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BREAKING: Pastor Taiwo Odukoya, Senior Pastor of Fountain of Life Church, Is Dead

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The Senior Pastor of Fountain of Life Church, Pastor Taiwo Odukoya, is dead.

His demise was confirmed via the officially Facebook page of the church.

He was said to have died on Monday, August 7, in the United States of America (USA).

His first wife, Pastor Bimbo Odukoya, was among the passengers who boarded the ill-fated Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 going to Port Harcourt from Abuja in 2005.

The plane was involved in a crash while landing at Port Harcourt International Airport on December 10th. Although the female cleric survived the initial impact, she died from injuries on December 11, 2005.

He later married another woman, who died in November 2021 after battling with cancer.

May his soul rest in peace.

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Afe Babalola: Sowore Berates Peter Obi For Seeking Forgiveness For Farotimi

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The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 general election, Omoyele Sowore, has criticised former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, for visiting renowned legal icon Chief Afe Babalola to discuss ongoing legal cases involving activist lawyer, Dele Farotimi.

Obi, accompanied by the Labour Party candidate in the 2024 Ondo State governorship election, Sola Ebiseni, visited Babalola in his Ado-Ekiti office on Monday to appeal to the Senior Advocate of Nigeria regarding the matter of Farotimi.

During the two-hour meeting, the LP presidential candidate sought forgiveness for Farotimi and urged the elder statesman to drop the ongoing court cases.

Farotimi faces criminal defamation and cybercrime charges in an Ekiti State Magistrates’ Court and the Federal High Court in Ado-Ekiti. The defamation charge arises from allegations in Farotimi’s book, Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System, which accuses Babalola of influencing Supreme Court judges.

While the Magistrates’ Court had earlier remanded Farotimi and adjourned the case until today, the Federal High Court in Ado-Ekiti granted him bail on Monday in the sum of N50m.

In response to the development, Sowore, in a post on his X handle on Tuesday, condemned Obi for visiting Babalola to seek forgiveness for Farotimi.

The AAC presidential candidate, who had called for protests today in Ekiti, Lagos, Abuja, and London against the Nigerian police and judiciary over the handling of the case, said Obi’s actions had dealt a devastating blow to the struggle to root out alleged corruption in the nation’s judicial system.

“I condemn those who went to ‘beg’ Chief Afe Babalola today over the unjust detention and persecution of @Dele Farotimi; the delegation led by @PeterObi did colossal injustice to the struggle to drain the swamp of judicial criminality in our country.

“Obi’s action is like forcing Rosa Parks to return to the back of the bus of racial injustice during the civil rights era in the US! The struggle continues,” the tweet reads.

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“You Can Change Your Name” — VP Shettima Tackles Kemi Badenoch For ‘Denigrating’ Nigeria

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Vice-President Kashim Shettima has responded to Kemi Badenoch, leader of the UK’s Conservative Party, over her comments about Nigeria.

Badenoch, born in the UK in 1980 to Nigerian Yoruba parents, returned to Nigeria as a child, where she grew up before returning to the UK at the age of 16. Prior to her election as leader of the Tories, Badenoch described Nigeria as a socialist nation filled with corrupt politicians and plagued by insecurity.

“This is my country. I don’t want it to become like the place I ran away from,” she said.

“I grew up in Nigeria and I saw first hand what happens when politicians are in it for themselves, when they use public money as their private piggy banks, when they pollute the whole political atmosphere with their failure to serve others.”

“I saw what socialism is for millions. I saw poverty and broken dreams. I came to Britain to make my way in a country where hard work and honest endeavour can take you anywhere.”

Badenoch also shared her experience of growing up in Nigeria, stating that she “grew up in a place where fear was everywhere. You cannot understand it unless you’ve lived it. Triple checking that all the doors and windows are locked, waking up in the night at every sound, listening as you hear your neighbours scream as they are being burgled and beaten, wondering if your home would be next.”

  • ‘NIGERIA IS THE GREATEST BLACK NATION ON EARTH’

Speaking at the 10th Annual Migration Dialogue at the State House in Abuja on Monday, Shettima addressed Badenoch’s comments, stating that “migrants are the source of lives in all societies.”

“Rishi Sunak, the former British Prime Minister, originally from India, a very brilliant young man… he never denigrated his nation of ancestry nor poured venom on India,” the vice-president added.

“Kemi Badenoch, the leader of the British Labour or Conservative Party. We are proud of her in spite of her efforts at denigrating her nation of origin.”

“She is entitled to her own opinions; she has even every right to remove the Kemi from her name but that does not underscore the fact that the greatest black nation on earth is the nation called Nigeria.”

“One out of every three, four black men is a Nigerian and by 2050, Nigeria will surpass the United States, will be the third most populous nation on earth.”

Badenoch, 44, who previously served as shadow business and trade secretary, is known for her hardline stance on immigration and her views on Britain’s colonial past.

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Oluyede Vows To Eradicate Lakurawa Terrorists, Says “They’ll Be A Thing Of The Past”

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Olufemi Oluyede, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), has stated that the Nigerian Army is determined to bring an end to the reign of the Lakurawa terrorist group.

The group became notorious after launching a series of brutal attacks on communities in the north-west.

Recently, the group attacked Mera village in Kebbi State, killing over 15 people and injuring many others.

Speaking to State House correspondents in Abuja on Monday, Oluyede emphasized that the army is intensifying efforts against the terrorist group, pushing its members to flee to neighboring countries.

He noted the importance of collaboration with countries like the Niger Republic and Chad to eliminate the group’s activities.

“We are hitting them hard at the Nigerian end. Once you hit them hard here, they will flee to the Niger Republic,” the army chief said.

“Now that Niger is coming on board, it means very soon Lakurawa will be a thing of the past.”

He also highlighted the significance of the joint border patrols, initiated on December 8, in restricting the movement of the terrorists. The army plans to deploy additional personnel to affected areas, including Sokoto and Kebbi states.

Oluyede also addressed how some community members were driven to join the terrorist group out of desperation, explaining that “they lured locals with financial incentives and agricultural support.”

“I actually visited two formations, that is, the one in the north-west; A division, and the theatre operations in the north-east,” he said.

“Basically, I was there to speak with my officers and soldiers and to make them realize that there is a need to end all forms of insecurity in Nigeria.”

“And I made bold to tell them that I want things done differently and I expect better results going forward.”

The COAS assured that the army will deliver results that will contribute to a safer and better Nigeria.

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