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The Kogi State Police command has banned the use of fireworks during this festive season.

Commissioner of Police in the State, Ali Janga, in a statement through the command’s Public Relation Officer, ASP William Aya, called on parents to caution their wards as the Police were determined to deal decisively with anybody that want to cause disturbance of public peace.

Janga maintained that “the State is relatively peaceful, hence the command will not allow any miscreant to disrupt the existing peace the State is now enjoying.”

He added that anybody caught playing knockout will be arrested and prosecuted.

“The Commissioner of Police hereby advised all law abiding people in the State to go about their lawful businesses and warns that the Command will not hesitate to apply the full wrath of law against persons who take the law in their hands.

“To this end, the Nigeria Police Force is assuring the good people of Kogi State of adequate security of life and property during this period and hereby appealed to them to support the Police and other security agencies with credible information to sustain the level of peace we are enjoying in the State,” the statement added.

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Nigerian male barbie, Bobrisky, flaunts Nice tattoo on his shoulder.

He took to Instagram to show off the tattoo with a photo also admiring her new hairstyle.

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President Muhammadu Buhari said on Thursday that his administration would not rush reforms in the petroleum and gas industry, saying that reforms must be carefully thought out to serve the interests of Nigerians.



Speaking specifically on the much-awaited Petroleum Industry Bill, Buhari stated that discussions on it were ongoing and that the bill would only become a reality when Nigerians were assured of getting the best of benefits from the industry.

The President, who doubles as the Minister of Petroleum Resources, said this at the Presidential Villa when he played host to the recently-inaugurated executive committee members of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers.

NUPENG, which was led by the National President, Williams Akporeha, had raised the issue of the PIB and how it was affecting the industry.



The visit was part of the union’s 40th anniversary celebrations and NUPENG also seized the opportunity to confer on Buhari the award of “Grand Comrade Productive Workers of Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry.”



NUPENG stated that it honoured the President for his “commitment and devotion to a new Nigeria that adequately protects and provides for the citizenry and earns global respect and recognition.”



However, it was Buhari’s position on industry reforms and the PIB that caught attention the more.

While admitting that the bill was important and would be pursued to become an Act, he maintained that he would not do so in a hurry.

The President said, “I fully agree with you that reforming the petroleum industry will unlock numerous untapped potential for the nation.

“However, these reforms must be well thought out and must have the best interest of Nigeria and Nigerians as its core objective. Such reforms cannot and must not be rushed if we must get it right.



“We are still suffering from the effects of many legacy policies that were rushed and passed without fully appreciating the consequences the provisions embedded in them.

“Whatever decision we take now will impact either negatively or positively on generations to come.”

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The activities of Boko Haram terrorists in Nigeria are becoming more worrisome to citizens in the country and top subject of discussion globally

- Recently, the UN envoy to Central African region, Francois Fall, asked the international community to place the insurgent group on watchlist

- Fall said that increasing violence in the region is threatening to spread to other parts of the continent

Francois Fall, the special representative of the secretary general for Central Africa and the head of the United Nations (UN) regional office for the region, has called on the international community to place the Boko Haram terrorist group on watchlist.



Fall stated this at the UN headquarters in New York while briefing the security council in the developments in the Central African sub-region, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.



Fall said: “the Nigeria-based Boko Haram extremist group was also a malicious threat to the region that the international community needed to watch carefully, as it continues to launch ‘indiscriminate attacks’ against security forces as well as civilians.

“Efforts to stamp out Boko Haram should also focus on addressing the root causes of the insurgency."



He warned that rising violence in the Central African Republic threatened to spill across the border into neighbouring countries, creating further instability, and urged continued and coordinated regional efforts to bolster peace and security.



He said a comprehensive and cautious approach is needed against the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) as the African Union works to replace its ongoing initiative against the rebel group, he said.



Replacing the AU’s initiative to neutralise the LRA, should not leave a security vacuum that the group could exploit to relaunch and intensify its campaign of violence, he said,



Fall informed the 15-member council of a number of recent election campaigns, including the October parliamentary ballots in São Tomé and Príncipe, as well as legislative and local elections in Gabon. Elections in Chad, scheduled for November, had been postponed however, he reported.



“I encourage the Chadian authorities to organise these elections as soon as possible and call on the international community to provide the necessary financial support to the Government, as required,” Fall said.



On Cameroon, the UN official raised concern over continuing reports of alleged human rights violations and called on the Government to speed up its efforts towards decentralisation as well as promotion of bilingualism and multiculturalism, as tensions between French and English-speaking communities continue.



Cameroon’s Anglophone regions the country’s northwest and southwest regions – have seen multiple strikes and demonstrations over the past year as tensions mounted over what the country’s English-speakers see as discrimination against them in favour of the majority French-speaking population.



Fall urged nations in Central Africa to “remain committed” to institutional reform at the economic community of Central African States (ECCAS), particularly with regard to funding mechanisms to ensure the effective implementation of key projects in the areas of peace, security and governance”.



Earlier, the security council adopted a resolution urging the alignment of support programmes for rule of law institutions in countries with a UN peacekeeping mission, with the mandates of those missions.



Unanimously adopting resolution 2447 (2018), the council requested that the secretary general enhance the coherence, performance and effectiveness of such support and ensure coherence between UN country teams and other actors of the organisation in order to help governments improve prisons and other criminal justice facilities.



Members called on the secretary-general to ensure that the planning of peacekeeping and special political missions entails a thorough analysis of the context, capacities and needs of criminal justice sectors in host states, highlighting the importance of treating each case based on local needs.



Meanwhile, it was reported that the former head of state, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd), said the Boko Haram terrorist group had been disseminated.



He made the comment during an interview. Legit.ng gathered that Abubakar stated that the insurgents have now resorted to ‘hit-and-run’ operations.



He said: “The issue of the frequent attacking of civilian populations has drastically reduced because they have been decimated and now they have become a hit-and-run organisation. They come and attack people and then they run away."

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President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday night assured loyal All Progressives Congress members, who would work for his victory in 2019 of a handsome reward.

Buhari admitted that he had not been able to fully reward those who worked for him to emerge as President in 2015.

However, he stressed that in 2019, it would be a different ballgame as his loyal supporters would be rewarded.



Buhari spoke at the old Banquet Hall, Presidential Villa, Abuja, during the launch of one of his support groups, “Together Nigeria.”

The President said, ” At this point, I would like to acknowledge the overwhelming support I enjoyed from individuals and organizations across the country over the years.

“I say thank you to all those who contributed to our success in one way or the other.



“Some of you, individuals and organisations, may be feeling disappointed because we have not been able to please everyone.

“I would like to assure you that this time hard work and loyalty will be rewarded adequately.

“Finally, I wish to thank the Together Nigeria Group for educating the world about our good work and achievements. I will like to also thank our celebrities for projecting the image of Nigeria globally and for your contributions to the development of our entertainment industries.”



 The President’s wife, Aisha Buhari; wife of the Vice-President, Mrs Dolapo Osinbajo; Nasarawa State Governor, Tanko Al-Makura; and his colleague from Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun, attended the event.



Also, a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, and several Nollywood stars witnessed the launch.



Speaking at the event, a member of the House of Representatives, Mr Mohammed Kazaure, told the audience that he had yet to see anyone who would defeat Buhari.

Describing the President as the “old man”, Kazaure said, “I have not seen anybody that will defeat that old man Buhari.”

He also praised Aisha for being frank with her comments on the President’s administration.

However, he claimed that if given another four years, Buhari “will be better.”

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The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, yesterday carpeted the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led federal government’s security records, saying under its watch, more Nigerians had been killed than during the Civil War that ended in 1970.



Secondus spoke as a guest of ‘Morning Show’ programme of Arise TV and said, “More people have been killed in the last three years than the Civil War that took place in 1967 to 1970, yet we are not at war.”



The main opposition party chairman lamented the state of insecurity in the country, saying President Muhammadu Buhari had failed the nation in that regard.



Noting that one of the cardinal programmes of the Buhari administration was security, Secondus said with a low score, the APC should yield ground to the PDP, contending that the way out of the country’s insecurity situation is for the people to vote for his party in 2019.



He stated that his party’s 16 years of experience in government was the best teacher that provided it with the needed capacity to rescue the country from the misrule of the All Progressives Congress (APC), adding that the party also learnt from its mistakes for which it had apologised to Nigerians.



“When you made mistakes, you must be bold enough to come out and apologise like what happens in the advanced countries. We were not perfect 16 years ago. We know there were areas we defaulted. But we have apologised to the people so that we can start all over again.



“Of course, we have rebranded PDP and by the special grace of God, we have repositioned the party. That was why you witnessed the entire National Assembly collapsed into PDP. We also had three governors. We have learnt from our 16 years of experience. Experience is the best teacher. We are surely gradually moving to rescue the nation from hunger and insecurity. More people have been killed in Nigeria in the last three years than the civil war that took place from 1967 to 1970 and yet we are not at war,” Secondus explained.



Speaking on the refusal of Buhari to sign the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, Secondus said the bill was not about PDP or APC but about Nigeria, stressing that the country should continuously improve on the standard and quality of the delivery of the best elections ever.



“Take Ghana for instance; there is a lot of improvement in their electoral process and you don’t hear parties complaining because they are almost perfecting a system of free and fair elections. You know that whenever there is not free and fair election, it is a recipe for crisis. And so, the aim of the amended bill is to improve the electoral process and stop all forms of rigging so that there could be transparency in terms of transmitting the results from the polling units to the wards and to the local governments and states,” he said.



He faulted the drafting errors cited by President Buhari as one of the reasons for refusing to assent to the bill, stressing that such errors could be corrected.



Secondus also rejected the excuse by the president that the time was too short for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to adapt to the provisions of the new bill.



According to the PDP chairman, INEC’s preparation for the 2019 elections has always been in line with the new amendment, adding that the electoral body has always been carried along in the amendment.



Secondus insisted that the National Assembly should override the president’s veto.



When asked how PDP could secure the support of the majority of the legislators to override the president, Secondus stated that his party would get the number from both the PDP and APC.



“We are going to get the number from both sides,” he added.



Also when reminded that INEC had promised to use the Smart Card Readers for the 2019 election despite the non-passage of the amended bill, Secondus said his party did not believe in the electoral body any longer because they made similar promises in the previous elections and still manipulated the elections to favour APC.



“In all the re-run elections, INEC and the police were the problems and that was why we asked the chairman of INEC and the Inspector General of Police to resign.”



According to him, re-run was designed for rigging the elections.



In a related development, the PDP Presidential Campaign Council yesterday said the Presidential Villa stinks of corruption, challenging the president to showcase his much-touted integrity by allowing an open investigation of his associates and close relatives who were mentioned in alleged serial looting of public resources.



The main opposition party also demanded the immediate and unconditional release of its chieftain, Dr. Doyin Okupe, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).



This is coming as the party’s presidential campaign train will berth in Gombe State on tomorrow for its North-east zonal political rally as it continues in its quest to assume power in 2019.







But responding to the alleged bias against the opposition in its anti-graft war, the acting Chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, has advised Nigerians not to listen to some sections of the public, which habour the feeling that the anti-corruption fight is a witch-hunt carried out by the Buhari administration to fight its perceived enemies.



But the PDP alleged that in a bid to further conceal the sleazes of the Buhari-led government, the presidency had gagged one Amina Mohammed paraded by the Department of State Services (DSS), who it said, revealed in her open confession recently that persons close to the president were involved in serial frauds and looting of public resources under official cover.



Spokesman for campaign council, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, yesterday stated in a statement in Abuja that “having reviewed all these issues, including the lame denials by those mentioned by the suspect, as well as the failure of the security agency to allow the suspect to complete her open confession, the PDP challenges President Buhari to order an open hearing into the matter if indeed the presidency has nothing to hide.’’



The party also challenged Buhari to immediately make public the report of the investigation of the former aide of the First Lady, Mr. Baba-Inna, who was arrested in September this year over accusations of receiving N2.5 billion as donations from politicians, businessmen and other women on behalf of his wife, Aisha.



The party has also demanded the immediate and unconditional release of its chieftain, Dr. Doyin Okupe, by the EFCC.



In a separate statement issued in Abuja yesterday by the party’s spokesman, PDP described Okupe’s arrest and detention as an act of intimidation and harassment by the federal government in its bid to browbeat the opposition and dissenting voices in the country ahead of the 2019 general election.



It said, “This arrest is part of the grand plot to escalate the clampdown on opposition leaders in an attempt to cow and subjugate them as the elections draw nearer, a scheme the PDP had since alerted Nigerians about.



“The PDP invites Nigerians to note that the EFCC was unleashed on Okupe with fabricated charges, just because of his criticisms of the misrule of the Buhari administration, particularly his last Wednesday’s demand to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare President Buhari as not validly nominated as a presidential candidate for the 2019 elections.”



The opposition party added that since his comment, Okupe had been threatened, harassed and his home raided by officials of the EFCC last Saturday over claims of cyber stalking, which they could not substantiate, and only for the commission to arrest and detained him last Monday.



It said, “If the EFCC has not been compromised by the Buhari Presidency, why has it not invited or even questioned officials of the presidency indicted for corruption or the factional National Chairman of the APC, Adams Oshiomhole, over alleged extortion of billions of naira from his party members, for which he even had to flee the country?”



The party said instead of using their so-called technology and intelligence to “harass and extort money from innocent, harmless and law-abiding citizens,” EFCC officials should join the security agencies and deploy their technology in the fight against terrorism in the North-east.



In a related development, PDP’s presidential campaign train will berth in Gombe State on Thursday for the North-east zonal political rally as the party continues in its quest to assume power in 2019.



A statement issued yesterday by the Director, Contact and Mobilisation of the campaign organisation, Col. Austin Akobundu (rtd), informed all governors, candidates of the party, National Assembly members, the National Economic Committee (NEC) members, Board of Trustees (BoT), state chapters and all stakeholders that they are invited to the zonal rally.



Apparently responding to concerns raised in some quarters on the anti-graft war, Magu has advised Nigerians not to listen to some sections of the public which habour the feeling that the anti-corruption fight is a witch-hunt carried out by the administration of the President Buhari to fight those described as perceived enemies of the government.



Magu, who disclosed this in Lagos at the 2nd Induction Ceremony of the Compliance Institute Nigeria with the theme, ‘Implementation of Beneficial Ownership Disclosure in Nigeria’, noted that there is no hiding place for looters.



“We should not listen to those who say the anti-corruption fight is a witch-hunt. You cannot be invited to the EFCC if you don’t have an offence committed somewhere. Anybody you see in the EFCC has committed an offence. We have not even come out with details, when we come out with details, you will be shocked. All Nigerians should join the anti-corruption fight. We want to save the future of this country,” he said.

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