Melaye ‘Kidnapped’ By Unknown Gunmen

  

SAHARA REPORTERS, NEW YORKJUL 26, 2018

     

Dino Melaye,  the senator representing Kogi West at the National Assembly, has been abducted by unknown gunmen. 

Melaye’s abduction was confirmed by Ben Bruce, the senator representing Bayelsa East, on his Twitter page @benmurraybruce on Thursday morning. 

“I have just been informed by Moses Melaye, @dino_melaye’s brother, that Dino has been abducted by unknown persons in a Toyota Sienna that blocked their car and overpowered them on their way to Kogi to answer to Dino’s court case. Lets be on the watch out. Will keep you updated,” Bruce tweeted. 

Earlier on Wednesday, Sentor Melaye was arraigned before an FCT High Court in Abuja on a six-count charge bordering on attempted suicide. 
                                                                                      

Leah Sharibu has not renounced Christianity - Mama Boko Haram

Author: Omotayo Yusuf 

- Mama Boko Haram has said she is working with International Committee of Red Cross to see that Leah Sharibu is released from captivity 

- According to her, Leah has not renounced her Christian faith 

- Leah is one of the abducted Dapchi school girls yet to be rescued from Boko Haram captivity Aisha Wakil, popularly known as Mama Boko Haram, has revealed that she is partnering with the International Committee of Red Cross to rescue Leah Sharibu who was abducted by Boko Haram. 

Sharibu was one of the 112 girls kidnapped by Boko Haram from Girls Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe state. While others were later released, Sharibu was held because she refused to renounce her Christian faith. 

PR Nigeria reports that Mama Taraba said Sharibu has not renounced her Christian faith and that her NGO, Complete Care And Aid Foundation, in collaboration with the Red Cross will see to her release. She said: “I am really worried about Leah and her freedom from Boko Haram is very important to me. Leah did not renounced her religion, that I can assure you and we shall do everything with both the government and the international organisation to ensure she regain her freedom just like her colleagues that were reunited with her families.” Meanwhile, after its plenary on Wednesday, July 4, the house of commons of the United Kingdom (UK) assured the federal government of its supports in ensuring the safe release of Leah Sharibu, one of the Dapchi girls who were kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists in February 2018. 

The United Kingdom has vowed to the federal government that it will support it in its effort to actualise the safe recovery and return of Leah Sharibu, one of the Dapchi girls abducted by Boko Haram terrorists in February 2018. Sharibu, the only Christian, was held back for allegedly refusing to renounce her faith, The Cable reports. The Cable reported that the house of commons (lower chamber of the UK parliament) came to a consensus on Sharibu at its plenary on Wednesday, July 4. 

Read more: https://www.naija.ng/1182084-leah-sharibu-renounced-christianity-mama-boko-haram-details.html?source=notification#1182084

THE NEW IMAGE OF ISREAL

Why Jonathan's govt didn’t save despite oil boom - Okonjo-Iweala.

Author: Wale Akinola

-Former finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has revealed why Jonathan's government failed to save despite oil boom

- President Muhammadu Buhari had repeatedly blamed his inability to deliver on his critical campaign promises on the shortage of funds

- Okonjo-Iweala noted that the then state governors insisted that funds in the Excess Crude Account (ECA) must be shared 

A former minister of finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has linked the failure of former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration to save for the rainy day, despite oil boom, to the insistence of state governors that funds in the Excess Crude Account (ECA) must be shared. The Punch reports that Okonjo-Iweala, said as finance minister, with the backing of Jonathan and ex-vice-president Namadi Sambo, she had a running battle with state governors, who insisted that there was no need to save despite that crude oil was selling at $86 per barrel. 

NAIJ.com gathered that the former minister said this in her book, “Fighting Corruption Is Dangerous: The Story Behind the Headlines,” published recently. President Muhammadu Buhari who succeeded Jonathan has been blaming his inability to deliver on his critical campaign promises on the shortage of funds. 

Buhari had lamented that the government was broke due to the failure of the previous administration to save when oil price was high. The country went into an economic recession in 2016. But Okonjo-Iweala, who doubled as coordinating minister for the economy under Jonathan, identified the minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, who was then Rivers state governor and chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF); the national chairman of the APC, Adams Oshiomhole, then Edo state governor; and Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun state, as the most strident voices against the proposition to retain funds in the ECA for the rainy day. 

According to Okonjo-Iweala, the National Economic Council (NEC) meetings used to turn stormy whenever the debate about sharing what was in the ECA came up, noting that only a few governors, such as then governor Peter Obi of Anambra state, supported the argument for saving but their voices were drowned by the majority who insisted that the country was already experiencing the rainy day and the money should be shared.

 Okonjo-Iweala, who had her first stint as finance minister between 2003 and 2006 under former President Olusegun Obasanjo, noted that Obasanjo’s administration created the ECA to solve the problem of Nigeria’s volatile revenue.

Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had previously reported that the former minister of finance under the Goodluck Jonathan's administration, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala revealed the reason she didn't throw in the towel and resign despite all adversities during her two terms as minister.