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  • Civic Group Lambasts Lagos Assembly For Ordering Probe Into Mohbad’s Death But Silent On Bamise’s Murder In BRT Bus

    A human rights organization, Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR), has lambasted the Lagos State House of Assembly for keeping silent on the case of the brutal murder of a 22-year-old female passenger of the Lagos State-owned Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), Oluwabamise Ayanwola, popularly known as Bamise.

    The CDHR in a statement signed by its Lagos State Chairman, Kehinde Adeoye, State Secretary, Adewunmi Adesina and State Publicity Secretary, Chika Mary, noted that the state lawmakers ordered a full-scale investigation into the death of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad but had kept mute on Bamise’s case since she was killed in February 2022.

    Bamise was raped and murdered, according to an autopsy report, inside a BRT bus on Saturday, February 26, 2022, around 7.30 pm between Chevron bus stop, Ajah and Lagos Island while on board BRT No. 240257.

    She was returning home from work. 

    While it commiserated with Mohbad’s family and urged the authorities investigating the singer’s death to unearth the circumstances surrounding his untimely death, CDHR said it “wondered why the Lagos State House of Assembly was quick to lend its voice to the call for the cause of death of Mohbad to be unraveled while ignoring the call to unravel the circumstances surrounding the gruesome murder of 22-year-old Miss Oluwabamise Abigail Ayanwola inside a Lagos State Government facility – the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) being operated by LBSL (Lagos Bus Services Ltd.)”.

    The human rights organisation said, “To have kept mute over the brutal murder of Bamise who patronised the BRT bus thinking it was safe but unfortunately met her untimely death inside the vehicle over one year and seven months ago, but in less than two weeks, reacted publicly to Mohbad’s death that the cause of Mohbad’s death should be unraveled leaves much to be desired.”

    The organisation described Lagos State House of Assembly’s reaction to Mohbad’s death as “mere hypocrisy”, stressing that its members in large numbers on Tuesday, July 11, 2023 – the day that made it 500 days when Bamise was “murdered in cold blood”, stormed the State Assembly at Alausa-Ikeja, and insisted on seeing the Speaker of the House but after over four hours, the Majority Leader of the House met with them and promised to pass their message to the leadership of the House.

    The CDHR further disclosed that an official letter regarding Bamise’s murder case was delivered and received in the office of the House Speaker on July 26, 2023, with the Lagos State Chief Judge; the State Attorney-General and Commission for Justice; the Commissioner of Police; Office of the Clerk of the House of Assembly; Majority Leader of the House; O/C, Civic Engagement – Governor’s Office; Women Advocacy, Research and Documentation Centre (WARD C), all copied in the letter, urging the authorities to prevail on the State Judiciary to give Bamise’s murder case the “accelerated hearing” it promised.

    The group noted that nothing had been heard yet from the Lagos State House of Assembly on Bamise’s case which has suffered a series of unnecessary adjournments.

    “Only the office of the Chief Judge of Lagos State acknowledged the letter. Justice delayed is justice denied,” it said.

    The human rights organisation also challenged the Lagos State authorities to confirm if truly the suspected killer of Bamise, Andrew Nice Ominikoron is still in prison custody.

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  • INEC expects 5.4 million voters for Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi governorship polls

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    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Tuesday expects 5.4 million voters are expected to vote in the November 11 governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi States.

    The INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja.

    He said the 1.05 million voters are expected to take part in the election in Bayelsa, 2.4 million in Imo, and two million in Kogi State.

    The commissioner said INEC reviewed its preparations for the elections in the three states on Tuesday.

    He assured that electronic copies of the complete register of voters for each state would be given to political parties participating in the elections.

    Olumekun said: “16 political parties are sponsoring candidates in Bayelsa, 17 political parties are doing the same in Imo, while 18 parties are fielding candidates in Kogi.

    “State chairmen of political parties or their representatives are invited to attend the presentation of the registers on October 12 at INEC’s offices in Lokoja, Owerri, and Yenagoa at 10:00 a.m.”

    He also revealed that the commission had finalised arrangements for mock accreditation of voters in the three states.

    “In the mock exercise, INEC will test-run the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and the upload of polling unit results to the Result Viewing Portal (IReV).

    “The exercise will take place simultaneously in the three states on Saturday, October 14 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

    “The list of designated polling units for each state has already been uploaded to INEC’s website and social media platforms.

    “Lessons learnt from the mock exercise will be taken into consideration to ensure the seamless deployment of both the BVAS and IReV on Election Day.

    “This is strictly a test run and not the actual election,’’ the commissioner added.

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  • Senate Mandates 5 Committees To Investigate Crude Oil Thefts In Niger-Delta

    Godswill-Akpabio

    The Senate has mandated its Committees on Petroleum Resources, (Upstream, downstream,) Gas, Host communities and Niger Delta to conduct an investigation on oil theft in the region.

    It specifically mandated the committees to investigate the actions of security forces, militia groups, the local populace, all company employees, and any individuals or entities suspected to be using sophisticated methods to pilfer from oil facilities within the country.

    The resolution was sequel to the adoption of a motion at the plenary on Tuesday on “Urgent need to investigate incessant and nefarious acts of crude oil thefts in Niger- Delta region.

    The motion was sponsored by Sen. Ned Nwoko (PDP- Delta) and co-sponsored by Sen. Ede Dafinone and Sen J.Thomas.

    Nwoko in his lead debate said that Nigeria was largely dependent on crude oil for its economic growth and development.

    He said the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported that oil sector contributed 6.33 per cent of the nation’s GDP which translated to 45.6 billion dollars in 2022 .

    Nwoko said the oil sector in Nigeria plays pivotal role in providing employment opportunities for millions of Nigerian citizens accounting for 70 per cent of its budget financing, while oil and gas made up of 90 per cent of export and 85 per cent of government revenue in the first quarter of 2022.

    He said statistical data which has been reported over the years, indicated that pipeline vandalism, oil bunkering, has brought Nigeria Into serious socio-economic crisis.

    The senator said current collaborative efforts involving joint task force of the military,with contributions of various security entities, state and local governments, and International Oil Companies (IOCs) in the Niger Delta region has yielded positive results.

    He said the efforts has led to an increase in oil production, reaching 1.51 million barrels per day in first quarter 2023.

    ” This figure marks an improvement from the 1.49 million barrels per day recorded in the same quarter of 2022 and is notably higher than the production volume of 1.34 million barrels per day in the fourth quarter of 2022.”

    Nwoke said inspite of efforts of military personnel and security agencies in combating oil theft in the Niger Delta region, he, however alleged of individuals within the institutions who engage in illicit activities.

    “These individuals collaborate with unscrupulous figures within the oil industry to undermine the nation’s economy.

    “Also observes that it has come to attention that oil theft in Nigeria thrives due to a troubling collaboration between security forces, militia groups, the local population, and certain employees within oll companies .

    “These parties employ sophisticated methods to carry out theft from all facilities located within the country given Nigeria’s vast oil and gas reserves.”

    He expressed concern of alleged accusations and counter-accusations of oil bunkering and various other crisis between the military and local militia groups.

    “In 2022, it was reported that Nigeria suffered daily loss of approximately 437,000 barrels of crude oil, amounting to a value of 23 million dollars, due to criminal activities.

    ” Moreover, between March 2023, Nigeria incurred a substantial loss of 65.7 million barrels of crude oil, valued at 83 dollars per barrel, translating to a staggering revenue loss of N2.3 trillion as a result of oil theft.”

    He expressed worry that the activities of oil thieves and their collaborators has significantly hampered crude oil production posing a substantial threat to the nation’s economy.

    Contributing, Sen. Mpigi Barinada(PDP- Rivers) called for proper check on issues of oil thefts in Niger Delta, adding that there was challenge of collaboration among security agencies.

    Sen.Osita Izunaso (APC- Imo) said oil bunkering was a major economic sabotage for Nigeria , saying that it was a multifaceted issues.

    He said the solution required sustainable measures and not on ad-hoc basis.

    Sen. Buhari Abdulfatah called for a review of the laws to provide for punitive measures for would be offenders.

    Sen.Adams Oshiomole (APC-Edo) urged the Senate to support President Tinubu in the fight against oil thieves,saying that it was time to stop oil thefts in Nigeria.

    He said it was shameful that so much was been stolen from oil, and urged the senate to invite the service chiefs to interface with senate on what the security agencies were doing to stop oil thefts.

    President of Senate, Godswill Akpiabio said he believes strongly that the Armed Forces were in better position to secure the country.

    He thanked the sponsor of the motion, while urging the committee to do a holistic investigation in the interest of the nation.

    Senate consequently urged the committee to present its report on the investigation in six weeks.

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  • Saudi Arabia’s ruler vows to ‘stand by the Palestinian people’ amid the ongoing conflict between Hamas terrorists and Israel

    Saudi Arabia

    Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has reportedly told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that the kingdom will continue to stand by the Palestinians amid the ongoing conflict between Hamas terrorists and Israel.

    Bin Salman told Abbas, who heads the Fatah movement which controls the West Bank, that Saudi Arabia will continue ‘’to stand by the Palestinian people to achieve their legitimate rights to a decent life, achieve their hopes and aspirations, and achieve just and lasting peace.”

     

    Abbas is a political rival of Hamas, which launched the attack on Israel. Bin Salmon is said to have told Abbas that he was working with international parties to prevent ‘an expansion of the conflict’.

    Western officials last night said Tehran had provided the Hamas terrorists with military training and logistical help as well as tens of millions of dollars for weapons ahead of the surprise incursion.

    The officials said Hamas had been planning the assault on Israel for at least a year, reports the Washington Post.

    They said that while they have no evidence that Tehran authorised or directly coordinated the attack, the incursion reflected Iran’s years-long ambition to surround Israel with paramilitary fighters armed with sophisticated weapons.

     

    ‘If you train people on how to use weapons, you expect them to eventually use them,’ said a Western intelligence official.  

    At least 900 Israelis have been killed by the terrorists since they launched the surprise attack on Saturday. And in response Israel has pounded the Gaza Strip with the fiercest air strikes in the 75-year history of its conflict, killing 770 Palestinians and wounding 4,000 more.

     

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  • BREAKING: Sowore Arrives Abuja Court For Re-Arraignment On Trumped-Up Treason Charge, Four Years After His Illegal Arrest

    The activist, dressed in an ash-coloured suit, arrived at the court premises at about 8:45am with his supporters who thronged the court in solidarity.

    Human rights activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has arrived at the Federal High Court, Abuja, alongside his supporters ahead of his re-arraignment on the trumped-up charge bordering on treasonable felony levelled against him by the Nigerian government.

    The activist, dressed in an ash-coloured suit, arrived at the court premises at about 8:45am with his supporters who thronged the court in solidarity.

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    Also present in the court are the members of Amnesty International who dressed in black T-shirts to show support for the activist.

    Amnesty International had declared human rights activist, Sowore a prisoner of conscience, as he had faced arbitrary detention and unfair trials solely for exercising his right to freedom of expression.

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    Justice Emeka Nwite had on July 5, 2023 adjourned the matter following the absence of the 2nd defendant, Olawale Bakare, who is a co-defendant in the case in the court.
    Sowore is expected to take his plea.

    The government accused them of staging “a revolution campaign on 5th day of August 2019, tagged #RevolutionNow” aimed at protesting against bad governance, corruption and insecurity during the regime of the former President Muhammadu Buhari.

    Sowore was arrested in a Lagos hotel in a Commando style by the gun totting lawless operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) and flown to Abuja.

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  • Dangote Cement denies price reduction, says scammers at work

    Dangote Flour posts abysmal 309.7% loss in Q3 2019 earnings report, records negative earnings per share

    Management of Dangote Cement Plc has denied reports, in some online platforms (not Ripples Nigera) that it has embarked on sales promotion and has further adjusted its prices.

    In response to the misleading report, the Chief Branding and Communications Officer of the Dangote Group, Anthony Chiejina on Tuesday described the reports as mischievous, malicious, and false.

    He added that the management had formally notified law enforcement agents to track down, name, and shame the perpetrators of the devious and deceptive information.

    He urged Dangote Cement customers and other stakeholders to be careful of scammers bent on defrauding them of their funds.

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  • How Nigerian Business Owner Lost UN Contract For Not Doing The Basics- Dr Steve Ogidan

    Steve Ogidan, the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Successory Nigeria Limited has narrated how a restaurant owner lost a catering contract awarded by the United Nations Development Programme for not registering her business and having a bank account linked to her business.

    Ogidan shared the experience while speaking on the challenges of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) on NIPSS Policy Tv, monitored by THE WHISTLER.

    Nigeria officially has about 39.6 million Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises but a lot of them are not captured in the national records because they are not registered.

    Most Nigerian MSMEs have been unable to harness opportunities due to poor government policies and a lack of ease of doing business in Nigeria.

    A survey conducted by the Small Medium Enterprise Development Agency of Nigeria revealed that MSMEs reduced from about 41 million in 2017 to 39 million in 2021.

    The CEO said business registration and proper documentation have cost a lot of small businesses opportunities to secure contracts and funding that would help them expand.

    Ogidan narrated, “I was doing training for the United Nations Development Programme in Niger State. Because of the structure of the UNDP governance, they said they would pay me the cost of the training as a consultant but the cost of feeding the participants for the three weeks of training will be paid directly to the restaurant that provides the food and I said I had no problem with that.

    “Meanwhile, any time I go to Nigeria State for this training, I always get a restaurant caterer that provides food for them and by the time I called the lady to bring her tax papers and registration papers for us to submit to UNDP, she has no registration paper and bank account.

    “How can UNDP pay you without a bank account? Incidentally, the person who got the contract has no restaurant. All she has was a registration paper, the tax paper and a bank account and she got the contract and now outsourced the business again to the person who can do it.”

    Ogidan believes that the Nigerian government has contributed to the failure of small businesses through complex registration procedures and difficulty in securing a Tax Identification Number and multiple taxation.

    The consultant argued that a major support strategy that the Nigerian government should adopt is making it easy for SMEs to be able to register their businesses.

    Ogidan said a business that is not registered ‘does not exist’ officially in government, adding that a seamless registration process would encourage MSMEs and help the government to keep track of their activities.

    “The Federal Inland Revenue Service should be able to give them their Tax Identification Number with ease so that they will be recognised.”

    Aside the ease of registration, the CEO also said that the government has not done enough to help MSMEs to secure cheap loans through microfinance banks.

    “Government is not doing enough; microfinance banks are there and they are not getting support. When the microfinance policy for Nigeria was designed, the original plan was that the government would give wholesale loans to microfinance banks for them to be able to reach out to MSMEs in rural areas,” he said.

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  • Playboy fires p0rnstar Mia Khalifa after she mocked the slaughter of Jews by Hamas and called the attack a ‘renaissance painting’

    Playboy fires p0rnstar Mia Khalifa after she mocked the slaughter of Jews by Hamas and called the attack a

    Adult magazine, Playboy has ended it’s contract with p0rn star, Mia Khalifa due to controversial social media posts supporting Palestine and Hamas amid the Israel-Hamas war.

    Hours after Hamas militants launched a surprise attack on Israel on Saturday, October 8 killing hundreds, Khalifa posted a message on social media platforms expressing solidarity with the militants.

     

    Her message, which urged people to stand with Palestinians, quickly attracted attention and criticism from various quarters. She emphasised that those who failed to support Palestinians were on the wrong side of history.

     

    Playboy fires p0rnstar Mia Khalifa after she mocked the slaughter of Jews by Hamas and called the attack a
    Playboy fires p0rnstar Mia Khalifa after she mocked the slaughter of Jews by Hamas and called the attack a

     

    Shortly after, Khalifa added fuel to the fire by posting another message, this time encouraging freedom fighters in Palestine to capture the unfolding events in horizontal, high-quality 4K footage.

     

    Playboy fires p0rnstar Mia Khalifa after she mocked the slaughter of Jews by Hamas and called the attack a
    Playboy fires p0rnstar Mia Khalifa after she mocked the slaughter of Jews by Hamas and called the attack a
    Playboy fires p0rnstar Mia Khalifa after she mocked the slaughter of Jews by Hamas and called the attack a

     

    She then called a Hamas attack on an Israeli military vehicle ‘a Renaissance painting’.

    Her intention appeared to be preserving a historical record of the struggles faced by Palestinians in their quest for freedom from what she referred to as an “open-air prison.”

    Also, Reality star Kylie Jenner, who had posted and later deleted a message expressing support for Israel was challenged by Khalifa who said Jenner had a poor understanding of geopolitics and called for a coherent response.

     

    Playboy fires p0rnstar Mia Khalifa after she mocked the slaughter of Jews by Hamas and called the attack a

    Mia Khalifa’s social media posts triggered an immediate and significant backlash

    Canadian podcaster and radio host Todd Shapiro, who was Khalifa’s business partner and collaborator in Red Light Holland Corp, swiftly terminated their association, announcing her immediate firing. He vehemently criticised Khalifa for seemingly condoning violence, death, rape, beatings, and hostage-taking, labelling her stance as “disgusting” and “beyond disgusting.”

    Late Monday night, Playboy sent a mail to its subscribers informing them it has terminated Khalifa’s contract.

     

    In a statement, the magazine condemned Khalifa’s comments as “disgusting and reprehensible,” particularly her celebration of Hamas’s attacks on Israel.

     

    Playboy fires p0rnstar Mia Khalifa after she mocked the slaughter of Jews by Hamas and called the attack a

     

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