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TWENTY political parties are supporting the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Gboyega Oyetola in today’s supplementary governorship election in Osun State.


Addressing a news conference in Osogbo yesterday, the leader of Alliance for Cooperating Political Parties (ACPP), comprising Advanced Democratic Congress, National Conscience Party and People for Democratic Change, among others, Prince Adesoji Masilo, said the coalition was backing Oyetola because of his intelligence and character.

Masilo said his African People’s Alliance polled over 2,000 votes at Saturday’s inconclusive poll, adding that over 20 political parties decided to support APC owing to the party’s progressive spirit.

According to him, the APC had proved that it is capable of developing the state. He urged members of the coalition to troop out today and cast their votes for the APC.

Masilo, who decried the vote buying that characterised last Saturday’s election, said politicians should desist from such act.

He said voters should refrain from selling their votes and ensure that they vote Oyetola.

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Ex-workers of the defunct Nigeria Airways Limited (NAL) are getting set for a fresh verification following the Federal Government’s approval of N22.6 billion for the payment of their entitlements.
Mr Godwin Jibodu, the Chairman, Nigeria Airways Elders Forum, confirmed the development on Wednesday at a meeting of the pensioners of the former national carrier at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the airline, which started flight operations in August 1958, was liquidated by former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s government in May 2003 with the workers yet to be fully paid their entitlements.
The Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, had on Sept. 24 announced that President Muhammadu Buhari had approved the release of the funds for the part-payment of the ex-workers being owed N45 billion.

Jibodu said that the approval of the payment was greeted with joy by the ex-workers who expressed their gratitude to the president and the minister at the meeting.

“The purpose of the meeting is to brief the workers about what the minister said and that the verification will begin very soon.

“Everybody should prepare his or her documents for the verification,” he said.

According to him, no date has been given for the commencement of the verification, but the committee, which will arrange the exercise, will start work on Sept


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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state was seen sleeping at UN General Assembly during President Buhari’s address.

Obaseki was dozing heavily on Tuesday while Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari was delivering his address at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

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The All Progressives Congress, APC, has declared that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and its candidate, Ademola Adeleke, would still lose the rerun of the governorship election in Osun even if they get the support of the Social Democratic Party, SDP candidate, Iyiola Omisore.

APC said the opposition party was battling to get Omisore’s support because it was clear to them that Adeleke cannot win on the popular vote.

In a statement on Tuesday by the Director of Publicity, Research and Strategy of the APC in Osun State, Kunle Oyatomi, the party said Adeleke was the least educated and qualified candidate.The statement reads, “They know that the PDP candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke, can’t win on the popular votes.

“First, he is the least educated and qualified candidate Osun has ever raised in its history of the political contest.

“The fraud that brought him to this level (manipulation of card readers and purchase of PVC of ill-informed voters) that we are now discussing him as a potential governor, marks us as essentially an illiterate and backward democracy.

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Reno Omokri, an ex-aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, has told popular Nigerian afro-pop star, David Adeleke, widely known as Davido, what to do to ensure his uncle, Senator Ademola Adeleke, wins the Thursday’s governorship election rerun in Osun State.


Omokri, a diehard member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, commended the singer for his support for his uncle so far.

The former Presidential aide had earlier advised Senator Adeleke to ensure Davido becomes the next Governor of Osun.

Omokri has told the musician to urge his uncle to throw pride aside and work with the candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Iyiola Omisore to ensure All Progressives Congress, APC’s defeat on Thursday.

Omokri tweeted, “Dear @iam_Davido, you deserve accolades for #OsunDecides2018.

“Help ensure APC doesn’t snatch victory from defeat. Urge your uncle, Senator @IsiakaAdeleke1, to work with @iyiomisore. So what if Omisore claims the glory?

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Senate President and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday insisted that President Muhammadu Buhari does not understand governance
and was not prepared to govern the country when he was elected in 2015.Saraki stated this while addressing Oyo State delegates and members of the party ahead of the national convention of the PDP at the state secretariat of the party located at Molete, Ibadan.

The former governor of Kwara State, who said that Nigerians made a mistake by voting Buhari in 2015, added that Nigeria needed a “digital President”.

Saraki, who was accompanied to Ibadan by Senator Rafiu Ibrahim, Senator Abiodun Olujinmi, Captain Idris Wada, Dr. Doyin Okupe and Hon. Muhammed Wakil, declared that incumbent President Buhari of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) “does not understand governance”.

He noted that the mistake Nigerians have made over the years was electing people into positions of authority based on sentiment.He specifically maintained that Nigeria needed a digital President who can relate well with Presidents of other counties.

Saraki, while speaking further, declared that he is the most capable for the job among the PDP Presidential aspirants, urging the Oyo State delegates to support his aspiration.

He said, “The major mistake we are making is that we vote people who cannot do it. All other countries, they look for the best candidates. If you look at other aspirants, you will see that I can do it better than all of them.

“The mistake we made is that the person who is there does not know anything. The person that is there does not understand governance.

“If you have observed, you will discover that Presidents of other counties who have visited Nigeria in recent time did not sleep in the country. They will just come for two or few hours and go back”.

The Senate President maintained further that what the country needs in 2019 is a capable President, as Buhari has shown that he is not capable for the task.

Saraki insisted that having worked with the President for over three years; he has discovered that the Buhari does not understand governance.

Among Oyo PDP leaders that received the Senate President were, State Chairman of the party, Alhaji Kunmi Mystapha; Elder Wole Oyelese; Alhaji Hazeem Gbalarumi; Mr. Wasiu Adeleke; Dr. Saka Balogun and Chief Jacob Adetoro.

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“I encourage you to create visions and projects that will positively affect the lives of people in the host communities you would be posted to.

“I also enjoin you to be good ambassadors of the NYSC and the country at large, most especially in the forthcoming general elections in 2019, which most of you would participate in as ad-hoc staff,’ he said.

The state governor encouraged the corps members to take advantage of the Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED), an initiative of the state government and the NYSC to prepare them for self-employment

He urged them to take the post-camp training seriously, to enable them to access loans through the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund, which was established to enable youths to start their businesses.

Ambode’s speech was delivered by Mr Oluseye Oladejo, the state’s Commissioner for Special Duties and Intergovernmental Relations.

In his address, Mr Muhammed Momoh, Lagos State Coordinator, NYSC, appealed to the state government to help the scheme realise its plans to construct its permanent orientation camp in the state.

” I wish to appreciate the governor for being a worthy father and for the support given to the scheme at all times.

“While we appreciate the allocation of land for the construction of a befitting orientation camp at Agbowa, I wish to implore the governor to use his good office to make the dream a reality.

“This will ameliorate the serious challenge of space constraints we face in the present facility,” he said.

Momoh advised the corps members to accept postings for their primary assignments in good faith while carrying out their duties with all sense of patriotism.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 2,152 corps members comprising 1143 male and 1009 female were posted to Lagos for the exercise.

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Arc Light Foundation Academy says it targets to train 21,600 students in Robotic Science before the end of this year with 600 every week from two schools across 36 states of the federation and Abuja benefitting from the curriculum.


The foundation’s Managing Director, Mrs Abisola Obasanya, made the disclosure while reflecting on the 2018 World Robot Olympiad (WRO) Nigeria held on Saturday in Lagos in an interview on Monday in Lagos. WRO Nigeria took place at the Lagos City Hall, Lagos Island, where 35 schools and 140 students from across Nigeria participated.

The winners of each category will represent Nigeria at WRO, Chiang Mai, Thailand later in November. The students at this year’s competition, tagged: “Food Matters’’ seek to proffer solutions to the way we grow, share and consume food with the aid of robots as a means of providing scientific supports. The task was to create robots that will solve both simple and complex tasks of providing agricultural challenges, such as pest monitoring, watering and simple farm works. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Arc Light Foundation, Obasanya, said the 21st century innovations took their roots in robotic science, adding that Nigeria would be better educationally if robotic science would be appreciated. “The world is going digital now and it is all about robotic science. We need to be at par with the knowledge of robots all over the world. “In our own contribution, we want to make sure that the knowledge of robots is popularised all over the country and not Lagos alone because we already have other states appreciating the subject. “As part of the effort, we want to train about 600 students every week from two schools across the 36 states of the federation and Abuja, this will give the country an edge technologically,’’ she said. Obasanya said that the programme to train the students in robotic science, tagged “School on Wheel’’ across the country was in partnerships with a private organisation, HIS. “We are in partnerships with IHS in the programme tagged “School on Wheel’’, they will provide the technical support for the robotic training. “We are sure that the students will do well because judging from the past experience, those that are being taught are now good at the practical side of it. “Robotic science provides the platform for students to be engaged in problem solving skills through the use of robots which are easy to operate. “We are excited about the prospect of training the students in robots for the advancement of technology in our country and many will have a lot to benefit from it too,’’ she said. (NAN)

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The Abia State Police Command has arrested a suspected cultist identified as Chinedu Emenike of the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture for his involvement in cultism.
The State Commissioner of Police, Mr Anthony Ogbizi who paraded the suspect stated that he confessed to joining the cult while in the school in order to secure employment after graduation, blaming the devil for his involvement in cultism.

The suspect told newsmen that he dropped out of the Rivers State Polytechnic for lack of sponsorship but maintained his membership of the Aye Confraternity, which he joined on campus, so as to help him to secure a job or get contracts through other members of the cult.
He said, ‘’ it is the work of the devil. I just went to celebrate with my friends that just finished their final year exams in Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, when the school security men saw me and found incriminating items on me.

“I am a member of the Aye Confraternity and a former student of the Rivers State Polytechnic. I joined the cult group so that our men can help me with job upon graduation. But I did not graduate because of money. My parents did not have enough money to sponsor me through school that was why I dropped out.

“I have learnt tiling. I went to MOUAU to see if I could meet any of our members that could just help me out because I came to Umuahia not long ago. I needed a job, business connection or any other thing that can sustain me.”

However, the Commissioner of Police said that the suspect will be arraigned in court having made some confessions.

Senator representing Kaduna Central in the National Assembly, Shehu Sani, has declared that the failures of President Muhammadu Buhari won’t “stop him from emerging the next leader of
Nigeria.”Sani, a lawmaker on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, stressed that despite some “challenges and failures” on the part of Buhari, Nigerians will vote for him in 2019.

Featuring on Channels Television, Sani said, “Well, I never have a doubt that President Muhammadu Buhari will win the election in 2019, because I believe that there are lots of achievements that could be attached to his stewardship in the last three and half years.

“We can also see some challenges and some failures on his side. But on a general note, I believe that those who voted him in 2015 still have hope and belief in him that he can lead them to where they want to be.

“And for the opposition party, it is a positive development that you have a lot of people struggling to lead this country. It is interesting.

“And the statements they have been making, there is nothing wrong with it. It is just putting the party on its toes. It will in no way stop the president from emerging the next leader of Nigeria.”

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