Don’t support FG on $29.96b loan, Fayose cautions Saraki

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Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has encouraged Senate President, Bukola Saraki not to bolster the arrangement by the Federal Government to get a $29.96 billion outside advance.

He said the credit would advance demolish the nation's economy. In an announcement by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Fayose asked: "What is the financial sense in assuming control N12 trillion credit in order to have the capacity to spend more cash amid the monetary retreat? In what capacity can a country be proposing to spend more cash when its salary has diminished significantly?

"Yes, it is being contended that countries in subsidence must spend to receive in return, however on account of Nigeria, how would we pay back when as at today, 30 for every penny of our salary is being utilized to administration obligation?"

The announcement proceeded: "When the Senate consistently tossed out President Muhammadu Buhari's ask for the advance, numerous Nigerians hurled a moan of alleviation and hailed the lawmakers.

"Be that as it may, unfurling occasions in the most recent few days recommend a perilous organization together between the administration and the Senate President to guarantee the endorsement of the credit at all cost.

"Sensors getting to general society recommend that the continuous Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) trial of Saraki is being utilized as coercion to inspire him to back the $29.96 billion advance.

"Rather than working together with the administration to dive Nigerians into the subjugation of obligation, Saraki ought to set up his portable shelter with the masses."

In the mean time, Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson has said the authority of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is satisfied with the part being played by Fayose in developing majority rules system in the nation.

He said solid resistance as that of Fayose was expected to secure the nation's majority rule government and avert fascism.Dickson talked in Ado Ekiti yesterday at the royal residence of the Ewi of Ado Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adeyemo amid a visit to the state to congratulate with Fayose on his 56th birthday.

Corruption is fighting back, says Buhari

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President Muhammadu Buhari has consoled that the continuous hostile to defilement battle in Nigeria will be won notwithstanding the way that "the counter debasement war is intense and tiring".

An announcement discharged on Thursday in Abuja by Mr Femi Adesina, the President's Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, said Buhari gave the affirmation at a meeting with the American Secretary of State, John Kerry, on Wednesday.

The meeting was on the edge of the gathering on environmental change, COP22, in Marrakech, Morocco.

Buhari was cited as saying: "debasement is battling back energetically".

The announcement encourage cited the President as saying that degenerate individuals had collected a considerable munititions stockpile of unlawful riches, which they were currently conveying against the legislature on different fronts.

"Be that as it may, it is a war we are resolved to win, and which we will win.

"Individuals of goodwill are behind us, nations like America and numerous others are with us, and we will without a doubt win,'' the president said.

The announcement said Buhari redesigned Kerry on the war against rebellion in the North-Eastern piece of Nigeria and the endeavors being made to handle compassionate issues emerging from the revolt.

It likewise said that the President educated the U.S Secretary of State that a Presidential Committee had been introduced "under Gen. T.Y. Danjuma, a man of high respectability.''

On the agitation in the Niger Delta region, which shows in the damage of basic oil and power establishments, President Buhari said the engagement procedure was continuing quickly, including that it was somewhat troublesome bringing the fundamental heroes of the insurrection under one umbrella.

As indicated by the announcement, the President communicated Nigeria's satisfaction with America's support on various fronts and guaranteed that the monetary difficulties confronting the nation are by and large "frontally handled'' so that the nation can beat them at the earliest opportunity.

In his comments, Kerry communicated please at the numerous triumphs of the Buhari organization.

He promised proceeded with U.S bolster in Nigeria's offered to beat security, helpful, political, and financial difficulties.

As the Barrack Obama organization exits next January, Kerry said he would love to keep drawing in with Nigeria, even in a private limit.

He depicted President Buhari as "a solid global accomplice in the fight against brutal radicalism."

$29.96 loan: National Assembly’s position stands, says Saraki

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President Muhammadu Buhari's offered to obtain $29.960 billion endured more difficulties on Thursday as Senate President Abubakar Bukola Saraki pronounced that the position of the National Assembly on the matter stayed substantial and in constrain.

Saraki uncovered that his late visits to the Aso Rock Presidential Villa and the gatherings between the President and himself had no holding on for the credit ask.

The Senate had two weeks back rejected the presidential demand to the senate to affirm the credit offer.

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Not long after Senate's dismissal of the demand, Saraki had gone by the Presidential Villa and met with Buhari commonly, an advancement which incited hypothesis that the President may have utilized the chance of those gatherings to convince the Senate President to win on different Senators to drop their restriction to the credit ask.

Yet, in a press explanation on Thursday, Saraki communicated dissatisfaction that his gatherings with the President was being confused to imply that the position of the Senate was being traded off.

Marked by the Special Adviser to the Senate President on Media and attention, Yusuph Olaniyonu, the announcement exhorted legislators and the media to abstain from making what it called "purge hypotheses about his late visits to the Presidential Villa and connecting such visits to the demand by the Buhari organization for endorsement of the National Assembly to get $29.9bn advance from outside sources"

Saraki noticed that the remarks by a few legislators on the advance issue with no authentic premise was "sad".

"Like I once told the media, these politically-inspired discourses are trivializing a genuine national issue and exhibiting it as though it is an individual matter that can be chosen at gatherings amongst Saraki and President Muhammadu Buhari", he expressed.

"The National Assembly which I head as Senate President has taken a position on the issue as required of it by the traditions that must be adhered to and administrative traditions. At each point, the present National Assembly will settle on choices in view of national intrigue and we have promised that we will dependably act in light of a legitimate concern for our kin. That is the reason regardless of the way that individuals have a place with various gatherings, when national issues go to the floor we disregard party affiliations and go about as Nigerians chose to secure the enthusiasm of Nigeria."

The Senate President proceeded with: "A visit to the Presidency by the Senate President is an ordinary thing since we have to counsel, examine, trade thoughts and make proposals to each other every once in a while. All the more essentially, as of now, when the country is confronting monetary emergency, there is requirement for successive engagements by the Presidency and the National Assembly.

"It is in reality exceptionally awful that these unfilled theories by the media are presently shaping the reason for analyses by a few government officials who are in a position to be better educated. Government officials ought to quit playing to the display or drawing political capital from all issues. At the point when genuine national issues are on ground, we ought to cease from making proclamations in light of minor feelings. Additionally, the media ought to practice limitation in their reportage and editorials with a specific end goal to legitimately serve our kin.

"When we are going to set up a spending which is gone for reacting to the present subsidence and our goal is to guarantee all issues concerning the monetary allowance are resolved before the spending goes to the floor with the goal that we will have a less dreary process than that of a year ago, the media ought to be prepared to witness a greater amount of these engagements between the Presidency and the National Assembly", Saraki expressed.

Just on Wednesday, Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, asked Saraki not to retreat on Senate's dismissal of the arrangement by the President to acquire a $29.96 billion outside credit.

He said the advance would facilitate demolish the nation's economy. In an announcement by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Fayose inquired:

"What is the monetary sense in assuming control N12 trillion advance in order to have the capacity to spend more cash amid the financial retreat? In what capacity can a country be proposing to spend more cash when its wage has decreased significantly?

"Yes, it is being contended that countries in [a] subsidence must spend to receive in return, however on account of Nigeria, how would we pay back when as at today, 30 for every penny of our salary is being utilized to administration obligation?"

The announcement proceeded: "When the Senate consistently tossed out President Muhammadu Buhari's ask for the advance, numerous Nigerians hurled a moan of alleviation and hailed the officials.

As indicated by Fayose, the "unfurling occasions in the most recent few days propose a hazardous collusion between the administration and the Senate President to guarantee the endorsement of the credit at all cost.

"Antennas getting to people in general propose that the progressing Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) trial of Saraki is being utilized as coercion to inspire him to back the $29.96 billion advance.

"Rather than working together with the administration to dive Nigerians into the subjugation of obligation, Saraki ought to set up his portable shelter with the masses."

FEC approves bilateral tax agreement between Nigeria, Singapore

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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday affirmed a reciprocal understanding for the evasion of twofold tax assessment in business bargains amongst Nigeria and Singapore.

‎The endorsement, approved at the 22nd meeting of FEC, managed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, would likewise forestall charge avoidance on salary and capital advantages amongst Nigeria and Singapore.

The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, told State House journalists that the target of the assention was to encourage more exchange amongst Nigeria and Singapore

She said it would prevail by guaranteeing that nationals or undertakings were not exhausted twice on wage or benefits got from each of the nations.

"It will empower more straightforward remote speculations into Nigeria, permit speculators to recognize what their expense commitments will be and guarantee feasible duty administration for every nation,'' she said.

The clergyman unveiled that the underlining guideline behind the understanding was that Singapore had been a noteworthy exchanging accomplice with Nigeria.

She said the nation was a noteworthy merchant of Nigeria's unrefined petroleum.

"They purchase oil from us. Petroleum fare to Singapore throughout the previous five years is about $264 billion and we import about N311 billion worth of merchandise from them.''

Likewise the Minister of State, Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, told journalists that FEC endorsed ‎bilateral air benefit assention among Qatar, Singapore and Nigeria.

As indicated by him, Singapore is turning into the most productive and the greatest hob around the far eastern part of the globe, serving New Zealand, Australia, Japan, China, Singapore and Indonesia.

"We imagined that in our endeavors to likewise make a hob inside Nigeria‎, the focal Africa, we will influence on the chance to make air benefits between the nations.

He said that Qatar, being in the Middle East, had vigorous flying and solid bearer with capacity to move merchandise and ventures in an extremely proficient and quick way.

He included that the nation likewise had the ability to pass on high esteem wares via air.

He said that FEC saw the need to consent to some arrangement so they would characterize how undertakings could do organizations crosswise over Nigeria, Qatar and Singapore.

He included that President Muhammadu Buhari had affirmed that the air administrations understanding be agreed upon.

He said that having been embraced by FEC, the record ‎would be sent to the National Assembly for affirmation.

The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, directed the preparation.

Orji Kalu joins APC

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A previous Abia State Governor, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu Wednesday formally joined the decision All Progressives Congress, (APC) with a solid responsibility to contribute his amount the political and monetary advancement of the nation.

In any case, the previous senator expelled implications that he raced into the decision party with a view to truncating his progressing trial by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC). His choice was in accordance with family requests of him, he said

Getting the previous representative and some of his supporters at the gathering's National Secretariat in Abuja on Wednesday, the National Chairman of the gathering, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun portrayed the passageway of Kalu into the gathering as auspicious, given the way that the nation required the experience, flexibility and never-kick the bucket soul of the previous senator to lift the nation from its current financial difficulties.

Kalu was went with to the secretariat by his previous Osun State partner and chieftain of the gathering, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, his political partners like the previous Chairman of the Progressive Peoples Alliance, (PPA) Dr Sam Nkire, his more youthful sibling, Mascot Kalu among others.

The previous senator said his choice to join the APC was directed by the family requests reviewing the late visit to the APC central station by his mom, Mama Eunice and some of his kin. While conceding that he had such a variety of companions in the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), yet he trusted that family requests start things out.

ONDO GOV POLL: Jimoh Ibrahim, Olusola Oke’s names missing on INEC’s final list

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Mr Eyitayo Jegede, SAN, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, were among the governorship hopefuls whose names were discharged in the last rundown by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for competitors that will partake in the anticipated governorship races in Ondo State. Olusola Oke, Conspicuously, the names of Mr Jimoh Ibrahim and Chief Olusola Oke were excluded from the last rundown discharged by the commission. A Federal High Court had requested INEC to perceive Jimoh Ibrahim as the PDP applicant in the Ondo race. However, Vanguard
accumulated that the commission was all the while counseling with her legal advisors on the advancement, a rundown of 28 competitors dated September 22 and as of late redesigned on its site demonstrated the that there has been no substitution of any of the applicants. Boss Oke, who absconded to the Alliance for Democracy, AD, after the dubious primaries of the APC additionally endures comparable destiny as Ibrahim. In the rundown, the AD applicant, Mr Akin Enoch Zerubabel Olowookere and his 72-year old running mate, Yahaya Ipinloju are together number 4 on the rundown. INEC to convey 16,723 staff Meantime, to direct the governorship race in Ondo State, planned for Saturday, November 26th 2016, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), is to send 16,723 faculty. Ondo state is comprised of 18 Local Government Areas, 203 Registration Areas, and 3,010 Polling Units. It has a sum of 1,660,055 enlisted voters. A breakdown of the 16,723 faculty to be conveyed shows that INEC would send one Returning Officer, 18 Local Government Collation Officers, 203 Registration Area Collation Officers, 301 Supervisory Presiding Officer, SPOs, 3,010 Presiding Officers, POs, and 11, 103 Assistant Presiding Officers. $1m fix: INEC blames Jimoh Ibrahim for lying Jimoh Ibrahim Also, the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has formally responded to assertions by a factional applicant of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP in the imminent Ondo race, Jimoh Ibrahim such that an INEC staff had requested a pay off of $1 million from him. INEC in an announcement issued in Abuja and marked by its National Commissioner accountable for Information, Prince Solomon Soyebi, excused its Director of Legal Services, Mrs Toyin Babalola of the claim. INEC said Mr Ibrahim had raged its home office with a duplicate of a court judgment requesting his office to be acknowledged by the gathering, saying while the visit was unforeseen, INEC does not likewise manage people but rather parties. "On locating the surprising visitor, Mrs Babalola called three different legal advisors in her area of expertise to witness her experience with Mr Ibrahim and amenably let him know that the commission was at that point possessing the court report. At no time amid the experience that kept going under 15 minutes did Mrs Babalola request $1 million. Hence, the affirmation by Mr Ibrahim is false", INEC said. On the charge that the Resident Electoral Commissioner REC in Ondo State, Mr Segun Agbaje asked for a private meeting with Ibrahim in London, INEC said: "The commission found that it was Mr Ibrahim, who through a middle person, attempted to organize a meeting with the Ondo REC in London. This Mr
Agbaje quickly declined and demanded that if Mr Ibrahim needed to see him, he was allowed to do as such at the Ondo State INEC office amid authority hours. In this way, Mr Ibrahim's record is not the right record of what really occurred."

Ondo: Reconstituted A/Court panel adjourns Eyitayo Jegede’s case, others Read more at: fayorizu

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The reconstituted Appeal Court board drove by Justice Ibrahim Salauwa, set up to hear cases emerging from the Peoples Democratic Party governorship competitor tussle in Ondo, started hearing on Friday morning. Wole Olanipekun SAN drove Ife Adedipe SAN, Dayo Akinlaja SAN and 17 different legal counselors to show up for Eyitayo Jegede and Clement Faboyede, while Bei Nwofor SAN, drove 5 different attorneys to show up for Biyi Poroye and others, Nelson Anih for INEC, Ajibola Oluyede, for eleventh respondent, the Ali Modu Sheriff group of the PDP. Olanipekun looked for the Court authorization to pull back and disapprove the interest CA/A/551A/2016 recorded by Faboyede against Poroye/Ibrahim in October, which was not restricted by different respondents and accordingly expelled by Justice Salauwa. On the second interest between Ahmed Markarfi and Biyi Poroye and others, in the wake of listening to contention by advice, Justice Salauwa deferred the case till Monday seventh November 2016 for further hearing. Equity Salauwa similarly dismissed till Monday 9am, the third interest which is Eyitayo Jegede versus Biyi Poroye and others in spite of Olanipekun request that the matter ought to be heard with the truly necessary increasing speed in perspective of the current direness. The fourth interest between Ahmed Markarfi versus Biyi Poroye was likewise deferred.

Dasuki declined DSS offer to attend late father’s burial – Danbazau

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Minister of Interior, Retired Lt.- Gen. Abdulrahman Danbazau, said previous National Security Adviser, resigned Col. Sambo Dasuki, on Monday declined an offer to visit his late father, Ibrahim Dasuki, in an Abuja doctor's facility. So also, Danbazau said Sambo had declined another offer to be in Sokoto all through the grieving of his late Father. Previous Sultan, Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki The Minister uncovered this while tending to newsmen in Sokoto on Tuesday. "We had examined with the Director-General, DSS, yesterday and Sambo was offered to visit his late father on his healing center bed in Abuja." "He declined and said he liked to appeal to God for him. He was likewise offered to be in Sokoto all through the grieving time frame and he
additionally declined, liking to petition God for his late father. That was the genuine circumstance," Danbazau said. Previous national security consultant of ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, Sambo Dasuki (R), The Minister portrayed the late Dasuki as a
genuine patriot, and implored Allah for the rest his spirit. Ibrahim Dasuki, who was the previous Sultan of Sokoto, and father of Col. Sambo, passed on Monday in an Abuja Hospital at 93 years old. He was covered in Sokoto on Tuesday.

Fayose in trouble as witness says N137m was deposited into his account Read more at: fayorizu

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Mr Alade-Oluseye Sunday, an arraignment witness in the on-going trial of Mr Abiodun Agbele, a partner of Gov. Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti, said he followed up on the guidelines of the litigant to pay cash into different records, one of which is Ayodele Fayose's in whose record N137m was saved. The witness, who is the branch Manager of Zenith Bank, Akure, told Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of a Federal High Court Abuja while giving his declaration on Monday. Fayose and EFCC The Economic and Financial Crimes commission (EFCC) summoned Agbele alongside three organizations in a 11-check charge verging on government evasion. The organizations are Sylvan Mcnamara Limited, De Privateer Limited and Spotless Investment Limited. The sum supposedly washed is put at about N1.2 billion. Agbele argued not liable to the charge in opposition to Section 15(2) (d) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (as revised in 2012). At the continued sitting, the witness told the court that the litigant gave directions that the cash ought to be exchanged to different organizations' records recorded in the
charge. The witness said he took after the litigant to Akure Airport to get the cash got two air ship. "The individual I saw who conveyed the cash to Agbele gives off an impression of being Sen. Musiliu Obanikoro. I remembered him from pictures of him I as a rule see on TV since I never met him. "The store slips used to pay the cash into the different organizations' records were filled by Agbele himself since he knows the records. "On June 17, 2014, N100 million was paid into Spotless Investment Nigeria Limited and N219, 490,000 was additionally stored into the De Privateer Company account on June 18, 2014. "On June 19, 2014, N300 million was stored into the De Privateer Company's record and on June 23, 2014, N200 million was likewise kept into a similar organization's record. "N137 million was saved into Ayodele Fayose's record on June 26, 2014 and the rest of the adjust of N230 million was taken to Ado-Ekiti on Agbele's guideline," the witness said. Sunday additionally told the court that Agbele drove the vehicles that passed on the cash to the bank. The witness additionally said that it took the bank 10 days to complete the process of numbering and sorting the cash after lodgement. He told the court that the cash was secured in the solid room amid the end of the week when the bank officers were not doing the numbering. "The cash was secured in the solid room when we were not including; three people as a rule hold the keys to the solid room which are the Head of Operation, the Cashier and the Head teller. "I never met the respondent preceding June 2014, I never had any money related dealings with him and I was never at any meeting with the litigant or the administration of Zenith Bank. Equity Dimgba suspended continuation of round of questioning of the observer in the matter until Nov. 17.

Akeredolu, Mimiko bicker over plots to shift poll Read more at: fayorizu

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THE crusade association of the All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday, claimed that Governor Olusegun Mimiko was working surreptitiously to guarantee a delay of the survey. Promoting inRead designed by Teads In an announcement by its Director of Communications, Soji Alakuro, the association said the APC hopeful, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, is prepared for the decision and encouraged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and security organizations not to capitulate to the tricks of the representative. ''We know about the untoward moves and weights being mounted on INEC and in addition cordial security heads in the state by Governor Mimiko on the need to defer the prospective governorship race in the state. As a method for laying a false layout for such, the Governor is plotting a three-day road wide dissent in the state capital, Akure and other significant towns in the state. "This is wanted to hold between November 23 and 25. Without a doubt, this is a formula for savagery and the senator ought to be considered in charge of any demonstration of emergency. 'Without a doubt, this is a thoughtlessly considered move went for discouraging the vote based energy of our kin to choose another
representative… ''While we are not against the real right of people to seek after cases as they influence them, even up to the Supreme Court, the move, for
example, brought about by Mimiko to deceive amicable security operators and in addition INEC is undemocratic, most uncharitable and fiendish. For us in the APC, the gathering and our hopeful, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu are both arranged for the survey.'' APC is unsteady — PDP Reacting, the Publicity Director of the PDP, Ayo Fadaka, denied the assertion. Fadaka, who said that the restriction gathering was jumpy on the grounds that it would be soundly beaten if the decision gathering's governorship competitor Eyitayo Jegede is cleared by the court to take an interest in the coming race. As per him, if Jegede is cleared two days before the decision he would clean different applicants in view of his prevalence and the sensitivity he is getting a charge out of due to the scheme against him.

Doctor Beat Up Nurse For ‘Teaching’ Him His Work in Abuja Hospital

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Therapeutic administrations were upset at the Abaji General Hospital after a medicinal specialist purportedly ambushed an attendant of the healing facility as of late.

A source, who favored secrecy told Daily Trust that the medical caretaker, Habiba Gana, griped to the specialist about the way he took care of a lady in labor.

He said the specialist did not trifle with the feedback, as he began pounding the medical attendant.

"The medical caretaker requested that the specialist be more mindful in taking care of the lady who was in the process of giving birth torments for quite a long time yet the specialist got irate and jumped on the attendant," he said.

The improvement which began at around 5a.m. prior to the landing of some staff at the doctor's facility injured the day's exercises prompting to perplexity, the source said.

It was learnt that after the fracas, the FCT administrator of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Deborah Yusuf, who drove a few officials of the relationship to the healing center requested its individuals to down devices till equity is done to their part.

Day by day Trust journalist dependably assembled that the said specialist has been requested that report at the FCT wellbeing secretariat in Abuja every day, for six weeks pending the finish of examination concerning the episode.

Why Guardiola Banned Iheanacho, Other Players From Having Sex After Midnight

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Samir Nasri has uncovered that Pep Guardiola gets the best out of his players, by precluding them to engage in sexual relations after 12 pm.

Nasri is at present on a one-year credit from Manchester City, subsequent to playing for just 15 minutes in the Premier League under Guardiola.

Despite the fact that he invested little energy with the Spaniard, there were sure guidelines that stayed with him.

"Relations must be before midnight. Regardless of the possibility that you have a free day the next day," Nasri told L'Equipe du Soir when requested one of Guardiola's mysteries for getting the most extreme from his stars.

"It's so you can have a decent night's rest.

"He let us know this is the means by which he figured out how to get the best out of Messi and Lewandowski, and for them to stay away from the greatest number of strong wounds."

Nasri was considered overweight by Guardiola when he returned for pre-season preparing and says the previous Barcelona administrator has strict guidelines for eating routine as well.

Updated List of States That Can’t Pay Workers Salary

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BudgIT has discharged an upgraded rundown of states that can't pay the pay rates of their specialists.

In 2015, BudgIT said just 19 states were in that circumstance; however now the number has swollen to 33.

Here are the states that are thinking that its difficult to pay laborers:

Akwa Ibom is keep going on the table of capacity to meet month to month intermittent consumption responsibilities took after by Bayelsa, Oyo and Osun, said BudgIT.

1.Akwa Ibom

2.Bayelsa

3.Oyo

4.Osun

5.Ogun,

6.Plateau,

7.Delta,

8.Kwara,

9.Adamawa,

10.Abia,

11.Benue,

12.Bauchi,

13.Jigawa,

14.Kano,

15.Cross River,

16.Kogi,

17.Imo,

18.Ondo,

19.Nassarawa,

20.Yobe,

21.Kaduna,

22.Ekiti,

23.Sokoto

24.Borno

25.Taraba

These states can meetup in a few measures:

1.Zamfara,

2.Gombe,

3.Anambra,

4.Niger,

5.Katsina,

6.Ebonyi,

7.Edo

8.Kebbi

Just Lagos, Rivers and Enugu states have possessed the capacity to pay laborers compensations, the report included.

Buhari’s Masterplan That Will Make 1Naira Equal to $1 Unveiled (CARTOONS)

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Nigerian economy is in relentless decay and President Muhammadu has quite recently found an answer. Checkout toons by Mike Asukwo and Brouhaha Media beneath

Quilox Night Club – Why Oritsefemi Was Beaten Up

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At around 2am on Saturday, thirteenth of Nov. 2016, Oritsefemi came into Quilox without earlier reservations or table appointments. Tables are apportioned to clients who have made earlier paid table appointments ahead of time of their landing aside from such client is a benefactor or individual from the club. . . In any case, Oritsefemi who did not fall into any of the classifications above drew closer a benefactor's table-of-six, and argued to be suited, with the understanding that different visitors of the said supporter were still been normal.

In an astounding unforeseen development, Oristsemi who was drinking from the supporters bottle, endeavored to sit 8 of his visitors at the table, the shocked benefactor firmly rejected such audacity and welcomed the bouncer guarding the floor to mediate. . . The bouncer affably drew nearer Oritsefemi and let him know the supporters visitors were all the while being normal, yet Oristefemi, in an attack of unwarranted wrath, slapped the bouncer then continued to softening a glass up his hand and stabing him in the eye. . . The scene rapidly got to be unruly as different clients hurried to the table and went up against the artiste for his rough conduct, our security group immediately ventured into rescue the circumstance via doing Oristefemi of the club. . . Oristefemi confronted by a maddened group outside and maybe understanding the gravity of his offense put on a show to crumple. The artiste and the bouncer were along these lines raced to a close-by healing center . . The bouncer influenced later squeezed charges at Bar Beach police headquarters, where Oritsefemi acknowledged his offense and argued for leniency, he was allowed safeguard at 12pm on the thirteenth of Nov. what's more, encouraged to report back to the station on Tues. fifteenth of Nov. 2016. . . We were reluctant to discharge a squeeze proclamation as a few good natured individuals have endeavored to intervene in the interest of the artiste, yet after his malignant and horribly bogus record of the occasions that occured, it is not out of the question that we safeguard the respectability and ethos of our association.

How my father’s name saved us from armed robbery attack– Sola Kosoko Read more at: fayorizu

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Sola Kosoko is a honor winning performing artist and little girl of the veteran on-screen character, Jide Kosoko. She came into the business in the 90s and has stayed applicable from that point forward. She is a productive performer who has featured in endless movies and with three movies amazingly as a maker. All on account of her dad who urged her to go into acting not long after moving on from auxiliary school. The now-wedded woman offers with Showtime Celebrity how she met her heartthrob, Abiodun Abinna, and the value she has paid for fame, among other fascinating things. Promoting inRead developed by Teads What affected your decision of profession? To be completely forthright, my father impacted my decision of vocation. My desire as a tyke was to end up an attorney or a supporter. My first appearance could be compared to a prop-like appearance. In 1987, I got my first part in a celluloid film after which I did a reversal to class. Quickly after my auxiliary
school training, I began seeming more in movies. Some of daddy's associates like Baba Suwe would come around and would enlighten me to come and act regarding three scenes and that was it. My first real film was Ola Abata in 1999 in light of the fact that I was thrown for the part Alaja Wosilat. With that film, my father turned out to be more persuaded that I ought to consider acting important. In any case, I wasn't sharp about it since I was looking for entrance into the University. In the year 2000, my father scripted another motion picture and he said I would not simply take a few scenes, but rather would be the primary character in the film. I obliged reluctantly. I watched the film and I was not very content with myself . I had an inclination that I was too little and not sufficiently wonderful and I chose to stop acting and focus on my scholastics. In the year 2001, I had another chance to act in a film as the principle character once more, I acknowledged reluctantly once more yet this time when I viewed the motion picture, I was content with what I saw on the screen. I was looking more developed, excellent and I performed well. What's more, that was the film that shot me into spotlight. With this, I began getting more solicitations from different makers. Sola and her father, Jide Kosoko How would you see the ""Kosoko"" mark where each individual from the family is into acting? Not each individual from the family is into acting. I have a more youthful sister that contemplated Cell Biology and Genetics and not in the acting business. I have another more youthful sibling that considered a similar course and he is not likewise into acting. My senior sister is a Civil Servant. We just have myself, my more youthful sister, Bidemi and my senior sibling who is a motion picture chief, that are into acting. The rest are into various fields of work. We can simply say the business in some ways have turned into a family exchange. I have arrangements to guarantee one of my kids goes into amusement, be it music, acting or different things. You are a profession lady, mother and a spouse. How would you adapt to all these without one influencing the other? It now and again influence each other I should admit yet by the finesse of God I survive. So how was growing up for you particularly in a poligamous family? I would simply say that my family is honored. In spite of the fact that we had times when we quarelled and that happens in each polygamous family. Be that as it may, regardless of our disparities, we generally meet up as one. We, the youngsters even overlook that this individual is not from my mum, we are just so close . We supplicate together,eat together and get things done as one major family. How could you have been able to you meet your significant other? I met him couple of years back and that was before I was in the spotlight. At to start with, we began as companions, great companions. In those, (prior days I picked up entrance into the University which took me some time) he was the one showing me Mathematics which was an extremely troublesome subject for me then. When I in the long run picked up admission to study Sociology, I chose to acknowledge his proposition and we later got hitched. What have you paid for fame? I spend progressively and is troubling. I can't go get stuffs for myself. This is on account of whatever is sold for 10 naira will be sold to me for 15 naira. I was at the market at once and I purchased something worth N200, the vender declined to give me my 800 naira adjust on the record that she purchases my movies, watch my films and that I will need to pay her for that support. She in the long run gave me 400 naira reluctantly and that is the reason I infrequently go to the business sectors. I go to the shopping center rather however I truly miss heading off to our neighborhood markets. Likewise, I set out not remain in the auto alone. This is on the grounds that in the event that I need to get or accomplish something, some person must be with me to help me complete it. So one of my PAs needs to dependably be with me else I may wind up burning through 5000 naira for something worth less particularly when my ""insane"" fans are included. I have likewise lost my security. Be that as it may, we scarcely read or catch wind of you? That is on the grounds that I attempt to stay under the radar, I am a greater amount of a self observer. You have additionally possessed the capacity to keep a spotless sheet, what are the insider facts? Like I said, I am a greater amount of a contemplative person particularly out in the open. Additionally, I don't blow my own particular trumpet. A year ago, the Federal Government supported a venture called ''Nollywood Project Art''where ten on-screen characters from the Yoruba part of Nollywood went on a Diploma course in Performing Arts at the Olabisi Onabanjo University. Some of my associates will make such a great amount of clamor about it however that is not me. Numerous Yoruba movies are ineffectively subtitled, why? I think we are getting over that. When I was taking a shot at my last venture which was appeared at the films amid the Ileya celebration, the woman who was assumed do the interpretation was out of the nation. She exhorted me against utilizing a few hands whom she knew won't make an incredible showing with regards to, however will take the necessary steps inside a restricted time. I needed to sit tight for her entry. Here and there as well, it could be typographical blunders. Notwithstanding when I demanded utilizing the right hand and experiencing the employment myself, a few mistakes still discovered their way into the venture. Why do we have numerous makers particularly among the Yoruba division? We have numerous makers in light of the fact that numerous individuals are joining the business. On the other hand is it in light of the fact that a hefty portion of you need to profit? How about we be practical. We as a whole ache for to profit. Once more, it could be to end up well known, overlooking there are individuals who are more qualified for the employment. Had there been an occurrence where you had contention with your dad on set? Not by any means. Now and again, our assessment about issues could be distinctive. There was a period I was chipping away at a venture and I imagined someone else for a part yet he had an alternate individual as a primary concern. That, I can state happens a ton of times. Be that as it may, we attempt however much as could reasonably be expected to see reasons and go generally advantageous. What are the torments of being a Jide Kosoko's girl? All things considered, I can't recollect any noteworthy one as I talk now yet barely will that happen. Around 2002 or 2003, equipped criminals went to our home. On that portentous day, they saw my dad's representation in my progression mum's room ( Late Henrietta Kosoko) and made request what his photo was doing in her room. She let them know he was her significant other. Trust me, the posse's pioneer told his young men to drop all that they had gathered from our home and they cleared out without harming anybody.

132-yr-old woman reveals Oshiomhole’s secret Read more at:fayorizu

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IYAMHO—MADAM Veronica Uloko, a 132 - year-old super-centenarian from Iyamho people group, Etsako family, Edo State, the main residence of the friendly Governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has revealed the mystery of the representative's remarkable strength and power. Inquisitively, Madam Uloko, who is visually impaired and can not walk anymore, needs God to end her life due to the anguish she was experiencing over the loss of three of her seven kids, particularly the 73-year-old child that kicked the bucket in August, this year. •Mama Veronica Uloko She addressed Niger Delta Voice, NDV, at Iyamho through her 71-year-old child, Obanor, who served as translator amid the meeting. Authoritatively, by the Guinness World Records, the most seasoned living individual on the planet is 116-year-old Italian, Emman Morano of Verbani in Italy. Obanor, his child, who said his senior sister is 84 years of age, educated us that the passing of his senior sibling
influenced the soundness of their mom, who does not have any desire to live while her kids bite the dust. Iyamho people're not weaklings Commenting on Oshiomhole, she said: "Our kin in Iyamho are not defeatists and they live straight forward life, they don't cheat and they are extremely intense individuals and I feel that is the reason God favors us with long life and insight, including Oshiomhole, in Iyamho." True to her words, cordial Governor Oshiomhole, without a doubt, served the state with uncommon courage and reasonability, mouthing it all the time that he was not a quitter and would not be harassed by anyone. He gloated that he removed what he portrayed as settled in political adoptive parents in the state since God did not give him soul of weakness. One-leg move: Madam Uloko, who is energized by Oshimohole's formative walks in the state, said: "We are glad that one and only man acted the hero us, not just our kin, the whole Edo north and Edo state. "God will favor Oshiomhole. When he was reported as the champ, I was hitting the dance floor with one leg inside in light of the fact that I couldn't stroll as an old lady." Prayer for Oshiomhole "I implore that Oshiomhole will get another enormous arrangement when he leaves as senator. I say thanks to Oshiomhole for what he has accomplished for our kin, when you go to our town, Iyamho; you won't perceive the place once more, as individuals keep on telling me since I can not see anymore. I have appealed to God for him and I will keep on praying for him since he made our kin glad," she included. Asked how she feels at 132 years of age, she attested: "I am exceptionally glad that God gave me a long life, yet since my child kicked the bucket, I have been appealing to God to come and end my life. I can't remain while my youngsters are passing on subsequent to getting old." Gov's mom visit She went on: "Representative Oshiomhole's mom came to welcome me a day or two ago and I was cheerful. My dad was more seasoned than me, however I am not glad at all since my child kicked the bucket and I have been sobbing from that point forward. I can no longer observe well, I use to see exceptionally well however I can no longer observe well. I have seven youngsters, however one kicked the bucket three months back, while two passed on years prior. So I am not upbeat by any means." Childless for a long time "I wedded at 18 years old at Olueke. When I was at Olueke, I put in 12 years without a youngster. So my dad exhorted me to leave the marriage since I couldn't have any issue with the man. So I returned to my dad's home and put in an additional four years before I met my better half that we had the four youngsters together. "Indeed, before I got hitched to my second spouse, he had nine youngsters as of now with another lady. We are extremely upbeat to have life span in our family. Individuals in my dad's group, Iyamho, appreciate long life. My dad was 87 years before he kicked the bucket; he was the most seasoned man in Afowa town before he passed on. Her words: "I express gratitude toward God for giving me long life and that is all I petition God for individuals today, yet I am no longer getting a charge out of it because of the passing of my child." She detests malicious – child Her child, Obanor, included: "I am the one and only dealing with her now, my significant other has been wiped out thus I deal with them two. Here and there, her little girl that stays in Canada sends cash for her upkeep, which is the thing that I generally spend. I just gave her evening nourishment before you came. We attempted to wash her garments today, however she said we ought to hold up till following seven days. "She generally arranges her program, my mom's dad was a local specialist, and after that whatever he lets you know will without a doubt happen. She was taking after the father, so when my granddad kicked the bucket, my mom was near him. "She used to be the one conveying sacks for his dad and as at then, they trek to Agenebode by walking. My granddad was a prevalent man, anyone who is exceptionally wiped out, they will call him to come and mend the individual. My mom will convey the sack and take after my granddad. On the off chance that any kid has writhing, my mom cures it." Obanor declared: "I am happy we are still alive today. My mom is a decent lady, however don't do her anything abhorrent. She is continually petitioning God for everyone to live longer than her. She doesn't care for insidiousness and that is the reason she is old today. Our eldest sister today is 84, while I am 71. So you can see that God favored us with age and we are appreciative."

CHIBOK GIRLS RELEASE: Presidency rejects claim FG paid $21m ransom Read more at: fayorizu

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The Presidency has portrayed as untrue and out of line media reports which asserted restored assaults in Borno State were as an aftereffect of late arrival of the 21 Chibok young ladies. It likewise denied that it paid $21 million payoff for the young ladies' discharge, focusing on that the achievement accomplished so far in the obliteration of Boko Haram in the North-East was to a great extent as a consequence of the


exertion of the military. In an announcement by presidential representative, Mallam Garba Shehu, the previous evening, the Presidency said that such measure of cash had never been budgetted for anyplace for that reason. The announcement read, partially, "In the course of recent days, some daily paper reports attributing the late psychological oppressor assaults in Borno State to the administration's transaction of the arrival of 21 Chibok young ladies, with a specific report asserting the trading of USD 21 million for the young ladies are false and ought to be neglected by individuals from people in general. This free talk is news coverage at its most flighty and its generally frightening. "As a capable government that is keep running on the premise of the constitution and spending plans properly appropriated by the National Assembly, we have no such cash under any designation to pay out this absurd whole of cash as payoff. "Past the call of news-casting, the daily paper making this charge has a national obligation to point how and where this cash was paid, and to supply leads as to where the "intense weapons" were purchased by the psychological militants. "From the origin of President Muhammadu Buhari's organization, the media, neighborhood and worldwide gatherings, have perseveringly forced the administration to do everything conceivable to encourage the arrival of the Chibok young ladies. "Amid the decision battles, President Buhari himself communicated duty to this furthermore to conveying a conclusion to psychological warfare in our nation. We then ask why anybody is turning the thrashing of dread and return of the missing people against the legislature. "As at the time he came into power, Boko Haram involved 80 percent of Borno State, 40 percent of Yobe, and a huge fragment of Adamawa. Today, the gathering does not control any region. The administration additionally has effectively empowered the arrival of 23 Chibok young ladies, while arrangements for the arrival of all the more, potentially all the rest, are in advance. "The victories recorded by the administration in the battle against fear based oppression have been a consequence of coordinated effort between our nation's different security offices, especially the Department of State Services, the Police, the Civil Defense, Air Force, the Navy and the Army. Delegates from these arms of our security organizations were likewise required during the time spent the arrival of the 21 Chibok young ladies. "It is, in this way, unjustifiable and rash of any medium to cite anonymous, supposedly displeased sources inside the military, who now guarantee that the young ladies' discharge has reinvigorated Boko Haram

Between Mariya, Fatima and Halima Dangote Read more at: fayorizu

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What does it feel like to be the girls of the wealthiest dark man on the planet? That is a question numerous people the world over will color to have a response to. Promoting inRead developed by Teads If you're supposing such fortunate young ladies would be haughty and puffed-up, then you have to reconsider. Mariya, Fatima and Halima are the little girls of tycoon industrialist, Aliko Dangote, however in the event that you meet them, you wouldn't know their dad is so rich. The young ladies are so sensible and affable that numerous wonder about the magnificent childhood they probably had. •Dangote and little girls Unlike numerous silver spoon children of their kind who are brash and paint the social scene in an assortment of hues, the Dangote young ladies want to stay under the radar. Halima is an alum of Marketing from the American Intercontinental University, London, and Webster Business School, London. She's wedded to Kano-based Sulaiman Sani Bello and they have two wonderful little girls. She as of now works with her dad as a "strategist." On the other hand, Fatima is into confectionaries, and she sits on the Cupcake Factory. In the interim, Mariya has a Master's Degree from Conventry University.

President Buhari to attend Climate Change conference in Morocco

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President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday leave Abuja for Marrakech, Morocco, to go to the 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), otherwise called COP-22.

This is as per an announcement issued in Abuja on Sunday by Mr Femi Adesina, the President's Special Adviser on Media and Publicity.

Adesina said the occasion would occur in Marrakech between Nov. 14 and 16.

He said President Buhari would take part in the official opening whole on Nov. 15 where he would convey his national articulation amid the High Level Segment of COP 22.

As per him, the presidential deliver is required to highlight, among other key issues, Nigeria's resolute responsibility to executing the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and approach activities went for handling environmental change through natural economical endeavors.

He said that the president would likewise utilize the event to rally worldwide support for the tidy up of Ogoniland in the Niger Delta and the revival of the Lake Chad Basin.

Adesina said while in Marrakech, the president would go to the Africa Day Commemoration at COP 22 with the subject, "Moving from Commitments to Action with Intended Nationally-Determined Contributions and African Renewable Energy Initiative."

He said President Buhari would likewise go to the Summit of African Heads of State on the sidelines of the Climate Change meeting.

The COP 22, will be gone to by agents from 197 nations including world pioneers, environment clergymen, government authorities and additionally an extensive variety of delegates from common society and the private part.

The gathering is the initially meeting of State Parties since the section into drive of the historic point Paris Agreement on Nov. 4, 2016.

The lawfully restricting worldwide Agreement on environmental change, among others, addresses issues of a dangerous atmospheric devation, including its effect on nourishment security and agribusiness.

It would be reviewed that President Buhari consented to the Paris Arrangement on Sept. 22, 2016, at the edges of the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

"Floated by that dedication, the Nigerian appointment is idealistic that COP22 will give a stage to advance and improve conveyance of the reason driven ecological economical plan of the Federal Government," Adesina included.

Railway: Roof top riders to pay N100,000 fine soon — Oche

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Jerry Oche, the Lagos District Manager, Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), said the organization would soon expand the fine of rooftop top riders to N100,000.

He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos that the fine was not intended to produce income but rather to dishearten individuals

from riding at the rooftop top of the prepare.

He said villains had framed the propensity for riding on rooftop top of prepare and bringing about commotion on pure travelers, making train ride uncertain.

He included that 36 people were charged to court on Wednesday, Nov. 9, out of the 105 speculated rooftop beat riders captured as of late.

The region director said that the suspects were made to pay N25,000 fine which the NRC would later increment to N50,000 and

N100,000 to dissuade them from such illicit act.

He included that "the fine is only an approach to dishearten individuals from riding at the rooftop top of the prepare.

"We have charged 36 out of more than 100 suspects to court as of late and the clampdown will proceed."

Oche clarified that the hooligans were captured by a joined group of Railway Police, the Lagos State Police Command, the NRC Task Force and Man-O-War faculty.

As per him, the reprobates have constituted an annoyance to the company's mass travel carry benefit in Lagos and Ogun states, bringing on damage and wounds to pure travelers.

The supervisor said that the strikes would proceed and the company would expand its police presents and security work force on guarantee the wellbeing of travelers and NRC staff on the trains.

He included that the wellbeing and security of travelers was foremost to the enterprise.

NAN reports that punks created commotion at the Agege station on Nov. 1 and the advancement prompted to retaliation assaults from the general population, which influenced the operations of the organization.

Makarfi: Blame Sheriff for deepening crisis in PDP

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Director of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Caretaker Committee, Senator Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, has reprimanded Ali Modu Sheriff for declining to keep to the peace assention marked by the two groups, saying that is the reason peace hosts kept on evading the gathering.

In a meeting with The Guardian, Markafi asserted that in the wake of achieving agreement on a few issues, Sheriff would change the objective post, veering off from the terms and comprehension came to.

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"He is the one continually changing the objective post. My dread is that he may not be in entire control of the circumstance on his side, in light of the fact that there are diverse individuals with various interests. Also, if their interests are not served, which might be confined, they won't give space for peace.

"Along these lines, if that is the situation, how would you take a seat and make peace, trusting that you have tackled the issue and just for the following day, you see that the issue is still there," the previous Kaduna State representative uncovered.

The overseer executive further uncovered that the two camps consented to set up equivalent number of gathering men and ladies that would take a seat to take a gander at the methodology of determining the issues.

Makarfi said: "At first, the panel was to be comprised of twelve from both sides, later Ali Modu Sheriff thought we ought to extend it to 14, 14. We said it was a smart thought. Later, I communicated something specific that we expected to extend it to 15 – 15 on the grounds that, rather than two governors, we needed to incorporate three governors keeping in mind the end goal to convey everyone along.

"That was the manner by which we hit the figure 15 - 15. What's more, the issue was who to seat the board of trustees and the terms of reference. As I would see it, I thought the individual who could meet us without debate, ought to have the capacity to seat the council. Modu Sherrif proposed previous President Goodluck Jonathan. We said that he shouldn't be dragged into it; all the more in this way, we don't know how it will wind up. On the off chance that it winds up well, fine and well. Assuming it doesn't wind up well, you would have prevailing with regards to cutting down his stature as the prompt past President."

Dogara charges entrepreneurs to help tackle recession

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The Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, has encouraged chiefs of enterprises and business visionaries to help Nigeria leave the current monetary subsidence.

This is contained in an announcement issued on Sunday by Dogara's Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Mr Turaki Hassan.

The announcement said that Dogara made the interest in Benin at the inaugural wad of Gov. Godwin Obaseki.

It said that the ball was gone to by conspicuous industrialists including Africa's wealthiest man, Aliko Dangote.

Dogara focused on the requirement for the business visionaries to assemble their heads to re-design development in the economy to tame the retreat.

On the new representative and his appointee, the speaker was hopeful that they would convey on their order.

"Based on past exhibitions, I am sure that Godwin Obaseki and his appointee, Philip Shuaibu, have all it takes to convey development and improvement to Edo individuals.

"I had interacted with the senator when I was serving in the House of Representatives, particularly, on the House Committee on Capital Market.

"He showed up before that board of trustees and I can confirm the way that I knew him to take care of business that is profound.

"Along these lines, when I heard that the general population of Edo State recognized him as one of the sparkling stars that will assume control from the senator that by prevalent accord, performed soundly well, I realized that they had settled on a decent decision.

"I will state that with our sibling, who is his agent, a man who cut his teeth ahead of schedule in understudy union activism, who is a lobbyist, a companion, I am certain that has better situated you to pilot the undertakings of this state to the required goal.

"I accept past sensible uncertainty, that together, you will accomplish a great deal for Edo State, what has not been conceivable,'' Dogara said.

The speaker facilitate told the new senator and his agent that they had no reason however to waste no time.

"What's more, I accept on the grounds that the representative who simply gave over separated himself while serving here, they will have no reason not to fabricate or outperform on the exercises or accomplishments that he made while he was senator.

"The main thing that will stop them is reasons and I trust that the eventual fate of vote based system, whether in Nigeria or somewhere else, have a place with the individuals who will pardon the reasons of others however not theirs,'' Dogara said.

Alliance for Democracy ratifies Oke for Ondo governorship

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As UPP Absorbs APGA Decampees

National executive of United Progressives Party (UPP), Chief Chekwas Okorie, has said that Sir Chris Ejike Uche was chosen as the gathering's agent national director as a component of the procedure regularizing the combination of the gathering with a group of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).

This is generally as the Alliance for Democracy (AD), says it has regularized the candidature of Olusola Oke for the Ondo State governorship race, saying that it was at present attempting to reinforce its structure in the Southeast geopolitical zone in readiness for the Anambra State governorship survey.

Addressing The Guardian via telephone, Ondo State attention secretary of AD, Mrs. Nola Are, revealed that the gathering has confirmed the assignment of Oke as the governorship competitor of the gathering for the November 26, 2016 race.

Likewise affirming the progressing rebuilding of AD in the Southeast geopolitical zone, the pioneer of the gathering in the zone, Reverend Okechukwu C. Obiora, told The Guardian that AD was set to secure the Anambra State governorship in 2017.

Obiora expressed that AD was set to re-affirm its pre-famous position as one of the overwhelming establishment political gatherings in the nation, reviewing that despite the fact that the gathering was fixed out in Anambra governorship in 2003, it was presently all around put to secure the governorship once more.

Okorie told The Guardian that the National Working Committee of UPP respected the presentation of more than 85 percent individuals from APGA to UPP, which occurred in Enugu on November 4, 2016.

He noticed that: "it was in the soul of like-mindedness and society, that the proposal to delegate Chief (Sir) Chris Ejike Uche, who drove the APGA steadfast into UPP as the Deputy National Chairman of the gathering was made."

While unveiling the production of five boards of trustees, including Contact and Mobilization; Harmonization Committee; pronouncement/Constitution Review Committee; Finance Committee and Publicity Committee, to reposition UPP for future political difficulties, Okorie said the advisory groups would be constituted at the pending unprecedented National Executive Committee meeting.

Senate backs minister on restructuring of agencies

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Senate Committee on Aviation has said it is supporting the move by the Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, to rebuild the offices under the service, to lessen the colossal sums spent on overhead and work force cost.



Director Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Adamu Aliero, decided when the board of trustees went to the service yesterday in Abuja, in accordance with its oversight capacities.

He portrayed as inadmissible where a portion of the offices were terribly over staffed and having up to 10 general directors.

He said: "truth be told, amid our oversight visit to the offices, we had cause to alert them. As far as staffing, a portion of the organizations had up to 10 General Managers.

"A circumstance where 30 percent of capital goes to paying of compensations and overhead is bad for the nation. The greater part of the organizations are staff heavy."

Aliero, who likewise raised worry over the issue of wellbeing and security at the air terminals, requested that the hardware bought to give security at the airplane terminals be introduced immediately.

He complimented the Minister for his endeavors in the general execution of the 2016 spending plan distributed the service, yet required a 90 percent usage of the capital spending plan amid the monetary year.

How Lagos hospitals fleece pregnant women

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For quite a while, the Lagos State government has guaranteed to work free maternal and childcare program in the state, to make human services moderate among the defenseless gatherings and diminish the tin shrewdness of maternal and infant passing. However, the truth seems distinctive, as pregnant ladies in some tested essential human services focuses and general clinics over the state are regularly compelled to manage the budgetary cost of conveyance and getting to antenatal administrations, even despite the approach.

The Lagos State government has dependably guaranteed to work free antenatal tend to pregnant ladies in the state.

In any case, the truth on ground is demonstrating generally, as different state-claimed healing centers charges pregnant ladies for antenatal enlistment, drugs, examinations for tests and conveyance.

Nigeria has one of the most elevated maternal death rates (MMR) and baby death rates on the planet.

Out-of-pocket installments, alongside different variables, have dependably been rebuked for the marvel.

At the point when The Guardian went by the Gbagada General Hospital, it was found that pregnant ladies were regularly made to pay for antenatal care, restorative examinations and medications, among other sundry monetary expenses.

Mrs. Bagadat Adeyemi, who has been going to antenatal care there, told The Guardian that she was made to enlist with N9, 000 for antenatal care.

Mrs. Adeyemi, who is in her mid 30s, said she had spent a considerable measure purchasing drugs in the healing center.

"When I came couple of months back to enroll for antenatal, the medical caretakers I met let me know that I should enlist with N9, 000 for antenatal. I had no way out than to enroll with the cash.

"I was informed that the cash was implied for examinations and medications, however I realize that I have spent some cash for medications from that point forward. I am mindful that I will likewise pay for conveyance at the appropriate time.

In this way, I am not mindful of any free antenatal care or free conveyance here. On the off chance that there is any, I have not profited from it," he pushed.

A maternity specialist in the doctor's facility, who declined to uncover her name, affirmed to The Guardian that pregnant ladies are relied upon to enlist with cash for antenatal administer to conveyance.

"A pregnant lady is required to pay N9, 500 for antenatal centers on their first day of going to the healing facility.

"Out of the cash, we should take N500 for sending instant messages to her to help her to remember her antenatal days," she clarified.

She drew out a card the extent of a school enlist, saying: "We should likewise take N500 to open card for her. At that point, N2, 500 will go for her tests and the rest N5, 500 will go as part installment for her ordinary conveyance, which is about N35, 000.

"After conveyance, the lady is relied upon to pay the rest of conveyance?"

By her clarification, pregnant ladies are relied upon to pay at least N 49,500 for both enrollment and typical conveyance.

At the point when approached whether the sum for conveyance would even now continue as before if the conveyance ended up being through Cesarean Section (CS), the maternity specialist said: "No! Cesarean Section is more costly. However, I can't let you know the amount it goes for the present, in light of the fact that the cost has been investigated and I just continued today. Along these lines, I don't have the new cost yet."

Mr. Kute Fidelis, whose spouse was conveyed of an infant kid three months back at the healing facility, told The Guardian that he was made to pay the N35, 000 when he had the child, and another N 1,000 each for three days as cost of doctor's facility bed space.

At Igbobo/Bayeku Primary Healthcare Center situated at Bayeku at Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA) in Ikorodu, the tale of antenatal installment and control of ladies in the social insurance framework in was self-evident.

The PHC works in a shaggy and grimy compound. However, that won't hinder ladies from going to the doctor's facility, as some of them were seen bringing their youngsters for vaccination.

One of the medical attendants taking care of the new moms said: "Pregnant ladies seeking the first run through are relied upon to do screening in a private research center focus we utilize and bring the outcome on Tuesdays," she clarified.

Upon ask for, she hauled out a demand shape bearing Path Medic Diagnostic and worked out the various tests.

She clarified: "Pregnant ladies are required to bring along N2, 500 for enrollment and N5, 000 for conveyance packs."

Yet, she won't unveil how much the doctor's facility charges for conveyance.

Since the new moms who brought their youngsters for vaccination were conveyed babies in private doctor's facilities, it was hard to get data on the cost of conveyance in the doctor's facility.

In any case, it costs about N140 to get to the analytic research facility focus and return to the PHC on taxi, as the separation is not what a pregnant lady can trek.

The following visit took The Guardian to Agbele PHC in Igbogbo, where the story was not distinctive.

Worked in 2013 under MDGs extend, the middle looked new contrasted with the old deserted focus at the compound.

At the point when The Guardian went to the healing center as of late, one of the staff members, famously known as Alhaja, uncovered that each pregnant lady is required to pay for antenatal administrations and conveyance.

Alhaja said: "Pregnant ladies are relied upon to bring along N4, 000 as a major aspect of their enrollment prerequisites. Out of that cash, she will utilize N2, 500 for enlistment and N1, 500 for her normal medications for one month, after which she is relied upon to bring along N1, 500 for her standard medications on each antenatal center days."

At the point when asked whether pregnant ladies are relied upon to pay to do examinations," Alhaja answered in the agreed.

At once amid the exchange, the wellbeing laborer hauled out a demand frame bearing Path Medic Diagnostic and alluded for "xyz and hepo. She declined to talk on further charges.

Baffled and suspicious of the referral, The Guardian went to the research facility situated inside the premises of the doctor's facility, where the PHC therapeutic lab researcher affirmed that the lab focus goes to pregnant ladies.

At the point when demonstrated the demand shape, the restorative research center researcher gave the cost for doing the test for spouses as N500 and N2, 500 for the pregnant lady, making the cost of both tests at N3, 000.

Asking why a general wellbeing laborer would need to allude a pregnant lady to a private research facility focus when there was a standard lab inside clinic premises, The Guardian set out to follow the private lab focus.

It took around 30 minutes to find the inside at Igbogbo. The chaperon, who was on ground, told The Guardian that the cost of doing therapeutic examinations for spouses was N3, 000 and N6, 500 for pregnant ladies, making the aggregate cost for each pregnant test to raise to N9, 500, a sum a portion of the ladies in the range can't bear.

After few days, the examination proceeded at the Inland Maternity, one of the most established clinics in the state.

As the gynecological arm of the General Hospital, Lagos, the Maternity goes to just youngsters and pregnant ladies.

There, Mrs. Rebecca Adeyemi, who said she was conveyed of a child kid early this year, told The Guardian that antenatal administrations and conveyances were not free.


She revealed: "I enrolled with N12, 500 for my antenatal centers. The cash was utilized for my antenatal appointments, enrollment, pregnancy screening and short message benefit (SMS)."

That was not all she paid. "When I needed to be conveyed of my infant, I paid N10, 000 for conveyance packs and another N25, 000, which was for theater operation for my CS.

"For the quantity of days we spent, we paid N1, 000 every day for bed space and N800 for sustenance, which I didn't eat.

"We spent about N120, 000 by and large, since we needed to settle the specialists and other wellbeing laborers."

Confused by this disclosure, The Guardian inquired as to why she would settle specialists for administrations she effectively paid for.

She took a full breath and said: "Wellbeing specialists at the Inland Maternity entrusted us for money related delight as though it was their privilege. It got to a direct we had toward settle the expert accountable for my case. It was that awful."

At the premises, The Guardian was coordinated to the front work area officer, who expressed that a pregnant ladies were relied upon to bring N100 along on the principal day to a particular place in the healing facility, after which she would be given two weeks to return with different prerequisites.

Asked what alternate prerequisites were, the officer declined to give encourage points of interest.

Mrs. Helen Okoro, who had been going to antenatal administrations for two months, clarified: "I enlisted for antenatal with N13, 500 for the cost of doctor's facility cards, mosquito nets, examine and other therapeutic examinations.

"In any case, we were informed that the cost of conveyance is N16, 000 and CS goes for around 50,000."

The account of installments was the same at Ikosi-Isheri PHC, which is shabbily situated inside Ikosi-Isheri LCDA Secretariat at Ikosi, Ketu.

An attendant there, who does not need her name in print, told The Guardian: "A pregnant lady is relied upon to enroll with N2, 000 and similarly experience arrangement of therapeutic examinations at a private medicinal research facility focus, after which she is required to go to the PHC with the outcome.

"We will then give her rundown of things to purchase. Conveyance is free, however she is relied upon to value the wellbeing laborers who completed the conveyance with anything she has.

"What's more, if there is no fuel in the generator or no power supply, she will be required to purchase fuel.



"In this way, everything that the lady may spend toward the day's end may not be dependent upon N10, 000.

"In any case, additionally realize that pregnant ladies need to purchase their medications, on the grounds that our drug store is never supplied with medications."

A visit to the Badagry General Hospital on October 23 uncovered that ladies pay as high as N30, 000 for ordinary conveyance.

Mrs. Fadeyi Modupe, who was conveyed of an infant couple of weeks prior at the healing center told The Guardian: "Ordinary conveyance goes for N30, 000 and CS goes for N45, 000."


"At different times, we needed to purchase our medications from private drug store shops."

A visit to Afuye PHC in Epe on October 26 demonstrated that ladies don't have to stress over paying for conveyance administrations, in light of the fact that the inside does not take conveyances.

In spite of the fact that the inside looks present day, it was fundamentally out of reach, as the primary passage has been cut off by a noteworthy street development going in Afuye territory.

One of the three staff members, Mr. Raymond Ade (not his genuine name), who addressed The Guardian, said: "We don't handle conveyance cases in Afuye PHC, on the grounds that we near to 4 pm every day."

At the point when gotten some information about antenatal administrations, Ade said: "Yes, we go to antenatal cases, however it is free. We don't gather cash for enrollment, among others, however once it is getting to the due date, we frequently allude pregnant ladies under our care to Epe PHC/Maternity."

At a few, Ade alluded The Guardian to Epe PHC/Maternity.

Inside the Epe PHC/Maternity doctor's facility, Mrs. Rachael Akande (not her genuine name), a medical attendant, clarified that antenatal and administer to the infant was not free.

"The cost of conveyance and enrollment goes for N2, 000, yet pregnant ladies are relied upon to bring N1, 000 to purchase their standard medications and N3, 000 for restorative examinations, which are done inside the healing center," Akande said.

At the point when gone up against with the reality on ground on October 28, Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris, demanded that the state was all the while offering free antenatal and conveyance for pregnant ladies.

"We focused on fundamentally poor people and said, 'let antenatal care and conveyance be free,'

"I am not ignorant that a few offices are not executing the approach, as we concurred. I am mindful that there are sharp practices.

"That is the reason individuals in the Primary Healthcare Board have been heading over to screen what is going on," Idris said.

The official added that waning portion to chamber from the league account, the current financial retreat and different issues have made it hard to actualize the strategy.

"We are aware of circumstances where a few people originate from outside the state to get some of these things to offer. Those are the sharp practices we found when we went out for monitory.

"Since many individuals originate from outside the state, they put enormous weight on these offices. That may be the reason they (offices) charge in abundance, particularly for those pregnant ladies that were not booked.

"Be that as it may, I am not rationalizing them."

He guaranteed that the state government would to remedy the unusually in the full usage of free human services with medical coverage.

Specialists think expelling the weight of installment for antenatal care and conveyance won't just build the quantity of ladies going to antenatal care, additionally go far to diminish maternal and baby death rates.