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~says his dad never helped Uzodinma in wining APC primaries in Imo Dr Mustapha Gulak is the first son of Ahmed Gulak, the slain All Progressives Congress chieftain and former political adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan. He tells HINDI LIVINUS in this interview that the alleged N10bn reward due to his father from Governor Hope Uzodimma is a conspiracy theory Do you think your father’s life was cut short at its prime when it looked most promising? I am Dr Mustapha Gulak, the first son of Ahmed Gulak. I am a graduate of Medicine and I’m 34 years of age. To be candid as a Muslim, whatever God has destined, no one can change it. We don’t question God. His loss is painful. As far as I am concerned, my dad passed away at a young age. No one in the family saw that coming, but then, it is the will of God. As a Muslim, I take it the way it is. I can tell you that my father was a true Nigerian. He didn’t differentiate if you are from the South or the North, or whether you are a Christ

On Saturday morning between 11 am and 12 pm, as Nigerians woke up to the reality of a Twitter ban, and downloading Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) to access Twitter, the Nigerian government, through the office of the Presidency, reached out to the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) to discuss plans to build an internet firewall, FIJ reports. The government officials present at the meeting include Ibrahim Gambari, the Chief of Staff to the President, and Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture. The internet firewall is a way of having a separate network for the Nigerian Internet that will give the government control over social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook.  This is similar to the internet filtering system China operates, called the Great Firewall. Cost Of Twitter Ban Meanwhile, SaharaReporters learnt that Nigeria loses over N2 billion to Twitter shutdown in the country on a daily basis. This was disclosed by NetBlocks, which put the total cost impact of

Valentine Ozigbo, business mogul and international sports developer, has condemned the suspension of Twitter's operations in Nigeria by the Nigerian government.  On Friday, June 4, 2021, President Muhammadu Buhari-led central government announced a suspension of the operations of the social media platform after Twitter deleted a tweet by the Nigerian president which the platform considered harmful to its community.  In a statement issued on Sunday, June 6, 2021, Mr Ozigbo called on the federal government to reconsider its stand on the suspension of the operations of the microblogging platform. According to him, the ban contradicts the constitutional rights of Nigerians to express their thoughts freely and access information.  The respected business expert remarked that the move by the federal government was "hasty and not well thought through".  "The suspension of the operations of the social media giant, Twitter, by Nigeria's central government is regrettable&qu

  The Anglican Youths Fellowship of St. Mary's Parish Ukpo has honoured Ichie Sir Izuchukwu Nwabueze and Sir. Jideofor  Aguona Okoye with Awards of Appreciation for their numerous support to the Church and the Youths. These Awards were presented by Revd Paul Nwoye with the assistance of the AYF Leader- Mr Chigozie Oranu during today's service June 06, 2021 being St. Mary's Parish/ Awka Diocesan Youth Sunday to mark the 2021 youth Sunday celebration. Ichie Sir Izuchukwu Nwabueze and Sir Jideofor Aguona Okoye are also patrons of the Anglican Youths Fellowship. While speaking with newsmen Ichie Sir Izuchukwu Nwabueze thanked the youths for finding him worthy of such honor and promised to be a good ambassador of the youths wherever he is. Ichie Nwabueze however said that his recognition did not come as a surprise to him, but was based on hardwork and diligence over the years, as well as his support to the church and the youths.  He urged the youths in the church to be steadfast

  By Bala Ibrahim. It is no longer news that last week, precisely on Friday, 04/06,21, the government of Nigeria had announced an indefinite suspension of the operations of Twitter, the super blogger and social networking service from the country. The suspension was announced by Mr. Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s minister of Information, who said, “ The suspension was hinged on the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence”. However, rather than checking for the reasons that triggered the suspension, with special focus to whether they have any bearing with the status of the corporate existence of Nigeria as a country, traducers, who shamelessly engage in attacking reputations through slander or libel, stupidly took to the press, by twisting the truth in defence of Twitter’s rashness.  Twitter is a social broadcast network that enables people and organizations to publicly share brief messages instantly around the world. Through

The Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) has confirmed death of its founder and General Overseer Prophet TB Joshua. It said Joshua died in Lagos on Saturday after concluding a church programme. His last words, according to the church, were “Watch and pray.” Joshua was 57. The church made the announcement in a post on the TB Joshua Ministries official Facebook handle. The post reads: “PROPHET TB JOSHUA – JUNE 12th 1963 to JUNE 5th 2021 “Surely the Sovereign LORD does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.” – Amos 3:7 ‘’On Saturday 5th June 2021, Prophet TB Joshua spoke during the Emmanuel TV Partners Meeting: “Time for everything – time to come here for prayer and time to return home after the service.   ‘’God has taken His servant Prophet TB Joshua home – as it should be by divine will. His last moments on earth were spent in the service of God. This is what he was born for, lived for and died for. ‘’As Prophet TB Joshua says, “The greatest way to use life

The Imo police command in the early hours of today foiled an attack on Imo Police Command by suspected hoodlums. In a press release made avaliable to Nigerian Notch by SP Bala Elkana, the PPRO Imo police command reads thus " Hoodlums masquerading as unknown gunmen attempted an attack on the Police Headquarters this morning but suffered a huge defeat." He said that the hoodlums who made effort to access the Police Headquarters through Works Layout around Avan Nursery and Primary School but were vehemently repelled by gallant men of the command with maximum force. He said that they came in a white Hummer bus, and also confirmed that five of the hoodlums was killed during an exchange of fire as others were injured.  The Hummer bus has been recovered. Two Ak47 rifles were  also recovered.  More details later

In a very colourful ceremony at the Marble Arch Hotel, Awka, the man of the moment and foremost industrialist and philanthropist, Dr. Chidozie Nwankwo (Overdose), CEO Wichtech Group, officially informed members of the State Working Committee, Party Officials and Stakeholders across the 21 LGAs of his intention to vie for the party's governorship ticket in the forthcoming APC governorship primary scheduled for June 26th, 2021. In his welcome remarks, the State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra State, Chief Basil Ejidike (Ikwelle Nnabuenyi) welcomed all to the epoch making event and briefly explained the reasons behind the choice of Marble Arch Hotel for the declaration instead of the Party’s Secretariat at the Glass House. According to the Chairman, the change in venue was in deference to the good people of Awka who are currently celebrating their annual IMO AWKA FESTIVAL. He therefore appealed for the understanding of party men and women.   The Chai

BY LEVINUS ANYANWU “May, 30 2021 was just like every other day, but little did we know that some enemies of the land has something up their sleeves. They murdered sleep, the brought sorrow, pains and forced a peaceful family into sorrowful and mournful mood…. Gulak is no more.. One can imagine how traumatic and shocking the news was to the family, friends and associates and by extension his Former colleagues, Nasarawa state, the entire North and Nigerians at large. Allah knows the best. A cursory look at the Scenes that played out behind the scenes before his murder the PLAYERS and Roles Rochas Anayo Okorocha got in touch with Gulak and made some very uncomfortable statement and I quote ” For what you did to me, I’ll not forgive you*” on a camera look; could this be as a result of Gulak’s role during and after APC primaries that produced Imo current governor? Or is there any other thing aside the above? Let’s concern ourselves with His roles in the APC primary elections in Imo. Recall,

The Catholic church has banned Ejike Mbaka, spiritual director of Adoration Ministries Enugu Nigeria (AMEN), from commenting on partisan politics. In a letter to Mbaka, a copy of which was obtained by TheCable, Callistus Onaga, Catholic bishop of Enugu diocese, also converted the adoration ministry to chaplaincy. Unlike in the past where Mbaka solely oversees the activities of the ministry as its spiritual director, making it chaplaincy brings it under the control of the Enugu diocese and gives the bishop the power to appoint a chaplain to oversee its operations. Although the bishop said Mbaka still leads the chaplaincy, he added that he (bishop) can appoint any ministerial officer “to assist the chaplains to oversee the pastoral activities of the ministry.” “There shall be no partisan politics either by way of active engagement or by prophetic naming of candidates for position of power,” he said. The letter, which is dated June 3, contains the diocesan directives and guidelines for th

The Nigerian government suspended all Twitter operations in the country on Friday.  Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Nigerian minister of information and culture, said the decision stemmed from citizens using the platform for activities "capable of undermining Nigeria's corporate existence," according to a press release.  The move follows Twitter's decision to remove a post by Nigeria's president Muhammadu Buhari that threatened to punish those responsible for recent attacks on electoral offices and police stations, and referenced the country's 1960s civil war that killed 1 million people, Reuters reported. "Those of us in the fields for 30 months, who went through the war, will treat them in the language they understand," Buhari said in a tweet before Twitter removed the post for violating its "abusive behavior" policy. Nigerian citizens have been protesting against the country's Special Anti-Robbery Squad police unit, known as SARS, since lat