LAGOS- Police To Investigate Attack On Actor

   The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, has ordered a full scale investigation into an alleged attack on an actor identified as Gideon Okeke. The video of the actor complaining of an alleged attack against him by some policemen attached to the Maroko Division, Lagos, had gone viral on the social media.

Obasanjo Denies Neutrality

 

   Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has denied reports that he has decided to be neutral over who emerges president in 2019. Obasanjo, who lamented the level of “incompetence, corruption, lack of focus, insecurity, nepotism, brazen impunity and denial of the obvious” under President Muhammadu Buhari’s government, argued that only a fool will sit on the fence or be neutral when his or her country is being destroyed.

Don’t Be Selective In Fighting Corruption, NBA Tells FG

   The Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) has called on the Muhammadu Buhari administration to be sincere and unbiased in its fight against corruption. NBA President, Mr Paul Usoro, made the call on Sunday in Abuja at an event to mark the International Anti-Corruption Day.

   He said, “It is gratifying that President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR has consistently made it the credo of his government to fight corruption, right from its inauguration almost four years ago. That is commendable. “The fight must, however, not be selective or discriminatory in nature; it must not even be perceived to be selective or discriminatory.”

   The NBA President further asked the government to ensure that trial of persons for corrupt practices was not tainted with corruption. According to him, media trial of persons charged with corrupt practices amount to corruption itself and it degrades and corrupt the justice administration system, besides the damage it does to persons who may ultimately be discharged and acquitted.

   Usoro believes it is corrupt practice to hide under the cover of the fight against corruption to destroy people’s reputations when they have not been found guilty of corrupt practices by competent courts. He called for the speedy trial of persons for corrupt practices, stressing that it must not be used as an excuse for trampling upon the fundamental rights of such persons.

The NBA president listed some of the consequences of corruption to include uncompleted developmental projects in the country, even when the costs of such projects had been paid. He, therefore, advised the government to beam its searchlight on such corrupt practices as a proactive measure in the fight against financial and economic corruption.

Read the full speech by Mr Usoro below;

Kenneth Copeland Daily Devotional 10th Dember 2018- Seek God First

Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Matthew 6:33

Billy Graham Devotional 10 December 2018 – Steadfast Love

Topic: Steadfast Love [December 10, 2016]
Your steadfast love, O Lord, is as great as all the heavens . . . — Psalm 36:5 (TLB)