SOUTH SOUTH & SOUTH EAST NIGERIA: AN AWAITING CONFLAGRATION

From the moment the locomotive called Nigeria was economically redesigned to fully run on 'Crude Oil', at the expense of the country's other enormous mineral resources, the number of illegal arms and ammunition vis-a-viz the number of militants, hoodlums and rogues in the south south and in the south east Oil producing Nigerian States has grown exponentially and in return lead to the agitation for Biafra nation, emergence of numerous accidental Multimillionaires and Billionaires, incessant political killings, rampant kidnapping, armed robbery and pipeline vandalism Et al in that region...

Obviously, that 'flash-point of war' region is sitting on a 'keg of gun-powder' waiting to burst into a magnanimous conflagration capable of consuming both the trigger and the innocents. In other words, the President Buhari led government must carefully diagnose the illness before administering the prescribed medicine for patients who are suffering from 'pipeline vandalism sickness' or choose to usher the 'political insanity' into a full blown anarchy, because anything more or less than the actual dosage may lead to a continuous catastrophe.

Maritime Security: PIRACY IN GULF OF GUINEA INCREASING AT ALARMING RATE -- US

*UN Security Council urges stronger regional approach on eradicating piracy

UNITED NATIONS -- The United States says piracy and armed robbery are increasing at an alarming rate in the Gulf of Guinea, pointing to two reports by industry experts of at least 32 attacks off the coast of Nigeria alone so far this year.

U.S. Ambassador Michele Sison singled out two pirate attacks off the Nigerian coast on April 11 that led to the apparent kidnapping of a total of eight crew members including the captain of one vessel, a Turkish cargo ship.

She told a U.N. Security Council meeting on Monday that "the economic consequences for the people of the region are devastating," pointing to a report by the London think-tank Chatham House saying as much as 400,000 barrels of crude oil are stolen every day in the Gulf of Guinea.

However, United Nations officials call for a comprehensive regional framework to eradicate piracy and armed robbery at sea in the Gulf of Guinea, with the Security Council stressing the importance of addressing underlying causes and strengthening justice systems and judicial cooperation in the region.

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL For Saturday 12 April 2014 "PEACE ALL-ROUND I" - PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL For Saturday 12 April 2014 "PEACE ALL-ROUND I" BY PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE

Memory Verse: John 14:27

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Read: Isaiah 43:2-4

2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

3 For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.

4 Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.

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