#OsunDecides - Don’t Tamper with Our Winning Results – Adeleke Campaign rganisation

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="640" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMMxb5XcYYS35Hvg8NA1UHouStER5FNw7zW0A7BnlEExY3RwzzU8H0jgodmD56YXksY8uY2jcxR_3QvvvAyLNX5g58QE6wFMzEVDuYYKyRKw0GksI78c8t__K0sdEQw-A-JudiiDRC2V2O/s400/ademola+adeleke.jpg" width="400" /></div> <br /> Ademola Adeleke Campaign Organisation has warned against the manipulation of the results of the governorship polls,affirming that the will of the people must be respected.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> As results are being collated across the state, we demand utmost fair play and transparency from the electoral body.We are watching and monitoring closely. Under no circumstance should the collation process be manipulated.<br /> <br /> Our agents and leaders are on their toes armed with relevant results and forms.The will of the people must be respected.We task INEC and security agencies to obey the directive of President Muhammad Buhari who had ordered that the Osun electoral process should never be manipulated by federal or any related agencies.<br /> <br /> We call on local and international observers to take note of the ongoing process and assist the people of Osun state to realise the supremacy of their electoral will.<br /> <br /> Our people should also be ever vigilant to protect their votes and their aspirations for better life.<br /> <i><br /></i><i>Signed</i><br /> <i>Olawale Rasheed ,</i><br /> <i>Director of Media & Publicity, Ademola Adeleke Campaign Organisation.</i>

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Skye Bank license revocation: Nigerians react

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="698" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidvi21YcHHTrtpiD6G4YEqKI3-X_tRN1pCDyWfDXoIZXr1qk4CpKKaeSQkaBeQ9VbG5PNHESEzf3b4UxNt9GgpVclHK0UJJFJBQtbG7FOUwt2mDl5kBWlzBELVFRnEzvfBZIB-r7EwOFmD/s400/skye-bank-Nigeria.jpg" width="400" /></div> <br /> Financial experts and shareholders on Saturday expressed mixed reactions over the decision of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to revoke the licence of Skye Bank.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The stakeholders expressed their views in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, while reacting to the revocation of the licence of Skye Bank by the apex bank.<br /> <br /> Prof. Sheriffdeen Tella of the Economics department, Olabisi Onabanjo University Ago-Iwoye, Ogun commended the decision of the apex bank.<br /> <br /> Tella said the CBN had helped Skye Bank shareholders by making the announcement at the close of banking hour for the week.<br /> <br /> He said the announcement at the close of the week prevented an immediate run on the bank.<br /> <br /> According to him, announcement of a buyer was also helpful and would prevent a run on the bank in the coming week.<br /> <br /> “There is no time that can be regarded as good for this kind of action but action must be taken whenever it becomes inevitable.<br /> <br /> “Such actions are capable of dousing tension that normally follows sudden closure of banks,” Tella said.<br /> <br /> He said the shareholders had not really benefited from the bank because they had not received dividend on their investment for a long time.<br /> <br /> The economist said in other climes where shareholders were active investors, they would have sold their shares to minimise losses.<br /> <br /> “But in Nigeria, majority hold on to their shares even when it is apparent the business is sliding down,” Tella added.<br /> <br /> He, however, said the impact on the economy and the banking sector in particular may not be serious, unless another bank ran into trouble within three to six months.<br /> <br /> Malam Garba Kurfi, the Managing Director, APT Securities and Funds Ltd., the decision of the apex bank as a regulator could not be faulted.<br /> <br /> Kurfi said the development should serve as a lesson to both the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) to put their house in order.<br /> <br /> He noted that SEC and NSE should be more active going forward by ensuring suspension of trading on the shares of any bank taken over by CBN to avoid making mockery of the capital market.<br /> <br /> He said Skye Bank shares traded on the exchange on Sept. 21 and made some gains only for the licence to be revoked the same day.<br /> <br /> “CBN has been demonstrating several times that it has no regards for shareholders but only depositors and as at today the only loser in the bank are the shareholders,” Kurfi said.<br /> <br /> He said the shareholders should learn from past experience by exiting any bank taken over by the CBN to avoid regrets.<br /> <br /> Mr Uche Nworah, the General Manager, Anambra Broadcasting Service, Awka, said the mandate of the apex bank and the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) was to safeguard depositors.<br /> <br /> Nworah said the CBN must have seen a lot of things in the bank before deciding to revoke the licence to protect investors and depositors.<br /> <br /> He, however, faulted the apex bank’s approach in terms of information management.<br /> <br /> Nworah said the bank’s customers and depositors were the ones that alerted the workers of what was going on in Awka, Anambra State.<br /> <br /> Mr Moses Igbrude, Publicity Secretary, Independent Shareholders Association of Nigeria, said the takeover of Skye Bank was a very sad and avoidable story.<br /> <br /> Igbrude described the takeover as a total loss for all the bank’s minority shareholders.<br /> <br /> He linked the bank’s failure to the acquisition of the former Afribank against the shareholders advice.<br /> <br /> “The story started some few years ago when the former management decided to expand by acquiring former Afribank and later Mainstream Bank against the advice of some of us shareholders not to do so.<br /> <br /> “They refused to listen to us when we told them that Mainstream Bank was cancerous and political exposed, that the intrigue that would follow the acquisition would consume the bank.<br /> <br /> “While shareholders of Skye Bank have lost their investments, what happened to the management who took the decision and those professional consultants who did the due diligence reports that the management rely on to take decision?<br /> <br /> “It is high time regulators address the issue fake consultants who parade themselves as professionals or else this will continue to happen,” Igbrude said.<br /> <br /> Mr Boniface Okezie, National Coordinator, Progressive Shareholders Association of Nigeria, said the CBN needed to explain its actions to Nigerians for better understanding.<br /> <br /> Okezie said the apex bank needed to find a lasting solution to the banking sector crisis which was becoming an embarrassment not only to government but to the investing public.<br /> <br /> He said the CBN should be held responsible for the development in Skye Bank because it granted the bank the approval to acquire Afribank.<br /> <br /> Okezie said the investors should not be allowed to suffer again for the misdeeds and mistakes of the regulations.<br /> <br /> He called on the Federal Government to investigate the incessant fall of banks in the country.<br /> <br /> Okezie added that the past management and board of Skye Bank must be made to account of what led to the the bank’s misfortune.

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2019: Ribadu joins Adamawa governorship race

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6wqkZR-63eSVl6XVTCb30xjsxiSBxAWVNeLx4KZjb2y8Wf_rrFsF0RUIJjZ4p1S_3ILKOegLFqgt4VvXNcfgdXf6Y6Z3dxEWkcSmvs-jp9CBv8oL70R99m26CXFpXrSO01AUdwfyaYKSd/s1600/ribadu.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6wqkZR-63eSVl6XVTCb30xjsxiSBxAWVNeLx4KZjb2y8Wf_rrFsF0RUIJjZ4p1S_3ILKOegLFqgt4VvXNcfgdXf6Y6Z3dxEWkcSmvs-jp9CBv8oL70R99m26CXFpXrSO01AUdwfyaYKSd/s1600/ribadu.jpg" /></a></div> <br /> Former EFCC boss, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu has formally declared his intention to challenge incumbent Governor Muhamadu Bindow for the 2019 Adamawa State governorship ticket under the All Progressives Congress.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Addressing party official at the state secretariat on Saturday in Yola, Ribadu said Gov. Bindow has performed below expectation, as such the APC needs a new face to make a difference.<br /> <br /> “Give me the chance and opportunity to make the difference.<br /> <br /> “Our dear state is facing a number of developmental challenges that require urgent, holistic and strategic handling.<br /> <br /> “We do not need cosmetics, which do not address fundamental issues that are the cornerstone to our development as a people.<br /> <br /> ” It takes visionary leadership with capacity and modern thinking to provide that needed redirection, beyond deceptive makeup.<br /> <br /> “It is this much-needed leadership that I promise to offer to our people.<br /> <br /> “I come with genuine intention and I have a burning passion to change the fortunes of our people for good.<br /> <br /> “With all sense of humility, I believe I possess the requisite credentials, both academic and character, required to move this state forward.<br /> <br /> “I will run an all-inclusive government where all stakeholders like you truly have stakes,” Ribadu said.<br /> <br /> He urged party officials to ensure level playing ground for all aspirants.<br /> <br /> “As we move into the primaries, what we require from you, our party leaders, is an utmost level of responsibility by allowing free and fair contest.<br /> <br /> ” We cannot afford to manipulate our party into failure. Injustice can never stand. Even if it does, it would be on shaky foundations which can collapse at any time.<br /> <br /> “Therefore, skewing a process like the primaries to favour one person, even though unpopular, may only lead our great party to failure, something no genuine party member would desire.”<br /> <br /> (NAN)

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Liverpool 3 Southampton 0: Salah ends goalless run as Reds make best Premier League start

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRj-5PujepFJAz-xLValCuVXvFvMk4coZI9D9NymGBlER2wlOfYrlki5opv6feHNo2M195SR3BxW4Zog-XDF8nqc2_77hOpGN3ZeHlk6B8jsvC5ZoQMG5dUC0lBgyyiKO_zNIteKSCB5Aw/s1600/liv+3-0+sou.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRj-5PujepFJAz-xLValCuVXvFvMk4coZI9D9NymGBlER2wlOfYrlki5opv6feHNo2M195SR3BxW4Zog-XDF8nqc2_77hOpGN3ZeHlk6B8jsvC5ZoQMG5dUC0lBgyyiKO_zNIteKSCB5Aw/s320/liv+3-0+sou.jpg" width="304" /></a></div> Mohamed Salah broke a three-game goalless run for Liverpool as they brushed Southampton aside 3-0 at Anfield to win their opening six games for the first time in a Premier League season.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> After Roberto Firmino's last-gasp strike against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League, Liverpool have won all seven matches in a flying start to 2018-19 that leaves them two points clear of champions Manchester City.<br /> <br /> Xherdan Shaqiri's shot deflected in off Wesley Hoedt for an early opener, with Joel Matip then heading in his first Anfield goal for Liverpool in a comfortable first half for Jurgen Klopp's side.<br /> <br /> And the points were sealed shortly before the break when Salah tapped in after Shaqiri's free-kick hit the woodwork, although Virgil van Dijk's injury after the break marred the win for Klopp.<br /> <br /> Shaqiri was making his first Liverpool start and the Switzerland star was involved in the opening goal in the 10th minute.<br /> <br /> After a corner was cleared, Sadio Mane threaded a pass through to Shaqiri on the left wing and after he cut inside to shoot, his effort deflected in off first Shane Long and then Hoedt.<br /> <br /> The lead was soon doubled, Matip rising at the back post to head home a right-wing Trent Alexander-Arnold corner won when Cedric Soares made a brilliant challenge to deny Salah.<br /> <br /> Salah's form had been questioned in a rare dry spell but he poked in the third from point-blank range after Shaqiri's free-kick crashed against the underside of the crossbar.<br /> <br /> Van Dijk was substituted shortly after the break, the world's most expensive defender holding his ribs, with Liverpool seemingly settling for three goals in a low-tempo second period, although Salah was denied a late second by the offside flag.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Credit: Goal</div>

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Manchester United 1 Wolves 1: Moutinho stunner sees Red Devils falter at home again

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijcFxMUZHfJ7HbWoj7AuKlZu0vv1z7k1_-mbgcPWrZ8-lsmER1LU3dRkytQjSeDjT8YySzFMsoPrjG-AcBkJBciEviW0jNOfGmDrZBDarnESvDMiDSJN3L5RUXq1DxPavgqrMqY4FU3a_P/s1600/mu+1-1+wlv.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijcFxMUZHfJ7HbWoj7AuKlZu0vv1z7k1_-mbgcPWrZ8-lsmER1LU3dRkytQjSeDjT8YySzFMsoPrjG-AcBkJBciEviW0jNOfGmDrZBDarnESvDMiDSJN3L5RUXq1DxPavgqrMqY4FU3a_P/s320/mu+1-1+wlv.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Joao Moutinho cancelled out Fred's first-half effort to secure Wolves a deserved share of the spoils at Old Trafford on Saturday.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Manchester United dropped points for a second successive Premier League home match on Saturday, as they were held to a 1-1 draw by promoted Wolves.<br /> <br /> Former manager Alex Ferguson was back at Old Trafford for the first time since his May health scare, but United failed to put on much of a show for him, instead producing a performance which surely would have resulted in the Scot's infamous "hairdryer" treatment.<br /> <br /> Although United looked particularly off the pace early on and rode their luck, they broke the deadlock in the 18th minute, with Fred getting his first goal for the club.<br /> <br /> Joao Moutinho cancelled out Fred's first-half effort to secure Wolves a deserved share of the spoils at Old Trafford on Saturday.<br /> Manchester United dropped points for a second successive Premier League home match on Saturday, as they were held to a 1-1 draw by promoted Wolves.<br /> <br /> Former manager Alex Ferguson was back at Old Trafford for the first time since his May health scare, but United failed to put on much of a show for him, instead producing a performance which surely would have resulted in the Scot's infamous "hairdryer" treatment.<br /> <br /> Although United looked particularly off the pace early on and rode their luck, they broke the deadlock in the 18th minute, with Fred getting his first goal for the club.<br /> <br /> Joao Moutinho scored Wolves' deserved equaliser with a fine finish early in the second half and, although United upped the pressure late on, they could not find a winner in 'Fergie time', as they slumped to another disappointing result.<br /> <br /> Wolves looked vastly superior to their hosts in the early exchanges and forced David de Gea into two smart saves, as Raul Jimenez and Willy Boly threatened.<br /> <br /> But United made the most of those let-offs and took the lead against the run of play 18 minutes in – Fred finding the bottom-left corner from 20 yards after Paul Pogba's clever disguised pass.<br /> <br /> The Brazilian nearly got a second on the stroke of half-time, but his fine free-kick was tipped on to the post by Rui Patricio.<br /> <br /> Wolves deservedly restored parity just after the interval, however, as Jimenez teed up Moutinho on the edge of the box and the midfielder found the top-left corner.<br /> <br /> United huffed and puffed towards the end, with substitute Juan Mata offering a little more creativity than Alexis Sanchez, but Wolves held on, Nuno Espirito Santo successfully frustrating his "inspiration" Jose Mourinho.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Credit: Goal</div>

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Cardiff City 0 Manchester City 5: Mahrez at the double while Aguero celebrates new deal with goal in 300th game

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh-f_HN3-4OxWyETE1QzddwRcwTl2AdkJbE-_E198HSaxFfm6900rPm6ecoTt2OKLMA47Hbo0eNgDEyyAFVp9tedk-X6UdY_QXVl1jk5bePJd82Gj9mjuZ6KlvUFGdOXO-JRboLU5zNjaQ/s1600/cc+0-5+mc.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh-f_HN3-4OxWyETE1QzddwRcwTl2AdkJbE-_E198HSaxFfm6900rPm6ecoTt2OKLMA47Hbo0eNgDEyyAFVp9tedk-X6UdY_QXVl1jk5bePJd82Gj9mjuZ6KlvUFGdOXO-JRboLU5zNjaQ/s400/cc+0-5+mc.jpg" width="266" /></a></div> Sergio Aguero scored on his 300th appearance for Manchester City as Pep Guardiola's side bounced back from their midweek Champions League disappointment with a resounding 5-0 win at Cardiff City.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The club's all-time leading goalscorer, who signed a contract extension this week that will keep him at the club until 2021, opened the scoring after 32 minutes.<br /> <br /> So often the star of the show, Aguero shared the spotlight on a rainy afternoon in South Wales with Bernardo Silva, who doubled City's lead three minutes later, and Ilkay Gundogan, who capped a fine performance with a brilliant solo effort.<br /> <br /> Substitute Riyad Mahrez scored his first goals for the club with a brace to put the result beyond doubt, and the manner of the victory will have delighted Guardiola after a below-par showing in a 2-1 defeat to Lyon in midweek.<br /> <br /> Cool and composed during a scrappy opening half an hour, Gundogan started the move that led to the opener, feeding Silva who squared to Aguero and the striker beat his marker to apply a first-time finish.<br /> <br /> Silva got his head underneath Leroy Sane's cross from the right two minutes later and looped the ball up and over Cardiff goalkeeper Neil Etheridge and in at the far post.<br /> <br /> Gundogan was the stand-out player in the first half and he was rewarded with the pick of the goals, playing a one-two with Raheem Sterling before confidently side-footing into the top corner.<br /> <br /> City controlled the second half from start to finish and when Sterling set Gundogan free down the left, he sent a low cross to the feet of Mahrez to open his account for the club.<br /> <br /> With one minute left to play, Bruno Ecuele Manga needed to make a simple clearance, but instead played the ball straight to Mahrez, who drove it low and hard into the bottom-left corner of the net to wrap up a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon for Guardiola.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Credit: Goal</div>

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXjao1l8M_EUXTPtyO_mTaXG6D2l87TLjagul7UTOUHaqJJAu0baCKyfnW6wEYHu5oBmv4X05YRSUS3WP9dlXLTjOO9yc_ShuWMhSZA-E3xLG2LFjdRfh8FbD864GXK8dKKgkAUFdS4R3A/s1600/pdp-logo.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXjao1l8M_EUXTPtyO_mTaXG6D2l87TLjagul7UTOUHaqJJAu0baCKyfnW6wEYHu5oBmv4X05YRSUS3WP9dlXLTjOO9yc_ShuWMhSZA-E3xLG2LFjdRfh8FbD864GXK8dKKgkAUFdS4R3A/s320/pdp-logo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has expressed optimism of winning the governorship election in Osun State despite the attempt by the All Progressives Congress, APC, to undermine its governorship candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the Prince Diran Odeyemi spoke with newsmen while casting his vote at Polling Unit 002, NUD primary school in Ibokun local government area of the state.<br /> <br /> Odeyemi, however, commended the conduct of the exercise saying “the election has been peaceful, there is crisis anyway as far as we are concerned in Obokun and Osun State. As one of the principal leader of the PDP, there has been no reported case of violence anyway. In fact, we had the inkling that it was going to be peaceful because the policemen sent around were not harassing anyone, they were peaceful and gentle. So, far everything has been going well.”<br /> <br /> On the allegation that parties have been engaged in vote buying, he said: “there is no evidence of vote buying as far as I can see, people already who they want to vote for and I am sure they must have made up their mind who they want to vote for before coming. So, if there was any vote buying, it would have happened before the election day and not during the election.”<br /> <br /> In addition, he said: “the card reader has been functional to some extent, we had problem with one in the morning but under 30 minutes, it was repaired and people have been voting.<br /> <br /> “We are optimistic that our party will win because people are tired of the present government with series of allegation against them like half salaries here and there, unemployment and other issues on ground. So, people are ready to change the APC not minding all the controversies around our candidate and the attempt by the APC to undermine our candidate, we are sure of victory.”</div>

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXb_jy6wtabNiaD7DzQVOC7V97QdGmtinG9zwCXRca0UxYf1ZdTroHOEWwbiJQ1hUywOegchycN6St0gh7GZdjaraEEJLyLSefqLn4wLs9bV-OrGWPxGktm4tS5XpjYTf8zRPQzMwWKsWQ/s1600/IBB.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXb_jy6wtabNiaD7DzQVOC7V97QdGmtinG9zwCXRca0UxYf1ZdTroHOEWwbiJQ1hUywOegchycN6St0gh7GZdjaraEEJLyLSefqLn4wLs9bV-OrGWPxGktm4tS5XpjYTf8zRPQzMwWKsWQ/s320/IBB.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Former military president, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida has said that Sokoto governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has his blessings in his aspiration for the 2019 presidential election.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Babangida said this when he hosted Tambuwal and his team at his Hilltop residence in Minna on Saturday.<br /> <br /> He said Tambuwal is a grounded politician who understands the challenges of the country and has the potentials to fix them.<br /> <br /> The former leader lauded Tambuwal for promoting peace, rule of law and unity during his reign as Speaker of House of Representatives.<br /> <br /> “I am very proud that you belong to the generation that want to keep Nigeria as one. You have a good team to keep that.<br /> <br /> I have no doubt that Nigerians will give you the opportunity to put these good ideas for the good of the country..<br /> <br /> You know the country, you understand the challenges of the country. I trust you will work base on your conviction for this country.<br /> <br /> You have my blessings and I will keep monitoring to ensure you don’t deviate,” Babangida said.<br /> <br /> Tambuwal said he was in Minna as part of his nationwide consultation to seek the blessings of the former leader.<br /> <br /> He said IBB and others fought to keep Nigeria as one but that it is unfortunate that the country is now divided along ethnic and religious lines. He promised to serve as a bridge and a unifier when elected as the president.<br /> <br /> “Mr President Sir , we are here also to drink from your fountain of knowledge and experience and to consult you on this all-important mission of not only securing the flag of our party the PDP in the 2019 Presidential election but also eventually by the grace of God getting elected as the president of this great country.<br /> <br /> The former Speaker of House of Representatives vowed that he will assemble the best brains to turn around the economy of the country and restore the confidence of Nigerians in the government.<br /> <br /> He also pledged to ensure devolution of powers to states, so that among other things, funds are available to states to carry out meaningful projects.<br /> <br /> “I believe in the devolution of power to state. We will ensure states get more fundings for them to be able to carry out meaningful projects in their domain,” he said.</div>

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOIz2CCdQO5N9CjjkWpbumPjaYanacu_w6e6jAZ-ASw9F3hMXFDJ4aGcDbU8UM_weEY6sVQZKBBvzZPHrjveX-2Op3D2R8uZkfdrFncaHm1JVPMzIoUYF8ZZX9Fb4V5XhGtfbLBk6zOawX/s1600/pdp-logo.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOIz2CCdQO5N9CjjkWpbumPjaYanacu_w6e6jAZ-ASw9F3hMXFDJ4aGcDbU8UM_weEY6sVQZKBBvzZPHrjveX-2Op3D2R8uZkfdrFncaHm1JVPMzIoUYF8ZZX9Fb4V5XhGtfbLBk6zOawX/s320/pdp-logo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> A former governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola failed to deliver his polling unit as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, won the polling unit.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Oyinlola, who defected from the All Progressives Congress, APC, to the African Democratic Party, ADC, was defeated at his Court Hall 1, PU 001 at Oba Ojomu in Odo-Otin local government area of Osun State.<br /> <br /> The PDP’s governorship candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke won with 107 votes as the APC’s governorship candidate, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola came second by scoring 69 votes while the ADC’s governorship candidate, Alhaji Fatai Akingbade scored 20 votes.<br /> <br /> The Social Democratic Party, SDP, scored 13.</div>

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCTaSYVjJpvm-FNf7Y6J5xmklPsW-7otiNndRqdJF2rdx8QhtPW3aaL2nJh1x2RlEV63rc2Krq1GQXSBYuluRrwgIChKP3UwqMu4Y-KVs40ur0FV5Ey_R8cgsCYuaWwBFaUY84-tiN8yVy/s1600/frsc+peeps.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCTaSYVjJpvm-FNf7Y6J5xmklPsW-7otiNndRqdJF2rdx8QhtPW3aaL2nJh1x2RlEV63rc2Krq1GQXSBYuluRrwgIChKP3UwqMu4Y-KVs40ur0FV5Ey_R8cgsCYuaWwBFaUY84-tiN8yVy/s400/frsc+peeps.jpg" /></a></div> The Federal Road Safety Corps has released its nationwide recruitment screening time-table for applicants who applied for the corps’ recruitment into the different Cadres.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, made the screening time-table available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Abuja.<br /> <br /> NAN reports that the FRSC scheduled its screening and physical fitness assessment on recruitment for September 24 to 29.<br /> <br /> Kazeem said that the screening recruitment time-table cuts across the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory with a total of 57 venues.<br /> <br /> He said that the Federal Capital Territory, Kaduna, Lagos and Edo had two venues each.<br /> <br /> “Enugu, Benue, Kano,Akwa-Ibom, Kwara, Anambra, Kogi, , Imo, Plateau, Delta, Oyo, Ekiti, Osun,Niger, Ondo, Nasarawa, Cross-River, Katsina, Ebonyi, Adamawa, Rivers, Bauchi, Gombe, Jigawa,Sokoto, Abia, Ogun, Borno, Kebbi, Bayelsa, Zamfara, Taraba and Yobe have one venue each,” he said.<br /> <br /> Kazeem urged all successful applicants to read through the screening time-table carefully and note the venue and time for their screening exercise.</div>

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#OsunDecides2018 - Jubilation as PDP's Adeleke wins ward

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLAnUdTAdXdQKXNZ_edeHXuubsYXx1j4ayIFRDIU_JxTAgWLjS7vKOJlIRFltITH8rt-JrcZLqpAcQA_Lpv06A59cmfigE0Wa0ES3c_5fa_ZDXPMawe1KIiZNoPWI0sQqkPN2XodM7QDkm/s1600/os20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="809" data-original-width="1080" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLAnUdTAdXdQKXNZ_edeHXuubsYXx1j4ayIFRDIU_JxTAgWLjS7vKOJlIRFltITH8rt-JrcZLqpAcQA_Lpv06A59cmfigE0Wa0ES3c_5fa_ZDXPMawe1KIiZNoPWI0sQqkPN2XodM7QDkm/s640/os20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> Currently hundreds have taken to the streets in massive jubilation as PDP's Nurudeen Adeleke won his ward<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq"><b>RESULT OF ADELEKE'S WARD ( Ede north ward 2)</b><br /> <br /> PDP 154<br /> APC 35<br /> SDP 2<br /> ADP 2<br /> PPA 1<br /> Void 8</blockquote> <br /> Electoral officials have started announcing results in some polling units but the final result will be announced at INEC head office in the state<br /> <br />

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="491" data-original-width="600" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnGrTGdc44v4TZvYcFFEq4G6nfkflrLWT_xhDus9Ypd6u7Wll2uovpbYcWjwthB0FiSpta-P3egiXg3W3xF6kWMoxbR_8sLQ1fyOisAz8099GQF20SozAs1ODK1HBaam_qroUuljdl9oFR/s640/aa.jpg" width="640" /></div> <br /> Police officers on election duty in Osun State have reportedly arrested two men who were caught inducing voters with petty cash at a polling unit in Iwo.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Iwo has one of the largest concentrations of votes in the state.<br /> <br /> Although their identity could not be immediately conformed, both suspects are said to be loyalists of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), whose candidate is Ademola Adeleke.<br /> <br /> They were nabbed in Malete neighbourhood.<br /> <br /> The police say the suspects will remain in custody as the matter is being investigated.<br /> <br /> Reports of votes buying in OsunDecides have continued to pile up as the exercise enters mid-day.<br /> <br /> NE observed that both the PDP and the All Progressives Congress, the two largest parties in the election, have been engaged in votes buying tactics through their proxies.

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0E2GevBdxFuYfbRtuWYDHME9LG8j9TMzA0VPMsBS9WDMlx4mSTAfbIk-TQPp1HYRd7ZRt202KMHApOExXiFvdHetEisG_x6wxrRVWcUSrrWYNRTPunAfrvHhGaAbK4pXBW6p9RKhaXmCc/s1600/Iyiola+Omisore.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0E2GevBdxFuYfbRtuWYDHME9LG8j9TMzA0VPMsBS9WDMlx4mSTAfbIk-TQPp1HYRd7ZRt202KMHApOExXiFvdHetEisG_x6wxrRVWcUSrrWYNRTPunAfrvHhGaAbK4pXBW6p9RKhaXmCc/s320/Iyiola+Omisore.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>  Sen Iyiola Omisore, SDP governorship candidate observed his civic right at around 11:25 am at Moore Ward 1, Polling unit 003, inside Yemoo, National Museum extension, Moore, Ile-Ife.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Omisore lamented about the situation of things, alleged there were insufficient electoral materials in some polling centres in Osogbo, while malfunctioning of card readers in some voting centres in Ife.<br /> <br /> He said that in Osogbo, some polling unitS were not supplied with voting materials.<br /> <br /> Omisore charged the electorates that despite the irregularities of INEC, they should come out en-mass to exercise their civic right.<br /> <br /> Moreover, he disabused from the mind of the electorates collecting money for votes, said electorates has their future to protect, once they collected money for their civic right, they would not have right to challenge their discrepancy when they were elected.</div>

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_icmgWBgEtHFSyrSpU-Dr6QE-N-doIbUm36vOEP72YkJ9bAB_xTeCv5ykgsWpBobTqMcbaeizXqgHrkjeQKOrXN-l3t2-mirZkXMK1fix3_jBQaPIv5Ei35o_8zqnrv7K1VJd8-nLyE3Z/s1600/President+Muhammadu+Buhari.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_icmgWBgEtHFSyrSpU-Dr6QE-N-doIbUm36vOEP72YkJ9bAB_xTeCv5ykgsWpBobTqMcbaeizXqgHrkjeQKOrXN-l3t2-mirZkXMK1fix3_jBQaPIv5Ei35o_8zqnrv7K1VJd8-nLyE3Z/s320/President+Muhammadu+Buhari.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> President Muhammadu Buhari will today (Sunday) depart for New York to participate in the 73rd Session of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA73) which officially opened September 18, 2018.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The theme for this year’s Session is: “Making the United Nations relevant to all People: Global Leadership and Shared Responsibilities for Peaceful, Equitable and Sustainable Societies.”<br /> <br /> The highpoint of President Buhari’s participation will be his address on Tuesday to the General Assembly on the opening day of the General Debate. The President’s presentation of Nigeria’s National Statement is expected to reaffirm the nation’s commitment to international peace and security; sustainable socio-economic development; disarmament and denuclearisation; youth and women empowerment; climate change; rule of law and human rights; among others.<br /> <br /> He is also expected to particularly canvass international support for the fight against corruption; the return of illicit assets; counter-terrorism and insurgency; curbing irregular migration; re-settling Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs); recharging the receding Lake Chad; and calls for the reform of the United Nations, especially the expansion of the permanent membership of the Security Council to make that vital principal organ of the global organisation reflect regional and equitable geographical representation.<br /> <br /> A statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina stated that the President and his wife, Aisha, will also attend a welcome reception hosted by the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres and his spouse for Heads of State and Government and their spouses.<br /> <br /> The Nigerian leader and his delegation will participate in a High-Level meeting on the Fight against Tuberculosis organised by the World Health Organisation as Nigeria currently ranks seventh amongst the high TB-burden countries globally, and second in Africa.<br /> <br /> The Nigerian delegation is expected to attend the Mandela Peace Summit, which is a High-Level Meeting on Global Peace in honour of the centenary birth of the late South African President and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Nelson Mandela.<br /> <br /> Other side-events lined up for the Nigerian delegation include: High-Level Meeting on Financing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; World Economic Forum’s Sustainable Development Impact Summit; the Second Annual Bloomberg Global Business Forum; High-Level Meeting on Action for Peace-Keeping; Commemoration and Promotion of the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons; High-Level Meeting on the Third Industrial Development Decade for Africa; and Pathway to Localising a Global Agenda.<br /> <br /> During the course of his stay in New York, in addition to the audience with the UN Secretary-General, the Nigerian President is also expected to have bilateral meetings with African and world leaders including Bill Gates with a view to promoting national and African interests.<br /> <br /> He will also grant audience to a select group of Nigerian professionals based in the United States.<br /> <br /> Apart from his wife, President Buhari will be accompanied by Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama; Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami; Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole; Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Enelamah; Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udo Udoma; and the Minister of State for Environment, Ibrahim Jibrin.<br /> <br /> Others on the presidential entourage include: the National Security Adviser, Maj. Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd); Director-General, National Intelligence Agency, Ahmed Abubakar; Comptroller-General, Nigeria Immigration Service, Mohammad Babandede; and the Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu.</div>

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#OsunDecides: Security agents monitor use of smart phones at polling units

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaVhb_ArU5vMvBNHUNhfXzy9bdT1hZHOBoH99tnGXVNTiYlLDzdRoUFJ5oLzVrreUfMrZEiipEM3nGlLqNt_-XKn-lRs9xmIUXLuvA91o5oEbGD-mP4RYPgaHs0dLKzU5yZB1K2Tj-njlF/s1600/voting.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaVhb_ArU5vMvBNHUNhfXzy9bdT1hZHOBoH99tnGXVNTiYlLDzdRoUFJ5oLzVrreUfMrZEiipEM3nGlLqNt_-XKn-lRs9xmIUXLuvA91o5oEbGD-mP4RYPgaHs0dLKzU5yZB1K2Tj-njlF/s320/voting.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Security agents attached to polling units in Saturday’s governorship election in Osun state are monitoring the use of smartphones by voters,  the News Agency of Nigeria reports.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> In some of the polling units visited in Ilesa and Ile-Ife, majority of the voters came to the polling units with their smartphones although security agents did not allow them to take them inside the cubicles to vote.<br /> <br /> A security personnel,  who spoke with NAN on the condition of anonymity,  said the measure was to check vote-buying.<br /> <br /> He expressed the belief that the move had so far checked the incidence of vote-buying at polling units.<br /> <br /> Mr Jimmy George,  an election observer,  commended security agents for preventing voters from using their phones inside the cubicles.<br /> <br /> George , who is the National Secretary of the National Committee of Patriots,  said the action of the security agents would minimise vote-buying in the election.<br /> <br /> Meanwhile,  accreditation and voting in the election continued on a peaceful note in many polling units across the state.<br /> <br /> At Unit 12A,  Ward 05 in Ile-Ife,  voters were seen on the queue peacefully with INEC ad hoc staff attending to them.<br /> <br /> It was also observed that the card reader machines were also working perfectly at the polling unit visited by  NAN.<br /> <br /> Mr Lukman Adedini,  the Social Democratic Party,  agent confirmed that the election had been peaceful.<br /> <br /> Adedini also commended INEC ad hoc staff for arriving on time.<br /> <br /> Also at Ward 6, Remo Unit 2 in Ile-Ife,  many voters were seen on the queue.<br /> <br /> Mrs Victoria Komolafe, the Presiding Officer, who said the election had been orderly and peaceful, also commended the large turnout of voters.<br /> <br /> Mr Olayade Abiola,  the SDP party agent at the polling unit, commended  INEC for the prompt arrival of materials.</div>

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3z4-eGzSVoTalv-6U8Vgt0mYjQHBzFq4easVK-fMrgQA_kmWirYekGdmCOCAV4CD0AQvutGcQDkV2zzIJAD2ASNNBPYp4BkxU1V35sk0aBRBNfqIoIeqbZWm25Fv-gGqO1zB4NvQyRkoT/s1600/inec.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3z4-eGzSVoTalv-6U8Vgt0mYjQHBzFq4easVK-fMrgQA_kmWirYekGdmCOCAV4CD0AQvutGcQDkV2zzIJAD2ASNNBPYp4BkxU1V35sk0aBRBNfqIoIeqbZWm25Fv-gGqO1zB4NvQyRkoT/s320/inec.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Security operatives have arrested a fake official of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Ile-Ife.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> This was revealed by the president of the rights groups, Women Arise for Change Initiative and the Campaign for Democracy, Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin.<br /> <br /> Odumakin, who is in Ile -Ife as an election observer, said her team witnessed the arrest of fake INEC official in Otan Ayegbaju by security men.</div>

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhevftz_kohXJWHE49eTTHt6GsuHa45cRkFckHRmXKZPgK3w7XQt0KaJAcqZG-SjV3MaSlGC6yDZl8h5TviwmRs7DMkC4J4vtYHa9SoK4xWLIz8ZZQwGbCiGXPRXyVtE3rkU0YftbL_vUfO/s1600/voting.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhevftz_kohXJWHE49eTTHt6GsuHa45cRkFckHRmXKZPgK3w7XQt0KaJAcqZG-SjV3MaSlGC6yDZl8h5TviwmRs7DMkC4J4vtYHa9SoK4xWLIz8ZZQwGbCiGXPRXyVtE3rkU0YftbL_vUfO/s320/voting.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> The candidate of the African Democratic Congress in the Osun State governorship election, Fatai Akinbade, has said that the conduct of the ongoing election in the state has so far been credible.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> He stated that if it continued, candidates of the different political parties will have no choice but to accept the result.<br /> <br /> He, however, warned that if the situation changed, some candidates could contest the outcome of the election.<br /> <br /> Akinbade, who voted at 10:35am at Ward 3, Unit 123, Ogbagba, Ola-Oluwa Local Government Area, in an interview with journalists, said he was satisfied with the general conduct of the election so far.<br /> <br /> He commended the Independent National Electoral Commission for the peaceful and orderly conduct of the election, adding that generally, it had been hitch-free.<br /> <br /> He expressed confidence that he would win the election.<br /> <br /> Akingbade said, “Everybody is conducting themselves well. Everybody is doing what they are supposed to do.<br /> <br /> “Talking about the security situation, the moment everybody does what they are supposed to do, there will be less work for the security operatives. It is like they do not have much to do here.<br /> <br /> “I have not seen any vote-buying. I believe the election is going to be credible.”</div>

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd-CH1LLZL8Tn-LS5b4RhAZvCNRFIT-Y9H9U0_saBZA5Q_uwvvpwnw0KKOCKb2KxWIAo-AkFJPAn0manKRA0-E0HexGWUtLn8d5gF_DCO5T0FHGubWMFUwsGVUkbIEASxNOcbqSOadfG8o/s1600/Doctors-Protest.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd-CH1LLZL8Tn-LS5b4RhAZvCNRFIT-Y9H9U0_saBZA5Q_uwvvpwnw0KKOCKb2KxWIAo-AkFJPAn0manKRA0-E0HexGWUtLn8d5gF_DCO5T0FHGubWMFUwsGVUkbIEASxNOcbqSOadfG8o/s320/Doctors-Protest.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Medical doctors under the umbrella of Association of Resident Doctors, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH-ARD,  yesterday suspended its 14-days-old strike over non employment of resident doctors and house officers by the state government.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Announcing the suspension of the strike in a statement, President, LASUTH-ARD, Dr. Salami Ajibola, said they suspended the strike following the employment of 55 house officers by the government. “We are pleased to announce the suspension of the strike following the employment of 55 house officers on   September 19, 2018.  Work has therefore resumed on the same day from 8 am to enable members of the public to assess healthcare facilities in our institution.”<br /> <br /> Ajibola, however, demanded that the state government keep to its promise of employing another batch of house officers by December 2018 as well as replace all exited residents within the shortest possible time.<br /> <br /> “We also demand that the Lagos State Government put in place a structured policy for seamless, regular replacement of house officers and resident doctors in the hospital to avoid crisis and ensure the provision of effective healthcare to Lagosians”, he said adding that the association will further review the actions of the government in that regard at the end of October 2018.<br /> <br /> The doctors had embarked on an indefinite strike following what they described as an unnecessary hardship on Lagosians seeking healthcare services in LASUTH as a result of the paucity of doctors (House officers and resident doctors)  on  September 5, 2018.</div>

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FG Under Fire for appointing Director sacked for not undergoing NYSC as Permanent Secretary Power.

The Federal Government has come under heavy criticism over the appointment of a sacked director as permanent secretary<br /> <br /> Mr Louis Edozien was removed as Executive Director, Technical Services at the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) in 2014 for presenting neither discharge nor exemption certificate from National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).<br /> <br /> The anomalies in Edozien’s credentials were exposed in a report by Mrs. Maryam Danna Mohammed, who was NDPHC’s General Manager (Audit and Compliance).<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnG-DPS6YQC2rHpSuRscTw9ZX-ucrh8eOenOFonSMwy3cvCetXwAJ6R0Sd5qTrC_z_D_RWf1quztjWqXd1axj0bIa3XIkiRziNjeq_le2b5GhwWsel9yVsuv8YE81r20EIzyB7aiwAEh0/s1600/2017_10large_Louis_Edozien.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="387" data-original-width="660" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnG-DPS6YQC2rHpSuRscTw9ZX-ucrh8eOenOFonSMwy3cvCetXwAJ6R0Sd5qTrC_z_D_RWf1quztjWqXd1axj0bIa3XIkiRziNjeq_le2b5GhwWsel9yVsuv8YE81r20EIzyB7aiwAEh0/s320/2017_10large_Louis_Edozien.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> Others sacked from NDPHC for not presenting their NYSC certificates or evidence of exemption based on that  report submitted in 2013, were Mr Anthony U. Muoneke (Executive Director, Finance and Administration); and Miss Ije Onejeme, (General Manager, Contract Management).<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The NDPHC, a Federal Government enterprise, was established in 2005 to serve as the legal vehicle to contract for, hold, manage and operate the assets of Nigerian Independent Power Project (NIPP).<br /> <br /> But while Edozien found his way back as Permanent Secretary, Power, in November 2015, Mrs Mohammed was disengaged in 2016.<br /> <br /> Beside his stint at NDPHC, Edozien did not work in the civil service all his life.<br /> <br /> Sources told Daily Trust that Edozien was appointed permanent secretary in spite of the recommendations of the security agencies especially the DSS, adding that highly placed officials in the presidency facilitated the process.<br /> <br /> On the NYSC certificate issue, one of the officials said it was not a criterion for appointment as a permanent secretary. “Unlike the last exercise which involved written examination conducted by the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, those done earlier were at the prerogative of Mr President,” one of the sources said.<br /> <br /> However, a serving permanent secretary, who does not want to be quoted, wondered how a non-career civil servant, sacked from a government agency for failure to produce  NYSC discharge certificate or certificate of exemption, could later be considered to occupy the highest position in civil service.<br /> <br /> “Something is fundamentally wrong; the civil service rule is unambiguous; it says if you are a graduate and do not have NYSC certificate, you cannot work in government. Even the private sector is not expected to flout this rule,” he said.<br /> <br /> Daily Trust reports that the one-year NYSC scheme is mandatory for graduates under 30, while those above receive exemption certificates. Those who served in the Armed Forces or the Nigeria Police Force for more than nine months are also exempted.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/fg-under-fire-over-sacked-director-turned-permsec.html">Source</a>

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Accusations, allegations from PDP signs of impending loss – Lai Mohammed

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpSUppg51rlAaIaUWJg1V_oqFC4zClZrL39y342cuxHF67N5TTIeBLTKv0j7aWsdKTjiKG56AtZKk78IDxCoWxZ96a70nKYhBQI9Ol4CNS6ZOoLftRKCS0tM8oVs58gcmJpCGIy2zY50NN/s1600/Lai-Mohammed.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpSUppg51rlAaIaUWJg1V_oqFC4zClZrL39y342cuxHF67N5TTIeBLTKv0j7aWsdKTjiKG56AtZKk78IDxCoWxZ96a70nKYhBQI9Ol4CNS6ZOoLftRKCS0tM8oVs58gcmJpCGIy2zY50NN/s320/Lai-Mohammed.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> The APC Campaign Council for the Osun Governorship election has described the rash of allegations and accusations emanating from the camp of the PDP ahead of Saturday’s polls as a manifestation of the fear of impending defeat.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> In a statement in Osogbo on Friday, the Council’s Media Committee Chairman, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the PDP and its chorus singers have resorted to such flimsy and unsubstantiated allegations because defeat is now staring the party’s candidate in the face.<br /> <br /> He also said those who are shouting themselves hoarse about an alleged rigging and thuggery plan by the APC in Osun are only acting true to type, because, he said, they are the certified architects of rigging and thuggery, not minding that their murderous thugs have now been<br /> sequestered and the rigging capability clearly curtailed.<br /> <br /> ”The PDP and some of its top members have accused INEC, the police and other security agencies as well as the NYSC of all sorts of things. They have made allegations of thuggery and rigging against the APC. None of the accusations has been substantiated. If only the party had invested its energy in preparing for the election, it may not have become so jittery.<br /> <br /> ”Unfortunately, the die is cast and the PDP has seen the handwriting on the wall, hence the party’s slip into the panic mode.<br /> <br /> ”On our part, we have confidence in the various institutions saddled with the responsibility of ensuring a successful election in Osun State. We have no need for thuggery or rigging because the people are solidly behind us,” the Media Committee Chairman said.</div>

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Osun election witnesses high turnout amid tight security

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfMABOYfvlNRfK4i0pwXrY05j1FMFmYIS8yGv91eDLZPCNofxxGPYBxixp-N9UBbxjB3C8Ie750QYcmo60ToAlY8b-S31RV5s-196ogOwBs7HtEQ0QkqCb3VSspmAXpN8N3vUf7aCX6vyM/s1600/voting.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfMABOYfvlNRfK4i0pwXrY05j1FMFmYIS8yGv91eDLZPCNofxxGPYBxixp-N9UBbxjB3C8Ie750QYcmo60ToAlY8b-S31RV5s-196ogOwBs7HtEQ0QkqCb3VSspmAXpN8N3vUf7aCX6vyM/s320/voting.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> There was high turn out on Saturday as residents of Osun headed to their polling units to vote in the governorship election.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Correspondents covering the Osun election report a high turnout at many of the polling units visited across the three senatorial districts of the state.<br /> <br /> A heavy security cordon was also thrown on the state with the massive deployment of policemen as well as other security agencies while soldiers were sighted on the outskirts of the state capital.<br /> <br /> There are 3,010 Polling Units and 755 Polling Points spread across the three senatorial districts and 30 local governments areas of the state.<br /> <br /> Although INEC registered for the Osun election a total of 1,682,495 voters, some 400,000 Permanent Voters Cards remained uncollected at at Friday.<br /> <br /> Although 48 parties are participating in the Osun election, the frontline candidates are Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress(APC), Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party and Iyiola Omisore of the Social Democratic (SDP).<br /> <br /> Also, Osun election accreditation and voting commenced about 8 am simultaneously across many polling units<br /> <br /> In Osogbo, the state capital, many of the residents had trooped to their polling units as early as 6.am.<br /> <br /> At Osunbukola Ward 10 Unit 003 Polling Unit in Egbedore, more than 300 voters were sighted on the queue while accreditation and voting commenced about 8.10am.<br /> <br /> There was also some policemen and NSCDC personnel at the polling unit.<br /> <br /> The Accreditation Officer at the unit, Mashood Samson, said  that the exercise had so far been hitch-free with the card readers working perfectly.<br /> <br /> An official of the Transition Monitoring Group, Dr Abiola Afolabi, speaking on the Osun election the exercise said the units visited so far had been orderly.<br /> <br /> At the Ward 5 Unit 1 Polling Unit in Osogbo Local Government, more than 300 voters were on the queue for accreditation and voting which started at 8.10.am.<br /> <br /> An international observer from the National Democratic Institute who simply identified herself as Miss Courtney said the Osun election so far had been transparent, an assessment corroborated by Busayo Soyebi of the Centre for Transparent Advocacy.<br /> <br /> At the Osogbo Polling Unit 2 Ward 5 inside Osogbo Grammar School, no fewer than 200 voters were sighted waiting to be accredited.<br /> <br /> The exercise was orderly while five policemen and one NSCDC official were sighted keeping vigil.<br /> <br /> In Iragbiji, the hometown of the APC candidate, Gboyega Oyetola, there was also a massive turnout.<br /> <br /> At the polling units in LA primary School Popo, Ward 1, Oja Oba Town Hall, Ward 2, Osolo Hall, Ward 1 and Oke-Osun, Ward 1B, many of the voters arrived as early as 7:00 am to check their names on the voters’ list.<br /> <br /> At exactly 8:24, accreditation and voting started at Polling Unit 2, LA Primary School Popo.<br /> <br /> Some voters, however, complained that they could not find their names on the voters’ register.<br /> <br /> The INEC Presiding Officer, Mr Lawal Adewale, said they had no challenges at the voting unit as materials arrived early.<br /> <br /> He said those complaining they could not find their names on the voters’ register were not at the polling unit to vote<br /> <br /> More than 200 voters were at the polling unit made up three voting points to cast their vote.<br /> <br /> In Ede, the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Adeleke, voted at about Ward 2 Unit 9 at Sagba-Abugunde at about 8:01 am after an initial hitch with the card reader.<br /> <br /> ” The card reader took a lot of processes before it started working and I hope it is not the same in other polling units,’’ he said.<br /> <br /> The police spokesman, Acting DCP Jimoh Moshood, hhad saidfour unarmed policemen and two others from other security agencies would be on duty at each voting point throughout the state.<br /> <br /> He also said the Police Mobile Force (PMF) headed by a very senior officer will provide security at the RAC, Super RAC and collation centres.<br /> <br /> This is in addition to the deployment of two helicopters, 30 Armoured Personnel Carriers, 10 Armoured Personnel Vehicles and 300 Police patrol vehicles.<br /> <br /> Moshood also disclosed that the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of Operations would supervise the entire security arrangement.<br /> <br /> He would be assisted by an Assistant Inspector General of Police and eight Commissioners of Police while eight Police Area Commands in the state would be manned by a Commissioner of Police.<br /> <br /> The police also released the dedicated lines—08037025670, 08037160989, 08033415589 and 08032451594—for residents to report any infraction on the democratic process.<br /> <br /> Officials of the FRSC were also on ground to enforce the 7.am-4.pm restriction on vehicular movement.<br /> <br /> The FRSC had also deployed 15,000 personnel and vehicles to enforce the restriction on vehicular movement.</div>

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#OsunDecides2018 : PDP alledges plots to disenfranchise voters

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7wGzOWMpx3WMTgMI1UhjwjsIzK5dCUSU9O6dgLJOSMKGdEgKxnEU-E2BkXEe1elTRJyWAsoYux8IARtv8uxqWi2UKnJXXE6_Csf2z0fbZ966tSiBqFd6F7b1hEyz5y0Tgl2-IDzoaFqyp/s1600/pdp-logo.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7wGzOWMpx3WMTgMI1UhjwjsIzK5dCUSU9O6dgLJOSMKGdEgKxnEU-E2BkXEe1elTRJyWAsoYux8IARtv8uxqWi2UKnJXXE6_Csf2z0fbZ966tSiBqFd6F7b1hEyz5y0Tgl2-IDzoaFqyp/s320/pdp-logo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said there were attempts to disenfranchise voters in the ongoing Osun state election.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Speaking on his Twitter handle Kola Ologbondiyan, the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP tweeted<br /> ‘My attention has also been drawn to attempts to disenfranchise voters in @OfficialPDPNig strongholds by distributing malfunctioning card readers between 8am-12pm.They also seek to deploy intimidation tactics to scare voters,hijack boxes&indulge in massive vote buying btw 12-4pm.’<br /> <br /> Below are tweets from the PDP handle and others<br /> <br /> My attention has also been drawn to attempts to disenfranchise voters in @OfficialPDPNig strongholds by distributing malfunctioning card readers between 8am-12pm.They also seek to deploy intimidation tactics to scare voters,hijack boxes&indulge in massive vote buying btw 12-4pm.<br /> <br /> — Kola Ologbondiyan (@officialKolaO) September 22, 2018<br /> <br /> We are totally at a loss as to why @OfficialAPCNg Governors will leave their respective states to invade Osun state on the eve of Election Day. The plot is to rig the elections in favour of the APC candidate, Gboyega Oyetola, who is apparently very unpopular in the state.<br /> <br /> — Kola Ologbondiyan (@officialKolaO) September 22, 2018<br /> <br /> Breaking!@OfficialAPCNg agents are currently sharing money at ward8, unit3 Ota Efun in Olorunda local government. They are sharing N20,000 each to voters. #OsunDecides2018 #OsunDecides @PoliceNG take note urgently @inecnigeria<br /> <br /> Pls rebroadcast, retweet to safe Osun State<br /> <br /> — Official PDP Nigeria (@OfficialPDPNig) September 22, 2018<br /> <br /> At Unit 3 and 6, the strongholds of PDP in Ward 5 Ifelodun LG, the card readers have not been able to clear a single voter till this hour 10:03am. Calls through to Mrs. Adenle the E. O of Ifelodun LG aren't going through. Her number is 08033796094 #OsunDecides2018 #OsunDecides<br /> <br /> — Official PDP Nigeria (@OfficialPDPNig) September 22, 2018<br /> <br /> At Unit 3 and 6, the strongholds of PDP in Ward 5 Ifelodun LG, the card readers have not been able to clear a single voter till this hour 10:03am. Calls through to Mrs. Adenle the E. O of Ifelodun LG aren't going through. Her number is 08033796094 #OsunDecides2018 #OsunDecides<br /> <br /> — Official PDP Nigeria (@OfficialPDPNig) September 22, 2018</div>

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APC suspends LG party chairman in Ebonyi

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpwiKPrQKeLU7RVGI3ytNLxyzNYGaIHEvuQ-M7ds0iqiqLlOCQMWsZE0EOVJhzwxOORcETUNjXjgipZ7A3j3yeox0dtcM9pOiII5pnZ7v1UqwXJtkrOz4-Waw6nP3zFv3N8G-pUYTpIhKy/s1600/APC-LOGO-17.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpwiKPrQKeLU7RVGI3ytNLxyzNYGaIHEvuQ-M7ds0iqiqLlOCQMWsZE0EOVJhzwxOORcETUNjXjgipZ7A3j3yeox0dtcM9pOiII5pnZ7v1UqwXJtkrOz4-Waw6nP3zFv3N8G-pUYTpIhKy/s320/APC-LOGO-17.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Onitcha Local Government area of Ebonyi, on Saturday suspended its party chairman, Mr Uchenna Agwu, for alleged anti-party activities, indiscipline and insubordination.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Mr Kenneth Nwali, Onitcha Local Government Secretary of the party, announced this in a statement in Isu, the Headquarters of the Council at the end of a stakeholders’ meeting.<br /> <br /> Mr Ifeanyi Ezeka, the Vice Chairman of the party, was appointed as the acting chairman of the party in the area.<br /> <br /> Nwali said: “His suspension follows adoption of a motion sponsored by Mr James Okafor, Organising Secretary, urging the local government executive committee of the party to adopt an earlier report submitted by a disciplinary committee set up to look into the allegations.<br /> <br /> “Executive Committee after a critical study of the report of the disciplinary committee, upheld the report.<br /> <br /> “Also the chairman‘s refusal to honour series of invitations extended to him by the disciplinary committee to defend himself is a further prove of guilt.<br /> <br /> “In the light of the above, the vote of no confidence earlier passed on Agwu is hereby sustained and accordingly he is hereby suspended from the party indefinitely.<br /> <br /> “According to the scribe, the party has taken the decision in the interest of APC to serve as deterrent to others, instil party discipline and loyalty in the area.<br /> <br /> “APC wishes to assure every member of the party of its support, cooperation and equal opportunities to achieve individual and collective ambitions and the development of democracy.<br /> <br /> “We reiterate our commitment to the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari and other candidates of our great party in the 2019 general elections,” the statement added.<br /> <br /> NAN reports that efforts made to speak with the embattled party chairman were unsuccessful as he was not in attendance at the meeting and while his mobile phone could not be reached. </div>

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#OsunDecides - Live Updates Of Osun Governorship Elections 2018

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1066" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPkFzi1Vz-CzprcDK8uKjQ1O2QNruZwpoirU7Yf6QJ6JeXjuR_2K1KHyPpK7JAPP-JXw65i0-cnki1LFJkRE1FTERB8g_23tylk4oBiLpQtAD1kRiaYmn0H1Zeh8Lt-e535JaaIdsz5Bch/s640/Osun+Decides+2018+Osun+gov+election_NigerianEye.png" width="640" /></div> <br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Welcome to NigerianEye.com's live coverage of the 2018 Governorship elections in Osun state.</b></span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>(Please refresh page for new updates)</b></span><br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> <br /> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /> <br /> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /> <br /> <b>8:59 AM - </b> Ara 2/ward 3/Obada village/Egbedore LG, election materials,and INEC officials are yet to get to their polling units (PUs). They complained about the bad roads, so they are planning to go by biketo the PUs.<br /> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /> <b>8:55 AM - </b> AUD primary school, Ward 6, Polling unit 6, Orolu L.G. Olufon area. Elderly men and women are given due preference to vote before others.<br /> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /> <b>8:53 AM - </b>voting already going on in PU1, Ward6 Ororuwo, Boripe LG<br /> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /> <b>8:49 AM - </b>Ola-Oluwa: At Iwo-Oke II. After ten minutes of repeated attempts, the card reader fails to verify first two voters. The presiding officer is making phone calls, seeking assistance, ostensibly from the INEC office<br /> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /> <br /> <b>8:48 AM - </b>Ward 5, Unit 9, Irewole LGA. Voting queue is moving very slowly.<br /> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /> <b>8:45 AM - </b>At polling unit 10, voting point 1, Balogun Imole Ikirun , Ifelodun local government, voters, party agents and security officials are having a serious disagreement on how elderly ones should vote: whether they should be assisted by their relatives or no.<br /> <br /> Ola-Oluwa LG: At 8:38 AM. Iwo-Oke II. Now, the card verification is successful, but not the fingerprint authentication. The officials are debating what to do.<br /> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /> <b>8:39 AM - </b>voting has commenced at PU 003, St. Mary primary school, Igbaye, RA 03, Odò Otin with presiding officer instructing voters not to come with smart phones when they are about to vote. There are 608 registered voters on the list. There are 3 policemen, 1 NSCDC officer, and one immigration officer at the election scene.<br /> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /> <b>8:29 AM</b> -  At Balogun Imole polling unit, Ikirun, Ifelodun local government, The PO is explaining to voters how to vote after the commencement of voting.<br /> <br /> At PU 003– Baptist PRY School, Oke Ila. Ward 05- OBAALE, Ifedayo local government. A group of police officers trooped in with their guns openly handled.<br /> <br /> The officer leading the troop sternly warns the INEC officers and security officers around not to allow anybody to show his/her votes to anybody. And they should never allow vote buying.<br /> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /> <b>8:25 AM</b> - PU 002,RA 5 (Ataoja E) LGA 30( OSOGBO), Osogbo grammar school, election commences and it was attested by the PO that there are 946 registered voters.<br /> <br /> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /> <b>8:22AM</b> - At 8:22, Ede South, Ward 4, Alajue1/2. Voting in progress. Preference is also being given to the elderly<br /> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /> <b>8:18AM</b> - PU6, Ward 2, Osolo Hall, Oja Oba, Boripe LG, electorates seen checking their names. A Corps member, Idris, said there are 748 electorates expected to vote at the two voting points at the unit. There are 7 police officers presently on duty at the unit.<br /> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /> <b>8:08AM</b> - Ward 5, Unit 9, Irewole LGA, party agents were bent on ensuring that all the code of conduct were well spelt out.<br /> <br /> One even warned the APO (Assistant presiding officer) who is about to commence the process to stop and let everyone be informed of the number of materials deployed.<br /> <br /> The authentication process commenced at 8:12am<br /> <br /> The APO operating the machine could not get hold of its operations until the PO came to the rescue.<br /> <b>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</b><br /> <b>8:05AM</b> - disagreement among voters as a man jumped the queue at Ward 6, Unit 1, Ororuwo, Boripe LG<br /> <br /> Ola-Oluwa LG: At 8:40AM. Iwo-Oke II. Voters are getting impatient and threatening to leave. Voting yet to commence.<br /> <b>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</b><br /> <b>8:00AM</b> - 1,246,915 voters are expected to troop to the polling booths in Osun State today to elect the successor of the incumbent governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola.<br /> <br /> <br /> The votes will be shared among 48 candidates of different parties standing for the election. Of the 48 candidates, however, only five are regarded as major contenders. The five include Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Iyiola Omisore of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Moshood Adeoti of the African Democratic Party (ADP), Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Fatai Akinbade of the African Democratic Congress (ADC)

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Osun election: Why didn’t you withdraw policemen from Aregbesola, PDP asks IGP

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix6jEAKVRk8QTmGP4ONsye4ADag_Lm7dmG6VNrD4rT367V_nvpwe7E2GTO9V6q7UxldTFlhmk-GX6eF8qsYLXHzleOyvFgw3wy8M292wgbFtINNsruGqmlctcxO_6SBN1lWtu0bx8msZzG/s1600/pdp-logo.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix6jEAKVRk8QTmGP4ONsye4ADag_Lm7dmG6VNrD4rT367V_nvpwe7E2GTO9V6q7UxldTFlhmk-GX6eF8qsYLXHzleOyvFgw3wy8M292wgbFtINNsruGqmlctcxO_6SBN1lWtu0bx8msZzG/s320/pdp-logo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> The Peoples Democratic Party has asked the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to explain to Nigerians why he failed to withdraw policemen attached to the Governor of Osun State, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, like he did to the Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, before the conduct of the Ekiti governorship election.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The party said that the conduct of the police under Idris had shown him to be a partial police boss who was merely interested in the ruling party.<br /> <br /> The National Chaairman of the PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, who said this in an interview with our correspondent in Abuja on Friday, recalled that the IGP ordered that all policemen attached to Fayose be withdrawn before the governorship election which held on July 14, 2018.<br /> <br /> He also asked Nigerians to remember that the police boss equally withdrew the policemen attached to the Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, before the Anambra governorship election “in order to make him vulnerable just because he is not a member of the APC.”<br /> <br /> Secondus said the police had claimed that the action in the two instances was to allow for the neutrality of the police in the conduct of the election.<br /> <br /> He, therefore, wondered why the same thing had not been replicated in Osun State, saying the action of the police had confirmed the position of the PDP that it was a ploy to facilitate the rigging of the election against the PDP in Ekiti State.<br /> <br /> He said, “By now, we thought that the IGP would have replaced all the policemen attached to Governor Aregbesola and the State Government House at Osogbo with new ones as he did in Ekiti State.<br /> <br /> “Recall that the police also took away the security detail attached to Fayose. He was prone to attacks and all that. But what has happened to the policemen attached to Governor Aregbesola? Nothing. Instead of them being replaced, they have been fortified with policemen from Lagos State and neighbouring friendly states in order to manipulate the outcome of the election.<br /> <br /> “It is unfortunate that we have a police force that has become an arm of the ruling party; a police force that is not serving the interest of all Nigerians but a clique.<br /> <br /> “We want IGP Idris to tell Nigerians why he is applying different rules in the deployment of policemen for the conduct of elections in states being controlled by the PDP and the one under the control of the All Progressives Congress.”<br /> <br /> Secondus, however, appealed to members of the PDP in Osun State to guard their votes on Saturday (today) and make sure that they are not stolen.<br /> <br /> He added, “Members of our party and others in the opposition must guard their votes and make sure that they are not stolen. They must be vigilant and be strong in the face of persecution. Osun people will never follow a government that has refused to pay salary for more than three years. PDP remains the viable alternative.”</div>

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Osun election: I will win, if it is free and fair - Adeleke

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr-fj5032069iUG7wIKaEhnKGTsQHxp8CxP_Kre2LQ1ak8gZPuljm1LowRPNClq2P0UuCsOz-wZsk5KruQqK1-X7ckO7HOKHgFusnIc2rsCe1Fet2_TMUn8vxtcoMeeIuSVzhhWad3C9Ar/s1600/Ademola+Adeleke.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr-fj5032069iUG7wIKaEhnKGTsQHxp8CxP_Kre2LQ1ak8gZPuljm1LowRPNClq2P0UuCsOz-wZsk5KruQqK1-X7ckO7HOKHgFusnIc2rsCe1Fet2_TMUn8vxtcoMeeIuSVzhhWad3C9Ar/s320/Ademola+Adeleke.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the Osun State governorship election, Senator Ademola Adeleke, on Saturday said he would emerge the winner of the election, provided it is free and fair.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> He said the various allegations against him were false, adding that they were intended to frustrate him out of the race.<br /> <br /> He spoke to journalist after voting about 8.08am at Unit 9, Ward 2, Abugunde in Ede in Osun State.<br /> <br /> He stated that he was eminently qualified for the election.<br /> <br /> Adeleke said, “I am very optimistic, that I am going to win this election. All the allegations levelled against me are false. They tried to make sure that I did not contest this election. I am qualified, I have all it takes.<br /> <br /> “They are all afraid of me because they all know that if I contest in this election and if it is a free and fair election, I am going to win.<br /> <br /> “By the special grace of God, that is what is going to happen. I am going to win.”</div>

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#OsunDecides: Nine APC governors currently in Osun to rig Saturday’s election - PDP laments

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwdljX_hkjdDMMo2Rz6P3E3lOV1_g4hLxuNChT3BqqyFo_2B9GFkFo7llJS6veARZbFIlie1BGq8ZGhxu9zxPrg2wBZfF6fXpxfsKmQcuMqTMUrwy_iv8JW40pei69Yi-1nzdm15EJ-mMc/s1600/PDP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="339" data-original-width="336" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwdljX_hkjdDMMo2Rz6P3E3lOV1_g4hLxuNChT3BqqyFo_2B9GFkFo7llJS6veARZbFIlie1BGq8ZGhxu9zxPrg2wBZfF6fXpxfsKmQcuMqTMUrwy_iv8JW40pei69Yi-1nzdm15EJ-mMc/s320/PDP.jpg" width="317" /></a></div> <br /> <b>The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says nine All Progressives Congress (APC) governors have invaded Osun state to rig Saturday’s governorship election in favor of the APC.</b><br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Ayo Fadaka, south west zonal publicity secretary of the party, said this in a statement on Friday.<br /> <br /> He accused the governors of causing disquiet in the state, saying this development is capable of leading to unforeseen developments.<br /> <br /> “We wish to bring to the notice of Nigerians that Osun State has again been invaded by nine APC governors who continue to remain the arrow head and catalyst of its rigging machines across the nation,” the statement read.<br /> <br /> “They brought into Osun State public funds meant for the development of their individual States to come and buy votes again as done recently in Ekiti State, accompanying them are thugs whose only mission is to cause mayhem in the State during the elections.<br /> <br /> “These Governors are led by Alhaji Ganduje and Mr El’Rufai of Kaduna and there nine of them presently on ground. It is sad that the APC continues to pride itself in this malfeasance of wholesale bribery in spite of its so called battle against corruption.<br /> <br /> “We however encourage the people of Osun State to take a hard stance against these Governors who have abandoned their duty post with a view to corrupting them.”

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#OsunDecides: 1.2 Million voters pick next Osun governor today

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="341" data-original-width="510" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJMlzXyJ5Ir3955h_at00CshtEheG9kD4dU-VYOd27mgXH2a0KTqd7yvBQg-3Waw4_-hYSiGeps3O8KwLOFBXzwJ70XTmJ7-_Vbv5wOBa3nbDrY7tCvx2S9HL10qZSaRc6gjIhDv1wjflt/s400/ballot+inec.jpg" width="400" /></div> <br /> About 1,246,915 voters are expected to troop to the polling booths in Osun State today to elect the successor of the incumbent governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola.<br /> <br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a>The votes will be shared among 48 candidates of different parties standing for the election. Of the 48 candidates, however, only five are regarded as major contenders. The five include Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Iyiola Omisore of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Moshood Adeoti of the African Democratic Party (ADP), Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Fatai Akinbade of the African Democratic Congress (ADC)<br /> <br /> Addressing reporters at the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Osogbo yesterday, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mr. Segun Agbaje, said the commission, through painstaking effort that involved data consolidation and fingerprint identification, had produced a credible register of voters made up of 807, 598 (48%) male and 874, 897 (52%) female voters. From the foregoing, he said, about 1,246,915 voters had collected their permanent voter cards (PVCs), representing the number of eligible voters across the state. “Don’t forget that those without PVC cannot vote,” he said. “The cards not collected are being kept in our strong room here in Osogbo.<br /> <br /> “It is not true also that we released them to a particular political party to be used by their supporters. ‘The PVC can only work where it was issued. So, it is funny when we hear such thing that we have given the remaining cards to some politicians. It is not true. “Come with me to the strong room here and I will show you the remaining cards.” Agbaje said the smart card readers that would be used for the election had been further enhanced in order to be more effective, adding that 4,761 of them would be used across the state during the election.<br /> <br /> Clarifying the stand of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the use of smart phones, cameras and other devices by voters and other stakeholders during voting, Agbaje said there was no truth in the rumour that the commission forbade voters from going to voting units with their smartphones and cameras. But Agbaje, who urged Nigerians to be ready to make sacrifices in order for the nation’s fledgling democracy to further grow, insisted that the commission would not allow anybody to go into the voting cubicles with a smart phone or a camera. He said the decision was part of efforts being made by INEC to curb vote buying during the governorship election. He said enough voters’ awareness had been done by the commission to sensitise the people on why this became necessary.<br /> <br /> Agbaje said: “What we said was that no phone will be allowed into the voting cubicles. This is part of efforts to curb the embarrassing menace of vote buying. “We are of the strong opinion that once it becomes difficult for voters to prove who they voted for in order to be paid by unscrupulous politicians, it will become unattractive for politicians to promise cash in return for votes. “We didn’t say people should not come to polling units with their phones.<br /> <br /> That was just a deliberate misrepresentation of our position by those who want us to change our stand on it. “But as at this moment, we are resolute on our position that no phone or camera will be allowed to follow any voter into our cubicle. We urge Nigerians to bear with us. ‘It is not too much sacrifice to do without our phone for the two or three minutes we will be voting in order for us all to ensure the credibility of the entire process.<br /> <br /> “It is not only INEC that is being embarrassed by vote buying, the whole Nigeria and Nigerians are being embarrassed, and we must be ready to end this national embarrassment.” Explaining how the voting will go, the REC said there will be simultaneous accreditation and voting at all the polling units in the state, beginning from 8.00 am and ending by 2.00 pm. He however said all voters already on the queue before 2 pm will be allowed to vote while those who come later than that will not be accredited to vote.<br /> <br />  He added that sorting and counting of ballot will follow immediately. According to him, collation of results will be done at the RA, LGA and state levels. “Declaration of results will be done by the State Returning Officer.<br /> <br /> The general public should note that only INEC can declare results. It is only the commission that is vested with the right to announce the winner of the election,” he said. Speaking further, the Osun REC disclosed that his commission is more than ready to deliver a free, fair and credible election in the state. “He thanked all stakeholders for their cooperation and promised that he and his men were committed to ensuring that the most popular candidate emerges as the winner of the governorship election. ‘All we are interested in is for the people to have their way while their votes count.<br /> <br /> To the politicians, we are saying don’t induce voters and to the voters, we appeal, don’t collect money to vote,” he said. “Vote buying is a criminal offence, and so is vote selling. It is against the provisions of section 124 of the electoral act as amended. Those found wanting are liable to 12 months in prison. “Our security men are battle ready to ensure that whoever tries it does not go scot free. That is why we are appealing to our voters to be wary of those coming to lure them with cash for their votes. “We have also heard the rumour that we secretly engaged members of the OYES corps to participate in the election across the state.<br /> <br /> This is another lie from those who have something to fear. “We didn’t recruit OYES people. We don’t even know them. If you find them anywhere during the election, please expose them for the world to see. “As ad hoc staff, we have recruited about 16,000 people sourced from the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Osun State, students of both the Federal Polytechnic, Ede and Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, as well as some staff of federal establishments in Osun State. No member of OYES or any other state owned parastatal is working for us.<br /> <br /> “On all these ad hoc staff, and even our own permanent staff, we have administered the oath of neutrality in order for them to maintain a very high level of integrity, honesty, transparency and zero tolerance for corrupt practices during the election across the state. “We have also put in place adequate security to ensure peaceful conduct of the election through the Inter Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES). “There will be three security personnel at each polling unit across the state,” he said.<br /> <br /> Sensitive materials received from the Cental Bank, Osogbo Branch were mobilised yesterday to the 30 local government areas of the state to avoid any form of delay in their getting to the polling units. This was done with movement tracking of each vehicle involved in the mobilisation exercise. They all got to their destinations without any itch. From there, they will be properly distributed to the various polling units.

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#OsunDecides - APC, PDP trade blames over allegations of vote-buying

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="159" data-original-width="318" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQCKURLQPjnoFzNdBrxCQU6pMxDhWhOe-QLwiwZUaLwJxrUrb1CDTRp-N5N48TxTvxE7f-DLhhYd3sXbcDr8kYIArNDF9zJqzqOxP2froBdPZKPSJ2gU476bSlICjzCE39TKhljGHwzzcp/s400/pdp+apc+vs.jpg" width="400" /></div> <br /> The APC and the PDP trade blames over allegations of vote-buying on Friday, accusing each other of trying to sway voters by offering electorate money for their votes.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The PDP accused the ruling party of planning to buy votes with billions of naira in order to manipulate the people to vote for the ruling party’s candidate, Gboyega Oyetola.<br /> <br /> The opposition party denied that its candidate in the election, Ademola Adeleke, was collecting bank details of the electorate through a WhatsApp number in order to buy their votes.<br /> <br /> He said the allegation was a rumour and that Adeleke would play by the rules of the election.<br /> <br /> The PDP Chairman in Osun State, Mr. Soji Adagunodo, who said this on Friday at a press conference at the party secretariat, noted that the party had detected several means through which the APC wanted to rig the election.<br /> <br /> Adagunodo said, “We wish to alert the general public to the planned monetisation of the Osun State governorship election, especially the voting process, by the APC. Towards this ignoble end, several helicopters loaded with cash were flown into the Government House between the hours of 4pm and 8pm on Thursday.<br /> <br /> “The money, which we were reliably informed about run into billions of naira, was contributed by state governors elected on the platform of the APC to enable the party to induce voters at various polling units.<br /> <br /> “In addition, each of the 67 local government council development areas in Osun State was made to cough up N12.5m for the same purpose. The plan of the APC, as gathered from very credible sources, was to buy votes with a sum ranging from N5,000 to N10,000 each at the polling units.<br /> <br /> “It is quite unfortunate that a government which did not find it compelling to pay salaries and allowances of its workforce for 34 months could resort to attempting to buy the conscience of voters in this election.<br /> <br /> But, when contacted, a chieftain of the APC in Osun State, Mr. Sola Fasure, who is also the media aide to Governor Rauf Aregbesola, asked the PDP to provide evidence of its allegations.<br /> <br /> In defence of the ruling party, Fasure said the opposition party had started inducing voters ahead of the election, adding that the PDP raised the allegation as a smokescreen to divert attention from the alleged electoral fraud the party had perfected.<br /> <br /> He said, “The PDP and its candidate have been sending messages out to obtain account numbers of the people whose vote they want to buy. They are using this allegation to cover their own heinous and sinister practice of trying to induce voters.<br /> <br /> “They are making allegations without evidence but we have evidence of them trying to induce voters. They are the ones actually sending messages and trying to induce these voters with cash. They have been obtaining bank accounts and it is all over the state. Everybody knows but they are using the press conference as a means to divert attention from them so that they can perpetrate that criminal activity of subverting the election and inducing voters.<br /> <br /> “We are not giving out money to anybody; anyone who claims to have collected money from us should come out to the public and say it. We have the strategy of winning elections by going out to canvass for votes and they have the strategy of taking shortcut by paying to induce voters and to circumvent the electoral process. They have started inducing voters already but they will fail woefully.”<br /> <b><br /></b><b>Vote-buyers now doing electronic transfers – INEC chairman</b><br /> <br /> The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Friday said the commission had recently observed increasing voters’ inducement through electronic transfers to influence their choice of voters on the day of the election.<br /> <br /> According to a release by INEC on Friday, Yakubu led a team of national commissioners to the EFCC on Thursday to look at further steps that could be taken to address the vote-buying and selling menace.<br /> <br /> Yakubu said, “Of immediate concern is the election we are holding on Saturday in Osun State and it is going to be the last major election before the 2019 general elections. We have taken steps as a commission, but we need the support of the EFCC in this respect. Vote-buying and selling is giving our democracy and elections a bad reputation. Also, institutions like the EFCC having the powers to arrest, investigate and prosecute can help to stem this ugly tide.<br /> <br /> “We have also recently observed increasing inducement through electronic transfers, whereby money is transferred into the accounts of some voters in order to influence their decisions on Election Day. We believe that you have both the law and the capacity on your side to help us in this respect.<br /> <br /> “We implore the EFCC to also monitor campaign finances of political parties and their candidates. We don’t want the moneybags to determine our democracy. We want the votes of the people to determine who wins in our elections.”

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Jigawa Floods: Death toll rises to 32

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxNGc77Hbl7CNjeZsRxHW2-Ydzgy3n559g5qacR88IYhLPiuwv_46p27LYkw51VCjNYYYN0huiyt6vrSxCpHA53Qfn-IU0qHVIn5zKfGpgoSxafGQ392de3W7Q6x3tcCezuvDqqJavJtjh/s1600/flood1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxNGc77Hbl7CNjeZsRxHW2-Ydzgy3n559g5qacR88IYhLPiuwv_46p27LYkw51VCjNYYYN0huiyt6vrSxCpHA53Qfn-IU0qHVIn5zKfGpgoSxafGQ392de3W7Q6x3tcCezuvDqqJavJtjh/s640/flood1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> Eleven more people have been killed by flood in Jigawa State in the last one week.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> This figure brings to 32 the number of deaths caused by flooding in the state over the last few weeks.<br /> <br /> Fourteen local government areas of the state are affected by the disaster.<br /> <br /> Hundreds of more residents of Lokoja, the Kogi State capital ,have also been rendered homeless by flood.<br /> <br /> The situation is not better in Delta and Anambra States,both of which were visited on Thursday by Vice President Yemi Oshinbajo to enable him personally assess the havoc done by the flood.<br /> <br /> Jigawa State Works and Transport Commissioner Aminu Usman confirmed the fresh deaths in the state.<br /> <br /> The commissioner who stood in for Governor Badaru Abubakar told reporters after an inspection visit to Auyo town and Internally Displaced Persons camp said :”11 people died between Tuesday and Friday. In Auyo town three people died while others were in Kaugama, Malam Madori and Kafinhausa local government.”<br /> <br /> Thousands of people have been displaced from their homes,he said.<br /> <br /> Livestock and other property,including 100 hectares of farmland, estimated at billions of naira were either washed away or submerged.<br /> <br /> The state government has established 16 camps to accommodate flood victims across the state.<br /> <br /> Usman who doubles as chairman of the emergency and relief committee said:”We have evacuated the victims and move them temporarily to some schools and other government buildings.<br /> <br /> “We have also provided food items, drinking water and other relief materials to manage their lives before the next line of action.”<br /> <br /> The commissioner appealed to the federal government ,individuals , corporate organisations and professional bodies to assist the flood victims with foodstuffs and other relief materials.<br /> <br /> More residents of Lokoja, the Kogi State capital and other parts of the confluence state, have been forced out of their homes as rising water levels continue to encroach on residences.<br /> <br /> The situation could worsen if water from the Lagdo Dam, in Cameron, is released.<br /> <br /> In Adankolo, residents whose homes have been submerged by the flood, continue to move out in droves, while others yet to be affected, are not taking chances.<br /> <br /> Hundreds of residents of Ganaja village, in Ajaokuta Local Government Area are also facing a similar ordeal.<br /> <br /> Shops and other commercial buildings are also affected by the flood.<br /> <br /> The state government has commenced the distribution of foodstuffs and other relief items to the flood victims in IDPs camps across the state.<br /> <br /> The Kogi State Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Sanusi Yahaya, told newsmen at the commencement of the distribution in Lokoja, that the sharing of foodstuffs was the first stage.

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Rivers displaces Lagos as top investment destination

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="252" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5_DRf6BNFmwpFM_2WsfOEEfe6p_oZVJUY9DXd9F3RStwGvHx4bpNM7Q_oFrjY9xgaqe781RYnHUWO7JV5peM7pSUAh88j1pdF7Dl1qIu8SNLglTNQb1bpvWZ851Z0pAOzL4rnhv6WaUYM/s400/cross+river.jpg" width="400" /></div> <br /> Rivers State dislodged Lagos State as the number one foreign investment destination in Nigeria in the first half of 2018,according to an investment profile report by the Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC). Rivers received 35% of the $45.74 billion invested in 42 projects in nine states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) during the period, the NIPC said. It was followed by Bayelsa and Lagos states with 26% each.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The sectoral analysis of the investment profile shows that mining and quarrying accounted for 61% of the total investment and manufacturing 28%. Other sectors are transportation and storage, five per cent; real estate, three per cent; and the remaining sectors accounting for three per cent.<br /> <br /> The report also showed that the investments were from investors in 11 countries, with French companies accounting for 35% of the value, closely followed by Nigerian companies at 31%. The report said the UK’s investment stood at 20%; Luxembourg seven percent and the remaining eight percent were from the other countries. “The top 10 announcements accounted for 43.1 billion dollars, representing 94 per cent of the value of the announcements,” the report read.<br /> <br /> The NIPC however said the report was based only on investment announcements cited in NIPC’s newsletters from January to June 2018 and might not contain exhaustive information on all investment announcements in Nigeria during the period. “Nevertheless, the report gives a sense of investors’ interest in the Nigerian economy in the first half of 2018,” it said. “NIPC did not independently verify the authenticity of the investment announcements but is working on tracking the announcements as they progress to actual investments.”

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NYSC SCANDAL: 'My case is different' - Communications minister, Shittu cries out

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ujRgTnb04v6Gd4eK6YyhY88tcQxgOfiHffIrh8cL8Q4eLnozuxRWSPnN2YUMW9N5JZXxzyE735EeEFdU7Gmu4VsI1NIRW2F5Sqz08GGIGNAIaQV8KRlxqxcvxaK9a0BrCk1G9q_KvmGq/s1600/Minister-Communication-AlhajiAdebayo-Shittu-504x336.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="504" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ujRgTnb04v6Gd4eK6YyhY88tcQxgOfiHffIrh8cL8Q4eLnozuxRWSPnN2YUMW9N5JZXxzyE735EeEFdU7Gmu4VsI1NIRW2F5Sqz08GGIGNAIaQV8KRlxqxcvxaK9a0BrCk1G9q_KvmGq/s320/Minister-Communication-AlhajiAdebayo-Shittu-504x336.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu has reacted to reports alleging that he evaded the compulsory National Youth Service Corps scheme, insisting that his case cannot be compared to that of the former Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The Minister who insisted that whereas that of the former finance minister was fake, he didn’t even obtain his, adding that he considered his service at the state assembly, “a higher service”.<br /> <br /> Speaking with journalists after his screening at the ongoing Screening exercise for APC gubernatorial aspirants in Abuja, Shittu said he did not infringe on any law of the country.<br /> <br /> He said: “Nigerian Tribune even reported that I left university in 1979 but in actual sense , I left in 1978 and left law school in 1979 and the constitution says anyone who qualifies to contest an election or who has gone through an election and wins, he is obligated to move through the house of assembly which I did for four years, so it is a form of higher service as far as I’m concerned and even now, I am still in service”.<br /> <br /> On whether he has violated any known law, the minister said; “I don’t see and I’m not worried. Do you see any worry on my face? I don’t think so except someone has a superior argument and can prove it”. Stressing that his case was not like that of Kemi Adeosun, Shittu said: “there is a whole world of difference.<br /> <br /> Unfortunately, Kemi had a fake certificate, I didn’t present any, I didn’t have one, I simply followed the constitutional requirement that if you are qualified to contest an election, it is compulsory for you to serve the nation in the capacity that you won an election”.

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