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  • Osinbajo urges the Church to continue to pray for survival, progress of Nigeria

    Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday urged the Church to continue to pray for the survival and progress of Nigeria.

    Speaking at the dedication of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Abuja, 100,000- seat capacity auditorium, Osinbajo, said that with God, the country would move from glory to Glory and from strength to strength.

    Singing a song titled, “Miracle worker, your name is Yahweh”, the vice president said the new church auditorium was a manifestation of God’s glory on the country.

    “The church must continue to pray for the nation to be able to move from grace to grace and from strength to strength,” he said.

    Also speaking at the occasion, former president Goodluck Jonathan, said: “ the nation was not in its best state, urging the Church constantly standing in the place of prayer for Nigeria.

    “Let me use this opportunity to thank Christians especially Dunamis for constantly standing in the place of prayer for the nation.

    “The situation of Nigeria today is not the best but with your prayers, Nigeria will be great again.”

    Earlier in his sermon, Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church, urged the Senior Pastor of Dunamis, Dr Paul Enenche to see the building and completion of the sanctuary as a fulfilment of prophesy.

    Oyedepo, who described the occasion as a celebration of great work and great worker (Jesus Christ), said the building was a product of divine visitation.

    He congratulated the Church for the grace of God to embark on such project and delivered it in good time.

    Oyedepo however charged Enenche to jealously guard the mandate of God upon his life to be able to retain the grace of God upon his life by remaining humble to the grace of God.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), those in attendance are the General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor E.A Adeboye, Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo of the Kingsway International Christian Centre.

    Others include Bishop David Abioye of the Living Faith Church, President if Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Olasupo Ayokunle among others.

    Among the notable political leaders are the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, former President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, Mr Yakubu Dogara, Speaker, House of Representatives and former Senate President, Anyim Pius Anyim.

    Also present were the Governors of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel, Samuel Orton of Benue State and Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State among other notable personalities.

  • National Security Summit: Every Nigerian deserves protection – Osinbajo

    Nigeria’s Vice President (VP) Yemi Osinbajo in view of security challenges ravaging the country has said every Nigerian deserves the protection of their lives and properties.

    VP Osinbajo stated this at a two-day national security summit holding at the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) conference centre in Abuja.

    TheNewsGuru reports the summit is aimed at providing an all-inclusive platform for finding long-term solutions to the security challenges in the country.

    “Every Nigerian deserves the protection of their lives and properties by the government,” Osinbajo said, adding “We must avoid the danger of allowing this conflict to escalate further to religious or ethnic conflict; this is the responsibility of political and religious elites in Nigeria”.

    Osinbajo gave kudos to the security agencies saying that despite constraint in finances they’ve been able to work with the resources they have.

    “We need to consider the following for the efficiency in the security sector: 1. Police structure must change by tripling the number of officers; 2. There should be state and community policing by curtailing the arms being smuggled into the country; and 3. There should be consolidation with neighboring state within borders,” he said.

    In his opening remarks, Senate President Bukola Saraki said “People who should be neighbours are turning on one another and taking up arms.

    “These attacks and reprisal attacks are an intolerable cycle of hell that must be broken. Killings, kidnappings, mayhem and general lawlessness cannot be the new normal,” he added.

     

  • Late former Vice President, Alex Ekwueme for burial Feb 2

    Late former Vice President Dr Alex Ekwueme will be buried on February 2, 2018, in his Oko, Anambra State, country home.

    Funeral rites will start on January 19 with a memorial service at the Cathedral Church of Christ, Marina, Lagos. It will be followed by tributes and music in the evening at Landmark events centre, Oniru, Victoria Island, Lagos.

    On January 27, a memorial service will be held at St. Marylebone Parish Church, London. Back home, an evening of tributes will hold on January 28 at the International Conference Centre, Abuja.

    Other events lined up include Federal Government commendation ceremonies at Eagle Square, Abuja (January 29); Service of Songs at Cathedral Church of the Good Shepherd, Enugu (January 30); South East Zone commendation service at Okpara Square, Enugu (January 31).

    On February 1, the Anambra State commendation ceremony will hold at Ekwueme Square, Awka, to be followed by service of songs in Oko.

    The ceremony will be rounded up on February 2 with lying-in-state and burial.

    The former Vice President died on Sunday, November 19 in a London hospital.

  • French court jails Vice President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodorin Obiang for embezzlement

    A French court on Friday found the Vice President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodorin Obiang guilty in absentia for using money plundered from his country to buy property and luxury cars in France.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that Teodorin Obiang who is also the eldest son of President Teodoro Obiang was also handed a three-year suspended prison sentence and a suspended 30 million euros ($35 million) fine.

    The Paris court found Mr. Obiang, 48, guilty of embezzlement and ordered the confiscation of more than 100 million euros worth of his French assets.

    Mr. Obiang denied the charges.

    The case is the first of several to reach court in a broader judicial investigation into allegations of illicit acquisitions in France by long-time leaders and family relatives in several African countries including Gabon and Congo Republic.

    Mr. Obiang was first put on trial in January, but the case, 10 years in the works, was postponed after his lawyers argued they had not had enough time to prepare his defence.

    Mr. Obiang’s luxury residence on Paris’ Avenue Foch – a grand, sweeping road near the Arc de Triomphe often favoured by wealthy African expatriates and politicians, was among the assets scrutinised during the trial.

    The property, bought for 25 million euros in 2005, had a gym, hair-dressing studio and disco with cinema screen.

    Paris prosecutor, Jean-Yves Lourgouilloux, said Mr. Obiang’s “fraudulent spending” amounted to more than 150 million euros.

    His father, President Teodoro Mbasogo, has ruled Equatorial Guinea, a former Spanish colony, for more than three decades, making him one of Africa’s longest-serving leaders.

    The rights groups have labelled his administration as one of the world’s most corrupt regimes.

     

     

    Reuters/NAN

  • 2019: Wike distances self from vice presidential campaign posters

    Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has distanced himself from posters in Abuja, which insinuated he is bidding for the vice president position in the 2019 presidential poll.

    The governor urged Nigerians to disregard the posters which he described as “handiwork of mischief makers.”

    In a statement by his Special Assistant on Electronic Media, Simeon Nwakaudu, the governor said the posters were from political mischief makers who forgot in their haste that nobody runs for the office of vice president.

    “We urge Nigerians to disregard these posters as they have no link with the Rivers state governor.

    “Nobody runs for the office of vice president.

    “The Rivers state governor has the mandate of the good people of Rivers state and he is focused on delivering quality projects and programmes for the people.

    “Governor Wike will not be distracted by the antics of misguided politicians who want to mislead Nigerians,” he said.

  • Photos:Yemi Osinbajo, Nasir El-Rufai, others attend wedding of Hakeem Belo-Osagie’s daughter

    Photos:Yemi Osinbajo, Nasir El-Rufai, others attend wedding of Hakeem Belo-Osagie’s daughter

    Beautiful daughter of billionaire businessman, Hakeem Belo-Osagie, Adesuwa got married traditionally to her husband, Tope Adekoya, in Lagos yesterday September 2nd.

    Top dignitaries at the wedding included Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, APC National Chairman, Chief John Oyegun, Governor of Kaduna State Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, his wife Hadiza El-Rufai, and others.

    See more beautiful photos here…

     

  • Photos: Suspended NIA DG, Ayo Oke denied access to VP’s office

    Photos: Suspended NIA DG, Ayo Oke denied access to VP’s office

    Shortly after announcing his suspension from office as the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), by President Muhammadu Buhari, Amb. Ayo Oke was pictured trying to get through to the Vice President’s office but was denied entry by security operatives.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that this was after the just suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Engr. Babachir Lawal also met with the Vice President in his office.

    Oke, who noticed the presence of State House correspondents, however turned back and attempted to pass through Vice President’s exit gate.

    He was prevented from going out through that point by security officials; the security also stopped the DG from passing through the service chief’s gate.

    The NIA boss later left the Presidential Villa without seeing the Vice-President.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that President Buhari on Wednesday ordered the immediate suspension of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr David Lawal and the Director General, National Intelligence Agency (NIA) Amb. Ayo Oke, pending the outcome of investigation of allegations levelled against them.

    Media and Publicity Special Adviser, Mr Femi Adesina, said the president ordered an investigation into the allegations of violations of law and due process made against the SGF, Mr David Lawal, in the award of contracts under the Presidential Initiative on the North East (PINE).

    The President also ordered a full-scale investigation into the discovery of large amounts of foreign and local currencies by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in a residential apartment at Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos, over which the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) has made a claim.

    Photos: Suspended NIA DG, Ayo Oke denied access to VP's office

    “The investigation is also to enquire into the circumstances in which the NIA came into possession of the funds, how and by whose or which authority the funds were made available to the NIA, and to establish whether or not there has been a breach of the law or security procedure in obtaining custody and use of the funds.

    “The President has also directed the suspension of the Director General of the NIA, Ambassador Ayo Oke, pending the outcome of the investigation,’’ the statement added.

  • I will be Vice, President of Nigeria soon – Fayose declares

    Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Governors Forum and Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has said he will soon emerge as Vice President and subsequently as President of Nigeria.

    Fayose revealed this on Monday during a live interview on African Independent Television, AIT.

    In his words: “It is not by power. It is destiny. I did not believe it when I became Ekiti governor after eight years of leaving office.

    “I will be the vice president of Nigeria, even the President very soon.”

    The governor also took time out to criticize the recently installed chairman of the party, Senator Ali Modu-Sheriff.

    Speaking further, the Governor criticized the embattled national chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, Ali Modu Sheriff.

    “He is a general without an army. If democracy is about people and party politics is about people, tell Senator Ali Modu Sheriff to bring out the people behind him.

    “You will see all the senators at our own meetings, who are those behind Sheriff?

    “When holding a press conference, they will use camera to control them like this, just about three of them,” Fayose said.

  • Jonathan, not Buhari’s administration initiated N250m gate house for Vice President

    Jonathan, not Buhari’s administration initiated N250m gate house for Vice President

    The Office of the Vice President has denied media reports that the proposed N250million gate house for Prof. Yemi Osinbajo’s official residence was captured in the 2017 budget.

    The Senior Special Assistant on media to the Vice President, Laolu Akande revealed this in a statement on Monday.

    Akande maintained that the N250m gate house for the occupant of the Office of the Vice President was initiated by the immediate past administration as far back as 2010.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that the Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC Dino Melaye had blown the whistle of the outrageous amount for the gatehouse and had called for immediate review of the proposal.

    However, Akande clarified that the proposed plan of the Jonathan administration to build a new official residence for the occupant of the Office of the Vice President, including the controversial gatehouse preceded this administration.

    “The project which started in 2010, was initiated and funded by the immediate past administration, but had never featured in the two budget proposals of the Buhari administration: neither in the 2016 nor the 2017 spending plans.

    ‘Any suggestion therefore that this project benefits our administration or that it reflects our spending style or preferences is not only misleading but blatantly false. “Besides, the incumbent Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has said publicly that he considers Aguda House, which he currently occupies, a befitting official residence for the Vice President and sufficient for his needs.

    “While the project is now about 85% complete, the Federal Government, in the circumstances, will decide at the appropriate time what is the best use for the 14 buildings already on the project site.”

     

  • I will not resign my position as Vice President – Osinbajo

    I will not resign my position as Vice President – Osinbajo

     

    Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has said that he will not resign and that he is not under pressure to step down as the country’s vice president as speculated in some quarters.

    Osinbajo urged Nigerians to disregard rumours making the rounds that there were plots in within the presidency to force him out of government.

    He said he ran a joint ticket with President Muhammadu Buhari and the ticket is not yet expired. He said till the expiry date (2019), the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration were fully in charge and will continue to do everything possible to satisfy Nigerians.

    Speaking with newsmen in Abuja, Osinbajo said: “I am not under no pressure to resign,

    “I was voted for by the people of this nation, myself and Mr. President, and so the people of this nation have not asked us to resign.

    “I am absolutely not under any pressure whatsoever. The truth is that there has been no pressure from any source asking me to resign”, he added.