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THE heavy presence of soldiers , police and other security personnel in Benin , Edo State , on Thursday created traffic congestion on major roads in the state capital .
Apart from policemen and soldiers , Air Force personnel and men of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps were seen in trucks and Hilux vans .
Some of the areas affected by the traffic jam are Ikpoba Hill , Adesuwa Road , Sapele, Airport , Akpakpava and Ring road .
A commercial driver said , “Soldiers , policemen and their vehicles are everywhere. Look at how they have caused goes -slow everywhere. It is as if we are at war . This situation will only make the people not come out to vote.
Also , some journalists, who were on their way to the Edo office of the Independent National Electoral Commission located on Adesuwa Road , were stranded for over two hours in one of the gridlocks .
Meanwhile , security agencies on Thursday carried out its last joint exercise before the election tagged Operation Show of Force , aimed at alerting Edo residents of the security agencies readiness for the governorship election .
No fewer than 70 patrol vehicles loaded with fully armed men from the various security agencies paraded on strategic streets and roads across Benin City .
The Police Public Relations Officer, Chidi Nwabuzor, said the exercise was the inter -agencies ’ commitment to ensure that the election was peaceful , fair , free and credible .
The security personnel moved from the state police command headquarters through Sapele Road , Country Home Road and Ugbo road , among others .
Meanwhile , the state government has declared Friday , September 18 , 2020, as work - free day to enable workers in the state to travel to their respective constituencies to exercise their franchise .
In a statement on Thursday , Edo State Head of Service , through the Permanent Secretary , Mrs . P . E Aziegbemhin , added , “Permanent Secretaries and Heads of Extra -Ministerial Departments are requested to bring the contents of this circular to the attention of their staff .”

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The Federal Government has ordered all account holders in the country ’s financial institutions to register their details again .
The order was given despite the possession of the Bank Verification Number and the National Identification Number by account holders .
This new order was disclosed by the government on its Twitter account, @NigeriaGov , on Thursday .
It said , “This is to notify the general public that all account holders in financial institutions ( banks , insurance companies , etc) are required to obtain , complete and submit self- certification forms to their respective financial institutions .
“Persons holding accounts in different financial institutions are required to complete and submit the form to each one of the institutions .
“The forms are required by the relevant financial institutions to carry out due diligence procedures in line with the Income Tax Regulations 2019.
“The self -certification form is in three categories : Form for entity – for controlling person ( individuals having controlling interest in a legal person, trustee , etc) – Form for individual .
“Failure to comply with the requirement to administer or execute this form attracts sanctions , which may include monetary penalty or inability to operate the account. ”
The government, however , did not give more explanation on this order.


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Nigerian Army, on Wednesday , interred the remains of Lance Corporal Benjamin Collins , who was tortured to death by three senior officers at the Mogadishu Barracks , Abuja , in 2017 . Collins was buried with full military honours at the Guards Brigade cemetery along Kubwa Expressway by soldiers from the Army Headquarters Garrison Battalion . The funeral was attended by his mother , Mrs Kate Dioma ; uncle , Justice Daniel Isiagor of the Federal High Court ; lawyer , Dr Johnson Oyewole ; and representatives of the Chief of Army Staff , Lt. Gen . Tukur Buratai . The national flag was presented to the deceased ’ s mother by Lt. Col. S . Shuaibu on behalf of the President , Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd . ). Oyewole , who fought to ensure justice for the deceased , thanked the COAS and the Army Headquarters Garrison Battalion for approving the funeral . A general court martial had in February sentenced Majors Akeem Oseni and Ogbemudia Osawe , and Second Lieutenant Nuhu Dogary to 10 years ’ imprisonment for torturing Collins to death . The officers were found guilty of manslaughter by the GMC comprised of the President , Brig . Gen . G . Umelo; Brig . Gen . S . Aliyu ; Brig . Gen , A . Edet ; Brig . N. Mohammed ; and Cols . K . Ndamadu , T . Agbor , and I . Tanko . The convicts were said to have moved Collins from a guardroom at Mogadishu Barracks to a bush near the Ihejirika Quarters along the Abuja - Nyanya Expressway , where he was assaulted while in handcuffs and leg chains. Collins , who hailed from Rivers State , died after the assault , which took place on February 23 , 2017 , and his corpse was deposited in Asokoro General Hospital morgue . After the incident , the officers reported to their superiors that Collins , who was held for over two years for travelling to Lagos to see his sick aunt without official permission, had escaped from custody . , www.punching.com

The Vice- Chancellor of University of Ibadan , Prof . Idowu Olayinka, has assured candidates that have applied for the position the vice - chancellor of the university that the selection process will be transparent and fair .
The current vice -chancellor said in an interview with our correspondent in Ibadan on Monday that the credentials of the applicants would speak for them before the selection committee and nothing else .
Olayinka ’s tenure will expire in November and the university has placed advertisement seeking applications from qualified persons interested to fill the position to apply .
According to Olayinka, 12 candidates have applied, including those from outside of the University of Ibadan .
Olayinka said ethnicity religion or state of origin would not determine who would become the next vice -chancellor of the 72 -year - old premier university.
He said , “Twelve candidates applied for the position and six candidates that were searched will join them making the number 18 . The extant guidelines make provision that candidates could apply or qualified candidates could be searched . That is more or less an invitation that they should come and apply . Those searched were supposed to be 15 but only six of them responded by submitting formal applications .
“One of those who applied is from the Obafemi Awolowo University , Ile Ife and one of them was my deputy vice -chancellor and one is my current vice -chancellor . Some of those that were searched , I know them by reputation .
“But despite that I know them , I don’t have any one as my anointed candidate . The ( Governing ) Council has about 17 members who are going to select the most qualified among the candidates .
“There is no reason why the selection will not be fair to everybody . The people there are God fearing . There is a scoring template . If somebody is a former head of department , it has its point. If somebody has been a dean , it has its own point . There is no way you can help somebody to say he had been HoD if such person has never been . You can ’t put wool over anybody ’s eyes .”
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More than 200 Senegalese soldiers returning from The Gambia where they served in a regional security force have tested positive for COVID - 19 , Senegal ’ s army and health ministry said Tuesday .
An earlier army statement had said 100 members of the more than 600 -strong contingent had contracted the virus.
The 208 soldiers are staying at an army “hotel ” in the village of Guereo , some 60 kilometres ( 35 miles ) south of the capital Dakar, an army PR official told AFP .
The facility hosts troops who test positive for Covid -19 but are asymptomatic , he said .
The Gambia , a finger of territory surrounded by Senegal save for its Atlantic coast , has confirmed 3 ,428 cases of the disease and 105 deaths .
Senegal , for its part, has declared 14 , 529 cases and 298 deaths.
The Senegalese troops were part of a West African force first deployed in January 2017. They were there to assure a smooth transition of power after outgoing president Yahya Jammeh refused to concede defeat at the ballot box to Adama Barrow .

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