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Foreign Affairs › Ecuador Elects Youngest-ever President, Daniel Noboa, To Fix ‘destroyed’ Country by Paraman(op): 12:17pm On Oct 16, 2023

Car horns in Quito blared in celebration Sunday as banana empire heir Daniel Noboa, 35, became violence-riddled Ecuador’s youngest president-elect ever.

With 90 per cent of votes counted, the electoral authority announced Noboa as the victor.

Moments earlier, socialist rival Luisa Gonzalez conceded defeat and offered her “profound congratulations” to Noboa, “because this is democracy.”

Addressing supporters in Quito, Gonzales also said she would not be claiming fraud.

Ecuadorans voted for 10 hours Sunday with no reports of violence in a country gripped by a bloody drug war and a rash of political assassinations that cut short the bid of a popular candidate.

Some 100,000 police and soldiers were deployed to keep the vote safe, while Noboa and Gonzalez both cast their votes in bulletproof vests just weeks after a rival was murdered.

Both candidates had vowed to prioritize the escalating violence.

“May we elect the best president because (he or she) will govern a country that is destroyed… to address all these problems such as insecurity,” Indigenous voter Ramiro Duchitanga told AFP in Cuenca in Ecuador’s south.

“It is a critical election,” added Freddy Escobar, a popular 49-year-old singer, citing crime as his main worry. “I am voting in fear, not knowing what will happen.”

The main concerns of Ecuadorans, according to recent polls, are crime and violence in a country where the murder rate quadrupled in the four years to 2022.

– Drug violence –

Long a peaceful haven between major cocaine exporters Colombia and Peru, Ecuador has seen violence explode in recent years as enemy gangs with links to Mexican and Colombian cartels vie for control.

The fighting has seen at least 460 inmates massacred in prisons since February 2021 — many beheaded or burned alive in mass riots.

The bloodbath has spilled into the streets, with gangs dangling headless corpses from city bridges and detonating car bombs outside police stations in a show of force.

In August, the violence claimed the life of anti-graft and anti-cartel journalist and presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, mowed down in a barrage of submachine-gun fire after a campaign speech.

He had been polling in second place.

– ‘Change this country’ –

Noboa was elected to only 16 months in office — completing the term of incumbent Guillermo Lasso, who called a snap vote to avoid possible impeachment for alleged embezzlement.

He can run again for the 2025-29 presidential term, and the one after that.

Both runoff candidates were relative unknowns.

Noboa is the son of one of Ecuador’s richest men, who himself has five failed presidential bids to his name.

Ecuador has a poverty rate of 27 percent, with a quarter of the population unemployed or holding down an informal job.

Opinion polls list unemployment as voters’ second concern.

Noboa has promised “progress for everyone” and vowed to prioritize job creation.

Gonzalez was the handpicked candidate of socialist ex-president Rafael Correa, who governed from 2007 to 2017 and lives in exile in Belgium to avoid serving an eight-year prison term for graft — another major concern in the country.

From eight candidates, Gonzalez took the most votes in the first round in August with 34 per cent, followed by Noboa with 23 percent.

Noboa will not an absolute majority backing his projects in the legislature, and with only 16 months in office, will face an uphill battle to push through any reforms, analysts say.

Voting is compulsory for 13.4 million eligible voters in the country of 16.9 million.

After images on social media showed a person appearing to fill out multiple ballots in favour of Noboa, the head of the National Electoral Commission, Diana Atamaint, promised an “immediate” investigation.

https://punchng.com/ecuador-elects-youngest-ever-president-daniel-noboa-to-fix-destroyed-country/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=social

Education › Re: ₦‎30,000 Minimum Wage: Bayelsa Teachers Threaten Indefinite Strike by Paraman(op): 12:04pm On Oct 16, 2023

highness25:
Wise people. Na the very best time to hold Diri for balls be this. Although na Diri and INEC go decide the election no be the people

I don't believe a state like Bayelsa can't make 30k the minimum wage. The minimum wage in Bayelsa should be 60k sef

Politics › Re: Nigeria Supreme Court Hiding On Technicality To Dismiss Credible Cases. by Paraman: 12:03pm On Oct 16, 2023

Pierocash:
People already know that the worse place to get justice in Nigeria here currently is the supreme Court, even Atiku knows this but he has to fulfill all righteousness.

I do not know why people are talking about the forge certificate as the only evidence that is enough to kick out this fraud organized by inec. If the Nigeria judiciary is a sane Temple of Justice, there are enough evidence to nullify this organise crime called election, but no, they threw away all the petitions and call it technicality. Even if they want to use technicalities, there is no meaningful iota of technicality they can use to withheld the election, but they did.

Fear those guys , they can legalize cocaine smuggling. a criminal is a criminal, it doesn't matter the robe is puting on

It's better to follow the right step in pursuing your case at the court. Court use technicality to give judgement all over the world.

You see what happen to the PDP in Ogun state when they challenge Abiodun victory?

Education › ₦‎30,000 Minimum Wage: Bayelsa Teachers Threaten Indefinite Strike by Paraman(op): 8:31am On Oct 16, 2023

The Nigeria Union of Teachers has threatened to commence an indefinite strike in public primary and secondary schools in Bayelsa over the N30,000 minimum wage and promotion arrears.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the union took the decision at an executive meeting on October 12, after an earlier three-day warning strike failed to compel the Bayelsa Government to act.

The teachers had given a 14-day ultimatum to the government and local councils to address the plight of teachers across the state or face industrial action.

The grievances, according to the NUT, include the inability of both state and local governments to implement the N30,000 minimum wage and effect promotion of primary school teachers in the state.

The union said teachers were meted with untold hardships due to the non-payment of promotion arrears to the teachers.

NUT expressed dissatisfaction with the government’s continuous negligence of the plight of teachers who played critical roles in the state, in spite of engaging them at different fora in futility.

The union said the attitude of the government had brought nothing but humiliation and frustration to primary and secondary school teachers in the state.

It said the 14-day ultimatum took effect from, October 13 after failure to address the issues within the limit of the ultimatum would force teachers in the state to go on strike.

The strike notice was ratified by the constituent eight local government branches of NUT in Bayelsa.

Signatories to the communique after the meeting included chairmen of LG branches of the union.

Meanwhile, Dr Gentle Emelah, Bayelsa Commissioner for Education, declined comments when contacted as he did not respond to telephone calls and messages requesting the government’s clarification.

NAN reports that schools in Bayelsa had vacated on August 29 due to an expected flood and are slated to resume on November 13.

https://punchng.com/n30000-minimum-wage-bayelsa-teachers-threaten-indefinite-strike/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=social

Politics › Re: Reject Bill To Regulate Social Media Bill, Group Tells Akpabio, Abbas by Paraman: 7:58am On Oct 16, 2023

The fake news flying around on Nigeria social media space is too much, the bill is needed.

Politics › Re: CBN Suspends Financial Aid For Farmers And Development Programs by Paraman: 7:44am On Oct 16, 2023

I can't see any positive result of this CBN interventions especially in the agriculture sector

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Politics › Re: Election Petitions: Burden Of Prove Should Be Shifted To INEC In Election Cases. by Paraman: 5:53am On Oct 16, 2023

Penguin2:
Exactly!

But not just explanations alone. They would also bring every supporting documents and ballot papers that they used in arriving at a winner.

This current practice where you tell an aggrieved candidate to go and look for evidence to prove that an election was rigged is just wrong. And it is why INEC always has the audacity to misbehave and rig elections and go ahead to frustrate aggrieved candidates by denying them of the things they need to seek redress.

Sure, they will produce every necessary documents, after that the Judges will rule in favor of INEC

Politics › Re: Tinubu, Sultan, Ado Bayero, Others Listed Among 500 World Influential Muslims by Paraman: 9:09pm On Oct 15, 2023

aylive02:

No be the same Tinubu wey Northerners dey yab when he called Allah "our father" during campaign? Wetin Tinubu know about Islam? Man is fortified with correct JuJu. He is a full-time voodoo lover.

Meanwhile, he should also make the top-spot for global forgerers, illiterate, drug peddler, ugly, unhealthy, and dirty-looking globally.

The list was not release by northerners but an organisation in Lebanon.

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Foreign Affairs › ‘it’s Beyond Scope Of Self-defence’ — China Condemns Israel’s Attacks On Gaza by Paraman(op): 8:54pm On Oct 15, 2023

The Chinese government has condemned Israel’s attacks on Gaza saying it has gone “beyond the scope of self-defence”.

According to Channel News Asia, Wang Yi, China’s foreign minister, on Saturday, said the Israeli government must “cease its collective punishment of the people of Gaza”.

Yi made the remarks during a call to Faisal bin Farhan, his Saudi Arabian counterpart, as Israel plans to launch a ground assault in the Gaza strip, after telling Palestinians living in the territory to flee to the south.

The Chinese foreign minister said there is a need for all parties to return to the negotiation table and desist from further escalating the conflict.

“Israel’s actions have gone beyond the scope of self-defence,” he said

“It should listen earnestly to the calls of the international community and the UN secretary general, and cease its collective punishment of the people of Gaza.

“All parties should not take any action to escalate the situation and should return to the negotiating table as soon as possible.”

In a separate call to Antony Blinken, US secretary of state, Yi said Washington should “play a constructive and responsible role”.

He called for “the convening of an international peace meeting as soon as possible to promote the reaching of broad consensus”.

Meanwhile, China has said it would send an envoy to the Middle East to push for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict.

https://www.thecable.ng/its-beyond-scope-of-self-defence-china-condemns-israels-attacks-on-gaza/amp

Business › Re: I'm In Urgent Need Of N1m Loan. I Can Use My Lexus Rx400h For Collateral by Paraman: 8:12pm On Oct 15, 2023

b4ball:
So long you are not a registered money lender, should shit hit the fan and it goes to arbitration, you will only get your initial loan amount. It doesn’t matter what you signed, you are not lawfully permitted to take interest on loans when you are not a financial institution or a registered lender.

So the contract they both sign won't matter?

Politics › Re: Election Petitions: Burden Of Prove Should Be Shifted To INEC In Election Cases. by Paraman: 7:56pm On Oct 15, 2023

Penguin2:
But should the law be amended to shift the Burden of Prove to INEC, whenever any candidate is aggrieved and he approaches the court, the responsibility would rest on INEC to demonstrate and prove to the court how they arrived at the result they used in declaring the winner.

.

INEC will explain to the court how the results were collated from the polling units to the ward, from the ward to the local government, from the local government to the state

Then the court will give judgement base on the fact that INEC was able to explain how they arrive at the results that were called.

Politics › Re: Power Transmission Capacity Now 8,500MW – FG by Paraman(op): 7:33pm On Oct 15, 2023

MasterJayJay:
Generation didn't improve.

Read the article you posted. It was just a simulation.

I know this report is talking about transmission but few days ago, there were report that national grid power capacity has been increased to 14000MW.

https://punchng.com/fg-grows-national-grid-power-capacity-to-14000mw/?amp

But base on this article, it seems the GENCOS are only able to generate 4000MW

Politics › Re: Power Transmission Capacity Now 8,500MW – FG by Paraman(op): 6:49pm On Oct 15, 2023

If transmission and generation have improve, why is power supply still poor?

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Politics › Re: Bayelsa, Imo And Kogi Election Results Will Be Uploaded To IREV - INEC by Paraman: 5:59pm On Oct 15, 2023

The Bayelsa REC is technically right.

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Politics › Power Transmission Capacity Now 8,500MW – FG by Paraman(op): 4:11pm On Oct 15, 2023

The Federal Government has said Nigeria’s power transmission capacity increased to 8,500 megawatts.

It disclosed this through the Transmission Company of Nigeria, a Federal Government’s firm, stressing that TCN was currently capable of evacuating every quantum of electricity produced by power generation companies.

Speaking on the sidelines of the just concluded Bi-annual Joint Operations, Generation and Distribution Companies planning meeting in Abuja, the General Manager, Transmission Service Provider, TCN, Ajiboye Oluwagbenga, told The PUNCH that the government was not relenting in raising Nigeria’s power transmission capacity.

The meeting, which was hosted by the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, had senior officials of various power generation, transmission and distribution companies in attendance.

The power generation and distribution arms of the sector were privatised in November 2013 and managed by private investors, while the government was still fully in charge of the transmission segment of the industry.

Reacting to concerns raised by Gencos that TCN did not have adequate capacity to evacuate the quantum of power produced by electricity generation companies, Oluwagbenga debunked the claim.

He said, “If you are talking about distribution constraints, that is there. But with generation, presently, available capacity can be conveniently wheeled. We don’t have constraints. In the few places we envisaged constraints, we are already working, preparing for evacuation.”

When asked to state the current capacity of the transmission company, he said the firm just did a simulation that showed that its capacity to transmit power had risen to 8,500MW.

Oluwagbenga said, “Let me tell you one funny thing about this sector now, if you people attended the meeting we had with Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission recently, we demonstrated by simulation that TCN can conveniently wheel 8,500MW.

“But up till now, the power generation that is coming to the grid is always revolving around 4,000MW; why? We can blame the Discos (distribution companies) partially because we believe the off-take is not there due to revenue issues.

“But at the same time, I want to ask a germane question, when we were talking about service level agreement, why is the generation arm shying away from signing an agreement of 5,000MW?

“If they have enough capacity, why can’t they come together and sign the agreement as Discos and TCN have done. Let them sign their own part of the agreement with us that they will be able to generate 5,000MW and see whether TCN will not be able to evacuate it.”

https://punchng.com/power-transmission-capacity-now-8500mw-fg/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=social

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Politics › Re: The Person Who Rigged 2003 Election For Tinubu Has Confessed To Me - Obasanjo by Paraman: 3:51pm On Oct 15, 2023

Obiedun:
If it was an old news, then the headless mob are bad losers. May their wailing last longer than expected.

amin

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Politics › Re: The Person Who Rigged 2003 Election For Tinubu Has Confessed To Me - Obasanjo by Paraman: 3:05pm On Oct 15, 2023

hisexcellency34:
Abeokuta — PRESIDENT Olusegun Obasanjo alleged yesterday that his party, the People's Democratic Party (PDP) won the 2003 gubernatorial elections in Lagos State only for the results to be falsified and the PDP denied victory.

He vowed that a repeat would not be allowed in 2007 and the person who allegedly falsified the result of the 2003 polls has confessed and apologised to him.

https://allafrica.com/stories/200602030555.html

This is a very old news

It was publish before 2007 or in 2007

Politics › Re: Nigeria Ranks 4th On World Bank’s Borrowers’ List With $14.3billion Debt by Paraman: 2:58pm On Oct 15, 2023

Blackfire:
A bag of rice is now 60k

Una never chi chom chin

It dropped to 48k yesterday

I pray it keeps on falling

Foreign Affairs › Re: Why Is Israel Ground Operation Delayed? by Paraman: 11:23am On Oct 15, 2023

Biodun556:
Some says it is because of rain, some said no they scared

Israel will regret invading Gaza if they do so.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Breaking: Hezbollah Captures Israeli Military Base ,raises Flag. by Paraman: 11:20am On Oct 15, 2023

RevDesm0ndJuju:
Hezbollah troops have captured an IDF military base in the remote border outpost after successfully crossing the border and capturing the base.

Hezbollah is now flying their flag over the IDF base in Mohab, northern Israel.

fake news

Politics › Zungeru Hydropower Project To Yield 2.64B Kwh Yearly – Chinese Consortium by Paraman(op): 7:44am On Oct 15, 2023

The Chinese consortium, consisting of the China National Electric Engineering Company (CNEEC) and Sinohydro, has announced that the Zungeru hydropower project will generate an annual electricity output of 2.64 billion kWh.

This disclosure was made in a statement released in Abuja, as reported by the News Agency of Nigeria.

The consortium emphasized that this project would significantly contribute to Nigeria’s power generation capacity, highlighting it as a testament to the strong China-Nigeria partnership.

The Zungeru hydropower project is designed not only to generate electricity but also to provide flood control, irrigation, water supply, and fish-breeding facilities.

Hurdles and milestones on the Zungeru Hydropower project construction journey
Construction on the power plant began in May 2013, with an initial completion date set for 2018. However, legal and financial challenges related to ecological settlement in the affected area caused delays, and the project’s commissioning was postponed until 2021.

The COVID-19 pandemic further disrupted the construction schedule when the site had to be shut down in 2020.

Despite security challenges, such as attacks on workers in 2022, the project continued to progress. As of August 15, 2023, the project was successfully handed over to the Federal Government.

Located on the Kaduna River in Niger, this 700MW hydroelectric facility, costing approximately $1.3 billion (₦162.9 billion), represents one of the largest power projects completed in Nigeria in the last decade and one of the largest in Africa.

It is designed to generate 2,630 GWh of energy with a total installed capacity of 700 MW.

The Zungeru project is a vital component of Nigeria’s Renewable Energy Master Plan (REMP), which aims to increase the share of renewable electricity, including wind, solar, biomass, and small hydro, in the country’s energy mix.

The Nigerian government has set ambitious targets to achieve 23% renewable electricity by 2025 and 36% by 2030.

In addition to Zungeru, several other hydroelectric power plant (HPP) projects are in various stages of development in Nigeria, including the 3,050-MW HPP, 360-MW Gurara II HPP, 38-MW Dadinkowa HPP, 40-MW Itisi HPP, and 3,100-MW Mambilla HPP.

It’s worth noting that Nigeria, with a population of over 160 million people, faces challenges in meeting its electricity demand, as its existing power projects generate only 4,000 MW of electricity.

https://nairametrics.com/2023/10/09/zungeru-hydropower-project-to-yield-2-64b-kwh-yearly-chinese-consortium/

Agriculture › Re: Akwaibom Local Fishermen Caught Some Octupus by Paraman: 9:08pm On Oct 14, 2023

LocalFARMERS:
Octopos is some people's favorite food.
Below is Octopos Soup.

I no fit touch that soup

Politics › Re: Emefiele: Heavens Won't Fall If Tinubu Arrests Buhari by Paraman: 7:26pm On Oct 14, 2023

bennybuhari:
Heavens won't fall if President Bola Tinubu arrests former president Muhammadu Buhari who authorized Godwin Emefiele to carry out the Naira redesign policy which brought untold pains on Nigerians.

Buhari has questions to answer

tinubu won't arrest buhari, take your mind away from such a thing because it will never happen.

Politics › Re: Police Parade 31 Suspects, Recover 103 Diverted Imported Rugs, DAF Truck, Others by Paraman: 7:24pm On Oct 14, 2023

See the kin gbese dem put a business man.
#550,000,000,000 loun loun... The business man fit don get high blood pressure

Politics › Re: Wale Edun Gets World Bank Appointment by Paraman: 6:21pm On Oct 14, 2023

Congratulation to him

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Business › Re: I&E Window Records $53.02m Turnover After CBN Lifts Forex Ban by Paraman: 6:12pm On Oct 14, 2023

I hope the CBN is prepared for the importers

I see the naira weakling against the dollar at the official window... I see naira strengthening against the dollar at the black market

This i have seen

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Politics › Re: Neither Tinubu Nor Atiku Forged Credentials With INEC-Kperogi by Paraman: 6:03pm On Oct 14, 2023

ogbonti:
boy, the report will start coming out this month

of october - not 2031 dude - or are you saying

Tinubu will be released from prison in 2031?

just dey play - the FBI release will put make

the supreme court judges beg Tinubu

to take his bribe away that they can’t do this

arrangee anymore - they want to tell you now

the real name of Tinubu - how he entered the

US - all the crimes he committed and tell me

after such release any EU leader or US leader

will seat down and have a conversation with

such a man - even African leaders will

start avoiding him - just brace up bro

ona go explain taya - shay ona don grab am

thief am - snatch am- run away with am ?

but no where to hide am 😂😂😂

FBI. CIA. DEA. IRS. all have info on this man

only one man ? ona go explain taya

beginning from this month - i dare you

agbadorians to say FBI is lying ? ona go hear

am - then CNN and FOX news go carry am

then Americans go officially ban the criminal

government official begin seize their property

😁😁😜😜😁😁😁😁😁😁

ona go hear word - you agbadorians

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZqM8T79kM8?si=cp4m8vTE4Oy8Wcq0

Lol

Bro calm yourself down. You can remove tinubu with your votes in 2027. No matter what, tinubu will finish his first tenure and recontest because Nigerian president can not be prosecuted

Politics › Re: IMF Proposes Higher Taxes As Solution To Nigeria’s Fiscal Challenge by Paraman: 3:56pm On Oct 14, 2023

soccerlite:
Some of you just hear one political gribbish someone and resound it

Which tax gangan are a lot people not paying

Make the research yourself

Politics › Re: Neither Tinubu Nor Atiku Forged Credentials With INEC-Kperogi by Paraman: 3:56pm On Oct 14, 2023

ogbonti:
all those supporting Tinubu saying he is clean

Let’s wait first for the FBI report

I hope you guys will say FBI is lying too

It is a full time job without pay defending

Tinubu- ona go explain taya

waiting for the first 500 pages of FBI report

please - popcorn 🍿 please 🤣

Are you sure you're ready to do this till 2031?

Politics › Re: IMF Proposes Higher Taxes As Solution To Nigeria’s Fiscal Challenge by Paraman: 2:43pm On Oct 14, 2023

Kennitrust:
like your father

Why are some of you guys this stupid sef? Ko kin ye mi

I won't be shock if you disrespect your parents at home. People like you are cowards on the street

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