Sai baba ! sai failure !! ‘Change or be disgraced’ — Mbaka moves against Buhari

Ejike Mbaka, spiritual director of the Adoration Ministries, Enugu (AMEN), has warned President Muhammadu Buhari that the wind of change might blow him out of office shamefully.

According to PUNCH, the priest who endorsed Buhari in the buildup to the 2015 election, advised the president against seeking a second term.

Although Buhari has not opened up on 2019, there are indications that he intends to retain his position till 2023.

The fiery preacher was quoted to have told Buhari to sit up.

“I had wanted to pray for you (Buhari) and go because I don’t want anybody to attack me, I don’t want the Bishop to invite me, I don’t want politicians to attack me anywhere. But God forced me, you must say it,” he reportedly told his congregation in his first service of the year.

“Listen to me – 2017 became one of the most horrible years in this country.

“The Lord says captive Nigerians, you will be speedily rescued. Things are very very difficult, hard and tough nowadays. The hardship is not from God, they are man-made.

“The wicked cabal and satanic agents in this country have wickedly kidnapped the goodwill and good intentions of Mr. President, Muhammadu Buhari. His good intentions have been kidnapped.

“President Buhari must wake up and sit up immediately. Heaven demands Buhari, our president, to change all those who are holding and caging him in captivity. If he will not change them, he will be changed.

“Mr. President, wake up, sit up. God said you are toying with the privilege given to you. There is no time. Nigerians are dying in your hands. People are not happy with your system.

“Change or you will be changed – God said that Buhari is in trouble. Buhari is hypnotised. Buhari is in a horrible bondage. Buhari’s mantra has been cannibalised.

“Unless President Buhari quickly and strategically positions the right people and changes the former ones inaugurated by him, the wind of change, that he himself inaugurated, will blow him away shamefully.

“The wind will be too strong that Mr. President and the cabal will be blown out of office shamefully.

“The wind will be irresistible for it will come like a hurricane. Buhari can handle this problem but his office, if he is not careful, another will take.”

Mbaka reportedly said Buhari had himself to blame for his problems, especially after “failing to heed the advice of his wife, Aisha”.

“Mr. President, as I was waiting on the Lord, I am asked to advise you, don’t come out for second tenure, after this, retire peacefully,” he was quoted to have said.

“Mr. President, you are the cause of your own problem. God gave you an adviser, a wonderful mentor, a visionist, a matriarch, in the person of your wife, Aisha, but you don’t want to listen to her; that woman is heartbroken, because she understood that you are not yourself.

“Come back to yourself or you will cry by the time you will be sent out of office. Those who are encouraging you to come out and run again, they want to disgrace you shamefully and publicly.”

The priest said Buhari should take responsibility for the problems in the country.

“Mr. President, you are to be blamed, not your cabal. You have your brooms, but the cabals have their bags; either you sweep them away or they throw you into the bag,” he said.

“Heaven cried that your methodology is not just archaic but too sluggish, very slow. The situation in Nigeria needs speed but you are too dull.

“His (Buhari’s) pattern of battling corruption is not just archaic and barbaric; it is a witch-hunt, terribly selective.

“Mr. Buhari, as the President, why should you be picking and choosing those that you and your so-called EFCC man would want to arrest, so that your party becomes a hideout for criminals, so that any person who does not want to be arrested will become an APC person? Is that not corruption in itself?

“It is the same people that go to the APC, they drop their umbrella and pick the broom, but instead of using the broom to sweep away corruption, they are using it to sweep money into their pockets.

“Your change mantra is questionable. You are to change your change or you will be disgraced out of office.” - Cable Nigeria 

Civil service director dies of heart attack 54 hours after receiving sack letter

Fifty-four hours after receiving a sack letter from the Kogi State Government, a director in the Kogi State civil service, Mr Alphonsis Ameh is dead.

Ameh was, until his death, a Director Administration and Finance (DAF) in the Kogi State Pension Board.

DAILY POST gathered that the late director was earlier suspended.

The deceased, who hailed from Ade community in Olamaboro Local Government Area, resided at t Zone 8 area, opposite Science School, Lokoja, the state capital.

His niece, on condition of anonymity, said that Ameh was among the directors and permanent secretaries suspended in February 2016 by the Yahaya Bello led government.

The source said that Ameh, who was a Grade Level 16 Officer in the Kogi State Pension Board, had not been paid salary since his suspension about two years ago.

According to the source, the 61-year-old civil servant, who officially received his sack letter on Friday Dec. 29, 2017, died in the early hours on Monday.

He had been on admission for high blood pressure at the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja. - Daily Post

Area Fada releases 2018 prophecies

Area Fada has released his 2018 prophecies.

Charlyboy in a video shared on his Instagram page said Boko Haram will surrender in 2018.

He said “My people 2018 don land. I would be a hypocrite to wish you all a happy new year but let me wish you less suffering, less stress, less frustration. What does 2018 hold for us let me consult my crystal ball ‘Intelligible noises’.

“The suffering shall increase if we allow them to keep pushing our mumu button this year, APC, PDP, all shall be rejected by Nigerians wey sabi hallelujah.

“I see Boko Haram laying down their arms and organising a peace concert.

“I see Nigerian pastors they are planning to stop collecting tithes they are building schools for their poor congregation

“I see Nigerian police stop collecting bribe and brutalising the poor, hooray to them.

” Dead people will remain in the land of the dead they will no longer be made ministers.

“Old people shall pass away for the young to grow.

“This 2018 will be what we make of it it we swim or sink no messiah is coming to rescue us, make we all agree say our mumu don reach final bus stop.”

Jose Mourinho hits back at Scholes

Mourinho has hit back at Paul Scholes over his negative comments towards Manchester United, saying "all he does is criticise" and he hopes he would be "25 per cent" as successful as him if he ever turns to management.

Former United midfielder Scholes, who now works as a pundit, said the players and the manager are "under-performing" after their 0-0 draw with Southampton, while also highlighting his concerns over the fitness and attitude of midfielder Paul Pogba.

And, after United returned to winning ways with a 2-0 win over Everton on New Year's Day, Mourinho responded to Scholes' comments.

"I think the only thing Paul Scholes does is to criticise. I don't think he comments, I think he criticises, which is a different thing, but not every one of us has to be phenomenal, like he was as a player.

"He was a phenomenal player, that doesn't mean that we all have to be phenomenal. Paul (Pogba) tries to do his best all the time. Sometimes he plays very well, sometimes he plays well, and sometimes he does not play so well.

"It is not Paul's fault that he made much more money than Paul Scholes. It is not Paul Pogba's fault, it's just the way football is.

"But I think Scholesy will be in the history like a phenomenal player, not as a pundit. So I prefer to look at him as a phenomenal player who gave so much to the club I am proud to represent and every day I try to do my best.

"If Paul one day decides to be a manager, I wish that he can be 25 per cent as successful as myself, because 50 per cent is 12 and a half silverware, 25 per cent is around six. If he is 25 per cent, he will be quite happy.

"In my mind, Paul Scholes a phenomenal player, one of the best players I have ever seen playing in midfield and he gives so much to my club, I only can thank him for that, because the prestige of this club is based on people like him, so successful here."

United won at Goodison Park thanks to second-half goals from Anthony Martial and Jesse Lingard, who has now scored four in his last five games.

Asked about Lingard, Mourinho told Sky Sports: "These boys, they jump or they don't jump. One thing is to be a young talent and another thing is to be a very good player.

"Some players are not capable of doing that jump, they go from great potential to normal players, but Jesse is giving that jump, he is being more consistent, adaptable, he understands better the game, the different spaces, the different positions, he is going in a good direction."

"The boys deserved it. I keep saying our draws were not bad performances, they had situations that made it more difficult for us and we made our mistakes, especially in the matches against Leicester and Burnley, but the boys were fantastic, their attitude, commitment, pride, their effort, everything was really top class and on top of it we played very well," he said.

"We were always in control. We moved the ball, we had lots of movement, we changed our profile because we didn't have [Romelu] Lukaku, we had to try to win a different way and I am really pleased with the points. Even without points I would be proud of what the boys did."

Man United are still 12 points adrift of Premier League leaders Manchester City, but Mourinho, who has criticised his stars recently, took heart from the way his players battled to subdue Everton. -

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Nuclear button is on my desk, North Korea leader Kim Jong Un warns

Kim Jong Un has used his New Year message to warn the US that he has a "nuclear button" on his desk that is always in reach.

In his address, North Korea's leader said his country's nuclear forces are now a reality and not just a threat.

Mr Kim also proclaimed that the isolated state achieved the historic feat of "completing" its nuclear forces in 2017.

The speech, broadcast on North Korean television on Monday morning, suggests escalating tensions over the nation's weapons programme are not going to die down in the coming year.

He reiterated that North Korea has developed the capability to strike all of the US mainland with its nuclear weapons, and claimed this meant that America would never be able to start a war against the country.

Last week, the UN Security Council unanimously passed new sanctions in response to Pyongyang's recent intercontinental ballistic missile test - restricting vital oil supplies.

In response, North Korea's official news agency described the sanctions as "an act of war violating peace and stability in the Korean peninsula and the region".

Days later, it emerged that a North Korean soldier who defected to the South in 2017 has anthrax antibodies in his bloodstream - sparking fears that Mr Kim's regime could use the disease as a biological weapon. - Sky News 

Vagrant bags one year in prison over phone theft

A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court in Abuja on Tuesday, sentenced a vagrant, Abubakar Usman, 26, to one year imprisonment for stealing a cell phone worth N42, 000.

Usman, of no fixed address, was arraigned on one-count charge of theft.

The Judge, Mr Abubakar Sadiq, sentenced the convict accordingly when he pleaded guilty to the charge.

He warned the convict to be of good behaviour and to desist from committing crimes after serving his punishment.

The Prosecuting Counsel, Mrs Florence Auhioboh, had informed the court that one Ofagbonmu Gideon of plot 214, Katampe Street, Kubwa, Abuja, reported the matter at the Life Camp Police Station on Dec. 26, 2017.

Auhioboh said that on the said date at about 6.00 p.m, the complainant went to Jabi Lake Recreation Park for an event where the convict removed his Infinix phone valued N42 000 from the complainant’s pocket.

The prosecutor said that the offence contravened Section 287 of the Penal Code.

Auhioboh said that during police investigation, the convict admitted committing the offence, while the said phone was recovered from him.

Boko haram !!! Fulani herdsmen kill 50 in Benue attack

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, said on Tuesday that 50 persons were killed and many others injured after Fulani herdsmen attacked a Tiv community in the state.

Ortom, who addressed journalists at the Government House in Makurdi, blamed the Federal Government for not protecting the people.

“The blood of those people killed by the Fulani herdsmen are on the hands of the federal government and if nothing is done they will cry unto God,” the governor said.

He said the federal government was alerted on the threat of the herdsmen who had vowed to resist the anti- grazing bill enacted by the state government.

The governor said nine livestock guards were killed and their Hilux patrol van razed in the attack.

During Tuesday’s attack, many people were slaughtered, children killed, and several had their hands chopped off.

A 30- year -old lady, Dooshima Anande, told The Nation that her brother who finished his youth service few days ago was killed in the attack. 

Shocking !!! 15 Shot Dead In New Years Day Attack On Worshippers

A man, his wife, five children, and eight others were killed yesterday in Omoku, headquarters of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State.

Over 52 persons, who were also injured in the New Year’s Day attack by some gunmen, were in critical condition in hospitals.

The victims had just concluded a service in an unnamed church when the gunmen opened fire on them.

The bodies of the 15 victims, as at press time, were still at the pavilion of the secretariat of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Council in Omoku, their relatives, and friends making efforts to identify them.

The rampaging gunmen were suspected to be militants working for a man the military described as “a notorious kidnapper, militant, cultist, ardent illegal oil bunkering”, Mr. Igwedibia Johnson, aka Don Waney, who is on the run, following the raid of his camp and shrines on November 20, last year, as part of 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt’s continued efforts to rid the Niger Delta of criminals.

In Southern Kaduna yesterday, a ruler Mallam Gambu Makama and his wife were gunned down by mask-wearing gunmen in their home after midnight.

Crude oil and gas-rich Omoku hosts the Federal College of Education (FCE) Technical, many multinational oil firms, oil service companies and other establishments, but most of the commercial banks in the ancient town have been closed for months, in view of insecurity, without the hope of the bankers returning to the city.

An indigene of Omoku, who yesterday gave details of how the 15 worshippers were gunned down but would not want his name in print, to avoid his being trailed by the criminals, said as the Christians were leaving their various churches on January 1, the gunmen were spraying them with bullets at close range.

The source said: “Since 2014, when the crisis started in Omoku and its environs, over 500, mostly innocent people, have been killed.

“I am calling on President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Nyesom Wike to take immediate action to secure the lives and property of residents of Omoku and its environs, especially with the forthcoming primaries of political parties and general elections.

“We do not deserve the killings in Omoku and its environs. We are not in a state of war. Don Waney’s boys have regrouped and are terrorizing innocent citizens. Over 52 wounded victims of New Year Day attack in Omoku are now in various hospitals and clinics.”

Police spokesman Nnamdi Omoni, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), said he was yet to get details of the New Year’s Day’s incident from the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in Omoku.

Omoni said immediately he got information about the killings in Omoku, he contacted the DPO, who promised to get back to him, but yet to do so, as at press time.

Peterside laments Rivers killings 

The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has lamented the killings in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area (ONELGA) of Rivers State by unidentified gunmen shortly after attending New Year’s Eve service.

Dr. Peterside sympathized with the families of the deceased, saying its another set of deaths too many in a local government area that was held hostage by cult groups claiming supremacy and allegedly enjoying support from some politicians.

He expressed regret that while other parts of the state were in celebratory mood, the people of ONELGA were mourning the passing away of their beloved in the most gruesome manner.

”My heart goes the people of ONELGA and the immediate families of the deceased. This is an act that must be condemned. The good people of Omoku have suffered enough and this has dealt a further blow on their sufferings,” he stressed.

The NIMASA boss stated that the latest killings have exposed the lack of capacity and competence on the part of Governor Nyesom Wike to provide adequate security for Rivers people.

”I have said it time and again that Governor Wike lacks the capacity and competence to guarantee the safety and security of Rivers people. It is unfortunate that over 1,000 persons have been killed in questionable circumstances in the last two years under his watch. He should stop playing politics with the lives of Rivers people and face governance."

”Since the governor is not rising to the occasion to show competence, we will henceforth partner with all relevant security agencies to bring peace, law, and order to ONELGA and other parts of Rivers State."

”This is indeed a sad day for the people of ONELGA and the only way we can assuage their feelings is to ensure that this does not happen again. Governor Wike can rise above his partisan politics and display the hallmark of a statesman by openly condemning this murderous act and stop at nothing to arrest the criminals,” he said. - The Nation