Quote:A former National chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has congratulated Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on his re-election.

Oyegun, in a statement on Tuesday, noted that egocentric politicking could be overcome.

“Please accept my deepest congratulations, Mr. Governor on your re-election as Governor of our great Edo State.

“You and your exemplary Deputy have shown that with good work and principled leadership, the ills of overbearing and egocentric politicking in our nation can be overcome.”

He noted: “Your very significant victory marks a watershed in Edo and indeed Nigerian politics and so places additional responsibilities on your shoulders.”

“I wish you and your Deputy four more years of inspired and productive leadership of our people who have reposed so much confidence in you,” Odigie-Oyegun added.

https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2020/09/22/obasekis-victory-shows-egocentric-politicking-can-be-defeated-odigie-oyegun/amp/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter&__twitter_impression=true

Quote:FG, States, LGs Share N682.060bn As Allocation For August, 2020

The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total of N682.060 billion August 2020 federation account revenue to the Federal, States and Local Government Councils and agencies.

This was made known after the monthly Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting for September 2020 held through virtual conferencing; chaired by Dr. Mahmud Isa-Dutse, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance.

The gross statutory revenue of N531.830 billion was received for the month of August 2020. This was lower than the N543.788 billion received in the previous month by N11.958 billion.

The gross revenue available from the Value Added Tax (VAT) was N150.230 billion as against N132.619 billion available in the previous month, resulting in an increase of N17.611 billion.

A communiqué issued by the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) indicated that from the total distributable revenue of N682.060 billion; the Federal Government received N272.905 billion, the State Governments received N197.648 billion and the Local Government Councils received N147.422 billion.

The Oil Producing States received N30.881 billion as 13% derivation revenue, while cost of revenue collection and transfers collectively had allocation of N33.205 billion.

The Federal Government received N251.948 billion from the gross statutory revenue of N531.830 billion; the State Governments received N 127.791 billion and the Local Government Councils received N98.522 billion.
N30.881 billion was given to the relevant States as 13% derivation revenue and N22.689 billion was the collective total for cost of revenue collection, transfers and refund to agencies.

The Federal Government received N20.957 billion from the Value Added Tax (VAT) revenue of N150.230 billion. The State Governments received N69.857billion; the Local Government Councils received N48.900 billion, while cost of revenue collection and transfers collectively had allocation of N10.516 billion.

The Communiqué stated that for the month of August 2020, Oil and Gas Royalty, Companies Income Tax (CIT), Import and Excise Duty and Value Added Tax (VAT) increased considerably, while Petroleum Profit Tax (PPT) decreased significantly.

The balance in the Excess Crude Account (ECA) as at 17th September, 2020 was $72.409 million.

https://dailytrust.com/faac-fg-states-lgs-share-n682-bn-for-august

Ondo election: Why I didn’t pick Akeredolu’s deputy as running mate – Jegede


 
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 September 23, 2020




The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the Ondo governorship election, Eyitayo Jegede, has revealed why he did not pick the Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi, as his running mate.


Agboola had defected to the PDP from the All Progressives Congress (APC) in a bid to secure a governorship ticket, but lost out to Jegede in the primaries.


The Deputy governor eventually left PDP for Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), where he emerged as the flagbearer.

Many observers had expected Jegede and Ajayi to team up against the APC candidate and incumbent Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu.


But Jegede announced Gboluga Ikengboju as his running mate.


Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, Jegede said, “Ajayi chose not to be my deputy. His ambition is to be a governor under a political party. He left the APC, came to PDP, defeated in our primary, and went to ZLP.


“I took opinions from virtually everybody. People chose who became my running mate. When a choice is made we must respect it. One should not allow his ambition to override the choice of the people.

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“All the policies that we are fighting, the pains we want to end are the product of Akeredolu and his deputy. He was in our party (as a member) for just six weeks. He is a very powerful person and humble, you cannot do away with that.”

Primary School Pupil, 9 Others Dead In Lokoja Tanker Explosion (Viewers Discretion Advised)

Quote:A primary school pupil died on Wednesday alongside nine persons after a petrol tanker exploded at Felele area of Lokoja, Kogi State capital, Igbere TV reports.

It was gathered that the tanker lost control and rammed into oncoming vehicles before going up in flames around 8am.

Some of the victims are Kogi State Polytechnic students.

Igbere TV also learnt that emergency responders failed to attend to the fire for over one hour.

Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello in a statement by his spokesperson Onogwu Muhammed commiserated with the bereaved families.

“It is very sad to learn of the tragic loss of lives, many vehicles, property and other valuables in the petrol tanker fire,” he said.

He also urged students of the polytechnic to maintain peace.

https://igberetvnews.com/1365603/primary-school-pupil-9-others-dead-lokoja-tanker-explosion-viewers-discretion-advised/

Seek immediate and unconditional reversal of the hike in petrol price from the current N160 to N86 price of 2012, and reversal of the increase in electricity tariffs and VAT.

Security agents comprising police, Department of State Security and Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps have stopped some Nigerians from staging a protest against the increase in the prices of petrol, electricity and Value Added Tax in the country.

The protest led by a civil society organisation, Joint Action Forum, started as a rally in front of the premises of the Nigerian Union of Journalists along Farm Center Road on Tuesday morning amidst heavy security presence.

In a statement by Chairman of the group, Dr Musa Bashir, and the Secretary, Abba Bello Ahmed, the Joint Action Forum called on the Nigerian Government to reverse the price of fuel from N160 to N86 and also the increase of electricity tariff and Value Added Tax.

"Immediate and unconditional reversal of the hike in petrol price from the current N160 to N86 price of 2012, and reversal of the increase in electricity tariffs and VAT.

"The government has the responsibility to make our refineries work and build new ones in order to ensure availability of petroleum products at cheaper and affordable prices.

"Re-engineering of the security apparatus to ensure organised crimes such as terrorism, banditry, kidnapping, armed robbery are reduced to the barest minimum is curtailed."

The protesters called on organised labour to ensure that the agreed minimum wage of N30,000 was implemented in the country.

http://saharareporters.com/2020/09/22/security-agents-stop-protest-against-hardship-kano

Peter Okoye and Lola Omotayo-Okoye release photos of their son to celebrate him as he turns 12







Peter Okoye and Lola Omotayo-Okoye's son, Cameron Okoye turns 12 today and his parents took to Instagram to celebrate him.
 
The proud parents released some old and new photos of their son as they showered him with encomium.
 
See below.
 

Quote:Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has denied reports that he and some members of his family are under the United States of America watchlist, describing same as “recycled false allegations.”

Media reports surfaced on Monday to the effect that the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, FinCEN, an agency of the United States Department of Treasury, has flagged some transactions linked to the top politician as suspicious, in its surveillance of money movements within the international system.

Reacting to the media report, the 2019 Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in a statement signed by his media aide, Paul Ibe, said neither him nor any member of his family has breached any law, locally or internationally.

The statement reads: “My attention has been drawn to recycled and regurgitated lies about the person of Atiku Abubakar.

“For the avoidance of doubt, Atiku Abubakar is not under any US watch list, neither has he been charged, or will ever be charged by the United States Justice Department or any other in a foreign jurisdiction.

“It will be recalled that these recycled lies were re-unearthed just before the February 23, 2019 Presidential election, and to put paid to them, His Excellency, Atiku Abubakar, applied for and received a US visa, whereupon he embarked on a visit to the United States on January 17, 2019. He stayed at a hotel just miles to the United States Department of Justice.

“Atiku Abubakar in the course of that trip was also received in audience, by officials of the United States Government.

“These ‘new’ reports are a desperate gambit to recast these discredited accusations. They are meant to divert the attention of Nigerians from the recent statement by the Secretary of State of the United States, Mr Mike Pompeo, announcing visa and travel bans for certain unnamed but notorious individuals.

“Moreover, the timing of this report, less than 24 hours after the Edo state gubernatorial elections, should give some thought to thinking people.

“And considering the season that we are in, more of such jaundiced stories seeking to discredit Atiku Abubakar would come. However, it needs to be reiterated that the former Vice President and every member of his family keeps a clean business portfolio that has nothing to do with government resources and in conformity with local and foreign laws of respective countries.”

Man puts semen in colleague's water bottle and honey jar after she rejected him







A man has been convicted after he put semen in a colleague's water bottle and honey jar.
 
Stevens Millancastro, 30, carried out the vile acts after his co-worker rejected his advances after he asked her out on a date, a court heard.
 
The California man also put semen on the woman's workspace, as well as in a bottle of honey she used for her tea.
 
Millancastro was convicted on assault and battery charges on Monday, September 21.
 
The colleague had filed a complaint against him to the HR department. She also asked her boss to tell Millancastro to stop staring at her, according to prosecutors.
 
However, when he did not stop, she filed the complaint.
 
Upon arriving to work, the woman found a "cloudy substance" in her water bottles on several occasions.
 
Her boss then agreed to place a surveillance camera facing her desk, and when she arrived one morning to find a "milky white substance" on her keyboard the footage was checked.
 
According to Mercury News the footage showed Millancastro had waited until the woman left before smearing his semen from a tissue on to her keyboard.
 
His semen was also found in the water bottles and jar of honey, say investigators.
 
The woman's testimony stated that Millancastro made her feel "very, very uncomfortable."
 
She said she was "disgusted" to find the bodily fluid on her personal property.
 
The crimes occurred in La Palma, California, between November 2016 and January 2017.
 
A sentencing is due to take place on October 6. Millancastro could face up to two years and six months in prison, and he will be required to register as a sex offender as he committed the crimes for sexual purposes according to the judge.

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Helen Paul studying to become a professor in U.S







Nigerian TV show host and comedienne, Helen Paul is reportedly taking a postdoctoral study in an undisclosed university in America.
 
The Nation reported that Helen Paul is on the verge of becoming a professor barely a year after emerging Nigeria’s first popular stand-up comedienne to bag a Doctorate Degree. Recall that the comedienne completed her Ph.D programs in Theatre Arts from the University of Lagos in 2019.
 
A source told the publication; 
 

Quote:“Yes, Helen Paul has been shuttling between Nigerian and the US for some months now. While studying to become a Professor, she is also working as a lecturer in one of the institutions in the US.


“She is really an inspiration to this generation because combining these academic feats with her comedy career in Nigeria is no child’s play.”

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Killings in Nigeria: UK lawmakers report Buhari to Commonwealth


 
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 September 23, 2020


Some lawmakers in the United Kingdom parliament have reported President Muhammadu Buhari to the Secretary-General of Commonwealth over the unabating spate of killings in the country.


The British lawmakers wrote the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland QC, over widespread violence in Nigeria.


These lawmakers include Caroline Cox, David Alton, Jin Shannon and Helena Kennedy.


According to them, thousands of civilians in Nigeria had been killed and elements of the Nigerian Government may be complicit in the violence.


Others, who signed the letter, are Lord Williams, Lord Carey, Dr Christopher Cocksworth, Phillip Mounstephen, Lord Stoddart, Lord Anderson, Lord Cormack.


Sir Geoffrey Nice QC, Ayo Adedoin, Ewelina Ochab, Mervyn Thomas, Dr Khataza Gondwe, Nevile Kyrte-Smith, Dr John Eibiner and Ann Buwalda.

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The lawyer sought intervention on the killings in Nigeria, highlighting the helplessness of the current administration.
 

Edo election: APC speaks on expelling Oshiomhole from party


 
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 September 22, 2020



The Aslem Ojezua-led faction of the Edo All Progressives Congress, APC, has dispelled rumour that plans are underway to expel Adams Oshiomhole, a former National Chairman of the party from the party.


Ojezua told The Nation that the rumour making the rounds that the APC faction has written the national body of the party informing it of their plans to expel to end Oshiomhole’s membership of the ruling party.
Ojezua insisted that the APC was yet to meet to review the entire election, adding that such plans are not known to him.

According to Ojezua, “We have not met. We are meeting on Thursday to review the entire situation. That is when we will make our decision known by way of formal briefing. We have not met. We shall meet on Thursday.”


A tweet, allegedly by Ajezua on Tuesday had read, “I have written to the APC National headquarters that I and all the party chairmen down to the ward level have all signed the petition to completely expel Adams Oshiomhole from our great Party.”


Incumbent Governor Godwin Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, defeated his main opponent and candidate of the APC, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu in the last Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State.


Prior to the election, Obaseki left the ruling APC for the PDP following a faceoff with his predecessor, Oshiomhole which led to his disqualification by the party due to alleged certificate issues.

Quote:The Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, on Monday, commissioned a modern chocolate factory in the ancient city of Idanre in Idanre Local Government Area of the state.

The factory, though initiated by his predecessor in partnership with a United States-based firm, Spagnvola Chocolatiers, was completed by the Akeredolu led administration.

The factory, estimated to be worth #9billion, will produce 2.8 million tons of Chocolate per annum.

The governor said his dream for Ondo “is to be a state that doesn’t rely on allocation from the federation account to pay salaries and fund infrastructure before the year 2024”.


He said, “I will work to hand over a State that does not rely on allocation to pay salaries by the year 2024.

“I want to change our narrative. Enough of Ondo being tagged as a civil service state. We are a hidden wealth of Nigeria. We shall explore all our potentials.

“Let me assure all the good people of Ondo State that this factory shall run independently of politics. It shall be run in line with global best practices.


“To guarantee a constant supply of cocoa beans to the factory, the Oda Cocoa Plantation, which is over 1,744 Hectares, has been resuscitated and made functional with over 250 Cocoa farmers upscaling daily production from the farm


“I will never rest until we win the battle against unemployment in our state through industrialisation, agriculture, and technology.

“To consolidate our foothold as the number one cocoa producer in Nigeria, this administration has established a modern cocoa farm at Ijugbere Camp in Ilale, Owo on 8,400Hectatres of land with the capacity to accommodate 2,000 youths who would be resident on the farm with a minimum of four Hectares of Land per person.”


In their separate remarks, the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Agriculture and Agro Business, Pastor Akin Olotu, and the Special Adviser to the Governor on Investment and Development, Mr. Boye Oyewumi, said the factory was already moribund before the emergence of the current administration

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Quote:The news coming out of Akoko in Ondo State, where the thugs of the All Progressives Congress’ Rotimi Akeredolu, under his supervision, ran amok in front of the Oba’s palace, shooting and destroying the vehicles of his rival, Eyitayo Jegede of the Peoples Democratic Party, requires the attention of all men of goodwill, especially President Muhammadu Buhari.

History must not repeat itself, as this ugly incident draws my mind back to 1983 when another Owo man was governor like Akeredolu in Ondo State. Those who were around then would shiver when they think back and remember the public disorder that became known as ‘wetie’.

A piece by Bayo Olupohunda in The Punch of November 8, 2016, captures the issue.
“The Second Republic, which was barely four years and three months old, was truncated when the military struck again in December of 1983 to bring to an end another corrupt and violent civilian regime. Once again, Ondo State, which had been carved out of the old Western Region as one of the five states created by former military ruler, Yakubu Gowon, erupted into an orgy of violence during the election of that year. One of Awolowo’s protégés, Adekunle Ajasin, was contesting re-election under the umbrella of the UPN. His deputy, Akin Omoboriowo, who had also fancied his chances had defected to the ruling NPN.

“He was backed by the federal might of the Shehu Shagari-led government. At the election, Ajasin had a clear lead, but the NPN, intent on taking the state from the UPN, had put Omoboriowo in a clear lead as a result was being announced. Then, the inevitable happened. The widespread protests that followed the announcement of Omoboriowo turned violent, and the state became a war front. Political thugs and supporters of both parties turned the state into a theatre of war.

“There were fears and apprehension as people loyal to one of the parties were targeted and killed. Houses were torched. The security agencies were powerless in a bid to rein in the perpetrators of the violence. In the end, Omoboriowo was driven out of the state and spent some time in exile. The 1983 violence was a repeat of the Western Region crisis. The effect of the violence was instant. It provided a further excuse for the military to put an end to the Second Republic that was already wracked by monumental corruption.”

Ondo is different in the Yoruba nation. They have demonstrated the ability to act their intention. They are brave, independent and fearless. Whosoever allows Ondo to go the way of violence risks too much. Mr President, you have a duty to read the riot act to all parties. Ondo must not go to the dogs. Rotimi Akeredolu, lose if you will, and go in peace, that you may salvage whatever is left of your battered image.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10158571276152528&id=715462527

Davido showing off his drumming skills in a Church in Asaba, Nigeria. Church members dances their sorrow away   

Watch video below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC-kjIxLj2U

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Human lives no longer matter to these Fulani Herdsmen as they have been on a killing spree all over the country.

The video reaching us at ONLY ANIMATED VIDEOS confirms a young lady was brutally butchered and left for dead by Fulani Herdsmen in Abakaliki, Ebonyi state capital.

The incident happened during the early hours of today Tuesday 22 September, 2020 at Ishiagu Ivo LGA of Ebonyi state.

She was rushed to the nearest hospital, but unfortunately died due to the severity of injuries sustained.

This is wrong and comdemable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt8EA0covfU

Source https://www.facebook.com/100004054900921/posts/2216119005199908/?app=fbl

Quote:Kola Ologbondiyan, National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in this interview with TEMIDAYO AKINSUYI, speaks on the just concluded Edo governorship election, Nigeria at 60, restructuring and other issues. Excerpts:

Your party, the PDP just secured victory in the just concluded governorship election in Edo state. How do you feel?

I feel so elated for a hard battle won. It is a collective victory for all of us. Like I said on my social media page, this victory is historic, the aroma is sweet and its lesson for political godfathers will last a lifetime. The people’s power will always prevail. Once again, congratulations to Governor Obaseki, his deputy, Phillip Shaibu and the good people of Edo state.

Nigeria will be celebrating 60 years of independence as a sovereign nation on October 1st, how far do you think we have come as a nation?

I think we might not have been able to reach the expectations of our founding fathers. However, prior to the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, I think we were progressing as a people. Painfully however, the last five years has expanded the divisive tendencies in our nationhood. It is shocking that under a watch of our President that served the Nigerian Army and rose to the position of Major-General, our nation can become so divided to an extent that ethnic demands have overridden the bands of unity.

I don’t know how the Buhari administration will want to manage this and take us back to a united country. But like eminent Nigerians have said in the last few weeks, we have become much more divided than we have ever been in the last 60 years of our nation.

The Presidency, through Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media said the division in the country did not start under this government and that Nigeria has always been divided. What is your take on that?

I think Femi Adesina’s argument is far misplaced or maybe he did not understand the context of the question he was responding to. What Nigerians are saying is that there can be conflicts and divisions, but we have not had a President whose policy direction and approach to national cohesion has been this divisive. We have never had a President whose policies have demonstrated a huge division in our nation like President Buhari.


We are not saying there have never been grounds for people disagreeing or have challenges; after all, we have had a civil war. But what we are saying is that we have never had a leader, a President whose actions and policy direction has demonstrated a huge division in our nation like President Buhari. That is the question Femi Adesina ought to have responded to. It is disgusting and painful that a government that came into office on a mantra of change, saying that things were not going well under the previous administration and that if elected, they will come and repair the crisis area in our nation, to have allowed itself by the manner of the leadership it is providing for the nation. It is worthy of note that this division is affecting their policies.

How do you mean?

For instance, President Buhari said agriculture is the main focus of his policies. He also said that the youths should go back to the farm. But today, if you go and plant, Fulani herdsmen will come in and destroy your farmland. No matter what you do, you cannot get justice. We even have a situation where the Presidency said we should go and live with our neighbours. So, these are the tendencies that have become worrisome in the lives of our nation. We have never had a President whose policies is driven on the basis of where he comes from; a president whose policies of his administration can be manifestly seen that he taking side with a particular region of the country.


Will that encourage unity in our country? Will that foster the spirit of togetherness? All these actions have failed to enable us more than ever before to see ourselves as one Nigerian. Part of the legacy President Buhari must work towards leaving behind is that of a united Nigeria because no matter how Femi Adesina wants Nigerians to believe that the country has always been divided, it has never been this divided in the history of our nation.

Do you agree with former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s position on the state of affairs of the nation under President Buhari?

There is no Nigerian that has the love of this country that will not speak in the manner Baba (Olusegun) Obasanjo, Prof. Wole Soyinka and other eminent Nigerians have spoken. In whatever way you look at it or in whichever manner you want to ascribe the blame of our crisis, what Nigerians are saying is that we have never had it this worse under this administration.


When the presidency was attacking Obasanjo, our party counseled President Buhari to listen to the voice of wisdom. His approach to governance is to say the least, very disappointing. Those who packaged Buhari in 2015 gave Nigerians the impression that he was coming to make the difference and be the Messiah that Nigerians have been waiting for. Can any of them now in their clear conscience say they have been justified given what has happened in the last five years? They cannot, because the performance of the administration has been a disappointing one.

One major issue that has continued to dominate the political space is the restructuring of the country. The APC-led federal government has refused to implement the reports of the 2014 national conference but rather set up the El-Rufai committee on True Federalism which has already submitted the report. Why do you think the party has not done anything in that regard?

For us in the PDP, we did not for one day took the El-Rufai committee on restructuring serious. Part of the campaign that was made by the APC in 2015 was restructuring. They have not by any effort come close to their own promise. In whatever way you look at the administration, it has manifestly failed. If you make a promises, even if you can’t fulfill all, you can still walk around part of the promises and provide hope that even after you have left office, any office that is coming after you will be able to do part of what you have left behind.

The reality is that this APC government is not prepared for restructuring. They cannot deal with it and they cannot fulfill any promise. In a tenure of eight years, we have had this government for five years. By next year, politics will begin in full swing while governance will take the backseat. So, what is left for them to do.

The APC recently said Nigerians should calm down that restructuring has already begun. Are you saying the party is not sincere?

When you talk about restructuring, it appears to different people from different angle. There are those who believe in devolution of power as restructuring. To these ones, to restructure Nigeria, power must be taken from the centre and given to the states and local governments. There are others who believe that the 36 states and FCT is not working and as such, we must go back to regionalism; that is also restructuring.

There are those who believed that a bicameral legislature is too expensive and that we should go back to a unicameral legislature; that is also restructuring. There are those who believe that the states should be allowed to have their own police while there are others who believe that even the local councils should have their own police; it is still restructuring. There are those who believe that the traditional rulers should be given roles in the constitution in such a manner that they can look over their domains; it is also restructuring.

There are those who also believe that each state should be allowed to manage its resources and return a percentage of those resources to the centre, in order to enable the centre run its affairs. That is also restructuring. So, there are various ways of restructuring that Nigerians have expectations. In all these angles of restructuring that I have explained, which one can you point to that the Buhari administration has attempted to implement? None! So, as far as we are concerned in the PDP, we have seen the eight years of President Buhari as a passer-by years. We do not know in concrete terms what Nigerians will be able to point to after the eight years of his administration.

https://www.independent.ng/buharis-eight-years-is-just-a-passing-phase-ologbondiyan/

RHAPSODY OF REALITIES


WEDNESDAY 23RD SEPTEMBER.



LIVING IN CHRIST BY PASTOR CHRIS 
OYAKHILOME.


So then, just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in Him (Colossians 2:6 NIV).

On a certain day, as Jesus taught in one of the synagogues, He noticed a woman who was bent double; she couldn’t straighten herself. She had been in that condition for eighteen years. Then, Jesus said to her, “...Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God” (Luke 13:12-13).


Before we review Paul’s amazing submission in the verse above, let’s read what he said in the 20th verse: “Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances” (Colossians 2:20). Notice his amazing communication; he says the Christian doesn’t live in this world, in this natural plane of life. Where then does the Christian live? He lives in Christ!


Christ is the home and new environment of the one who’s born again. Notice 2 Corinthians 5:17; it says, “If any man be in Christ…”; Christ is a place. You’re not supposed to be affected, ruled or influenced by the rudiments of this world, because you live in a different environment. In that environment, everything is perfect; there’s no failure, weakness, defeat, sickness, disease, poverty or anything of darkness. We only have God’s glory and righteousness.


Now you can better understand what we read in our opening verse; “just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in Him.” Living in Christ is living in the kingdom of heaven in the earth, with absolute mastery over circumstances, shielded, nourished and protected by His divine power. Hallelujah!



PRAYER

Christ is my home; Christ is my life and Christ is my all! In Him I live, and move and have my being. His glory is all I see, have and experience. I’m not subject to circumstances; rather, I reign and manifest the glory and righteousness of Christ, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.



FURTHER STUDY

Philippians 3:20-21 AMPC; Romans 8:1; 2 Corinthians 5:17


1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
Ephesians 1:1-14 & Isaiah 11-12


2 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
1 Timothy 6:1-16 & Jeremiah 41












#AFFIRMATIONTRAIN 23RD SEPTEMBER


I affirm that Christ is my wisdom; I have insight into mysteries and secrets; I know how things run, and I know how to tame the circumstances of life to conform to God’s perfect will for my life. Hallelujah! 


Daily, I am propelled by the force of wisdom to say and do the right things, the right way, for God’s glory and purpose. 


I am filled with all the fulness of God; thus, I am energized on the inside for the supernatural. I think and talk differently because the Word of God has renewed my thinking and given me the mind of Christ. 


Hallelujah! I’ve been ushered into a life of unlimited possibilities, victories, and dominion by the wisdom of God. 


There’s no regret or uncertainty in my path because I live in, and by, the Word! Everywhere I go, and in everything I do, divine wisdom is heard in my words, and seen in my actions! 


I live and function in God’s perfect will, having insight into ther realitiesof the Kingdom. Hallelujah! God’s divine blessings and promotions are evident in my life. 


My eyes are empowered to see the right opportunities because the wisdom of God has made His home in the quarters of my heart. 


I function from the standpoint of advantage, power, and excellence. I live in triumph over circumstances, in total fulfilment, joy, glory, and dominion! Blessed be God!







God bless you

You lack knowledge of what APC stands for — Buhari’s ex-aide, Kawu Sumaila hits Governor Uzodinma







Kawu Sumaila, the former SSA to President Buhari on National Assembly House of Representatives Matters has stated that Governor Hope Uzodinma cannot speak for the All Progressives Congress (APC) because "he lacks knowledge of what the party stands for."
 
Sumaila who averrred that Uzodinma did not know why APC was formed and was not there when the ruling party struggled in all its campaigns, told reporters in Kano that Uzodinma's alleged comment about the just concluded Edo state governorship election is "unjust". 
 
The former SSA also called on the APC to look inwards and bring all those who brought the party into disrepute to book. Sumaila also accused former national chairman of the APC, Adams Oshiomhole of leading the party to near collapse.
 
He said; 
 

Quote:“I believe that it is high time the APC looked inwards and bring all those who caused the party into disrepute to book. They should pay for their misdeeds, and this should be from 2019 to date.


“Anybody who does not go with the party’s position should seek relevant legal attention.


“Imo State governor, Hope Uzodinma ranting was nothing but unjust, because in the first place, the governor lacked knowledge of how and why APC was formed and he cannot speak for it.


“Hope Uzodinma was not there when APC struggled in all its campaigns and I had never seen him following President Buhari anywhere during the campaigns, so he lacks knowledge of what APC stands for and he cannot speak for it.”

Quote:The Debt Management Office, DMO, has announced that the total debt stock of Nigeria rose to N31 trillion as of June 2020.

It also said the debts are expected to rise this year following more debts to be sourced from international financiers.

As of March 2020, the debt was at N28.6trn comprising all debts of the Federal Government, the 36 state governments and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).


The latest debt total of N31.009trn debt is about $85.897 billion while that of March which was N28.628trn was about N79.303bn.

Cause of increase

The debt stock grew by N2.38trn or $6.59bn within the three months interval.


The additional increase was due to the $3.36bn Budget Support Loan from the International Monetary Fund IMF), new Domestic Borrowing to finance the Revised 2020 Appropriation Act, the issuance of the N162.557bn Sukuk, and Promissory Notes issued to settle Claims of Exporters.

The components of the debts are:

The multilateral debts are the highest of the stock of N16.360trn accounting for 51.97% of the total stock. The 10 agencies include IMF, World Bank Group, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, Eurobonds and Diaspora bonds.

The bilateral debts account for N3.948trn representing 12.54% of the debt stock taken from the international development agencies of China, France, Japan, India and Germany.

The third debt category is the commercial debt which is N11.168trn and represents 35.48% of the debt. This is the second largest debt after those of the multilateral agencies with Eurobonds and Diaspora bonds accounting for them.

Further rise

The debt stock will rise with the expected borrowing from the World Bank, African Development Bank and the Islamic Development Bank which were arranged to finance the 2020 Budget Appropriation.

The Nigeria Customs Service was recently given part of these funds to automate its services at the ports, to the tune of $3.1 billion.

Most of the loans are long term facilities with the repayment beginning already while the fresh loans’ repayment begin from 2022.

On the Sukuk bonds and other domestic bonds, their maturity periods are often between five and seven years for the repayment.


What you owe

The ministry of finance recently said there are plans made for the loans to be repaid. So far in the 2020 budget, over N3 trillion or a quarter of the budget is dedicated to debt servicing, for repaying the debts.

At N31 trillion, every Nigerian from the over 200 million population owes the debtors N155,000 in debt.

This debt per Nigerian will rise further when the loans from World Bank, AfDB and IsDB comes in later this year.

https://dailytrust.com/nigerias-debts-how-each-nigerian-owes-n155000

Residents complain about the state of Ariaria market in Aba after it rained







Rainfall in Aba forced traders to set up a stilt to protect their goods from water after the Ariaria market became flooded.
 
According to residents, the rainfall wasn't heavy, yet the market was immediately flooded and they worried about what would happen when there's constant rainfall.
 
See some comment below...
 
 

176 New COVID-19 Cases, 162 Discharged And 0 Deaths On September 21

Quote:176 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-73
Plateau-50
FCT-17
Rivers-8
Ondo-6
Niger-5
Ogun-5
Edo-3
Kaduna-3
Oyo-2
Bauchi-1
Bayelsa-1
Delta-1
Nasarawa-1

57,613 confirmed

Quote:Highlights
The 176 new cases are reported from 14 states- Lagos (73), Plateau (50), FCT (17), Rivers ( 8 ), Ondo (6), Niger (5), Ogun (5), Edo (3), Kaduna (3), Oyo (2), Bauchi (1), Bayelsa (1), Delta (1), Nasarawa (1)

A multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 3, continues to coordinate the national response activities

On the 22nd of September 2020, 176 new confirmed cases were recorded in Nigeria
Till date, 57613 cases have been confirmed, 48836 cases have been discharged and 1100 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory

Quote:September 21 https://www.nairaland.com/6134648/covid-19-update-september-21-2020

Hoewel we willen dat je babes er op de grote dag op hun best uitzien, zullen ze de bruid nooit overtreffen! Zorg ervoor dat je je trouwjurk bestelt (of in ieder geval een stijl in gedachten hebt) voordat je een bruidsmeisjekleding kiest. Op deze manier kunnen jij en de meisjes stijlen kiezen die niet te veel op je jurk lijken, maar toch co?rdineren, zodat zowel bruid als bruidsmeisjes er op hun eigen manier chic uitzien.

We kunnen geen enkel meisje bedenken dat het geweldig vindt om de bank te breken voor iets dat ze maar één keer zal dragen, dus maak van betaalbaarheid een topprioriteit. Gelukkig maken we het onze missie om betaalbare bruidsmeisjesjurken Long Prom Dresses aan te bieden voor elk budget - alles is onder de $ 100, woop! Zorg ervoor dat je je meisjes ruim de tijd geeft om hun financi?n op orde te krijgen voordat ze ook een jurk kopen. Daarover meer in de volgende tip ...

Lange doorlooptijden voor bruiloftskleding zijn doorgaans de norm, maar we weten dat te midden van alle chaos op het gebied van huwelijksplanning, uw bruidsmeisjes de trekker over een jurk kunnen uitstellen. We raden aan om bruidsmeisjesjurken 3-4 maanden voor de bruiloft te bestellen, zodat er voldoende tijd is voor uitwisselingen of wijzigingen indien nodig. Bespaar last-minute huwelijksdrama voor de soapseries en dwing een duidelijke deadline af. * Trouwens, dit betekent niet dat je ze moet vragen om 24 uur van tevoren te bestellen - geef de meisjes een behoorlijke hoeveelheid tijd om hun eenden op een rij te krijgen.

Als je van plan bent om naar je ceremonielocatie te wandelen, wil je een trouwjurk voor schaking dragen waar je gemakkelijk in kunt lopen (of je kunt ervoor kiezen om je jurk aan te trekken als je daar aankomt - meer daarover hieronder). zoals trompet- of zeemeermin-bruidsjurken kunnen een beetje te beperkend zijn voor meer dan een klein beetje wandelen. Aan de andere kant zal een gigantische rok in baljurkstijl waarschijnlijk te veel zijn om te beheren voor een wandeltocht. Als je in een auto, terreinwagen, helikopter, skilift, enz. Naar je ceremonie rijdt, hoef je je minder zorgen te maken over wandelen in je jurk en heb je meer flexibiliteit in welke stijl je Kiezen. En als je een geweldige Formal Dresses avontuurlijke huwelijksfotograaf inhuurt, weet ik zeker dat hij of zij je graag wil helpen bij het optillen van je jurk terwijl je een eindje loopt.
 
Als u nu van plan bent om te wandelen (of mountainbiken of kajakken) voor uw avontuurlijke bruiloft, maar van plan bent om op de bestemming uw jurk aan te trekken, zijn er een paar dingen die u moet overwegen. Je hebt een jurk nodig die gemakkelijk in de rugzak past die je wilt meenemen en die niet meer gewicht toevoegt dan waarmee je bereid bent te wandelen. Die gewichtslimiet hangt echt af van wat je gewend bent en hoe lang de wandeling duurt, dus het is voor iedereen anders. Ik raad ten zeerste aan om alles wat je nodig hebt voor je trouwdag in te pakken en uit te proberen om er zeker van te zijn dat je je op je gemak voelt en de gewichtsverdeling in orde is. (Zorg er bij Mermaid Wedding Dresses het kajakken voor dat de jurk in een droge tas past en dat de gevulde tas in uw kajak past of aan het dek is vastgemaakt.) Als u het gewicht of de omvang van de jurk wilt verminderen, zoek dan naar een lichtere stoffen zoals chiffon, katoen, zijde of rayon. Bedenk ook hoe de jurk eruit zal zien nadat deze enkele uren in een rugzak of droge tas is gestopt. Materialen die minder snel kreuken, zijn ideaal!

Een laatste ding om op te merken over kledingstoffen: tule en kant hebben de neiging om vuil, bladeren en kleine stokjes gemakkelijk op te nemen en kunnen mogelijk scheuren. Vooral tule wordt vaak statisch geladen en trekt stof en deeltjes aan zoals je niet zou geloven! Persoonlijk denk ik niet dat dit een groot probleem is voor schakingjurken, omdat avontuurlijke bruiden zich meestal niet al te veel zorgen maken dat hun outfits Balkl?nningar Barn vies worden. Een vuile zoom is een teken van een geweldige avontuurlijke bruiloft! Maar als dat je zou storen, blijf dan uit de buurt van deze materialen of kies een korte jurk.

Denk buiten de kaders.
"Als het gaat om het uitkiezen van de outfits van je bruidsfeestje, is een van de belangrijkste dingen simpelweg om te voorkomen dat je bezwijkt voor een koekjessnijderlijn van jurken die eruitzien als degene die in de kast van Katherine Heigl in 27 jurken zijn gestopt - je weet wie ze Prom Dresses Dallas zijn", zegt Smith. "Vermijd alles uit de paarse familie of tule of een stoffige roos in een strakke trui die op vijf manieren kan worden gestrikt!"

Maak moodboards.
"Er zijn veel factoren waarmee u rekening moet houden bij het bepalen van de esthetiek van uw bruiloft", zegt Smith. Door boeken te bladeren, Pinterest en trouwblogs af te speuren naar inspiratie en het vervolgens allemaal op een moodboard te destilleren - of het nu IRL is of virtueel - kan je helpen je gedachten te ordenen en je doel te verduidelijken.

Vraag jezelf af: is mijn jurk een showstopper of neigt het meer naar ingetogen elegantie?
Trekt de trouwjurk de aandacht van de kamer door middel van borduurwerk, volume of kant? "Als dat zo is, dan moeten je bruidsmeisjesjurken aan de eenvoudige kant zijn, maar toch verheven en substantieel", zegt Smith. "Perfect Galajurken Eindhoven voorbeeld: de jurken van Plum Sykes en Lauren Santo Domingo waren showstoppers. Om dit soort trouwjurken aan te vullen, heb je een meer formele bruidsmeisjekleding nodig van luxe materiaal en een prachtige kleurstelling die bij de setting spreekt. Als je bijvoorbeeld gaat trouwen in een rozentuin in Santa Barbara of in een kasteel in Ierland, zou een duifgrijze faille of een Franse blauwe zijde prachtig zijn. "

Begin met een patroon.
"Als je kiest voor de mix-and-match-methode, raad ik aan om met één patroon te beginnen, meestal een subtiele bloem", zegt Smith. En dan kun je op die afdruk voortbouwen met een ander patroon dat bij de kleur past. Kies vervolgens een paar effen kleuren om in de batch te mengen om wat diepte in je foto's te cre?ren. "

De tijd van het jaar dat je gaat trouwen is belangrijk.
"Voor een herfstbruiloft, Abendkleider Schwarz hou ik van het idee van juweeltonen", zegt Smith. "Voor bruiloften in de lente en zomer kan men speelser zijn met lichtere kleuren en zachtere patronen."

Overweeg lengte.
"Ik ben een groot voorstander van niets boven de knie. Ooit!" zegt Smith. 'Als je trouwjurk meer ontspannen is - denk aan: een satijnen slipdress met twee gezichten à la Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy - kunnen je bruidsmeisjesjurken zachter en meer casual zijn. Maar een lengte boven de knie ziet er vaak ongemakkelijk uit naast de onvermijdelijke zwaarte van een trouwjurk op foto's. "

Raak niet te verstrikt in designerlabels. Kies de jurk, niet het label, en blijf bij een prijsklasse die realistisch is voor jou en je budget.
Bepaal ook een maat die ook realistisch is. Als je ervoor hebt gekozen om af te slanken voor de grote dag, koop de jurk dan nu op jouw maat, Graduation Dresses daarom kan de jurk worden ingenomen, terwijl als je aankomt het moeilijker is om de jurk los te laten (naaister spreek voor 'maak het groter "). Een jurk die te klein is, laat veel minder opties over dan een jurk die te groot is.
Wees ruimdenkend, probeer een reeks stijlen, zelfs jurken die je niet leuk vindt op de hanger, en luister naar de aanbevelingen van de boetiekassistenten, ze weten waar ze het over hebben!
Raak niet ontmoedigd, je kunt verschillende winkels bezoeken en tientallen proberen voordat je 'The One' vindt - probeer geduldig te zijn!
Neem foto's mee van jurken waar je van houdt tijdens het winkelen. Uw boetiek kan iets soortgelijks in voorraad hebben en zo niet, dan zal het de assistent helpen een idee te krijgen van uw stijl.
Als je The One hebt gevonden, ga dan op zoek naar de juiste prijs voordat je tot aankoop overgaat, onthoud dat wanneer je je trouwjurk bestelt, dit een definitieve verkoop is.
Als je je droomjurk gevonden hebt, stop dan met zoeken! We kunnen dit niet genoeg benadrukken!
Gebruik je creditcard om je trouwjurk te betalen - het betekent dat het geld beschermd is als er een probleem is met de winkel - deze tip kwam van een bruid wiens boetiek sloot voordat ze haar jurk had ontvangen.
Als je jurk aankomt, berg hem dan op bij je moeder of op een veilige plek. Kijk er niet naar. Dit elimineert het risico van verleiding en twijfel.

Suspect on FBI's radar for $6m internet fraud turns self in to the EFCC







A suspected internet fraudster, Felix Osilama Okpoh, who has been on the radar of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) following his alleged involvement in $6million internet fraud, has reported himself to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
 
In a statement released on Monday September 22, the EFCC Head, Media, and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, said the commission had commenced an investigation into the matter.
 
He said Okpoh, alongside Richard Izuchukwu Uzuh, Alex Afolabi Ogunshakin, Abiola Ayorinde Kayode, and Nnamdi Orson Benson, were declared wanted by the FBI sometime in 2019 for their alleged involvement in a Business Email Compromise (BEC) scheme that defrauded over 70 businesses in the United States, of over $6million.
 
Uwujaren said the suspect allegedly provided over 40 bank accounts to his conspirators, which were used to receive fraudulent wire transfers from their victims totaling over $1million.

Quote:“He was, on August 21, 2019, indicted in the United States District Court, District of Nebraska, on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.


“However, Okpoh, on Friday, September 18, 2020, turned himself in at the Lagos Zonal Office of the Commission in company with his parents, Col. Garuba Okpoh (rtd) and Chief (Mrs.) Justina Okpoh.


“Okpoh, during interrogation, said he made the move to surrender himself to the Commission out of respect he had for his parents and his resolve to be morally upright”.

Akeredolu, APC will lose Ondo – Primate Ayodele


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 September 22, 2020




Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Ayodele, has declared that the All Progressive Congress (APC) and its candidate, Rotimi Akeredolu, will lose the Ondo State governorship election.


The poll will be held on Saturday October 10.
Ayodele, in a statement on Tuesday, said that Akeredolu will not win except through manipulations and technicality.


The cleric declared that Ondo people have rejected the governor.


‘‘Rotimi Akeredolu will not win Ondo election except through manipulations and technicality, He must not underrate anybody, the candidate of the PDP, Eyitayo Jegede and ZLP, Agboola Ajayi are out to beat him.

“He needs to be careful because he will be betrayed, there are moles in his camp. The people of Ondo state have rejected Akeredolu, no matter the crowd he has now, they won’t give him victory except he manipulate.

“He should wake up, strategize and right his wrongs if he wants to win or else, He will lose gallantly except through manipulations”, Ayodele predicted.

Quote:The Nigeria Labour Congress has vowed to proceed with its planned strike and protest with effect from September 28 following the failure of the Federal Government to reverse the hike in electricity tariff and fuel price.

Rising from its National Executive Council meeting in Abuja a few minutes ago, the NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, said the proposed action by the organised labour would proceed from next week.

He stated that the decision was unanimously taken by the chairmen of the 36 states and FCT chapters of the NLC.

Quote:TUC to join NLC in nationwide strike
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) of Nigeria has on Tuesday disclosed that it will join the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and other the Civil Society allies to execute the nationwide strike which is to commence on the 28th of September.

TUC, after an exhaustive meeting held to review its mobilsation strategies to protest the fuel hike and electricity tariff, resolved that the Congress is going to work in collaboration with its sister Labour unions.

The TUC President, Comrade Quadri Olaleye, in a said: “Consequent upon this, the ultimatum which should expire by midnight of today 22nd September, 2020 has been shifted to 28th September, 2020 for effective and maximum effect. We want to use this opportunity to call on Nigerians, especially those in the informal sector to bear with us while the industrial action lasts.

“There is no need for the pains we bear. It is a needless one. They ask us to tighten our belts while they loosen theirs. Services are not rendered yet we are compelled to pay estimated bills. You will recall that this government during its electioneering campaigns in 2014 told the world there is nothing like subsidy. We were told that they will build refineries, all that are history now. We run a mono-economy and any hike in fuel automatically will have adverse effect on us yet successive government tow that path because they are not creative.

“As at today, about eight states are yet to commence the payment of new minimum wage and its consequential adjustment even though the president signed it into law on April 18, 2019. We have written letters to the governors and also engaged them in dialogue but all to no avail. Sometimes we wonder if these people have conscience at all.

“The Congress hereby appeals to all Nigerians to get ready for the unprecedented mass action against corruption, obnoxious policies, rape and other violent offences, breach of Collective Agreement, unemployment, etc. We also call on the USA, UK, Germany, Spain, etc. to support our struggle by placing indefinite VISA ban on our political leaders whose stock in trade is to loot and impoverish the masses and the country. We can no longer take it. Enough is Enough.”

[url=https://www.sunnewsonline.com/tuc-to-join-nlc-in-nationwide-strike/]SOURCE [/quote]

Police arrest 4 suspects for certificate forgery in Niger State







The Niger State Police Command has arrested four suspects for criminal conspiracy and certificate forgery.
 
Spokesman for the command, ASP Wasiu Abiodun, who confirmed the arrest on Tuesday, September 22, named the suspects as Sule Idris, 50, Suleiman Abubakar, 37, both of Tunga-goro Minna, Suleiman Garba, 41, of Gidan-kuka Minna, and Bright Echebini, 40, of Tunga Minna
 
According to Abiodun, the arrest was made on September 16, by Police Operatives attached to Chanchaga division.


"The initial three suspects were arrested for presenting fake certificates of Niger State College of Education Minna at the screening centre, during the ongoing State Government screening exercise," he said.


"In the course of investigation, the suspects confessed to have conspired and contracted the said Bright Echebini as the printer of the forged documents. He was later arrested while some other forged documents were also recovered from him. Case under investigation." he added.
 

Ex-Nigerian Minister Arrests Hotel Staff, Strip Them Naked For Allegedly Stealing N5,000

Quote:A former Minister of State for Education, Kenneth Gbagi, who is currently nursing a governorship ambition in Delta State in 2023 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, has arrested and charged four of his staff working in his hotel to court for allegedly stealing his N5,000, SaharaReporters has learnt.

It was reliably gathered that Gbagi last week Friday arrested the four staff working in Signatious Hotel, Warri, Delta State, after they were striped naked and photographed inside the hotel before handing them over to the police.



Our correspondent gathered that after dehumanizing the four staff, a male and three females, they were taken to the Ebrumede Police Station to be remanded in custody.

Speaking in confidence with our correspondent, a staff of the hotel revealed that his colleagues were arrested by the former minister over the alleged theft of the said amount.

He said, "My boss, former Minister of State for Education and owner of Signatious Hotel, Chief Kenneth Gbagi, arrested four of my colleagues working for him over the stealing of N5,000 from the hotel when actually the N5,000 was given as a gift to them by a guest because of their good behaviour."

While giving the names of the arrested colleagues as Gloria Oguzie, Victor Ephraim, Rosslyn Okiemute and Achibong Precious, the source said, "Before they were arrested by the police on Friday last week at the hotel, the four staff were stripped naked while they were photographed in the presence of the police.

"We learnt that the dehumanising treatment was instructed by our boss."



It was further gathered that the hotel management forcefully made some withdrawals from the bank accounts of the four staff through their ATM cards before the police took them away in a waiting van.

The four staff were charged before a magistrate court sitting in Effurun after four days of detention.

In a five-count charge, the police accused the suspects of conniving among themselves to steal monies ranging from N156,000, N110,000, N5,000 and N2,000 owned by Signatious Hotel and committed an offence punishable under section 516 and 390 (9), of the criminal code Law Cap21C Vol.1 Law of Delta State.

The four staff, it was learnt, were granted bail on Monday through the intervention of some anti-corruption and human rights activists, who decided to take up the matter.

Warri-based human rights lawyer, Omemiroro Maxwell Ogedegbe, who confirmed the story, said that the four staff were granted bail by a magistrate court sitting in Effurun, Delta State.

SAHARAREPORTERS

Quote:Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu SAN, lhas commissioned the Sunshine Chocolate Factory in Alade Idanre, Idanre local government area of the state.

The factory a Public Private Partnership between Ondo State Government and a United States company, SPAGNVOLA CHOCOLATIERS, was established for the purpose of job creation and economic development of the state, using cocoa value-chain.

Governor Akeredolu said the occasion was remarkable in view of the fact that what his administration inherited from the immediate past government was described by the facility consultant contracted by that same government as not suitable for a chocolate factory as a result of lack of modern equipment which have now been imported by his administration.

Arakunrin Akeredolu said to make the Sunshine Chocolate Factory productive and sustainably profitable, the factory has been extricated from all forms of political control and influences.

To guarantee constant supply of cocoa beans to the factory which has initial processing capacity of about 28 Metric Tons of Cocoa to 2.8Million of Chocolate, Governor Akeredolu said the Oda Cocoa Plantation which is over 1,744 Hectares has been resuscitated and made functional with over 250 Cocoa Farmers upscaling daily production from the farm.

The governor said to consolidate its foothold as the number one cocoa producer in Nigeria, his administration has established a modern cocoa farm at Ijugbere Camp in Ilale, Owo Local Government Area on 8,400Hectatres of land with the capacity to accommodate 2,000 youths who would be resident on the farm with a minimum of four Hectares of Land per youth.

https://brandspurng.com/2020/09/22/rotimi-akeredolu-commissions-sunshine-chocolate-factory-in-idanre/

Russian president Vladmir Putin 'probably directing' efforts to interfere in 2020 election against Joe Biden - CIA assessment says




                      


According to a new report by the Washington Post, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) secretly assessed in August that Russian President Vladimir Putin and his top aides "are aware of and probably directing Russia's influence operations" aimed at undermining Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and favoring Donald Trump in the 2020 election
 
The CIA compiled its August 31 assessment with input from the National Security Agency and the FBI using public, unclassified and classified intelligence sources, the Post reported.


"We assess that President Vladimir Putin and the senior most Russian officials are aware of and probably directing Russia's influence operations aimed at denigrating the former U.S. Vice President, supporting the U.S. president and fueling public discord ahead of the U.S. election in November," the first line of the assessment reads, according to the Washington Post report.
 

 
Former CIA officer Douglas London speaking to CNN in response to the report said that the agency's use of the word "probably" when concerning an issue of such importance means its "analysts are sufficiently confident based on their deep expertise to put their reputations on the line in making such a call."


"It means the intel is good enough that they're not guessing, but have enough pieces of the puzzle to confidently make out the image," London said.
 
US intelligence in August publicly accused Russia of actively interfering in the 2020 election.


"We assess that Russia is using a range of measures to primarily denigrate former Vice President Biden and what it sees as an anti-Russia 'establishment.' 


This is consistent with Moscow's public criticism of him when he was Vice President for his role in the Obama Administration's policies on Ukraine and its support for the anti-Putin opposition inside Russia," William Evanina, director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, said in a statement in August.
 
Following the 2016 presidential election between Trump and Clinton, the US accused Putin in 2017 of directing election meddling efforts.


"We assess Moscow will apply lessons learned from its Putin-ordered campaign aimed at the US presidential election to future influence efforts worldwide, including against US allies and their election processes," US intelligence said.

Politician's son and two others arrested for allegedly circulating rape video of soon-to-be bride in Sokoto







The Sokoto State Hisbah Commission has arrested three people including a politician's son for allegedly circulating a video on social media while sexually assaulting a young lady.
 
According to reports, the victim was said to be scheduled to get married on October 17, but the marriage was called off as a result of the viral video circulated by the suspects.
 
Confirming the arrest to newsmen, the state Hisbah Commandant, Dr. Adamu Kasarawa, said the suspects would be handed over to the police for prosecution.
 
The mother of the victim told newsmen that the principal suspect who is the politician's son, sexually abused her daughter sometime in 2017 when she was 16 years old. She alleged that the suspect stored the video clips for three years with the intention of destroying her daughter’s life.

Quote:“Exactly on June 20, 2020, I received a call from Lagos on the circulated video of my nude daughter being sexually abused by Baffa Hayatu Tafida.
“The suspects shared the clips to my daughter’s suitor along with other online groups,” she said

Edo election: How my prophecies ensured victory for Obaseki – Primate Ayodele


 September 22, 2020

 John Owen Nwachukwu



The leader of INRI Evangelical spiritual church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has claimed that his prophecies about the Edo State governorship election ensured victory for Godwin Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Obaseki won the Saturday’s election against his closest opponent and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu with over 80,000 votes.


Primate Ayodele had consistently spoken out on issues around the Edo State election.
One of his prophecies was that there will be a fight between Obaseki and a former National Chairman of the APC Adams Oshiomhole that will affect his second term ambition with the APC.

He had also prophesied that Oshiomhole will not see 2023 as the national chairman of the APC.


He also said it was revealed to him that Obaseki was ordained to win the election but he only needs to work against manipulation


“Without mincing words, this is what the Lord said, Obaseki should be focused, do all the needful things, Obaseki will win, not Ize Iyamu, excepts APC rigs and anyone who rigs will die, just as I said COVID-19 will kill those who corrupted Nigeria,” he said.


In a statement to DAILY POST on Tuesday, Ayodele said his prophecy has “just been fulfilled as he put it but that it was worthy of note that the words put Obaseki on serious alert,” he said.


He added that “These prophecies also helped the people of Edo to have a direction of what God wants for them in the election, which in turn made them vote massively for Godwin Obaseki.

“It is evident that Godwin Obaseki worked seriously against every form of manipulation in the election, videos were seen where he was personally searching vehicles against stolen ballot boxes,” he said.

Edo elections: Oba of Benin finally breaks silence on Obaseki’s victory


 
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 September 22, 2020



The Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, has congratulated Governor Godwin Obaseki, for winning the Edo State governorship election held last Saturday.


This was contained in a press statement signed by the Secretary, Benin Traditional Council, Frank Irabor and made available to journalists in Benin City, the state capital.


“On behalf of His Royal Majesty, Omo N’Oba N’Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, Oba of Benin, the Benin Traditional Council wishes to congratulate His Excellency, Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki, Governor of Edo State, on his re-election for a second term in office.

“As His Royal Majesty said on numerous occasions, the Benin Throne is non-partisan, on election day the people spoke because the voice of the people is the voice of God”, he said.

The Oba further hailed President Muhammadu Buhari, the National Peace Commission headed by General Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd), the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the security agencies for their roles in ensuring a credible election in the state.

The monarch urged all the citizens of the state to support Obaseki in his developmental strides.

Serving NYSC member cries for justice after SARS in Anambra allegedly brutalized her







A serving NYSC member has accused officers of the Nigeria Police Force in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State of brutality.
 
The corps member, whose name was given simply as Akinlabi to protect her identity, said the harassment began on September 17 when men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad broke into her compound while she was asleep and pointed a flashlight to her face while claiming to be looking for “yahoo boys”.
 
 Narrating her ordeal to SaharaReporters on Tuesday, September 22, Akinlabi said, “On 17th of September 2020 by 2:00am, a team of people broke into our compound claiming to be SARS and searching for yahoo guys. They broke my window net, pointed their torchlight at my face while asleep and commanded me to open the entrance door for them.
 
“I was scared to do as commanded because I couldn't identify who they were, rather, I shouted and ran into the passage for help.
 
"On getting to the passage, I saw another set of people at the window threatening to deal with me if I did not open the door. As I continued to shout for help, one of my neighbours opened her door for me and I entered her room and was shocked as they still came to the window of the woman insisting that we must open the door or they would break the door. 
 
“Some of them later broke into an empty room by cutting off the burglary and entered the passage. The others broke the burglary of the room we were, opened the door for others to have access to the room. They started assaulting me by slapping and hitting me with cutlasses and sticks.
 

 
"At this point, I was practically naked and had to plead with them to allow me to put on my clothes which they eventually allowed but violated my privacy as I was forced to dress up in their presence. The beating continued after that and I got handcuffed like a common criminal for an offence I knew nothing about. They threatened to lock me up for 48 hours for refusing to open the door for them.
 
“I and another guy in the lodge were taken to their van and they asked us to stand in the rain for hours. They insisted on us giving them money for fuel before we could be released. We were released when they realised we were not ready to give any money.”
 
Akinlabi said she reported the incident to NYSC officials in the state and was asked to make an official report at the police station, but she claims her report was falsified and never shown to her.
 
She told the publication: “The following morning, I called my LGI first and my PPA principal and they both asked me to go to the police station to make a report. On getting there, one officer initially refused to take my complaint until she was informed that the DPO was aware of the incident.
 
“In spite of this, she insisted on writing my statement by herself and in her own way. Please note that I never wrote or signed any statement at the police station as the officer refused to allow me to do so,” she said.
 
Akinlabi, who says she currently fears for her safety and that of her family, called on the Inspector-General of Police, rights groups and the international community to investigate the brutal invasion of her residence and assault against her and bring the officers involved to book.
 
She also asked the IGP to see to it that she is duly compensated for damages done to her physically and on her properties in the process of the crime committed against her while serving her country.

Gunmen kill 3 in Benue village







A gunmen attack in Nzoro Council Ward of Guma Local Government Area, Benue State has left 3 people dead. 
 
The attack occurred at about 5:00am on Sunday September 20, while the villagers were asleep in their houses. Chairman of Guma LGA, Caleb Aba who confirmed the attack on Tuesday September 22 said; 
 

Quote:“They killed three people in all. Two persons including one of the victim was beheaded on the spot while the third person died at the hospital. Five of the injured were initially taken to teaching hospital Makurdi, where one died (third person) while two others are now in Gbajimba hospital. We identified them (attackers) as Fulani herders by the language they spoke and robes worn."

Russian cult leader who claims he is the reincarnation of Jesus is detained by special forces in Siberia 







A former traffic cop who now leads a sect in Siberia, claiming he is Jesus Christ, has been detained.
 
Russian special forces in the early hours of today, September 22, staged a special operation to detain him, Daily Mail reports.
 
Sergei Torop - known as Vissarion - and his closest aide Vadim Redkin, a former rock musician, were reportedly detained and flown away under armed guard.  
 

 
Torop, 59, is a former Red Army conscript and traffic policeman who claimed he was reborn in 1990 as the literal reincarnation of the son of God.  
 
Russian agents carried out a large military-style operation with four helicopters and dozens of heavily armed troops storming the remote compound called Sun City. 
 
The operation appeared to involve the Russian National Guard, a force under the command of Vladimir Putin, but also involved the FSB security service. 
 
The Russian Investigative Committee said the sect was being probed for using "psychological violence" causing some followers "serious harm to their health."
 
Sergey Torop and two other sect leaders Vadim Redkin and Vladimir Vedernikov were detained in the raid, said a statement.
 
They are also being investigated on suspicion of "causing grievous bodily harm to two or more persons."
 
Footage showed masked special forces with combat machine guns at the group's territory in remote Kuraginsky district of Krasnoyarsk region in Siberia.
 

 
The group - who are banned from smoking and alcohol - has been in Siberia for years and it is unclear why the Russian authorities acted now in an early morning raid.
 
Torop claims to have 5,000 followers of whom several hundred live in wooden huts in the remote "Sun City" camp at Petropavlovka, some 2,600 miles east of Moscow.
 
One estimate said there were 90 families at the site raided today by the authorities. Other followers of the "messiah" live in villages nearby.
 
He heads what is known as the Church of the Last Testament, and he has written a ten volume "sequel to the Bible".
 
Three years ago the cult leader told the BBC: "We have a school of noble maidens here.
 
"We're preparing girls to become future wives, future brides for worthy men.
 
"She has to understand not to rise above the man, not to be proud of her independence but to be shy, inconspicuous and weak."
 
Torop is reported to have two wives with six children, having at one stage married a 19-year-old who had lived with him since the age of seven.
 
He lives in a comfortable chalet while his followers reside in wooden huts in one of Russia's coldest regions with temperatures sinking to minus 50C in winter.
 
Torop had an awakening after he was fired as a night shift traffic cop in the Siberian town of Minusinsk, he has claimed.
 
God had sent him to Earth to teach mankind about the evils of war and the havoc we were wreaking on the environment, he claimed.
 
The cult leader abolished Christmas, replacing it with the anniversary of the date of his own first sermon, August 18.
 
He claims that Mary, mother of Jesus, is his own mother. Official records show his biological mother was called Nadyezhda.
 
He has followers in Germany and several other European countries.

Nigerian couple and their three kids die in ghastly auto crash







 















One Abubakar Isa Birnin Kudu, his wife and their three young children died in a fatal accident.



 



Details on the incident are still sketchy, however, it was gathered that the incident happened on their way to Jigawa State on Sunday, September 20.



 











 




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Seven persons perish in a boat mishap in Sokoto







No fewer than seven persons have died in a boat accident that occurred in Lambara Dam in Shagari local government area of Sokoto state.
 
Confirming the incident, a government official, Ango Shagari said the incident occurred on Monday afternoon.
 
He said the accident occurred due to the overloading of the boat and that the bodies of the seven victims have been recovered and buried according to Islamic rites.
 
He added that majority of the victims were farmers and laborers working for a large scale farmer across the river.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has presented certificates of return to the re-elected Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, and his deputy Philip Shaibu.

With the certificates of return, Obaseki and Shaibu have fulfilled the requirements of the Electoral Act to be inaugurated on November 12, 2020 in Benin City for their second term in office.

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Insecurity Under Current Service Chiefs Unbearable –Borno Elders


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The North East leaders, under the aegis of Coalition of North East Elders for Peace and Development, have demanded decisive actions to end Boko Haram terrorism.


While expressing concern over the security situation across the country, the coalition said “the excuses being tendered by the Service Chiefs”, were no longer tenable.


The Chairman of CNEEPD, Zana Goni, in a statement titled, ‘We are tired of excuses, sack Service Chiefs now,’ called on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to rejig the country’s security architecture with a view to improving the security of Nigeria.

The statement reads partly, “The worsening security situation in the country is further reinforcing the urgent need to inject new hands with fresh ideas to han­dle the nation’s security archi­tecture. We have seen that the security situation under the current service chiefs has reached an unbearable state.


“There is no denying the fact that at this moment, the entire nation is distressed by the incessant mind­less killing of our citizens and pillaging of defenseless com­munities by insurgents, ban­dits and kidnappers. There is no denying the fact also that these have resulted to indescribable agony, anguish and torment to the Nigerian citizens.


“And following these mentioned above, we, the Coalition of North East Elders for Peace and Development, in the strongest terms, restate the call to Pres­ident Muhammadu Buhari to honor the resolution of the National Assembly and positions of majority of Nigerians to im­mediately remove the service chiefs and bring in new hands to effectively confront the secu­rity challenges starring us in our face as a nation.”

If Oshiomhole continues to misbehave, we will have no mercy – Obaseki


 
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 September 22, 2020



Following his victory at the September 19th Governorship election, the State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has sent a warning to his erstwhile godfather, Adams Oshiomhole.

The Governor who was re-elected on Saturday said on Tuesday that his governrment will have no mercy on his predecessor if he continues to misbahave.
He made the statement while appearing on Arise TV on Tuesday.

When asked about reports that there is a plan to “run Oshiomhole out of the state” he responded that no such plan exists, but the response of his administration depends on the behavior of Oshiomhole.

“I don’t have any plan, but if he continues to behave the way he always does, if he continues to be disruptive, if he continues to fund his lions and tigers, and tries to create problems for us here, then we will not have any mercy.”

He added that he has no plan to move to the Senate at the expiration of his tenure.


“After the next four years, i’ll seek admission and go back to school to teach. I don’t have any wishes to go to the Senate,” he stated.

Suspected Fulani herdsmen kill traditional ruler in Plateau




 



Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen on Monday night killed Da Bulus Chuwang Jang, the acting Gwom Rwei of Foron District in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State.
 
Details are still sketchy, however, it was gathered that the gunmen invaded the house of the deceased on Monday night, September 21, and hacked him to death.
 
Reacting to the incident, Peter Matong, a former DG at Global Clinical Psychology Nigeria,described the killing as "callous and unfortunate"
 
"WHAT A SAD NEWS......??? The gruesome killing of Da Bulus Chuwang Jang, the Acting Gwom Rwei Foron District Barkin Ladi LGA by Fulani herdsmen is barbaric, callous and unfortunate,"

"Our leadership and security agency must rise to the occasion, come out and ensure that perpetrators are arrested and justice is gotten." he added.

 
 
 

Kim Kardashian flaunts her famous curves in tiny snakeskin bikini during a racy night swim (Photos)








Reality star, Kim Kardashian took to Instagram to command attention as she shared these sultry photos of herself lounging in a pool. 
 
The Keeping Up With The Kardashians frontwoman, 39, was pictured posing in a snakeskin string bikini which she paired with a long braided ponytail. 

This comes amid reports the mother of four is 'deeply disappointed and sad' about her husband Kanye West's ongoing mental health struggles and wants to divorce him. 
 

 
 
 

Two suspected robbers killed, set ablaze by angry mob in Calabar







Angry mob last night killed and set two suspected armed robbers ablaze in Calabar, the Cross River State capital.
 
The incident happened along the popular Marian road, opposite Lion’s park, around 9pm on Monday, September 21.
 
It was gathered that the suspects, said to be in their teens, were part of a 3-man gang that allegedly attacked a popular super market named Sunnytex and were about to escape when someone raised alarm.
 
According to an eyewitness, residents around Sunnytex Supermarket noticed suspicious movements, raised an alarm and went after the armed youths immediately they fled. Narrating how they captured the robbers, the witness said,
 
"When we noticed that the boys were robbing, we decided to lay siege and accost them, we were not afraid because we discovered they had locally-made gun.
 
“Immediately they came out from the supermarket the mob went after them, and raised the alarm, funny enough, one of them too joined the mob in shouting “thief ooo” not knowing that he has been marked already.
 
“Two ran through a nearby street while the one who joined us in raising alarm wanted to escape via Rabana roundabout, he was apprehended and lynched. The other was also lynched and set ablaze."

 
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Bobby Shmurda denied parole, to stay in prison till 2021







Popular US rapper, Bobby Shmurda will have to remain in prison till 2021 after being denied parole. 
 
Though his parole hearing was originally set for mid-August until it was pushed back for one month, he was denied the opportunity following his interview last Tuesday September 15 with the Board of Parole. 
 
Bobby was denied release and given a hold until the maximum expiration of his sentence on December 11, 2021. TMZ reported that no reason was given for this. 
 
The rapper has been behind bars for about six years (two years in city jail, followed by four in state lockup) after his arrest in December 2014. Prosecutors said he was part of an East Flatbush–based gang, GS9, which engaged in a “protracted turf battle with multiple other rivals,” such as Brooklyn’s Most Wanted, from January 2013 to October 2014. Twenty-one people were charged in the indictment.
 
He was sentenced to seven years in prison after accepting a deal to plead guilty to 4th-degree conspiracy and 2nd-degree criminal weapons possession.
 
Back in 2018, Shmurda dialed into This is 50 for a phone interview where he spoke about his possible release in 2020. He said at that time;
 

Quote:"When I get out, we're going to f--- everything up. I got two years, 2020. You know how that sh-- goes. I like to see real n---as doing their thing with more constructive sh--. I hope a lot of motherf---ers learn from me."

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Woman slumps while protesting against her sack by Cross River State government







An unidentified lady slumped on Monday September 21 in Calabar while protesting against her sack by the Cross River State Government.
 
Governor Ben Ayade had mid 2019, directed the delisting of about 2,500 names from the payroll of the Cross River State government, claiming that most of those employed between 2014 till then did not follow due process.
 
The sacked workers on Monday blocked access to the state secretariat in protest over what they described as “unfair and illegal delisting from the state payroll.”
 
The protesters who carried placards with inscriptions ‘we shall protest till the end’, ‘Head of Service should be sacked’’, ‘Ayade you betrayed us’, said they were tired of not hearing from the government and that the state labor union is complicit in their plights.

Speaking to newsmen, Comrade Paul Ajie Abang who led the protesters said that they had initially given the state government a seven-day ultimatum to take action or face a massive protest and that it was their silence that has led to the peaceful protest.
 
Abang disclosed that the group had met with the Head of Service and all other relevant stakeholders to iron out the matter but it seems the government is insincere and doesn’t want to act, and that the group will not back down till the right thing is done.
 
One of the protesters who identified himself as ‘Papa’ said the protesters were part of the 2500 workers from the state who were employed and then delisted from the state’s payroll.

“We are the 2500 staff of the state government who were duly employed, got their appointment letter, and then delisted from the payroll by the government. We are taking this struggle upon ourselves because labor has failed us. We are out here fighting for our rights and we have no plan of leaving here until our voices are heard.” he said.

"We are here to let the world know of the injustice being meted to us. for a year and one month now we have not received our salaries and the government is tossing us around.” He added.
 
Meanwhile, it was gathered that the woman who was until her sack a staff of the ministry of health, was later revived and taken home.

 

Sylvester Stallone's mother and Celebrity Big Brother star, Jackie passes away in her sleep at the age of 98 








Actor, Sylvester Stallone's mother and Celebrity Big Brother star, Jackie Stallone, has passed away at the age of 98. 
 
Frank Stallone, the younger brother to Sylvester, made the announcement on Monday night, saying his mother had died that morning.
 
In a post shared to Instagram, Frank stated that Jackie 'died in her sleep as she had wished.' 
 
He wrote: "This morning my brothers and I lost our mother Jackie Stallone. She was the mother to four children, Tommy, Sylvester, Frankie, and my late sister Toni Ann.
 
"She was a remarkable woman working out every day full of spunk and fearless. She died in her sleep as she had wished. It was hard not to like her, she was very eccentric and flamboyant person. She was born on November 29th 1921 in Washington DC, she lived through prohibition, the depression, and World War II."
 
"I would talk to her for hours about the '20s '30s and '40s. It was a history lesson. Her mind was as sharp as a razor till the day she died. She never wore a mask a true revolutionary gal. I guess I'm drowning my emotions in tears and too much vino. But when you've known someone for 70 yrs it tough and sad. She had seven grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren."
 
"My brother Sylvester took care of her like a Queen for all of her life. I will never be able to call my mom again or have her yell at me why I never got married. But we all loved her and her spirit to survive and prevail. I'll miss you always mommy."
 
Jackie Stallone became well-known in the 1990s for publishing a series of astrology books. She also appeared in the 1980s wrestling program “G.L.O.W.: Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling,” and had a brief stint in the Celebrity Big Brother house in the UK in 2005, 
 
She was married three times and had three sons and a daughter.
 
She shares Sylvester and Frank with late ex-husband Frank Stallone Sr. She is also mother to late actress Toni D'Alto, who passed away in 2012 at the age of 48 after a lengthy cancer battle. She shared Toni with ex-husband Anthony Filiti. 
 
Jackie also leaves behind her husband of over two-decades, Stephen Marcus Levine.
 
 
 
 

Coronavirus: PTF disburses N1bn each to 32 states







The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has disbursed N1billion each to 32 states in the country amid the Coronavirus pandemic.
 
PTF Coordinator, Dr Sani Aliyu who made the announcement on Monday September 21 said the disbursement is to drive up the states' COVID responses. 
 
Aliyu said; 
 

Quote:“We have released money to the state governments recently, to 32 state governments. Each state government was given a billion naira.


“This is for the purpose of driving their COVID responses and we are asking them to prioritise testing in addition to surveillance activities linked to COVID-19."

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Quote:Chief Charles Idahosa, is a former Commissioner for Information in Edo state. In this interview, the chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who is one of the major backers of Governor Godwin Obaseki, speaks on the outcome of last Saturday’s governorship election in Edo state. TEMIDAYO AKINSUYI brings the excerpts:

As a major stakeholder in Edo, what is your assessment of last Saturday’s governorship election which was won by Governor Godwin Obaseki of the PDP?

The governor’s victory in the election is my biggest birthday gift ever. I said so because this is a project I am a major stakeholder in. I have never fought any political battle and lost and I’m glad that we have been able to prove that nobody can take the people of Edo state as slaves. We have proven to Adams Oshiomhole and his likes that Edo is not Lagos. I have always said that Edo may go the way of the opposition given the impunity with which Oshiomhole was running the affairs of APC as national chairman. He feels his words were law and nobody can question him. I have said it severally that only Obaseki can win the governorship election for APC and any attempt to replace him will spell doom for the party. I also said if by omission or commission Obaseki was forced out of the party, APC is dead. I also said we will go anywhere he goes. When Oshiomhole masterminded the qualification of the governor from participating in the APC primary, I knew that was the end of my stay in the party. When Obaseki moved to the PDP, I also moved with my supporters with him to PDP. We knew we were going to win by a landslide because we control the structures in the state. We are closer to the grassroots unlike Oshiomhole who went and bring someone from Lagos with bullion vans, thinking that they can buy the people of Edo with money. So, I am very happy with the victory of Governor Obaseki and the PDP, especially on my 67th birthday. We have successfully liberated Edo from the shackles of godfatherism. Our next port of call is Lagos.

Some people are of the view that the election was the best conducted in the history of Edo since 1999, do you share that view?

The election was free and fair. The people of Edo have spoken and their voices were reflected in the outcome of the election. Before the election, they boasted of federal might but they were disappointed. I want to specially thank President Muhammadu Buhari for rising above party politics and providing an avenue for free and fair election. I have always known him as a forthright man; a man of integrity and he has again proven that in the Edo election. I had to go to my village with fear because they withdrew all the police. All the policemen attached to VIPs were removed. Even Government House was devoid of policemen except three or four that were attached to the governor. They did all this to show that the security agents will be neutral and the election will be free and fair. In all, I feel so sorry for Oshiomhole that he had to end his career this way. God raised him from nowhere but he wanted to assume the power of the almighty. A man without primary six certificate; a common tailor who was privileged to become president of NLC and later governor. I contested against him in 2007 during the AC primary. They rigged the primary for him saying because he was already popular. They said I should be his running mate but I rejected it saying deputy governor is not what I wanted. I said I knew what I wanted and I will do it at my own time, in my own way. I later accepted to be his Political Adviser for eight years and he knew what I did for him. All the battles against godfatherism in Edo, we fought it together. We fought the biggest godfathers that ever existed in this state.

The APC have rejected the outcome of the election and have said they will announce their next line of action soon. How will you react to that?

It is expected. You don’t give a child such a serious beating and expect him not to cry. Let them go to the Tribunal. They did that in 2016 up to the Supreme Court and they lost; the same will also happen now. You want to go to court for an election that is so transparent, free and fair and was commended by local and foreign observers. You want to go to court for an election that was not even a close contest between the two parties? Let them go. We are waiting for them. Now, they are saying they want to go to court, let them go because the lawyers too are waiting to make their money. I feel so sorry for Oshiomhole because he allowed himself to be deceived. Most of the commissioners that worked with Oshiomhole when he was governor, I gave them to him. He didn’t know many of them. Most of them are lightweight people who only begged to get appointments. But after getting these appointments, they assumed big title such as ‘Chief of Staff ’; ‘Special Adviser’; ‘Minority Whip’; and feel they are in charge of the political situation. Immediately they got appointment, they forgot how they begged and rolled on the ground to get to where they were; they abandoned their people and thought they can buy them over with money after four years. Here we are today.

With the victory of PDP, what becomes the fate of Adams Oshiomhole on his dominance of Edo politics?

Oshiomhole tried everything in the books but he couldn’t succeed. This election was the last card for him and everybody could see that everything he did was like the last kick of a dying horse. Oshiomhole refused to believe that he is finished politically. He is politically finished and there is nothing he can do about that. He was removed as national chairman after two years and two days. He instigated 14 lawmakers to come and be living with him in Abuja so that he can put a rope around the governor’s neck. This is something he never tolerated when he was governor of Edo state but he wanted to do it to his successor. He instigated 42 appointees against Governor Godwin Obaseki and they left the government because they fell for Oshiomhole’s lies. I just looked at them with pity because they failed to realise that money is not everything. They didn’t know what politics is all about. They are coming up with sensational headlines that a Commissioner resigned from Obaseki’s government.

Who is the Commissioner without a party leader? The leader put him there. Now that they have left, other party members are waiting to take that position. Despite all their boasting in my local government that Samson Osagie, former Minority Whip will win, he lost his unit and ward. Since 1999, it was PDP all the way. In 2007, we moved to form Action Congress (AC) and we fielded Oshiomhole as governorship candidate. From 2007 till date, APC has been winning my local government until I turned it around for PDP now with my supporters.

We are now back to PDP. All these commissioners, Special Advisers who resigned and are making noise in the media are creation of party leaders who are silent operators. The leaders are in the ones in the village who controls what happened at the grassroots. But when the leaders now nominate these people and they get to the centre, they feel they are popular and they can do and undo. All of the 14 lawmakers who were making noise alongside the multi-billionaire who was saying he will spend his last kobo to ensure Obaseki is removed, none of them won their wards. I read a news analysis where they said Obaseki will lose because the 14 lawmakers will get sympathy votes from their constituency. No one sympathised with them and they lost because they were not on ground.

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Girl, 16, is gang-raped by four men and dumped to slowly die on building site







A schoolgirl was allegedly gang-raped and killed by four migrants who dumped her on a building site and left her to die.
 
Desiree Mariottini, 16, from Cisterna di Latina, Italy, was found dead after being drugged and raped in the construction site in the district of San Lorenzo in October 2018.
 
A witness claims that the 16-year-old girl went to the abandoned site used by homeless people to buy drugs from the four men.
 

 
Narcisa Leon, an Ecuadorian woman who squatted in the abandoned site, told the court that she found the victim lying motionless on a dirty mattress.
 
She had seen the schoolgirl with the four defendants earlier in the day.
 

 
She also said that one of the suspects, Mamadou Gara, confirmed in a conversation with her that they had given the victim a strong tranquiliser and that he had then had "sex with her".
 
The case is ongoing.
 
The four men, Yusif Salia, Mamadou Gara, Brian Minteh, and Chima Alinno, are on trial for the rape and death of the 16-year-old.
 

 
They are accused of giving the victim a cocktail of drugs before raping her in turn and leaving her to die.
 
According to Leon, one of the defendants said "better she is dead than us be in prison".
 
Other people who were apparently squatting at the site knew that the girl was badly hurt, but did nothing after hearing what the suspected drug dealers had said.
 
Leon claimed that the suspects wanted the teenage girl to die to escape possible jail time.

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Members of a cabal were enriching themselves with susbidy payments - NNPC GMD, Mele Kyari







Mele Kyari, Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has alleged that members of a cabal were enriching themselves with susbidy payments before it was removed by the federal government. 
 
Kyari who said this in an Hausa programme on Liberty FM, Kaduna, insisted that fuel subsidy was not beneficial to the masses and was removed because it was characterised by fraudulent activities.
 
The NNPC GMD also disclosed that the money from subsidy payment will now be channeled into projects that will have a direct impact on the masses.
 
Kyari said; 
 

Quote:“The crude oil is a global commodity and its price is not hidden, everyone can calculate and know how much is the cost of every final product from the crude at the international market. But, since the inception of oil importation, the government has been paying subsidy on petrol to make it cheaper for Nigerians to buy below the cost price. 


“This subsidy is designed to assist Nigerians, that is the intention. But in reality, the masses are not the beneficiaries. First, the masses are not the owners of the exotic cars, buying fuel, owning the filling stations, and doing the oil business.


“This subsidy that the government has been paying over the years is the root of all the atrocities and fraud committed in this country.


“For example, if you look at it from 2006 till 2020, we have spent over N10 trillion on fuel subsidy. Apart from that, there is also subsidy on foreign currencies, everybody knows how much is dollar in the market, but the government is also subsidising it. So, this and the fuel subsidy, within this period, have gulped between N14 trillion and N15 trillion.


“It was not the masses of Nigeria that were enjoying this subsidy, except some members of a cabal, who are rich and powerful. They were enriching themselves with the subsidy money at the detriment of the masses who were the primary target.


“From this money, Nigeria has been able to pay workers’ salaries without retrenching despite the effects of the COVID-19 on the global economy. 


“In the whole of West Africa, it is only Nigeria that didn’t retrench workers as a result of the pandemic. Apart from that, part of the money will be used to support farmers and other business owners.”

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