Quitters don’t win, says Omoragbon as Federal Court of Appeal hears NCP case against Justice Limam’s Ruling

Hearing on the appeal made by the National Conscience Party (NCP) challenging the ruling of Justice Limam of the Federal High Court has been slated for Thursday 11^th of July, 2024. 

In a press statement, Pastor Peters Omoragbon, the Deputy National Chairman, South-South of NCP while making this public added that the case will be heard at the Federal Court of Appeal sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos State on Thursday.

The matter which is between the National Conscience Party and the Attorney General of the Federation in suit Ca/L/880/22, is challenging what the party called illegal de-registration of the party by INEC.

Omoragbon who said Quitters don’t win maintained that the members of the party would remain resolute until victory is achieved. “Quitters don’t win. We have remained resolute to date until we get Justice over the Illegality of INEC to deregister the National Conscience Party.”

He said, “Fellow comrades I am pleased to inform you all that our Appeal against the Justice Limam ruling comes up this coming Thursday at Court One at the Federal Court of Appeal.

He called on all lovers of democracy to attend the hearing which is slated for 9 am. “We invite all lovers of democracy to be in attendance in droves.”

 

Senator Oluremi Tinubu: An unsung heroine of PBAT Administration---Umenzekwe

Hon (Chief) Modestus Umenzekwe, a Chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in this interview in Lagos, took time to x-ray the contributions of Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, to the stability and sustenance of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Administration and passed the verdict that she is the unsung heroine of the administration. Excerpt:

Is it right for some Nigerians to mock Chief Rotimi Amaechi, former Governor of Rivers State and Immediate Past Honourable Minister of Transport, for sitting at the airport waiting for commercial flight, saying he was not able to charter aircraft again, why should they mock him?

Let me ask you; is it a crime to wait for commercial flight?

It is nonsensical, very very nonsensical. You see the paraphernalia of office is a different thing when you are out of office; that is exactly what is going on, it is normal. Okay. Queen Elizabeth died, when she was about to be buried, the Bishop said now remove all the paraphernalia of office and let us bury our sister, Elizabeth as a simple Christian. So why mocking him, to me it's neither here nor there. There is no reason they should mock him. Like you asked, where is he going to get the money to charter flight? Was he in a haste? Was he on official assignment? He is now a freeman working on the street like every other citizen, official protocol is totally different, after all today, Buhari is in Daura, without those official protocol; when Tinubu leaves, the same thing, yes, I don't know why people should make noise about Amaechi sitting in the airport premises.

Over the weekend the news made the rounds that the former vice president and presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, paid a courtesy call to the former president, Muhammadu Buhari, and you know such well-advertised visits do not take place for nothing, don't we have all the rights to apply political interpretation in this visit, do you think Atiku Abubarkar is planning to rejoin APC?

I neither discussed with Atiku nor the former President, Muhammadu Buhari, I can't give you any cogent answer. I don't know what was in Atiku's mind. Whether he went at the invitation of Buhari or on his own volition, I don't know. But then we must eschew bitterness in politics, after all Buhari is a northerner, Atiku is a northerner, and they are Nigerians, nothing stops two Nigerians from meeting, this is the way I look at it, if there is any other political undertone, I don't know. I do not see it as a serious issue.

The other day I read in the papers that the former President, Olusegun Obasanjo visited the first lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, what is bad about it? Having different political inclination should not bring enmity, that is the way I look at all these things, so whether Atiku has any political motive for visiting Buhari I don't know because I can't speak for him.

We are jittery because Atiku is known to change party, 2027 is approaching...

Well, well he has the right to change party, it is within his right to change party.

2027, whether we like it or not, is approaching and so fast too, one year in the life of the present administration is gone, what are the chances of APC in 2027 General Election?

Before 2015 I granted an interview and said APC will spring surprises, and they sprang surprises, they also did it again in 2023, in 2027 they will still spring surprises. And I have said it time without number, before we can change these things, and draw conclusions, APC will rule 16 years that PDP ruled. It is as simple as that. In as much as we have not started talking about 2027, when that time comes we will be able to compare, we are just 9 years, it still remains 7 years.

There was a particular news item that some lawmakers are signing for the release of Nnamdi Kanu, your take

As for Nnamdi Kanu, I have said it time without number, whether some lawmakers are signing or not, I have appealed to the federal government, I am an Igbo man, that Nnamdi Kanu is our son, all these court cases will not help out, let him be released using political approach, then we will take him home as our son, we will discuss with him, we now know where he has misfired and correct it, where he has got it right we support him.  My position is whether signing or not let the federal government use political approach and release him.

The current First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, appears to have a very unique way of carrying out the First lady office, what is your impression?

Yes, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, I think she is so methodical in her approach to issues. I see her as a very simple and unassuming woman who is focused and well-educated for her responsibilities. I see humility in her, judging from her outlook, her dressing and her public outings; she appears very natural, in complexion and in dressings. These attributes are very commendable.

During her days in the senate more especially the 8th and 9th assemblies, she was able to prove her worth, she sponsored so many bills and was able to weather the storm in those days.

Her bill to give Lagos State a special status in the budget which I have commented on for two or three times, even though the bill didn't pass through the approval of the senate.

Since she became the first lady, I can say that she is doing very well with her Renewed Hope initiative, making sure that the 35% appointive positions for the women is maintained and working side by side with the husband to make sure that the country is moving on the right track despite the fact that there is hardship as a result of accumulated decades of economic decay inherited that was not caused by this administration.

She is a pastor as I heard and the husband is a Moslem, and there is relative peace in the house, I have never heard that the Bible and the Quran are quarrelling in her household. When she made a statement during the campaign days that they are not coming to loot the treasury, oppositions, saw her statement as bragging or whatever. But what she was saying in essence is that they applied for the job and they are ready to do the work because naturally they have been blessed with economic wealth, so the opposition misinterpreted the first lady but that did not deter her because she made a very factual statement. You know in this country when you make a factual statement, you will be criticized, when you tell lies, you will be criticized, everything is politics. Even when you say good morning to your fellow human being, it is politics, everything is given political interpretation, and the woman made a very factual statement. Even though I am not in the family pocket, I believe that economically Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his family are very comfortable. Therefore they came to serve and not to loot the treasury, and may God help them to reposition this country for better.

Are you saying in essence that the current First Lady is remarkably different from the other past ladies that we have had in this country?

I didn't say so, but what I am saying is that the current first lady has participated in the governance of this country by virtue of being in the Senate, by virtue of, one, being the first lady of Lagos State, so she has a very great wealth of experience in governance that will help her husband in repositioning this country for better.

The past First Ladies, they all have their own attributes, until we have a flashback of those first ladies and their roles I will not be able to talk about them. But it suffices to say that the current first lady is a special gift to this country.

Remember that Senator Oluremi Tinubu proposed a bill to reform the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOS) to make it a more viable entity. She also received the award for the most impactful female senator at the Guardian–organised international women’s Day Summit 2021. She is an Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON).

As the First Lady of Lagos State, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, a forthright role model who has made tremendous impact in the lives of several people and institutions within and outside Nigeria, was described as an exemplary First Lady. She founded the New Era Foundation, a non-profit organisation, dedicated to youth development, girl-child education, women empowerment and inspiring young persons to excellence.

Her other achievements include the Annual Spelling Bee Competition to raise educational standards,   annual One-Day Governor programme, which has produced many first class university graduates, alternative High School for Girls to help young ladies who dropped out of school due to early pregnancy, to complete their high school education, endowment funds in four universities.

Others are: Science Block at Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, considerable donation towards the building of the National Sickle Cell Centre and donation of her entire 50th birthday monetary gifts to social causes.

As a senator, she hosted a quarterly Town Hall Meeting with her constituents; she sponsored three bills to provide social security for elderly citizens; seek the amendment of the Labour Act to enhance employment opportunities for women, and a bill to provide special economic assistance to Lagos State in view of its status as a former capital city and the commercial capital of Nigeria.

She embarked on Post-Secondary School Scholarship Scheme [PSSS] –Annual disbursement of N100, 000 to 26 beneficiaries for four years, and 624 students of tertiary institutions receive N10, 000 as book bursaries. Petty Traders’ Empowerment Capital Scheme: Provided grants to help 650 beneficiaries within her constituency to re-capitalize their businesses.

She provided maintenance grants to alleviate the plight of the elderly through the Elderly Citizen Assistance Scheme.

She ensured the sponsorship of Youth Empowerment and Skills Acquisition Scheme (YESAS) to enable more youth in her constituency to become economically productive and self-employed.

Senator Oluremi Tinubu’s Good Boys and Girls’ Empowerment Scheme (GBGES) took off young people from the streets and turned them into economically productive, self-reliant individuals; she distributed free GCE forms; Widows’ Economic Empowerment Scheme (WEES) to help 650 widows finance their business.

It is everywhere, in the public space that as a Senator, this passionate educationist helped secure from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFUND, funding for various institutions, such as N160 million Special Intervention Fund for the development of Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, N109 million Special Intervention Fund to enable the Sir Michael Otedola College of Primary Education, MOCPED, construct its school of Primary and Early Child Care Education; N108 million Special Intervention Fund to support the Lagos State University, LASU, in addressing some needs in the area of teaching and learning facilities, another sum of N41.6 million Special Intervention Fund from TETFUND to enable the Michael Otedola College of Primary Education, MOCPED, procure a power generating set, computers, multi-media kits and other e-Library materials.

You always advise our people, you can do so now
My advice is that, both myself, yourself, president, governors, members of the national assembly, the general public, let us be prayerful, and look on to God and also try to show changes wherever we feel we are getting it wrong, right from our families to the seat of power; then let us criticise constructively. You see, when you come out and be talking with a mindset, you are bound to make mistakes and let us at all times protect the image of this country. We don't have any other country, I can say you, Mr Uche, as president, you did this or you did that, but it is wrong to say Uche family you are stupid. That is what I don't like in our politics, when you go out and you keep running Nigeria down and you are a Nigerian, and you come back to Nigeria, I don't see any sense in it. So let us at all times try to protect the image of this country. Then criticize the person directly in charge of that particular assignment, not even talking at that person, but talk to him in order to have a change because nobody is Mr. know all. That is my advice.

 

Rishi ignoring Primate Ayodele's warnings leads to party's defeat in UK

On the 9th of December, 2023, Primate Elijah Ayodele, Founder of the ENRI Evangelical Spiritual Church prophesied that the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Rishi Sunak would be defeated in the just concluded election in the country.

He warned that the people were not happy with his policies and that any attempt to ignore his warnings would result in the party's collosal defeat at the poll.

"In UK there will be a serious criticisms against the prime minister, Rishi, and the opposition will like to bring him down at all cost.

"Rishi time is up, because in the coming election, he will face disappointment, the party, the Conservative, will not get enough seats, or votes because of Rishi unpalatable policies, diplomatic policy, immigration policy, which people will not support or vote for. Rishi's party will not make any headway in the coming election, I mean the local election in the UK, just watch out," the servant of the Most High God Prophesied in 2023.

The Conservative Party in the UK was roundly defeated by the Labour Party in the result announced today.

UK Labour Party candidate, Starmer was declared winner and Sunak has accepted defeat.

WTN @ 30: Primate Ayodele’s difficult journey of devotion, commitment, consecration

By Osho Oluwatosin, Lagos:

In a few days from now, Primate Elijah Ayodele, the Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, will be launching the 30th edition of his annual prophecy book titled Warnings To The Nations and personally, it’s been moments of ecstasy and reflection for some days now on account of how it’s been possible for this enigmatic prophet to have embarked on this difficult journey in 1994, before many were born, and till now, has remained in it without missing a year.

I can recollect that the first edition of ‘Warnings To The Nations’ was a small pamphlet that didn’t exceed 100 pages or less but over the years, Primate Ayodele improved greatly on this publication and increased the pages of this prophetic book to over 400 and more.

Many may not understand the meaning of documenting ‘Warnings To The Nations’ across the world for thirty years because to some, it’s like a literature book anyone can do as long as they have the resources and content to publish but having this thought about ‘Warnings To The Nations’ would be a big mistake. A literature book can be done by drawing inspiration from history, thought processes, current happenings, life stories, politics, governance, etc but WTN is not anywhere close to a literature or story book, it’s basically a book that clearly foretells the future of nations, presidents, individuals, sectors, organizations, states, local governments, policies, politicians, and the texts are never drawn from past events, current events, imaginations, predictions because it’s strictly a clear representation of what is to come, inspired not by flesh and blood but the spirit.

Obviously, a book that contains prophecies about 196 countries in the world including their presidents, all 36 governors in Nigeria, 774 local governments in Nigeria, hundreds of corporations, notable personalities around the world, etc CANNOT be inspired by mere flesh or the physical because it doesn’t even sound ordinary. Beyond releasing these prophecies, they all come to pass exactly how they were presented in the publication, underscoring the spiritual nature of ‘Warnings To The Nations’. In 2020, Primate Ayodele released to the public a compendium of 5,000 fulfilled prophecies that were derived from WTN, many of the notable happenings around the world are things that were already written in the past editions of WTN, and how can we explain this in physical terms? It’s vividly too mysterious for the human mind to comprehend.

The process of producing just one edition of a publication like ‘Warnings To The Nations’ is rigorous, difficult, and not so pleasant as it requires continuous and serious spiritual exercises. For anyone to receive from the spirit of God, you definitely need to be spiritually sharpened and be in that sensitive position to know when God is speaking. For instance, Moses spent 40 days and night on Mount Sinai just to receive the 10 commandments (Exodus 19), there are several references in the bible about Prophets that spent days on the mountain, consecrating themselves to be able to receive from God, how much more a prophetic publication that is produced annually.

Based on information that I am privy to, Primate Ayodele dedicates nothing less than four months to prepare for Warnings To The Nations every year. There are other things Primate Ayodele prepares for spiritually but for WTN, he begins fasting from the month of March to June and this means throughout the period of fasting, He would not see anyone, will not attend any outing no matter how important, he won’t use be able to cut his hair, He won’t be able to eat nutritious food; In other words, he denies himself of pleasures, nutrition, relationship with friends and family, meetings, etc. in order to accurately receive from the throne of God. Apparently, this means that for thirty years, Primate Ayodele has been denying himself of these pleasures every year for Warnings To The Nations.

Meanwhile, Warnings To The Nations is just one aspect of Primate Ayodele’s prophetic ministry, there are other things he does within the ministry which includes New year prophecies every December which also requires spiritual preparation, his church’s annual fasting and prayer convention which always begin from December to February annually, observing Lent period which is basically about fasting every year from March to April, and many more. By calculation, Primate Ayodele actually spends major parts of the year fasting and staying with God on the mountain for the benefit of mankind and this explains why his prophecies exploit beyond the shores of Nigeria.

On a lighter mode, this ‘spiritual’ lifestyle has greatly influenced the physical lifestyle of Primate Ayodele, maybe that’s why he never attends events, rarely travels or leaves the confinement of his church’s office, and prefers to receive visitors than visiting people apart of his church members occasionally because most of the time, He is on a spiritual journey.

Thirty years of ‘Warnings To The Nations’ has been more of a spiritual journey for Primate Ayodele and indeed, it has been remarkable due to the unbelievable but confirmed fulfilled prophecies that have emanated from WTN since 1994.

Of course, it’s impossible for this publication to have continued for three decades without its own numerous challenges but the resilience, dedication and commitment behind ‘Warnings To The Nations’ could have only kept it going. In thirty years, we have seen other men of God produce a similar prophecy book but a larger percentage of them have either stopped or not been consistent with it any longer because of the spiritual and physical resources that are involved.

Indeed, Primate Ayodele deserves some accolades for ensuring that every year, Warnings To The Nations is available to several individuals and corporations that have made the prophecy booklet their direction in whatever they want to do.

I also want to seize this opportunity to congratulate Primate Ayodele on this amazing and incredible feat, it feels great knowing God is using him powerfully and that he has remained in Christ despite the challenges he may have faced. I wish him many more exploits to come by God’s grace.                                                         

 

Why Governor Ademola Adeleke should listen to Primate Elijah Ayodele before it's too late

By Lukmon Akintola

One thing that is consistent with the prophetic ministry of Primate Babatunde Elijah Ayodele is that his prophecies often come to pass.

And when his prophecies fail to come to pass, the man of God is happy, especially when it has to do with those that are tagged 'Bad Prophecies '. This is because those who would have suffered the effect  of the negative prophecies would no longer have to worry about such a plight.

Over the years, politicians, public servants and even high-placed personalities have all confirmed the accuracy of the man of God's prophecy. Indeed, one of the biggest pains of the recently deceased President of Iran, Ebrahim Raisil might be that he never had an encounter with Primate Ayodele or saw a video published on 5th of November 2023, where Primate Ayodele stated that the world would lose a prominent president in 2024. Had Raisil seen the video, maybe he would have been alive today.

Although the message was there for all, Raisil never saw it. Whatever the reason might be, he is now dead, and nothing can be done about it.

The Iranian President, 63, the country’s Foreign Minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, the governor of Iran’s East Azerbaijan province, and other officials including bodyguards, were found dead at the site of a helicopter crash after hours of searching through a foggy, mountainous region of the country’s northwest, state-run IRNA news agency reported.

However, Raisil is not in isolation regarding those who have not listened to Primate Ayodele's prophecies and have had to regret it.

During an interview session captured on video in 2023, Primate Ayodele was heard saying Godwin Emefiele the then Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) would be faced with so many troubles as he foresaw his arrest. He also made it known that Emefiele would be embarrassed unless he seeks the face of God.

Just like the prophecy said, Emefiele is currently facing multiple suits in court with his bail money estimated at several millions of Naira.

Only days back, he forfeited properties worth 12.18 billion to the federal government. The properties included one valued at N11,140,000,000.00. $1.4m alleged to be proceed of bribe was also forfeited. Other forfeitures include a $4.7m mansion and another estimated at N800m.

Also, Primate Ayodele called for prayers against ailment among sitting governors in the country. He warned that he foresaw a sitting governor falling ill while in office.

The call was made in his annual book of prophecy titled ‘Warnings To The Nations’ released in July 2022.

Like he prophesied, the governor of Ondo State, late Rotimi Akeredolu was subsequently announced to be battling health challenges that eventually cost him his life.

On 27 December 2023, Akeredolu died at the age of 67. He died at a German hospital where he was receiving treatment for leukaemia and prostate cancer.

It is the fulfilment of these prophesies and many more that has seen many urging Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State to listen to the warnings of the prophet before his prophecy comes to pass.

In the 2023/2024 edition of Warnings To The Nations, Primate Ayodele while prophesying and referring to Osun State said, "The governor will build the state to a level, but must be careful against serious crisis."

The man of God also noted that the state needed a lot of prayers to survive against attacks.

"The state must be vigilant in terms of security and people who are out to cause ethnic crisis. Despite the governor's efforts, some people want to bring him down. The governor must be careful of political differences with party chieftains. The state will perform well, but the governor must be careful because they will turn against all of his efforts.

"Let's rebuke crisis among the transport unions. The governor must watch against unexpected shootings and herdsmen attack."

Primate Ayodele also mentioned areas such as Olaoluwa, Ila, Ejigbo, Ede North, Boripe, Boluwaduro, and Aiyedire as places where the governor should watch to ensure that they don't become a breeding ground for miscreants, adding that crisis might erupt from local governments in the state including Boripe, Egbedore, Ejigbo, Ife East, Ife North, Ife West, Aiyedire, Atakunmosa East, Atakunmosa West among others.

Since Primate Ayodele's prophecy, there have been one crisis or the other in Osun State including a land-related communal face-off between indigene of Ifon-Osun and Ilobu communities that led to the burning of several houses and the killing of a commercial motorcyclist.

However, amidst this budding issues and the recent celebration of the governor as Vanguard Governor of the Year, is the warning from Primate Ayodele, even as observers continue to pray that nothing untoward happen during Adeleke's watch in Osun State.

Lukmon Akintola, is an award-winning journalist, pubic speaker and author.