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Many people were excited when the news went viral that the senior pastor of Dunamis church in Abuja Dr Paul Enenche built and commissioned a road. Reformers and progressives were happy thinking a new dawn is finally on the Nigerian church, when the Bishops and senior pastors will finally begin to share some of the tithes and offering money with their host communities.It won’t even come to the minds of the biggest sceptics of the church that some of these shows are false pretence. A grand deception that is aimed at making the public think that the church is loving and taking care of their communities. Meanwhile the truth is that the Nigerian church only knows how to collect offerings and money from the public but never give back. Even when they occasionally do a hand out on Christmas or some other events it’s all to take in even more money and to release a big media promotion of what the church is purportedly doing. The church in nigeria is a scam, a grand conspiracy by the church elite to build their own empire for their glory but not God’s.

The pictures look exactly like the political show business that the Nigerian political elites demonstrate to wow their gullible voters. Unfortunately the Nigerian church and their high profile G.Os and Bishops are not any better than the corrupt politicians. Nothing demonstrates this better than the show of shame by the man in the dome, the pastor of the so called largest church building in the world. Everything is about self glory, glamour, and bewitchment all geared at deceiving the masses that they are true servants of God.

I was recently approached by one of the broken and hugely distressed pastors In Nigeria. This man and his family are being forced to live in poverty because of the callous practices in Nigerian churches.
Please take your time to read the letter from one of Paul Enenche own serving Pastors, who is an insider tell his own story as it took place. Of course after this expose it’s clear that his days are numbered in Dunamis…

“My name is Pastor Usman Yakubu, until recently, I was the Resident Pastor of Dunamis Church Karu-Jikwoyi, Before the Senior Pastor Dr Paul Enenche and his wife sent me to Kano
We embarked on the road construction of the path leading to the Church to allow for easy movement of members
Before we started I applied to Dr Enenche to give us exemption because all the monies we collect from every Dunamis locations in Nigeria are remitted to Headquarters.

They keep 70% and leave us with 30%
I applied for 4 months exemption for the road construction and he agreed
Strangely after we started the work his Niece who is the chief Accountant asked us to remit fully all funds 100%, instead of 70% like before.
This plunged us into serious debts
I have been begging him Dr. Enenche to clear the debts but he refused.

The senior Pastor only came and took the glory. I submitted to him that very day detailed information of all expenses incurred but him and his niece the Financial Controller of the Church has refused to pay the money. In the alternative, I pleaded that if they don’t want to pay, they should allow the location pay from the tithes and offerings generated but they insist we must remit 100% to the headquarters. When our monies get to the Headquarters Single Account, we don’t see it anymore”

From this self confession of this pastor, we can see that Nigerian churches are a family business. Hence it’s the niece of the senior pastor in charge of all the money by millions of followers and members. Can you imagine the wickedness of collecting all the monies of every state In Nigeria and taking them all to Abuja to fill the pocket of a single family.

Meanwhile members are living in abject poverty even among the staffs and pastors. Isn’t the tithe and offering of the various towns and cities meant to develop their various communities first of all. Is this not more wicked than what the federal government of Nigeria is doing. At least the federal government gives out monthly allocations to all states and local governments.

But in Nigerian church it’s the opposite the central church doesn’t give to poor branches or members but rather collect from them, leaving them with nothing to empower the same people and congregations that gave the money. This practice is not only limited to Dunamis, it’s the normal practice in almost all the new generation churches of nation. Do you want to know why ordinary Nigerians are as poor and beggarly? You need not look far, go and study the practices of the so called churches. They are the biggest factor of poverty of our country. Hence I wrote the book “HOW THE CHURCH CREATES ECONOMIC RECESSION”

May God give the church leadership In Nigeria a heart of repentance, otherwise things will only get worse not only in the church but in the nation as a whole.

For The Love Of God, Church And Nation
Pastor Sunday Adelaja
Kiev, Ukraine

The government of Lagos State has noted with deep concern attacks on law enforcement agents by hoodlums. Such senseless attacks are attempts to trample on law and order by those who are desperate to turn our society upside down. This will not be allowed to happen.

In the latest of such attacks, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), Kazeem Abonde, was killed on September 23, 2021 in Ajao Estate by yet unknown hoodlums. I have directed the Commissioner of Police to ensure that all those who participated in this savagery are brought to justice. This is to encourage our law enforcement agents that we will always stand by them as they carry out their duties and, at the same time, send a strong signal to criminals that any attack on our officers will not go unpunished.

Such display of savagery as the one in which CSP Abonde died will not be allowed in our state, no matter the circumstances. The law is there for us all, should there be need to redress any perceived wrongdoing. Citizens who take the law into their own hands are promoters of jungle justice, which will not be allowed to take root in our dear Lagos.

I commiserate with the family of the fallen officer and the Police Command on the loss of this fine officer whose diligence and bravery have been applauded by his colleagues and relations. May The Almighty bless his soul.

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Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has called on the Federal Government to look into the establishment of the Deep Sea Port in the state.

Governor Akeredolu noted that the proposed Port Ondo will go a long way to decongest the Apapa Port in Lagos State.

The Governor, who said Ondo State is strategically positioned, explained that goods are moved through the Sunshine state to the Southeast, Southsouth, Northwest and Northcentral.

He spoke on Tuesday at the South-West Export Enlightenment and Engagement Forum held at the International Culture and Event Centre, Igbatoro Road, Akure, the state capital.

The theme of the event was “Maximizing Export Potentials In The South-West Region For Economic Growth”.

Governor Akeredolu stressed that investors have already shown interest in developing the Port, saying the state has the deepest draught in West Africa.

“Everything going to southeast or South-South and the North pass through Ondo state. All these activities will make us to advise the federal government on the importance of Port Ondo.

“Apapa will be decongested. We can boast of the deepest draught in west Africa. We are ready and we have done our work and people have shown interest. It is a pity we have to go through a lot of protocols including the port declaration,” the Governor said.

Governor Akeredolu, who also highlighted his administration’s efforts on agriculture development, disclosed that Governors in the Southwest are steadily working together on the sector through the Southwest Agric Company (SWAgCo).

According to the Governor, SWAgCo is a registered company under the Oodua conglomerate which was created for effective exploration of agricultural resources in the region.

Arakunrin Akeredolu said the Akure airport which was originally designed as a cargo airport should be given due attention so that it can serve its purpose.

“The airport in Akure is so busy now but it is not serving the purpose for which it was established. The Akure airport was established as a cargo airport. We have said it should have a refrigerated area where people can refrigerate their goods before exporting them,” he said.

While speaking on the efforts of his administration in improving Cocoa production, the Governor said: “In Ondo state, we have had some transformation since we got in. Ondo is the leading exporter of cocoa in Nigeria. It is an unfortunate development that we are not the leading producer in West Africa.

“When we came in, we knew there must be a transition. I see Agric as a business. When we came in, I met experts who spoke to us. They made a case for Agricpreneurs. That led us to Youth on the Ridges. We have trained about 5000 youth. That was our approach to it.

“Today, we try to unlock the Agric sector by creating a conducive environment. In creating it, we are a One-Stop-Shop. We have the Ondo State Development and Investment Promotion Agency (ONDIPA) here, when you need land they must look for it.

“Today, we are not seriously exporting cassava but we need to do that. Many countries are in dare need of cassava. We have the cassava to ethanol plant. We have gone into partnership with NNPC. Another cassava to ethanol company is coming up in Ose. Cassava for us becomes so important.

“And poultry. We have set up an industry that will be producing powder egg. The company is almost afoot to produce powder egg. And on Cocoa added value, we have tried to do that. Today, Ondo State can be proud of a chocolate factory.

“We have put a lot of intervention in place to double our cocoa export. We have a single estate approach in jugbere. We have 10,000 hectares in Jugbere. We should be able to improve to 150,000 metric tons per year from 80,000 that we currently produce.

“We have started a major revolution in Nigeria here in Ondo State called red gold. It has to do with palm. We must support the zero oil economy,” Governor Akeredolu stated.

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Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has decried importation of glass into the country despite the huge availability of the needed raw materials for its production in the Sunshine state.

The Governor recalled that when the Moribund Oluwa Glass was functional, it was supplying the then Peugeot glasses for windscreen and mirror as part of the production of the vehicles.

Governor Akeredolu spoke in his office on Thursday while receiving investors from the Horn Glass Industries from Germany led by the Chief Executive Officer, Mr Stephan Meindl.

The CEO/Chairman, ZMP Industries Limited, Mr Rotimi Ogunsanmi, was also on the investors entourage.

The Ondo State Government had signed a Public Private Partnership agreement with the ZMP Industrial Limited for the establishment of 600 Tonnes per day capacity float glass factory in Igbokoda, Ilaje Local Government Area of the state.

The technical partner for the project, Horn Glass Industries, built Oluwa Glass over 35 years ago.

Receiving the investors in his office, Governor Akeredolu said there is no better company to establish glass factory in the state than the Horn Glass Industries having been involved with the establishment of the Oluwa Glass over three decades ago.

He said: “You are involved with Oluwa Glass and you are the one that built it. I don’t think there is a better company to start a new state-of-the-art Glass Company than you.

“Importation of glass into this country is unfortunate. Oluwa Glass was the one supplying Peugeot windscreen and glass. But government involvement in Oluwa Glass killed it.

“But today, we have equity participation. We are not going to stiffen anyone who is interest in developing the state. Our participation will be minimal so as to make it effective.”

Governor Akeredolu charged the investors to be time conscious, adding that time is of the essence.

“Time is of essence. We are running against time. Please start now. Undoubtedly, we are waiting. The state will be glad to have a glass factory back after 35years,” he noted.

Horn Glass Industries Chief Executive Officer, Mr Stephan Meindl, said his firm is ready to establish the glass factory with modern technology and unwavering commitment.

The Secretary, Ondo State Development and Investment Promotion Agency, Emmanuel Omomowo, who explained the process and terms of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed, said the Sunshine state is endowed with Silica Sands which has a the raw material needed for the glass production.

“We need to bring in high-net-worth investors to actually collaborate with the state to develop our silica resource and the value of this investment is over 250 Million Euros and when it is converted to Naira, it is over 162 Billion Naira.

“The State Government in this project is having the stake of over 20% while the investor, ZMP Industrial Ltd. has 80% and ZMP Industrial Ltd. is also working in collaboration with a renowned technical partner called Horn Glass Industries.

“That the technical partner, Horn Glass Industries was the one that built Oluwa Glass and now they are coming now to build a new green field glass factory and because it is a joint venture and we have an SPV, Special Purpose Vehicle to drive it.

“It will create a lot of employment, we can talk of investment value that is worth over 160billion that is coming to the State. It will also have other multiplier effects within the State, it is going to enhance our economy, it is going to create job employment, expand our revenue business.

“It is a great deal that is actually coming to the State. And going through their profiles, they have the technical expertise. That is why we are talking of project reference that Oluwa Glass developed over 30 years ago which is going to be built again with newer technology, with a better approach. So, it is a good deal for the State,” he said.

Femi Adesina, spokesman to President Muhammadu Buhari, has said the federal government is not interested in exposing sponsors of terrorism.

Adesina stated this during an interview on Channels Television on Monday.

Last week, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) included six Nigerians on its terror list.

But when Adesina was asked if Buhari would comment on the issue of terrorism at the United Nations Assembly, following the naming of six Nigerians as “sponsors of terrorism” in UAE, Adesina said the federal government’s focus will be on prosecution of suspects.

“Naming and shaming won’t be the motive. Rather, bringing malefactors to justice would be it. Nigeria is not interested in naming and shaming anybody. Rather, it wants to bring them to justice.

“You will see that the United Arab Emirates has given some names, and the attorney-general of the federation has responded to that matter, saying that in due course, all these people will have their days in court.

Mrs Christiana O. Oluwasesin who was married with two children arrived to the northern part of Nigeria in a state known as Gombe. She was to teach in the Government Secondary School of Gandu as a government teacher but before that, she had given the state authorities resignation notice due to the fact that she wanted to join her husband or rather, her family in Abeokuta where her husband, Mr Femi had gotten a job as a laboratory technician in a hospital.

According to her believe, she was happy that after the school’s final exam, she would leave to join her husband in Abeokuta but the day didn’t go as she imagined. On the 21st of March, 2007, Mrs Christiana O. Oluwasesin was invigilating students writing their final exams on Islamic Religious Studies but prior to the commencement of the exam, she collected books, bags and papers where she left them out of the class (in front of the class), but many outlets reported that she threw them out of the class.

One of the teachers at the school known as Aluke Musa Yila said in a statement to the ‘Compass’ said that. “Usually such items are returned to every student as each returns her answer script,” said Aluke Musa Yila, who said he was present during the gruesome murder of Oluwasesin.
After she had dropped the bags infront of the classroom, one of the female student writing the exam began crying, and when asked what the problem was, she told her classmates that her copy of the Quran was in her bag that Mrs Christiana O. Oluwasesin had touched, and thus, she had desecrated the Qur’an since she was a Christian, some media outlets reported that the student said to her friends that her Qur’an was in her bag that Mrs Christanah had thrown out.

Before she was given freedom to speak, the students began shouting, “Allahu Akbar,” meaning God is great. Hearing the noise, Aluke Yila rushed down to the class where he was told the ordeal, Yila then tried to bring calm to class after he asked them how Mrs Christanah would have known whether there was a Qur’an in the bag if she wasn’t told, but all his efforts proved abortive.
Aluke Yila quickly notified the school authorities which the authorities tried to bring back the calm environment but unfortunately, it wasn’t possible, Yila then took Mrs Christanah to the principal office. Knowing well that the students might want to go to his office, the principal left the office and went to calm the environment but to no avail.

According to Yila, he told Mrs Christanah to stay in the principal’s bathroom while he goes to check, on getting there, he discovered that the whole school along with Islamist extremist were currently distroying the environment and the teacher be given to them to be put to death.

When their demands were not met, they began hitting the teachers, principal and the police which forced them to withdraw. Soon enough, the Extremist broke into the principal’s office and captured Mrs Christanah, when the principal rushed to the site, he met Mrs Christanah bleeding from the head as he begged the extremists not to kill her.

Afterwards, the principal along with Mrs Christanah went to the neighboring house but she was dragged out of the house by the extremists who tortured, beat, as they waited for their leader known as ‘Angel of Death’ who soon arrived and then cut off Mrs Christanah’s throat after which the students burned her to death, after all this, the Extremist were still not satisfied as they were heard shouting and calling for the whereabouts of other Christians staff of the school, while the students began setting the school on fire.

After the event, sixteen personnels were arrested but were later freed without being charged to court. The truth in real life is that they weren’t sure whether the student’s Qur’an was in her bag.

Former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has said that he is now solely committed to the Unity of Nigeria

Appearing on Channels TV on Thursday night shortly after his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to the ruling All progressives Congress, FFK disclosed that he is now working to keep Nigeria as ‘one’ adding that he was no longer party to conversations about dividing the nation.

He said: “I am committed to keeping Nigeria together. I am also committed to ensuring that those who want to break up Nigeria are reached out to and spoken to with respect, love and compassion rather than say kill them all”

“That’s my position and i believe that’s more productive so long as you don’t pick up arms to kill policemen, you don’t pick up arms to kill innocent Hausa-Fulanis, Innocent Yorubas or Innocent Igbos, you don’t target people because of their religious beliefs, as long as you don’t do that, you will be my friend.”

“You can remain my friend as long you don’t indulge in violence”

“We must ensure that we work together to keep this country one.”

The real story: Inside his expansive living room on Toyin Street in Ikeja, we were ushered into a gathering of politicians holding a “strategy session” to ask MKO Abiola to tone down his challenge against General Ibrahim Babangida and his military cohorts after they annulled Nigeria’s freest election held on June 12 1993. I was obviously the “poorest” person in the room on that fateful day (I had on bathroom slippers).

It was my first time meeting Chief Abiola in person but he recognised me and said “oh Student leader, welcome to our meeting what should we do now as my friends have annulled the People’s mandate.?

I quickly took the opportunity to lambast the politicians seated. I told Chief Abiola his real enemies are right there in the room with him and that they just busy collecting his money but not fighting forbthe restoration of his mandate. Chief Abiola was uncomfortable and tried changing the topic by praising my organising efforts in fighting for the restoration of his June 12 mandate. He quickly dragged a massive bag containing cash and proceeded to give our team N800k saying it was a token for our “transportation.”

I politely rejected the cash haul telling him, jocularly, that first we didn’t come to visit him in a jumbo jet so the issue of a jumbo transportation fund won’t arise, in fact I doubt that the SUG bus we took there was worth N300k in those days, I was firm im telling him our struggle wasn’t for his sake and that our fight was not for him but the future of Nigeria.

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) did not even believe in Babangida’s transition program but our position regarding democratic rule though was sacrosanct hence our position on the criminal annulment of the June 12 elections.

Having done my little damage to the greedy politicians in Abiola’s living room (don’t forget so many of them were clutching to cash hauls collected from Abiola right there) our team decided to leave but something rare happened, Chief Anthony Enahoro who was also in attendance angrily got up and told Chief Abiola he too was leaving that he shared the position of the students, in a split second Abiola stood up and decided he would escort us to our bus, a decision that left his guests bewildered.

When we got outside, ChannelsTV owner, John Momoh and one of his reporters, Kingsley Uranta were outside waiting for an interview. Abiola asked that I hang around and hear what he wants to say snd I said, “that’s good Chief, if you’re now ready to fight I will stand behind you!”

Sadly, Abba Kyari’s case has taken on an ethnic dimension and has gotten to the outrageous extreme where a Northern body is accusing Southern Nigerians of colluding with the Federal Bureau of Investigation to tar any rising Northerner.

This is all the more pathetic considering that this same group lauded General Buhari when he extrajudicially hounded a Southern Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, out of office, only to replace him with a very shallow Northern Muslim who struggled to explain what a technicality meant.

How can you support the ouster of Onnoghen and condemn the indictment of Abba Kyari? Do you see the ridiculous extent to which ethnicity and religion have reduced us?

I am delighted that General Buhari is out of the country and hiding from me and other #HarassBuhariOutofLondon. If he had been in Nigeria, there is a possibility that Northern esprit de corps would have kicked in, and nothing would have happened to Abba Kyari, just like nothing happened to Isa Pantami, whose offence (terror sympathising) is actually greater than Kyari’s alleged crime.

We remember the case of Professor Usman Yusuf, the Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, who was suspended by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo for alleged acts of grand corruption while President Buhari was holed up in London.

What happened? Buhari returned and predictably restored his fellow Fulani back to power at the NHIS. Abba Kyari is Kanuri, like Buhari’s late mother. We hope Buhari will not return and repeat history.

But we are missing a serious point over this Kyari matter. In America and the United Kingdom, when a rogue policeman or prosecutor has been exposed, all his previous cases are x-rayed.

Sacking Kyari from his post as the head of the Intelligence Response Team and suspending him is not enough. As a nation, we need to investigate his convictions to see how many innocent persons he has sent to prison or to their Maker in the past.

This is because, from the irrefutable evidence released by the FBI, we now see that Kyari arrested Chibuzor Kelly and only after arresting him did he ask ‘what did he do?’

This is poignant. It means anybody with enough change could have influenced Kyari to arrest his enemy, whether innocent or guilty. Kyari’s style is not innocent until proven guilty. It is arrest first, ask questions later. What if the ‘suspect’ dies before the answer to ‘what did he do?’ comes?

We know of at least one incident where that happened. The so-called Principal suspect in the Offa bank robbery case, Michael Adikwu, an Igbo man like Chibuzor Kelly, died in Abba Kyari’s custody.

This is after another suspect in that case, Ayoade Akinnibosun, testified in court that Abba Kyari brutally tortured all the suspects in that case.

Testifying in court on Friday, March 15, 2019, Akinnibosun said “He (Abba Kyari) promised that they would reward me handsomely and set me free if I can indict Senator Saraki. When I disagreed, they called some policemen to take me back to their cell. During this time, my hands were tied to my legs in the back.”

Think of this before you feel sorry for Abba Kyari, or before you believe that Southerners, like me, have colluded with the FBI to frame Kyari.

Everyday has been for Abba Kyari. Let us let this one day be for his victims.

And they are many. Abba Kyari’s history is replete with tortures, police brutality, and heavy-handedness. He is too brutally victorious to be a victim, and playing the victim now, does not suit him.

Even the oloriburuku Governor of Borno state, Babagana Zulum, who on January 17, 2021 accused Christians of being members of Boko Haram, has distanced himself from Abba Kyari, releasing a statement denying ever visiting Abba Kyari and saying also that he does not even know where the crooked cop lives.

And let me end this piece by cautioning parents to avoid comparing their children to other people. ‘See you mate’ has driven too many people into crime.

Last year many of these sorts of parents thought Hushpupi was more blessed than their children. Today, Hushpuppi would die to be in their children’s shoes.

Parents should help their children learn the virtue of contentment and envy no one by teaching them to compare themselves to no one. If they must be compared, let it be a comparison with who they were yesterday or their own potential.

As humans, we see only see a thumbnail photo of people’s life. Only God sees the full picture. Therefore, don’t Kyari another person’s matter on your head.

Peace of mind with little is better than a pierced heart with much. The grass looks greener where it is well watered with fraud. But remember, looks can be deceiving. Every day is for Hush and Kyari. But only one day is for the FBI.

RenosNuggets #FreeLeahSharibu

Reno Omokri

Gospeller. Deep Thinker. #1 Bestselling author of Facts Versus Fiction: The True Story of the Jonathan Years. Avid traveller. Hollywood Magazine Film Festival Humanitarian of the Year, 2019.

The Senior Pastor of the Dunamis International Gospel Centre (Glory Dome), Abuja, Paul Enenche, has secretly laid off the Department of State Services lead agent of the church as part of a plot to absolve the church of the continued detention of the five #BuhariMustGo protesters.

SaharaReporters learnt on Thursday that Enenche let go of the church’s DSS lead agent to cover up the church’s involvement all along in the arrest and detention of the activists.

The activists, including a blind church saxophonist, have now spent about two weeks in the DSS detention as families also worry about their welfare and medical care.

The detained activists are; Ben Manasseh, Emmanuel Larry, Samuel Gabriel, Anene Victor Udoka, and Henry Nwodo.

Last Sunday, the family members of the protesters had stormed the Glory Dome in Abuja to protest against the continued detention of their wards, but they were also roundly harassed and molested by the security agents who had mobilised to the premises in large numbers.
Pastor Enenche in an attempt to cover up the involvement of the church in the matter has asked the lead DSS agent in the church, who the church used in handing them over to the DSS, to leave the church for now.

“Enenche also admitted to the church elders that approached him on the matter that he initially consented to handing them over to the DSS to show to the Buhari regime that he was opposed to the #BuhariMustGo campaign and to punish Sowore for negative reporting against his church,” a top source said.

The respondents are; the State Security Service, the Director-General of the SSS, the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, and the Pastor-in-charge of the Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Pastor Paul Enenche.

The suit is being heard at the Federal High Court of Nigeria; Abuja judicial division.

Human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, who had also gone to the church in company of fellow activist, Deji Adeyanju, shared the court papers, noting that the five detained activists had sued the DSS and the church authorities over the violations of their human rights.