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Edo 2020: Iyoha Eyes Osadebey House, Berates Money Politics

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3 years ago

November 25, 2019

Governorship aspirant under the platform of the Peoples Party of Nigeria (PPN), In the forthcoming 2020 Edo State governorship election, Mr. John Darlington Iyoha, has berated the money induced politics practiced in the country partucularly during election, saying vote buying has brought the nation to the pitiable state it is at present.

Mr. Iyoha urged the electorates not to be bought over by some “unscrupulous” politicians, saying “say no to financial inducement rather stand by your vote and let your vote count.”

The governorship aspirant who was at Evbotubu ward 1 of Egor Local Government Area of the state to receive defectors from the All Progressives Congress to the Peoples Party of Nigeria, assured them of bringing revolution in the economic, power and other sectors in the state if voted into power come 2020.

“We are going to give Edo State wind turbine within six months as it is application in Europe and other developed nations, and before you know it, there will be electricity everywhere. I am on a rescue mission.

“What we intend to do, we are going to introduce a smart card, this smart card will qualify you for all the entitlements as Edo State citizen. We are going to introduce a special food farm in all the senatorial district and that will lead to creation of job.

“We are going to develop the state to near world service infrastructure; we are going to produce and bring in investors to the state so our people can enjoy a better life. But what wiill qualify you for all these is your smart card. We are going to set up food outlet across the state whereby things will be sold at cheaper rate and you can only access such via the smart card.

“When you present your smart card like ATM to the designated food outlet it will be inserted into the system and when you are identified as Edo indigenes, you will be given at discount, that is what is obtainable in Europe. But you must do this within one week interval else when you go to another outlet to use the card, the system will identify you”, he added.

According to him, as an experienced business man who had run business in the Europe and other developed country, he was ready to bring a better life to Edo citizens if given the opportunity to serve his people.

He said, “We can replicate the better life enjoy in Europe and else where in Edo State and this will not make people to look for greener pastures even through the Mediterranean Sea and other illegal routes which has led to untimely death of many of our people.”

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Fake LASTMA Officer Jailed Two Years

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35 mins ago

March 28, 2023

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The Lagos State Special Offences (Mobile) Court sitting at Bolade, Oshodi on Monday, 27 March, 2023 sentenced a fake Lagos State Traffic Management Authority Officer, Omotutu Bamidele, to a 2- year jail term for impersonating and extorting money from motorists across Lagos.

The convicted fake LASTMA officer was arraigned by LASTMA on a 2-count charge of impersonating as a public officer by claiming to be a staff of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (S.78 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015)” and obtaining money by fraudulent trick (Sec. 323 of the Criminal Law, Lagos State) before the court.

The PUNCH reports that Bamidele was arrested a few days ago on Olu Holloway Road, around the Alfred Rewane area of Ikoyi by a LASTMA Monitoring/Surveillance team led by the Zonal Head, Ashafa Moyosore.

In a press statement released by the Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA, Mr. Adebayo Taofiq said Magistrate Kehinde Ogundare sentenced Omotutu Bamidele to a 2-year jail term without any option of fine after he pleaded guilty to the 2- count charges levelled against him.

Magistrate Ogundare emphasized that the convict should serve the jail term without any option fine due to the gravity of the offences committed.

The Court Prosecutor Barr. Olufemi Adekunle stated that both offences levied against the convict contravened Criminal Law of Lagos State (2015).

In his reaction to the judgement, the General Manager of LASTMA Mr Bolaji Oreagba said the judgement was a welcome development as it would serve as a deterrent to others who are still extorting money from innocent members of the public under false pretence.

Oreagba also noted that the “Our (LASTMA) Monitoring and Surveillance Unit which has now been fully restructured would continue to hunt for other bad elements disturbing the peace of the society”

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Ahmed Musa Equals Zidane’s Record, Surpasses Viera, Lampard

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7 hours ago

March 28, 2023

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Super Eagles captain, Ahmed Musa, has become the most capped Nigerian player after his appearance in the second leg of Nigeria’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match against Guinea-Bissau.

The Nigerian national team defeated the Djurtus of Guinea-Bissau 1-0 at the Estadio 24 de Setembro.

However, Musa, who made his Eagles debut in 2010, and was also part of the 2013 Nations Cup-winning side, earned 108 caps – setting a new record for Nigeria.

With his feat, he has equaled France’s midfielder Zinedine Zidane, German’s Jurgen Klinsmann, and England’s Tim Cahill’s 108 national caps.

Also, the 30-year-old Super Eagles captain surpassed Patrick Vieira’s 107 international caps for France, and Frank Lampard’s 106 caps for the Three Lions of England.

Since his debut, the Nigerian forward has scored 16 goals for the national team. He is Nigeria’s highest scorer in the World Cup with four goals.

He also has 92 club goals and 65 assists.

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NGO Trains Delta Community On Tools For Environmental Justice

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8 hours ago

March 28, 2023

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The Connected Advocacy, a Benin-based NGO, on Monday trained the residents of Owa/Alidinma community in Agbor, Delta State, on strengthening local movement and demand spaces for environmental justice.

The training featured sessions on environmental monitoring, smart advocacy tools for environmental justice and how to build a non-violent environmental justice movement.

The Director of the NGO, Mr Israel Orekha, said the capacity building was aimed to enable local communities to advocate for and demand freedom from pollution, environmental degradation and exploitation.

Orekha said the training was due to the impact of oil exploration in the community, which include crises, environmental degradation, diversion of monetary benefits, intimidation from the traditional rulers and non-compliance with environmental multilateral agreements, among others.

“The imperative of smart advocacy tools for environmental justice are evidence-based collective efforts or strategies targeting decision-makers and polluters.

“The training focuses on influencing the actions, programmes and policies of the International Oil Companies (IOCs) and governments toward environmentally friendly interventions, fulfilling the agreement for the protection of the earth, people and planets.”

Taking the participants on environmental monitoring tools, Cadmus Atake-Enade, said the devices were effective for mitigating the danger of fossil-fuel extraction in the local communities.

He encouraged participants to monitor their environment through air, water and soil pollution, and biodiversity issues.

Atake-Enade listed tools for monitoring the physical environment like pens, pencils, cameras and whistles, saying the need to document the findings or monitor the evidence cannot be over-emphasised.

The training concluded with the reconciliation of the Traditional Community Council and Host Community Network operating in the community.

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