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The Kakaaki Of Big Ideas Still Echoes
(Tribute To Sam Nda-Isaiah, 1 May 1962 – 11 December 2020)
Five years after Sam Nda-Isaiah slipped away, his presence still sits with us like a verdict. His voice—booming, impatient, unmistakable – lingers at the edge of memory, summoning dread and inspiration in equal measure. Sam didn’t enter rooms; he arrived. He filled space with conviction, urgency, and a muscular impatience that banished lazy thinking. When he left, he left a silence yet to be filled, a seat waiting for his interruption, a nation missing the trumpet he loved to blow.
To work with him was to live in a whirlwind: gentle and volcanic, cerebral and impulsive, generous and exacting. He could fire you at noon and send you a book by dusk; he could rebuke a sloppy sentence and then pay your cab fare. He decided policy in a heartbeat and debated the philosophy behind it for days. He was the kind of boss who made you want to quit – and then return. I did, again and again, because LEADERSHIP, the newspaper he founded, was more than a newsroom. It was a crucible, and Sam was the fire.
He saw something in people, especially restless minds. He doubled my salary before I edited a single page of LEADERSHIPEDGE. He bought me books on every trip and challenged me to think harder, write sharper, and dream bigger. He was a man in a hurry – racing against his beginnings, against mediocrity, against time itself. He wanted to build an empire of ideas, a nation of thinkers. In one of his columns he wrote, ‘Nations are not built by slogans but by ideas, pursued with courage and consistency.’ That was his creed – and he lived it.
Sam’s management style was unconventional, chaotic even. He could elevate a novice one day and reverse the decision the next. Yet he believed in second chances. He believed in people, even when they failed him. He was no saint – erratic in staffing, sentimental in judgement – but never petty, never cruel. His generosity was legendary. He would pay school fees for staff members’ children, sponsor weddings, and support colleagues in distress. Yet he demanded excellence, often pushing people beyond their comfort zones. He once told me, ‘If you are not offending mediocrity, you are not doing journalism.’
He was never just a publisher. As a serial entrepreneur, he built ventures to house his philosophy of ideas. Banana Republic, his hospitality outfit, was not merely a restaurant; it was a salon where conversation flowed with the wine and ideas were incubated among thinkers, politicians, and dreamers. He believed leisure could be purposeful, hospitality a bridge, and well-designed spaces a crucible for creativity. He also started Allan Wood for human capital development and strategic thinking. His agri-business was to nurture a healthy population and give food security a practical meaning. His business instincts ranged beyond Nigeria, true to his view that enterprise is both local duty and global opportunity. For him, institutions – newspapers or restaurants – should not be merely functional; they should be transformative.
He learned the rigours of corporate governance at the feet of masters like General T.Y. Danjuma and in political governace, Lee Kwan Yew was his idol. From these two great men he internalised discipline, negotiation, patience in turbulence and in season of anomie. Those lessons steadied his ventures and gave him the confidence to sit where capital, policy, and vision meet. He felt at home in boardrooms because ideas deserve structure; in newsrooms because structure deserves ideas. From that vantage – entrepreneur, publisher, strategist – he entered what he called the ‘perilous mine’ of politics. He knew the risks – reputational, financial, personal – but stepped in regardless.
His foray into politics strained his business. Salaries faltered; staff scattered. Yet Sam remained defiant – still dreaming, still building. He was fearless: challenging Obasanjo, confronting Yar’Adua, even his erstwhile boss Buhari – speaking truth to power when it mattered most. He believed politics was too important to be left to career politicians. He wanted thinkers, builders, and dreamers to shape Nigeria’s destiny. As he wrote elsewhere, ‘Leadership is not about occupying office; it is about offering vision. Without vision, power is an empty chair.’
He had reservations too. He worried about sending underage children to school abroad: would distance dilute guidance; would cosmopolitan polish cost rootedness? It was a rare vulnerability in a man armoured with confidence. He was also a notorious micromanager – not from distrust of talent but from fear of failure. The masthead bore his name; if anything collapsed, the mockery would be his. So he hovered, corrected, intervened – guarding vision like a flame in a storm. It was his strength and his weakness.
His celebrated ‘Nigeria: Full Disclosure’ – a collection of his columns – carried a refrain: ‘For God and country, we must tell ourselves the truth, no matter how bitter.’ Patriotism, he argued, is honesty. ‘We cannot continue to deceive ourselves; nations are built on truth, not lies.’
He raged against the tyranny of small minds. Nigeria, he said, is too important for the dictatorship of tiny imaginations. Our poverty was not of resources but of ambition – small men in oversized agbadas, small ideas wrapped in national slogans. He did not hate politicians; he hated the smallness politics often rewards. Nations, he insisted, are built on substance, not slogans.
He wrote about corruption with moral and mathematical anger. Every naira stolen was not just theft from a vault but from a future. ‘Every naira stolen is a child’s school denied, a hospital unbuilt, a road left in dust. Corruption is not just stealing; it is stealing tomorrow.’ He despised euphemism – ‘misappropriation’ for looting, ‘brief illness’ for truths the public deserves. A nation that whispers when it should speak, he warned, risks forgetting its name.
He died at a moment that demanded trumpet blasts for truth, and the irony still stings. Had he written his own obituary, he would have named the enemy and demanded lessons from COVID-19. His passing was not the end of an argument; it was the silencing of a trumpet. We are poorer – unless we refuse to let the silence stand.
What would he say now, two and a half years into the Tinubu presidency, with inflation as theology and hope as contraband? He would separate loyalists from patriots and insist on substance over slogan. He would call for competence over camaraderie, policy that survives applause and passes the audit of results. He would remind us that feedback is not insult, criticism not sabotage; that the press must speak without fear and the state must learn without defensiveness. He would say the nation is haemorrhaging not only naira but hope, and that the first duty of leadership is to stop the bleeding.
At home – his immediate, makeshift nation – the work continues with a quiet stubbornness he would have loved. Zainab, his soulmate and wife, has guided LEADERSHIP as Chairman with dignified steadiness: love as public duty; continuity without mimicry. To lead in the shadow of such a figure is to balance humility with firmness; she has chosen resilience over despair. The children carry his name and, more importantly, his courage. Emerson said an institution is the lengthened shadow of one person; shadows should not eclipse the living but guide them. Let them build their own lights – tempering his impatience into their healthier pace while retaining his allergy to mediocrity.
To his brothers – Abraham, Jonathan, and Solomon – who laboured with me in the newsroom’s holy chaos: you know the crucible he created, the fire that singed and refined. The scaffolding has shaken and stood. Achebe warned that integrity’s true test is refusal to be compromised. When fatigue tempts compromise, choose ache. Choose integrity. Keep the voice loud enough to make enemies and clear enough to make them reconsider. Consider Sam’s love for you, his siblings and clothe his children, wife and business with the same regalia.
His maxims remain usable truths. Leadership begins at the mirror. Nations are moral communities; institutions reflect their builders. Patriotism is practical – measured not by anthems but by lawful behaviour. The citizen’s duty is as essential as the president’s; a culture of shortcuts leads nowhere. He distrusted the theatre of reform that changes signage and salaries but leaves rot intact. He argued for full disclosure – of budgets, deals, public health – because sunlight is not just disinfectant; it is architecture, building rooms with transparent walls where accountability becomes habit.
He urged leaders to read their own policies as literature: test the logic, hear the false notes, force coherence, excise rhetoric that cannot survive reality. He believed in constructive risk: launch the paper others say won’t work; publish the uncomfortable story; run the serious campaign; hire hunger; offer second chances where bad mentorship wrecked first ones. If you go under, let it be for refusing to lie, not for refusing to think.
Five years on, we must ask: Are we telling ourselves the truth? Building institutions or merely inhabiting them? Setting standards that outlast us? Educating citizens to interrogate policy rather than worship personality? Choosing the dull pain of reform over the sweet narcotic of flourish?
LEADERSHIP – the paper and the virtue – still has a story to tell. Newsroom seasons thin and thicken, but the mandate endures: fearless reporting, honest analysis, comfort the informed, discomfort the powerful. Publish truth, elevate standards, teach for mastery, hire for talent, cultivate editors brave in judgement and reporters who love facts more than access or virality.
To readers, practitioners, and citizens who miss that trumpet: honour him by practice, not cult. Read carefully. Write honestly. Build arguments like bridges that bear weight. Demand accountability without smugness; hope without naïvety. Reject cynicism – the cheap wisdom of the unambitious – and choose the harder hope that holds leaders and citizens to standards.
To policymakers, the faithful memorial is reform that survives you. If your agenda requires your presence, it is performance, not architecture. Engineer transparency into procurement; open budgets in formats any citizen can read; improve data until bad policy becomes mathematically embarrassing; train civil servants like athletes; replace loyalty tests with competence audits; banish press releases bloated with adjectives and empty of numerators and denominators.
Sam loved wit because it reveals the skeleton of argument. He teased slogans until they confessed their emptiness. In the newsroom he demanded a disciplinary humour: if you couldn’t explain a story in one sentence to an intelligent uncle, it needed more reporting. Words, he insisted, are tools of construction, not anaesthesia. He preferred hard verbs, clean nouns, ruthless adjectives.
He expected mistakes and respected those who corrected them quickly. He tolerated argument but punished laziness. He prized insolence in intellect and humility in habit; he distrusted vanity that arrived before the work. He nurtured restless minds like dangerous seeds – wanting forests, not reception ornaments.
A soft hymn would betray him. The proper ending is an assignment. The baton is in our hands – Zainab’s steady leadership, the children’s emerging ambitions, the brothers’ stewardship, the staff’s daily graft, the readers’ discrimination, the citizens’ discipline and associates living true to his virtues and shunning the vices he detested. Do not let the trumpet rust. Let his shadow be signal, not shelter: run further, think harder, insist on truth, refuse mediocrity, and demand courage.
He kept a line from T.S. Eliot like a talisman: ‘the end is where we start from’. The abrupt end of his life is no excuse for nostalgia; it is a beginning we must hate to waste. Emerson’s shadow is a challenge: let it lengthen with shape, not merely size. Achebe’s counsel on integrity – refuse compromise – must be our daily oath. Marcus Aurelius – ‘the soul is dyed by its thoughts’ – should colour our newsroom and our nation: think cleanly, act explicitly, build courageously.
Rest well, Sam, man of big ideas. You ran against mediocrity, complacency, and time – making sentences work harder than their syllables and the press louder than power preferred. You taught us that running is the point: the restless, purposeful motion that turns rooms into workshops, meetings into laboratories, and a good nation into a better one. Your trumpet is silent, but the music persists among those you taught to breathe truth and blow courage. We will keep sounding it – without sentimentality, without cowardice, without pause, Chairman!
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“Outsider will take over Nigeria” – Prophet drops shocking revelation ahead of 2027 election
A Nigerian prophet, Efe Japhet, has sparked fresh conversations online after revealing a shocking prophecy ahead of 2027, which he believes is on the verge of fulfillment.
In a video shared by @ChucksEriicE on X (formerly Twitter), he claimed God revealed that Nigeria’s next transformational leader will be a young man, no older than 37, who is not currently known in politics and has never built a political career.
In his message, the cleric said the young man would rise unexpectedly and gain massive support from ordinary Nigerians, even without seeking power aggressively:
“This man is not known for politics. He will not be more than 37 years old. He will come out and he will become the president of Nigeria. He will not fight for the position. The masses will hold him and say, we want you here.”
He added that the emergence of this leader would shake Nigeria’s political system from the ground up:
“This man will retire all the political people in Nigeria. He will collect all our money that is outside. He will force our people abroad to come back to Nigeria.”
The cleric also claimed that under the young leader, Nigeria would undergo major structural changes. He said the country may split into three or four groups operating under one central umbrella.
He insisted that when the time comes, no political force will be strong enough to stop this young man from rising to power.
The prophecy has drawn mixed reactions across social media, whether viewed as a divine revelation or a bold prediction, the prophecy has stirred curiosity about Nigeria’s future and about who this mysterious young leader might be.
Watch video below…
“Just like I prophesied in 2013 and it has been happening till now, God has revealed to me again that a young man, not more than 37 years old and not currently in politics, will win the 2027 presidential election and retire all the old politicians in Nigeria.”
— Pastor Efe… pic.twitter.com/JTcv5qm8ut
— CHUKS 🍥 (@ChuksEricE) December 12, 2025
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First Lady’s 2025 Christmas Carols: Aba calls Nigerians to selfless service, national unity
The Prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, His Eminence Oliver Aba, on Friday urged Nigerians to embrace selfless service, faith-fuelled unity and an “all hands on deck” approach to rebuilding trust and restoring hope amid the nation’s economic and security challenges.
Aba delivered the charge during his exhortation at the 2025 Service of Nine Lessons and Carols, themed “Emmanuel: God With Us,” hosted by First Lady Oluremi Tinubu at the State House, Abuja.
He described the Christmas message as a reminder of God’s abiding presence with the nation through seasons of uncertainty.
“Jesus did not come to be far away from us. He came to be present… God is with us in the valley, in the storms of life and in victory,” Aba said, assuring Nigerians that divine presence endures “in season and out of season.”
Drawing attention to inflation, insecurity and social divisions, the cleric called for collective responsibility and sacrificial leadership.
“As a people, as a nation, when you are worried, God is with you as a Prince of Peace. Today, the Prince of Peace is ready to give us peace,” he said, urging leaders and citizens alike to choose selflessness over narrow interests.
Aba anchored the theme Emmanuel on God’s closeness to humanity, stressing that national renewal requires love, peace and service modeled after Christ’s sacrifice.
Quoting John 3:16, he framed the season as an expression of God’s selfless love and challenged Nigerians to recommit to unity.
“We must come together so as we are celebrating Christ, Nigeria can be better,” he said.
The service, the third annual carol hosted by the First Lady, brought together past and present leaders, including former President Olusegun Obasanjo, making his first appearance at a State House function since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s inauguration, former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (retd), and the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi.
Senior government officials, legislators, jurists and faith leaders were also in attendance.
The evening opened with the hymn Once in Royal David’s City, followed by a carefully sequenced order of lessons and carols led by national figures.
Gowon read the First Lesson from Genesis 3:8–12, reflecting on divine accountability, while Obasanjo delivered the Second Lesson from Genesis 22:15–18, underscoring obedience and covenantal blessing.
Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele, representing Senate President Godswill Akpabio, read the Third Lesson from Isaiah 9:6–7 on the Prince of Peace.
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, followed with Isaiah 11:1–4, while the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, read Luke 1:26–31.
Further readings were taken by the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Bolna’an Dongban-Mensem (Luke 2:4–7); the Minister of Defence, Gen. Christopher Musa (retd) (Luke 2:10–14); and Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun (Matthew 2:9–12).
The host, Mrs Tinubu, concluded the lessons with John 1:1–14, affirming the Word made flesh.
Each lesson was interspersed with traditional and contemporary carols rendered by the mass choir of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), filling the venue with hymns including Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, Joy to the World and O Come, All Ye Faithful.
The service featured cultural expressions with traditional Elu Agogo rhythms, while CAN Vice President, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, delivered the closing prayer and benediction, praying for peace, stability and protection throughout the Yuletide.
The evening ended on a jubilant note with We Wish You a Merry Christmas and reflective organ voluntaries, rounding off a service that blended worship, national reflection and a renewed call to service.
The former Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has urged Nigerians to back President Bola Tinubu in the fight against insecurity.
Mohammed stated this after delivering the 15th convocation lecture at Achievers University, Owo, in Ondo State, on Friday.
Mohammed said: “Don’t just graduate; innovate.
“Many people who are not in the kitchen, don’t know the fire coming out of it. There is no President that wants his own country insecured. The government is doing a lot and we must all encourage the government.
“The change we want must begin with all of us. Security is a local issue and all have a role to play. Actionable intelligence is part of it and government is doing its best in fighting it,” he said.
The former minister said he remained a stalwart member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and was committed to the Tinubu administration.
“I am a very loyal member of APC and I am 100 per cent behind this administration. But I have played my role in the frontline.
“Whatever I need to do now, I will pass through the back channel but I’m 100 per cent behind the administration.
“I have been privileged to serve as the longest Minister of Information and what I’m doing now is to give back to the society,” he said.
Mohammed urged Nigerian graduates to boldly confront challenges and difficulties that may hinder their dreams.
He said a degree does not guarantee achievement, explaining that the world is not a straight road to one’s dream
“It’s unpredictable, messy, and full of unexpected opportunities.”
The former minister encouraged graduates to innovate and dare to step beyond what is safe and expected.
“Be bold enough to speak your mind even when it feels uncomfortable. Courage creates opportunities. When opportunities knock twice, swallow your pride and say yes.
“Graduands, do not let ego close doors. Your journey demands humility as much as brilliance. Therefore, dare to challenge the status quo respectfully, but firmly,” he said.
Mohammed urged the graduands to take risks to improve themselves even if such would lead to personal inconvenience.
“I urge the graduating class not to be afraid to fail. Failures are not dead ends. They are turning points. I failed and failed, and each time, the failures became turning points for me,” he said.
Earlier, the Acting Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof. Oyesoji Aremu, said the convocation lecture aimed to discuss topical issues that dignitaries and students could internalise and apply in the society.
Aremu described the lecture as informative, given the current situation graduates face in the country.
In his remarks, Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council, Prof. Bode Ayorinde, said the 18-year-old institution does not sell certificates.
“Our graduates can work with any international organisations. We are about standards. We have instances when we dismissed students for misbehaviour and refunded their school fees.
“We are for culture, academics and discipline.
“Here, we have monetary awards for good behaviour according to faculty. The best faculty collects N5 million while the second and third faculty get N2 million and N1 million respectively. This has helped to shape us.
“With population of 5,000 students, we maintain our standard,” he said.
The award of undergraduate degrees and post graduate degrees will hold on Saturday with conferment of honorary degrees to eminent personalities. (NAN)
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How influencer allegedly used AI to run $8m romance scam — US prosecutors – Tribune Online
The United States (US) prosecutors have disclosed how a Ghanaian social media influencer, Frederick Kumi, widely known as Abu Trica and also identified as Emmanuel Kojo Baah Obeng, allegedly used artificial intelligence (AI) to run a romance-fraud network that defrauded elderly Americans of more than $8 million.
The 31-year-old Frederick Kumi, who was arrested in a joint operation by the Ghanaian authorities and US federal agents, is widely known for posting cash, cars, and houses online.
According to the BBC, American prosecutors have charged him with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money-laundering conspiracy. Each charge carries a possible sentence of up to 20 years if convicted.
US investigators explained that Kumi used advanced AI tools to create false identities, complete with photographs and personal histories. These identities were then used to communicate with older Americans on social media and dating platforms.
Once contact was made, prosecutors said the victims were drawn into regular conversations and later persuaded to send money for supposed emergencies, including medical bills and travel expenses.
The money was allegedly moved through a network of accomplices in both countries, with Kumi said to have played a central role in sharing the proceeds.
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Authorities began looking into him after he started displaying luxury possessions to more than 100,000 Instagram followers, raising questions about how they were acquired.
Prosecutors said the “perpetrators built trust through frequent, intimate conversations by phone, email, and messaging platforms” with victims.
“They then requested money or valuables under false pretences, such as urgent medical needs, travel expenses, or investment opportunities,” they added.
The funds and valuables were reportedly sent to co-conspirators who acted as third-party receivers. Kumi allegedly distributed the returns among partners in the US and Ghana.
According to the BBC, the case falls under the U.S. Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act, which strengthens penalties for crimes targeting older citizens.
US agencies have recently increased actions against similar groups operating in the US and West Africa.
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday held separate, high-level closed-door meetings with the governors of Kaduna, Benue, and Cross River states at the State House, Abuja.
Naija News reports that they meeting us coming amidst persistent security and governance issues plaguing their regions.
The governors – Uba Sani of Kaduna, Hyacinth Alia of Benue, and Bassey Otu of Cross River – arrived individually for their consultations with the President.
Although the Presidency did not release an official statement detailing the agenda, sources familiar with the discussions told The Nation that the meetings focused primarily on the acute security concerns and economic pressures facing the three states.
Following the meetings, the governors declined to speak with journalists.
They exchanged brief greetings with reporters but offered no comments as they departed the State House for their waiting vehicles.
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The Peace Corps of Nigeria (PCN) has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of acting in bad faith in the arraignment of its National Commandant, Dr. Dickson Akoh, and Director of Finance, Mrs. Omolola Aminat Ahmed, over civil contractual transactions.
The controversy surrounds contract No: 101/PCN50 for producing badges of ranks, Nigerian/Service Badges, Beret badges, and related kits, awarded to Jethel Nigeria Limited on July 12, 2024. The contract was accepted by the company, but challenges arose in repayment when the Police unlawfully sealed off the PCN’s National Secretariat in Abuja, crippling its activities.
The PCN stated that it couldn’t effect full payment due to its inability to sell badges to members nationwide. The matter was taken to the Police, which resolved that the issue was a simple business transaction and facilitated an agreement for repayment. The PCN made a part-payment of N20 million on December 9, 2025, but the EFCC still pursued charges.
The PCN criticized the EFCC for unlawful arrest and detention of its Director of Finance and National Commandant, calling it unprofessional conduct. The organization accused the EFCC of acting as a debt recovery agency and warned against criminalizing simple business transactions. The PCN called on EFCC Chairman, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, to intervene and stop the impunity.
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EFCC Acted in bad faith in charges against Peace Corps Chiefs on contract issue.
December 12, 2025.
The Peace Corps of Nigeria (PCN) has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of acting in bad faith on arraignment of its National Commandant Dr Dickson Akoh and its Director of Finance, Mrs Omolola Aminat Ahmed at the FCT High Court in Abuja on December 11, 2025.
The Corps said the arraignment and subsequent publication of its two bosses over civil contractual transactions was unlawful, illegal and uncalled for in the first instance.
It is wrong of the EFCC to have criminalized a simple civil contract transaction between Peace Corps of Nigeria and JETHEL Nigeria Global Resources Limited.
The PCN recalled that contract No: 101/PCN50 for the production of badges of ranks, Nigerian/Service Badges, Beret badges and related kits was freely awarded to Jethel Nigeria Limited on July 12, 2024, and freely accepted by the company on the same day in writing by its Managing Director, Okocha Jones Gido.
However, the Corps said that challenges arose in the repayment of the contract sum when Police unlawfully sealed off its National Secretariat in Abuja which till date, has crippled activities of the organization.
Specifically, Peace Corps said it was unable to effect full payment for the contract sum due to the inability of the organization to sell the badges to its members across the country as a result of the sealing off of its National Headquarters.
The organization recalled that Jethel company had on March 6, 2025 petitioned the Police on the matter and Police in a letter with reference number 3000/IGP-SEC/MU/ABJ/T.2/Vol.115 of March 6, 2025 invited the National Commandant in respect of the matter.
After taking arguments from the two parties, the office of the Inspector General of Police IGP practically resolved the matter with a conclusion, after investigation, that the issue in dispute was a simple business transaction fully documented by the two parties.
The Police however committed the Peace Corps of Nigeria and Jethel Limited to an agreement in writing to facilitate short term repayment effort.
Peace Corps noted with happiness that in compliance with the Police-facilitated agreement, it on December 9, 2025 made the first part payment of N20 million to keep faith with the agreement.
It is with regret, however, that four days after the office of IGP resolved the matter specifically, March 10, 2025, Jethel still took similar petition to EFCC in flagrant breach of the agreement reached at the Police Headquarters.
Rather than following the lawful and civil resolution adopted at the Police Headquarters, EFCC took side with Jethel Limited with unnecessary harassment and intimidation of the two Peace Corps Chiefs in a supposed simple civil contract matter.
The organization took swipe at the EFCC when its Director of Finance on December 9 went to its Abuja office to present the evidence of N20 million part-payment for the contract sum, only for EFCC, rather than appreciating the payment, unlawfully arrested and detained the lady.
Peace Corps also expressed sadness that the same EFCC has the audacity to arrest and detain the National Commandant when he went there to effect the release of the detained officer.
While faulting the EFCC for unprofessional conduct exhibited in the simple civil contract award, especially for acting as debt recovery agency for the contractor, Peace Corps warned the anti-corruption agency to stop the impunity of criminalising simple business transactions as published on their social media pages.
The organization called on the EFCC Chairman, Mr Ola Olukoyede who by training, is a lawyer to wade into the unlawful acts of its operatives, especially those involved in the instant matter by calling them to order.
PCN particularly noted with deep concerns that the arraignment of its National Commandant and Director of Finance, and the damaging publication made against them were borne out of malice because of their refusal to cooperate with some of their operatives to compromise the matter.
The Peace Corps urged the EFCC Boss to always respect and obey the order of courts in the discharge of EFCC functions, adding that a High Court in Abuja by Justice J.E Obanor had on August 11, 2025 ordered EFCC to maintain the status-quo in respect of the contract dispute between Peace Corps of Nigeria and Jethel Limited.
The order of the court followed a motion filed against EFCC by Peace Corps’ Director of Finance, Omolola Ahmed, in which she prayed the court to stop EFCC from harassing, intimidating, arresting or detaining her in respect of the contract.
The PCN also noted that another Abuja High Court through Justice Edward Okpe had on April 7, 2025, restrained Jethel Limited from further harassing, arresting or taking any adverse steps against Dr Dickson Akoh in respect of the contract dispute.
Peace Corps therefore demand that the charges against its two Chiefs be immediately terminated from court, and the needless publication made on its Facebook pages be deleted forthwith, so that anti graft agency would not be seen to be acting unlawfully against any Nigerian or organization.
While we hope and keep faith in the Nigerian system, the Peace Corps of Nigeria urge its members and the public to remain calm, but vigilant and law abiding.
Thank you.
Sign:
Patriot Apeh Peterhot
Media Consultant to Nigeria Peace Corps.
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Lady Overjoyed after Marrying Young White Man She Met on Dating Site, Mentions Where They Met
- A young lady has taken to social media to celebrate the success of her interracial marriage to a young White man
- According to the Black lady, she met the young foreigner on a dating site and named the platform where it all began
- Mixed reactions followed her marriage celebration post, as women drew inspiration from her online dating success
A lady, @krizzbialomazur, has announced getting married to a young White man, whom she met on a dating site.
She shared a video shoot for their traditional wedding, which showed them in matching native outfits.
A lady marries a White man she met on a dating site.
Photo Credit: @krizzbialomazur
Source: TikTok
Taking a cue from the success of her interracial dating, she advised women to try meeting people on dating sites.
Her post caption suggested that she is in her early 20’s while her partner is 23 years old. She wrote on TikTok:
“In your early 20’s you will meet a 23 year old man on a dating site.
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“It’s important you give him a chance.”
Some internet users begged her to name the dating site where they met, and she replied in the comment section:
“We met on Afrointroduction.”
At the time of this report, the lady’s video had garnered 66k views on TikTok.
A lady marries a foreigner she met on a dating site.
Photo Credit: @krizzbialomazur
Source: TikTok
Watch her video below:
People celebrate interracial couple
Legit.ng has compiled some reactions to the couple’s marriage below:
Aunty Cynthia😝 said:
“Omo them too like video call.”
Danse nostalgia said:
“Met a 22 year old man on Tinder and he is the best.”
ADANNA said:
“Do you have to pay before you reply and message.”
Amilizer 💕 said:
“Awwwnn Baby girl share update.”
nhyira said:
“I don’t anytime I go there, I get scared.”
dindu_070🌸✨🌹 said:
“So me wey won enter 20 next year and in my 300 lvl, make I give this white guy chance abi watin.”
July 21 💕 said:
“Ok oooo I don’t even know y my phone no get space again ooo.”
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Digitalgirl_hub said:
“Omo, I met a 25 year old he seems reasonable but I told him it can’t work, let me go back and look for him.”
Ayomiplenty said:
“Which dating app pls, help my life cute couple.”
In a related story, Legit.ng reported that a Nigerian lady had secured the heart of a White man she met online and married him.
Lady weds White lover she met online
Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that a lady had married a White man whom she met online.
The lovers with the TikTok handle, @priscaijeomavaldgeima, were dating online in a long-distance relationship before they decided to tie the knot. The long-distance relationship lasted for two years because they first met in 2021. They fell in love with each other after meeting online, and have taken their relationship to the next level.
A video seen on their TikTok handle showed the moment they celebrated their marital union. In another video, the lady declared that the long wait to be with her man was over. Another video also showed the new wife showing off a baby bump, meaning she was pregnant.
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The Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, says President Bola Tinubu has delivered significantly for Rivers State and the South-South region.
Keyamo on Friday spoke during the flag-off of the 7km Ipo Town–Airport Bypass and the commissioning of the Ikwerre Road–Igwuruta–Airport Road Corridor reconstructed by the Rivers State Government.
Flagging off the bypass, the minister thanked President Tinubu for what he described as the President’s numerous contributions to the people of Rivers State, adding that Tinubu has made it possible for all South-South states to align with the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
He noted that Rivers State, traditionally, has never been in opposition.
Keyamo also formally welcomed Governor Siminalayi Fubara into the APC.
He said, “We set a trap to catch a frog, we caught an elephant in the person of Sir Siminalayi Fubara, welcome to the fold of the progressives sir, welcome to the big family, welcome to the largest party in Africa.”
The Minister of Aviation added that Fubara’s defection from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, signals the death of the soul of the opposition party.
He said Fubara’s entry into the APC means “the souls of the PDP has left the party.”
Keyamo was at the Government House in Port Harcourt, where he witnessed Governor Fubara receiving his APC membership card from the Tony Okocha-led leadership of the party.
DAILY POST reports that Governor Fubara had earlier announced his intention to join the APC on Tuesday.
He explained that his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the APC is in the interest of the people of Rivers State and also a gesture of appreciation to President Bola Tinubu, whom he credited as the reason he remains the Governor of Rivers State.
Edo State Governor and Chairman of the APC Primary Election Committee, Monday Okpebholo, has called on members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State to unite and reclaim the state in the 2026 governorship election.
Speaking during a stakeholders’ meeting at the party secretariat in Osogbo on Friday night, Okpebholo said the gathering reaffirmed the APC’s commitment to democratic principles as the party prepares for Saturday’s primary election.
He announced that the mode of primary to be used is affirmation, adding that all 1,660 delegates will be duly accredited before gaining access to the venue.
“I want to appeal for unity in the APC after the primary. You must not allow internal bitterness to weaken our contest after tomorrow’s affirmation,” he said.
“We must return Osun State to the Progressive fold next year. You must all work together and be united in purpose.”
Okpebholo assured party members that the primary would be free and fair in line with the mandate given to the committee by the National Working Committee (NWC).
A female pastor who recently visited Nigerian interior designer, Sandra Areh has shared details of the visit.
This comes amid the swirling rumors about a potential romance between Sandra Areh and Apostle Joshua Selman, sparked by his surprise appearance at her birthday party on December 9, 2025.
Woman Pays Visit Sandra Areh
The female pastor, identified by the Facebook handle, Faith Oyita Iroegbu, disclosed that Sandra Areh’s words provoked audacity in her.
Lady Recounts Sandra Areh’s Words To Her
In her post, which has left social media buzzing, Faith Oyita recounted how Sandra Areh’s words resonated with her.
Her words below…
”She said Faith, your life is inspiring, and what I love about you the most is your heart. She said you are so special and you have touched me beyond words. And you haven’t seen anything yet God will do in your life.
Amid the buzz, a Nigerian man has taken to social media to express worries that Sandra Areh could end up single, amid ongoing controversy.
The man identified with the Facebook handle, Jerry Smart Ekele hoped that Sandra Are finds the courage to consider other potential suitors.
In his post, he warned that if Apostle Selman doesn’t end up marrying her, there’s a chance she could remain unmarried.
In conclusion, Jerry Smart Ekele urged Apostle Selman to tie the knot, emphasizing that the clergyman’s relationship status is delaying him from getting married.
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