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Gombe State Governor Inuwa Yahaya has approved N550 million for payment of gratuities to retirees in the state, promising that the process of payment to the affected retirees would soon commence. He directed all relevant agencies and personnel to fast track the process.

Governor Yahaya made the disclosure while speaking during the flagging off of the ‘Goje Empowerment Programme’ on Sunday in Gombe metropolis.

In a subsequent statement issued on Monday morning by his media aide, Ismaila Uba Misili, the Governor explained that verified persons or dependants are to come to the treasury headquarters from Wednesday, December 11.

“They are to come along with Approved Pension Computation Sheet, Bank Verification Number (BVN), Identification Card (ID Card), Letter of Administration,” the statement reads.

“With the latest payment, the Governor has further demonstrated his commitment to the welfare of all retired and serving civil servants, who deserve a dignified life both in service and retirement, hence the approval of the funds,” the Governor’s spokesman said.

Source: https://www.ogbeta.ng/2019/12/gombe-governor-approves-n550-million.html

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The General Overseer of the Omega Fire Ministries Int., Apostle Johnson Suleiman has declared support for the re-election of Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, who he said, deserved a second term on account of his exceptional performance in major sectors of the state.


He said this while addressing journalists in Auchi, Estako West Local Government Area of the state after the Annual Thanksgiving Service of the Church.

He noted that the governor has done well and deserved reelection while commending the developmental strides being recorded across the state.

He said, “We have a governor who goes far to bring investors and makes sure they invest in the state. “The education system is solid, pensioners are happy, and everything is fine. As we get into Edo 2020, we are believing God that there is going to be peace. The governor will come back and we believe God will help us.”

He said the governor has brought peace and sanity to the state, noting, “We can see every aspect of government is getting needed attention. The governor has done well in areas of education, agriculture and infrastructural development. It is not about starting the project but about excellence.”

Speaking during the thanksgiving service, Governor Godwin Obaseki urged for more prayers for the state and country.

The governor reiterated that he would continue to sue for peace in the state but not to the detriment of the welfare of the people, stressing,, “If we have to fight to make Edo better, I will do so, If we have to fight to put food on the table of the poor, we will do so.”

Source: https://www.ogbeta.ng/2019/12/edo-2020-apostle-suleman-steps-in.html

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The police in Ogun State have arrested three suspects over the death of a 27-year-old man who was stabbed in the chest.

Police spokesperson in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, on Sunday, said the incident occurred at Powerline bus stop in Agbado axis of Ifo Local Government Area of the state.

“Men of Ogun State Police Command on 6th of December 2019 arrested three men in connection with the death of one Azeez Salami, m’ 27yrs, at Powerline bus stop Agbado area of Ogun State,”
Mr Oyeyemi said.

He named the suspects as Lanre Toriola, aka Weapon, (42); Mustapha Kazeem (17) and Ajani Babatunde (21), adding that they were arrested following a complaint by the father of the deceased, Monsuru Salami.

Mr Oyeyemi said Mr Salami told the police that his son had an altercation with the suspects and one of them who is now on the run, Lanre Toriola, stabbed his son in the chest as a result of which he died on the way to the hospital.

“Upon the report, the DPO Agbado Division, CSP Aloko Amodu, quickly mobilised his men and moved to the scene. The suspects were arrested while the fourth accomplice simply known as Sodiq, a.k.a Sadek, escaped,” the police spokesperson stated.

“Recovered from the suspects are a sharp knife and seven wraps of weeds suspected to be Indian hemp. The remains of the deceased have been deposited at Ifo General Hospital mortuary for autopsy.”
Mr Oyeyemi added.

Meanwhile, the commissioner of police, Kenneth Ebrimson, has ordered that the suspects be transferred to the homicide section of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation and prosecution.

Source: https://www.ogbeta.ng/2019/12/ogun-police-nab-3-suspect-over-death-of.html

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The Lagos State Government says it has sealed 24 pharmacies and patent medicine stores in various parts of the state for illegal operation and operating beyond scope of pharmaceutical practice.

Akin Abayomi, the state Commissioner for Health, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Lagos.

Mr Abayomi said that the enforcement was part of the mandates of the Pharmaceutical Inspectorate Unit (PIU) of the ministry to end the ugly trend of unqualified personnel handling drugs.

He said that the affected pharmacies and patent medicine shops were sealed for operating without licence; engaging unqualified persons to man and dispense drugs to unsuspecting citizens and operating beyond scope through sale of unethical products.

Other offences, the commissioner said, included displaying and storing drugs in unconducive environments, thus which compromising the potency of the drugs and rendering them ineffective.

He further explained that some of the premises visited were engaging in illegal clinical practices, such as patient admission and setting of intravenous infusions, both of which, he said, were unacceptable.

Mr Abayomi said that government would continue to insist that the environment for the dispensation of medical care be suitable for the promotion and maintenance of good health for citizens.

He noted that the enforcement was coming on the heels of the war being waged against fake drugs and illegal drug shops.

Mr Abayomi said that the activities of the State Task Force on Fake Drugs would not only be sustained, but further intensified until operators in the sector adhered strictly to the provisions of the law on the operation of pharmacies and patent medicine shops.

He noted that only licensed patent medicine vendors were authorised to sell drugs in their original packs and in approved pack sizes, as produced by the manufacturing companies.

According to him, the law prohibits dispensing and wholesaling of drugs by patent medicine vendors and wholesalers operating outside their scope by selling drugs in retail.

Mr Abayomi said that government would not relent in its efforts at stopping the inherent dangers associated with the operations of unlicensed pharmaceutical outlets and drug shops.

the affected stores were situated at Abule Egba, Alagbado, Kola, Meiran, Ekoro and Oko-Oba, all in Ifako Ijaiye and Alimosho Local Government areas of Lagos respectively.

The enforcement was effected by the State Taskforce on Counterfeit, Fake Drugs and Unwholesome Processed Foods, in collaboration with the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC).

Others were Pharmacists’ Council of Nigeria (PCN), Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Federal Taskforce on Fake Drugs and the police officers from Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Task Force) of the Lagos Police Command.

Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/12/lagos-govt-seals-24-pharmacies-patent-medicine-stores/amp/

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The candidates of the All Progressives Congress have cleared all the 16 Chairmanship seats in the local government election conducted in Ekiti State on Saturday.

According to the Chairman of the State Independent Electoral Commission, Justice Jide Aladejana, a total of 14 political parties participated in the election, including the APC and the opposition People’s Democratic Party(PDP).

However, the Chairman denied the story making the round that there was sporadic shooting which led to the death of one Dotun Kosedake at Okitiko unit, Araromi ward in Ikere during the election, saying

investigation revealed that no one was shot at the polling unit.

He said that the violence that erupted in the area, which he ascribed to cult clash was not within the precinct of the polling unit.

Declaring the results on Sunday as presented by the Returning Officers, the SIEC boss said, the APC candidate in Ado Local Government, Mrs Motunde Fajuyi polled a total of 27,578 votes to defeat other 13 candidates in the election, while in Ido/Osi, Mr Adeola Adedimeji Lawrence of APC polled 15,879 to emerge victoriously.

The winners also include Ekiti East : Ogunjobi Esan polled 11, 946, Efon; Mr Adetunji Bode Stephen scored 9, 356 , Ekiti Southwest, Hon Amire Kola Kolade had i 13,97, Ilejemeje: Akinola Oladunjoye scored 5, 477 votes while in Moba, Mr. Aborisade Michael got 13,028.

Ijero: Hon Ropo Ige (16,744 ) , Ikere: Mr. Oluwafemi Ayodele (13, 244), Gbonyin: Hon Ayodele Fadumiye (13,320), Emure : Hon Paul Awopetu (11, 392), Ise/Orun: Mr. Mr Alabi Olanrewaju (12, 400 ), Ekiti West : Kareem Agunbiade (21, 874) , Ikole : Mr. Sola Olominu polled (21,228), Oye: Mr. Foluso James Ojo (20,352) and in Irepodun/Ifelodun, Mr Shina Ogunleye won with 22,896.

The PDP candidate only had a good showing in Ekiti East local government, where the candidate got 4,033 votes to emerge the runner up.

Speaking about the election further, Justice Aladejana said: “Nobody was killed at ward 7 unit 006 in Ikere on Saturday. Nobody was shot. Though, we heard that someone came violently and made away with unused ballot papers. Even in the whole unit, there were just 280 registered voters and this does not in any way vitiate the outcome”.

The SIEC Chairman, who described the election as peaceful, commended the security agencies in the state for ensuring that no one was intimidated during the poll.

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Prominent church leaders on Saturday paid glowing tributes to renowned German preacher, Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke, who died at 79.

Bonnke, the founder of Christ For All Nations (CFAN) organised many mass crusades across major cities in Nigeria for over 30 years.

His last crusade in Africa, which he claimed God specially instructed him to hold in Lagos, was in 2017 on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

National President of the Christian Association of Nigeria(CAN) Rev. Samson Ayokunle, in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media & Communications, Pastor Bayo Oladeji, described Bonnke as “one of the greatest generals of the gospel of eternal salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ on earth.”

“CAN and the entire Christian communities in Nigeria join the rest of Christians all over the world to mourn this fiery preacher and teacher of the Gospel and mentor to several evangelical leaders all around the world today.

“Reinhard Bonnke has reached Africa and countries of the world through his ministry called Christ For All Nations preaching the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ through which millions of souls were saved into the Kingdom of God or received their healings,” the CAN president stated.

Source: https://www.ogbeta.ng/2019/12/can-mourns-evangelist-reinhard-bonnke.html

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National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) yesterday, said that an estimated 117 million bribes are paid in Nigeria on a yearly basis.

Healthcare professionals, namely doctors, nurses and midwifes, and public utility officials are the two types of public officials with whom the largest share (31 per cent each) of Nigerians had at least one contact in the 12 months prior to the 2019 survey. Police officers came a close third, with 30 per cent. The 2019 corruption survey conducted by NBS and sponsored by UNODC shows a notable increase since 2016, from 52 to 63 per cent, in the overall proportion of Nigerians who had at least one contact with a public official in the 12 months prior to the survey.

This, the survey, said, can be seen as a positive sign for the provision of public services in Nigeria. Most encouragingly, the prevalence of bribery in relation to several types of public officials has decreased significantly since 2016, the report, said.

The greatest change is in relation to police officers, meaning that the share of people who paid a bribe to a police officer out of all those who had at least one contact with a police officer in the 12 months prior to the 2019 survey decreased from 46 to 33 per cent.

The prevalence of bribery in relation to prosecutors decreased from 33 to 23 per cent, judges/magistrates from 31 to 20 per cent, customs and immigration officers from 31 to 17 per cent and embassy/consulate officers from 16 to 8 per cent.

“The survey assesses the likelihood of citizens being approached for the payment of bribes as well as the frequency of such requests and actual payments. It provides insights into citizens’ attitudes towards corruption, their readiness to refuse requests for bribes and to report corruption incidents. It also provides data on bribery and nepotism in public sector recruitment as well as the phenomenon of vote buying.

“The survey found that out of all Nigerian citizens who had at least one contact with a public official in the 12 months prior to the 2019 survey, 30 per cent paid a bribe to, or were asked to pay a bribe by, a public official. This means that, although still relatively high, the prevalence of bribery in Nigeria has undergone a statistically significant decrease since 2016, when it stood at 32.3 per cent.

“Although a smaller percentage of Nigerians that had contact with public officials paid bribes, or were asked to pay bribes, in 2019 than in 2016, those who did pay bribes continued to do so quite frequently: in 2019, Nigerian bribe-payers paid an average of six bribes in the 12 months prior to the survey, or one bribe every two months, which is virtually the same as the average of 5.8 bribes paid per bribe-payer in 2019” the Outreach Communications Officer of UNODC, Mr Sylvester Atere, said.

In a remark, the Statistician General of the Federation and Chief Executive of National Bureau of Statistics, Dr Yemi Kale said that this second comprehensive survey on corruption in Nigeria provides the government and the people of Nigeria an opportunity to assess, not only the achievements that have been recorded in the process of tackling corruption, but also the framework for evaluating the impact of related progress. Also, the Country Representative of UNODC, Oliver Stolpe, observed that while the prevalence of administrative, mostly low-value bribery has decreased, the survey suggests that the government’s anti-corruption agenda is yet to affect this type of bribe-seeking behaviour more fundamentally.

“Consequently, greater efforts might be needed to eradicate small scale corruption which continues to have a profound effect on the lives of Nigerians” he said.

Stolpe further expressed his hope that the survey will make an important contribution in the fight against corruption in terms of further enhancing its effectiveness and benefits for the people of Nigeria. The Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo, who was represented by the Solicitor General of the Federation, Mr Dayo Apata, stressed that to fight corruption more effectively, there is a need to improve understanding of its different manifestations as well as to develop evidence-based anti-corruption policies and measures. “Therefore, surveys like this one and other methodologies become imperative” he noted.

Source: https://www.ogbeta.ng/2019/12/117m-bribes-paid-yearly-in-nigeria.html

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The EFCC, Sokoto Zonal Office, has arrested a wonder Bank Manager for allegedly obtaining money under false pretenses.

Amina Kabo (a.k.a Firdausi Kabo) is the promoter of Olive Micro Finance Bank, located at No. 26 Dubabe Plaza in Sokoto.

She was arrested for alleged offences of Conspiracy, Forgery and Obtaining Money by False Pretence to the tune of N897, 500 (Eight Hundred and Ninety Seven Thousand Naira).

The Zonal Head, Abdullahi Lawal, while parading the suspect at a press briefing in Sokoto on Friday, December 6, 2019, described the arrest as “a big success”.

Source: https://www.ogbeta.ng/2019/12/efcc-arrest-wonder-bank-manager-amina.html

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He's regularly pictured with a wide smile on his face. And according to Kim Kardashian, Saint West's disposition is naturally sunny, with the reality star paying tribute to her oldest son as he turned four on Thursday.

'I have no words to describe how much I love your smile and those curls of yours Saint! You bring so much joy into my soul,' wrote the proud mother.

She continued: 'You are so kind, loving and just so thoughtful and sweet! I am so happy today if your 4th birthday and We get to celebrate how much you’ve grown! Happy birthday my sweet sweet Sainty.'

And the doting 39-year-old added: 'When I say to him "my sweet sweet Sainty", he says back to me "my sweet sweet sweet sweet Momma, the best momma in the world and the only momma I ever want!" HOW CAN YOU NOT MELT AT HIS SWEETNESS?'

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Former Big Brother Naija Housemate, Frodd is an entrepreneur, a model, a soft-spoken investment adviser, a sales executive and a television personality.

He was born on 4th February 1991 in Anambra State in the south eastern part of Nigeria. He is currently 28 years old. ... Frodd describes himself as a soft-spoken Investment Adviser and a Sales Executive

The handsome soft spoken frodd went on his instagram to share photos of himself, making his fans to love him more.

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The Women’s Research and Documentation Centre (WORDOC), Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, declared that the introduction of N50 stamp duty on every transaction above N1,000 by the Federal Government is a way of rubbishing the cashless and financial inclusion policies of the government.

Coordinator of WORDOC, Dr. Sharon Omotoso, raised the alarm during a press briefing held at the University of Ibadan.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria Interbank Settlement System (NIBSS), had in September 2019, issued a circular that stated that a statutory fee of N50 was added to every transaction over N1,000.


Omotoso, while reacting, insisted that the N50 stamp duty was making life difficult for women entrepreneurs and many people had returned to the use of cash that was earlier discouraged because of risks associated with its usage for business transactions.

She placed three demands before the Federal Government, which include: “review the N50 stamp duty to take effect only on transactions from N50,000.

“The Federal Government should withdraw the instruction with immediate effect, pending when the issue will be resolved. In the spirit of democracy. We seek government’s accountability and transparency on the hitherto deducted N50 stamp duty which would have accrued to millions since the policy took effect.

“Payment channel agents charge this stamp duty in every individual transaction.

In a recent survey of retail outlets, there are reports that POS machines in certain filling stations now have an upgrade that automatically charges N50 stamp duty, sometimes with the buyer oblivious to this.

“With this development, Nigerians are collectively decrying this stamp duty charge and many are shunning transaction via point of sale, choosing instead to withdraw bulk money from ATM posts. As people are inclined to carry cash now in defiance to the stamp duty, the prior successful cashless policy in Nigeria is gradually degenerating.

“This is added to the fact that arguably half of Nigeria’s population is unbanked. Along with this, PoS charges are triggering a move from grocery stores and supermarkets.”

A recent survey, according to Omotoso, revealed that the number of inactive terminals in Nigeria increased from 43,320 in January to 131,201 by October 2019.

“Nigeria is a low-income country with one of the highest entrepreneurship rates in the world. It also has one of the highest female entrepreneurship rates in the continent, in terms of their agencies and active business engagements.

“With this, however, comes a need to distinguish between high end and low-end female entrepreneurship. High-end entrepreneurship has a structure that conforms to the formal sector. Low-end entrepreneurship is squarely informal,” she said.

https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2019/12/04/pos-stamp-duty-you-are-rubbishing-cashless-policy-group-tells-fg/amp/