Nigerian Youth Congress felicitates with Muslim faithful, calls for unified, purposeful Nigeria

By Raychel Omaga

Nigerian Youth Congress, NYC, has identified with the Muslim faithful as they celebrate Eid Al-Adha Mubarak stating that the season’s celebration calls for unity and purposeful Nigeria by all Nigerians in all spheres of life.

The Secretary General, Dr. Raymond Edoh
made the statement in a congratulatory message to the Muslim faithful he signed and made available to journalists by his media aide, Emmanuel Daudu on Wednesday in Abuja.

According to him, the call for a purposeful and unified Nigeria is on account of the overwhelming achievements of the incumbent President, H.E Bola Ahmed Tinubu within a few weeks in office.
“President Ahmed Bola Tinubu is doing well in terms of leadership and he needs that moral support from all Nigerians to keep the tempo high”, he said.

While charging the youth on hard work, he called on them to remain believers of the nation’s greatness for higher heights stressing that going by the programs, and policies Ahmed Bola Tinubu is rolling out, he is optimistic for a better Nigeria in the next few years to come.

However, he also tasked President Ahmed Bola Tinubu to remain committed to the affairs of the youth urging him to engage them in the apex leadership positions as a way of carrying them along to achieve youth inclusiveness.

Jack-Rich expresses shock over distasteful, unsubstantiated media publication

Mr Tein Jack-Rich, the President of Belema Oil Producing Limited, and former presidential aspirant, under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has expressed shock over a recent publication, credited to a former aide to Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan.

Jack-Rich described the report as provocative, malicious, preposterous, unwarranted, distasteful, and unsubstantiated publication by politically sponsored agents.

The online media had reported that a certain Mr Jackson Ude, had on his Twitter handle, accused Jack-Rich of allowing his wife, Elizabeth to have sexual relationship with Seyi Tinubu, the son of President Bola Tinubu.

Ude also alleged that the philanthropist had bribed the Chief of Staff to Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila, with N500 million so he could be made a minister.

But in a swift reaction, Jack-Rich expressed disbelieve that there still existed humans who could stoop so low to smear a fellow human just to score cheap political gains.

“Dear fellow Nigerians, the attention of the family of Mr. Tein T.S. Jack-Rich CON, has been drawn to the recent provocative, malicious, preposterous, unwarranted, distasteful, and unsubstantiated publication by politically sponsored agents within the past two days, making several spurious allegations against the person and family of Jack-Rich, all with the intention of maligning his name and reputation.

“It is also sad that this is with the aim of gaining cheap political relevance within the emerging political space.

“On behalf of the family, we wish to state unequivocally clear and with all sense of responsibility that the entirety of the allegations are not only unfounded and childish, but also depicts the nature and character of the persons and evil elements behind them; who are also well known by their political brigandage and desperation for political relevance.

“We are utterly shocked, that in their attempt to tarnish the image and reputation of Mr. Jack-Rich and his family, some of these political desperados will condescend so low to the extent of making statements that not only attack his personality, but also extending same to the hallowed and revered office of the Chief of Staff to the President, thereby trying so hard to smear his own reputation and by extension, that of the Presidency.

“Let it be noted that this is not the first time the publisher of these falsehoods had tried to malign Mr. Jack-Rich with similar stories, which has become his trademark.

“A similar publication was also made in 2021 by the same Jackson Ude, alleging that Jack-Rich was involved in money laundering activities for former President Muhammadu Buhari.

“This is because Jackson Ude’s pay masters have seen that Jack-Rich is a political actor coming in to add value to national good. Till today, all claims remain unsubstantiated, and Jackson Ude and his political cohorts remain faceless and untraceable.

“Again, the jobless and faceless Jackson Ude has resurfaced with a similar story and narrative, as orchestrated by his sponsors.’’

The humble and soft spoken Jack-Rich’s media team said it had taken time to read al the online spurious publications, and wished to state for the records that the allegation of bribery against him was not only laughable and untrue, but also baseless and spuriously unfounded.

“As a senior stakeholder in the ruling Party, the APC where he contested for the presidential primaries and lost to our incumbent President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

“And having worked assiduously to help his great party to win the elections, Mr. Tein Jack-Rich, has all it takes to merit an appointment into any office as would be deemed fit by our dear President, and so does not need to bribe anyone in the party he jointly built with others.

According to the team, the fact is that Jack-Rich is a worthy APC party-man, who has never been a member of any political party in history.

“His first political journey started with APC in 2014, and has remained faithful since then till date, despite the headwinds and tail winds of politics.

“Those who called APC names, those who called Jack-Rich names for following APC yesterday, those who didn’t see anything good in APC, have suddenly woken from their sleep, seen wealth in APC, hence this vociferous campaign of calumny against the family of a great national promoter.

The team therefore said, alleging that Jack-Rich bribed or was planning to bribe anyone for ministerial appointment, is just another figment of the convoluted imagination of persons who see him as a major obstacle to their desperate dreams, aspirations, and political desperation for survival because they have lost their own political roots.

“Let it be re-emphasised here again that Tein Jack-Rich did not, will not, and will never need to bribe anyone for any political appointment in a party he just recently served as the Vice-Chairman, Finance Committee, of the Presidential Campaign, that his party won.

“So, there was just no need for anyone to sponsor such a campaign of calumny and blackmail against him, except for extreme desperation.

“It is quite shameful that in their quest to derogate Jack-Rich’s personality, the sponsored publication equally made reference to his family; something so petty and quite unfounded, again,’’ it said.

The team also refuted the allegations made against Mrs Jack-Rich, describing them as all fabricated and cooked up by the author/s to satisfy his/their sponsors.

“Again, none of their convoluted lies and falsehood ever happened, and will never happen.

“Dr. Mrs. Elizabeth Jack-Rich does not lose any sleep over this fabricated falsehood. So, it is a shame on their sponsors, whose main interest is to promote cheap political commerce to wreck families, scare upcoming political actors who mean well for the country.

“We wish to further add that we are not surprised that this is coming at this point when certain political elements who feel that without them this country will not exist, are running from pillar to post to desperately gain political mileage and attention of the Presidency for one appointment or the other.

And in doing this, they are willing and ready to blackmail and destroy any perceived superior challenge on their path. Such people are by this medium displayingemployee mentality” because they are not employable.

Their interest is to fight employers like Jack-Rich who have contributed billions of dollars value to Nigeria’s economy since his ventures into business in 1998. Nigerians should watch out for such people and their cohorts.

“Let them know that this will not stop what God has already ordained to happen.’’

The team finally urged the general public to beware that these wicked political elements will stop at nothing to implement their plot of misinforming the public against Jack-Rich.

“They will even do much more in the coming days by concocting videos, voices, pictures, and technology enhanced algorithm to smear Jack-Rich and his family, all to score cheap political goals.

“The good news however, is that Nigerian people know them by their antics, their sponsors are also known because their mission is pull down all visionary leadership whose interest is good of the society

The team therefore, concluded that the oil mogul would not join issues with them any longer, either now or in the future, as it clearly refuted all the falsehood and baseless allegations, so as not to make them appear important.

“My fellow Countrymen, Tein Jack-Rich is an ardent and staunch believer in Mr. President and his shared vision of renewed hope for this great Country.

“Jack-Rich hereby uses this medium to urge all Nigerians to be steadfast and hopeful in the promise our President and Commander in Chief of the

Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu made for a greater and prosperous nation, united under God.

Jack-Rich expresses shock over distasteful, unsubstantiated media publication

Mr Tein Jack-Rich, the President of Belema Oil Producing Limited, and former presidential aspirant, under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has expressed shock over a recent publication, credited to a former aide to Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan.

Jack-Rich described the report as provocative, malicious, preposterous, unwarranted, distasteful, and unsubstantiated publication by politically sponsored agents.

The online media had reported that a certain Mr Jackson Ude, had on his Twitter handle, accused Jack-Rich of allowing his wife, Elizabeth to have sexual relationship with Seyi Tinubu, the son of President Bola Tinubu.

Ude also alleged that the philanthropist had bribed the Chief of Staff to Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila, with N500 million so he could be made a minister.

But in a swift reaction, Jack-Rich expressed disbelieve that there still existed humans who could stoop so low to smear a fellow human just to score cheap political gains.

“Dear fellow Nigerians, the attention of the family of Mr. Tein T.S. Jack-Rich CON, has been drawn to the recent provocative, malicious, preposterous, unwarranted, distasteful, and unsubstantiated publication by politically sponsored agents within the past two days, making several spurious allegations against the person and family of Jack-Rich, all with the intention of maligning his name and reputation.

“It is also sad that this is with the aim of gaining cheap political relevance within the emerging political space.

“On behalf of the family, we wish to state unequivocally clear and with all sense of responsibility that the entirety of the allegations are not only unfounded and childish, but also depicts the nature and character of the persons and evil elements behind them; who are also well known by their political brigandage and desperation for political relevance.

“We are utterly shocked, that in their attempt to tarnish the image and reputation of Mr. Jack-Rich and his family, some of these political desperados will condescend so low to the extent of making statements that not only attack his personality, but also extending same to the hallowed and revered office of the Chief of Staff to the President, thereby trying so hard to smear his own reputation and by extension, that of the Presidency.

“Let it be noted that this is not the first time the publisher of these falsehoods had tried to malign Mr. Jack-Rich with similar stories, which has become his trademark.

“A similar publication was also made in 2021 by the same Jackson Ude, alleging that Jack-Rich was involved in money laundering activities for former President Muhammadu Buhari.

“This is because Jackson Ude’s pay masters have seen that Jack-Rich is a political actor coming in to add value to national good. Till today, all claims remain unsubstantiated, and Jackson Ude and his political cohorts remain faceless and untraceable.

“Again, the jobless and faceless Jackson Ude has resurfaced with a similar story and narrative, as orchestrated by his sponsors.’’

The humble and soft spoken Jack-Rich’s media team said it had taken time to read al the online spurious publications, and wished to state for the records that the allegation of bribery against him was not only laughable and untrue, but also baseless and spuriously unfounded.

“As a senior stakeholder in the ruling Party, the APC where he contested for the presidential primaries and lost to our incumbent President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

“And having worked assiduously to help his great party to win the elections, Mr. Tein Jack-Rich, has all it takes to merit an appointment into any office as would be deemed fit by our dear President, and so does not need to bribe anyone in the party he jointly built with others.

According to the team, the fact is that Jack-Rich is a worthy APC party-man, who has never been a member of any political party in history.

“His first political journey started with APC in 2014, and has remained faithful since then till date, despite the headwinds and tail winds of politics.

“Those who called APC names, those who called Jack-Rich names for following APC yesterday, those who didn’t see anything good in APC, have suddenly woken from their sleep, seen wealth in APC, hence this vociferous campaign of calumny against the family of a great national promoter.

The team therefore said, alleging that Jack-Rich bribed or was planning to bribe anyone for ministerial appointment, is just another figment of the convoluted imagination of persons who see him as a major obstacle to their desperate dreams, aspirations, and political desperation for survival because they have lost their own political roots.

“Let it be re-emphasised here again that Tein Jack-Rich did not, will not, and will never need to bribe anyone for any political appointment in a party he just recently served as the Vice-Chairman, Finance Committee, of the Presidential Campaign, that his party won.

“So, there was just no need for anyone to sponsor such a campaign of calumny and blackmail against him, except for extreme desperation.

“It is quite shameful that in their quest to derogate Jack-Rich’s personality, the sponsored publication equally made reference to his family; something so petty and quite unfounded, again,’’ it said.

The team also refuted the allegations made against Mrs Jack-Rich, describing them as all fabricated and cooked up by the author/s to satisfy his/their sponsors.

“Again, none of their convoluted lies and falsehood ever happened, and will never happen.

“Dr. Mrs. Elizabeth Jack-Rich does not lose any sleep over this fabricated falsehood. So, it is a shame on their sponsors, whose main interest is to promote cheap political commerce to wreck families, scare upcoming political actors who mean well for the country.

“We wish to further add that we are not surprised that this is coming at this point when certain political elements who feel that without them this country will not exist, are running from pillar to post to desperately gain political mileage and attention of the Presidency for one appointment or the other.

And in doing this, they are willing and ready to blackmail and destroy any perceived superior challenge on their path. Such people are by this medium displayingemployee mentality” because they are not employable.

Their interest is to fight employers like Jack-Rich who have contributed billions of dollars value to Nigeria’s economy since his ventures into business in 1998. Nigerians should watch out for such people and their cohorts.

“Let them know that this will not stop what God has already ordained to happen.’’

The team finally urged the general public to beware that these wicked political elements will stop at nothing to implement their plot of misinforming the public against Jack-Rich.

“They will even do much more in the coming days by concocting videos, voices, pictures, and technology enhanced algorithm to smear Jack-Rich and his family, all to score cheap political goals.

“The good news however, is that Nigerian people know them by their antics, their sponsors are also known because their mission is pull down all visionary leadership whose interest is good of the society

The team therefore, concluded that the oil mogul would not join issues with them any longer, either now or in the future, as it clearly refuted all the falsehood and baseless allegations, so as not to make them appear important.

“My fellow Countrymen, Tein Jack-Rich is an ardent and staunch believer in Mr. President and his shared vision of renewed hope for this great Country.

“Jack-Rich hereby uses this medium to urge all Nigerians to be steadfast and hopeful in the promise our President and Commander in Chief of the

Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu made for a greater and prosperous nation, united under God.

Jack-Rich expresses shock over distasteful, unsubstantiated media publication

Mr Tein Jack-Rich, the President of Belema Oil Producing Limited, and former presidential aspirant, under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has expressed shock over a recent publication, credited to a former aide to Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan.

Jack-Rich described the report as provocative, malicious, preposterous, unwarranted, distasteful, and unsubstantiated publication by politically sponsored agents.

The online media had reported that a certain Mr Jackson Ude, had on his Twitter handle, accused Jack-Rich of allowing his wife, Elizabeth to have sexual relationship with Seyi Tinubu, the son of President Bola Tinubu.

Ude also alleged that the philanthropist had bribed the Chief of Staff to Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila, with N500 million so he could be made a minister.

But in a swift reaction, Jack-Rich expressed disbelieve that there still existed humans who could stoop so low to smear a fellow human just to score cheap political gains.

“Dear fellow Nigerians, the attention of the family of Mr. Tein T.S. Jack-Rich CON, has been drawn to the recent provocative, malicious, preposterous, unwarranted, distasteful, and unsubstantiated publication by politically sponsored agents within the past two days, making several spurious allegations against the person and family of Jack-Rich, all with the intention of maligning his name and reputation.

“It is also sad that this is with the aim of gaining cheap political relevance within the emerging political space.

“On behalf of the family, we wish to state unequivocally clear and with all sense of responsibility that the entirety of the allegations are not only unfounded and childish, but also depicts the nature and character of the persons and evil elements behind them; who are also well known by their political brigandage and desperation for political relevance.

“We are utterly shocked, that in their attempt to tarnish the image and reputation of Mr. Jack-Rich and his family, some of these political desperados will condescend so low to the extent of making statements that not only attack his personality, but also extending same to the hallowed and revered office of the Chief of Staff to the President, thereby trying so hard to smear his own reputation and by extension, that of the Presidency.

“Let it be noted that this is not the first time the publisher of these falsehoods had tried to malign Mr. Jack-Rich with similar stories, which has become his trademark.

“A similar publication was also made in 2021 by the same Jackson Ude, alleging that Jack-Rich was involved in money laundering activities for former President Muhammadu Buhari.

“This is because Jackson Ude’s pay masters have seen that Jack-Rich is a political actor coming in to add value to national good. Till today, all claims remain unsubstantiated, and Jackson Ude and his political cohorts remain faceless and untraceable.

“Again, the jobless and faceless Jackson Ude has resurfaced with a similar story and narrative, as orchestrated by his sponsors.’’

The humble and soft spoken Jack-Rich’s media team said it had taken time to read al the online spurious publications, and wished to state for the records that the allegation of bribery against him was not only laughable and untrue, but also baseless and spuriously unfounded.

“As a senior stakeholder in the ruling Party, the APC where he contested for the presidential primaries and lost to our incumbent President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

“And having worked assiduously to help his great party to win the elections, Mr. Tein Jack-Rich, has all it takes to merit an appointment into any office as would be deemed fit by our dear President, and so does not need to bribe anyone in the party he jointly built with others.

According to the team, the fact is that Jack-Rich is a worthy APC party-man, who has never been a member of any political party in history.

“His first political journey started with APC in 2014, and has remained faithful since then till date, despite the headwinds and tail winds of politics.

“Those who called APC names, those who called Jack-Rich names for following APC yesterday, those who didn’t see anything good in APC, have suddenly woken from their sleep, seen wealth in APC, hence this vociferous campaign of calumny against the family of a great national promoter.

The team therefore said, alleging that Jack-Rich bribed or was planning to bribe anyone for ministerial appointment, is just another figment of the convoluted imagination of persons who see him as a major obstacle to their desperate dreams, aspirations, and political desperation for survival because they have lost their own political roots.

“Let it be re-emphasised here again that Tein Jack-Rich did not, will not, and will never need to bribe anyone for any political appointment in a party he just recently served as the Vice-Chairman, Finance Committee, of the Presidential Campaign, that his party won.

“So, there was just no need for anyone to sponsor such a campaign of calumny and blackmail against him, except for extreme desperation.

“It is quite shameful that in their quest to derogate Jack-Rich’s personality, the sponsored publication equally made reference to his family; something so petty and quite unfounded, again,’’ it said.

The team also refuted the allegations made against Mrs Jack-Rich, describing them as all fabricated and cooked up by the author/s to satisfy his/their sponsors.

“Again, none of their convoluted lies and falsehood ever happened, and will never happen.

“Dr. Mrs. Elizabeth Jack-Rich does not lose any sleep over this fabricated falsehood. So, it is a shame on their sponsors, whose main interest is to promote cheap political commerce to wreck families, scare upcoming political actors who mean well for the country.

“We wish to further add that we are not surprised that this is coming at this point when certain political elements who feel that without them this country will not exist, are running from pillar to post to desperately gain political mileage and attention of the Presidency for one appointment or the other.

And in doing this, they are willing and ready to blackmail and destroy any perceived superior challenge on their path. Such people are by this medium displayingemployee mentality” because they are not employable.

Their interest is to fight employers like Jack-Rich who have contributed billions of dollars value to Nigeria’s economy since his ventures into business in 1998. Nigerians should watch out for such people and their cohorts.

“Let them know that this will not stop what God has already ordained to happen.’’

The team finally urged the general public to beware that these wicked political elements will stop at nothing to implement their plot of misinforming the public against Jack-Rich.

“They will even do much more in the coming days by concocting videos, voices, pictures, and technology enhanced algorithm to smear Jack-Rich and his family, all to score cheap political goals.

“The good news however, is that Nigerian people know them by their antics, their sponsors are also known because their mission is pull down all visionary leadership whose interest is good of the society

The team therefore, concluded that the oil mogul would not join issues with them any longer, either now or in the future, as it clearly refuted all the falsehood and baseless allegations, so as not to make them appear important.

“My fellow Countrymen, Tein Jack-Rich is an ardent and staunch believer in Mr. President and his shared vision of renewed hope for this great Country.

“Jack-Rich hereby uses this medium to urge all Nigerians to be steadfast and hopeful in the promise our President and Commander in Chief of the

Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu made for a greater and prosperous nation, united under God.

Jack-Rich expresses shock over distasteful, unsubstantiated media publication

Mr Tein Jack-Rich, the President of Belema Oil Producing Limited, and former presidential aspirant, under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has expressed shock over a recent publication, credited to a former aide to Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan.

Jack-Rich described the report as provocative, malicious, preposterous, unwarranted, distasteful, and unsubstantiated publication by politically sponsored agents.

The online media had reported that a certain Mr Jackson Ude, had on his Twitter handle, accused Jack-Rich of allowing his wife, Elizabeth to have sexual relationship with Seyi Tinubu, the son of President Bola Tinubu.

Ude also alleged that the philanthropist had bribed the Chief of Staff to Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila, with N500 million so he could be made a minister.

But in a swift reaction, Jack-Rich expressed disbelieve that there still existed humans who could stoop so low to smear a fellow human just to score cheap political gains.

“Dear fellow Nigerians, the attention of the family of Mr. Tein T.S. Jack-Rich CON, has been drawn to the recent provocative, malicious, preposterous, unwarranted, distasteful, and unsubstantiated publication by politically sponsored agents within the past two days, making several spurious allegations against the person and family of Jack-Rich, all with the intention of maligning his name and reputation.

“It is also sad that this is with the aim of gaining cheap political relevance within the emerging political space.

“On behalf of the family, we wish to state unequivocally clear and with all sense of responsibility that the entirety of the allegations are not only unfounded and childish, but also depicts the nature and character of the persons and evil elements behind them; who are also well known by their political brigandage and desperation for political relevance.

“We are utterly shocked, that in their attempt to tarnish the image and reputation of Mr. Jack-Rich and his family, some of these political desperados will condescend so low to the extent of making statements that not only attack his personality, but also extending same to the hallowed and revered office of the Chief of Staff to the President, thereby trying so hard to smear his own reputation and by extension, that of the Presidency.

“Let it be noted that this is not the first time the publisher of these falsehoods had tried to malign Mr. Jack-Rich with similar stories, which has become his trademark.

“A similar publication was also made in 2021 by the same Jackson Ude, alleging that Jack-Rich was involved in money laundering activities for former President Muhammadu Buhari.

“This is because Jackson Ude’s pay masters have seen that Jack-Rich is a political actor coming in to add value to national good. Till today, all claims remain unsubstantiated, and Jackson Ude and his political cohorts remain faceless and untraceable.

“Again, the jobless and faceless Jackson Ude has resurfaced with a similar story and narrative, as orchestrated by his sponsors.’’

The humble and soft spoken Jack-Rich’s media team said it had taken time to read al the online spurious publications, and wished to state for the records that the allegation of bribery against him was not only laughable and untrue, but also baseless and spuriously unfounded.

“As a senior stakeholder in the ruling Party, the APC where he contested for the presidential primaries and lost to our incumbent President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

“And having worked assiduously to help his great party to win the elections, Mr. Tein Jack-Rich, has all it takes to merit an appointment into any office as would be deemed fit by our dear President, and so does not need to bribe anyone in the party he jointly built with others.

According to the team, the fact is that Jack-Rich is a worthy APC party-man, who has never been a member of any political party in history.

“His first political journey started with APC in 2014, and has remained faithful since then till date, despite the headwinds and tail winds of politics.

“Those who called APC names, those who called Jack-Rich names for following APC yesterday, those who didn’t see anything good in APC, have suddenly woken from their sleep, seen wealth in APC, hence this vociferous campaign of calumny against the family of a great national promoter.

The team therefore said, alleging that Jack-Rich bribed or was planning to bribe anyone for ministerial appointment, is just another figment of the convoluted imagination of persons who see him as a major obstacle to their desperate dreams, aspirations, and political desperation for survival because they have lost their own political roots.

“Let it be re-emphasised here again that Tein Jack-Rich did not, will not, and will never need to bribe anyone for any political appointment in a party he just recently served as the Vice-Chairman, Finance Committee, of the Presidential Campaign, that his party won.

“So, there was just no need for anyone to sponsor such a campaign of calumny and blackmail against him, except for extreme desperation.

“It is quite shameful that in their quest to derogate Jack-Rich’s personality, the sponsored publication equally made reference to his family; something so petty and quite unfounded, again,’’ it said.

The team also refuted the allegations made against Mrs Jack-Rich, describing them as all fabricated and cooked up by the author/s to satisfy his/their sponsors.

“Again, none of their convoluted lies and falsehood ever happened, and will never happen.

“Dr. Mrs. Elizabeth Jack-Rich does not lose any sleep over this fabricated falsehood. So, it is a shame on their sponsors, whose main interest is to promote cheap political commerce to wreck families, scare upcoming political actors who mean well for the country.

“We wish to further add that we are not surprised that this is coming at this point when certain political elements who feel that without them this country will not exist, are running from pillar to post to desperately gain political mileage and attention of the Presidency for one appointment or the other.

And in doing this, they are willing and ready to blackmail and destroy any perceived superior challenge on their path. Such people are by this medium displayingemployee mentality” because they are not employable.

Their interest is to fight employers like Jack-Rich who have contributed billions of dollars value to Nigeria’s economy since his ventures into business in 1998. Nigerians should watch out for such people and their cohorts.

“Let them know that this will not stop what God has already ordained to happen.’’

The team finally urged the general public to beware that these wicked political elements will stop at nothing to implement their plot of misinforming the public against Jack-Rich.

“They will even do much more in the coming days by concocting videos, voices, pictures, and technology enhanced algorithm to smear Jack-Rich and his family, all to score cheap political goals.

“The good news however, is that Nigerian people know them by their antics, their sponsors are also known because their mission is pull down all visionary leadership whose interest is good of the society

The team therefore, concluded that the oil mogul would not join issues with them any longer, either now or in the future, as it clearly refuted all the falsehood and baseless allegations, so as not to make them appear important.

“My fellow Countrymen, Tein Jack-Rich is an ardent and staunch believer in Mr. President and his shared vision of renewed hope for this great Country.

“Jack-Rich hereby uses this medium to urge all Nigerians to be steadfast and hopeful in the promise our President and Commander in Chief of the

Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu made for a greater and prosperous nation, united under one God.

Dr. Raymond Edoh identifies with Muslim faithful, tasked to celebrate with security consciousness

By Maryam Aminu

The United Nations Habitat Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr. Raymond Edoh has congratulated Muslims in Nigeria as they celebrate Eid Al-Adha Mubarak charging them to remain vigilant and report any suspicious security threat to security agencies nearest to them.

The International Activist, Dr. Edoh made the statement in a congratulatory message to Muslims he signed and made available to journalists by his media aide, Emmanuel Daudu on Wednesday in Abuja.

According to the statement, he lauded the security agencies for their resolutions to curb the active activities of terrorists over the years against the interest of the nation which has turned to the loss of lives and properties.

Speaking further, he assured the general public to continue believing in the country’s security agencies pointing out that the nation would get over it in a no-distance time.

While calling on Nigerian youths to imbibe hard work as a way of boosting the economy, he charged the government to create an enabling environment to motivate the youths to strive in their sundry endeavors.

Reacting to fuel subsidy removal, Edoh thanked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the bold step in removing subsidies as he advised the government to invest and explore grey areas for the betterment of the nation.

UNESCO Laureate Prof. Bashiru Aremu congratulates Muslim Faithful globally on account of Eid Al-Adha Mubarak

By Maryam Aminu

The Vice-Chancellor, Crown University Int’l Chartered Inc., USA,
UNESCO Laureate,
Prof Sir Bashiru Aremu has congratulated Muslim faithful globally stressing the need for love and sincere dedication to global unity to enhance mutual global development and mutual co-existence of nations irrespective of continent and race.

Aremu made the call on Wednesday in a congratulatory message he signed and made available to a cluster of journalists by his Senior Special Assistant on media, Emmanuel Daudu.

The message also lauded the efforts of the incumbent President, H.E Ahmed Bola Tinubu in making Nigeria attain its greater heights.
“We have seen how determined President Ahmed Bola Tinubu is in bringing back the nation’s lost glory, economically. His fight against corruption has not been biased and I think he deserves our mutual moral support to continue”.

However, he tasked him to also focus on the education sector pointing out that the Nigerian economy has suffered almost irrecoverable losses going by lots of students going out of the nation for studies abroad just because of the dilapidated and obsolete education system in the country.

He also stated that there is need to revolutionize the education system to a global standard to meet up with the developed nations.

NSCC Boss canvasses for funds to produce functional and seamless (3 in 1) Identity cards for older people in Nigeria

By Emmanuel Daudu

The Director General of, the National Senior Citizens  Centre, NSCC, Emem Omokaro Ph.D. has called on financial institutions to make the production of Identity Cards for Senior Citizens a reality by contributing and enhancing soft policies that would make it easy to make the project a reality.

Omokaro made the call on Tuesday during the NSCC Meeting with Banks and Related Institutions on Issuance and Funding of Identity Cards for Senior Citizens, held on June 27, 2023, at Barcelona Hotel, Abuja while giving her welcome address and Overview of the National Senior Citizens Centre and Opportunities for Public Private Partnership.

Speaking further, she has this to say, “This round-table meeting, we hope, being a joint novel and maiden meeting on funding possibilities for the production of functional and seamless (3 in 1) Identity cards for Senior Citizens, would provide equal opportunity for all present to contribute your perspectives and ideas to the national project.

“The National Senior Citizens Centre’s vision is a multi-purpose card that would serve as a vehicle for financial inclusion, as conducive economic and social enterprise empowerment instrument and access to age-friendly physical environment outcomes for Nigeria’s senior citizens – a population most left behind. With much appreciation, on behalf of the Management and staff of NSCC, it is my honor to welcome all of you distinguished guests to this auspicious occasion.
NSCC by this meeting, has a rare opportunity to share its mission and the ways in which our general goal, which is to improve the quality of life of older persons in Nigeria, and programs commend themselves to public-private partnership. In sharing these and the achievement so far, I believe you will find sufficient information on the many benefits the card is designed to convey and see possible synergies and strong reasons for collaborations and partnerships.

“To provide a backdrop and necessary information to guide the discussion, it is essential to tell you about the National Senior Citizens Center and the population it serves – as well as the opportunities its mandate presents for Public-Private Partnerships.  NSCC is a very young Federal government agency established pursuant to the National Senior Citizens Centre Act 2017 signed by His Excellency Muhammadu Buhari GCFR, which however, commenced operations in June 2021”.

She encouraged financial institutions to take advantage of the project that would in the tale end benefit both the banks and the Senior citizens.

Also speaking at the event, the Representative of the Director General of the  National Management Identity Commission, NMIC, Chucks Onyepunuka, Director of Information Technology/ Identity Data-Base lauded the resilience of the DG NSCC, Emem Omokaro Ph.D. for laudable achievements over the years as he assures the Centre of his commission’s total support to make the Senior Citizens Identity Card project a reality.

Speaking on the benefits that accrue to the Identity card, the Director of Active Ageing and Support Services, Kayode Fagbemi, while emphasizing the objectives of the Senior Citizens Identity Card, said, it would be used for payments and access to other services, get exemptions from some taxes such as VAT, free health benefits, vaccinations and other health services at cheaper rates, reduced phone charges, more straight forward passport application, access to social security intervention, discount on utility bills and several others.

EID-EL-KABIR: IGP Assures Of Sustained Efforts At Improving Public Safety, Security, Orders Adequate Deployment Of Personnel, Assets

Wishes Muslims a Happy, Peaceful Sallah

The Inspector-General of Police, Ag. IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, PhD, NPM, has assured the general publics of sustained efforts by the Force in tackling crimes and criminality and improved public safety and security across the country. The IGP gave the assurance while charging Commissioners of Police (CPs) in all the States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and their supervisory Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs), to configure the security architecture in their Areas of Responsibility (AoR) for robust and responsive policing ahead of the Eid-el-Kabir celebration which comes up on Wednesday 28th June 2023, to ensure adequate security for the citizenry throughout the festivities and beyond.

According to CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, mnipr, mipra, Force Public Relations Officer,
Force Headquarters,
Abuja in a press release signed on June 27, 2023,
the IGP particularly directed the Zonal AIGs and State Command CPs to deploy human and other operational assets to carry out confidence building and crime prevention patrols on major highways, residential and industrial areas, vulnerable points, places of worship, other places of public resort and around all critical national infrastructure devoid of harassment and extortion. The IGP equally warned that personnel deployed must be disciplined, professional, respect the fundamental rights of the citizens, and fulfill their responsibilities with all sense of decorum and alertness.

The Inspector-General of Police, while congratulating Muslim Faithful in the country on the occasion of the year 2023 Eid-el-Kabir celebration, restated that the Force would harness all available assets including relevant groups, associations, sectors, and synergize with other security agencies to boost its service delivery and stabilize general security within the nation.

The IGP wishes all Muslims a happy and peaceful Sallah celebration.

Multiple Taxation: FIRS Partners With Market Traders Association of Nigeria (MATAN) For VAT Remittance From Informal Sector


The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has partnered with the Market Traders Association of Nigeria (MATAN) to collect and remit Value Added Tax (VAT) to the FIRS from the country’s markets, especially in the informal sector.

According to Johannes Oluwatobi Wojuola
Special Assistant to the Executive Chairman, FIRS
(Media and Communication) in a press release he signed on June 22, 2023, the Association which has a membership of well over 40 million traders across the country’s 774 local governments, and 36 States plus the Federal Capital Territory is the biggest player in Nigeria’s market space.

The details of the FIRS’ partnership with MATAN was disclosed yesterday at a Stakeholders Engagement Programme on the VAT DIRECT Initiative, held in Lagos State. The partnership will see the FIRS collaborating with the association to deploy technology to enumerate traders for collecting and remitting VAT to the Service, consequently leading to an expansion of the tax net and increased revenue for the Federation.

The VAT DIRECT Initiative (VDI) is a program designed to foster collaboration between the FIRS and the market place, especially the informal sector, in the collection and remittance of the Value Added Tax (VAT) using technology.

Speaking during the Stakeholder Engagement, Mr. Muhammad Nami, Executive Chairman FIRS highlighted that the initiative was the first of its kind, and that it was crucial to revenue generation and also to eliminating multiple taxation, especially from the informal sector.

The Executive Chairman, FIRS who is also the Chairman of the Joint Tax Board (JTB) further stated that the government is worried about the multiplicity of taxes, and that the Service and JTB were working on various modalities of addressing this challenge and that this partnership has laid a very good foundation for the government to address the issue of multiple taxation and extortion by tax officials, tax agents and touts in the market place.

He further noted that the Service would collaborate with security agencies, especially the Nigeria Police, to deal with illegal tax collection by touts in markets.

“One important area of our collaboration is the issue of providing adequate security in the markets. We are aware of the challenges that you have faced in the past with miscreants, self-imposed tax collection agents, and touts.

“I want to assure you that as part of this initiative, we will be collaborating with the relevant security agencies particularly the Nigeria Police Force to tackle all forms of touting and illegal tax collection by miscreants and keep them away from your markets.”

Mr. Nami further noted that the success of this collaboration would lead to increased revenue for the country, and in turn provide government the needed resources to fund infrastructure and other social amenities.

“The successful outcome of this collaboration and additional revenue accruable will have multiplier effects on all sectors of the economy as the government will have more revenue to provide the needed social amenities and infrastructure in critical sectors.

“An improved VAT collection will improve the revenue base of the States and Local Governments at the sub-national level and the citizens will be the ultimate beneficiaries.

“This initiative is very important to the government, particularly at this moment of dwindling revenues from the petroleum sector and therefore, requires that we put all hands on deck and optimally explore all available opportunities.

“The administration of VAT in the informal sector is characterized mainly by a low level of compliance and a lack of awareness in terms of obligation and liability. It, therefore, becomes necessary to leverage the MATAN platform to positively change the status quo,” Mr. Nami stated.

He also noted that to ensure transparency and accountability of the project operations, a combined monitoring and evaluation team comprising both organisations would be formed.

During the Stakeholder Engagement, the Executive Chairman, FIRS also unveiled an Identity Card that is to be given to each trader upon enumeration; the card contains their tax identification number and other personal details.

The VAT Direct Initiative Stakeholder Engagement was attended by the Secretary of the Joint Tax Board, representatives from Deposit Money Banks, Iyalojas of Markets across the country, members of various trade clusters, representatives from all major markets across the country, as well as officers of the Federal Inland Revenue Service.


UNESCO laureate Prof. Bashiru Aremu bags Triple Int’l appointments

Royal University of The Kingdom Of Atlantis (RU-KOA) in Singapore has rewarded a Nigerian UNESCO laureate, Prof Sir Bashiru Aremu with three appointments.

The appointment, the school authorities, said was in recognition of his hardwork and dedication towards the improvement of society and humanity.

According to the varsity, the Nigerian-born laureate is to serve as the Vice Chairman Worldwide of RU-KOA in Singapore, the university’s life time fellowship member and chief adviser to the university’s chancellor and chairman of the board, Prof Dr. Michael Puzzolante.

In an executive order signed by Puzzolante as contained in the appointment document, the varsity don said the appointment was in accordance with the institution’s constitution and authority bestowed on him as the University’s Chancellor and chairman of the board.

Puzzolante in the statement stated further that Aremu will be in charge of assisting the chancellor with the promotion of Royal University of The Kingdom Of Atlantis in Singapore Worldwide in order to bring multitude of international students, that Duke Of The Kingdom Of Atlantis will have seat in the University’s Grand Board of Trustees, a development which was implemented on June 24, 2023.

He stated: “In accordance with authorization bestowed in them, the Senate of The Kingdom Of Atlantis in Singapore upon recommendation of the Grand Board of Trustees do confer: Life Time Cértificate of Fellowship to Prof Sir Bashiru Aremu, Fellow of Royal University of The Kingdom Of Atlantis in Singapore”.

“The Fellowship of new scholars and qualified individuals are submitted to the jurisprudence of the Grand Board of Trustees of the RU-KOA Nomination to the rank of scholar is determined based on various criteria and actions presented and observed from the candidate.

“This Fellowship is given with pride and honor to the aforementioned individual for being part of the RU-KOA and contributing to its expansion and for the fire of genius that keeps burning with passion and dedication for the service of the people.”

Aremu, a Professor of computer science, information and communication technology, while reacting to the triple appointments, prestigious awards, honors commended the RU-KOA chancellor, Puzzolante on the gesture and global recognition.

World Drug Day 2023: UNODC and National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Collaborate to Combat Drug Use Disorder

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), at a joint press briefing held with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on 19 June 2023, restated its commitment to strengthening efforts in drug prevention, treatment, and control in Nigeria. UNODC Country Representative, Oliver Stolpe, emphasized the importance of international cooperation and addressing the challenges posed by drug trafficking networks.

In a press statement yesterday, Oliver Stolpe outlined the top priorities for UNODC in the coming year. These include:

1. Strengthening International Cooperation: UNODC aims to dismantle trafficking networks involved in the drug trade through enhanced international cooperation with justice systems worldwide.

2. Improving Drug Counseling and Treatment: UNODC will work towards training public and primary healthcare providers to effectively provide drug counseling and intervention. Efforts will focus on increasing the availability of treatment centers and preventing the spread of drug use disorders in Nigeria.

3. Conducting a Drug Use Survey: UNODC will collaborate with the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics to conduct a drug use survey, updating information on drug use and control in Nigeria.

4. School-Based Drug Prevention: UNODC seeks to equip Nigerian children with life skills and knowledge to resist drug use. Existing programs will be expanded to reach a larger number of children, with a special focus on secondary education.

5. World Drug Report: UNODC is eager to learn about the latest developments in the global drug situation. The report will provide insights into the surplus of cocaine production in Latin America, its potential influence on Africa, and issues related to drug use disorder.

The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa (Retd) also disclosed that the fight against substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking has yielded significant results in the last 29 months with the arrest of 31.675 drug offenders; 5,147 of them prosecuted and convicted while over 6.3 million kilograms of assorted drugs were seized within the same period. According to him, ‘This year’s theme, “People First: Stop Stigma and Discrimination, Strengthen Prevention” is in furtherance of the whole-of-society approach to taming the drug scourge. This theme is especially pertinent to the Nigerian situation at the moment. In the past two and the half years, we have strengthened our law enforcement efforts to cut down on the supply of drugs in society.

While charging the society to drop the stigmatization that discourages drug users from seeking treatment, the NDLEA boss expressed appreciation for the partnership between NDLEA, NGOs, development partners, and the various groups, institutions, and relevant professionals in society, including media professionals, who have been very supportive of the renewed war on drugs.” He further thanked UNODC for its “unquantifiable support that has contributed to the rapid evolution of NDLEA” and added “we are thankful to the European Union (EU) and the governments of the United States, United Kingdom, France, India, Germany, who have all boosted our capacity to cope with the demands of our mandate.”

Oliver Stolpe expresses gratitude for the strong collaboration with NDLEA and other Nigerian partners, including NAFDAC, the Federal Ministries of Health and Education, Civil Society Organizations, and the private sector. As the drug epidemic continues to affect millions of people, he stressed the need for all partners to take a people-centered approach to drug policies, with a focus on human rights, compassion, and evidence-based practices. This year’s theme for the World Drug Day is therefore “People First: Stop Stigma and Discrimination, Strengthen Prevention”

Governor Bassey Otu Orders Indefinite Suspension Of Cruise Operations At Marina Resort

By Emmanuel Daudu

Cross River State Governor, Senator Prince Bassey Otu, in further response to the cruise boat accident at the Marina Resort, Calabar, on Saturday, June 24, 2023 involving 14 medical students with three feared dead and 11 rescued, has directed as follows according to a press release e-signed on Sunday 25th of June, 2023 by Emmanuel Ogbeche, Chief Press Secretary to the Executive Governor
Cross River State.

That all cruise boat operations and other activities at the Marina Resort be suspended immediately until further notice.

That the cruise boat operators with the management of the State Tourism Bureau are directed to attend a meeting in the Office of the Secretary to the State Government on Tuesday, June 27th, 2023 by 12pm.

“Besides the cruise boat operations, the State Ministry of Transport is to immediately cross-check the safety standards and conditions of all boats operating in the Calabar waterways.

“That the Police should speed up their investigations of the fatal boat accident and prosecute those found culpable to serve as deterrence to others”.

The governor further sympathizes with the families of the affected students over the unfortunate incident.