PASTOR LAZARUS MUOKA’S SECOND SON TIES THE KNOT.

HEARTY CONGRATULATION TO PASTOR CALEB AND HIS WIFE, SISTER JOY EZE , AS THEY START THEIR MARITAL JOURNEY

It is another beautiful day in The Lords Chosen Charismatic Revival Movement, today Saturday November 28, 2020.

The Wedding of Pastor Caleb Muoka to Sister Joy Eze is a match made in Heaven. The congregation were agog in jubilant praises to Jesus Christ, the God of Chosen.

In the characteristic simplicity of the General Overseer, the wedding ceremony was simple, glorious and well attended. The children of our General Overseer have continued to follow suit in this pattern.

On behalf of all Chosen brethren worldwide, we celebrate with this beautiful couple and the family of our General Overseer.

May God continue to nourish Pastor Caleb & Sister Joy Muoka and preserve them as the apple of God’s eye in Jesus Christ name. Amen.

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Davido: When I Changed Naira To Dollars Today, I Almost Cried

Nigerian superstar singer, David Adeleke, more popularly called Davido, has expressed his frustration with the rising dollar rate in Nigeria.

The Fem singer took to his Twitter account to lament, saying that he almost cried when he changed dollars to naira.

Davido, who is known for wealth and influence on social media, once said he had made a lot of money and he was tired of making money in a video.

However, in his tweet today, the singer stated that he almost cried when he changed his dollars to naira at the rate of N500 to a dollar.

The foreign exchange crisis in the country has generated concerns in recent weeks, with the pressure on the naira at the parallel market, despite the assurances by the Central Bank of Nigeria.

The parallel market had responded to the fresh devaluation of the naira amidst growing foreign exchange illiquidity. The local currency weakened to N500/$ at the black market over the weekend.

The Central Bank of Nigeria had adjusted the value of the naira by N6 against the dollar on Friday. That was the third time the naira would be officially devalued this year.

In a weekly exchange rate for disbursement of proceeds of International Money Transfer Service Operators issued on Friday, market dealers, including bureau de change players and service providers, were advised to add N6 to existing rates.

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Governor Zulum Recommends the Use of Mercenaries to Defeat Boko Haram.

The Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, has recommended the recruitment of foreign mercenaries by the federal government to help in ending the Boko Haram war.

The previous Goodluck Jonathan administration utilised foreign mercenaries, including South Africans, against Boko Haram; mainly in the build-up to the 2015 general elections. The mercenaries are believed to have contributed to the successes the military recorded in the few weeks leading to the 2015 general election. The Buhari administration, however, jettisoned the use of mercenaries, promising to equip and empower the Nigerian military to defeat the insurgents.

Mr Zulum made his suggestion when he received a federal government delegation that visited the state to commiserate with the people of Borno over the Saturday killing of 43 farmers by suspected members of Boko Haram.

PREMIUM TIMES reported Saturday’s mass killing of rice farmers in Zabarmari community in Jere Local Government Area of Borno State. The victims were buried on Sunday.

On Monday, the federal government delegation was led by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, who was accompanied by the Chief of Staff to the President, Ibrahim Gambari, the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno and other ministers.

Mr Lawan conveyed the sympathy of the federal government over the killings in Jere even as he reiterated the commitment of the Buhari administration to end the 11 years old insurgency.

But Mr Zulum seemed unimpressed with the depth of the federal government’s commitment towards ending the decade-old war.

The governor, therefore, made six key recommendations to the federal government to resolve the insurgency.

“One of our recommendations as possible solutions to end the insurgency is the immediate recruitment of our youths into military and paramilitary services to complement the efforts of the Nigerian forces,” he said.

“Our second recommendation is to engage the services of our immediate neighbours, especially the government of Chad, Cameroon and Niger Republic, in clearing the remnants of Boko Haram hiding in the shores of the Lake Chad.

“Our third recommendation is for him to engage the services of the mercenaries to clear the entire Sambisa forest.

“Our fourth recommendation is for him to provide the police and the military, with armed resistant armoured personnel carriers and other related equipment.

“We are also soliciting the support of the federal government to support the Borno state repatriation of out displaced persons currently residing in Cameroon and Niger Republic,” he said.

The governor also called on President Buhari to increase federal support for residents of Borno State.

The governor said though the insurgency had dragged on for 11 years, it was persistent because efforts have not been well coordinated. He described Saturday’s killings and many others as avoidable occurrences if adequate support and infrastructure had been provided for the Northeast and military.

The governor said one of the major reasons the insurgency persisted was due to a lack of critical infrastructure like good roads in the region. He said the federal government-owned ministry of works had not constructed or rehabilitated roads in the last 25 years “in Borno State and most parts of the North-east.”

“If the federal can fix the bad roads in Borno and the North-east, the insurgency would be reduced by 60 per cent,” he said.

Earlier the Senate President said his delegation was in the state to commiserate with the people over the gruesome and barbaric killing of the farmers.

He said the president was told that some other farmers in Zabarmari were yet to be accounted for at the time of the visit.

“No efforts will be spared, as the government will do anything and everything until we take the fight against insurgency to their enclaves.

“In this regard, the government will continue to provide resources to our armed forces and other security agencies and also intensify bilateral and multilateral operations with our neighbours, particularly to ensure that the insurgents have nowhere to fight when they are chased out of our country.”

The federal government delegation later paid a visit to the Shehu of Borno, Abubakar Elkanemi, who also called for more support from the federal government.

Governor Zulum later led the delegation to the attacked community in Zabarmari where Mr Lawan and his co-visitors met and sympathised with the bereaved villagers.

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Arizona State Certifies Joe Biden's Win

Arizona officials certified the state’s election results Monday, formalizing Democrat Joe Biden’s narrow victory over Donald Trump even as the Republican president’s attorneys continued making baseless claims of fraud in the state’s vote count.

Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs certified the election results alongside Gov. Doug Ducey and Attorney General Mark Brnovich, both Republicans, and state Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert Brutinel.

Hobbs and Ducey both vouched for the integrity of the vote count.

“We do elections well here in Arizona. The system is strong,” Ducey said.

He did not directly address Trump’s claims of irregularities but said the state pulled off a successful election with a mix of in-person and mail voting despite the pandemic.

Arizona voters should know that the election “was conducted with transparency, accuracy and fairness in accordance with Arizona’s laws and election procedures, despite numerous unfounded claims to the contrary,” Hobbs said.

Biden is only the second Democrat in 70 years to win Arizona. In the final tally, he won by 10,457 votes, 0.3 percent of the nearly 3.4 million ballots cast. Eleven Democratic electors will meet Dec. 14 to formally cast Arizona’s electoral votes for Biden.

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#zabarmarimassacre; Boko Haram Killed 110 Nigerian Farmers - United Nations

The United Nations has said at least 110 farmers were killed by Boko Haram insurgents in the northeast. The figure nearly tripled the 43 farmers that were initially reported killed by the insurgents on Saturday.

French newswire AFP cited UN humanitarian coordinator in Nigeria Edward Kallon as saying on Sunday afternoon that at least 110 people were killed.

Earlier on Sunday, Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno had admitted more bodies were yet to be recovered from the village where the terrorists attacked rice farmers.

The governor led other leaders in Zabarmari to bury 43 bodies that were retrieved on Saturday.President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the attack as ‘insane,’ saying the armed forces had all the resources needed to protect lives and Nigerian territory.

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FG To Treat Fresh #endsars Protest As Attempt At Regime Change

•Sees proposed demonstration as decoy for political action to force ‘Mali situation’ on Nigeria

•Security agencies placed on red alert

The federal government would treat any fresh demonstration against perceived police brutality or any other issue, particularly if it threatens to disrupt peace and security of any part of the country, as high treason aimed at unconstitutional regime change, highly placed security sources told THISDAY last night.

Notice of a fresh protest, of alleged federal government’s harassment of promoters of the #endsars protests held in October, scheduled for December 5 has been trending in social media for weeks.

This has attracted a firm response from the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, who warned, shortly before a meeting with the commissioners of police in the 36 state commands and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) last Friday, that the proposed protest would be resisted by the nation’s security agencies.

The October protests by youths, largely in the southern parts of the country and Abuja, coordinated by seemingly amorphous groups held the country down for about three weeks before a military intervention at Lekki Tollgate on the 20th of the month yielded a takeover of proceedings by the mob, resulting in the death of 22 policemen and the torching of police and other public and private facilities amounting to trillions of naira.

The protesters had made a five-point demand, including immediate release of all arrested protesters; justice for all deceased victims of police brutality and appropriate compensations for their families; setting up an independent body to oversee the investigation and prosecution of all reported police misconduct within a period of 10 days; carrying out psychological evaluation and retaining of all disbanded SARS operatives before they can be deployed (this should be verified by an independent body); and the government should increase police salary and they should be adequately compensated for protecting the lives and property of the citizens.

The federal government quickly acceded to the demands, disbanding SARS and directed the states to establish judicial inquiries into alleged violations of citizens’ rights with a view to making restitutions through adequate compensation.

But the protests, however, persisted despite the federal government’s concessions, forcing its senior officials to suspect that the demonstrations might have political undertones beyond the publicly stated complaints of the brutalization of the citizens by the police.

With the threat of fresh protests from Monday, ostensibly to resist the alleged harassment of the promoters of the October demonstrations, the federal government is said to be unprepared to brook any further challenge to its authority.

“The federal government thinks that there is more than meets the eye,” a security source said, asking: “What is the fresh protest about when the government has since accepted all their demands and has put in place the machinery for implementing the demands?”

He said the federal government feels that politics is behind the protest, pointing out that the findings of the security agencies with respect to the funding of the October matches showed substantial political funding.

“We traced some of the funds to some persons of interest; in some cases, some of them apologised, pleading that they did not know that was what the funds would be used for,” he said.

Another security source said there is enough evidence to show that aggrieved political interests are fueling the protest with the intention of forcing the government to its knees.

“They are appealing to perceived popular sentiments, playing on the hard times that are not entirely the making of the government,” she explained, adding: “The people who lost out on the political tough, now want to take advantage of the dire economic situation.”

She stated pointedly: “The strategy is mob rule, the type that occurred in Mali a few months ago. The mistake they are making, however, is that they fail to realise that we have stronger security institutions here to resist unconstitutional regime change.”

The source said the proposed fresh protest would be vigorously resisted and warned that its promoters would be surprised by the force with which any potentially violent match would be put down.

“As President Muhammadu Buhari said in one of his concession speeches, the federal government’s decision to accept the demands of the protesters should not be mistaken for weakness,” she warned.

However, the Feminist Coalition and a couple of other Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) that participated in the earlier matches in October, have beaten a retreat, saying they are not part of the proposed protest.

“We are not taking part in the new protest,” a member of the Feminist Coalition told THISDAY last night.

“Our initial intervention was to end SARS and seek justice for the victims of its brutal operations,” she stated, adding: “Since the federal government has disbanded the rogue squad and is attending to the other demands, we have no further issues to protest.”

Another CSO leader told THISDAY that since the judicial panels are already sitting to unravel the alleged killing of innocent Nigerians by the police squad, “the only rational thing to do is to await the outcome of the inquiries.”

Biden Appoints Adewale Wally Adeyemo As US Deputy Treasury Secretary

US President-Elect, Joe Biden, is set to announce a Nigerian-born attorney, Adewale ‘Wally’ Adeyemo, as deputy Treasury secretary, US-based media Politico reported on Sunday.

Adeyemo, who is a former senior international economic adviser during the Obama administration, will serve under former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, who Biden plans to appoint to lead the US Treasury Department.

Adeyemo’s appointment is one of many key cabinet positions Biden is expected to announce in the coming days.

Born in Nigeria, Adeyemo was raised in California where he obtained a bachelor’s degree before proceeding to Yale Law School for his legal education.

Before his appointment into the Obama administration, Adeyemo worked as an editor at the Hamilton Project, then served as senior advisor and deputy chief of staff to Jack Lew in the United States Department of Treasury.

He later worked as the chief negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Partnership and also served as the first chief of staff of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under Elizabeth Warren.

In 2015, he was appointed to concurrently serve as Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economics and deputy director of the National Economic Council.

He went on to become the first president of the Obama Foundation.

According to Politico, Biden is also expected to name Cecilia Rouse, an African American economist at Princeton University, to lead the Council of Economic Advisers.


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24 Years UNN Undergraduate Chioma Patyline Emerges Face Of Democracy Queen 2020 A Colourful Event

In Abuja, few hours ago, young, vibrant and intelligent Chioma Patyline emerged Winner of Face of Democracy Nigeria Brain Pageant held at Transcorp Hilton Hotel. Queen Chioma Patyline was crowned Winner of the 2020 Face of Nigeria Brain Pageant at a quite competitive Contest and a well attended pageant event, which witnessed 15Contestants and 5 Winners.

In the Statement by Queen Chioma Patyline, a 24years old undergraduate with University Of Nigeria, Nsukka, appreciated the organisers of the prestigious Face of Democracy Nigeria Brain Pageant, her fellow Contestants, her fans, family members and Supporters to the brain pageant. She noted that her reign as FDN 2020/2021 Winner will be notably significant, as she would ensure that the vision of her new office is delivered to fruition. Other winners are Face Of Democracy Africa, Face Of Democracy Ambassador, Face Of Democracy South West, Face Of Democracy South East, Face Of Democracy South South, Face Of Democracy Northern Nigeria and Face Of Democracy Top Model.

Queen Chioma Patyline had represented Bauchi State in the Contest and was noticed to be unique in her dealings, charisma, engagements and activities during Camping moments. She however hails From Ezeowelle Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State.

The colourful event which was completed by the energetic duo of Shalini Malaki and Actor IK Ogbonna had entertaining Presentations from the contestants, Sugar Boy, BlackSolo, Funny Bruno and others.

As a final year Student of Linguistics at UNN, Queen Chioma will be dedicating much of her time towards engaging development initiatives to support and Improve the democracy of Nigeria. She has continue to received congratulatory messages, commendations and remarks with regards to her victory as Winner of Face of Nigeria Brain Pageant.

In a remark from the Principal Executive and Founder of Face of Democracy Brain Pageant, Amb. Fajag Ajagbonna, congratulated Queen Chioma Patyline and encouraged her and other winners on the path of focus, thereby engaging creative and innovative roadmaps as the new crowned Queens of FDN2020/2021.

Fans Celebrate BBNaija's Nengi, Treat Her Like A Queen During Her Meet & Greet

Reality star, Nengi Rebecca Thompson has been showered with much love from her fans since since the BBN reality show came to an end on Sunday.

Her fans were dying to set their eyes on her after she left the Big Brother's house. Barely after 24 hours she left the house,her Ninjas conducted a meet and greet session on her behalf where they spoilt her with love, gifts and endearing words.

According to the video shared on her insta-story, it was reported that her fans have organised her another meet and greet season which has gone viral on the internet, the reality star Nengi was spotted seated like a queen as fans present their gifts and to hug her.

Nengi was surprised and thankful at the thoughtful gifts and love she was showered with from her fans.

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Robbers Who Attacked Ogun Church Worshippers During Vigil Arrested. PHOTOS


Police arrest five for robbing church, kidnapping member in Ogun

Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested five members of a robbery syndicate who robbed members of Christ Apostolic Church, situated at Gudugbe Alagbon area of Wasimi in Ewekoro local government area of the state.

A statement by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the suspects were arrested on Thursday, 26th November 2020.

Oyeyemi, said, the suspects, Abubakar Ibrahim, 38, Sulaiman Yusuf 32, Ismail Yusuf 20, Umar Aliu 26,hgi and Yinusa Musa were arrested following a distress call made by one Obisesan Seye, the shepherd in charge of the church.

He said, while vigil was going on in the church at about 1:30 am, six men who were armed with dangerous weapons invaded the church and attacked the church members.

He added that “the hoodlums beat some members of the church to stupor before dispossessing them of their valuables”.

“As if that was not enough, the hoodlums abducted one Mrs Mojisola Atolagbe while leaving the church”.

“Upon the distress call, policemen attached to Ewekoro division swiftly moved to the scene, combed the forest where the hoodlums escaped to thoroughly and their efforts paid off as five amongst the gang were apprehended in the bush”.

“The victim of the attack has identified all the arrested suspects while the sixth one is being hunted for”.

Items recovered from them included one cutlass, two sharp-pointed cudgels, and assorted dangerous charms.

Meanwhile, the State Commissioner of Police, Edward Awolowo Ajogun has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for discreet investigation.

He also directed an extensive routine patrol across the state so as to assure members of the public that police in the state are on the ground to ensure their safety.

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