BBNaija: Noble Igwe Gifts Ozo An All-Expense Paid Trip To Cyprus 

Popular Nigerian socialite, Noble Igwe has announced that he has concluded plans for an all expense paid trip for evicted Big Brother Naija lockdown housemate, Ozo.

It was reported that Igwe made the announcement on his his Twitter page. He stated that everything is set for Ozo’s trip to Cyprus, with all expenses covered by him. He added that some people win in real life and there are still good people amongst us.

His tweet reads:

“It’s 7:56am and I have already concluded an all expense paid trip to Cyprus for Ozo.
I guess some people win in life.
There are wonderful people amongst us”

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Osinbajo: Government Has No Business Running Oil Refineries 

Says FG is banking on private refineries to solve energy crisis

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has restated the resolution of the Buhari administration that the Federal Government has no business running oil refineries in Nigeria.

Speaking at a virtual meeting organised for the All Progressives Congress (APC), social media bloggers and influencers at the ruling party’s secretariat in Abuja on Monday, the Vice President indicated that the Nigerian government sees the private sector as playing a bigger role in investing in and running oil refineries moving forward.

While arguing that the challenges confronting the government-owned refineries will persist if left in the hands of government, he said that government will continue to explore cheaper gas resources as an alternative.

The Vice President expressed confidence that the energy crisis in the country will ease by the first quarter of 2021 when most of the modular refineries would have come on stream.

‘If the refinery is left in the hands of government, it will continue to experience the same problem it is experiencing now. I do not think that it is the business of government to run the refinery. It should be the business of the private sector, which is why we are trying to focus on assisting the private sector to develop modular refineries,’ he argued.

Defending the decision of the Federal Government to hands off the running of refinery, Prof Osinbajo said: ‘There is a 100,000 barrel capacity refinery about to come on stream and we hope it will by the next year. It is completely private and closely located near the Port Harcourt refinery so that it can share the facilities of the Port Harcourt refinery. We are hopeful it will come on stream in the first quarter of next year.

‘There are also six modular refineries that are almost ready. There is Niger Delta Petroleum refinery in Delta State, there is another one in Imo, there is also another modular refinery in Edo State.

‘We engaged the oil producing communities to find a new vision for the Niger Delta and we tried to encourage modular refinery that will give the people in the oil producing States a stake so that the modular refinery is not just private but the people there have some stake and equity.

‘The whole idea is to support as many private refineries as possible. We are also waiting for the Dangote Refinery with 250,000 barrels capacity which is bigger than all of the government refineries put together.

‘In the next two or three months, we will see the private sector playing a bigger role and things will quickly improve. We hope that this particular effort will complete the refurbishment of the refineries which will be completed soon but I am more hopeful of the private effort been the key to the future,’ he assured.

Speaking further, the Vice President said: ‘However, we have to focus more on our gas resources because there is no reason we should have a cheaper energy source and we should not use such cheaper energy source. I believe that this is really the way to go.’



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Monica Dongban-Mense Constitutes Edo Governorship Election Tribunal Panel 

President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, has constituted the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal to handle petitions arising from the Sept. 19 election in Edo State.

The tribunal’s secretary, Sunday Martins, Esq., disclosed this in a statement made available to Igbere TV, on Monday, in Abuja.

According to Martins, the tribunal has been mandated to hear and determine petitions that may arise from the election.

He said the Chief Judge of the State, Justice Esther Amenaghawon Edigin has graciously approved the use of High Court Complex (Election Petition Court Hall), Sapele Road, Benin City for the Tribunal Exercise.

"The Secretariat is now open", Martins said. "For further enquiries, please contact the Secretary on mobile phone number: 07010058493", the statement added.

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State was re-elected for a second term in office after defeating the All Progressives Congress candidate, Osagie Ize-Iyamu and others in the Sept. 19 election.

Even though the APC at the national level and President Muhammadu Buhari had congratulated Obaseki on his victory, the APC in Edo is warming up for court having rejected the election outcome

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Ekiti APC Members Accuse Fayemi Of Supporting Obaseki In Edo 

Some members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State have alleged that Governor Kayode Fayemi is planning to expel them from the party.

The stakeholders also alleged that the governor supported Godwin Obaseki, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the just concluded Edo State elections.

Mr Obaseki, who joined the PDP after he was denied the APC ticket, defeated Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the APC to win Saturday’s governorship election.

The crisis rocking the APC in Ekiti State has been on for several months.

Last week, PREMIUM TIMES reported that the special adviser on political matters to President Muhammadu Buhari, Babafemi Ojudu, and 11 others were summoned to appear before a panel for allegedly disobeying the party’s directive and failure to withdraw cases instituted against the party in court.

In an official reaction to their summon, the affected politicians in a statement signed by Bamgboye Adegoroye, sent to PREMIUM TIMES on Monday, said Mr Fayemi was responsible for their summons.

“A curious process is taking place in the Ekiti State branch of our progressive party. Our governor and the chairman of Nigeria’s Governors Forum, Dr Kayode Fayemi, after installing the governor of Edo State in a clear case of anti party, is bent on expelling leaders of the party.

“Towards achieving this purpose he (Fayemi) has set up a committee of his adulators to put us on trial in a predetermined process. The committee is chairmanned by one Mr Ajigbolamu who recently left the PDP to join our party. We also know that the affairs of the committee is managed by the office of the Attorney General Mr Wale Fapounda, his anointed for the position of governor when his term is over in 2022.”

The stakeholders also said despite assisting the governor politically, Mr Fayemi has decided to punish them by appointing new executives of the party in a private home in Iyin-Ekiti, which they said violates the constitution of the party.

“We demanded of him the dissolution of this product of illegality and institution of a legitimate executive in compliance with our party’s constitution. We intimated our party leaders of these concerns; the same problem which was present in his first term that led to our losing the state to PDP with ignominy in the year 2014.”

They also accused the governor of hounding them and suspending members, leading them to resort to instituting court cases to protect their rights.

The stakeholders, however, said that they are threatened by the strategy the governor “is trying to employ by setting up a committee to expel us. We, however, insist we shall under no circumstance leave the party to join another. We were members of the party from foundation and also members of ACN, a legacy party that joined with others to form APC. We were in the other progressive parties, AD, AC that existed before and transformed to the present party.”

“We also make bold to say that some of us being threatened with expulsion were responsible for inviting Governor Fayemi in 2005 to come home and run for the governor of our state. We also worked tirelessly for the period of three and a half years it took to get him installed as governor through the court process.”

“Ekiti is a progressive state and this has been right from independence. We shall not sit down and allow one man’s incompetence to turn our state to a PDP state or a state where batons are exchanged between PDP and APC every four years thus depriving it of the necessary stability to ensure its growth. We are therefore calling our national leadership to stop Dr Kayode Fayemi from killing our party in Ekiti. Things are bad enough now for the party in the state.”

“Allowing him to carry out our expulsion will only spell doom for our beloved APC.”

Mr Fayemi’s spokesperson, Yinka Oyebode did not respond to PREMIUM TIMES calls and text messages seeking comments from the governor as regards the expulsion allegations and support for Mr Obaseki levied against him.



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*DOMINION MANDATE DAILY DEVOTIONAL*

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

*NOT BY POWER OR MIGHT*

*BIBLE READING: JUDE*

*Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. Jude 24-25(KJV)*

The greatest key to surviving the times is to learn and constantly practice the art of abiding. Paul speaking to the Thessalonians asked them to “pray without ceasing” (1 Thess.5:17). Abiding enables you tap into the supernatural ability of God to live above all the temptations and trials of the end time. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure. Phil 2:13

Paul spoke about his struggles in Romans 7:15-20, he said the things he desired to do were not the things he ended up doing. According to him, there was constant struggle between the inward man and the flesh. The inward man desires to please God while the outward man tilts towards evil.

The key to resolving this issue is abiding in the Vine. As you learn to fellowship with God on a daily basis, you start becoming like Him and becoming one with Him. One of the major things that happens is the surrender of your will. Donnie McClurkin in the song "Holiness" said, “So take my heart and mold it. Take my mind transform it. Take my will conform it. To Yours, to Yours, oh Lord.”

The transformation of our hearts and the conforming of our wills to God happens in the place of prayer. As we fellowship with God, our will gradually becomes one with His. Fellowship produces oneness. Jesus won the battle of the Cross not while on it but at the garden of Gethsemane in the place of prayer (Luke 22:39-46). He began by bringing His will before the Father but left Gethsemane empowered to take on the will of the Father; at the end of three hours of heartfelt, fervent and agonizing prayers. The will of the Father now became that of the Son.

Without the help of God, by ourselves we can do nothing to enter the kingdom of God but God helps us by His Spirit within us to meet His own standards. The major requirement is constant fellowship with the Spirit. According to our opening text, it is God who is able to keep us faultless, hence, living to please Him is not possible without partnership with Him.

*PRAYER
Express gratitude to God for the presence of the Holy Spirit in your life and ask Him to help you maintain a life of constant communion with Him.

Igbo group threatens showdown with police over alleged torture, killing of pro Biafra agitators

By Our Reporter

An Igbo Socio -Cultural Organisation, Igbonine Kwezenu, has threatened to drag the Nigeria police to the International Court of Justice, over what it described as constant killing of Igbo youths, who were clamouring for an independent Biafra Republic; as well as having majority of the youths in the

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Inter chairman fined after calling Serie A chief 'clown'

Inter chairman Steven Zhang has been handed a fine by the Italian football federation for his criticism of Serie A president Paolo Dal Pino over his handling of the coronavirus crisis.

Zhang was highly critical of Serie A's decision to continue matches in March, calling out Dal Pino specifically for disregarding public health.

At the time,

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Soldier To SARS: The Day You Kill A Yahoo Soldier Is When You'll Be In Trouble

A man in Nigerian army uniform recorded himself while issuing out warning to SARS. According to him, soldiers also involve in internet fraud popularly known as yahoo. He said that SARS officers are killing yahoo boys anyhow and warned that the day SARS officers will kill a yahoo soldier, they will be in deep trouble.

Watch the video here.
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PDP Says The Party Replicate Edo Election Victory In Lagos

The Peoples Democratic Party has expressed determination to replicate the victory recorded in the Edo State Governorship election in Lagos State .
This was contained in a press statement by PDP ’s spokesperson in Lagos , Taofik Gani .
In the statement titled, ‘ Edo victory , we are fired up ’, Gani said Godwin Obaseki ’ s victory has strengthened PDP ’s determination to win the 2023 governorship election in Lagos State .
The Independent National Electoral Commission had on Sunday declared Obaseki winner of Saturday’ s governorship election in Edo .

Obaseki polled 307, 955 votes to defeat the All Progressives Congress Candidate , Pastor Osagie Ize- Iyamu, who scored 223 ,619.
Gani said , “ The PDP , Lagos state chapter , has congratulated Governor Godwin Obaseki , on his re-election as Edo State Governor.

“ The Lagos state chapter particularly hailed the Governor for his ability to garner the needed vote to be declared at the first ballot , in the face of rumored federal might .
“ To us in Lagos state PDP we have grasped from the well- deserved victory , the renewed commitment , and resoluteness to also win Lagos state to end godfatherism & imposition in Lagos politics.
“ As a matter of fact , we are now more ever than before fired up to win Lagos State . We shall manifest this ability in the coming bye -elections in the state and eventually the 2023 general elections .”

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