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The Senate on Tuesday unanimously approved the inclusion of former presidents of the Senate and former speakers of the House of Representatives as members of the Council of State.



The decision of the Senate followed an electronic voting on the report of the committee on Constitution review which sought to alter certain sections of the 1999 Constitution.



According to the decision of the Senate, the council of state which usually comprises serving and pasts presidents and heads of state as well as the serving president and speakers of the legislature will now include past presidents and speakers.



All 95 Senators who were present voted in favour of the bill.



However, only past leaders of each of the chambers that were not impeached during their tenure are eligible to become members of the council.



The Senate also approved the alteration bill seeking to reduce from six months to three months, the period of time within which a president can authorise withdrawal from the confederation account before the passage of the budget of a particular year.



The Senate for the second time also approved financial autonomy for State Houses of Assembly to get their funding directly from the federation accounts rather than rely on the state government to be funded.



During the last Constitution review, the National Assembly approved financial autonomy for the states, however in a turn of events, the State Assemblies themselves rejected the autonomy having voted no to financial autonomy when the matter was brought before them as part of the process of Constitution amendment.



The upper legislative chamber also approved the abrogation of joint accounts for States and Local Government and provided for Local government to operate their special accounts called the Local Government Account.



The Senate also approved the alteration that only democratically elected local government councils will be recognised and funded from the federation account.



Also approved was granting of immunity to lawmakers and indemnify them from anything they say during the course of plenary or committee meeting.



The Senate also approved that the president and governors should have a time frame after taking office within which to submit ministerial nominees or list of commissioners in the case of the governors.



The Senate however rejected the alteration which would have mandated states to ensure that 20 per cent of state commissioners appointed are women.



The Senate also approved the change of name of the Nigerian Police Force to the Nigeria Police to reflect their core mandate. 87 out of the 96 lawmakers present voted yes.



The inclusion of independent candidates to contest elections was also okayed by the Senate as 62 senators voted in favour of the Independent Candidature Bill.



Any person who functioned in capacity as acting president or governor can only serve as an elected president or governor only once.



This implies that that once the individual is re-elected into the office which he had served in acting capacity, he cannot contest an election into that same office.



If this approvals sail through the entire process of the amendment, it means that former President Goodluck Jonathan can no longer contest the presidential election having acted as president and served a fresh 4 year term afterwards.



The Senate also approved the separation of the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation from the Office of the accountant general of the Federal Government.



Following the rejection of the lawmakers, a woman who married out of her state or Local government of origin will not have the choice to decide if to contest an election as an indigene of her place of origin or her place of marriage.



This will also apply in the case of political appointment as the woman would not have the choice whether to be appointed as an indigene of her place of origin or her place of marriage.



The Senate also approved for the establishment of the Investment and Securities Tribunal.



The age qualification for persons contesting for elective offices was also reduced approved for reduction by the Senate.



The upper legislative Council further approved that the president or governor must submit the appropriation bill of the proceeding financial year not later than 90 days before the expiration of the current financial year.



The Decree that established the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) was also deleted from the Constitution to allow for its amendment.



Other decrees which the senate approved for deletion for the Constitution were the Public Complaint Commission and State Independent Electoral Commissions.



However, the bill seeking to delete the Land Use Act from the Constitution was rejected by the lawmakers as only 44 senators voted in support of the bill.

Source NAN

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Prof. Michael Kwanashie, Vice-Chancellor, Veritas University, Abuja on Tuesday urged Nigerians to stop blaming President Muhammadu Buhari for the current economic recession in the country.



He made the remark while speaking as lead paper presenter at a One-Day seminar on “The Viability of Federal Government Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) 2017-2020 held at the main campus, Samaru, Zaria.



The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the seminar, which was organised by Institute for Development Research and Training (IDR) was held at ABU main campus, Samaru, Zaria.



“Let me emphasis that President Buhari did not bring suffering to Nigerians but it is actually the source of Nigeria’s revenue that crashed from $114 a barrel to $48.8.



“This has really affected the economy, it doesn’t matter who is the president now, the situation had come and it is global phenomenon.



“Of course, Nigerians are suffering, but Buhari cannot do magic to raise the global price of oil, remember, oil went down as low as $30 per barrel before it started coming up,” he said.



The Don advocated for diversification of the economy from oil to non-oil sectors to revitalise the country’s economy.


Kwanashie observed that the only key thing that would bring Nigeria out of recession was rise in global oil price.


“You can bring anybody to rule the country, as long as oil prices remained low, Nigeria cannot come out of recession.”



“If you want ERGP to succeed, both state and local governments must start planning on specified projects that are important and have direct impact on the lives of people,” he noted.



In his presentation, Prof. Ayo Ra’uf-Dimoye, a political economist from ABU, observed that achieving ERGP was viable.



He expressed concern over the delay in passing the budget by the National Assembly and called for a change of attitude to facilitate growth and development.



“It is very sad that the executive will prepare and sent the budget to the National Assembly in August but they will not pass it until May next year and pad it to suit their own interest.



He called on Nigerian government to overhaul its educational sector so as to address a number of issues in the economy.



“It takes Singapore 15 to 20 years to overhaul its education sector, now in Singapore, all Ministers are PhD holders.



“Everyone here can attest to the fact that Singapore had recorded tremendous success in its economy,” he said.



In his speech, the ABU Vice-Chncllor, Prof. Ibrahim Garba assured that the seminar would be packaged and forwarded to appropriate authorities.



Garba, who, was represented by Prof. Zubairu Abubakar, Dean School of Post Graduate Studies, said Nigeria as a nation needed a clear roadmap to move out of recession.



Earlier, the Convener of the seminar and Director, Institute for Development Research and Training (IDR), Prof. Hudu Abdullahi said the essence of the Programme was to hear from the specialists’ mouth the viability of ERGP.



He said when a plan was to be planned all stakeholders must be incorporated, advising that all Nigerians have a stake in the planning as it affects all sectors of the economy.



He appealed to the federal government to involve experts from universities in the implementation plan by the federal government.


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Nigerians and fraud self

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Godson333:
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has approved special promotion of 6,199 soldiers serving in Operation Lafiya Dole, to various ranks.



The Director Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, who made the announcement in a statement, said Buratai gave the approval on Tuesday.



Usman gave the breakdown of the beneficiaries as follows:



Staff Sergeants to Warrant Officers, 329 soldiers, Sergeants to Staff Sergeants, 371 soldiers, Corporals to Sergeants 707 soldiers.



Others are Lance Corporals to Corporals, 1,290 soldiers; Privates to Lance Corporals, 3,502 soldiers.



The army spokesman quoted Buratai as congratulating the newly promoted soldiers and urged them to increase the tempo of the ongoing clearance operations of the Boko Haram terrorists in the North-East. (NAN)


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Lalasticlala

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has approved special promotion of 6,199 soldiers serving in Operation Lafiya Dole, to various ranks.



The Director Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, who made the announcement in a statement, said Buratai gave the approval on Tuesday.



Usman gave the breakdown of the beneficiaries as follows:



Staff Sergeants to Warrant Officers, 329 soldiers, Sergeants to Staff Sergeants, 371 soldiers, Corporals to Sergeants 707 soldiers.



Others are Lance Corporals to Corporals, 1,290 soldiers; Privates to Lance Corporals, 3,502 soldiers.



The army spokesman quoted Buratai as congratulating the newly promoted soldiers and urged them to increase the tempo of the ongoing clearance operations of the Boko Haram terrorists in the North-East. (NAN)


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Godson333:
The Army has arrested four fleeing Boko Haram terrorists, including a father and son at Kurnari village and Nayinawa in Yobe.



According to a statement issued by Army Spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, on Tuesday, the arrested terrorists are: Bukar Waziri, 25, Mammade Lawan, 20, and father and son, Muhammadu Damina, 40, and Isah Muhammadu, 15.



Usman said that the suspects were arrested on Monday after they fled their hideout at Talala and Buk in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno.



“During preliminary investigation, they claimed that they were fleeing from the terrorists’ hideout at Talala and Buk in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State because of the unbearable military onslaughts and bombardments on their various locations,” the army spokesman said.

Mynd44

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Lalasticlala

The Army has arrested four fleeing Boko Haram terrorists, including a father and son at Kurnari village and Nayinawa in Yobe.



According to a statement issued by Army Spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, on Tuesday, the arrested terrorists are: Bukar Waziri, 25, Mammade Lawan, 20, and father and son, Muhammadu Damina, 40, and Isah Muhammadu, 15.



Usman said that the suspects were arrested on Monday after they fled their hideout at Talala and Buk in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno.



“During preliminary investigation, they claimed that they were fleeing from the terrorists’ hideout at Talala and Buk in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State because of the unbearable military onslaughts and bombardments on their various locations,” the army spokesman said.

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Godson333:
Imoukhuede had led a team of Monitoring and Evaluation officials to assess the performance of the volunteers in the state as well as mandate the state’s institutional partners to take absolute charge of the volunteers.



According to the aide, many volunteers have been collecting unbroken stipends of N30,000 monthly without reporting for work which discourages serious volunteers from giving in their best.



He said the 60 volunteers already identified nationwide would be used to set examples, noting that the programme was not a cake-sharing or cake-collection scheme.



He said that no fewer than 363 volunteers deployed in Kwara were ghosts and did not exist in the programme, adding that those found guilty of absenteeism would be forced to return all stipends received and prosecuted.



He explained that volunteers were the cause of non-receipt of their stipends because they failed to validate their financial records more than seven months into the graduate scheme.



He further dispelled insinuations of irregularity in the payments of stipends nationwide, explaining that disparity in dates of payment was to accommodate newly validated volunteers.



“There is no irregularity in the payment of stipends; we do not discriminate against states.



“The reason for what you tag irregularity is that we are trying to update your accounts.



“Our goal is that everyone will receive all stipends unbroken,’’ he added.



Imoukhuede said that N-Power was a lifeline extended to youths by President Muhammadu Buhari and Acting President Yemi Osinbajo as a platform for learning, working and gaining entrepreneurship.



He said it was technology-enhanced and designed programme where the graduates were expected to be technology-compliant which informed the addition of a device for learning and data collection to increase volunteers’ employability skills.



“There will be evaluation of performance through the devices.



“Google and Microsoft Academy have provided lots of learning materials in the devices for your benefits, so you have to take the devices seriously as your daily manual,’’ he advised.



Earlier at a stakeholders’ meeting, Imoukhuede emphasized that July ending was the last chance given to all with stipend issues to resolve them or they would be written to withdraw from the scheme.



“Those of you yet unpaid are enjoying several months of grace.



“End of July is the last chance and if they are unable to reconcile their accounts we will call them to exit the programme and 263 of them are involved in Kwara,’’ he noted.



On the deployment of non-professionals to N-Teach, N-Agro and N-Health, the presidential aide noted that volunteers were sent as assistants in the disciplines, adding that “the scheme is qualification agnostic and we deployed to areas of need’’.



He recalled that the Federal Government’s N6.9 billion monthly investment from where Kwara economy had sucked in N160 million via the volunteers, was not a joke.



“The beauty of the scheme is that rather than fund state treasury, the money goes straight to volunteers’ pockets from where it trickles down to the economy of their rural families and enhances their saving culture.



“That is why the scheme earns a space in the economic recovery programme of the Federal Government,’’ he said.



Imoukhuede advised the state’s institutional partners to ensure effective monitoring and discipline, adding that they would be shortchanging the state and the rural communities if they failed in such task.



The Special Assistant to the President on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), Mr Mohammed Brimah, tagged the more than 5,000 graduate-volunteers in Kwara as special, having been selected from 7,000 applicants from the state.



Brimah, an indigene of the state, urged the volunteers to remember that they were the state ambassadors but had three other persons that could replace them if found wanting.



“N-Power has given you an opportunity to impact on your community.



“Visit the #muchmore tag on the portal where volunteers share their contributions to add your own contributions for the nation to also see your positive impacts in Kwara,’’ Brimah added.



The State Focal Person for N-Power and Permanent Secretary, Youth and Sports, Elder Ayobola Samuel, said that the volunteers had reduced the manpower gaps in education, agriculture and health facilities in the state.



He hailed the Federal Government for the initiative and gave the assurance that the state government would do everything possible to enable the scheme and its participants to succeed.


Source NAN


Mynd44


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Lalasticlala

Imoukhuede had led a team of Monitoring and Evaluation officials to assess the performance of the volunteers in the state as well as mandate the state’s institutional partners to take absolute charge of the volunteers.



According to the aide, many volunteers have been collecting unbroken stipends of N30,000 monthly without reporting for work which discourages serious volunteers from giving in their best.



He said the 60 volunteers already identified nationwide would be used to set examples, noting that the programme was not a cake-sharing or cake-collection scheme.



He said that no fewer than 363 volunteers deployed in Kwara were ghosts and did not exist in the programme, adding that those found guilty of absenteeism would be forced to return all stipends received and prosecuted.



He explained that volunteers were the cause of non-receipt of their stipends because they failed to validate their financial records more than seven months into the graduate scheme.



He further dispelled insinuations of irregularity in the payments of stipends nationwide, explaining that disparity in dates of payment was to accommodate newly validated volunteers.



“There is no irregularity in the payment of stipends; we do not discriminate against states.



“The reason for what you tag irregularity is that we are trying to update your accounts.



“Our goal is that everyone will receive all stipends unbroken,’’ he added.



Imoukhuede said that N-Power was a lifeline extended to youths by President Muhammadu Buhari and Acting President Yemi Osinbajo as a platform for learning, working and gaining entrepreneurship.



He said it was technology-enhanced and designed programme where the graduates were expected to be technology-compliant which informed the addition of a device for learning and data collection to increase volunteers’ employability skills.



“There will be evaluation of performance through the devices.



“Google and Microsoft Academy have provided lots of learning materials in the devices for your benefits, so you have to take the devices seriously as your daily manual,’’ he advised.



Earlier at a stakeholders’ meeting, Imoukhuede emphasized that July ending was the last chance given to all with stipend issues to resolve them or they would be written to withdraw from the scheme.



“Those of you yet unpaid are enjoying several months of grace.



“End of July is the last chance and if they are unable to reconcile their accounts we will call them to exit the programme and 263 of them are involved in Kwara,’’ he noted.



On the deployment of non-professionals to N-Teach, N-Agro and N-Health, the presidential aide noted that volunteers were sent as assistants in the disciplines, adding that “the scheme is qualification agnostic and we deployed to areas of need’’.



He recalled that the Federal Government’s N6.9 billion monthly investment from where Kwara economy had sucked in N160 million via the volunteers, was not a joke.



“The beauty of the scheme is that rather than fund state treasury, the money goes straight to volunteers’ pockets from where it trickles down to the economy of their rural families and enhances their saving culture.



“That is why the scheme earns a space in the economic recovery programme of the Federal Government,’’ he said.



Imoukhuede advised the state’s institutional partners to ensure effective monitoring and discipline, adding that they would be shortchanging the state and the rural communities if they failed in such task.



The Special Assistant to the President on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), Mr Mohammed Brimah, tagged the more than 5,000 graduate-volunteers in Kwara as special, having been selected from 7,000 applicants from the state.



Brimah, an indigene of the state, urged the volunteers to remember that they were the state ambassadors but had three other persons that could replace them if found wanting.



“N-Power has given you an opportunity to impact on your community.



“Visit the #muchmore tag on the portal where volunteers share their contributions to add your own contributions for the nation to also see your positive impacts in Kwara,’’ Brimah added.



The State Focal Person for N-Power and Permanent Secretary, Youth and Sports, Elder Ayobola Samuel, said that the volunteers had reduced the manpower gaps in education, agriculture and health facilities in the state.



He hailed the Federal Government for the initiative and gave the assurance that the state government would do everything possible to enable the scheme and its participants to succeed.


Source NAN


Mynd44


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Godson333:
A Senior Magistrate’s court sitting at Iyangaku in Ibadan, on Monday sentenced one Ibrahim Yahaya to 20 hours community service for stealing two fowls.



The Senior Magistrate, Mrs. Munirat Giwa-Babalola, who handed down the sentence after Yahaya pleaded guilty to stealing two cows, ordered that the punishment be served across four days at five hours per day.



Ibrahim, a resident of 30-30 area of Bodija, had been arraigned over a one-count of theft of two fowls.



According to the Police Prosecutor, Mr Oluseye Oyebanji, the convict, on July 20, stole two fowls valued at N4,000, belonging to one Oladele Abiodun, a resident of Kemidere zone 1, Bodija, Ibadan.



“Ibrahim, after stealing the two fowls, stuffed them in a bag but was later apprehended by a security personnel, Emannuel Imoudu, along Bodija road.



“This offence is contrary to section 383 and punishable under section 390 (3) of the Criminal Code Cap 38, Vol II, Laws of Oyo State 2000,” he said.


Mynd44

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Lalasticlala

A Senior Magistrate’s court sitting at Iyangaku in Ibadan, on Monday sentenced one Ibrahim Yahaya to 20 hours community service for stealing two fowls.



The Senior Magistrate, Mrs. Munirat Giwa-Babalola, who handed down the sentence after Yahaya pleaded guilty to stealing two cows, ordered that the punishment be served across four days at five hours per day.



Ibrahim, a resident of 30-30 area of Bodija, had been arraigned over a one-count of theft of two fowls.



According to the Police Prosecutor, Mr Oluseye Oyebanji, the convict, on July 20, stole two fowls valued at N4,000, belonging to one Oladele Abiodun, a resident of Kemidere zone 1, Bodija, Ibadan.



“Ibrahim, after stealing the two fowls, stuffed them in a bag but was later apprehended by a security personnel, Emannuel Imoudu, along Bodija road.



“This offence is contrary to section 383 and punishable under section 390 (3) of the Criminal Code Cap 38, Vol II, Laws of Oyo State 2000,” he said.


Mynd44

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Benue state on Monday confirmed the threat to release snakes to bite construction workers has temporarily stalled its plan to have a cargo airport in the state.



The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the State Government’s plan for the project on Kilometre 28 along Makurdi-Lafia road, was halted due the demand and threats of the host Nyie community in Guma Local Government Area.



The Commissioner for Works, Transport and Energy, Mr Emmanuel Manger, told journalists that the community was strongly opposed to the construction of the airport without compensation first paid to the land owners.



“The community has threatened to release snakes to bite anybody, who trespasses on their land without paying full compensation to them’’.



Manger explained that part of the community’s land was earmarked for the establishment of a cargo airport.



He said that the community had attributed its opposition to the project, following government’s failure to fully compensate their kinsmen after taking some of their land to establish the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi.



The commissioner said that the face-off had since stalled the commencement of the project.



In another development, the commissioner said that the state owned transport company, Benue Links, would soon be partially privatised on a ratio of 51 per cent to 49 per cent.



Manger said that the decision to privatise the company was taken at one of the state executive council meetings.



However, the commissioner said that the government was yet to decide whether the State Government would take 51 per cent and the private sector 49 per cent or the other way round.



He disclosed that the Agatu-Oshugbudu and Gbeji-Afia roads among others being constructed had been completed and were ready for inauguration.

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Godson333:
National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC) says it is expecting at least 25 countries and 150 exhibitors at the 10th African Arts and Crafts (AFAC) Expo scheduled for Abuja.



The Director-General, NCAC, Otunba Segun Runsewe, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja.



Runsewe said that participants from these countries and the exhibitors were expected to showcase their unique cultural identities at the expo which is holding from Aug. 27 to Sept. 17.



He expressed commitment to justifying his appointment by using culture as the only tool to change the narratives of Nigeria.



“This time, we want to depart from having expo without media content so we need an overwhelming publicity for the event.



“The expo will be a market place for showcasing arts and crafts products such as fabrics, leather and souvenirs from Nigeria and other African countries.



“The expo is also apt as Nigeria needs to record remarkable achievements in developing the culture industry to enviable heights through festivals like AFAC,’’ he said.



Runsewe said that the expo, with the theme: “Nigerian Crafts: The Untapped Treasure” is geared toward harnessing and developing arts and crafts and other creative industries in the country.



“It will be a unique opportunity for artists, craft dealers, manufacturers and other stakeholders to buy and sell their brands.’’



According to him, the expo will play a key role toward job creation and economic empowerment.



NCAC is a Federal Government organ charged with the responsibility of coordinating, developing and promoting the country’s arts and culture at national and international fora.



The council focuses its programmes and projects toward positively changing the perception about culture and cultural activities as serious business opportunities.



It portrays arts and culture as tool for the promotion of peace, social integration and national identity.

Mynd44


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Lalasticlala

National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC) says it is expecting at least 25 countries and 150 exhibitors at the 10th African Arts and Crafts (AFAC) Expo scheduled for Abuja.



The Director-General, NCAC, Otunba Segun Runsewe, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja.



Runsewe said that participants from these countries and the exhibitors were expected to showcase their unique cultural identities at the expo which is holding from Aug. 27 to Sept. 17.



He expressed commitment to justifying his appointment by using culture as the only tool to change the narratives of Nigeria.



“This time, we want to depart from having expo without media content so we need an overwhelming publicity for the event.



“The expo will be a market place for showcasing arts and crafts products such as fabrics, leather and souvenirs from Nigeria and other African countries.



“The expo is also apt as Nigeria needs to record remarkable achievements in developing the culture industry to enviable heights through festivals like AFAC,’’ he said.



Runsewe said that the expo, with the theme: “Nigerian Crafts: The Untapped Treasure” is geared toward harnessing and developing arts and crafts and other creative industries in the country.



“It will be a unique opportunity for artists, craft dealers, manufacturers and other stakeholders to buy and sell their brands.’’



According to him, the expo will play a key role toward job creation and economic empowerment.



NCAC is a Federal Government organ charged with the responsibility of coordinating, developing and promoting the country’s arts and culture at national and international fora.



The council focuses its programmes and projects toward positively changing the perception about culture and cultural activities as serious business opportunities.



It portrays arts and culture as tool for the promotion of peace, social integration and national identity.

Mynd44


http://www.eyereport.com.ng/25-countries-to-attend-art-expo-in-abuja/

A 41-year-old man, Sikiru Odejide, who has been sleeping with his 13-year-old daughter since December 2016, has said it was the hand work of the devil.



Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Ogun State Police Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, disclosed that the arrest of the randy father was as a result of a complaint from the victim’s mother, who has been separated from the man.



The victim’s mother said her daughter came to her house to inform her that her father had been having carnal knowledge of her since December 2016 with a threat to kill her if she dares tells anybody about it.



“She further complained to her mother that she could no longer bear the frequent sexual assault from her father, hence she decided to inform her mother.


“The DPO of Sango Police Station, SP Akinsola Ogunwale, detailed detectives to effect the arrest of the randy father, who lives in Onihale area of Ifo Local Government Area of the state.



“The suspect, on interrogation owned up to the crime, but attributed it to the devil’s handiwork.



“Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Iliyasu, has ordered that the suspect be transferred to anti-human trafficking and child labour unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation and possible prosecution.



“The CP equally directed that the victim be taken to hospital for proper medical attention,” Oyeyemi said.

Source NAN

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Godson333:
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Sunday called on Nigerians to pray for the quick recovery of President Muhammadu Buhari instead of wishing him dead.



NANS President, Mr Chinonso Obasi, in a statement in Abuja, said his conversation with the presidency on July 22 showed that Buhari was recuperating fast and would be back soon.



He said that it was unfair to politicise the president’s health.



“My telephone conversation with the presidency yesterday from London has given more hope that President Buhari will soon be back, alive and able to return to his presidential seat.



“In the course of conversation, I realised that Nigerians need more love to survive the machinations of the ungodly and ill-wishers.



“This is the time Nigerians have to be more patriotic than political as issues of national interest should be more paramount.


“PMB is our father and deserves our goodwill and solidarity, if by any reason we’re not comfortable with his absence due to medical vacation, let every Nigerian observe due process in their agitation.’’


He said the president’s health should be considered as a national frailty that would be overcome.



The NANS president appealed to all Nigerians and particularly those in positions of trust to be objective in carrying out any obligation assigned to them in national interest.



According to him, individual players and stakeholders in the polity should thread with caution as the progress, unity and peace of our dear nation is non-negotiable.



Obasi said that the demands of Nigerian Students were unveiled on July 19 at the commemoration his one year in office as the National President of NANS.



“We do hope the Government of PMB will find the mini compendium, our ‘irreducible minimum’ demand in the education sector most useful in addressing the ills in the sector for a functional education system in Nigeria.



“With our overwhelming membership strength of over 40.1million Nigerian students, ordinarily, we should be the highest agitators but we have chosen to be diplomatic, civil and patriotic.



“As our nation struggles through these trying times, we wish to send this as a signal to those disrupting the peace of Nigeria to remember that there is no other nation we have other than Nigeria -our fatherland,’’ Obasi said in the statement.


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Lalasticlala

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Sunday called on Nigerians to pray for the quick recovery of President Muhammadu Buhari instead of wishing him dead.



NANS President, Mr Chinonso Obasi, in a statement in Abuja, said his conversation with the presidency on July 22 showed that Buhari was recuperating fast and would be back soon.



He said that it was unfair to politicise the president’s health.



“My telephone conversation with the presidency yesterday from London has given more hope that President Buhari will soon be back, alive and able to return to his presidential seat.



“In the course of conversation, I realised that Nigerians need more love to survive the machinations of the ungodly and ill-wishers.



“This is the time Nigerians have to be more patriotic than political as issues of national interest should be more paramount.


“PMB is our father and deserves our goodwill and solidarity, if by any reason we’re not comfortable with his absence due to medical vacation, let every Nigerian observe due process in their agitation.’’


He said the president’s health should be considered as a national frailty that would be overcome.



The NANS president appealed to all Nigerians and particularly those in positions of trust to be objective in carrying out any obligation assigned to them in national interest.



According to him, individual players and stakeholders in the polity should thread with caution as the progress, unity and peace of our dear nation is non-negotiable.



Obasi said that the demands of Nigerian Students were unveiled on July 19 at the commemoration his one year in office as the National President of NANS.



“We do hope the Government of PMB will find the mini compendium, our ‘irreducible minimum’ demand in the education sector most useful in addressing the ills in the sector for a functional education system in Nigeria.



“With our overwhelming membership strength of over 40.1million Nigerian students, ordinarily, we should be the highest agitators but we have chosen to be diplomatic, civil and patriotic.



“As our nation struggles through these trying times, we wish to send this as a signal to those disrupting the peace of Nigeria to remember that there is no other nation we have other than Nigeria -our fatherland,’’ Obasi said in the statement.


Mynd44

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Godson333:
Governor Rochas Okorocha said President Muhammadu Buhari was very cheerful and has not lost any bit of his sense of humour when he and other leaders of the All Progressives Congress met him in Lobdon today.



Okorocha gave this report in a telephone conversation Reported by President Buhari’s special adviser on media and publicity, Femi Adesina.



According to Adesina, the Imo state governor said the party delegation spent more than an hour with President Buhari over lunch, and it was very clear from the discussions that he followed developments at home very closely.



He said the President was delighted to receive the delegation and asked each governor about affairs in his state.


He also asked the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, about the state of the railways.


When asked to react to all the negative things being said about him, the President just laughed, describing such negative reports as lies.



Governor Okorocha said President Buhari was completely unperturbed by the cocktail of lies. He, instead, sent his best wishes to Nigerians.



According to the governor, Nigerians don’t have to worry at all,adding that President Buhari will be back as soon as the doctors give him the green light.



“By our visit to London today, the merchants of lies have been put out of business and Nigerians will not buy the garbage they have been selling. All those who look up to fake news can find better use for their time,” Governor Okorocha noted.



Governors Umaru Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa; Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna; Yahaya Bello of Kogi; and APC National Chairman, Chief John Oyegun, were also in the delegation.


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Governor Rochas Okorocha said President Muhammadu Buhari was very cheerful and has not lost any bit of his sense of humour when he and other leaders of the All Progressives Congress met him in Lobdon today.



Okorocha gave this report in a telephone conversation Reported by President Buhari’s special adviser on media and publicity, Femi Adesina.



According to Adesina, the Imo state governor said the party delegation spent more than an hour with President Buhari over lunch, and it was very clear from the discussions that he followed developments at home very closely.



He said the President was delighted to receive the delegation and asked each governor about affairs in his state.


He also asked the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, about the state of the railways.


When asked to react to all the negative things being said about him, the President just laughed, describing such negative reports as lies.



Governor Okorocha said President Buhari was completely unperturbed by the cocktail of lies. He, instead, sent his best wishes to Nigerians.



According to the governor, Nigerians don’t have to worry at all,adding that President Buhari will be back as soon as the doctors give him the green light.



“By our visit to London today, the merchants of lies have been put out of business and Nigerians will not buy the garbage they have been selling. All those who look up to fake news can find better use for their time,” Governor Okorocha noted.



Governors Umaru Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa; Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna; Yahaya Bello of Kogi; and APC National Chairman, Chief John Oyegun, were also in the delegation.


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Godson333:
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, “to join us in promoting and supporting legislative measures to redirect public funds spent to provide life pensions to former governors for the benefit of the most marginalized and disadvantaged Nigerians.



The group in an open letter asked the minister to tread the path rather than issuing threat of legal action “against us for exposing the existence of unfair and discriminatory life pensions states’ laws.”



The organization said, “Dr Fayemi’s dramatic accusation regarding the content of our letter to the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami SAN is unjustified, especially given that the law allowing pensions for governors in Ekiti was passed and/or facilitated and retained during his tenure as governor of the State. The Minister’s threat can only serve to undermine legitimate efforts to promote transparency, accountability and sustainable development in Nigeria.”



SERAP’s statement came after Dr Fayemi last week in a statement accused SERAP of embarrassing him by adding his name to the list of governors receiving double pay and life pensions while also receiving salaries and other emoluments as either senators or ministers. The Minister also gave SERAP 7 days to retract the statement or face legal action.



But SERAP in a statement on Sunday by its executive director Adetokunbo Mumuni said, “As a former pro-democracy activist, Dr Fayemi is well-known to us but we do not agree with the accusation that our letter targets the minister or intends to embarrass him in any way shape or form. Our objectives remain to promote the abolition of those obnoxious states’ laws, which seek to allow former governors to receive life pensions either now or in the future when friendly governments are in place in their states, and to secure full recovery of public funds.”



The letter read in part: “The problems of former governors receiving double pay and life pensions are real governance issues and deserve serious attention. These have to be put in the context of the allegation that state governors have over the years stolen in excess of N1 trillion including bailout funds meant for the payment of workers and pensioners in their states. By threatening legal action against SERAP on the matters, Dr Fayemi’s statement provides little more than unhelpful distraction.”


“Our aim is to let Nigerians know that such laws exist in several states, and to show how much state governments can do with our commonwealth if governors can focus on the right priorities—health, education, timely payment of ordinary workers’ salaries, and backlog of pensions for millions of pensioners struggling to enjoy the fruits of their labour—rather than on signing and passing laws that allow former governors to draw unfair pay and life pensions simply for serving for 4 or 8 years.”


“SERAP has no reason to apologise for doing our work, and will never back down from pursuing these matters, and will continue to work even harder to ensure that states’ laws allowing former governors to claim either presently or in the future life pensions are declared illegal and abolished.”



“The point is not just that several of the governors listed in our letter are receiving life pensions now but also that unless those states’ laws are declared illegal and nullified, other governors that may not be presently claiming life pensions will potentially be entitled to receive such pensions in the future when friendly governments are in place in their states.”



“These states’ laws allowing former governors to receive life pensions either now or in the future have a discriminatory purpose that involves an intent to discriminate against ordinary workers and pensioners. Such laws enhance the economic status of public officials and their families at the expense of the citizens that they are elected to serve, have no legitimacy at all, and cannot be justified either on legal or moral grounds.”



“SERAP is concerned that such laws have either the purpose or the effect of denying the citizens their right to the enjoyment of their commonwealth, and as such, prolonging the existing and entrenched poverty-gaps across the country. The implementation of these laws will continue to lock the citizens, especially the most marginalized and vulnerable groups, into lives of deprivation and hopelessness.”



“SERAP holds the firm view that there are clear casual and consequential links between implementation of unfair life pensions’ laws for former governors and violation of human dignity of citizens. Such laws deprive citizens of resources, capabilities, freedoms and choices necessary for the enjoyment of an adequate standard of living and sustainable livelihood.”



“The abolition of such laws therefore is a necessary first step towards delivering on the constitutional promise of equal protection and equal benefit of the law for a distressingly large number of Nigerians. Otherwise, public officials will remain seriously out of touch with a major source of poverty and discrimination in the country.”



It would be recalled that SERAP had last week in an open letter called on the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN) to within seven days challenge the legality of states’ laws allowing former governors to draw life pensions from their states.



The letter dated 14 July 2017 read in part: “Public interest is not well served when government officials such as former governors, deputies supplement their emoluments in their current positions with life pensions and emoluments drawn from their states’ meagre resources, and thereby prioritising their private or personal interests over and above the greatest happiness of the greatest number.”



“By signing such double emoluments and large benefits laws which they knew or ought to know that they would be beneficiaries, these former governors have abused their entrusted public functions and positions, and thereby obtained an undue advantage, contrary to article 19 of the UN Convention against Corruption.”


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Lalasticlala

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, “to join us in promoting and supporting legislative measures to redirect public funds spent to provide life pensions to former governors for the benefit of the most marginalized and disadvantaged Nigerians.



The group in an open letter asked the minister to tread the path rather than issuing threat of legal action “against us for exposing the existence of unfair and discriminatory life pensions states’ laws.”



The organization said, “Dr Fayemi’s dramatic accusation regarding the content of our letter to the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami SAN is unjustified, especially given that the law allowing pensions for governors in Ekiti was passed and/or facilitated and retained during his tenure as governor of the State. The Minister’s threat can only serve to undermine legitimate efforts to promote transparency, accountability and sustainable development in Nigeria.”



SERAP’s statement came after Dr Fayemi last week in a statement accused SERAP of embarrassing him by adding his name to the list of governors receiving double pay and life pensions while also receiving salaries and other emoluments as either senators or ministers. The Minister also gave SERAP 7 days to retract the statement or face legal action.



But SERAP in a statement on Sunday by its executive director Adetokunbo Mumuni said, “As a former pro-democracy activist, Dr Fayemi is well-known to us but we do not agree with the accusation that our letter targets the minister or intends to embarrass him in any way shape or form. Our objectives remain to promote the abolition of those obnoxious states’ laws, which seek to allow former governors to receive life pensions either now or in the future when friendly governments are in place in their states, and to secure full recovery of public funds.”



The letter read in part: “The problems of former governors receiving double pay and life pensions are real governance issues and deserve serious attention. These have to be put in the context of the allegation that state governors have over the years stolen in excess of N1 trillion including bailout funds meant for the payment of workers and pensioners in their states. By threatening legal action against SERAP on the matters, Dr Fayemi’s statement provides little more than unhelpful distraction.”


“Our aim is to let Nigerians know that such laws exist in several states, and to show how much state governments can do with our commonwealth if governors can focus on the right priorities—health, education, timely payment of ordinary workers’ salaries, and backlog of pensions for millions of pensioners struggling to enjoy the fruits of their labour—rather than on signing and passing laws that allow former governors to draw unfair pay and life pensions simply for serving for 4 or 8 years.”


“SERAP has no reason to apologise for doing our work, and will never back down from pursuing these matters, and will continue to work even harder to ensure that states’ laws allowing former governors to claim either presently or in the future life pensions are declared illegal and abolished.”



“The point is not just that several of the governors listed in our letter are receiving life pensions now but also that unless those states’ laws are declared illegal and nullified, other governors that may not be presently claiming life pensions will potentially be entitled to receive such pensions in the future when friendly governments are in place in their states.”



“These states’ laws allowing former governors to receive life pensions either now or in the future have a discriminatory purpose that involves an intent to discriminate against ordinary workers and pensioners. Such laws enhance the economic status of public officials and their families at the expense of the citizens that they are elected to serve, have no legitimacy at all, and cannot be justified either on legal or moral grounds.”



“SERAP is concerned that such laws have either the purpose or the effect of denying the citizens their right to the enjoyment of their commonwealth, and as such, prolonging the existing and entrenched poverty-gaps across the country. The implementation of these laws will continue to lock the citizens, especially the most marginalized and vulnerable groups, into lives of deprivation and hopelessness.”



“SERAP holds the firm view that there are clear casual and consequential links between implementation of unfair life pensions’ laws for former governors and violation of human dignity of citizens. Such laws deprive citizens of resources, capabilities, freedoms and choices necessary for the enjoyment of an adequate standard of living and sustainable livelihood.”



“The abolition of such laws therefore is a necessary first step towards delivering on the constitutional promise of equal protection and equal benefit of the law for a distressingly large number of Nigerians. Otherwise, public officials will remain seriously out of touch with a major source of poverty and discrimination in the country.”



It would be recalled that SERAP had last week in an open letter called on the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN) to within seven days challenge the legality of states’ laws allowing former governors to draw life pensions from their states.



The letter dated 14 July 2017 read in part: “Public interest is not well served when government officials such as former governors, deputies supplement their emoluments in their current positions with life pensions and emoluments drawn from their states’ meagre resources, and thereby prioritising their private or personal interests over and above the greatest happiness of the greatest number.”



“By signing such double emoluments and large benefits laws which they knew or ought to know that they would be beneficiaries, these former governors have abused their entrusted public functions and positions, and thereby obtained an undue advantage, contrary to article 19 of the UN Convention against Corruption.”


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The Emir of Katsina, Alhaji Abdulmumini Kabir has adviced those calling for secession shelve the idea.



The Emir stated that Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo and other tribes are brothers.



Kabir said this when the Pro-Chancellor of University of Ilorin, Abdullah Oyekan paid him a visit at his palace in Katsina.



This was contained in the institution’s weekly publication released on Wednesday.



The traditional ruler, who is the Chancellor of the institution also harped on the need for Nigeria to remain united, noted that although the situation of the country was serious, break-up wasn’t the solution.



Kabir noted that the renewed agitation was caused by “agents of disunity, especially those who do not want the present administration to succeed.”



“This country must remain one indivisible sovereignty that it has been since time immemorial,” he added.



Speaking further, he said “Igbos, Yorubas, Hausas and other tribes in the country – we are all brothers and sisters and we must be wary of these unscrupulous people.”

Source NAN

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Godson333:
It seems some people have started asking for donations as regards actress Halima Abubakar’s health. Several people reached out to the actress wishing her quick recovery after her colleague, Tonto Dikeh posted a photo of the actress looking really sick.



She made this known in her post on instagram which reads thus;


“Am grateful to everyone who has shown me love and encouragement at this point in my life.May God bless you all.Both far and near,only Goodness will follow you all.i want to be know as a positive soul and not a sad one,so I plead to you all not to donate any money on my behalf to anyone.i see people already trying to make money out of it.kindly don’t.And pls am not dying,so no need for the hashtag. You all are awesome and am coverd. If I don’t ask for money my self ,then it’s not from me.I have wonderful people around me.kindly stop the lies .i want this smile to be permanent and so shall it be Amin. Won’t keep silent like those who did and got no support,pls stop spreading lies about me.if you want to pray for me,I appreciate it,if you want to call me since you have my numbers ,I will appreciate it too,but don’t come on social media and keep talking.Thank you once again and I am humbled by all your gestures I love you all Thank you to those who privately reached out to me.I shall print your names to specially thank you so sorry can’t reply.
#allhamdullilah”


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Lalasticlala

It seems some people have started asking for donations as regards actress Halima Abubakar’s health. Several people reached out to the actress wishing her quick recovery after her colleague, Tonto Dikeh posted a photo of the actress looking really sick.



She made this known in her post on instagram which reads thus;


“Am grateful to everyone who has shown me love and encouragement at this point in my life.May God bless you all.Both far and near,only Goodness will follow you all.i want to be know as a positive soul and not a sad one,so I plead to you all not to donate any money on my behalf to anyone.i see people already trying to make money out of it.kindly don’t.And pls am not dying,so no need for the hashtag. You all are awesome and am coverd. If I don’t ask for money my self ,then it’s not from me.I have wonderful people around me.kindly stop the lies .i want this smile to be permanent and so shall it be Amin. Won’t keep silent like those who did and got no support,pls stop spreading lies about me.if you want to pray for me,I appreciate it,if you want to call me since you have my numbers ,I will appreciate it too,but don’t come on social media and keep talking.Thank you once again and I am humbled by all your gestures I love you all Thank you to those who privately reached out to me.I shall print your names to specially thank you so sorry can’t reply.
#allhamdullilah”


Mynd44

http://www.eyereport.com.ng/i-am-not-dying-actress-halima-abubakar/

Godson333:
In an interview with ESPN, Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has revealed he is targeting a 15-year stay at Old Trafford.


The former Chelsea and Real Madrid manager said he wants to restore the stability of the Alex Ferguson era.



Mourinho, who took over the Premier League giants last year, told the network’s website on Tuesday that he is desperate to deliver sustained success over a long-term period just as Ferguson did over nearly three decades.



United have not won the Premier League title since Ferguson’s retirement in 2013, with the club struggling to rediscover its dominance under David Moyes and Louis van Gaal.



Mourinho has never spent longer than three years as manager of a club during his trophy-laden career.



But the 54-year-old, speaking as his team prepare to face Manchester City in Houston on Thursday in the latest leg of their US tour, insisted he saw United as a long-term project.



“I am ready for this,” Mourinho told ESPN. “I am ready for the next 15, I would say. Here? Yes, why not?



“I have to admit that it is very difficult because of the pressure around our jobs, everybody putting pressure on managers and things that people say — that we have to win, but in reality only one can win and every year it is getting more difficult.



“This club, for so many years, was Sir Alex. People got used to it; people understood the great consequences of that stability.



“After David [Moyes] and Mr. [Louis] Van Gaal, I come to my second year and hopefully I can stay and give that stability that the club wants. I will try, but again, I will have to try to deserve that, but that’s what I try every day that I work.”



Mourinho believes Ferguson’s 27-year reign at United will never be emulated in the modern game.



“I think Sir Alex’s career is unique,” Mourinho said. “I don’t think it is possible to emulate.



“Nobody is going to be in the same club for so many years, be in the same league for so many years. I think [Arsenal manager Arsene] Wenger will be the last with a similar story in terms of staying at a club for so many years.



“But what I try to do in modern football nowadays is to try to deserve to stay in the club, because in this moment, it is about success. You have success, you stay in the club. You don’t have success, you don’t stay.”


Source NAN

http://www.eyereport.com.ng/i-am-targeting-15-years-at-old-trafford-mourinho/

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