive that kind of comfort?

By doing just what the believers in Acts did. By “walking in the fear of the Lord.”

Now, when I talk about “the fear of the Lord,” please understand, I’m not saying you should be afraid of God. He’s your Father! You should be as secure and unafraid when you come before Him as a child who knows he is dearly loved. But you must also have so much respect for Him that whenever He reveals something you need to do, you do it immediately—even if it goes against your natural desires. That’s walking in the fear of the Lord.

Let me show you what I mean. Once, several years ago, I received a very disturbing phone call shortly before I was to preach at one of our meetings. It was painful news about a situation in which one of my children had been wronged. The news of it wounded my heart.

I cried, and in the natural, I wanted to get angry about it, to strike back in some way. But instead, I began praying in other tongues. As I prayed, I was prompted in my spirit to rejoice and praise the Lord.

I certainly didn’t feel like praising. I felt like stomping my foot. But, out of respect to the Lord, I put my feelings aside and obeyed. Next, the Holy Spirit impressed me to read a particular prophecy. As I did, I could tell I was being strengthened.

Then suddenly, I realized I was free. By my obedience, I had opened myself to the comforting power of the Holy Spirit. The anger and pain that had filled me just moments before were gone! They had been replaced by the gentle love and reassurance of the Lord.

No matter how tough or painful a situation you may be facing today, trust and obey the directions of your Father. He will make that same supernatural, Holy Spirit-inspired comfort available to you!

Gloria Copeland

Scripture Reading: Matthew 4:1-11
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Boko Haram Terrorists Still Control 3 LGs - UN

Boko Haram Terrorists Control Three Lgs - UN

The United Nations has said in spite of efforts by the Nigerian military to contain the menace of terrorism in the North-east, three local government areas in Borno State still remain completely inaccessible to aid workers as a result of the threat posed by the Boko Haram sect. The organisation, which stated that though accessibility to most parts of the crisis-ravaged region could improve at the end of the rainy season, however raised the alarm that the same circumstance could equally increase the rate of attacks from the terrorist group.

In its monthly report, titled, “North-East Nigeria: Humanitarian Situation Update” for the month of September, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), while highlighting the prevailing security challenges, argued that many local government councils in Borno State were no longer accessible for humanitarian aid. It stated that insecurity, presence of mines, improvised explosive devices, and unexploded ordinances had continued to slow down the response of humanitarian agencies in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states.


While not specific about the particular local governments affected, the UN reiterated that in the three affected states, three local governments remained completely inaccessible, with 26 partly accessible, and 37 fully accessible. It added that all the inaccessible and most of the partially accessible local government areas were in Borno State, the birthplace and hotbed of the Boko Haram insurgency.

However, a source in Borno State identified the three unreachable local councils as Abadam, Kukawa, and Mobbar.

“Most roads to the south, south-west and east remain unusable due to security concerns and most humanitarian personnel movement is done through air assets. Cargo, however, is being transported via road with armed escorts as a last resort,” the UN said.

According to it, “No humanitarian aid is currently reaching locations in these LGAs outside of the LGAs’ main towns called ‘headquarters’. Major humanitarian supply routes towards the west, north-west and north are open for humanitarians without the use of armed escorts. Following advocacy efforts, Konduga and Mafa are now also accessible to aid groups without military escorts.”

But the UN has complained that the failure of donors worldwide to fully meet their financial commitment towards the North-east has made it impossible for interventions. The UN said, “As the response enters the final quarter of the year, additional funding is needed to meet the targets laid out in the 2017 Humanitarian Response Plan. Certain sectors that are key in kick-starting the transition into the recovery phase, such as Health, Education and Response and Recovery Planning have continued to be dramatically under-funded with 21, 12 and 5 per cent of the required funding received as of 30 September.”

But the Director of Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Sani Usman, while speaking to THISDAY, said the Army would not comment on the matter until it had studied the report. Usman noted that while the Army was not in a haste to dispute the UN OCHA report, it would be discreet in responding to such report.


But in what seemed like a confirmation of fears raised in the UN report, Boko Haram insurgents at the weekend abducted three young women in Maggar village of Madagali council, Adamawa State. Chairman of the council, Yusuf Muhammad, confirmed the abduction to THISDAY and revealed that the women were abducted by the insurgents while working on their farms on the outskirts of Maggar village He said soldiers and local hunters had been mobilised to track down the abductors with a view to rescuing the victims. But at the time of filing this report, there was no news on their whereabouts.

Muhammad lamented that the insurgents had been launching a series of attacks on his council, saying proactive measures need to be taken by the federal government to curtail the attacks in the area. Eyewitnesses from the area have also confirmed the development.

Magar is a remote village, about 25 kilometres from Gulak town, the headquarters of Madagali Local Government Area. The area had fallen to Boko Haram control before its liberation by the military in 2015.

Thisday.

Another Gruesome Killing in Lagos by the Crocodile Soldiers

20th October, 2017

PRESS RELEASE

CROCODILE CRY II:
ANOTHER GRUESOME KILLING IN LAGOS STATE/ SOUTH WEST...

Gentlemen of the press

On behalf of the entire members and good people of block village, around Marwa area of Lagos state, along
Maroko police station do hereby express our pains and agony over the intentional killing of
MR. SODIQ ISMAILA ON TUESDAY, 17TH OCTOBER, 2017 AT ABOUT 1.15PM
AGE 20 YEARS FROM ONA-ARA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA IN IBADAN,
OYO STATE who was murdered by men of Nigeria Army code named “CROCODILE
SMILE 2” attached to the Epe Army Barracks, Lagos State led by their Commanding Officer:
Major Ibrahim Maja and his boys without any records of criminality on the dead victim nor iota of provocation or any necessity for security
red alert of the area as black spot or challenge, killed the innocent boy and left with his body
in their armored vehicle in order to cover up their arrant brutality, atrocities and shameful conducts.

This deadly invasion occurred during their show of strength leaving behind tears, sorrows and
blood of many innocent souls including Paul Abudu, Hamed Afolabi and others.

I must emphatically state that the said victim Mr. Sodiq Ismaila was shot in the head and his
body was asked to be carried by Musa Muhammed, Adamu Dandi and other two arrested injured victims into their
armoured vehicles and fled the scene, information reaching us is that they killed two other
unidentified arrested persons from the block village on their way to Epe Barracks.

it must be
noticed that the army came into the area ion Sunday 15th October, 2017 around 10:00pm
where they arrested 75 innocent men and women and took them to their barracks to serve
several punishments: sleeping on an open field overnight and cutting of grasses without
justification of offence committed and they were transferred to the lagos state taskforce team
and all of them are now serving at Badagry prison remand.

We laconically dispel the lies been posited by the 81 division army spokes man LFT. COL.
Olaolu Dauda who said they acted on creditable information to kill their target one Mr.
'Ahmed Sodiq A.k.a Bambi' who is clearly different from the victim that was killed Mr. Sodiq
Ismail an innocent boy who is an apprentice of tailoring looking for daily food and money for his freedom slated for Saturday 21st October, 2017 back in Ibadan only to be killed at his place of work where he was molding blocks
without any traces of criminal records till date.

This brings us to the question, when did the army assume police duty of civil investigation and prosecution?, nor was crocodile smile 2 meant to destabilise south west?

We demand for the release of his body and independent forensic investigation into the murder
by the Lagos State Government and setting up of the court marshal to try and prosecute all the
culpable soldiers.

We are using this medium to seek from the Lagos State Governor Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode to clarify the serving of the five days demolition notice on the said people of block village
and the entire area is not a conspiracy and predetermined agenda by their army invasion from
Epe barracks where he hails from to do the hatchet jobs rather than soldiers from near by Bonny
cantonment, based on similar previous Olokonla demolition of 16th December, 2016.

Hence we demand for full investigation and justice as well as the immediate unconditional release of the remaining 67 persons arrested and remanded at the Badagry prison.

This shall set a precedence for justice in Yoruba Land and Nigeria as a whole.

We have emphatically spoken...

Aremo Oladotun Hassan, Esq.
President, Yoruba Council of Youths Worldwide/Yoruba Youth Leaders Forum.
Principal Partner, Juryman Associates/ASST Secretary NBA Epe Branch.
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