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A Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Olusegun Agbaje, yesterday alleged that former Governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, attempted to bribe him to change the results of the presidential and National Assembly elections in 2015.


Agbaje who was one of the seven newly sworn-in RECs by the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said he was invited to Ondo State Government House at about 1.30a.m., for a meeting with the governor, which he turned down.

Ondo State Governor Olusegun Mimiko
The REC said: “In 2015, after the presidential election, about 1.30a.m., we were doing collation in the conference room in Ondo State conference hall. I got a call around 1.30a.m. The then VC of University of Agriculture, Abeokuta was our returning officer.

“The call came from the governor of the state asking me at that time to quickly see him at the Government House in Ondo State. I said: ‘Your Excellency, this is a very ungodly hour. We had started the particular job of collation and any REC that is worth his salt will not abandon the returning officer in Ondo and go to Akure to meet a governor.’

“He said okay, if I could not come to Government House, he would meet me at my residence. I said: ‘Your Excellency, since I came to Ondo you have not visited me. Why would it be 1.30a.m. in the night. I told him I would not come’.

“Less than 10 minutes later, a brother of mine working in the service in Abuja sent me a text which read that Segun Agbaje, the REC in Ondo State is now with Governor Mimiko collecting N50 million.

“I felt I should share this because this is part of the areas that you can fall prey and if somebody is not very careful, you can get into trouble because I could have gone there, cameras could have been set for me which later in the morning, before we declare the result of National Assembly and presidential elections, which we were to forward to the national headquarters for final collation, I could get a call that if I don’t change the results that I was about to declare, that it would be published and then I would be in serious trouble.”

http://saharareporters.com/2018/04/18/how-mimiko-attempted-set-me-bribery-–-former-ondo-electoral-commissioner

A Needless Move On Part Of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege

He Has Just Gotten Himself Deeper Into Trouble

Hmmmm

The Data Is Highly Disputable

I Will Also Do My Turn

Thanks

That's All I Have Got To Say!

I Need Recommendations On Possible Titles I Can Get For My Boss

He Is A Stickler For Discipline & Believes In Thinking Outside Of The Box & Breaking New Grounds

Any Suggestions Will Be Welcome, Please

Thanks In Advance

I Will Like To See The End Of This

What Does Deji Adeyanju Stand For?

Or Is He All About Being Present At Any Anti-Government Gathering & Being Arrested?

Is He All About Seeking Public Sympathy And Attention?

i Need To Know What He Stands For So I Can Know What To Make Of The Frequent Arrests

A Case Of Six Stages Of Social Change

With Time, Rightly Or Wrongly, More Muslims Will Get To Embrace Homosexuality Just Because Someone Somewhere Stood Up For It

This Is What Happens Each Time Man Lives By Opinions Of Fellow Men & Not By Ancient & Everlasting Wisdom Of God Written In The Book

Good!

It's A Long Journey & Can Be Sometimes Frustrating Given That Nigeria Doesn't Really Encourage Her Athletes

I Hope You Find Inner Strength To Keep On Keeping On Until Your Professional Goals Are Achieved

And May Her Emergence Lead To Greater Participation Of Home-based Nigerian Athletes In Gymnastics

Expected

Politics In Nigeria Isn't Yet About Ideologies/Convictions. Politicians Move From One Party To Another Mainly To Achieve Their Personal Ambition

Let The Cross-carpeting Begin

Woke Is A Porn Addict

As Depressing As It Is, I Must Agree That She Is Right On Almost All Counts

Great Piece

Well Written & Very Educative

Nothing More To Say

Impressive

Can We Have Photographs Or Videos, Please?

Impressive

It's Most Unfortunate That PMB & PYO Are Mostly Surrounded By Liabilities

Their Ministerial Choices.... Their Cross. Alone, They Shall Carry Same

I don't want to alarm you, but robots can now read your mind. Kind of.

AlterEgo is a new headset developed by MIT. You strap it to your face. You talk to it. It talks to you. But no words are said. You say things in your head, like "what street am I on," and it reads the signals your brain sends to your mouth and jaw, and answers the question for you.

So yes, according to MIT, you may soon be able to control your TV with your mind.

The institution explained in its announcement that AlterEgo communicates with you through bone-conduction headphones, which circumvent the ear canal by transmitting sound vibrations through your face bones. Freaky. This, MIT said, makes it easier for AlterEgo to talk to you while you're talking to someone else.

Plus, in trials involving 15 people, AlterEgo had an accurate transcription rate of 92 percent.

Arnav Kapur, the graduate student who lead AlterEgo's development, describes it as an "intelligence-augmentation device."

"We basically can't live without our cellphones, our digital devices," said Pattie Maes, Kapur's thesis advisor at MIT. "But at the moment, the use of those devices is very disruptive.

"So, my students and I have for a very long time been experimenting with new form factors and new types of experience that enable people to still benefit from all the wonderful knowledge and services that these devices give us, but do it in a way that lets them remain in the present."

https://www.cnet.com/news/mit-alterego-headset-can-read-words-you-say-in-your-head/

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About four power generation plants that are capable of adding 1,262MW of electricity to the power grid are primed to commence operations in the next two months, operators of the facilities have disclosed.

It was gathered that three of the plants, under the National Integrated Power Projects currently being managed by the Niger Delta Power Holding Company, would be fired up in a couple of weeks as all impediments hampering their completion had been removed.




Senior management officials of the power plants told our correspondent that the 225 megawatts Gbarain plant, 572MW steam-fired Alaoji plant, 225MW Omoku plant, and 240MW Afam III Fast plant were almost set to start contributing to the grid.

The NDPHC manages the Gbarain, Omoku and Alaoji power plants, while the Afam Power Plc operates the Afam III Fast Power plant.

The Executive Director, Engineering and Technical Services, NDPHC, Ifeoluwa Oyedele, stated that in a couple of months, beginning from April, the remaining power plants being handled by his company would be completed and fired up.

He said, “The NDPHC has increased the generation and distribution capacities in the power sector by almost 60 per cent on the average. Today, we have 10 power plants, eight and half are in operation and the remaining one and half will come on stream within the next few months. This means that today we can add 4,000MW to the generation capacity of Nigeria if we have gas and if the transmission network can wheel such power.

“In the distribution sector, we have also increased the capacity to distribute across the length and breadth of Nigeria by between 60 and 75 per cent. I know that we built almost 293 injection stations across the country and I’m talking about 7.5MVA and 15MVA stations, and we are still doing more.”

He added, “We expect the second turbine in Gbarain to be fired any moment from now. We expect the steam turbine cycle in Alaoji to be fired any moment from now. We expect Omoku power plant to be completed any moment from now. These are ongoing projects and we have totally removed all of the issues blocking the completion of these projects.

“That is why I said in the next few months, beginning from April, we will see the total completion of the remaining aspects of the power plants. For specifics, the second turbine in Gbarain will be fired in the next two months.”

The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Afam Power Plc, Olumide Obademi, recently announced that the $186m Afam III Fast Power project would be ready for inauguration this month.




According to him, construction work on the plant, which targets to add 240MW of electricity to the country’s power grid, is in its final stage, as he noted that the Afam III Fast Power was made up of eight turbines.

He explained that each of the turbines had a capacity of 30MW and put their cumulative capacity at 240MW, adding that the project, which is located on the premises of Afam Power Plc in Rivers State, would provide electricity for about 1.5 million households across the country.

Obademi said, “By January 2017, the civil work commenced in preparation for the arrival of eight GE TM 2500 turbines and its auxiliaries with a total capacity of 240MW each. Before the end of 2017, all the eight turbines and the auxiliaries arrived site. Installation and assembling commenced immediately.

“Presently, the installation of the turbines and generators has been completed, while the installation of the auxiliaries is in progress and about 90 per cent completed. Similarly, the job on the 132KV switchyard for power evacuation is nearly completed.”

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http://punchng.com/four-power-plants-begin-operations-in-two-months/

Interesting

Of Course, The Source Of Every Money Can Always Be Traced To Some Places.

However, That Doesn't Make Them Legally "Earned/Gifted"

FFK Should Just Get His Lawyers Ready

Beginning Of The End Of APC Has Presently Constituted?

Not Necessarily Good For Nigerians As The Incompetent & Self-centered Politicians Will Only Move To Another Platform Where They Can Actualise Their Electoral Aspirations

Expected

Next Thing Is To Have Nollywood Movies With Similar Themes

Shallow

Interesting.

First, He Has Just Displayed Knowledge Of The Fact That Being The Founder Doesn't Mean You Will Forever Be The Owner. Sometimes, We Need To Let Go Of What We Started To See It Blossom.

Also, As A Listed Company, Zuck Has Only Listened To The Public Who Are The Real Owners Of FB. A Display Of Sense Of Accountability.

Lessons For Us (Nigerians) To Learn

Rabble Rouser

A Monarch Is Meant To Be Harbinger Of Peace. This One Is Instigating Trouble

Good One

A Relaxed Mind & Body Produces Better Results

I Have Seen 3 Former American Presidents (Clinton, Bush & Obama) Taking Time Out To Relax. If They Could, A State Governor In Nigeria Has No Reason Not To

APC & PDP; Associations Of Clowns.

Rather Than Sitting Down To Research & Brainstorm On Finding Solutions To Myriads Of Issues Facing The Country, They Are There Wasting Time On Needless Horse-trading

Really?

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They Should Help Us Reproduce In Laboratories Whatever Chemical Elements Are Found Relevant To Our Health & Well beings In Cockroaches

At This Point, Eating Cockroaches Is A No No For Me.

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