2023 And Beyond : A Clarion Call For Revolutionary Prayers Against Bad Leadership And Corona-virus Leaders In Nigeria

I greet You in thy name of God. Permit me to share my thoughts towards having some form of better leaders come 2023 and beyond.

If the physical revolution is being gag, nobody can stop prayers revolution.

Believe it or not, prayers is a powerful tool for personal liberation from forces of darkness and even nature. We are still serving a God that can do all things, a God that can never failed. My people God is still in business of doing hard things like in the days of Moses. 

I don't need to stress this that majority of Nigerians are prayer warriors. Many have succeeded in praying through to their breakthroughs and destinies back up by hardwork.

We do prayers like my enemy fall down and die !
O God arise let my enemy scatter !!

O God let the witchcraft of my father house disturbing my moving forward perish !!!

And many more sample like these we pray about for many hours and we always get handsome results.

Why can't we collectively do this in churches and mosques against corona virus leaders in our country ?

Now, coming to the reasons for this write up is how can we have better leaders come 2023 and beyond using prayers as a tool of revolution.

I know that many are praying and still praying for Nigeria and Nigerians.

Keep it up please.

But now we need to change the direction of our prayers for a better results. If the constituted authority has failed to do the right things for years and they are wicked and heartless to the point that they only look after themselves and families with looted monies and our prayers has not change their hearts.

It is now time for us to apply the same heart, pain and sweat used in liberating ourselves through personal prayers from the shackles of poverty and witchcraft and dark powers collectively against bad leadership and corona-virus leaders in our country. Hear me well bad leaders are on this page of wickedness with witchcraft and dark forces. 

They are invisible spiritually, we have fought them through protest, physical revolution, activism, elections for years with little or zero result.

It now beckons on us to start raising tailored prayer points that will give us some form of better results come 2023 and beyond because the heavens said ask and you shall be given. And because we have done this in our individual private life and personal business and it works well.

If our people are been harassed and arrested for protest and peaceful revolution against bad governance and mismanagement. Nobody can arrest us for praying against bad leadership. 

Now we need to start raising prayer points like these to the heavens;

O God arise and destroy leaders stealing our monies,

O God let those leaders investing our stolen monies in Dubai and other countries be perished,

O Heavens curse the generations of those leaders stealing our common wealth,

O God of Supernatural arise and anoint good leaders for our country,

And so many more like these will do us a great favour in 2023 and beyond if we pray it from our hearts and in pain.

We need to revolutionise this idea across all religions, regions if truly we love our country bearing it in mind that all other options are not giving us what we want - a working and stable country for all.

This should be marshalled out in such a manner that it should be done weekly for one hour or more, trusting God come 2023 we will all look back and praise almighty God.

This should not in any way stop those who are in for physical revolution because all things work for good.

Our own is to pray and watch heavens answer us. 

Remember, my people heavens help those who help themselves.

- Irunmole-news

Boris Johnson admitted to hospital over ‘persistent’ coronavirus symptoms

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been admitted to hospital more than a week after he tested positive for the coronavirus.

The BBC quoted a UK government spokesperson as saying Johnson, aged 55, is still showing “persistent symptoms of coronavirus.”
The official, however, added that his admission, which was reportedly for tests, was taken as a “precautionary step” based on the advice of a doctor.

The UK prime minister had contracted coronavirus on March 27 and has been in self isolation.
He said at the time he was only showing mild symptoms of the disease.
Prince Charles of Wales had also tested positive for COVID-19, but later recovered.
At least 47,800 persons in the UK have so far been diagnosed of the disease which has killed a total of 4,934 in that country.

The number of cases globally now stands at 1,265,976 with close to 70,000 deaths and 260,967 recoveries.

- THECABLE

Coronavirus: Citizens in Africa's informal economy try to survive - Quartz Africa

As Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, slowly grinds to a halt amid movement restrictions and climbing coronavirus cases, Stephen Odhiambo, a 32-year old Nairobi-based carpenter, still visits his workshop twice a week.

But without erstwhile regular patronage, Odhiambo spends much of his day calling customers in the hope of making money to support his wife and two young children. “From last month, when the government started the restrictions, my business began going down really fast,” he tells Quartz.

Odhiambo’s persistence with his business amid the coronavirus pandemic captures the realities of millions of informal economy traders across Africa.

In Nigeria, where full lockdowns are in effect in Lagos and Abuja, small-scale businesses and traders are finding ways to stay alive. While major business districts are empty and highways typically locked in traffic jams are deserted, some informal businesses still operate.

In different suburbs across the state, public transport operators, including now-banned tricycles and motorcyles are still working despite the high risk of having their vehicles impounded. In Zimbabwe, where a 21-day lockdown is underway, illegal money-changers who used to operate in the city center and shopping malls in suburbs now conduct business at home, inviting customers who want to buy foreign currency to come over. In Kenya, traders are still attempting to do business despite the threat of police brutality.

“This is a very difficult situation. People here survive on a hand to mouth basis.” Africa’s economies are dominated by their informal sectors which account for between 30% to 90% of all non-agricultural job and more than 40% of many African countries’ gross domestic product. The IMF estimates the informal sector’s share of the global economy has been falling on average over the last decade, but it remains at a weighted average of 34% in Sub Saharan Africa, compared with 9% in North America and 15% in the OECD countries. The concern with the dominance of the informal, cash-based sector on the continent has often been discussed in the context of the disadvantages of a low tax base or weak financial inclusion. But in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak and the introduction of global measures to stem its spread, the fact many developing world countries have large swathes of their population reliant on day-to-day, cash-based commerce for survival has been a stark reminder of global inequities.

Millions of Africans are unable to survive without some form of daily trade and don’t have the luxury of bank savings, credit cards and online commerce to be able to stay indoors or “social distance” for extended periods.

The lack of full compliance among small-scale and informal traders and businesses reflects their precarious financial realities. With business ventures that require daily activity to earn an income, a weeks-long hiatus from work can translate to financial peril. Without significant savings buffers to dip into amid coronavirus lockdown, many informal traders and businesses across the continent continue to operate out of a sense of necessity and desperation.

There’s a cyclical effect at play too. As large swathes of citizens cannot afford to stock up on food for long periods, low-income households typically buy food and essentials in small bits, thus creating some demand for small-scale traders. “This is a very difficult situation. People here survive on a hand to mouth basis,” says Colen Mafuruse who works at a grocery tuckshop in Harare. “When the lockdown was announced most people did not have money to buy food in bulk,” he adds.

This effect is also seen in South Africa where there are signs of trading activity in townships home to low-income households. In Alexandra, a Johannesburg township, traders have set up their stalls as usual and are doing business with the complicit help of local residents and customers who tip them off about police presence.

Risk factors

By continuing to operate, informal traders put themselves at risk of being infected with, and spreading, Covid-19. Unlike formal businesses, some of which continue to operate virtually with staff working from home and payments mostly happening online, informal businesses and trade often involves close person-to-person contact and cash-based transactions.

These risks are now being heightened by recent concessions made by governments across the continent, in recognition of the economic vulnerability of informal businesses and traders. Authorities in Nigeria have announced a partial opening of markets amid the lockdown. In Mauritius, the government has created a calendar allocating market shopping days to citizens based on the first letter of their surname. And, in South Africa, restrictions on informal businesses and small convenience stores, known locally as spaza shops, have now been eased.

Yet, despite their best efforts and resilience, informal businesses and traders are scoring big losses with demand and patronage taking a significant hit amid ongoing lockdowns. In South Africa’s middle class suburban areas, including Randburg, where there’s more visible policing, lockdown measures are being tightly enforced, leaving several erstwhile busy stalls and shopping areas empty.

In Ghana, with Accra and Kumasi undergoing a two-week lockdown, vendors whose businesses depend on their proximity to now closed schools and offices have disappeared streets while informal workers in the hospitality industry are out of work, and without income, too.

As such, governments across the continent will likely face pushback from citizens the longer lockdowns rob citizens of their livelihoods. In Lagos, four days into a two-week lockdown, there have already been instances where the local task-force charged with enforcing restrictions have faced resistance in low-income neighborhoods. It’s a trend that may yet reoccur with the government’s efforts to provide food relief so far proving inadequate.

As authorities across the continent attempt to curb the long-term spread of coronavirus, they will likely find that their objective clashes with the short-term tough choices that millions of their citizens have to make. Tendai Mukora, a barber in Mutare, Zimbabwe’s fourth largest city, still attends to customers despite the risk of coronavirus as the alternative, he says, is watching his family go to bed on empty stomachs. “I have no choice, I have to put food on the table.”

- Quartz Africa 

COVID-19: NCDC, Dettol disown Funke Akindele after arrest over party

The National Centre for Disease and Control, NCDC has debunked reports that Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele is one of its ambassadors.

Funke Akindele appeared in an advert on NCDC website where she was educating Nigerians on preventive measures against coronavirus.
Reports had that the ‘Jenifa’ crooner was an ambassador to the agency.

However, her recent action where she organized a house party and violated the lockdown order by the state and federal government raised concerns about her tainting the image of the agency.
But, NCDC in a post on its Twitter page said the agency has not engaged any brand ambassador as part of its response to Covid-19.
The tweet read: “As an agency of the Federal Government of Nigeria, NCDC has not engaged brand ambassadors as part of our response to Covid-19.

“We continue to emphasise that all Nigerians maintain social distancing to prevent the spread of #COVID19.Stay home and stay safe.”
Also, Dettol in a statement on its Twitter page stressed that the advert with Funke Akindele is a collaboration to help NCDC educate communities about the spread of Coronavirus.
The tweet read: “The NCDC partnered with Dettol on a public service message to educate our communities about preventive measures against COVID-19. Funke is not a brand ambassador of the NCDC.

“As a responsible organization and brand Dettol does not condone any breach of the guidelines on Covid-19. As an organization we are concerned at the turn of events.

“We will continue to support NCDC and the Nigerian govt to fight COVID-19.”
Meanwhile, Police in a statement signed by DSP Bala Elkana, Police Public Relations Officer and forwarded to DAILY POST on Sunday, arrested Funke Akindele for violating restriction orders in Lagos State.
This was few hours after the actress apologized for her actions on her Instagram page.

- DAILY POST

Coronavirus: Premier League in advanced talks with UK Govt over resumption of matches

Talks between the Premier League and the UK Government over a return for football are at an advanced stage, the UK Mirror reports.

It is understood that there is a tentative agreement for fixtures to resume in June behind closed doors.

Government health officials are hopeful of a coronavirus peak in the next weeks, after which games will be sanctioned under strict guidelines.

During an emergency meeting on Friday, Premier League officials reached a decision to finish this season.

Officials also discussed measures to keep the players in a sterile environment as much as possible, limiting contact with the wider public.

To ensure supporters don’t try to attend matches, there have also been talks with TV companies to extend the number of games screened during June.

While officials have offered tentative agreement, the Premier League knows there could be further delay, should the situation get worse in the UK over the next six weeks.

- DAILY POST

Floyd Mayweather’s daughter arrested for stabbing woman

Floyd Mayweather’s daughter has been arrested for allegedly stabbing another lady over rapper, NBA Youngboy.

According to TMZ, Iyanna ‘Yaya’ Mayweather was arrested for aggravated assault and taken to Harris County Jail in Houston.

She was reportedly involved in a physical fight with another woman named Lapattra Lashai Jacobs after she found them together at the rapper’s home.

The pair later got in a fight in the kitchen with Iyanna allegedly charging at Jacobs with two knives and stabbing her.

However, Iyanna Mayweather said that all she did was for self defense after Jacobs pulled her hair and ran into the kitchen.

She has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon.

Her bond was set at $30,000.

Meanwhile, Jacob’s condition remains unknown after she was taken to the hospital after paramedics arrived and found her lying on the floor.

- DAILY POST

Coffin recovered from ritualist’s den, one arrested

The Lagos State Police Command on Sunday said it has arrested a suspected ritualist and recover a coffin and fetish items from the shrine.

Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Bala Elkana in a statement on Sunday said late last month, at about 6am, some residents of Panuse area, Okoafo, reported at Morogbo Police Station that one Dona Asogbo, 30 and Peter Alogbo had turned an uncompleted building in the community into a rituals’ den.

“That their activities has instilled fear and panic in the community. A team of Police officers led by the Divisional Police Officer visited the scene.

“The principal suspect, Dona Asogba was arrested while his partner took to his heels. A mini size wooden coffin and all sorts of fetish items were recovered from the shrine.

“The shrine is suspected to be used for criminal purposes. Investigation is ongoing,” Elkana said.

- PM NEWS

COVID-19: Pope Francis cries out after celebrating Palm Sunday in empty church

Pope Francis has warned the world to take this period of coronavirus pandemic as a time to take things seriously, spiritually.

For the first time in history, a pope celebrated a Palm Sunday liturgy without the participation of the people, as Pope Francis did on Sunday at St. Peter’s Basilica, Italy.

Pope Francis described the pandemic as a tragedy the world has to face in order to realize that everything is vanity and only Jesus Christ remains.

He said the COVID-19 Pandemic is being experienced across countries in order for everyone to discover that life is measured by love and was of no use if not used to serve others.

“The tragedy the world is experiencing tells us to take seriously the things that are serious, and not to be caught up in those that matter less.

“Do not be afraid to devote your life to God and to others this time.

“Today, in the tragedy of a pandemic, in the face of the many false securities that have now crumbled,” he said.

According to him, the pandemic had shown that the real heroes in this time were not famous, rich and successful people, rather, they were those who giving themselves in order to serve others.

“In the face of so many hopes betrayed, in the sense of abandonment that weighs upon our hearts, Jesus says to each one of us: ‘Courage, open your heart to my love. You will feel the consolation of God sustain you.

“Everything else passes away, we were put in this world to love him and our Neighbour’s.

“This tragedy is for everyone to rediscover that life is of no use if not used to serve others. For life is measured by love.

“So, in these holy days, may we reach out to those who are suffering and those most in need. May we not be concerned about what we lack, but what good we can do for others,” he added.

- DAILY POST

COVID-19: Lagos tracing 2,450 contacts, says health commissioner

Akin Abayomi, commissioner for health in Lagos, says the state is currently tracing 2,450 contacts of COVID-19 patients.

He spoke while giving an update on the situation of COVID-19 at a media briefing on Friday.
He listed the local government areas of the affected persons as Eti-Osa with the highest number of 47, followed by Ikeja with 24 cases and Lagos Mainland with 11 cases; while Alimosho, Agege and Ikorodu have one case each.

However, of the 98 confirmed cases in the state, 24 patients have been discharged.
Abayomi also announced that the four patients discharged on Friday included an eight-week-old baby and her mother.

“We have discharged a total of 24 patients from the facility in Yaba. That includes one patient that was evacuated to the United States. Four more patients were discharged today that included three females and one male. Of the three females, one was a girl-child – when she was admitted she was six weeks; she is eight weeks now. Both mother and child are doing well,” he said.
“The peak of the age group affected is between 30 and 59, two patients are over the age of 60 and two patients over 70. Majority of the patients are male: 64 per cent male and 36 percent female.”

- THECABLE

Adele to pay ex-husband half of £144m fortune

It will cost English singer and songwriter, Adele half of her $180 million (£144 million) fortune to finalise her divorce proceeding with ex Simon Konecki after a judge ruled in her favour to have the divorce proceedings kept private.

Adele whose real name is Adele Laurie Blue Adkins officially called off her marriage to Simon Konecki by filing for divorce in September 2019, after being together since 2011.
The multiple Grammy award-winning singer cited irreconcilable differences and requested joint custody of Angelo.

However, the 31-year-old singer reportedly went on to file a request to ask for the divorce settlement not to be made public. What this means is that ‘financial, sales or other confidential business information’ will be kept under wraps and those who require access to those details will likely have to sign a non-disclosure agreement.

It has been widely reported that the pair did not have a prenup, and could split their combined fortune in half.
Adele has reportedly already given Simon, who lives in the UK, a house close to her £6.9million mansion in Beverly Hills.
They might not be too far from each other either as Adele was said to have bought a Los Angeles property last May for over $10.65million (£8.53million), right down the road from Simon.
The exes who share a six-year-old son Angelo split after eight years together.
Adele and Simon are reported to be friendly exes and are committed to raising their son together lovingly.

Since their split, Adele, has since been linked to British grime artist Skepta, and she is reportedly hard at work on her next album and is set to release new music this year.

- PM NEWS

Coronavirus lockdown causing “global surge in domestic violence”

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has decried a “horrifying global surge in domestic violence” against women and girls amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

In a video message on Sunday evening, Guterres linked the development to economic and social pressures occasioned by stay-at-home orders imposed by governments in response to the pandemic.

“We know lockdowns and quarantines are essential to suppressing COVID-19, but they can trap women with abusive partners.

“Over the last weeks, as economic and social pressures and fear have grown, we have seen a horrifying global surge in domestic violence.

“In some countries, the number of women calling support services has doubled,” he stated.

The UN Chief noted that help might not come for the victims since the police and healthcare providers were already overwhelmed by the demands of the pandemic.

He added that “local support groups are paralyzed or short of funds”, while some domestic shelters are closed, and others full.

Guterres, therefore, called for an end to violence in homes around the world.

“I recently called for an immediate ceasefire in conflicts around the world to focus on our shared struggle to overcome the pandemic.

“I appealed for an end to violence everywhere now. But violence is not confined to the battlefield.

“For many women and girls, the threat looms largest where they should be safest: in their own homes.

“And so I make a new appeal today for peace at home, and in homes, around the world,” he said.

The Secretary-General urged governments to make prevention and redress of violence against women a key part of their national response plans for COVID-19.

This, he stated, means increasing investments in online services and civil society organizations.

He said it also meant ensuring that judicial systems continue to prosecute abusers and setting up emergency warning systems in pharmacies and groceries.

“This also means declaring shelters as essential services and creating safe ways for women to seek support without alerting their abusers.

“Women’s rights and freedoms are essential to strong, resilient societies.

“Together, we can and must prevent violence everywhere, from war zones to people’s homes, as we work to beat COVID-19,” Guterres said.

- PM NEWS

COVID-19: Nigerian Govt politicizing containment of virus – Wike

Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, on Sunday claimed that the containment of coronavirus has been politicized in Nigeria.

Wike, in a statement, lamented that Rivers State had not received any support from the government despite its contribution to the nation’s wealth.

The governor making reference to the N10bn grant given to Lagos state, said some states were being given more attention than others.

The Federal Government on March 27, 2020, released 10 Billion Naira to Lagos State and 5 billion Naira special intervention funds to NCDC to equip and provide personnel to its facilities and laboratories across the country.

The statement read in part: “It is unfortunate that the containment of coronavirus has been politicized by the Federal Government. While Lagos State received a grant of N10billion as a commercial hub,

“Rivers State, as the nation’s oil and gas hub that produces a greater percentage of the nation’s wealth, has not received any support from the Federal Government.”

Wike stressed that no state should be seen as more important than the other despite not having up to fifty persons infected with COVID-19.

He lamented that despite the exclusion of Rivers, the Federal Government had continued to fly in expatriates to drill oil and endanger the state.

“One wonders why the Federal Government should single out a state out of 36 States to give support. Does it mean that support will come when a State has a record of over 50 infected persons before it gets support?

“No state should be seen as more important than any other state. This is a Federal Republic. No state is superior to others.

“Rivers State is entitled to support from the Federal Government. Every day, we are inundated with letters from the Federal Government to allow oil companies to fly in expatriates to drill Oil,” the statement added.

- DAILY POST

COVID-19: Buhari govt under fire over money sharing, exclusion of South-East

A South-East group, Igbo Renaissance Forum has knocked the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government over its approach to the N20,000 stimulus package for the ‘poorest in the society.’

The group said it was baffling that the government decided to share a total of ₦52bn to 2.6 million poor families in cash, without a clear system for accountability and transparency.

The Forum described as shocking government decision to give cash to individuals across the table, adding that by this, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Sadiya Umar Farouq, had flouted the government’s order on social distancing and clearly contravenes the money laundering Act.

Calling for accountability, the Forum demanded that the ministry should immediately make available on their website, the details of those who were benefiting from the stimulus exercise.

“It has also become very evident that the preparedness level of the Federal and State Governments is nothing to write home about. We were caught napping, even though citizens were told that there was full proof readiness by government,” the group said in a statement signed by its international Coordinator, Nze Ugo-Akpe Onwuka (Oyi).

It added that, “This we view as capable of completely eroding the little trust the citizens have for the political leadership in place today.

“There is a complete failure from the state to the federal level, including the National assembly that is abnormally obsessed with sucking the nation dry; sharing exotic cars in the middle of a health crisis and still bent on spending a whopping 37 billion on the renovation of the National Assembly building while the federal government went BEGGING for ventilators to keep themselves and the citizens alive. What a shame!

“We are aware that the Federal Government has announced palliative measures, which included disbursement of stimulus cash of twenty thousand naira to the ‘poorest in the society’ as they claimed.

“It is, however, very shocking to see the crudest form of disbursement of the stimulus cash that would give medieval men goose bumps, as cash is given to individuals across the table.

“Equally perplexing is the claim that 2.6m million individuals would benefit from N20,000 CORONAVIRUS palliative immediately, even as the 11,400 others are still to benefit. What baffles us is that government says it plans to share a total of ₦52bn to 2.6 million poor families IN CASH, without a clear system for accountability and transparency!

“We demand that in this period of very lean resources, that the ministry should immediately make available on their website, the details of those who are benefitting from this stimulus exercise.

“We want to state categorically that we are far from convinced with the figures put out on the number of Nigerians living in extreme poverty, which is clearly defined by UN standards as those living below $1.90 per day.

“This figure according to the World Poverty Clock stands at 95,903,776 million or 48% of our 201,623,008 million population.

“It is, therefore, absurd to read the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Sadiya Umar Farouq state that the social national register that we have as at March 31, 2020 is made up of 11,450,537 poor and vulnerable people in 35 states and 453 Local Government Areas across the country. We demand to know the fate of those that are not captured in this exercise.

“We, however, wish to condemn in very strong terms, the approach adopted by the ministry for sharing this stimulus cash. It very clearly contravenes the money laundering Act and we demand immediate explanation to the citizens for such action.

“We also want to make it known to the honourable minister that she broke the social distancing policy in the fight against COVID-19. It’s unfortunate to hear her try to justify the situation by saying that while those involved with the CRUDE TABLETOP MONEY SHARING maintained safe social distance, that it was onlookers who gathered to watch the SHOW that didn’t observe safe distancing.

“We ask that she immediately apologize to the public for shifting the blame. If the honourable minister and her team electronically credited everyone that needs to receive the stimulus cash as it should have been.

“If due diligence was done by the minister and her team, there won’t be any MONEY SHARING SHOW for the poor masses to crowd around, breaking safe distancing rules and exposing themselves to COVID-19 infection.

“We have cause to believe that the South East has not been adequately factored into the disbursement bracket of the ministry for this palliative.

“We demand that the minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Sadiya Umar Farouq make public the register that is being used for these disbursements so we can verify that the South East is not relegated and short-changed as we have seen severally.

“We shall continually sustain our demand through legal means until we are satisfied that there is equity in the actions of the ministry.”

- DAILY POST

8 new Coronavirus cases hit Nigeria; total now 232

Nigeria has confirmed eight new cases of Coronavirus, bringing the total national figures to 232 cases.

According to the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, five of the eight new cases were recorded in Lagos, two at the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, and one in Kaduna State.
“Eight new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Nigeria: 5 in Lagos, 2 in the FCT and 1 in Kaduna State.

“As at 09:30 pm 5th, April there are 232 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Nigeria. Thirty-three have been discharged with five deaths,” NCDC said on its twitter handle on Sunday.

The NCDC had on Sunday morning reported 10 new cases and one death, with six cases in Lagos.


- PM NEWS