WNTV BLAZED THE TRAIL FOR NON-PARTISAN JOURNALISM IN NIGERIA!

ZION B-BC   NEWSLETTER.  

(Looking at Nigeria's Political System From a Godly Perspective).

A Publication of the Zion Faith Bible-Believing Church Kpeyegyi Abuja Nigeria {Vol. 8.NO 325. 3rd November, 2019.} “…ONLY The Truth, Will Set You   Free! (John.8:32). . PRAY & FAST EVERY WEDNESDAY TO STOP BLOODSHED IN NIGERIA!

WNTV BLAZED THE TRAIL FOR NON-PARTISAN JOURNALISM IN NIGERIA!
The 60th anniversary celebration of WNTV, first Television Station in the continent of Africa on Thursday, 31st October, 2019, at Ibadan, capital of Oyo State, Nigeria, has no doubt ignited fresh hopes and enthusiasm that the age-long rating of prestigious/highly-rated profession of journalism now being threatened through the dissemination of fake news and hate speeches from the uncensored SOCIAL MEDIA portals could still be redeemed!

Of recent, disappointed and disgruntled politicians had taken to the social media to disparage all achievements of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), in the areas of security, economy and war against corruption, since 2015, through distortion of facts and figures on the social media where authors identities were hidden with pseudo names!
However it is gratifying that the present administration is very much alert to uncover the fifth columnists behind the clandestine moves and speedily bring them to justice according to the Minister of Information and Culture who took advantage of several fora to announce that the APC-led Federal Government, would not fold its arms and watch the unfolding scenario degenerate into chaos or anarchy!

ANTECEDENTS OF WNTV!
Corporate Western Nigeria Television (WNTV), the brain-child of late sage, Chief Jeremiah Oyeniyi Obafemi Awolowo, (GCFR), Premier of the then Western Region Action Group Government, which debuted on 31st October, 1959,  shortly before Nigeria's independence in the following year, symbolized the patriotic capacity of a leader who strongly believed in the educational emancipation of the people as the greatest legacy that could be bequeathed to posterity! Before that epoch event, Chief Awolowo, an erudite lawyer, a great philosopher, an outstanding patriot and de-tribalized Nigerian, whose colossal image transcended his generation, had in 1955, introduced FREE PRIMARY EDUCATION for all residents in Western Region, irrespective of tribe, tongue, caste, place of birth, religion or region and today eminent and very successful Nigerians from all geo-political zones, who benefited from Pa Awolowo's educational largesse, have proudly broadcast his benevolence at every opportunity or occassion with much pride and well wishes to the memory of this great leader of all times!

WNTV was not only first in Africa, but a trail-blazer ahead of some European countries of Netherlands (1960), New Zealand (1960), Ireland (1961), China (1962), Malta (1962), Greece (1966), Canada (1967), Federal Government of Nigeria's NTA (1975); and it was not surprising that Vice President and other eminent dignitaries graced the symbolic august occasion in Ibadan, seat and headquarters of the station in Oyo State, In a tweet to commemorate the day, Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Professor 'Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), reminiscence that exactly 60 years ago, late Premier of Western Region. Chief Obafemi Awolowo, then flanked by Governor General, Sir John Rankine, Chief Anthony Enahoro and Chief T.T. Solaru, formally entered the history books by inaugurating the Western Nigeria Television, first in Africa, adding, " we celebrate what is possible".

WESTERN NIGERIA TELEVISION (WNTV), AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL!
According to Wikipedia citation, WNTV was created as a partnership between the Western Regional Government and a foreign firm, Overseas Rediffusion and designed to be an educational tool for the masses and also a medium to beam local culture, foreign news/aims and objectives of government's social contract with the people in that region. It was also revealed that the, "Establishment of the station was enhanced by a Constitutional change which removed broadcasting from an exclusive item to a concurrent item and political resolution of the Regional Premier, Chief Obafemi Awolowo and the Regional Minister of Information, Chief Anthony Enahoro!" WNTV, later re-named Nigeria Television Authority (NTA, Ibadan), following its acquisition by the Federal Government which in 1975, established its network of TV Stations across Nigeria in a sweeping move to educate the entire population, was studded with well-qualified, well-educated, professional, articulate, sagacious and obsessively-patriotic journalists whose pedigrees and antecedents were unquestionable!

MUST LOFTY IDEALS OF GREAT MINDS BE RUBBISHED THROUGH FAKE NEWS, HATE SPEECHES?
These days, you don't have to be a trained journalist to express opinions, comments or publish your views in the print, electronic or social media in Nigeria because the existing internet platforms of the 21st Century are very porous and accommodative to all comers irrespective of low education, training or exposure! Prior to now, especially in the years preceding and few years into independence (1950-1966), the Nigerian Press enjoyed much respect and prestige because of the pedigree of practitioners, authenticity of news, quality of published articles, commentaries, documentaries and the richness of editorial opinions of that era.
Those were the hey-days of respectable media practitioners and great personalities like the late Herbert Macaulay, late Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, late Babatunde Jose, late Anthony Enahoro, late Bisi Onabanjo, late Alade Odunewu, late Adamu Ciroma; Mrs. Theresa Ogunbiyi, octogenarian Lateef Jakande, Peter Enahoro, Sam Amuka etc, who all blazed the trail in professional and qualitative journalism of the 20th Century Nigeria! Those journalists of great repute articulated social engagements to inform, educate and entertain the citizens with vital information of government policies/activities as they affected them, demanded for accountability to the people because they were fearlessly to published the truth even in that colonial era!

HAS THE NIGERIAN PRESS GONE TO ROOST?
Now that that the nation has experienced 20 years of uninterrupted democratic governance, why is the Nigerian Media not on full throttle as the true Watchdog and defender of the defenceless citizens according to their constitutional obligations in Chapter II Section 22 & Chapter IV Section 39? The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), should carry out an urgent FORENSIC AUDIT to fish out not only MERCENARY journalists in their ranks, but also, FAKE broadcast, print or electronic media establishments which are being sponsored by drowning renegade politicians who were bent to destroy all economic gains of the nation because they were not in the saddle! The corporate media should realize by now through investigative engagements that its ranks have been infiltrated by mercenaries who work for the highest bidders to heat up the polity especially in the past FOUR years when failed politicians could no longer loot the TREASURY which they converted into Automatic Teller Machines (ATM), between 1999-2015! THEY ARE THE ENEMIES WITHIN - WHO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE UNCENSORED SOCIAL MEDIA TO PERPETRATE EVIL! THEY HAVE TO BE STOPPED!

NIGERIAN BROADCASTING COMMISSION (NBC) VERSUS AFRICAN INDEPENDENT TELEVISION (AIT)!
The Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC), is the regulatory body of all broadcast establishments in Nigeria and since part of its responsibilities also include control and discipline of erring licensees of the broadcasting industry, it was high time sentiment was cast aside for the law to take its course against defaulters of the provisions of the NBC Act Cap N 11, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria and the broadcasting code! It is no longer secret that African Independent Television (AIT), and Ray Power, the twin broadcast stations, owned by PDP Chieftain, Raymond Dokpesi, had been arrowheads of reckless dissemination of fake news and hate speeches against the person of President Buhari, APC Leader, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, during the events leading to the 2015 General Elections and thereafter till date and have refused to repent, because they have evaded requisite punishments that should have been meted to serve as deterrent to their ilk’s! In spite of the fact that TWO court cases against AIT were withdrawn by President Buhari and Chief Tinubu in 2016, the stations continued to heat up the polity through licentious broadcasts and on 6th June 2019, EIGHT days after the fresh second term mandate of the APC, the duo broadcast stations had to be shut down and suspended indefinitely from any form of broadcast in Nigeria! AIT in particular was defaulted for being partisan; airing an unprofessional presidential documentary of a matter pending before a tribunal, inability to pay its fees as at when due; and using divisive and inciting  contents from the SOCIAL MEDIA!

URGENT MEASURES TO STOP THE MENACE!
WE suggest that because the broadcast stations have had previous opportunities to redeem whatever was left of their tainted image and had refused, fresh forensic investigation should be conducted by a combined synergy of the Nigerian Police Force (NPF), Director of State Security (DSS), and the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), to unravel if AIT & Ray Power were still not the brains behind the continuous torrents of FAKE NEWS AND HATE SPEECHES on the social media! Unlike WNTV, AIT/RAY POWER, which is just 25 years in existence, "is patently partisan - and, especially in the last two years - it decided to conduct its activities in a manner detrimental to national interest as if it was beyond regulatory direction of NBC by heating up the polity through the habit of using the channel to fight its personal battles contrary to the statutory requirements of the law" says the Commission. The NBC monitoring reports also claimed that the following divisive comments accredited to the segment of Kakaki, tagged "Kakaki Social", which were inciting were as follows:
(1) 'Nigeria is cursed', 'we declare independent state of Niger Delta', 'Nigeria irritates me', 'this country is gradually Islamising'; other similar slogans were also used without editorial control in breach of the broadcast code!
WAS THIS THE KIND OF FREE PRESS AND INDEPENDENT MEDIA THAT NUJ ADVOCATED FOR DURING THEIR MEDIATION OF REPRIEVE ON BEHALF OF AIT?

"When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person. He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands." (Job. 22:29-30). THE MASSES MUST BE DELIVERED FROM THIS DELIBERATE AFFRONT OF AIT/ RAY POWER AGAINST THEIR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS TO RIGHTEOUS GOVERNANCE!

Please look forward to more divine revelation in the next edition of Zion B-BC Newsletter as you share this with friends and remain blessed in the Lord. [For weekly access, to this newsletter, log on to:  facebook.com/zionfaithbible.believingchurch or http://www.zfbbc1.blogspot.com, https://www.google.com/+zionfaithbiblebelievingchurch.

If you have not accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Saviour, don’t miss this great opportunity as you pray this prayer: Lord Jesus; I confess that I am a sinner who needs to be saved through the grace of the New Testament of your Blood, shed on the Cross at Calvary; I renounce every sin in my life and accept you as my Lord and Saviour. Please forgive me and write my name in the Book of Life. Amen. If you prayed this prayer, you have been admitted into the family of sons and daughters of God, who are born-again. Congratulations.

I am, yours sincerely, Dr. David B.A. Olufon, Resident Pastor and Editor. 08130669886, 08098194390.  08080243066. G-mail- dvdolufon@gmail.com.

AFRICA, FOR HOW LONG WOULD YOU REMAIN A BEGGAR?

ZION B-BC   NEWSLETTER.  

(Looking at Nigeria's Political System From a Godly Perspective).

A Publication of the Zion Faith Bible-Believing Church Kpeyegyi Abuja Nigeria {Vol. 8.NO 324. 27th October, 2019.} “…ONLY The Truth, Will Set You   Free! (John.8:32). . PRAY & FAST EVERY WEDNESDAY TO STOP BLOODSHED IN NIGERIA!

AFRICA, FOR HOW LONG WOULD YOU REMAIN A BEGGAR?

[Lamentation Over Africa:  Pride of the Black Race Across The Universe!]
Africa, O Africa! How have you fallen disgracefully to the ground?
From grace to grass in the miry clay to lose your prestige, albeit, first estate;
Through greed, thou wast ravished by strangers for filthy lucre,
Your children orphaned, scattered in White man's land;
Enslaved, disparaged, disillusioned; how did we get here?
Africa, O Africa! You must rise from the ashes, regain your pride of place!
It is not late, it will never be too late to regain lost ground!

Historians have failed to dispute the fact that civilisation was first noticed in the North Eastern part of your vast and richly-endowed landscape, before it debuted in other lands of Medieval/Modern Europe and your sister continents of Asia, the United States and Australia!
Geologists and anthropologists have proved that early artifacts of letterings, writings, sculptures of Africa, were found in its various countries not limited only to NE but also in the West's Nok culture, in Kaduna, North Central Nigeria - notable for Iron deposits and a population named after the Ham Village of Nok; also gold/tin mineral deposits in Zamfara, North West; works of art, architectural designs/constructions, metal works, canals for waterways, artesian wells, the pyramids, mausoleums, etc, were commonplace in Alexandria, Egypt's southern coast of the Mediterranean Sea; Philistia (present day Palestine), which had rich deposits of lime, chalk and alluvial deposits from streams; not forgetting the mineral resources of the Lebanon Region, the Transjordan and the Dead Sea (an inland body of water, 50 miles or 80.46 km. long and 10 miles or 16.093 km. wide), full of very rich mineral deposits; Mesopotamia (Western Asia), within Rivers Tigris Euphrates waterways, and Democratic Republic [DR] Congo (formally francophone ZAIRE), is one of the richest countries in natural resources with untapped deposits of raw materials estimated to be worth in excess of US $24 trillion dollars), in Central Africa, etc, etc.!
QUESTION 1: What happened to your arable agricultural lands/ farms produce, animal husbandry projects, abundant milk, fura de nunu, green vegetables, peppers, tomatoes; cotton/jute industries, large stocks of timber woods, merchandise of gold, expensive ornaments and vestures; innumerable natural mineral deposits of iron, steel, copper, silver, uranium, deposits of lime and chalkalluvi etc, the sea/faring ships and your daring voyagers?
QUESTION 2: How did you suddenly become the most-backward continent among the rest, that you now have to go cap in hand to beg for virtually all the basic amenities of life from UK, USA, EU, CHINA, JAPAN, GERMANY, ARAB NATIONS, G8, G7, COUNTRIES, etc, and now RUSSIA in spite of your enviable tropical sprawling lands that enjoy abundant sunshine and rainfalls at their unfailing seasons?
QUESTION 3: Why would you be described as backward, poor, illiterate, raw, uncouth, unhealthy, UNDER-developed despicable etc?
QUESTION 4: Why do you catch cold each time one of these advanced countries sneezed?
QUESTION 5: Do you know who or where the next Summit will hold? - Maybe on the MOON?
QUESTION 6: How did you get to this harrowing level to BEG for their workforce to come and build your strategic structures, bridges, hospitals, refineries dams and for their finances to feed your children?
QUESTION 7:  Don't you have your own AFRICAN workforce? How would you expect them to transfer their technology/intellectual property to YOU? Don't you have any shame? Have you ever thought of technology acquisition?

ALL 55 AFRICAN UNIONS (AU), COUNTRIES ARE FREE - AREN’T THEY?
The United States of America fought bitter wars to become the greatest global economy, China did the same and the Russian Revolution of 1917 open rebellion, succinctly supported by the armed forces against the ruling overlords headed by strings of very powerful and domineering TSAR title holders, brought to an end bad governance and ushered in "communism" - the doctrine of commonness, i.e., common ownership of all property which progressed gradually from 1917 into revolutionary socialism which was based on the writings of Karl Marx - a German social economist of Jewish origin whose ideologies also influenced governments of Poland and China! All EU Countries have gained independence in similar fashions - not on a platter of gold, - but unlike their Asian, European or American counterparts, their leaders adopted neo-colonialist attitudes of illegal acquisition of wealth/properties to the detriment of the masses of freedom fighters - many of who lost their lives in the process!

BUT THE EQUATION MUST CHANGE NOW! AFRICANS WILL EAT WHAT THEY GROW; WEAR THEIR MANUFACTURED CLOTHES; DWELL IN HOUSES THEY BUILT; AND RIDE IN CARS & TRUCKS THEY CONSTRUCTED! THEY MUST SHUT THEIR LAND BORDERS LIKE CHINA IN THE YEARS OF STUBBORN PATRIOTISM, AND ACHIEVE ALL-ROUND SUFFICIENCY, IF NEED BE!

The 21st Century stampede by World Powers for the abundant natural resources massively studded in the belly of Africa is reminiscent of the MAD GOLD RUSH of 19th Century which swept through Continents of Australia/United States; New Zealand, Brasil, Canada and South Africa!  In the 15th Century, before World War I, the civilized World powers described Africa as a DARK CONTINENT, because little was known of its interior as British and Portuguese seamen and explorers only established trading ports around the coastal areas especially of the Cape of Good Hope, in South Africa!

Now in the 21st Century, swarms of expatriate geologists, economists, industrialists, engineers, scientists, technologists, information communication experts, technocrats, portfolio investors etc, are clustered in the 53 African nations determined (this time around), to "legitimately" explore, exploit and harness the immense mineral resources outside of CRUDE OIL, and all economic opportunities available within the bowels of black continent! Of the Seven geographic global continents, AFRICA, is the most divinely-blessed with the greatest number of natural resources and also the most-endowed with friendly climatic condition, predictable weather and virtually devoid from all ecological calamities/disasters that beset Asia, Europe, United States like, devastating landslides, earthquakes, storms, tornadoes, tsunamis; massive forest fires, etc, constitute regular affront to safety of lives and properties in those continents!

Therefore, the alien invasion/aggressive occupation from Cape to Cairo; Freetown to Addis Ababa; DR Congo to Libya, etc, by G8, G7 and EU entrepreneurs, including the United States, the Asian Tigers (China, Japan, Koreans etc,), and now, the re-entry of the RUSSIAN FEDERATION, in all areas of trades, industries, manufacturing, and investments especially is therefore not surprising, cannot be overemphasized, nor wished away!
Most prominent among the contestants are the United States (acknowledged as the global economic giant), the Socialist Republic of China, ( the second largest economy after the US), and now the Russian Federation, just concluding, "The Russia African Summit", held at Sochi, and attended by over 50 African Presidents/Head of States, including Nigeria's Muhammadu Buhari.

RUSSIA,S PRESIDENT VLADMIR PUTIN IS A MAN TO WATCH VERY CLOSELY!
In some bi-lateral agreements with Nigeria, Mr Putin will ensure completion and commissioning of the AJAOKUTA STEEL ROLLING MILLS, which construction began in 1979, but aborted along the line by a Russian outfit! He will support war against crime, corruption, insurgency, supply Nigeria with military weapons to end Boko Haram terrorism etc, etc, improvement of the Oil Sector through upgrading NNPC Refineries and a Russian-based Oil & Gas Company, and to develop Nigeria's gas facilities. Russian engineers will build and deliver the 1,400 km. railway line from Lagos-Calabar and construct NUCLEAR PLANT for Nigeria which should start immediately and also renew Nigeria-Russia military cooperation, not forgetting collaboration in Security, Education and Agriculture, according to the deals!

ONCE BITTEN, TWICE SHY!
Since the USSR was voted out by the Supreme Soviet on 26th December 1991, and its 8th and last President Mikhail Gorbachev, resigned about 26 years ago, the Russian Federation had remained s shadow of itself and could only play the opposition in global security affairs with whatever remained in its arsenal! Current President, who had made all of the above promises is a man to monitor very closely because he had been involved in many controversies across the globe –
He was fingered in some expansionist ambition both in Poland and Ukraine through renegade Russian soldiers;
Accused of masterminding the shooting down of a Malaysian Airline Flight 17 (MH17), commercial aircraft Boeing 777 - 200 ER from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, on  over the Eastern Ukraine/ Russian border -283 passengers and 15 crew were killed in that horrible incident, but President Putin denied any involvement!
He was also accused of collaborating with Turkish rebels who tried unsuccessfully in the state capital, Istanbul, to oust President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in July 2015; he also denied; and
President Putin's Russian army, was also deployed to support the oppressive government in Syria, headed by Bashar Al - Assad since the beginning of the Syrian conflict 2011 - with at least 400,000 death recorded as at 2016!

ALL OTHER CONTINENTS PUT TOGETHER NEED AFRICA MORE THAN AFRICA NEEDS THEM!
It is most gratifying to note that these developed nations have realised that they could no longer stand aloof and dismiss Africa as a DARK CONTINENT or under-developed, when their industries could actually run aground without continual replenishment of their warehouses from the inexhaustible natural mineral endowments that abound all over the  blessed lands!

Prior to this period of economic advancement, the British and French Administrations took early steps to secure sovereignty over their colonies in Africa shortly after World War II, for three strategic reasons:
To assert authority as colonial masters;
To protect the colonies from unforeseen invasion;
To grow their economies which were severely devastated through wars, with natural mineral /agricultural deposits that were in excessive abundance in those colonies!
They adopted a very simple strategy through language diplomacy which encouraged closer affinity and were so classified as Anglophone/Francophone Colonies until the attainment of self-rule or independence!

A cursory glance at the map of Africa will reveal startling facts that virtually all countries of the black continent were at one time or the other (apart from Ethiopia and Liberia), colonized/enslaved by some superior forces! Their fears were not misplaced after all in view of the present trend of the economic battle for the SOUL OF AFRICA - but this time around, MUST not be by foreign predators or taskmasters, BUT by equal project partners working together to achieve mutual economic goals beneficial to both sides. 

Nigeria' foreign policy of non-alignment since independence would surely give the nation a comfortable leverage to chose its friends or allies with the good leadership already exhibited by MR. INTEGRITY, President Muhammadu Buhari! "A stitch in time saves nine"!

Please look forward to more divine revelation in the next edition of Zion B-BC Newsletter as you share this with friends and remain blessed in the Lord. [For weekly access, to this newsletter, log on to:  facebook.com/zionfaithbible.believingchurch or http://www.zfbbc1.blogspot.com, https://www.google.com/+zionfaithbiblebelievingchurch.

If you have not accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Saviour, don’t miss this great opportunity as you pray this prayer: Lord Jesus; I confess that I am a sinner who needs to be saved through the grace of the New Testament of your Blood, shed on the Cross at Calvary; I renounce every sin in my life and accept you as my Lord and Saviour. Please forgive me and write my name in the Book of Life. Amen. If you prayed this prayer, you have been admitted into the family of sons and daughters of God, who are born-again. Congratulations.

I am, yours sincerely, Dr. David B.A. Olufon, Resident Pastor and Editor. 08130669886, 08098194390.  08080243066. G-mail- dvdolufon@gmail.com.