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Domesticate Treaties Beneficial To Nigeria’s Economic Development, Ex – Reps Minority Whip Tells 10th NASS
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EditorBy Joseph Ebi Kanjo
Dr. Samson Osagie, a former Minority Whip of the House of Representatives has urged members of the 10th National Assembly to utilise their oversight functions to ensure treaties that are of immense benefits to Nigeria are immediately domesticated.
He said treaties like the African Continental Free Trade Agreement; Double Taxation Agreements with several countries, etc, should be immediately domesticated by the 10th National Assembly so that Nigeria can begin to derive their (treaties) benefits for economic development.
Dr. Osagie who was one of the resource persons at a 5-day induction programme organised by the National Assembly in collaboration with the National Institute of Legislative and Democratic Studies, for newly elected members of the 10th Assembly, said though issues of foreign policy formulation are within the domain of executive arm of government, Section 12 of the 1999 Constitution empowers the National Assembly to enact laws to incorporate Treaties already entered into by Nigeria before such Treaties can become enforceable in Nigeria.
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The 5-day induction programme held at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, was themed: ‘Foreign Policy and Domestication of Treaties: The Role of the National Assembly.’
Dr Osagie is also the Chairman of the African Bar Association and an Adjunct Lecturer at the National Institute of Legislative and Democratic Studies, Abuja, argued it is of no use for Nigeria to sign an agreement it does not intend to honour.
He said: “For several years, particularly since independence, Nigeria has participated in the signing of international treaties and agreements but with less attention giving to the domestication of such treaties and the performance of its obligations under those treaties.
“Nigeria needs the support of other nations to maintain a robust economy and enhance its development.
“It is therefore submitted, that Nigeria must take very seriously the domestication of several beneficial treaties it has entered into with so many countries and on different issues of development by submitting them to the tenth National Assembly for immediate legislative actions.
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“The Federal Ministry of Justice in consultation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can also begin the process of denunciation or making reservations about certain treaties which Nigeria has entered into that have either become otiose or irrelevant to the contemporary Nigeria development agenda.
“Thus, it suffices to say that it is of no use for a country to sign an agreement it does not intend to honour as such is capable of portraying the country in bad light.”
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74-year-old Woman Robs Bank At Gunpoint After Losing Life Savings To Online Scammers
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April 27, 2024By
EditorA 74-year-old woman, Ann Mayers has been arrested and charged after she robbed a bank in Ohio at gunpoint.
Mayers, 74, who robbed an Ohio credit union last week, April 19, is a victim of an online scam who may have been trying to solve her financial problems, according to her relatives.
Mayers faces counts of aggravated robbery with a firearm and tampering with evidence in Friday’s robbery in Fairfield Township, north of Cincinnati.
The second charge stems from Mayers’ decision to toss her clothing out the car window while making her way home after the robbery, according to the complaint.
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If convicted, Mayers could face up to 15 years in prison.
She remained jailed Wednesday, April 24, on a $100,000 bond pending an initial court appearance, and court records don’t list an attorney for her.
Officers arrested Mayers at her Hamilton home shortly after the robbery, Fairfield police said in a Facebook post. A handgun was found in her car, which police allege she used in the robbery.
Ann Mayers allegedly told investigators with the Fairfield Township Police Department (FTPD) that she was the person who walked into the AurGroup Financial Credit Union Bank and demanded a teller turn over some of the bank’s cash while brandishing a gun, according to a copy of the complaint.
Bodycam footage taken at the time of her arrest shows that it only took Mayers a few seconds to allegedly confess, as she immediately tells the arresting officers: “I did whatever you’re here for.”
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The officers then ask Mayers to be more specific, at which time the footage shows her saying: “The robbery.”
74-year-old woman robs bank at gunpoint after losing her life savings to online scammers
According to police, Mayers walked away with $500 from her bank heist.
Authorities later learned that Mayers might have been a scam victim and are looking into the claims. Her relatives told detectives that she had been sending money to an unidentified individual, The Columbus Dispatch reported Wednesday.
“In that aspect, some may see her as a ‘victim,'” Sgt. Brandon McCroskey told the newspaper.
“Unfortunately, Ann chose to victimize several other people in the bank by robbing it with a firearm as a remedy for her situation.”
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If what her relatives say is true, McCroskey called Mayers’ situation “very sad and unfortunate.”
He said she reportedly spoke with family members about robbing banks in the days leading up to the holdup, but they didn’t take her comments seriously.
Scams against seniors have become increasingly common over the last 10 to 15 years, according to experts.
Among them are so-called grandparent scams in which callers claim to be anyone from a victim’s grandchild to a police officer and tell the victim something terrible happened and that their younger relative needs money.
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Edo Guber: ‘Which Campaign Council’, Orbih Fumes, Rejects Inclusion
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EditorThe end seems not to be in sight to the crisis rocking the Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as the South South Zonal National Vice Chairman of the party, Chief Dan Orbih, has disassociated himself from the recently constituted 200-man Edo PDP Governorship Campaign Council.
Chief Orbih, said that he was not consulted before his name was included in the list which was unveiled on Thursday by the Edo State Organizing Secretary of the party, Mr. Anthony Anenih ,jnr.
Governor Obaseki, former Governor Lucky Igbinedion, Senator Daisy Ehanire-Danjuma, ex-Foreign Affairs Minister, Tom Ikimi, among others are to lead the Advisory Committee of the Governorship Campaign Council while former Majority Leader of the Edo State House of Assembly, Mr. Mathew Iduoriyekemwem will lead the Management Team as Director General.
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Again, the top PDP leader said that none of the party’s chieftains bothered to inform him that his name was included in the list as he was not invited to the meeting when the decision to set up the council was taken.
He fumed: “Nobody told me of any campaign council and I am not aware of it. Some people who saw my name on the list called me. I have not seen the list and I am not aware of it and not party to the composition of the council.”
The name of immediate past member of the House of Representatives, Dr. Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama (Oredo), an ally of the South South Zonal national Vice Chairman, was conspicuously missing on the list.
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Chief Orbih’s headed Legacy Group has been at daggers drawn with the Governor Godwin Obaseki led group for the control of the soul of the party.
The cold war between the two feuding factions led to several litigations during the run up to the 2023 polls as the two camps jostled for the party’s tickets for the National and the States House of Assemblies.
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Saturday, urged residents of the state to come out en-masse to perform their civic responsibility in the ongoing Local Government election.
Our correspondent, who monitored the election, observed that eligible voters refused to come out to participate in the ongoing election.
The governor made this appeal while speaking with journalists shortly after casting his vote at Ward 1, Unit 11 in the Ibadan North East Local Government Area of the state.
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Makinde reminded them of the need to take part in choosing their leaders.
He, therefore, appealed to residents to come out to exercise their civic responsibilities.
The ongoing local government election is expected to end by 3:pm.
Details later…
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