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OGUN SENATOR, BURUJI KASHAMU ON THE RUN AS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FILES FRESH LITIGATION TO EXTRADIT HIM TO THE UNITED STATES

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It seems Senator representing Ogun East at the National Assembly; Senator Buruji Kashamu is not having a good time as a Federal high court sitting in Lagos south west Nigeria yesterday 5th of November adjourned till 15th November, 2018, suit filed by the Senator to forestall  fresh move by the Federal Government of  Nigeria
to extradit him to United State of America to face drug related
charges. 
 
     
Joined as defendants in the suit are, Inspector General of Police,
IGPCommissioner of Police Lagos state, command,Director of state
Security Service DSS,National Drug law Enforcement Agency NDLEA,Attorney
General of the Federal, AGF. 
 
    
When the matter was mentioned today,Barrister O. O. Odubela
-Nasir(mrs)the counsel representing Senator Buruji Kasamu,told the court
that the matter was adjourned till today for hearing and all the
respondents have been served with proof of service in court’s record
consequently the presiding judge, Chukwujekwu Aneke ask her to move her application.
 
 
Thereafter she told the court that the application which was dated
31st of May, 2018 but filed on 14th of June, 2018 supported by 33
paragraphs affidavit with three exhibit attached with however,the
counsel representing Director of General State Security Services,Mr A O
Bajela inform the court that he has not been served with the further
affidavit filed by the counsel to the applicant,but has only been served
with reply on point of law.
        
Consequently, Justice Aneke adjourned for further hearing for the  applicant to regularise her position. Senator Buruji KASAMU in affidavit sworn to and filed before the
court averred that in a newspaper publication: titled “Kasamu:FG demands
fresh US request for extradiction suit”wherein the Attorney General of
the Federation was reported to have y said that “The US Government has
been told to make a fresh request for the Senator after the former
extradition proceedings were dismissed…… as soon as US Government
sends a fresh request, the new extradition proceedings will be
commenced”.
 
Senator Kashamu averred further that, whereas in a proceeding
instituted in England by US authorities against him at the bow street
Magistrate court between 2002 and 2003 Government of United States of
America ‘s Buruji Kashamu that he was not the one implicated in the
alleged narcotics offence committed in the US in 1994,consequently he
was not the person sought by the US authorities. 
 
    Consequently, he urged the court to restrain the respondents and
their agents from arresting or detaining him in any manner whatsoever
interfering with the applicant’s right to personal liberty and freedom
of movement.
       
However in a counter affidavit sworn to by NDLEA
litigation officer Mr Kareem Olayinka,the deponent averred that Buruji
Kasamu has never been exonerated of any complicity of any crime by any
court either in Nigeria, United States of America or United Kingdom, so
his talk of been exonerated of crime/charges of illicit traffic in
narcotic drugs are false. The decision of British Court’s did not
exonerate him of any drug charges.
 
    
NDLEA is unaware of  any Interpol or indeed any law enforcement
agency in OR outside Nigeria that investigated the applicant. 
NDLEA contended that the claim of the applicant in his affidavit are
false and a rehash of an earlier story narrated in an affidavit in
support of  a suit filed at Abuja high court as far back as 2015.
 
 
The Lagos division of the court of Appeal deprecated this conduct and
declared it as lacking in cause of action in its judgement delivered on
4th of May, 2018.
 
    In suit number FH /L /CS /508/2014 was for the enforcement of the 
applicant’s fundamental  right on the fabricated and moot claim of a
purported plot to abduct and kidnap him by law enforcement agencies and
had nothing  to do with the execution of extradition request. That while
the suit was pending,the Federal Government of the United States of
America filed a request  for extradition of the applicant. 

AGF then requested  NDLEA to secure the applicant order to secure
the applicant in order to present him before a Federal court to face the
extradition charge where the court will inquire if there are valid
grounds for the extradition 
The NDLEA then received intelligence that the applicant who has been
anticipating the request and monitoring events was about to flee the
country and disappear .
   
That it was on this basis that NDLEA the move to secure the
application and obtained a provisional warrant of arrest. When even the
applicant was aware that the execution of the extradition request and
provisional warrant of arrest has no bearing with suit number FHC /L
/CS/508/2014 ,he surreptitiously misled the Federal High Court Coram O.
E. Abang into conducting a contempt proceeding against the NDLEA and AGF
and issuing orders restraining the execution of the extradition request
of the Government of the United States of America and setting aside
quashing the provisional warrant of arrest duly issued by a more senior
judge of the same Federal high court. 
 
  
That all the decisions the said Justice O. E. Abang  in both the
substantive and contempt proceedings have been set aside and the
provisional warrant of arrest validated by the court of Appeal in
Appeals CA/L1030/2015.
Consequently, NDLEA contended that the essence of this suit by the
applicant is to divert attention, as well as preempt or undermine the
perceived extradition request to be made by the Government of the United
States. 
NDLEA urged the court to dismiss the suit for being incompetent and an abuse of legal process.

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Elated Polaris Bank Customer commends Bank for excellent customer service

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Polaris Bank customer, Ife Michael, who recently aired her concerns on X (formerly Twitter) on a school fees transaction, has commended the Bank for resolving her Complaint swiftly as promised.

 

Ife Michael tweeting via her X handle @V_Ifemichael had called out the Bank for ‘seizing’ her funds as sent from a UK University where she had sought admission.

Polaris Bank reacted promptly to her Complaint and engaged her to explain the process and promised to resolve the issue which the Bank did swiftly.

An apparently elated Ife Michael went back to the micro blogging site to recount her experience with an update on her earlier thread of how the Bank swiftly resolved her Complainant.

The Bank, according to her update “responded and reached out to explain in details the guidelines underpinning FX transaction as it relates in particular to International payment.

In her tweet, Ife Michael expressed gratitude to Polaris Bank’s swift action and transparent communication. According to her, the Bank clarified that the situation was complex but assured her that the funds would be promptly refunded to the school. And Polaris Bank did exactly as it promised as it promptly refunded the money to Roehampton University and initiated necessary processes to streamline the refund.

The engagement began when Polaris Bank’s headquarters made the first contact at 11:48 am, and by 3:41 pm on the same day, Ife Michael confirmed that the Bank had successfully refunded the funds and

fulfilled all required procedures. The Bank also took the extra step of writing to the school to facilitate the process.

This positive outcome highlights Polaris Bank’s commitment to customer satisfaction, responsive and excellent customer service, and adherence to regulatory policies. The incident not only showcases effective conflict resolution but also underscores the power of a Bank fostering transparent communication between it and her customers.

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Cristiano Ronaldo wants to leave Manchester United

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Cristiano Ronaldo and his agent Jorge Mendes held meetings with United at Carrington on Tuesday, but his position remains unchanged and he wants to play for a club in the Champions League and win major trophies. United do not want him to go, however, and Ronaldo has started training with the team having missed the club’s pre-season tour of Thailand and Australia due to family reasons.

His potential options elsewhere are limited. Chelsea are not an option anymore, while Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid appeared to publicly rule themselves out this week. “As we’ve seen on Instagram, Ronaldo has been keeping fit, so there are no concerns from Manchester United over his fitness or physical level; he’s one of the fittest players in world football.

“Ultimately, The Portuguese forward did state his desire to leave Old Trafford, but he’s running out of options, and it seems like he’s actually going to have to stay. Perhaps he will try and swing it where the 25 per cent pay cut in his contract will be waived away by United, perhaps he wants to manoeuvre and muscle a new deal, we’ll have to wait and see. But it doesn’t look like Stamford Bridge is on his cards.

“Chelsea have distanced themselves from a deal for Ronaldo, as have Bayern Munich, Napoli and a lot of other elite clubs that Jorge Mendes, who is Ronaldo’s agent, has tried to sell him to. “An offer from Saudi Arabia is astronomical but ultimately, it does not give Cristiano Ronaldo what he wants, which is that legacy. He wants to achieve Champions League records that he thinks no one else will be able to attain in the future.

“He wants to sign off at the absolute highest level. Now, it looks increasingly like he will have to stay at Manchester United because there are no biters from the big clubs.

“Everyone has their forwards already, and Chelsea, who are the only club looking like they could actually potentially be spun by what Cristiano Ronaldo offers off the pitch because we were told that Mendes, while being in front of these clubs, was putting forward his numbers in terms of social media influence, sponsorship that he rakes in, the commercial gain of his shirt sales and stuff like that. But even they now say he is not in their plans. Their immediate aim is to strengthen the defence.

“So, that leaves Ronaldo really with not many choices. We know that he does want to be competing at the highest level so if he does go to Saudi Arabia that cuts against everything he has said and everything we actually know about him and his career.

“Manchester United have always been very calm and very comfortable. They have insisted he is not for sale, and he will see out the last year of his contract. How they manoeuvre this now going forward we’ll see, but Ronaldo is keeping fit, so they have no issues or problems or fears over what state he’ll report back to pre-season in.”

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CONVOCATION: GRACE NATION BIBLE INSTITUTE GRADUATES 120 STUDENTS

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-you must remain a good Ambassador of Christ- Chris Okafor

No fewer than 120 certified Trained Prophetic students of Grace Nation Bible Institute graduated today after they have gone through rigorous prophetic training by the best Teachers Supervised by the anointed servant of God Dr. Chris Okafor. The student was presented with their certificates at the special convocation ceremony held at the International Headquarters of Grace Nation(GBI) in Ojodu Berger Lagos Nigeria. According to the Rector of the institute, they satisfy all requirements and conditions to be awarded a diploma certificate in various fields of Prophetic and Bibles knowledge.

In his words of Encouragement, the President of Grace Nation Bible Institute, Dr. Chris Okafor remarks that he has no doubt in his mind that all the students are well-trained judging by the level and capacity of all the resource Personality who lecture them, train and retraining them to face any challenges that come there ways,
The Apostle of altars also challenged them to be a good ambassador of the school to the outside world through soul-winning to the kingdom of God.

The Generational Prophet of God also remarked that as you have all learned, you must put the name of a school in good repute and always ready to work for the Lord at any time

Some of the course covered in the 8weeks program includes Evangelism and soul-winning, spiritual development and Human Management to mention but few

The highlight of the convocation was the Presentation of Certificates to all the students, according to the Rector all the students perform excellently well

Earlier in his sermon, the Senior Pastor Grace Nation and the Generational prophet of God Dr. Chris Okafor teach on the series, ”The Covenant Day of Settlement” said settlement comes when you fulfill all the Principles of Settlement,
the man of God said nothing come free but when you applied the principles and follow it diligently you will easily get a settlement on all side

The realm of the Prophetic witnessed another higher dimension of Prophetic movement and deliverance through the Set Man, the Generational Prophet of God Dr. Chris Okafor, He visited many family altars and set many captives free, he also delivered people with blood-line diseases while delivering miracle babies to expectant mothers

The service came to a close with a special Prayer for the Set Man, the Generational Prophet of God Dr. Chris Okafor who will be making another birthday tomorrow, 4 April 2022.

 

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