At 56, Nigeria is where she ought to be, says Presidency

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Ita-Enag

• Nation Not In Recession, Just Undergoing Oil Recession

The Presidency announced yesterday that Nigeria is the place it should be at 56 years old. It additionally said that the nation was at that point out of subsidence even as it conceded that there were still difficult issues in the oil part. In a meeting with columnists in Abuja, yesterday, Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Solomon Ita-Enag clarified that given the difficulties of retreat, the nation is not in subsidence but rather experiencing oil subsidence since we have neglected to build up each different parts of the economy.

Ita-Enag said: "I hold the feeling that we are the place we should be right now. Given the difficulties of retreat, I hold the perspective that Nigeria is not in financial subsidence in undeniable reality, it is experiencing oil subsidence on the grounds that each other segment of the economy which should have been produced were not created in due time thus those same parts is the thing that we need to grew now; strong minerals, farming, innovation and the scholarly capital, along these lines, we are the place we should be.

"I need Nigeria to commend that this subsidence is coming at such a critical time and Nigeria is not as hit as different nations of the world. When you see what is going on in Saudi Arabia and other oil rich nations and where they are and I believe Nigeria's position is a smidgen better. What's more, I need to likewise say that it is a gift when you have challenges since it is those difficulties that draws out the best potential in man.

"The test of the retreat we are currently, which I called oil subsidence, ought to give us a chance to test ourselves to create different possibilities in horticulture and now to send out".

He included that the waning oil cost in the worldwide business sector calls for festivity by Nigerians, focusing on that progressive governments ought to have made utilization of the chance to create different areas of the economy.

"The test of the lessening oil cost ought to likewise be a festival for us. We ought to accept it as open door for us to create different areas of the economy.

"I need us to recollect that coal was essential in this nation in the 60s and mid 70s and when coal stopped to be critical, we proceeded onward to oil and we didn't petition God for coal to recoup and get to be vital, everything we did was to misuse different segments of the economy.

"We ought to endeavor every one of those different parts of the economy, essentially and imperatively strong minerals. In any case, all the more significantly, agribusiness, in light of the fact that with horticulture we needn't bother with a great deal of remote speculation on the grounds that the area is there," he said.

On Emergency Powers Bill, the Senior Special Assistant said he couldn't talk in regards to it at the same time, when the bill comes, it would be conveyed on the floor of the Senate and House of Representatives.

"When it is imparted you will hear it on the floor thus I don't talk unless it is perused and I am just mindful when it is perused by the floor of the Senate and House of Representatives."

On the offer of national resources, Ita-Enag noticed that he just depended on the expressions of the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udo-Udoma and the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed that the proposed deal are minor hypotheses, including that they consider the National Assembly important for dismissing the offer of national resources.

"I am not mindful of the subtle elements where government has proposed to offer national resources and I depend on the words given by Senator Udo-Udoma that there is no proposition. I likewise depended on the words given by the Minister of Information that these are all in the domain of hypotheses. We take the Senate and National Assembly truly. We don't argue at it and what they say is conveyed and we regard the Senate since Nigerians ought to likewise realize that the National Assembly individuals are the general population who will support what you will do.

"The topic of benefits will just emerge when the financing things of different spending plans are submitted thus you will see that nothing by the official would be done illegal. We wouldn't have any desire to dive into insights about it," he said.

In any case, Senate President, Bukola Saraki encouraged Nigerians from varying backgrounds to work together with the Federal Government keeping in mind the end goal to guarantee the country rose up out of the current monetary subsidence more grounded, more joined together, created and confident. Saraki in his message to stamp the country's 56th Independence Anniversary, marked by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, additionally lauded all Nigerians, particularly the country's establishing fathers, for their commitments that have deflected debacle for the country at each point her presence is undermined by social, political and financial issues.

While communicating laments that in her 56 years of presence, Nigeria's economy still relies on upon just oil, a circumstance which made the present monetary issues being experienced by the citizenry, the Senate President praised Nigerians for their diligence, comprehension and backing despite the cruel financial condition.

Army kills seven in fresh attacks in Bakassi

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The Army in Bakassi yesterday killed seven aggressors as the Bakassi Strike Force (BSF) assaulted the military in Bakassi. A month ago, the aggressors had done a comparable assault and killed six fighters however the Army denied this, saying stand out trooper and two activists were killed in the shock experience.

A press articulation by the Army Public Relations Officer, 13 unit Nigerian Army, Captain KO Owolabi inscribed, "Unrepentant activist gathering, Bakassi Strike Force assaulted Army position in Efut Essighi, Cross River state", said the assault happened in the early hours of yesterday.

The Army order said things recuperated incorporate 250 rounds of 7.62mm ammo, Rocket pushed Gun launcher, GPMG Belt joins and different charms.

Nervousness is developing in the region as the inhabitants are living in apprehension, taking after the aggressor's exercises and the huge military activity to place them under wraps.

Jibrin’s suit against Dogara for October 21

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A Federal High Court, Abuja Division has settled October 21 for hearing in a legitimate activity initiated by previous Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, against the Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara.

Jibrin had recorded a suit against the speaker taking after the House of Representatives' determination, suspending Jibrin from taking an interest in the exercises of the House for 180 sitting days.

He had guaranteed that the choice to suspend him negated the law, since there was a pending court case on the matter.

Jibrin was suspended from the House on Wednesday for purportedly breaking the practices and points of reference of the House of Representatives.

Experts proffer ways to overcome economic recession

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Financial specialists under the aegis of Professional Services Group, an arm of the Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) have proffered approaches to beat the current monetary retreat in the nation.

This was a piece of exchanges at a business discussion held in Lagos on the topic: "Business Sustainability in Nigeria: Matters Arising." The gathering asked Nigerians to cut expenses and hold just vital techniques that would keep organizations running.

Talking at the occasion, Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, spoke to by the Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Akinyemi Ashade, revealed plans by the state government to actualize approaches to facilitate the expense of working together in the state.

As indicated by Ambode, the test of arrangement irregularity is being tended to achieve the trust of entrepreneurs, focusing on that there is have to audit what we require and expend and what we don't require, yet devour.

In his presentation, the visitor speaker, CEO of Sahara Group, Tonye Cole said the present retreat in the nation ought to be seen as an open door. He, notwithstanding, said the masses ought to be inventive and spend just on vital things.

Cole approached the assembly of business and other exchange relationship in the nation to utilize their stages to construct joint efforts inside and outside the landmass that would make new organizations, saying that Nigeria needs cross outskirt business relations now than some time recently.

President and Chairman of Council, Dapo Adelegan, in his comment, denounced the absence of visionary pioneers who are worried about the eventual fate of the nation.

US congratulates Nigeria at 56, says much still to be done

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The United States (US) has complimented Nigeria on its 56th freedom commemoration today, saying there is still much work to be done to give financial chances to all Nigerians.

In the interest of President Barack Obama and the American individuals, the US Secretary of State, Mr. John Kerry, communicated certainty that Nigerians were striving to address current national difficulties.

An announcement by President Muhammadu Buhari's Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, made accessible to State House journalists yesterday, cited Kerry as saying: "in the interest of President Obama and the American individuals, I compliment the residents of Nigeria as you praise your Independence Day.

Nigeria needs critical mass to fight graft, say Obasanjo, Aig-Imoukhuede

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Previous President Olusegun Obasanjo (left), establishing dignitary of the Blavatnik School of Government and educator of Global Economic Governance, University of Oxford, Prof. Ngaire Woods and Chairman, Africa Initiative for Governance (AIG), Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede at the AIG board of counsels roundtable in Lagos… yesterday PHOTO: FEMI ADEBESIN-KUTI

For Nigeria to effectively handle unite, there is the need to put the right individuals with great character in general society division, previous President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has said.

Obasanjo talked at the board of admonitory roundtable of the Africa Initiative for Governance (AIG) in Lagos yesterday. He said: "In these regions, we have to upgrade the nature of men and ladies, nature of administration, character, demeanor and execution to revive corporate administration."

As per him, "That we have failed to meet expectations as a nation is not on the grounds that God has not given us the capacity to perform better. The issue is not that of God, the flaw is our own.

"When we have government with the minimum amount of the right individuals in the common administration, parastatals, authority of all levels, we are moving. "Nations where progress has been made like Singapore, Rwanda in Africa; the initiative has originated from the administration. On the off chance that the administration is not originating from the administration, let government be an accomplice, let government not disappoint the endeavors, rather it ought to empower activities like this," he said.

AIG's Chairman and Founder, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, included: "We can't battle defilement on the off chance that we don't put into government individuals who have been prepared and are set up to battle debasement. We have to put a minimum amount since one man can't change a country. One man can fortify the change of a country however one man can't change a country. In spite of the fact that we have great individuals in government, we don't have enough, the great individuals in government are not permitted to take off to their most noteworthy purpose of goal.

"We are attempting to make a pipeline of men and ladies who have been set up to go up against the difficulties required to construct an extraordinary country and help the legislature make an empowering situation for the great individuals to come and stay without their abilities being thumped out."

AIG, a non-legislative association will subsidize 25 graduate degree grants in broad daylight arrangement as a major aspect of another five-year organization with the University of Oxford, which depends on the mutual reason for building great administration and open initiative in Nigeria.

The activity, which will have five Nigerians financed each year for graduate degree grants in broad daylight arrangement at the eminent Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, UK from 2017 – 2021 is a mediation went for handling Nigeria's test of poor open part authority.

Federal Government fails to produce Dasuki at resumed trial

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Nonattendance of protection advice slows down Nyako's re-arraignment

The Federal Government has neglected to deliver Colonel Sambo Dasuki under the steady gaze of a High Court in the Federal Capital Territory.The previous National Security Adviser (NSA) was to have stood trial over charges of tax evasion and break of trust, nearby five others.


The matter has been deferred till October 21, 2016.Dasuki, prior charged before Justice Peter Affen, had been allowed safeguard, yet was re-captured and has been in the authority of the Department of State Services (DSS) since December 2015.

In the mean time, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, yesterday, neglected to re-charge previous legislative leader of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, and his child, Senator Abdul-Aziz, before Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court.The matter has been suspended till October 17.

The previous NSA is being indicted alongside a previous Director of Finance in the Office of the NSA, Shuaibu Salisu; a previous Finance Minister of State, Bashir Yuguda; a previous Sokoto State Governor, Attahiru Bafarawa; the ex-representative's child, Sagir Attahiru; and a firm, Dalhatu Investment.

At the continued trial on Thursday, direction to the Federal Government, Rotimi Jacob, told the judge he was astounded his customer did not present to Dasuki, the second litigant in the charge, to court.Jacob faulted correspondence crevice between the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the DSS.

He spoke to Justice Affen to remain down the case to empower his customer produce Dasuki. He could, in any case, not give a clear period. Equity Affen concurred that it is out of line to remain down the case without a distinct time for Dasuki's appearance in court.

The EFCC had on August 7, 2015 summoned Nyako, his child, Abdul-Aziz, Zulkifikk Abba, Abubakar Aliyu, and five firms on a 37-number charge of IRS evasion, including affirmed preoccupation of over N29 billion having a place with the Adamawa State Government.

The denounced had been summoned before the late Justice Evoh Chukwu.Following his end in June, in any case, the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Ibrahim Auta, had re-allocated the case to Abang. At the point when the matter was called and the respondents took their positions in the dock, it was found that the fifth litigant had no legitimate representation in court.

INEC Confirms Eyitayo Jegede As Recognized PDP Candidate In Ondo State

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APC Candidate, Godwin Obaseki, Polled 319, 483 Votes To Emerge Winner Of Edo State Governorship Election

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has formally pronounced Godwin Obaseki, the applicant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), champ of the September 28th, 2016 governorship decision in Edo state.

Mr. Obaseki was announced the champ at precisely 4: 09 pm Nigerian time on Thursday in Benin City, finishing an unpleasant examination practice that began around 9 am in the midst of substantial security and sporadic dissent INEC's head office in Benin City.

SaharaReporters journalists in observing the decision exercise in Edo State reported that the challenge was exceedingly challenged between the Governorship Candidate of the APC, Godwin Obaseki and PDP Candidate, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, a minister.

The declaration came in the midst of wild challenges and calls by the PDP for the cancelation of the Edo state governorship race comes about inside and out.

There was a gigantic turnout of voters on Wednesday amid the governorship decision.

Bad habit Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Prof. Kayode Soremekun, who served as the Returning Officer for the Edo State Governorship Election reported the last results on Thursday

Prof.. Soremekun proclaimed Obaseki champ having scored 319,483 votes to annihilation his nearest match Mr. Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the PDP who surveyed 253, 173 votes.

SaharaReporters team in the state reported that the distinction in all out votes won between the two noteworthy hopefuls as 66,310

Wednesday governorship race held in 2627 surveying units in the 18 Local Governments Areas of Edo state.

As per the last count, the aggregate number of enlisted voters in Edo State was 1,900, 233 while 622,039 voters were licensed for the governorship race.

Complete legitimate votes cast in the challenge was 613, 244.


"That God Godwin Obaseki of the APC, having fulfilled the necessity of the law and scored the most astounding number of votes, is therefore announced the champ and returned chose," he expressed before wrapping up the activity in the midst of tight security.

New attack on pipeline in Delta State

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Nigerian aggressors on Thursday asserted another assault on a pipeline in the nation's oil-rich south, the most recent in a series of strikes against base that has hit creation.

The Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate (NDGJM) said in an announcement it had "bombarded the Unenurhie-Evwreni conveyance line" in the Ughelli zone of Delta state at around 1:00 am (0000 GMT).

The pipeline is worked by the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, an auxiliary of the state-run Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.

The NDGJM said the assault was "to demonstrate to the devilish and selfish multinational oil organizations and their Nigerian military partners… that we claim our properties".

Various agitator bunches who have assaulted oil and gas offices in the delta area this year say neighborhood individuals in the marshes and brooks of the district have not profit by the business.

Most stay in destitution and foundation is missing, in spite of the billions of dollars made on the back of creation since the 1950s.


An individual from Nigeria's insight office, the Department of State Services, affirmed the episode, which he said had brought on a flame.

"We have alarmed (the) NPDC and we trust they are taking essential activities in halting items moving through the line," said the DSS agent, who declined to be named.

"In any case, what we have assembled in this way, explosive was utilized on the office, much the same as their past assault."

Ogheneochuko Emurotu, from the neighborhood Evwreni people group, said occupants heard the blast overnight and troops were sent to the scene at first light.

"Early toward the beginning of today at around 6:00 am, troops of the Operation Safe Delta had a go at searching the scene of the episode for their examination," he said.

"In any case, they couldn't access the scene of the occurrence because of the level of flame on the pipeline."

The NDGJM last assaulted another pipeline, additionally in the Ughelli range, on September 18 and has promised to "ground" Nigeria's economy, which is as of now in retreat.

Progressive assaults since the begin of the year have cut rough generation, worsening income deficiencies brought about by the worldwide fall in oil costs in the course of the most recent two years.

PDP rejects Edo governorship election results

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Osagie Ize Iyamu tending to newsmen in the wake of making his choice at Iguododo grade school in Orhionmuon neighborhood Government territory yesterday. Photograph NAN

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the aftereffects of the Edo governorship decision hung on Wednesday, in front of the declaration of the result.

The gathering rejected the outcomes in a question and answer session tended to by its Chairman in the state, Mr Dan Orbih,on Thursday in Benin.

The question and answer session was likewise gone to the gathering's governorship hopeful in the race, Mr Osagie Ize-Iyamu.

Both the gathering and it's competitor said they dismisses the outcomes since they were "manufactured and a pre-decided" by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Edo Government.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that INEC was declaring the consequences of the survey as at the season of documenting this report.

Orbih said that the outcomes as they were being reported by the INEC, were at a complete change with what the gathering got from it specialists and free spectators.

He charged that the two-week augmentation of the survey by the constituent body was to take into account more opportunity to culminate the control of the procedure.

"You will review that our state Publicity Secretary had informed the press under 48 hours to the decisions on what is playing out at this point.

"In the event that you pass by the outcomes that were declared at the surveying units and wards over the state, it demonstrates that PDP would have won by more than 30,000 votes.

"What INEC is declaring is plainly unique in relation to what we got from our operators and autonomous eyewitnesses in the 192 wards and more than 2,000 units over the state.

"We are dismissing these outcomes as they were being declared by INEC and we are turning out sufficiently early to make this known,"he said.

The director said the cancelation of a few results on the premise of fizzled card peruser was a piece of a planned arrangement to likewise control the survey.

He asserted that the ranges were results were crossed out were fortification of the PDP.

"I ponder what the Incident Form is for. Voters ought not be made to languish unduly over the wastefulness of card perusers," he said.

He said the outcomes as were being declared by INEC, were unmistakably at difference with the generally acclaimed voter-turnout that was additionally recognized by the discretionary umpire itself.

On his part, the governorship competitor said he adjusted himself to the position of the gathering.

"The outcomes are not a genuine impression of what happened in the field. The INEC just played a script composed by the Government of Edo," he said.

High court admits Steve Oronsaye’s statement in alleged money laundering

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Previous Head of Service of the Federation, Steve Oransanye (center) on landing in the Federal High Court, Abuja to a 24-check charge of debasement. He has been charged for another two-number charge of debasement and getting by through falsification. Photograph: Ladidi Lucy elukpo

The Federal Capital Territory High Court yesterday conceded in confirmation, the announcement made by previous Head of Service of the Federation, Elder Steve Oronsaye, to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The announcement, which was conceded at the continued trial, was made amid Oronsaye's cross examination in an appeal on affirmed money related wrongdoings documented against him.

The court, nonetheless, noticed that alert chive was not offered by the proper work force in the examining group of the EFCC.

The barrier counsel, Dr. Abiodun Layonu (SAN), had raised protest against offering of the announcement by the 6th arraignment witness.

Hamma-Adama Bello, an agent of EFCC, on the ground that he was not the officer who connected preventative word on proclamation.

The grouse of the insight was that since Bello did not counter-sign the announcement, he can't be interviewed on it and, along these lines, he was not the fitting individual to delicate the record in confirmation.

However, the arraignment counsel, Offem Uket, who tried to delicate the report through the witness asked Justice Goodluck Olasunmbo to permit the observer to delicate it on the ground he was an individual from the group that researched the request and was available when the litigant put forth the expression.

Uket further educated the court that the standard practice was that lone a man oversees preventative word and counter-sign at once. Along these lines, despite the fact that the PW six was available at the time it was made, stand out mark was important on the announcement made by the respondent.

In her decision in the wake of considering realities and conditions, Justice Olasunmbo Goodluck conceded the announcement.

In spite of the fact that the judge concurred with the arraignment direct that the witness can delicate the report, she, nonetheless, noticed that alert would be connected by the court in appending probate quality to the announcement.

On this ground, she permitted the observer to delicate the record in proof and therefore let it out.

The trial proceeds with today.

Atiku backs Tinubu over alleged Odigie-Oyegun’s misdeeds

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Previous Vice President, Atiku Abubakar

'Emergency will be determined before decision'

Previous Vice President and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar, yesterday supported the National Leader, Bola Tinubu who blamed the National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun of rupturing the principles directing the gathering.

In an announcement, Atiku fought that since the APC discovered veritable motivations to audit the result of the gubernatorial essential race it led in Ondo State, and could set up substantial grounds to wipe out the activity and request a new one, the choice to go amiss from its own determination is an invalidation of due procedure and popularity based best practices.

"It wasn't right for the APC to have put aside a determination it had come to at determining the emergency in our gathering in Ondo State. It is a formula for bitterness and division," he said.

The previous VP, who noticed that imagining an issue doesn't exist won't make it leave, educated the authority with respect to the APC to do soul-looking and address why this issue emerged and heightened.

As indicated by him, the gathering administration ought to dependably be guided by appreciation for guidelines, reasonableness, value, nonpartisanship and law based accord.

Charging the APC on the advancement of principle of law and due procedure in the behavior of its undertakings, Atiku kept up that they are fitting to the solidarity and strength of the gathering. "It is basic for the national administration of the gathering to live by the standards of inner majority rule government and appreciation for law based accord. You can't break your own standards without making issues."

In the announcement by his media office yesterday, Atiku asked bothered individuals from the APC in the Ondo decision to practice limitation in looking for review, while likewise encouraging the authority of the gathering to backtrack its means and do "the needful to reestablish certainty among the clashing gatherings."

It was learnt yesterday that other conspicuous national pioneers of the APC have started genuine meeting that may come full circle in the substitution of the gathering's governorship applicant in the November 26, 2016 race in Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu.

Preparation columnists at the National Assembly yesterday, Senator Ibrahim, an APC part from Katsina State guaranteed that the emergency would be determined before the date of the decision

"The emergency can be overseen. We have still, small voice in the gathering. The initiative will take a seat and if the executive is demonstrated that he wasn't right, we might invert it. I am not certain of what the law says, but rather I think we have up to two days to race to change an applicant. So the gathering is not simply watching, we are dealing with how to comprehend the matter and it will be fathomed."

Ibrahim said it wasn't right for any gathering pioneer to act in a way that had a tendency to advance the apprehension of oppression some gathering individuals.

He said: "Protestations were taken to the bid board. The advance council settled on choices and went to NCW. In any case, the NWC did not complete their own meeting when the administrator took an alternate position. Thus, clearly everyone ought to get stressed in light of the fact that by then, he neglected to be the executive of the gathering on the grounds that the director of the gathering ought to be nonpartisan, ought to attempt to unite individuals.

"On the off chance that the executive had called every one of the contenders, sit them down and attempted to discover an answer, ideally they won't blame him for anything other than if he hopped the weapon and afterward chose to go and settle on a choice alone while the organs of the gathering have not taken everyone along, I imagine that individual is not deserving of this sort of authority.

"He should be nonpartisan. In the event that I were the executive, I would call every one of the applicants, I would call Tinubu, I would call Akande and I would call the heart of South West in our gathering to deal with it."

Edo election: Oshiomhole happy with voters’ turnout

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Representative Adams Oshiomhole of Edo has recognized the electorate in the state for turning out in vast numbers to cast their votes in Wednesday's governorship decision in the state.

Oshiomhole made the honor soon after making his choice at Unit 2, Ward 10, in his Iyamho people group in Estako West Local Government Area of the state at around 11 a.m.

"I am extremely awed with the turnout of voters in these surveying units. What is going on in these three surveying units is an impeccable case of what race ought to be," he said.

He complimented the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for receiving concurrent accreditation and voting, including that it was a change with respect to the commission's execution.

"I have dependably asked why INEC needed individuals to get authorize first and vote hours after the fact.

"The needy individuals who are utilized to hardship needed to convey the weight of our vote based system by holding up the entire day.

"I trust INEC has made a sensible change in the decision procedure. This is a humanized method for doing decision and a triumph for the agents who can't attend to the line.

"God needs us to appreciate majority rules system and I trust we the lawmakers ought to permit the general population to have that.

"My bliss is that individuals are prepared to commend popular government by the way they have lined for the race," the senator said.

He, be that as it may, communicated pity over the claimed grabbing of card perusers from discretionary officers in a few sections of Edo Central Senatorial District by a few hooligans who allegedly shot aimlessly.

"I don't know how that happened in light of the fact that there should have been sufficient security in the surveying units.

"Now, it will be excessively troublesome for one, making it impossible to make an inference since this happened in one and only unit of the more than 2,000 surveying units in the state," he said.

BREAKING: #EdoDecides: Obaseki, wife vote

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The governorship competitor of the All Progressives Congress, Godwin Obaseki, and his significant other, Betsy, have finished their accreditation and voted in the continuous race in the state.

Obaseki and his better half, who were enlisted at Ward 4, Unit 20, Emokpae Primary School, in Oredo Local Government Area, touched base at around 9:35am for accreditation and voting.

Our journalist accumulated that there was a huge turnout at Obaseki's ward, Oredo Ward 4, which has 10 surveying units.

Obaseki and Peoples Democratic Party applicant, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, are viewed as the main hopefuls in the governorship race in spite of the fact that a sum of 19 competitors are competing for the position.

The race, which is being held under tight security, comes after a biting effort amid which both competitors and their gatherings occupied with a war of words, blaming each other for attempting to control the procedure

2019 general elections in danger, says Senate

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Urges filling of 20 empty RECs positions

• Orders test of clergyman over affirmed extortion

The Senate yesterday communicated the trepidation that the 2019 general races may endure genuine hitches. Its dread was resulting from what it considered as basic issues of wrongness upsetting the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

With the nonattendance of Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) in 20 of the 36 states, the Senate noticed that the INEC can't direct any true blue race right now.

Receiving a movement supported by the Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, the upper chamber watched that the non-arrangement of RECs to fill the 20 opening is in break of Section 14 (2) of the Third Schedule of the 1999 Constitution, as altered.

The legislators approached President Muhammadu Buhari to instantly designate appropriately qualified people to fill the empty positions in accordance with the constitution to upgrade the limit of the constituent commission to gather information. They advance approached INEC to instantly finish up every pending decision in the nation. The officials ordered the Committee on INEC to hold an open hearing to audit the execution of the commission in the most recent one year with a perspective to finding out the variables that may have brought on the apparent "decay of the discretionary framework."

In his finishing up comments, President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki asked INEC to close races in the influenced voting public. "Buhari ought to guarantee that those empty positions are filled," he said.


While clarifying what uncertain decisions forecast for the country's majority rules system, Ekweremadu said the unusual deferment of surveys is a wrong flag that can't be released with a flood of the hand.

The official from Enugu State noticed that the pattern of uncertain decisions had left both assemblies of the National Assembly and some state places of gathering without the full supplement of their participation, while a large number of Nigerians are left without delegates for a drawn out stretch of time.

Additionally yesterday, the Senate requested a test of Minister of Industries, Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Elenemah, over a claimed fake development of assets adding up to $13.92 billion from Nigeria.

Embracing a movement supported by Senator Dino Melaye (Kogi West), the legislators coordinated its Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions to complete an all encompassing examination concerning the matter and report in two weeks.

In a movement titled "Corrupt infringement of the remote trade (Monitoring and Miscellaneous) Act", Melaye drew the consideration of the Senate to "the unlawful repatriation of $13.92 billion out of Nigeria by Mobile Telecommunication Limited (MTN) through its financiers somewhere around 2006 and 2016."

Yet, the clergyman denied all claims and presented that as a universally acclaimed financial specialist, he had never occupied with any shady arrangement.

The Director of Press in the service, Greyne Chukwu Anosike, who talked in the interest of the clergyman asked why the same Senate that screened and cleared Elenemah for a pastoral arrangement in 2015 could turn round now to blame him for taking part in a false development of cash as far back as 2008 and 2009.

He reviewed that Elenemah has assumed helpful parts in the conciliatory relationship amongst Nigeria and South Africa, especially a year ago when Nigeria's legislature forced a fine of N1.04 trillion on the MTN.

Asked whether the priest had any interest in Mauritius, Anosike basically answered: "The priest is a globally acclaimed financial specialist and he could have made speculation anyplace, however I can just talk on the exercises of the clergyman not what happened before he turned into a priest."

Melaye charged that Elenemah and different people whom MTN utilized as a part of moving $13.92 billion out of Nigeria drifted and consolidated seaward SPVs (Special Purpose Vehicles) in Cayman Island, Mauritius and British Virgin Island.

He said that when "MTN was joined in Nigeria as a private restricted risk organization on November 8, 2000 and got its working permit with $284,906,275.89 on February 6, 2001, it didn't ask for a declaration of capital importation from its financiers (Standard Chartered Bank) inside the administrative time of 24 hours of the inflow."

Melaye further charged that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) was not informed of this inflow by Standard Chartered Bank inside 48 hours of receipt and transformation of the returns to naira as required by directions.

"We are frightened that Elenemah, proprietor of CELTELCOM Investment Limited with location at No.608 St James, Denis Street Port Lewis Mauritius purportedly guaranteed to put resources into MTN on seventh February, 2008, got testament of capital importation and filled structure An on the same date, (seventh February, 2008) and shut his interest in Nigeria in the wake of getting dollars installment for repatriation to New York same day."

After the verbal confrontation on the movement, Saraki, pronounced: "This movement depends on statistical data points and there is most likely this is a profound issue, so it must be legitimately explored."

Government arraigns Kalu, others over alleged N3.2 billion fraud

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Previous legislative leader of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu PHOTO: LADIDI LUCY ELUKPO

•PDP yields to advance looking to exclude Ayade

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday charged previous Abia State Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu and two others under the watchful eye of a Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja.

Kalu, his ex-associate, Jones Udeogo and organization, Slok Nigeria Limited, were summoned on a 34-number charge.

Prior to the arraignment, Kalu and others protested their re-arraignment, asking the court to anticipate the pending bid by Slok under the steady gaze of the Supreme Court.

The trial Judge, Justice Anwuri Chikere, rejected the respondents' protest and requested that the charges be perused to them.

In the corrected charge, they were blamed for redirecting about N3.2 billion from the Abia State Government's treasury when he held office as the representative.

They, notwithstanding, argued not liable to the charges.

The court likewise conceded them abandon the terms connected to the safeguard allowed them on April 30, 2008 when they were prior charged before Justice Adamu Bello (now resigned).

The court had therefore suspended till December 6, for the beginning of trial.

Kalu and others were at first charged in 2007 preceding Justice Bello, then of the Federal High Court, Abuja. They additionally argued not liable to the charges.

Direction to the ex-representative, Awa Kalu, had asked the court to permit them stay on the safeguard prior allowed them.

Indictment counsel, Rotimi Jacobs did not question the position campaigned by the safeguard , however said he was occupied with the trial.

In the interim, the People's Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday yielded to the bid recorded by Joe Agi, looking to exclude Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State, over bogus announcement of age.

In the bid, Agi told the pinnacle court that Ayade lied about his age in the designation structure submitted to the PDP, in spite of the gathering's rule.

He had in a pre-race matter taken Ayade, the PDP and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) under the watchful eye of a Federal High Court on the ground that he paraded distinctive and clashing age revelations.

He held that by the constitution of the gathering, Ayade was not qualified to fly the gathering's banner as the governorship applicant and all things considered, he who came next in the primaries ought to be proclaimed as the true competitor.

In a judgment conveyed on July 31, 2015, Justice Abdul Kafarati had rejected Agi's case on the ground that the matter was not demonstrated past sensible uncertainty.

In any case, Agi had contended that the choice of the lower courts maintaining the preparatory protests of the principal (PDP) and third (Ayade) respondents, just managed one ground of the litigant's case, without considering the ground of the case verging on the presentation of clashing age assertions.

He held that the errors in age affirmation were in spite of Articles 14 (b) and 15 (2) of the Electoral Guidelines for the Primary Elections 2014 of the PDP and the Electoral Act.

At the becoming aware of the advance yesterday, insight to the PDP, N.P Ibegbulam of the Ferdinand Orbih's chambers, encouraged the five-man board of the judges to discover merit in the advance.

As indicated by him, the PDP rule did not shape part of the appealing party case at the trial courts.

The court has saved judgment till December 9.

NABG seeks incentives for youth in agric

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Official Director, Dangote Sugars, Alhaji Sanni Dangote (left); Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbe and Mazi Ohunabunwa amid the AGRIEXPO and Nigeria Agribusiness Group gathering in Abuja… yesterday

Official Director, Dangote Sugars, Alhaji Sanni Dangote (left); Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbe and Mazi Ohunabunwa amid the AGRIEXPO and Nigeria Agribusiness Group gathering in Abuja… yesterday

The Nigerian Agriculture Business Group (NABG) needs the Federal Government to give motivating forces to youth as a method for drawing in them into farming.

At the progressing Agric expo and NABG gathering in Abuja, NABG's Chairman, Sani Dangote said the adolescent can't be brought into farming if there is neediness, hardship and no prize in the division. He focused on the requirement for an outlook change from viewing agribusiness generally as subsistent cultivating to business.

He said: "Farming ought to be seen as an approach to win great cash conventionally through hardwork and genuineness. So we are acquiring the young to comprehend the open doors in the area, the money related framework through Bank of Agriculture and Bank of Industry."


NABG is working with government in guaranteeing the private segment is conveyed along in the execution of the Green Alternative guide he said, unveiling arrangements to meet with clergyman of farming to finetune routes in which the NABG, service and the administration will guarantee this since they are the fundamental recipient of the report.


As per Dangote the private division will screen the guide nearly to perceive how government is performing and how partners are conveyed along in the usage of the strategy.

"We will work with the administration and service to screen how things are going on. On the off chance that they are not happening from the private area side, then we will see whether they are occurring from the administration side and we will see whether it is working or not. What's more, that is the huge distinction between what we have now and the past approaches."

The Director of Industrial Development in the Ministry of Trade and Investment who spoke to the clergyman, Dr. Francis Alaneme, said the legislature has presented Public Private Partnership for the advancement of groups.

There is additionally extraordinary financial development on Staple Crop Processing Zones situated in Kogi, Enugu, Kaduna Anambra states, he said.

He said to expand private division venture, the administration was taking a shot at seven empowering agents, which incorporate base improvement, in the zones of street, power, rail and water. He said government needed long haul organization.