Today's Headlines: Subsidy removal: Kill corruption, not Nigerians, Bakare tells Tinubu; Deeper Life marks 50th anniversary
Subsidy removal: Kill corruption, not Nigerians, Bakare tells Tinubu
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LAGOS——SENIOR Pastor of the Citadel Global Community Church, formerly known as the Latter Rain Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, yesterday, declared that he was not against the removal of the fuel subsidy but the corruption in the system.
While he noted that fuel subsidy removal and its harsh economic impact was taking a toll on Nigerians, Bakare urged President Bola Tinubu to kill corruption and not Nigerians.
The firy televangelist also tasked Tinubu to “mount a genuine fight against corruption, rise above vendetta, foster reconciliation, and give every Nigerian a reason to believe in a united country.
The cleric, who spoke on State of the Nation broadcast, theme ‘’Vice, virtue and time: The three things that shall never stand still’’, held at the church auditorium, located on Kuditat Abiola way, Ikeja in Lagos, also faulted the proposed military intervention in the Niger Republic by ECOWAS.
Speaking on the harsh economy in the country, he said: “What is further clear concerning our domestic challenges is that by imposing hardship on Nigerians without going after those corrupt individuals, corporations and government officials, who have plundered Nigeria over the years in the name of subsidy, the president has picked the wrong fight.
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Deeper Life marks 50th anniversary.
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The Deeper Christian Life Ministry, founded by Pastor Williams Kumuyi on August 3, 1973, celebrated its 50th anniversary on Sunday with a global service at its headquarters in Gbagada, Lagos.
During the global 50th anniversary celebration service, emphasis was laid on how the denomination, which started in 1973 with a bible study of 15 members at Kumuyi’s official residence in Flat 2, Faculty of Education Campus, University of Lagos, Akoka, Yaba, Lagos has risen to about 5.3 million people across 150 countries.
In his anniversary message, titled ‘Marching Forward with Fresh Vision into the Future Destiny’, Kumuyi said, “50 years have come and gone and there’s a new start, a new platform to rise higher and go beyond everything we have ever done. We come with a new heart, new devotion, new consecration, and new demonstration of deeper love for Christ in Jesus name.”
Niger Coup: Obi Urges ECOWAS To Focus On Diplomatic Solution
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The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25, 2023 election, Peter Obi, urged the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) to place more importance on diplomatic solution above every other crisis resolution option available.
He stated this while reacting to the raging standoff between ECOWAS and Niger Republic over the July 26, 2023, military coup in that neighboring country.
In a series of tweets from his official handle yesterday, Obi said “The recent developments in neighboring Niger Republic have become the subject of international attention and Nigeria a matter of dire and urgent national interest and security.
“Inevitably, Niger is a hot button issue for ECOWAS, as well as various international interlocutors.”
But regardless of the positions taken by various parties that have direct or tangential interests in Niger, Obi advised that “primacy must be given to dialogue and diplomacy towards a resolution with minimal disruptive impact on Nigeria and the West African sub-region, and must take into consideration the realpolitik of the West African subregion.”
Ousted President Will Be Prosecuted For Treason- Niger Junta
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The Niger junta has said it will prosecute ousted President Mohamed Bazoum for high treason over his exchanges with foreign heads of state and international organisations.
According to Reuters, Junta spokesperson Colonel Amadou Abdramane said in a statement read out on state TV late on Sunday that the military authorities had “gathered the necessary evidence to prosecute the ousted president for high treason and undermining the internal and external security of Niger.”
West African leaders on August 10 ramped up the rhetoric against Niger’s coup leaders, ordering the deployment of a regional standby force to restore democracy in the coup-hit country.
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