I found a prayer in Micah 7:7 this morning. Lord, concerning the things in my life that I cannot fix, force, or figure out, teach me to stay with You until I see what You will do. When everything around me gives me reasons to give up, keep my heart settled enough to wait for You to make things right. Let me not run ahead of You because I am tired of waiting, or take matters into my own hands because I cannot see how You will work it out. Give me the grace to say, “I will wait for the God of my salvation,” even when the waiting is uncomfortable. Let me trust that You hear me, even when the answer has not yet come. And when You finally turn this thing around, let me remember that You were worth waiting for.
Whatever you do, pray for the ability to see your own sins, your own hypocrisy, and your own shortcomings. Never lose sight of that— never get so carried away pointing fingers that you forget you, too, have abscesses that need tending.
There are 165 Children from St Mary Catholic School still in Captivity by Fulani Terrorists in Nigeria 🇳🇬
They have been targeted because of their ethnicity and religion
Do not let them remain in captivity with these monsters
Pressure the Nigerian Government to ensure their release
With God, nothing shall be impossible. That it has never been done before doesn't faze him. Instead, he revels in such scenarios. The sea had never been parted before. Angel corn flakes had never rained down from heaven before. Impossibilities become possibilities in God's hand.
"In churches rebuilt from ashes, one glimpses a courage that refuses erasure. It is the courage that Reverend Ezekiel Dachomo embodies on the Plateau, and figures like Stephen Kefas and Zariyi Yusuf display as they give voice to the stories of the Middle Belt online".
-Mahmud
Solutions Nigerians need ASAP:
1) State police.
2) Publish the names of terror sponsors in Nigeria.
3) Prosecute them.
4) Stop reintegration programmes for terrorists.
5) Use intelligence to flush out reintegrated terrorists in military & police agencies.
6) Implement Confab 2014.
#Nigeria
I guess some people have forgotten this man and how he happened. Ropvil’s death happened around the same time and both were gruesomely killed on camera after being told to denounce their faith and they refused.
Christian Genocide: How Boko Haram Executed Adamawa CAN Chairman, Reverend Lawan Andimi — A Flashback to One of Nigeria’s Darkest Moments https://t.co/wWMWqjX21U
Hausa & Fulani people have a history of killing fellow Muslims in Plateau
Let’s talk about it
Hausa Muslims were killing Yoruba Muslims as far back as the early 2000s
& Yoruba Muslims have had to defend themselves and retaliate on various occasions
This is contained in Wikileaks documents
It should also be noted that Yoruba & indigenous Muslims live comfortably with the other Plateau indigenes and Yoruba Muslims have never had issues with the natives till date
This recent wave of accusing Plateau natives of having issues with “Muslims”is completely false
Rather, indigenes of Plateau have issues with Hausa & Fulani settlers who have been grabbing lands illegally and trying to lay claim to being native to Plateau despite being migrants
The Yoruba Muslim community have never grabbed lands in Plateau or joined in Hausa & Fulani “professed” jihad and as such have no issues with the indigenes.
No native has historically been scared of going to Yoruba Muslim areas like Nasarawa Gwom, Yan Traila etc in Plateau and vice versa
Even the Hausa and Fulani in Jos have never viewed the Yoruba Muslim community as one of them; Infact the Yoruba Muslim community who prides themselves as being able to coexist with both settler Hausa and Fulani and the natives, have largely had to relocate from the Hausa and Fulani dominated areas due to several attacks
The term “Muslim” to the Hausa and Fulani —in their view is ethnic and is largely restricted to their ethnicity and does not include Yoruba Muslims.
This faux attempt at “Muslim traveler” partial story telling revises history and betrays reality on ground
because throughout the 90s and 2000s, there were lots of Yoruba and Hausa clashes regardless of religious affiliation
Human Rights Watch reports violent clashes between Hausa and Yoruba communities around that time period.
This attempt by online Hausa and Fulani influencers to erase this and put the blame on Plateau natives is ahistorical and will not stand academic and historical scrutiny
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” — Philippians 4:6-7 NIV
Any society where lawlessness overrides the rule of law is not destined to be a haven for investors. Recent reports showing that Nigeria’s human rights indicators have worsened merely highlight severe shortfalls in government protection for civil liberties, personal security, and basic living standards.
I know what I have been going through as a person in abuse of my human rights just because I contested a Presidential election which I have legitimate rights to do. So I imagine what small business owners, regular citizens, and vulnerable communities face every day. If this level of lawlessness can happen to someone with a registered company and legitimate means, what hope does the ordinary Nigerian have?
This morning, my youngest brother called me frantically, informing me that a group of people had invaded his company property in Ikeja, Lagos, and were demolishing the building. He had just come in from Port Harcourt and was denied entry to the property by security men who told him the building was being pulled down. They even informed him that this demolition had started over the weekend. As a peace-loving Nigerian, he quickly started processing to go to court immediately, not knowing what must have resulted in this, as they moved fast to destroy his home without any restraint.
I rushed to Lagos from Abuja after the call this morning and headed straight to the property. On arrival, I was met by security people who tried to bar me from entering the property. I humbly pleaded with them that the property belonged to my brother’s company, and from the records, the company had owned the property for over a decade. They told me they had a court judgment, and I immediately requested it. You would not believe that the court judgment they claim was issued against an unknown person, and squatters. I went further to ask about a demolition order or permit, and there was none.
How do you sue an unknown person? How does a court issue a judgment in such a farce of a case? No one was served. No name was written. Yet they showed up with excavators and began destroying a structure that had stood for over 15 years.
I immediately asked the excavators for the person who had sent them, and they said they didn’t know anyone, but they were only informed to come and demolish the house. I immediately told them to tell whoever it is that I would like to speak with them, if they can call my number, which I shared with the excavators, so that I can speak with whomever gave them the order to demolish the property.
I stood there from 10am to 2pm, waiting to get a call at least and nobody called or came. The contractor even said he didn’t know who sent him. Two men later came and said they would like us to go to a police station. I asked if they even had a demolition order but they had nothing. The whole situation screamed of coordinated lawlessness and impunity. Our country has become lawless.
I just started reminiscing about how just over the weekend, I had a meeting when someone told me how he has investments in Ghana, Senegal, and the Benin Republic, but won’t touch Nigeria despite his market being here. I asked him why. His answer was piercing: “Nigeria is a lawless country. Until we have laws that protect people, nobody will invest in Nigeria.”
I am just shocked. How did Nigeria get to this level of lawlessness?
What kind of country are we trying to build when the rights of citizens, their lives, their properties, and their voices are trampled upon daily?
I remain committed to a better Nigeria where lawlessness will be a thing of the past, protection of life and property, respect for human rights, care for the less privileged, and basic education for all children.
A new Nigeria is POssible. -PO
Nigerians getting defensive over @KemiBadenoch calling out the obvious is why Nigerias change has been delayed. The Nigerian govt may be the abuser but it’s high time we admit that we, the people, have become the enabler! Like a battered wife, Kemi has called out our black eye and we have said defensively, “ he didn’t push me, I fell down the stairs!”