Buhari, Nnamdi Kanu, Sunday igboho, other forces that’ll determine what happens next in Nigeria — Fani-Kayode

By Femi Fani-Kayode

Somebody asked me, what I felt about what’s going on in this country and how things will unfold. And whether I’m worried or not. The answer to the question is yes, I’m worried. And let me tell you what I believe is happening.

There are 4 major forces in this country today, I’ll call them 4 holes, 2 are in the S/West, one is in the East and the 4th is Buhari and he represents the North.

And the S/West, we have two holes, very powerful, aggressive, focused and very very committed holes. In the person of Gani Adams, who’s the Aare Ona Kakanfo and the other is Sunday Igboho, who by any standard is the hero of millions.

Exceptionally tough young man. Now these two forces, represent the heart, soul, mind and spirit of the Yoruba people. They cannot be stopped, they’re not politicians, they cannot be intimidated, they cannot be threatened, they’re extremely focused and both of them, if sufficiently provoked, the kind of mass following they have, their readiness to die for their cause, they’re extremely dangerous.

Indian ladies are always falling whenever I grab the mic – Rexy

Rexy Anonimouz Ewulum, Nigerian Singer

Benjamin Njoku Ewulum Ifeanyi Anthony, popularly known as Rexy Anonimouz Ewulum, might not be popular among music lovers back home, but ask some in India, if they are familiar with his name, and the response will amaze you.

Vanguard drops this lead to establish the Anambra born rap artiste, Rexy Ewulum as he finds fame and success in his music career away from home.

According to the report, Rexy is one of the African musicians making waves in the country that is known for its romantic mausoleums. The singer relocated to India in 2010, after his graduation from the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, where he studied Electronics Engineering.

Indian government reportedly sued by WhatsApp over new privacy rules

The WhatsApp logo seen displayed on a smartphone with a computer model of the COVID-19 coronavirus in the background.

WhatsApp sued the Indian government on Wednesday to stop what it said were oppressive new internet rules that would require it to make people’s messages “traceable” to outside parties for the first time, New York Times reports from San Francisco.

Tech Crunch drops the lead as ‘WhatsApp has sued the Indian government challenging the second largest internet market’s new regulations that could allow authorities to make people’s private messages “traceable,” and conduct mass surveillance.’

This story cuts across virtually all major media headlines across the globe with CNBC stating pointers as:

Joe Biden on Israel-Palestine Conflict as he Pledges Help to Rebuild Gaza

A Palestinian woman walks past a dsetroyed building in the al-Rimal commercial district in Gaza City on May 22, 2021, following a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Israeli-blockaded enclave.  (Photo by Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP)

President Joe Biden on Friday pledged to help organize efforts to rebuild Gaza and said creating a Palestinian state alongside Israel is the “only answer” to the conflict.

Biden stated that he had asked the Israelis to stop “inter-communal fighting” in the flashpoint city of Jerusalem. He however stressed “there is no shift in my commitment, commitment to the security of Israel” and added that until the region “unequivocally” acknowledges Israel’s existence “there will be no peace.”

This is coming two days after Israel-Palestine declared a ceasefire following 11-days of bloodshed, US President Joe Biden on Friday extended his support to help organize efforts to rebuild Gaza even as he insisted on a two-state solution–with a sovereign Palestinian state and Jerusalem as their shared capital with Israel–as “the only answer” to the conflict.

The idea of a two-state solution — with a sovereign Palestinian state alongside Israel and Jerusalem as their shared capital — has been the cornerstone of decades of international diplomacy aimed at ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

I had a total psychotic break and for a couple years I was not the same girl – Gaga

In this file photo taken on September 24, 2018 Singer/actress Lady Gaga attends the premiere of “A star is born” at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. (Photo by VALERIE MACON / AFP)

US singer Lady Gaga said in a documentary out Friday that she was raped by a music producer and became pregnant at age 19, an ordeal that eventually caused her to have a “total psychotic break.”, Channels report.

Stefani Germanotta, more popular by her stage name “Gaga”, the story submits that the 38-year-old New York artist had previously revealed that she was raped by an industry producer when she was starting out in the business. She said this caused post-traumatic stress disorder that she still deals with, even if she says it is now under control.

“I was 19 years old and I was working in the business and a producer said to me: ‘Take your clothes off,'” she said in the documentary “The Me You Can’t See,” which was co-created by Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry for the Apple TV+ platform.

“I said no. And I left,” Gaga recounts.

US President Joe Biden takes a test drive of Ford's new electric F-150

BAN ON OPEN GRAZING: Malami and the Southern governors

From Left: Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo; Dapo Abiodun of Ogun, Akwa Ibom Deputy Governor, Moses Ekpo; Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra, Douye Diri of Bayelsa, Ebonyi’s David Umahi, Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti, Chairman, Southern Governors Forum and Governor of Ondo, Rotimi Akeredolu; Senator Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta, Nyesom Wike of Rivers, Babajide Sanwolu of Lagos, Enugu State’s Ifeanyi Ugwanyi, Imo Deputy Governor, Placid Njoku; Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde and Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia in a photograph after Southern Governors meeting at Government House, Asaba

The Anti-Corruption and Research Based Data Initiative (ARDI), on Saturday, said the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN)’s expression on open grazing was simply aimed at depicting freedom, rights and ownership and not indirectly targeted at any ethnic group, Nigerian Tribune reports.

Abubakar Malami (SAN), Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice

A few days ago the Vanguard reported that “the Chairman of the South West Governors Forum, Rotimi Akeredolu, has lambasted the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami on his position that the ban on open grazing by southern governors was akin to banning all spare parts trading in the North. Akeredolu in a statement personally signed by him on behalf of the southern governors in Akure, Ondo State said “lt is most unfortunate that the AGF is unable to distill issues as expected of a Senior Advocate.He declared that ‘the ban open grazing was irreversible and will be enforced’.

The report actually came with the following pointers from Ondo State Governor’s statement

… Ban irreversible and will be enforced

… lts unfortunate Malami unable to distil issues as expected of a Senior Advocate

… Comparing ban on open grazing with spare parts ban is annoying, betrays a terrible mind set

LUX TERRA MARKS WORLD DIALOGUE DAY WITH A TOWN HALL MEETING

The Network and Advocacy Group of Lux Terra Leadership Foundation organised a Town Hall Meeting to celebrate the 2021 World Dialogue Day, known more fully as "World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development," with the theme: NATIONAL INTEGRATION AND THE IMPERATIVE OF DIALOGUE, on Friday May 21, 2021.

The Executive Director, Lux Terra Leadership Foundation, Fr George Ehusani, who was one of the panellists, said the importance of this for Nigerians cannot be overemphasized, as it provides an opportunity for citizens to deepen their understanding of the importance of dialogue as an ongoing engagement in a culturally, religiously and politically diverse society such as our own, and at such a crisis moment as we are presently going through.

He said there is the need to listen to each other, and to genuinely seek to understand each other’s feelings and perspectives; and where there are serious differences of opinion, to respect the right of the other person or group to express such opinions.

Nigerians Are Not Required To Submit IMEIs – NCC

Nigerians are not required to submit the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) of their phones from July contrary to earlier media reports.

This is according to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) which debunked earlier reports suggesting that the masses would have to submit their IMEIs to the Federal Government.

According to NCC spokesperson Ikechukwu Adinde via a statement issued on Friday, the commission is in the process of deploying a Device Management System.

“At no time did the commission issue a statement regarding the registration of IMEI by subscribers and it has no plans to do so,” he said. “The reports in question have emanated from a section of the Revised National Identity Policy for SIM Card Registration recently launched by President Muhammadu Buhari and which has been uploaded on the commission’s website.

MUST YOU START A CHURCH? - Mike

From the IG Desk of Evangelist Mike Bamiloye

Must You Start A Church?

Because you are gifted to Speak, and you are in control of the Youths in your local assembly;

Does that Mean You are Anointed to Start a Church?

 

Because you are respected by a large members of the congregation, and you are trusted by the Pastor to handle Counseling Sessions for a lot of members of the Church, you are now very close to them and you know the houses of many of them,

Must You Start a Church because of that?

 

And You Dear Brother,

Because you were the President of the Campus Fellowship

Highly Respected on Campus,

Having a lot of brothers serving you and carrying your Bibles,

Sisters taking care of you in Shift-duties,

Cooking your food and Laundrying your clothes,

Because you were their "Papa".

95-year-old West Virginia man is the oldest organ donor in US history – CORE

According to the Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE), Cecil Lockhart, a 95-year-old man from West Virginia just made history as the oldest organ donor in US history.

With great pride, we share that CORE recently recovered the liver from the oldest recorded organ donor in US history, confirmed by @UNOSNews — 95-year-old Cecil F. Lockhart of Welch, WV. Read more about this historic milestone: https://t.co/WRebw6bOSE #OlderAmericansMonth pic.twitter.com/H6kyBQPsJh

— CORE (@COREDonateLife) May 10, 2021

Cecil died on May 4. A woman in her 60s received the 95-year-old man's liver after his death, the Center for Organ Recovery & Education said in a news release.

"Anything he could do to help people he did”, said Bill Davis, Lockhart's son-in-law. “And this is just a way he's continuing to help people after his time on Earth is finished.

According to the United Network for Organ Sharing, the previous record for the nation’s oldest donor was 93 years old, CNN reported.

“CORE is incredibly proud to have been able to make this historic organ donation possible,” Susan Stuart, CORE President and CEO, submitted in the release. “This landmark in the field of transplantation is just another example of CORE’s pioneering legacy and commitment to innovation, which, over the last 40 years, has given 6,000 people in the United States the opportunity to save more than 15,000 others as organ donors.”

We have to make our healthcare work for all of us - Obaseki

After receiving an abridged report of the review of recommendations on the state’s healthcare sector reforms from my Health Advisory Team, I reassured that my administration will continue to prioritize the health of all Edo people, ensuring the provision of quality health care services.

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State gave this statement via his official social media handle to reassure that his administration will continue to prioritize the health and well-being of all Edo people, ensuring the provision of quality health care services.

“What the committee has done for us is very fundamental and far reaching”, the message read further. “The questions they have tried to help us answer; first, is what should be the role of government in the healthcare system?

“Secondly, Should the government be a provider of healthcare services or a regulator of people in the healthcare system, or both?

Is the King insane? - TANKO

Kai! What’s happening in this village? Is the king insane? People are leaving the village every passing day because of his authoritarian rule, because of his selfishness hunger has set in, crimes are on the increase, elders have turned beggars, and worst still he has refused the divine warnings of the gods. Now because of his inadequacies he has forced me into propaganda, forgetting that the gods always have the last laugh. But what can I do to stop this mess? I know the beginning. I know the middle, and certainly, I can feel the end already. But must the end be as disastrous as I so feel?

... TANKO