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The Onyendu Ndigbo of Ibadan and Oyo state High Chief Alloy Obi has cautioned a splinter Igbo group led by one Chief Emmanuel Nezakor to desist from making inflammatory statements that could breach the peace among Igbos in Oyo state. Chief Obi gave this warning on Wednesday in a chat with The New Federation. ''They are free to express their opinions, but they should mind their utterances. If they are dissatisfied by the judgment of the Appeal court, they know what to do, they should consult with their lawyer. They should not attempt to breach the prevailing peace in the Igbo community in Oyo state. I am not forcing them to support me. I have tried my best as a man. They should not provoke us. How can Chief Emmanuel Nzeakor say he is representing their legal team? When he is not a lawyer, in fact, it is a shame for they claim that they were not aware of the judgment date. It is in their best interest to stop making noise. However, I am happy that in their press conference, they ...

The Onyendu Ndigbo of Ibadan and Oyo state High Chief Alloy Obi has warned against the hijack of the impending nationwide protests against hunger and bad governance by criminals. Chief Obi gave this warning on Wednesday in a chat with The New Federation. ''We are in a democracy, Nigerians are free to protest. However, the security agencies should not allow criminals to hijack protests against hunger, poverty and bad governance. It is high time government at all levels cut down th costs of governance. Millions of Nigerians are finding it difficult to feed themselves, even once a day. All those in public office should sit down and find solutions to the multiple problems confronting th country. When the center is weak and all regions manage their resources, then we will get it right,'' High Chief Obi stated. Donate

The key elements of tyranny include, but are not limited to, insensitivity, brutality, random arrests, incarceration and unresolved cases of killings.  Curiously, the prohibitive price of the Premium Motor Spirit(PMS) is already having multiple negative effects on the economy, even as Nigerians persist in their daily lamentations of the unbearable hardships that have been their lot in recent times. Indeed, governance on the platform of deformed democratic institutions attracts tyranny, which is not in tandem with the wishes and expectations of Nigerians. Interestingly, the people are yet to identify any conceivable reason for the policy direction of Those-in-Charge towards the worrisome and disturbing situation that called for urgent deliverance. The cost of living is on the rise on a daily basis and Those-in-Charge continue to appeal and cajole citizens to take their sufferings as sacrifices that must be made for the anti-people policies that are ravaging the land....

Worship God through hymns of praises. You express your faith in God and His son through hymns. By singing the hymns, you bring out the thanksgiving of your heart to God for His abundant blessings on you. Hymns are reflections of your redemption and victory through Christ.   Take not to avoid : 1)Using hymns to insult people. Singing to abuse and degrade others is common place in society, most especially when there is rancor or conflict. 2)Using hymns to express non-existent feelings of the heart. 3)Using hymns hypocritically. Hymns must reflect the sincerity of your heart as a Christian, to God. Through these hymns you can be blessed abundantly by God. Learn to use the hymns as a means of comfort and hope in times of despair and as an assurance of salvation in Christ. Always sing of love, peace, joy and hope, as you strive to avoid depriving yourself of what is beneficial to all. John 4 : 23-24 23 : But the hour cometh and now is when the true worshipers shall worship the Fathe...

  Nigerian workers are increasingly giving up hopes of owning their own homes, as issues of poor salaries, unfavorable working environment and conditions linger.  Most workers have for long contended with the exploitative tendencies of house owners, who increase rents randomly. This is in addition to the soaring cost of land and building materials. Indeed, the workers have taken their destinies into their own hands when it comes to the fundamental issue of housing.  The beauty of working is to retire into one's own home, with the assistance of the government. The provision of housing loans to be paid back installmentally is desirable, but this is not the case.  Interestingly, the National Housing Fund(NHF) seems to be a method the government introduced to evade its responsibilities. The housing fund without doubt is an imposition by the Federal Government of Nigeria, in a bid to run away from its responsibilities to provide either affordable housing schemes for Niger...

Let us grow in the grace and knowledge of the word of God. Titus 2: 11-14 11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men. 12 Teaching us that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously and Godly in this present world. 13  Looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ. 14 Who gave Himself for us that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. Hold on to the teaching and commandment of God. When you embrace the gospel of Jesus Christ, then you are already with the Power of God unto Salvation. It is mandatory that you grow in the grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ, so as to be able to ward off false doctrines. You can only grow in the grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ, when you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour. The word Christian means people who believe in Jesus Christ as thei...

  Donate Lawlessness is now the way of life in Nigeria, due to the lingering poverty and hunger in the land. A review of the economy and security architecture will unravel the untold story, only if a transparent probe is conducted in the days to come. A number of the crises in the last eight years have generated revenue for a few pockets, with millions of Nigerians always contending with the sufferings and hardships during such crises. Indeed, the interests of Nigerians have been undermined or destabilized based on ethnic, religious and gender considerations. Sadly, the political leaders in the states, have failed to convincingly ensure a conducive environment, but are in the nick of time, seeking direct investment. Investors can only develop confidence in the economy when there is regular electricity supply, free flow of potable water, good and motorable roads, security of lives and property, skilled and trained power and favorable incentives for startups.

Let us pray ceaselessly for those involved in a quiet conspiracy in the offices of dictatorships and the Ministers of state who scheme and cheat with their plotting hearts hot as oven.  Hosea 7:1-7 Donate When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in,  and  the troop of robbers spoileth without. 2 And they consider not in their hearts  that  I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face. 3 They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies. 4 They  are  all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker,  who  ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened. 5 In the day of our king the princes have made  him  sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners. 6 For they have made ready their he...

The disobedience of the National Industrial Court's(NIC) judgment reinstating Comrade Bola Audu as the president of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeri9a(ASCSN) by men and offices of the Nigeria Police Force is a reflection of the lawlessness and indiscipline pervading the Nigerian society. Donate This assertion was made on Thursday by the former chairman of the Oyo state council of the Trade Union Congress(TUC), Comrade Andrew Emelieze. ''Some known persons are making use of the men and officers of the Nigeria Police Force to encourage lawlessness and indiscipline. There is an NIC judgment reinstating Comrade Bola Audu as the President of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, but these persons in connivance and conspiracy with the police denied the reinstated president access into the union's secretariat in Abuja, despite the fact that the industrial court's judgment was presented. This is a fall out of the lawlessness and indiscipli...

  The Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria(MHWUN) in Oyo state decided to defer its strike action due to the intervention of the state chairman of the Nigeria Labor Congress(NLC), Comrade Kayode Martins and the Special Adviser on Labor Matters to the state Governor, Comrade Titilola Sodo. Donate This disclosure was made on Thursday by the secretary of the union, Comrade Suraju Alabi. ''We were persuaded not to resume the strike action by the NLC chairman, Comrade Kayode Martins and the S.A Labor, Comrade Titltlola Sodo. They appealed to us to be patient, explaining that a committee had been set up by the state government to look into our demands and the committee's report would soon be out. So, let us give them the benefit of the doubt. However, our members were not moved by the promise that the report would be favorable, so, we are patiently waiting for the report,'' Comrade Alabi stated.

The Association of Water Well Drilling Rig Owners & Practitioners(AWDROP) mini-congress decided to dissolve its executive as a result of its 11 years in the saddle without elections. Donate This disclosure was made on Thursday in a chat with New-Federation, by its spokesman, Mr. Richard Adeyinka. ''The mini-congress decided to dissolve the executive because elections have not been conducted in the past 11 years.  The dissolution was made at the association's mini-congress, presided over by the National Vice President Engr. Dayo Opeyemi who represented the President, who was unavoidably absent. A three-man caretaker committee was set up to run the affairs of the association and, in addition to that, an electoral committee to oversee the conduct of elections for the available executive positions. Both committees were given three months to conclude their assignments. Members of the three-man care taker committee are the Chairman, Alhaji Umar Isa, Secretary, Muhammad Otok...

Nigerians must register their displeasure over bad governance, hunger and poverty in the land. This assertion was made by a former chairman of the Oyo state council of the Trade Union Congress(TUC), Comrade Andrew Emelieze. ''Nigerians have the right to show their displeasure over bad governance, the pervasive hunger and poverty in the land. The hardships being experienced by millions of Nigerians have defied all solutions by the present administration's policies,'' Comrade Emelieze lamented.

Members of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria(ASCSN) have called on the National Industrial Court(NIC) reinstated President, Comrade Bola Audu, to embark on transformational reforms to salvage distraught members of the association. This call was made by a former chairman of the ASCSN in Oyo state, who is also a former chairman of the Trade Union Congress(TUC) in the state, Comrade Andrew Emelieze. ''We call on the reinstated president of the association to go on and carry out reforms that will transform the association to meet the needs of the suffering members of the association. It is a thing of joy that justice has been served and illegality has been shown the way out of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, '' Comrade Emelieze stated.

Donate Let us pray to God to give us broken and contrite hearts that will be acceptable to His holy justice.  Hosea 6:1-11 1        Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. 2 After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. 3 Then shall we know,  if  we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter  and  former rain unto the earth. 4 O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness  is  as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. 5 Therefore have I hewed  them  by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments  are as  the light  that  goeth forth. 6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge...

Donate A good government ought to be able to muster enough strength to enforce obedience, in addition to carrying out the duties of governance efficiently. Justice, perhaps, will flourish when the people who are expected to obey the laws express their opinions on these laws. A rule of good government, revolves around the fact that the state, nobody else, should be equipped to secure obedience and conformity. In 1934, Austria was plunged into civil war, partly by the failure of its government to prevent political parties from recruiting armies. Political parties are already recruiting non-state actors. The prosperity of this country is under the overbearing influence of its natural resources, the politics of its neighbors and the conduct of those in government. Take note that the goodness of a government depends on its fitness to solve the myriad of problems confronting it. Sadly, those in government have set their personal interests against and above those of the people, shown...

The pursuit of evil alienates us from God. In addition, the worship of false gods of money, power, lust and violence dulls our hearing and clouds our vision, to the extent that we no more hear or see God.  Donate   Hosea 5:4-15 They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms  is  in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD. 5 And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them. 6 They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find  him ; he hath withdrawn himself from them. 7 They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions. 8 Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah,  and  the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud  at  Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin. 9 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebu...

The action and inaction of state governors in Nigeria have for long been trailed by a plethora of promises. Even though a number of them are not foundation members of the parties in question, they were given the opportunity to ascend the exalted position. Donate Sadly, they have destroyed these political parties. The results of the ward, Local Government and State Primaries were manipulated to satisfy the self-centered interests of these State Governors. Interestingly, consensus has replaced election, to the chagrin of the people. This abnormality revolves around greed. Indeed, in the present time, the party leadership is now vested in the affected state Governors while the party Chairmen have since become ceremonial heads. These state governors are now in full control of the structures at the national, state, local government and ward levels. Most of the political parties have been decapitated, while delegates who elected candidates for various political offices were strictly the choi...

Donate Our bodies are miracles of God's creation, the temple of His spirit and the work of His hands. God made us body, mind and spirit.  Hosea 4:11 5:1-3 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart. 12 My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused  them  to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God. 13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof  is  good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery. 14 I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people  that  doth not understand shall fall. 15 Though thou, Israel, play the harlot,  yet  let not Judah offend; and come no...

Nigeria's chronic budget deficit has brought about an unhindered increase in the national debt. Indeed, the multiple taxation by the government at all levels may now be too embarrassing for an economy that majorly revolves around the motive of personal gain. Without doubt, the redistribution of disposable income from the well-to-do to the indigent would increase the average propensity to consume, since the marginal propensity of the indigent to consume is higher than that of the well-to-do. Sadly, this approach is not in the thoughts of the government, although the budget deficit may have stimulated private investments. The government ought to cut down on expenditure on political office holders. However, in view of the fact that the economy is ailing, the government at all levels must be decisive and proactive in interventions in health, transport, electricity, unemployment, hunger and poverty. Of course, the protection of sectors such as education, health and agriculture which hav...

God is ignored, persecution takes the place of justice, lying and perjury in place of the truth, adultery in place of fidelity and violence in place of kindness. These are all attributes of a troubled nation. Let us pray to the Lord to take pity on us and give us leaders of integrity, priests of holiness and open our closed and greedy hearts to the redeeming power of His word. Hosea 4:1-10 1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because  there is  no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. 2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood. 3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away. 4 Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people  are  as they th...