After Fulani Militia Killed Our People, El Rufai, Military Arresting Our Members’ – ECWA

The Evangelical Church Winning All, ECWA, has raised the alarm over what it described as consistent killing of Christians in the Southern Part of Kaduna State in Northern Nigeria.

According to ECWA, apart from the unabated killing of Christians in Southern Kaduna villages which is sprawling, young girls of the Christian faith are being forcefully abducted, married and converted to Islam without the consent of their parents.Addressing a world press conference on Wednesday, November 16, 2016  at its headquarters in Kaduna, the Church said the reason behind the killing of innocent people in the Southern part of Kaduna state which commenced after the 2011 presidential election crises fought in many Northern State have now become clearer.

Read the full text of the press briefing below:

How I was captured, forced to marry Boko Haram terrorist – Cameroonian

It was a few minutes after midday, and the sun was already blazing at the Dalori-1 camp for the internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.

At this time of the day, usually, only the trees can provide the much-needed cool to wade off dehydration.

The displaced children had to shift their play from the burning grounds to the cool shades of the cascading Neem trees. So was the case for the elderly inmates who had to also move out of their tarpaulin shelters.

Young men were spotted in various locations chatting away; some had already dozed off, apparently helped by the coolness of the trees.

El-Rufai replies Atiku: You are a liar, I dare you to go to U.S.

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has responded to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s allegation that he (Atiku) was betrayed by the governor and former chairman of the EFCC, Nuhu Ribadu.

PREMIUM TIMES published excerpts of an interview where the former vice president made the allegations.

In a statement he personally signed Tuesday, Mr. El Rufai accused the former VP of falsehood.

He said Mr. Abubakar “has a record of spewing outright lies and innuendo against my person”.

“As we struggle to build a law-abiding society and secure progressive outcomes for our people, we cannot allow the triumph on these shores of those who will have us move to a post-factual world,” he said.

Obasanjo Wanted Life Presidency - Atiku Abubakar

Former Vice-president Atiku Abubakar has insisted that ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo wanted to pave the way for a lifetime presidency and not just a third term in office.

Atiku said this in an interview with a quarterly magazine published by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Zero Tolerance.

The former vice-president said, initially, it was assumed that the plan was to modify the constitution so that Obasanjo could serve a third, four-year term as President.He, however, said the aspect of tenure limitation was carefully removed so that Obasanjo could be President for life.

When asked why he and Obasanjo were at loggerheads towards the end of their tenure, he said, “My offence was that I disagreed with

Wike accuses FG of double standard in anti-corruption war

The Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has accused the Federal Government of double standard in its fight against corruption.


Wike observed that the Federal Government had forced some public officers accused of corruption to step aside pending the conclusion of their cases while other public officers similarly accused of corruption were allowed to continue with their jobs.

Wike made the allegations as members of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators expressed the need for Nigerians to embrace alternative means of conflict resolution, describing it as Africa’s traditional ways of settling disputes.The governor spoke on Thursday while delivering a keynote address at the 2016 annual conference of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Nigeria branch, in Port Harcourt.

He also warned of an impending anarchy in the country if security agencies were

TB Joshua Never Predicted Clinton Would Win The Presidency – Surrogate

November 8, 2016 came and went, and the sun rose the next day. On the other hand, many have taken to social media what has been said to be an uncharacteristic turn of events regarding a purported ‘prophecy’ by the Nigerian cleric, T.B. Joshua, who on Sunday, November 6, 2016 made mention of the 2016 U.S. Election results.

The US 2016 Presidential Election was surely one which everyone waited for with bewilderment from the onset. With a particular atypical candidate having taken everyone by surprise, first by deciding to run as a candidate and later clinging to the Republican nomination and later ultimately winning the presidency of the United States. Yes, that’s Donald Trump.

The popular TV evangelist, he said that he saw a “narrow” win for a particular candidate, not specifically mentioning what kind of “narrow” win he was referring to. He then went further to say, that the upcoming leader would face difficulty in terms of “passing bills”; a possible “vote of no confidence”; and that the upcoming leader’s “boat would be rocked”.

After these statements, he paused and then continued to say that the narrow win he referred to earlier was with regards to a “woman”. He concluded to say that Mr. Trump, despite all the criticism was a “courageous

I Mistakenly Deleted Clinton Victory Prophesy From Facebook – TB Joshua

Damage control ?  I Mistakenly Deleted Clinton Victory Prophesy From Facebook’ – TB Joshua

TB Joshua, a popular television preacher in Nigeria, who prophesied that Hillary Clinton would win the US Presidential election has restored a Facebook post in which the “prophecy” was posted following a social media backlash.

The ‘deleted’ Facebook prediction that predicted victory for Hillary Clinton in the United States elections has been restored to the page of TB Joshua Ministries. The church said the post was ‘mistakenly removed.’

The failed prediction led to a huge social media backlash on the influential Nigerian televangelist, TB Joshua, who is known for making such electoral predictions and other general prophecies.

KADUNA COURT REMAND EX-VARSITY LECTURER OVER FACEBOOK POST

A civil rights activist and former university lecturer, Dr. John Danfulani, was yesterday arraigned before a Kaduna High Court for allegedly inciting comments on Facebook against Governor Nasir el-Rufai. Besides, Danfulani had been arraigned for the same offence by the state government at the Magistrate’s Court on January 6, 2016 before the Chief Magistrate of Court 1, Ibrahim Taiwo Road, Kaduna, presided over by Mallam Awwalu Musa. The state government lost the case in August and did not appeal. The accused, a former lecturer in the Department of Political Science with Kaduna State University (KASU), had to resign his job with KASU in August 2016 after he was suspended for allegedly “embarrassing” the governor. In the “notice to prefer a charge” brought before the court and signed by the prosecutors, Bayero Dari and Abdullahi Isiaka of the Ministry of Justice, the state said that the criminal charges

Cabal At Buhari’s Presidency Agrees To Free Senate President Saraki If He Frustrates Confirmation Of EFCC Chair, Magu

A cabal made up of high-level appointees in President Muhammadu Buhari’s office has struck a deal with Senate President Bukola Saraki to cease all forms of prosecution against him if he would agree to block the confirmation of Ibrahim Magu as chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Mr. Saraki has had a series of legal losses in his bid to stop his multiple prosecutions for false asset declaration and money laundering. The senator’s latest legal misfortune came earlier today when a panel of the Court of Appeal dismissed his effort to stop his trial.

However, Mr. Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Lawal Daura, as well as the Attorney General of the Federal, Abubakar Malami are conspiring to frustrate Mr. Saraki’s prosecution, according to a finding of a lengthy investigation by our correspondent. Since his appointment as the EFCC’s acting chairman, Mr. Magu has faced unusual impediments from Mr. Kyari and other members of the cabal, all of them members of an inner circle within the Presidency.

Our investigations revealed that Mr. Magu got on the bad side of the president’s Chief of Staff when he refused to drop investigations against Sahara Energy, a company in which Mr. Kyari has a substantial interest. Mr. Magu also incurred the anger of the Chief of Staff when he refused to accept a deal to free Jide Omokore, a businessman with ties to former Petroleum Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke.

Sizeable Number of Missing Soldiers Back to Base, Army Insists

The Nigerian Army wednesday said a sizeable number of the 39 soldiers declared missing after last week’s suspected Boko Haram insurgents’ attack in the border town of Gashigar in Borno State, had returned.

The Theater Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj-Gen. Lucky Irabor, stated this while briefing journalists in Maiduguri.

“It is true that about 39 soldiers were declared missing. I want to inform you that a sizeable number of our soldiers had returned to base,” Irabor said.The commander, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), however, admitted that a few soldiers were yet to be found.

“I think it is only a handful that have not been found,” Irabor said declining to state their exact number.

He said the military was engaged in an ongoing operation to uproot the terrorists

Boko Haram Attack: Top Army officials make contradictory claims on missing soldiers

In what appears an attempt to muddle up information about the disappearance of 83 soldiers after a Boko Haram attack, two senior officers of the Nigerian Army have given uncoordinated and contradictory statements on the matter.

While the man who officially speaks for the Nigerian Army claimed the army would not release true figures of the missing soldiers, a major general several hundred kilometres away said only “39” soldiers went missing in action.

PREMIUM TIMES had reported how 83 Nigerian soldiers, including a commanding officer, went missing after a major attack by insurgents.

Several of the soldiers, who fled their station due to the superior firepower of the terrorists, were later feared dead from drowning in the River Yobe.

‘Who are these so called Hausa people that are dominating us?’ – Reno

When we in the South say that the Hausa people of Northern Nigeria are our enemies, we really ought to be aware that we are just playing into the divide and rule strategy of the oligarchs who have been the powers behind the throne in Nigeria for decades and who want the North and the South to be suspicious of each so they can play one side against the other and continue to dominate us to our detriment. Now if you are a Southerner, ask yourself, who are these so called Hausa people that are dominating us? Of the thirteen Prime Ministers, heads of state and Presidents that have either ruled or led Nigeria since her independence from Great Britain in 1960, not one of them have been Hausa by tribe. Tafawa Balewa, our first prime minister was from a small minority tribe called Gere in Bauchi state, known in the singular form as

Afenifere asks Buhari’s ministers to resign over Corruption

The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere has declared that there should be no cover up in the war ongoing war against corruption in Nigeria, saying any political office holder involved in the act of corruption should be made to face the wrath of the law.

Specifically, the group said the minsters currently serving in the cabinet of President Muhamadu Buhari who had been mentioned recently for allegedly attempting to pervert justice should resign and face prosecution .

This was contained on the communique issued at the end of the monthly meeting of the group held at the residence of Pa. Reuben Fasoranti in Akure, the Ondo a State capital on Tuesday evening.The communique was read by the Publicity Secretary of the organization, Mr. Yinka Odumakin .

Nigerians mock EFCC for arresting Abati after ‘Aso Rock demons’ article

Nigerians on social media have mocked the Economic and Financial Crimes for arresting the former presidential spokesperson, Reuben Abati, just days after he penned an article about Nigeria’s seat of power, Aso Rock.

The EFCC says Mr. Abati, a columnist, was arrested for his alleged links to the ongoing investigation of former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki.

EFCC sources said other reasons for Mr. Abati’s detention would be made known later.

But, with the raging speculation on social media, the arrest may have been wrongly timed.

Herdsmen’s threat: Fayose asks Ekiti people to be ready for ‘war

Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose today hit back at the Miyeti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, over its threat of violent reprisal on the alleged killing and arrest of their cattle. The governor challenged Ekiti people to be on alert against any attack by herdsmen, saying: “I am therefore using this opportunity to put Ekiti people, especially residents of border towns in the State on red alert. Ekiti people must be prepared to defend their land against these Philistines whose attributes and characters are extremism, violence, bloodshed and destruction.” He also reiterated his resolve on the grazing law he signed in the state: “For the avoidance of doubt, the Prohibition of Cattle and other Ruminants Grazing in Ekiti State Bill, 2016 that was signed into law on August 29, 2016 remains in force. ”

Fani-Kayode Must Not Die In EFCC Detention – PDP

The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has cautioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over the arrest and detention of a former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode.

The PDP said the arrest of the former spokesperson for the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation was what it described as the latest in a series of plans designed to further harass and intimidate its members and supporters using the security and intelligence apparatus of the Nigerian State.

Fani-Kayode slumped in the custody of the EFCC on Saturday, October 22, 2016. According to a statement by his media aide, Jude Ndukwe, the PDP chieftain was revived by the medical personnel in the EFCC detention centre.

A statement issued by Dayo Adeyeye, the spokesperson of the PDP on Tuesday, October 25, 2016 in Abuja raised alarm over the fact that Fani-Kayode has been denied his medication by the EFCC since his arrest on Friday.

How Buhari Helped Nigeria Into Recession and How He Can Take Us Out Of It

Painful as it has been for the vast majority of Nigerians, the country’s worst recession in 30 years is an opportunity to deeply reflect on the wobbly structure of our country’s economy and learn some basic lessons on how to move Nigeria forward.

PREMIUM TIMES believes that while it is important to focus on solutions that will get us out of our present economic difficulty, it is also necessary that President Muhammadu Buhari and his government, and indeed all aspiring politicians and technocrats that will form future governments, learn from and apply these lessons. These lessons and the solutions we hope will come out of them include fundamental issues of leadership, the formulation and execution of public policy, and national economic management.

Nigeria Police Recover 19 Cars, SUVs From Ex-IG Arase

The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has ordered an investigation into the purchase and distribution of vehicles by his predecessors.

It was gathered that the probe was informed by the discovery that retiring officers, including former IGs and Deputy Inspectors-General of Police, were in the habit of appropriating police vehicles for their personal use.

Findings by our correspondent on Sunday show that the probe, which is being handled by the Special Investigation Panel, had identified and recovered 19 police vehicles from former IG, Solomon Arase.

Former Inspector General Of Police Arase Speaks, Accuses IGP Idris Of Running Campaign Of Calumny Over 19 Vehicles

The immediate past Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Solomon Arase, has described, as false, the claim that 19 assorted vehicles belonging to the Police were recovered from him. The former IGP also raised an alarm that the allegation that he went away with Police vehicles is part of the plot by some forces to tarnish his reputation.

Mr. Arase’s response was contained in a statement issued and on Monday in response to the widely circulated allegation that he made away with Police vehicles on retirement. The statement, which he personally signed, alluded to the fact that a similar allegation had been leveled against him in July when it was claimed that 19 out of 24 vehicles he allegedly took away upon retirement had been recovered from him.

Bayelsa PDP Lambasts APC Over Alleged Plot To Bribe Supreme Court Justices

Verbal warfare escalated between the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State on Monday.

The state PDP lambasted APC in the state for its fresh threat to expose alleged moves by the party to bribe justices of the Supreme Court to get a favorable judgment in the governorship election appeal pending before the apex court.

It described the threat as an act of mischief, saying Bayelsans and indeed all Nigerians, as usual, would not be hoodwinked.