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The Running Bello By Nze James Chinonyerem

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Bello Yahaya, the ebullient but raw mannered former governor of Kogi state is on the run. He is running (away) to avoid being arrested or even questioned or being put on trial over his stewardship as the governor of his state. Bello is a typical street urchin in the Nigerian fashion. “Vumm is better than statement,” a local cliche says. This means, running away from the law is better than being caught by the law when you have committed an offence. So, Bello runs away. Bob Marley’s lyrics should have guided him, “Running away,” Marley sang, “running away, but you can’t hide” So Bello running away does not mean he can hide, even as he hiding.

He was aware of his date with the law. He was said to have dipped his hands too deeply into his state’s patrimonial jar of oil and his hands drip of it. He had his fingers and hands soiled when he was entrusted to use them to sow good seeds that will germinate greatness for Kogi state and her people. Bello lived happily and savoured the lures of his office. He personalized the seat and was vaulting in the exercises of the powers. He was said to have been a dictator in a democracy, muzzling everyone and anyone who dared challenge him. He was a man under the law, who wanted to be the law. He operated like the law himself. Dreadful Bello, is now, a run away Bello. A stowaway. How are the mighty fallen, intoned David.

Bello made his running plans. He backed his own political horse, he betted on it, he worked for the victory by insisting on it. His horse, became his successor. His successor, His Excellency, Dodo became his man Friday, his hatchet man. They knew their plans. They wrote the scripts together. They are acting it. Wike would boil with envy. Poor him. Fubara can’t play a Dodo even when two of them looked the same, deceitfully meek.

Kogi state is turned into a huge theatre of absurd. The EFCC, came calling with litany of questions. The commission said it has evidence that Bello took what he was not supposed to take. He overtook many of his former colleagues in the taking sprees. N80 billion naira in sundry takings? He must come and explain how and why the financial roofs under him leaked so loosely and badly the anti graft body mouthed. EFCC wants to ask him for reasons for the leaks. Bello doesn’t want to be asked. Maybe, to him, with him and for him, government money spent in government house is not accountable. He might have been inspired by his kindred spirit governor before, the comical former governor of Kano state, late Barkin Zuwo.

Recall, he had it planned like I said earlier. To prove his loyalty, he had him, his successor, Gov Ododo together with his wife, prostrate before him immediately after Ododo’s inauguration. EFCC did not pick the imports of that theatrics. Gov Ododo must play the yeoman’s game for his master. He must protect him from all aggressions and transgressions from the enemies, within or outside, real or imagined. Though Gov Dodo apparently sworn to protect the constitution little did anyone know that his constitution was the mighty Bello who made it possible for him and protections he must offer him against the nation’s constitution.

Bello Yahaya is a disgrace to the exalted office of the governor. His conducts while in office showed it. His conduct out of office confirmed it. He has fouled the excellency prefixed to his name and he is today as naked and bare as a common felon.

I thank the presidency for insisting on the course of law on this. This is not politics and Bello should not be allowed to ridicule our laws. He should be smoked out from wherever hole he is hiding and made to face the law. Let his trial be accelerated and justice served. Let the same speed of light in Bobrisky’s trial be lit in Bello’s trial.

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My sister was married to the late igwe of Isuaniocha, we used to go to Ofala Festival all the time. I Have Igbo In My Family, So You Can’t Intimidate Me—- Sen Oluremi Tinubu( First Lady of Nigeria)

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‎Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has sparked conversations nationwide following a bold remark during her interaction with South-East midwives in Enugu which was aired on Channels Television.
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‎While addressing issues about ethnic sentiments and her interactions with various regions, the First Lady declared, “Don’t do shakara for me here I have Igbo in my family, so you can’t intimidate me.”
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‎The statement was made in a light-hearted yet firm tone, as she discussed issues of national unity, inclusion, and her personal connection to Nigeria’s diverse ethnic groups.
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‎According to her, her family ties cut across ethnic lines, reinforcing her belief in the need for national cohesion and mutual respect.
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‎“I have always advocated for a united Nigeria, We may speak different languages, but we are one people. My family reflects that diversity, so no one can play the ethnic card with me.”
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BREAKING: First Lady Oluremi Tinubu Honored with Chieftaincy Title in Enugu state.(Ugosimba 1 of Enugu)

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Just a month after her husband President Tinubu was given a chieftaincy title in Anambra as “Dike Simba 1 of Anambra” Her Excelency the wife of the president has been given her own chieftaincy title in Enugu.

Her husband, President Tinubu is Dike Simba 1 of Anambra
Now she, First lady Tinubu is Ugo Simba 1 of Enugu

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Sallah: Imam blames insecurity on disobedience to teachings of Qur’an, Hadiths

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Muslim cleric, Sheikh Umar Faruk Haruna has blamed insecurity in the country on the non-adherence to the teachings of the Holy Qur’an by the Muslims Ummah.

Haruna, who is the Deputy Chief Imam of the Ekenwa campus of the University of Benin, UNIBEN, made the remarks while speaking with newsmen shortly the two rakkah prayers to mark the 2025 Eid-el-Kabir.

The Imam who said Islamic religion is built on the fear of Allah, peace and love, noted that the ills in society cannot be eradicated unless the Muslims retrace their steps and go back to the teachings of the Qur’an and the Hadiths of Prophet Muhammad.

He said insecurity and other social vices have taken over all the nooks and crannies of the country because the Muslim faithful have decided to legislate for themselves instead of following and obeying Allah’s commands

“The message is simple. The essence of Islam is to have the fear of Allah, love and peace. If we the Muslim can actually behave as the Qur’an direct us and the Hadiths of Prophet Muhammad there will be no insecurity.

“It is because we have put the Qur’an and the Sunnahs of the Prophet aside, and we have decided to legislate for ourselves that is why we are having all these pockets of insecurity here and there.

“This cannot stop and will never stop until we retrace ourselves by actually believing what the Quran says and the Hadiths of the Holy Prophet Muhammad.

“The issue of insecurity you are seeing in Nigeria today is that you cannot wash the Muslims’ hands off of it. We are participating.

“Is it kidnapping, banditry, the Boko Haram. You can see today that where all these things started, we can even call them the Islamic states. But unfortunately these are supposed to be the last places where all these kinds of things are supposed to have taken place, but today here we are.

“The only solution we have is to go back to the Qur’an. It is for us to go back to the teachings of the Prophet. This is the only way we can have peace. As long as we have continued to disobey God. You can see that we have even started getting our rewards here on earth before getting to the day of judgment”, he said.

He, however, advised the Muslim Ummah worldwide to hold on to the principles and tenets of Islam, noting that the Eid-el-Kabir celebration is purely Islamic and not to perpetuate immorality, illegality and those things that are  completely forbidden in the sight of Allah.

On the sacrificial animals, the chief Imam admonished the Ummah that their sacrifice can only be accepted by Allah if acquired through legal means.

“We say even the ram we are struggling to get, you cannot strangulate, inflict pains or hardship on another person for you to get money to buy one.

“You cannot go and sin or cause pain on another person because you want to buy a ram.

“We say getting a ram is through your legal earnings, that is the only way Allah will reward you for it”, he added.

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