President Buhari arrives Dakar Senegal ahead of International Forum on Peace & Security in Africa (Photos)

1. President Muhammadu Buhari arrives Dakar Senegal ahead of his Participation at the 3rd Edition of the Dakar International Forum on Peace & Security in Africa on 5th December, 2016.

2.President Buhari being welcomed by President of Senegal H.E. Macky Sall as he arrives Dakar Senegal ahead of his Participation at the 3rd Edition of the Dakar International Forum on Peace & Security in Africa on 5th Dec 2016

Africa's Islamic Extremist Problem Doesn't End With Boko Haram

NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) In the days after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, al-Qaida became a household name. But today, other extremist Islamist groups, many in Africa, are vying for headlines. Recently, the group Boko Haram gained international infamy after it abducted more than 250 schoolgirls. Since 2009, Christians in northern Nigeria have borne the brunt of Boko Haram violence, which has included attacks on churches, schools and government installations.

Now Libyan Christian leaders fear Boko Haram could spread its influence into their country as a result of a renegade former general’s campaign to purge the chaotic country of Islamist militants. But Africa is home to several other extremist groups.

In the Central African Republic on Wednesday (May 28), a group known as the Seleka militia attacked a Catholic church in the capital, Bangui, where Christians were seeking refuge, killing at least 30 people. The group emerged in September 2012, and the following year it rampaged through the country, attacking churches and missions, before overthrowing the government in March 2013. The group has since lost ground and is now involved in a cycle of revenge attacks against the pro-Christian anti-Balaka rebel group.

FOR REAL: Africa will rise again

Africa will rise again

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Africa will rise again
Surely it will rise
To the uttermost heavens
Shelter for all season
Glory of all land

Africa of my Ancient Fathers

Africa of my Ancient Fathers

Before the mountains of Zion

Were discovered and established

Before the Arab springs googled

Out their pride waters

Before the Mississippi ever flows

Nile gave world civilization

O ever memorable ancient Africa!

Osun, Ekiti People ‘ll Resist Election Rigging – Fani-Kayode

Former minister of aviation and tourism, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has declared that unlike what obtained in Anambra State, the people of Osun and Ekiti states will resist any attempt to rig the forthcoming governorship election in favour of any political party.

Speaking yesterday in Osogbo at the Osun State personality interview forum “News Point”, Fani-Kayode noted that Yoruba people are known for their aversion to cheating from any quarters.
He called on the nation`s electorate to reject Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government in 2015, saying another mandate for the party would spell doom for Nigeria.

He also accused President Goodluck Jonathan`s government of promoting corruption, fanning the ember of ethnicity, poor management and increasing tension in the country, adding that his government has failed woefully to address the myriad of problems bedevilling the nation since its inception.

He said the ship of the nation is heading towards the rock, noting that Nigerians are now more divided than before in terms of ethnicity and religion.

His words: “Since his inception of office, crimes have been on the increase. Boko Haram members are killing people as at least 7,000 innocent people have been killed, and nothing has been done by the president to stop the killings. Kidnapping is on the rise; baby factories have developed in the land; the conclusion is that all is not well with this nation.

“In the economic sector, he met a robust economy when he came on board four years ago. The total debt of Nigeria when President Obasanjo came on board was $30billion, but the total debt was wiped out before he left government; this shows that Nigeria had 0% debt profile. This has never happened in the history of this country and even in Africa.

“Five years after, the total debt of this country is now $20billion. This shows that our children have been enslaved and the future generation enslaved too.”


Leadership

GOFAMINT VICTORY MONTH PRAYER POINTS FOR DAY 28; UNPRECEDENTED BREAKTHROUH FOR ALL GOFAMINT BRANCHES IN AFRICA

THE GOSPEL FAITH MISSION INTERNATIONAL (GOFAMINT)

DAY 28: WEDNESDAY 29TH JANUARY 2014

TEXTS: PSALMS 19:3-4, 20:2

FOCUS: UNPRECEDENTED BREAKTHROUH FOR ALL GOFAMINT BRANCHES IN AFRICA

INSIGHT FOR EFFECTIVE PRAYING

        There is no country where the Gospel cannot prosper for there is no place God can be restricted. All we need is God’s presence in all our branches. Psalms 19:3–4:

“[There is] no speech nor language, [where] their voice is not heard.

Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun”.

God is able to do it again by kindling the fire of revival, doing wonders, healing people and opening their hearts to salvation through Christ our Savior.

Signs and wonders are keys to unprecedented breakthrough, to open a new place and operate with high hand’s of God.

John 4:48: Then said Jesus unto him, “Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.”

Jesus promised His Apostles signs and wonders as they embarked on soul-winning in the world around them.

Mark 16:17: “And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues”

The apostles prayed for signs and wonders Acts 4:29 – 30. Evangelist Philip brought great deliverance and joy to the city of Samaria through signs and wonders (Acts 8:5 – 8)

LET US PRAY

1.     Father, let the light of gospel continue to shine in greater dimension in Africa.

2.     Where there is road block for GOFAMINT in any Africa countries, make, a way for Your Church in Jesus’ Name.

3.     Father, give every GOFAMINT spokesman in any Africa countries diplomatic Connection to the men that matter in the country who will use their positions to help the Church (GOFAMINT).

4.     Let GOFAMINT be favored in all African countries wherever branches of the Church are located.

5.     God, let Your presence abide with all GOFAMINT Churches in Africa.

6.     All the ministers sent out, in Jesus name, receive now Apostolic anointing to do greater things for God throughout the continent of Africa.

7.     Let great healing and deliverance begin now, anywhere GOFAMINT is located in Africa.

8.     Let GOFAMINT in African Countries become miracle centres in Jesus’ name.

9.     Father, let GOFAMINT be established in all African countries where her presence are not known yet in Jesus’ name.

          Make the following prophetic declarations:

10.    GOFAMINT in Africa, you will increase.

GOFAMINT in Africa, you will breakthrough.

GOFAMINT in Africa, you will rule your world.

GOFAMINT in Africa, you will build great army for God.

GOFAMINT in Africa, you will have more than enough to do God’s work.

GOFAMINT in Africa, your ministers shall be strong and faithful.

UK Parliament applaud Aregbesola over school feeding programme, urge FG , others to adopt the O'MEALS model of Governor Aregbesola

Governor, State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola applauded in UK Parliament over school feeding programme. It was a historic moment for Nigeria and Africa on Wednesday as the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) in the House of Commons, London, United Kingdom commended the Osun Elementary School Feeding and Health Programme (O’MEALS) as a successful model to be copied worldwide. 

Governor of the State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola received loud applause as he made eloquent statistical presentation before the parliamentary body during which he advocated the use of biometric registration of beneficiaries of the Home Grown School Feeding programme worldwide to eliminate corruption and guarantee transparency.

To guarantee sustainable future for Nigeria, the Governor called for the adoption of O’MEALS programme across the nation with appropriate legislative backing and extend it to the first nine years of schooling

At the meeting presided over by Lord Cameron of Dillington, Governor Aregbesola submitted before the world audience gathered in Committee Room 9 of the House of Commons that technology remained the best way out to address the concerns of development partners and international donors on the issue of corruption.

Addressing the concerns of development partners on what was referred to as all-pervading corruption through which project funds were usually lost in the past, the Governor expressed the conviction that once beneficiaries of the programme are registered biometrically, banks that are linked with the programme funding would rely on the data to process payment and ensure that no fund is lost at the implementation stage.

“Technology remains the only effective way to remove corruption from the implementation of the Home Grown School Feeding programme. Once the technology of biometric registration is introduced for beneficiaries, the data is linked to settle the banks and through that, the vendors are paid. Beneficiaries are then able to register their biometric features through the Point of Sales (POS) terminals to guarantee a transparent, corruption-free and efficient HGSF system worldwide”, he said.

All the four speakers including Professor Donald Bundy, the Lead Health and Education Specialist of the World Bank, Mr. Peter Rodrigues, the Chief of School Feeding and Chronic Hunger Unit of the World Food Programme (WFP), Ms. Boitshepo Bibi Giyose of NEPAD and Professor Josephine Kiamba, the Senior Technical Adviser of the Partnership for Child Development, Imperial College, London lauded Governor Aregbesola for successfully implementing the O'MEALS despite the challenging financial situation of his state.

Describing the Osun model of school feeding programme as worthy of emulation by all African countries, Professor Donald Bundy of the World Bank observed that the scheme had become the safety net to ensure that food gets to the poorest children in many countries of the world if the community based implementation strategies of Governor Aregbesola were adopted.

Speaking in the same vein, Mr. Peter Rodrigues of the World Food Programme noted that then State of Osun had shown practical ways to achieve the best result as the cost per child, per day and per annum demonstrated by Governor Aregbesola clearly explained the fact that Home Grown School feeding programme saves money and guarantees food security.

Promising that WFP would in the next six months come out with evidence to back this assertion, Rodrigues assured that Home grown school feeding model of the State of Osun had shown that it not only saves "a lot of money. It is very complex and we all need to get the local governments to buy into it and change the mindset of the host government". 

They then urged the Federal Government and other state governments in Nigeria and across the African continent to adopt the O'MEALS model of Governor Aregbesola to tackle the challenges of food security, youth development, nutritional values of food for youthful population, health and educational administration as well as food security needs of their societies.
The Governor recalled that from April 30, 2012 when the programme was rebranded as O’MEALS to December 31, 2013 making a total of 330 school days, enrolment at Elementary schools jumped from 203,858 to 252,793 pupils representing an increase of 24 per cent.

According to him, his administration had committed N3,813,700,000.00 to the implementation of the school feeding programme that covered pupils from primary one to four.

Aregbesola stated further that “the cost per child per year was N15,100.00 or £57.60p while the cost per child per day was N45.70 or £0.17p. In the same breath, 3,100 women were appointed and re-trained as community-based food vendors while 462 out-growers of fish were successfully empowered for massive fish production to cater for the needs of the programme locally”.

The governor stressed further that in line with his promise two years ago to introduce the highly nutritious cocoyam to the nutrition timetable of the pupils, “our administration mobilized a professor from the state university to undertake the training of 1,000 farmers including 90 women in the pink cocoyam rebirth scheme”. 

Governor Aregbesola who expressed the hope that other states of Nigeria and the Federal Government would adopt the Osun model of the school feeding programme called on technical/development partners and international donors to support the State of Osun in the task of capacity building to achieve biometric registration and digitization of beneficiaries of O’MEALS to guarantee transparency and sustainability.

The Governor, who linked effective learning with healthy student population also called on the international donors and advocacy groups to mount sustained pressures on national governments to adopt the Osun Model of O’MEALS in all their nations’ primary schools while extending it to the first nine years of schooling.

As a result of the successful implementation of O’MEALS in the State of Osun, Governor Aregbesola stated that virtually all-out-of-school children have now been taken into the school system pleading that he would like the Nigerian government “not only to adopt the O’MEALS model in all the nation’s primary schools but most importantly extend it to the first nine years of school in Nigeria”. 

His words: “We require more support from our technical partners in the area of capacity building to achieve biometric registration and digitization of beneficiaries O’MEALS programme to guarantee transparency and efficient resource management”.