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Edo SSG, Igbinedion, Others Attend Usuanlele Ordination As First Archbishop Of United Baptist Mission Of Nigeria

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United Baptist Mission of Nigeria, Benin, yesterday, ordained Robert Osama Usuanlele as the first Archbishop of the church.

The ordination minister, Archbishop John Osa Oni while administering the consecration oath, said Archbishop Usuanlele has been found worthy spiritually and in character and in knowledge of the Holy world of God

“I now declare that you are now His Eminence, the Most Rev. Dr. Osama Usuanlele, the Archbishop of the United Baptist Mission of Nigeria in the name of the Father, the son and of the Holy Spirit.”

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Speaking on the topic “Stewardship”, taken from 1Conrithian 4:1-2, the immediate past President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Rev. Felix Omobude, said that he (Usuanlele) has been called to serve the flock of Christ.

He said stewardship demands accountability as God rewards faithfulness and not the office.

The former PFN president therefore urged the congregants to be faithful in whatever duty that has been assigned to them by God.

On the part of the newly ordained Archbishop, Usuanlele, he said his ordination is a call to serve the body of Christ.

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“To everyone of you, let me reaffirm my commitments to you and to God Almighty. As your new Archbishop, I am here to listen, to dialogue with you, to work with you, to lead by example and exhortation and to minister true service and sacrifice.

“My slogan shall be, let my light so shine before men, that they will see my good works and glorify the father who is in heaven”, Archbishop Usuanlele said.

He said in his 11 years as a Prelate, the church grew in leaps and bounds and also in the areas of infrastructure.

“Having lived a life of a Prelate for eleven and a half years, you will agree with me that we have indeed made tremendous progress spiritually, structurally in development as far as United Baptist Mission of Nigeria is concerned.

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“We have built new churches, renovated and given a facelift to existing ones and operating a government approved primary and secondary schools and also recently, opened an event centre”, Usuanlele said.

Archbishop Usuanlele was born in 1957 and was ordained as a pastor in 1999.

He served as officer in charge of Administration in the Edo/Delta district of the United Baptist Mission, Oligie-Igbanke, both in Orhionmwon Local Government Area of Edo State.

Present at the ceremony were the Secretary to the Edo State Government, Osarodion Ogie, Chief Gabriel Igbinedion, Senator Roland Owie, Senator Ehigie Ozamere and others.

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VIDEO: Villagers Give Nigerian Soldiers Heroic Welcome After Successful Operation

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A heartwarming video of some villagers giving a heroic welcome to soldiers returning from a successful operation in the North East has been shared online.

The Nigerian Army shared the video online as the soldiers returning from their military operation were met with cheers and celebrations from local residents recently.

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The Army wrote: “Heartwarming welcome accorded to Nigerian Army heroic troops in the Northeast region after a successful operation in Sambisa and Timbuktu Triangle during Operation Desert Sanity III. This video clip captures the genuine and heartfelt welcome extended by the local communities to the valiant troops in appreciation of their successful operation.”

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JUST IN: Court Clears Ex-AGF Adoke Of Money Laundering Charges

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A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday discharged and acquitted former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke (SAN) of the money laundering charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

The presiding judge, Justice Inyang Ekwo, while delivering a ruling on a no-case submission filed by the former AGF, held that the EFCC failed to establish a prima facie (sufficient evidence) case against him.

“I find that there is no evidence to prove the alleged offences against the first defendant (Adoke),” the judge said.

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However, Justice Ekwo ruled that Aliyu Abubakar, the second defendant, has to open his defence because he has a case to answer.

EFCC had preferred a 14 counts charge against Adoke and an oil mogul, Aliyu Abubakar.

In the charge, the anti-graft agency alleged that Adoke sometime in August 2013 in Abuja accepted a cash payment of the dollar equivalent of N300 million from Abubakar and thereby committed an offence punishable under section 16(2)(b) of the money laundering Prohibition Act 2011 as amended.

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Police Seal Off Benue APC Factional Secretariat

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Armed policemen have sealed off the secretariat of the All Progressive Congress,APC, in Makurdi, the capital city of Benue State.

The party secretariat belongs to the Austin Agada-led APC Working Committee located along JS Tarka Way opposite the Railway Market in Makurdi.

There are two party secretariats in the capital city.

The other one belongs to Benjamin Omakolo’s team which is located along Kashim Ibrahim Way.

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The Publicity Secretary of the Agada faction, Daniel Ihomun, said that the sealing off of their secretariat may not be unconnected with the inauguration of members of the zoning committee for the forthcoming local government election.

“We are to inaugurate members of the zoning committee for the coming local government election today at our secretariat only for the government to send policemen and their thugs to seal off the secretariat,” Ihomun said.

It was learnt that policemen and Armour Personnel Vehicle were deployed to the Agada-led office as early as 6am on Friday.

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Efforts to get the reaction of the state Police Public Relations Officer, Catherine Anene, to ascertain the reason for the sealing off of the party secretariat were not successful as her phone rang out at the time of filing this report.

The Agada-led faction had constituted a 21-men zoning committee drawn from the three senatorial districts of the state and was expected to be inaugurated on Friday.

But in a swift response, the Omakolo-led team had in a statement issued by its Publicity Secretary, Terseer Agber, called on all party members and the general public to disregard the zoning committee constituted by the Agada-led committee.

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