Pastor Tunde Bakare Saw An Igbo Giant Pursuing Him In Dream

In a YouTube video reviewed by SaharaReporters of this past Sunday’s sermon, Pastor Bakare added that “the cause was exhaustion: too much work, too much people’s pressure.”

Pastor Bakare Explains What Happened to Him, Says He Supernaturally Escaped Death

Pastor Tunde Bakare offered the first details after his May 18th collapse while on the stage of his Latter Rain Assembly church.

Pastor Bakare told members of his church this past Sunday that “I was discharged on Wednesday with a clean bill of health.”

In a YouTube video reviewed by SaharaReporters of this past Sunday’s sermon, Pastor Bakare added that “the cause was exhaustion: too much work, too much people’s pressure.”

He also said that, “That I had not been taking enough water.

So I am on compulsory medication of two liters of water per day.”

Pastor Bakare explained that his exhaustion was caused in part because of his travels between Lagos, Abuja, London, and Atlanta, US.

He also stated that he ignored the warning signs in the days leading to his collapse.

Pastor Bakare also recalled premonition he had during a dream.

He described that a humungous giant in Igbo clothing chased and mocked him.

He said one “afternoon I had a dream. It was an unusual dream. I saw a ring on my little finger.

I don’t wear two rings, I only wear one.

I looked up and coming from my left side was an unusual giant I’d never seen before.

It was unusually humongous and wore an Igbo attire. It was a giant and it was coming towards me. All that I knew to do was raise the ring up. As soon as I raise it it laughed and went on. I returned.”

Pastor Bakare was not able to explain many more details of what the giant could mean or why it wore Igbo attire.

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You Can’t Sanction Saraki, Dogara, PDP Tells APC

The Peoples Democratic Party has dismissed threats by the All Progressives Congress against the new leaders of the National Assembly as empty boasts aimed to cover its naivety, inexperience and unpreparedness for governance.

The party was reacting to the threat made by the APC that it was considering meting out punishment to the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, and the Speaker of House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, for refusing to abide by the directive of the ruling party not to contest the leadership of the two chambers.

However, Saraki, Dogara, and other leadership of the National Assembly defied the directive of the party by colluding with the PDP members in the assembly.

The ruling party issued a statement on Tuesday, saying those who ganged up against its directive would be punished.

But the PDP said there was no way the APC could punish the legislators.

It also admonished the APC to shed its arrogance, eat the humble pie and get more organised for governance adding that it lacks the capacity, capability and means to sanction duly elected leaders of the National Assembly.

PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, alleged that “the crass inexperience so far displayed by the APC is a pointer that it is not adequately equipped to handle the affairs of government at the center.”

He added that events would continue to prove the PDP right in this regard.

Metuh said, “Nothing can be more astonishing than the whining by the APC that the PDP at the last minute expressed its preference for Saraki and Dogara as Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives respectively, after it had earlier stated that it was not interested in the positions.

“This calls to question the capacity, experience and skills of APC leaders on political matters and we have no apology whatsoever for their naivety.

“The APC is merely suffering the consequences of the greed, lust for power and inordinate ambitions of their leaders. They should note that Nigerians have since moved ahead with the new leaders in the National Assembly and stop wasting their energy on propaganda and blackmails to heat up the polity.”

Metuh further condemned Tuesday’s alleged attempts to close the National Assembly and stop lawmakers from carrying out their constitutional duties, as well as the threats to the newly elected leaders as “totally against the tenets of democracy, the principles of separation of powers and independence of the legislature as enshrined in the constitution.”

I Won’t Return To PDP, Says Saraki

Despite riding on the support of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers to become president of the eighth Nigerian senate, Bukola Saraki, says there is no chance he would return to his former party in the aftermath of his party’s unfavourable disposition to his new office.

He also described President Muhammadu Buhari’s reaction to Tuesday’s election of national assembly leaders as a “great mark of leadership” and a demonstration of his commitment to democracy.

In a statement issued by his media office on Wednesday, Saraki commended Buhari for remaining steadfast in his commitment to the principle of non-interference in national assembly politics even in the face of great pressure on him to act otherwise.

“This shows that Mr President is a man of great conviction who, in his own words, belongs to everyone and to no one,” the statement read.

Describing insinuations that he would return to PDP as “absurd and laughable”, he said: “It is just cheap blackmail by political adversaries who want to call a dog a bad name in order to hang it.

And those making such desperate allegations should remember that I willingly left the PDP on matters of principles when the party was in power.

“Is it now that the party is out of government and in opposition that I will now return, having worked so hard for my party in the last general election?”

He stated his commitment to the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying he remains a loyal and leading member of the party who is committed to contributing his quota to building the party and helping it deliver its promise of change to Nigerian people.

He urged all members of the national assembly to put politicking behind them and settle down for the proper business of legislating.

“Our country is going through very trying times. We have the challenge of insecurity in the northeast, the massive problem of youth unemployment and general economic challenges occasioned by fall in revenue.

“All these against the huge public expectation that propelled our party into office. We have pursued our legitimate aspirations appropriately.

Now that the issues have been settled, we need to move on in the larger interest of our people, without whose mandate we would not have been in a position to aspire to these positions in the first place.”

He stated his readiness to embrace every member of the senate regardless of their political leanings in the leadership elections just concluded.

Gbajamiamila Congratulates Dogara

On Wednesday, the new speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, presided over the House for its first sitting since its inauguration.

It was a day of calm after the rowdy, tension-soaked session on Tuesday when Dogara defeated the preferred candidate of the APC, Femi Gbajabiamila.

Speaker Dogara set up the Selection committee which is expected to appoint members into various committees of the House. He will head the committee.

Dogara also set up a committee to look into the welfare of members and a third committee to review the Standing Orders of the House.

Unlike the Senate where the losing team in Tuesday’s election said today that it will challenge the victory of Bukola Saraki as senate president; the case was different in the House of Representatives.

Femi Gbajabiamila, who contested and lost the speakership contest to Dogara, congratulated the speaker for the second time.

Gbajabiamila had shortly after the results were declared on Tuesday, walked up to Dogara, embraced and shook hands with him.

Once again on Wednesday, he stood up on the floor and specially recognised Dogara as the speaker by congratulating him again.

The House has been adjourned till June 23.

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APC May Sanction Atiku, Tambuwal Over NASS Elections

There are indications that the leadership of the All Progressives Congress may sanction former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, over the outcome of the National Assembly elections of Monday.

Sources within the APC said Atiku colluded with Senator Bukola Saraki to undermine the will of the party while Tambuwal, who is the immediate past Speaker of the House of Representatives, supported Yakubu Dogara who emerged as Tambuwal’s successor.

The suspicion of the APC leadership was reignited by the fact that Atiku was the first person Saraki visited after emerging as Senate President on Monday, apparently to thank Atiku.

A reliable source within the party said the party was aware of moves by the Peoples Democratic Party to secure principal offices in the National Assembly over a month ago and that was why the party selected staunch APC members – Ahmed Lawan and Femi Gbajabiamila – as its candidates for Senate President and Speaker respectively.

The source said the APC knew that the PDP would approach its old members to actualise this plan. Both Saraki and Dogara defected to the APC from the PDP.

The source said, “We started keeping tabs on Atiku in January when he showed that he was not interested in the success of President Muhammadu Buhari when Buhari was our presidential candidate. Our fears were reignited when the then President, Goodluck Jonathan, paid Atiku a visit shortly before the elections.

“A large section of Atiku’s supporters defected to the PDP a day after that meeting with Jonathan and that was why Jonathan’s Special Adviser on Political Affairs, Rufai Alkali, said shortly after that meeting that Atiku would soon return to the PDP. Atiku even admitted himself that he did not attend Buhari’s rallies.

“Don’t you find it curious that the first person that Saraki visited after emerging as Senate President was Atiku? We have information that Atiku told his supporters in the Senate to vote for Saraki and that was what happened. We know that Atiku is still nursing a presidential ambition for 2019 and he is now beginning to build blocks.”

The source said the APC had evidence that Tambuwal supported Dogara so that he (Tambuwal) could retain his influence over the lower chamber of the National Assembly.

He said Tambuwal ensured that Dogara emerged the Chairman, House Services Committee, which is the most influential committee in the House because of his closeness to Dogara.

He said, “Tambuwal is also nursing a presidential ambition and needs to retain control over the House. He will not be able to retain such influence if Gbajabiamila is the Speaker.”

When contacted, the media aide to Tambuwal, Mallam Imam Imam, said he had no comment over the issue.

Also, a text message to an aide of Atiku was neither acknowledged nor replied.

APC spokesperson, Lai Mohammed, said the emergence of Saraki and Dogara was unacceptable to the party and that the party would mete out appropriate sanctions against erring members.

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FAKE TESTIMONY LANDS WOMAN IN POLICE NET

For constantly feeding different unsuspecting congregations with lies and fake testimonies, a 25-year-old woman, Mrs Blessing Emeka Eze, is biting fingers of regret in Police custody.

She was arrested after it was discovered that the woman has been going from one church to another, claiming that her 8-year-old daughter was kidnapped and released after 11 days in captivity.

It was further gathered that the Owode, Ogun State-born domestic servant met her waterloo after she practiced her deceit at Four Square Gospel Church, Obawole, Iju Station, a suburb of Lagos State, on Sunday, 7 June, 2015.

Mrs Eze had gone on to falsely testify that her 8-year old daughter, who was kidnapped at Ogba area of Lagos State, was found at Mile 2 after 11 days.

She also told the congregation that her daughter, Precious, complained that she was been fed with raw food and raw meat, thus her health became risky.

After listening to the woman, the Pastor of the church, Rev. A.S. Adekunle ordered that the girl should be taken to a medical centre at Old Akute Road for treatment.

However, on getting to the hospital, the bubble busted.

It was discovered that the 8-year-old girl, who was wearing pampers, was observed by the doctor on duty and certified okay.

But the mother insisted that something was wrong with her.

At this point, the doctor prescribed that she has to be on observation in addition to giving her drip to flush out any disease she might have contracted.

Again, her mother objected and demanded that the girl be given only injection.

While the argument was on, two men came in and identified the woman and the same daughter as the person who gave a similar testimony the previous Sunday at Christ Apostolic Church in the same Obawole and the church donated N5,000 for her to take care of the child.

After she was threatened with arrest, she opened up and said the girl was not kidnapped as she alleged, adding that she was only using the girl to make ends meet.

She was subsequently handed over to the police at Iju Police Station, Red House, Iju Ishaga, Lagos State for further investigation.

HOW BUHARI INSPIRED AFRICAN CHINA'S CAREER COMEBACK

African China, whose real name is Chinagorom Onuoha, ruled the music scene some years back with his music which was centred on happenings in the society.

But afterwards, he fizzled out of the game, but African China seems to have bounced back. He disclosed that the past political activities in the country have inspired him to try his hands at music again.

Speaking with The Nation, he said, “Change is here now. Someone tried four times before winning, and he has won. So I want to try again. African China has been a hit maker. There is need for fresh ideas. Also, there has to be a time when you have to give chance to up and coming ones. That is what I did.

"There is no champion forever. You can only remain there, but you cannot be there forever. I have made history a couple of times over the years, so it is time for other to make theirs too.”