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  • Photos: PDP holds NEC meeting, extends Makarfi’s tenure by four months

    …as party prepares for today’s Non-Elective Special National convention

    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Friday held its 75th National Executive Committee (NEC) at the National Secretariat (Wadatta Plaza) in Abuja.


    The Chairman of the PDP, Sen. Makarfi, in his opening remark, thanked members of the party for the overwhelming attendance in just a short notice and called on the Executive Governor of Delta State and Chairman of the 2017 Non-Elective Special National Convention Planning Committee, Sen. Arthur I. Okowa to give report on the preparation so far for the Convention.

    Senator Okowa briefed NEC and declared that all is set for a successful Special Non-Elective National Convention on Saturday, August 12, 2017, in Eagle Square, Abuja by 10Am.

    The former ruling party uniamously agreed that the tenure of the National Caretaker Committee (NCC) headed by Senator Ahmed Makarfi be extended by four months extension in order to allow time to prepare and conduct an elective National Convention to elect new officers of the party.

    The party also deliberated on issues of parallel Congresses in some states of the federation and resolved that all matters relating to such states should be referred to the Convention for final decision.

    Conflicting issues in the South West especially in Osun, Lagos and Ogun were also resolved to be ratified at the convention.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that meeting was well attended by prominent party members like former Senate President, Senator David Mark, GCON, former Senate President and former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Sen. Ayim Pius Ayim, Governor of Ekiti state and Chairman of PDP Governors Forum, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, former Governor of Akwa Ibom state and Senate Minority Leader, Chief Godswill Akpabio and Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BOT), Sen. Walid Jubril.

    Also in attendance are Governors of River state, Chief Nyesom Wike, Taraba state, Arc. Darius Ishaku, Gombe state, Dr. Ibrahim Hassan Dankwanbo, Deputy Governor of Bayelsa state, Rear Admiral, John Jonah, Deputy Governor of Cross River state, Professor Ivara Esu, Deputy Governor of Ebonyi state, Dr. Eric Kelechi Igwe, National Vice Chairmen, State Chairmen, Party stalwarts and other leaders of the PDP nationwide.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that the party’s Special Non-Elective National Convention is schedule to hold today (Saturday, August 12, 2017) at Eagle Square, Abuja by 10 am.

  • Ill Health: God said Buhari will complete his tenure – Cleric

    Ill Health: God said Buhari will complete his tenure – Cleric

    A clergyman, Obinna Omerie, has declared that President Muhammadu Buhari will successfully pilot the affairs of the country till 2019 in good health.

    Omerie, the founder of Grace and Great Kings Christian Ministry, Egbu, Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo, made the declaration while addressing journalists in Owerri on Saturday.

    ‘‘God revealed to me as His prophet that Buhari will complete his tenure in 2019,’’he said.

    He said that those expressing concern over President Buhari’s health are spiritually blindfolded and speaking from revelations backed by satanic sources.

    The man of God also said that the economic recession in the country was divinely motivated, saying ‘‘Nigeria’s economy will emerge stronger at the end of the recession.

    “For children of God this economy is not so much felt now.

    ‘‘The situation is fast opening prosperity doors for some cities like Owerri, Port Harcourt, Lagos, and Calabar, because things are positively changing in these cities now.’’

    The clergyman derided those predicting that the 2019 elections would not be peaceful, noting that ‘‘those saying the election will be bloody are wrong.

    ‘‘For me, the Lord has not shown me any blood, the election will be peaceful as usual irrespective of all the doomsday prophecies from some altars and pulpits.’’

    Omerie asserted that Nigeria is a nation loved and blessed by God.

    He said no evil would befall the nation before, during and after the next general elections in 2019.

    He noted that pockets of crisis recorded across the country, according to him, were caused by evil men challenging the supremacy of God.

    On the impact of fake prophecy, the man of God observed that the activities of fake religious ministers had created some discords and crises in many families.

    He, therefore, appealed to the government and church leaders to evolve means of curtailing the activities of doomsday clerics.

    Omeire, popularly called `Authority,’ noted that people who seek solutions to their problems sometimes play into the hands of fake pastors by carelessly disclosing their problems during counseling, which such fake take advantage of.

    ‘‘People meeting men of God should stop giving `expo’ to these ministers; allow God to reveal things worrying you to the man of God, that is the way God works,’’ he said.

     

     

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  • Government’s directive on General Overseers’ tenure, accountability irreversible – FRC boss, Jim Obazee

     

    Sequel to the retirement announcement by the General Overseer (Worldwide) of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye on Saturday and the subsequent revelation by the him (Adeboye) that fellow General Overseers like Pastor Kumuyi, Bishops Oyedepo and Mike Okonkwo would also be affected due to a new law promulgated by the Financial Regulations Council, FRC, the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the council, Mr. Jim Obazee, at the weekend said that though only 89 out of the 23, 216 registered churches in the country have complied to the law till date, the council would be unrelenting till all the churches, mosques and other organizations as highlighted in the law complies.

    Obazee noted that it was necessary that church founders imbibe accountability in running the affairs of their churches. In his words: ‘In keeping other peoples’ money, you have to prepare account. That is why churches fought me so badly, took me to court as a person and then my office too. Mosques and orthodox churches freely complied, but those Pentecostal churches called me to ask questions.

    They said: ‘This church is church of God and we are accountable to God.’ And I told them: ‘Very good, so you must take this church to heaven, you can’t operate it here’. When public funds are involved, government needs to ensure proper accountability.”

    Obazee explained further: “Religious organisations are ordinarily set up as ‘not-for-profit’ and they remain institutions of public character. The challenge, however, is a trend where churches and mosques start dabbling into non-charity ventures like schools, hospitals and so on.”

    “When you set up a church, your motive is to ensure that people are well focused to go to heaven. Then the money in the church should be targeted at ensuring that people are helped to do that. If you want to set up a school, then it should be free for all your members’ children. If you charge any money, then you are in the same league with other schools outside that are paying taxes to the government.”

    “If you set up schools, hospitals and the likes under a church, there is a high likelihood that you will be engaging in non-charitable activities within charity. If you are doing that, then what stops Dangote from setting up a mosque and having all his cements, rice and sugar under it? That is actually what some churches and mosques are doing,” Obazee explained.

     

  • Jammeh must hand over power when tenure ends – UN

    Jammeh must hand over power when tenure ends – UN

    A United Nations, UN Special Representative for West Africa and the Sahel, Mohammed Ibn Chambas has said Gambian President Yahya Jammeh will not be allowed to remain president if he refuses to go at the end of his term in January.

    Chambas disclosed this on Wednesday in Dakar in an interview with newsmen. He said Jammeh would face strong sanctions if he refuses to hand over power as the expiration of his tenure.

    Jammeh, who took power in a coup in 1994, initially conceded defeat in the Dec. 1 election to Adama Barrow, raising the prospect of an end to his 22 years rule.

    Jammeh’s rule was tainted by allegations of widespread human rights abuses.

    However, in a dramatic about-face that drew international condemnation, Jammeh then rejected the voting results last Friday, and his party was challenging the outcome at Gambia’s Supreme Court.

    Chambas, however, said “for Mr Jammeh, the end is here and under no circumstances can he continue to be president.

    “By Jan. 18, his mandate is up and he will be required to hand over to Mr. Barrow.”

    He added that Jammeh would be “strongly sanctioned” if he did not step down and hand over power to Barrow, without giving details.

    Chambas accompanied a delegation of presidents representing the regional bloc ECOWAS who travelled to Gambia on Tuesday but failed to reach a deal that would see Jammeh step down.

    Instead, Gambian soldiers seized the headquarters of the national elections commission and sealed it just hours before the presidents touched down in the riverside nation.

    UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, on Wednesday, said that the takeover was an “outrageous act of disrespect of the will of the Gambian people”.

    The building in Banjul remained deserted on Wednesday aside from two armed security guards, while its front gate and ground floor entrances were closed.

    “No one has gone to work. I didn’t even try. No one has informed me that I can go back,” elections commission chairman Alieu Momarr Njai said on Wednesday.

    The ruling Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction filed a challenge to the election result, even as the delegation held mediation meetings on Tuesday.

    The court has not held a session for a year and a half, and legal experts believe that at least four new judges would need to be hired to hear Jammeh’s petition.

    “We do not believe it will be heard by a credible court dedicated to ensuring the integrity of The Gambia’s democratic process,’’ a U.S. Embassy statement said.

    Analysts have suggested that the challenge in the Supreme Court, the legal channel for resolving election disputes, could put diplomats in a difficult position.

    While such disputes are relatively common in Africa, the international community generally defers to established domestic legal mechanisms for resolving them.

    However, in a notable exception, UN troops intervened militarily alongside France to oust Ivory Coast’s then-president Laurent Gbagbo after he used the constitutional court to overturn the 2010 election victory of Alassane Ouattara.

    Meanwhile, report says ECOWAS leaders will discuss Gambia at a summit in Nigeria on Saturday.