Kidnapping in Nigeria exaggerated — Osinbajo June 25, 2019
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has downplayed the cases of kidnapping in Nigeria, saying they were sometimes exaggerated for political effect.
Mr Osinbajo was addressing Nigerians based in New York on Monday when he was confronted with questions about kidnapping, which is a major part of Nigeria’s worsening insecurity.
“With respect to general kidnapping which we have seen in parts of the country, again, this is not entirely new. In fact, some of the kidnapping stories you read or listen to are simply not true anywhere, some are fuelled by politics,” Mr Osinbajo was reported as saying by the state-run News Agency of Nigeria.
“There are cases of kidnapping, no question at all about that, but some of the more dramatic stories that you hear are simply not true.
“Every report of kidnapping we receive, we try to verify, and at the end of the day you find out that people just tell all sorts of stories,” the vice-president said.
RuudVanNisteroy: Adams Oshiomhole told the world that Ize Iyamu was a cultist who was rusticated after he deformed another student by pouring acid on him and also a thief who looted the state dry when he was Secretary to the State Government, under convicted thief Lucky Igbinedion.
dhope: The silencer of obaseki have arrived at last. I except massive deployment of DSS men to follow suit. By the eve of the election, all the stalwart of PDP in the state would have been given house arrest thereby allowing oshio and his men to have a free day. Obaseki can ask Adeleke to know better. The democracy they think is growing here has since been diagnosed with kwashiorkor and hospitalized since bubu came to power. Anyone in obaseki's camp is just wasting his time and energy, with or without oshio, APC will triumph in dt election because of federal might. Congratulations to pastor in advance, at least his time to rule has come.
Pastor for where? An acid throwing cultist and thief thief person?
RuudVanNisteroy: Adams Oshiomhole told the world that Ize Iyamu was a cultist who was rusticated after he deformed another student by pouring acid on him and also a thief who looted the state dry when he was Secretary to the State Government, under convicted thief Lucky Igbinedion.
Pastor Ize Iyamu, the Edo PDP flag bearer of the forth coming Governorship election in an interview agreed of being a one time member of a fraternity in University of Benin. He also agreed to being expelled from the university before being accepted back after two years to complete his school as lawyer.
solmusdesigns: The DIG heading the security architecture is a neutral no nonsense officer, he was the Commissioner of police that handle Oyo State Governorship election that produced Audio Makinde
Egan o pe ki oyin o ma dun - your meaningless wailing won’t turn Makinde’s honey sour. Audio Ko, video ni. Who are you trying to fool with your Association of Past/Present Criminals, APC lies
They will try but they will fall. The work of the Edo people to avoid the Lagos godfather enslavement trap shall not be in vain. The money of Edo people does not belong in the bullion vans of godfathers, but for the excellent governance of the state. Barawo Bubu should hold his remote control and pain of rigging by coNrade Oshi-omo-Ole because Edo people are not as docile as the people of Osun. They are more like the people of Ondo in 1983.
dre11: FLASHBACK: Oshiomhole once wanted building named after Obaseki for ‘selfless service’
Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), once said Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo, worked for the state using his brain and creativity.
Oshiomhole, who praised the governor during the governorship campaign of 2016, said a building at the government house should be named after Obaseki for his selfless service.
Oshiomhole said while he was governor of Edo, Obaseki helped him build the economy team of the state with his network.
“I know my limit. He knows his limit. Godwin Obaseki has worked for seven and half years for the people of Edo state, using his brain, creativity, quietly, not making noise,” Oshiomhole said.
“He sits in the office of the economic team which he built using his network of friends inside the heart of government house without demanding one naira.
“A man like that who will not ask me to give him contracts, but will promise me, comrade, you just do the thinking, we will create the means to actualise your thoughts. And to his credit today, check the books of Edo state, we did not build new structures in government house with government money. That economic team office was built through Godwin’s network. Today, it remains a permanent asset of the state government.
“I want us to be calling that building Godwin Obaseki building. I don’t see your opponent Ize-Iyamu being able to say that. In 2007, check the records, Ize-Iyamu was hiding from EFCC. He didn’t not vote. How can somebody who didn’t vote claim that he made me.
“If you have to look at Godwin and his credentials and you look at a man whose only work, by his CV, was a student and rusticated for two years, he read law but he is not a barrister. That is his foundation. I never gave him government job. Lucky Igbinedion’s mother was reported to have slapped Ize-Iyamu for misleading her son. He tried it with me, but we kept him away. Nothing near government circle. No access to public funds.
“Look at the road to his house, in our books, was dual carriage way. They took the money, constructed the road to his house and stopped. Although we have liquidated the godfathers politically, the entire political family will be liquidated.”
abbey621: Let him get a good lawyer, no laws were broken, it's like a pastor suing him for using a bible or Imam suing for using the Quran. Unless they are saying those beads specifically came from their shrine then there's no case, police just wan chop their own
So under what law is Gandollar trying to kill the alleged blasphemer in Kano
Cyoung4real: mumu herbalist, if your instrument he is using has power, it should have killed him or make him mad and now you are using police, you no get power again. Be acting like Muslims. tueh
Why did Oyedepo and Ibieyomi’s god no get power to kill Freeze instead of the useless lies and foaming in the mouth of the pastor _preneur gods of men
If the one in Kano is to be executed for blasphemy of Middle East Prophet, why not this porn_actor for blasphemy of our traditional worship items Are we all mentally colonised
Olaolufred: Abacha left pump price at #11 per litre.
Democracy dabaru everything.
What annoyed me most is people saying pdp is better than apc.
Not knowing the lack of infrastructural development since 1999 will continue to have compound effects on a future not invested in.
No matter how loud we shout, it wouldn't change the truth that government since 1999 had dependent on our oyel.
It wouldn't change the truth that anything that hits the source of income will affect everyone dependent on that income.
It wouldn't change the truth that we wasted resources (looting etc) when we had a real rainy season ($112 per barrel).
It wouldn't change the truth that between June 2014 and June 2015, our source of income is threatened by market forces nosedived from $112 to $26 per barrel.
It wouldn't change the fact that democracy couldn't build a refinery in 21 years.
It wouldn't change the truth that you can't sell your cassava (crude oil) and be able to convince garri (refined products) seller to still sell to you at same price you sold your cassava.
It won't change the truth that Naira won't appreciate until we are able to consistently have positive trade index. Trade deficit will always make naira poorer.
It won't change the truth that the present government can't build refineries at present because the source of our income is threatened.
It won't change the truth that covid 19 had made the situation worse. Commercial activities grounded worldwide and Nigeria could not sell to people what they don't need.
The reality is that we are paying dearly for the failures of Obj to Buhari.
The shock is this, dangote refineries won't solve nothing because he's a business man.
Things won't get better than it was under Abacha in 1997.
Stop pretending by saying A is better than B. The cumulative effect of bad governance since 1999 is all we are witnessing today.
Next 10 years can only be better if oil sells high and we have leaders who can use the oil boom gains to massively develop infrastructures.
Without infrastructures, economy is always crippled.
Keep waiting for leaders looters instead of getting busy to identify, donate money and volunteer time and talents to the campaign of candidates who will be more accountable to you, as a result. You go wait tire.
Modern Christian couples enjoy sex and are more likely to be satisfied than worldly couples. There is something about spirituality and sexiness. Couples who find time to pray together find time to make passionate love together.
There is often a burden of sexual performance for secularists but a godly union has none of it. Their sexual workouts are less stressful and highly rewarding to both partners.
A recent study in the US discovered that Christain wives had more sexual fulfillment than liberals. To find true fulfillment in sex, one has to draw close to the person who created sex himself.
Richdad
Your convictions, real or imaginary, are not necessarily shared by everyone.
Ab0bi: I am suspecting Rotimi Akeredolu. That guy is d perfect description of an incompetent, clueless, unambitious and useless governor. He is the worst governor to have been elected in nigeria! APC will always rig elections, it's in their blood, checkout their profile and you won't be shocked at their election rigging expertise...they will try it in Edo but will fail..
N.B: I'm non-partisan..
Resounding failure awaits them in Edo, as I am sure that the people of the state are working seriously to avoid the yoke of a blood sucking godfather in their state, as they have in Lagos. The fake progressive coNrade Oshi-omo-Ole can try his pain of rigging again with Barawo Bubu’s remote control that they used in Osun and see how Ondo 1983 will be a child’s play.
dre11: FLASHBACK: Oshiomhole once wanted building named after Obaseki for ‘selfless service’
Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), once said Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo, worked for the state using his brain and creativity.
Oshiomhole, who praised the governor during the governorship campaign of 2016, said a building at the government house should be named after Obaseki for his selfless service.
Oshiomhole said while he was governor of Edo, Obaseki helped him build the economy team of the state with his network.
“I know my limit. He knows his limit. Godwin Obaseki has worked for seven and half years for the people of Edo state, using his brain, creativity, quietly, not making noise,” Oshiomhole said.
“He sits in the office of the economic team which he built using his network of friends inside the heart of government house without demanding one naira.
“A man like that who will not ask me to give him contracts, but will promise me, comrade, you just do the thinking, we will create the means to actualise your thoughts. And to his credit today, check the books of Edo state, we did not build new structures in government house with government money. That economic team office was built through Godwin’s network. Today, it remains a permanent asset of the state government.
“I want us to be calling that building Godwin Obaseki building. I don’t see your opponent Ize-Iyamu being able to say that. In 2007, check the records, Ize-Iyamu was hiding from EFCC. He didn’t not vote. How can somebody who didn’t vote claim that he made me.
“If you have to look at Godwin and his credentials and you look at a man whose only work, by his CV, was a student and rusticated for two years, he read law but he is not a barrister. That is his foundation. I never gave him government job. Lucky Igbinedion’s mother was reported to have slapped Ize-Iyamu for misleading her son. He tried it with me, but we kept him away. Nothing near government circle. No access to public funds.
“Look at the road to his house, in our books, was dual carriage way. They took the money, constructed the road to his house and stopped. Although we have liquidated the godfathers politically, the entire political family will be liquidated.”
Edaniels9: 2050 agenda....biko tell that to the gullible ones
The same refineries that they are selling? The leaders looters of the Association of Past/Present Criminals, APC must think that we are all their brainwashed zombies. We are not!
stayclearofme: Really! All this stuff you are posting are stale. I am not a supporter of APC and PDP... but for you to say that APC is the only party that can do that suggest that you are either in another planet or you are just completely bias. We know of a PDP Governor that came out publicly to threaten people with cutlass, a sitting Governor for that matter, Ekiti 2015 also comes to mind. All political parties in Nigeria have thugs, none is an exception. Mind you it didn't start today even during the time of Shagari and Awolowo it was like that.
The image of Wike is not conclusive of any violence. Association of PAst/Present Criminals, APC are the experts in violence. No contest for that.
The Lagos State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has expressed regret over the violence that broke out at its campaign flag-off on Tuesday, assuring Lagosians that such would not repeat itself in the cause of the campaigns.
The party in a statement issued by its Publicity Secretary, Joe Igbokwe, blamed the unfortunate incident on a disagreement between two factions of National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, which they carried into the campaign grounds of the party.
Igbokwe insisted that the APC and its supporters had no hand in the violence.
The statement read: “History was again recorded in Ikeja today (yesterday) as Lagos APC opens its 2019 general election campaigns that clearly and eloquently sent signals out there that the owner of the house is still at home. The organisation, the crowd, the colours, the joy and fun added beauty and class to the carnival which was unprecedented in the history of Lagos politics.
“We only have our teeming supporters and the leadership of the party in the state to thank for displaying absolute trust, loyalty, commitment and affection for the party they have cherished for years and still continue to cherish till date.
360frolic: All Progressives Congress primaries for local government elections in Lagos yesterday turned violent as some of the delegates vented their anger over what they described as an attempt to impose candidates on them.
According to Channels TV trouble erupted after 18 candidates were returned unopposed and a voice vote was called to choose the remaining candidates for the council poll, which is slated for July the 22, 2017.
Some of the delegates who were opposed to the use of voice vote protested the process, which they claimed would lead to the imposition of candidates.
They threw caution to the wind as delegates upturned tables, threw away ballot boxes and other materials meant for the election at the Teslim Balogun Stadium.
The state electoral body, LASIEC, had in April released a timetable for the elections.
The local government areas are currently being run by sole administrators appointed by the state government.
Woke up with strength and vigour this morning and was up to face today with all hopes and aspirations but was sad & almost started crying after watching this video.
I've been an advocate of leaders been strong at all time with will power to carry out leadership responsibilities. And that emotional leaders don't go far but certainly not this way.
In leadership and governance, there's a place for 'Human face' no matter the circumstances. Widows to the best of my knowledge are integral part of our society and if we don't apply human face when dealing with them, am afraid we are far from getting there as a people.
Two wrongs indeed can never make things right and as such, can't fathom why the Governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams A. O. will treat this widow like this and even tell her to go and die when she's struggling to provide food for her family. I think it would've been far better to make her pay a fine for her wrong doing than this humiliation.
Your Association of Past/Present Criminals, APC has received the acid-throwing cultist and thief who was previously responsible for that. Please take care of him. APC is the home of violence, hence he had to join the winchious gang of coven dwellers with their evil brooms.
RuudVanNisteroy: Adams Oshiomhole told the world that Ize Iyamu was a cultist who was rusticated after he deformed another student by pouring acid on him and also a thief who looted the state dry when he was Secretary to the State Government, under convicted thief Lucky Igbinedion.
Pastor Ize Iyamu, the Edo PDP flag bearer of the forth coming Governorship election in an interview agreed of being a one time member of a fraternity in University of Benin. He also agreed to being expelled from the university before being accepted back after two years to complete his school as lawyer.
JojoNaija: Since 12 November 2016 when he was sworn into office as the Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki has embarked on hundreds of projects. However, some stand out in terms of their scope and long term benefits.
In this article, we highlight eight ( outstanding projects carried out by the Obaseki-led government that have thus far come to define his time in office as the Edo State governor.
All over the world, education is a key driver of national development and societal growth. Godwin Obaseki, the current governor of Edo State fully understands this.
In April 2018, Obaseki introduced the Edo Basic Education Sector Transformation – Edo BEST – to revamp basic education in the state.
The intention of the programme was to transform the learning outcomes for the 300,000 children. The students cut across 1,500 public primary and junior secondary schools in Edo State. To achieve this, the government invested heavily in education technologies.
The programme was launched to retrain and support all 15,000 government teachers— novice and experienced.
The teachers were given tablets while the headteachers got smartphones to transmit daily attendance. The tablets are loaded with digital lesson plans for every lesson needed for each day.
Headteachers are provided with monthly data to enable them to use the software in the smartphone to register all children and take attendance and manage teacher performance in each classroom every day.
Another 150 persons were also trained as Social Mobilization Officers to engage communities on why they should protect facilities in public schools in their domains.
Public primary schools in Edo State have witnessed a high influx of pupils from private schools across the 18 Local Government Areas of the state, due to the total transformation of the Basic Education Sector in the state.
EDOBEST is changing lives and pupils in public primary schools across the state are at the centre stage of this project.
Revolutionary Revenue Collection From Transporters
For decades, Nigeria degenerated to a nation where the responsibility of collecting government levies from citizens is assigned to shady characters, touts or cronies of politicians.
In major cities in Nigeria, the collection of levies from commercial motorists is a multi-billion naira industry.
Assigning the responsibility of collecting levies from commercial motorists to touts and transport unions has succeeded in making billionaires out of these collectors.
On assumption of office, Governor Godwin Obaseki made a clear departure from that norm.
On January 1st, 2017, Obaseki outlawed the use of private revenue collectors in the state. The State Government then took over the responsibility of collecting levies from non-government agents.
They did this when they introduced the scratch card model of tax payment. This method is intended to be used in the informal and mobile sector particularly in the public transport sector.
This innovative levy collection method has sanitized the system. It has also saved commercial motorists from harassment from touts and agents of the road unions previously saddled with the responsibility of collecting the taxes.
Obaseki soon acknowledged that the revenue base of the state had risen with the new system. He noted that N500,000 is now being realized from nine points in Oredo local government. Previously, only N45,000 was remitted from these nine points.
Edo State, with an estimated population of 4 million, gets about 88MW of electricity. This is far from meeting the rising electricity need for residential and commercial purposes.
Governor Obaseki understands the role that steady power supply plays in promoting businesses, driving industrialization and productivity.
To change the narrative of poor power supply, Governor Obaseki entered a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) of 55MW with Ossiomo Power and CCETC Clean Energy (CCETC-Ossiomo Power).
The CCETC-Ossiomo power plant is intended to supply stable electricity to government buildings and public utilities, such as hospitals, offices, street lights, the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium and other such public facilities.
It will also supply power to the Edo Production Center, an industrialisation program located along the Sapele road axis of Benin city, where Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) ply their trades.
The power plant is also intended to attract investments into the state, improve the sector for greater performance as well as create competition in the power supply industry.
The test run of the CCETC-Ossiomo Power Plant held on 20 July 2020.
CCETC-Ossiomo Power Plant is located at Ologbo community in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area (LGA), Edo State.
The power project is set to be expanded to a 550MW capacity gas power plant to be constructed in three phases.
On 1 August 2017, Governor Godwin Obaseki set up the Edo State Geographic Information Service (EDOGIS).
EDOGIS is the successor government agency to the erstwhile Ministry of Lands and Surveys (later known as Lands Bureau).
It is a computerized process that was set up to secure land assets of Edo State residents with the new “Digital Certificate of Occupancy”.
The agency is the only digital repository of all registered landed properties and subsequent transactions in the State. It also keeps and archive electronic and physical copies of all transactions submitted for registration, easing historical searches on all registered properties in the State.
This system has helped in addressing the recurring inter-community conflicts over land sale and boundary disputes.
The system also reduced the cost of acquiring Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) from N300,00 to N50,000 and delivering certificates within 30 days.
According to the governor, EDOGIS would attract investors. This will happen if they discovered that the record time of acquiring land was easier and corruption-free.
The Godwin Obaseki-led Government, in partnership with Wacot Group of Companies, reactivated the Edo State Fertilizer and Chemical Company Limited (ESFCCL).
The Fertilizer plant was constructed 14 years ago but was never operated.
According to the Governor, the aim of revitalizing the plant is to make the state self-sufficient in food production and enable farmers get fertilizer at affordable prices.
The Fertilizer plant will also enhance the state’s socio-economic status and create an avenue for the youths to leverage on the expertise of major players in the Agriculture sector.
The plant can produce 60,000 metric tonnes of fertilizer in a year.
The facility would go a long way in providing fertilizer for neighbouring Kogi, Delta, Ondo and Anambra State.
The Edo Modular and Refinery Company Limited is among the growing list of ongoing legacy projects by Obaseki.
The refinery is owned by AIPCC Energy Limited. The company is a joint venture between AFCOM and Peiyang Chemical Equipment Company of China (PCC).
It was established through an MoU that involved the Edo State Government, local and international private investors.
The Chinese consortium is made up of Peiyang Chemical Equipment Company of China (PCC), a world-leading modular refinery company; Sinopec International Petroleum Service Corporation (SIPS) which is a subsidiary of Sinopec, the top Chemical giant in the world and African Infrastructure Partners (AIP), a Nigerian Infrastructural company.
The refinery is expected to process 5500 barrels of crude oil per day.
It would produce from its feedstock 50 per cent of diesel (500,000 litres), 25 percent of naphtha (300,000 litres), and 20 percent of fuel oil (200,000) litres.
When completed, the Edo Refinery and Petrochemicals will supply 20 percent of Nigeria’s diesel, save over $350 million in foreign exchange yearly, earn over $125 million from export of naptha and meet 100% of Nigeria’s LPFO demand.
The crude would be sourced from the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company’s (NPDC) facility – oil-mining lease (OML) 111, near Benin City.
In the MoU, it is stated that Edo citizens must be trained in welding, refinery operation and fabrication works, etc. This is to enable them participate in the construction of the refinery as well as its operation, post-commissioning.
To get the project started, the Obaseki-led government approved the release of N700 million (seed investment). The fund is a redeemable preference shares in the refinery and Petrochemical Company Limited.
The venture is expected to create legitimate employment opportunities. This will reduce poverty, provide job opportunities for teeming youths in the communities. It will also facilitate the establishment of a fabrication yard as proposed by the promoters. This will go a long way in creating expertise, professionalism and further training in the oil and gas industry.
The refinery was built at the cost of $10.2 million. It is currently at 70% completion and is expected to begin operation in October 2020.
The refinery located at Ologbo in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area (LGA).
Part of the efforts to industrialize Edo State by the government of Godwin Obaseki is to build a seaport.
To achieve this, the state Government signed a Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with a Chinese company. This was done for the development of Gelegele Seaport.
The MoU will see China Harbour Engineering Company, the biggest infrastructure company in China, lead the development of the seaport.
The seaport will serve as the gateway for exporting manufactured goods from the Benin Industrial Park (currently under construction) and other manufacturing companies in the region. The Gelegele Seaport will also open up Edo State to the international market.
According to Governor Obaseki, “the project will serve as an agro-export processing zone. It will be driven by the state government and the private sector”.
Work on the Gelegele Seaport is currently in progress.
The lack of first class infrastructure and services is the biggest complaint that companies have about Nigeria.
To address this complaint, Governor Godwin Obaseki initiated the development of the Benin Enterprise Park.
The Benin Enterprise Park is an industrial hub. It is being developed to be easy to access, affordable and with uninterrupted supply of gas and electricity. This is so that companies in the area can operate efficiently and predictably. The industrial center is a 997-hectare area of land.
Obaseki said his administration was focused on building conducive business environment. This is being done to scale up investment and create more job opportunities in the state.
Chinese company, Tianjin -Yuyung Construction Engineering Company Ltd, is partnering the state government on the development of the Benin Industrial Park (BIP).
The Edo State Government approved N2.1b power for the Benin Industrial Park.
On July, 2019, an investor, Anchor Tenant, committed about 250 million dollars to the development of Benin Enterprise and Industrial Park project.
Dizzyrascal: are you sure that the problem of Nigerians is that they don't know the right thing(s) to do or that we don't do them because we are selfish and greedy and don't care about the collective rather than personal.
Selfish interest and corruption are the bane of Nigerians. We are too interested in what benefit us personally rather than what will benefit everybody collectively
Well said. Now that you have identified the problem excellently, are you enlightening everyone to care about the collective rather than solely on the personal
Dizzyrascal: you have a point in your opinion but who would monitor the money donated in an environment like ours? You can bet your life on the honesty of those people running the fundraiser for Wigan athletic but can you do the same for those running Nigerian clubsides?
That is the million dollar question
Go and find out how the ordinary folks there make sure the donated money is not as dishonestly used as we do here, then enlighten everyone around you to do likewise.
AristocraticMe: Here is the mistake everybody keeps making...................saying " BE GOOD TO YOUR NEIGHBOUR BECAUSE NO BODY KNOWS TOMORROW" so if you knew tomorrow that you will never need that person's help then you wont render help ?? ..... so if knew that we will never need that ladder then we should just throw the ladder away............... What we should be preaching is for us to be Good People................ Forget about tomorrow or ladder....
Music/Radio › Re: Doc Rich Reacts To Burna Boy's Monsters You Made (Video) by anonimi: 6:03am On Sep 12, 2020
outstanding projects carried out by the Obaseki-led government that have thus far come to define his time in office as the Edo State governor.
