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Tuesday, 11 December 2018

We Must Get Rid Of Sniper Beans - Beans Farmers - Health -

Mr Shitu Kabir, the National President, Cowpea and Beans Farmers, Processors and Marketers Association of Nigeria, says all hands must be on deck to get rid of sniper infested beans in the market.
Kabir made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja.
According to him, the resurgence of killer beans in Nigerian markets is worrisome and must be treated as a matter of urgent national importance in view of the risks they pose to human life.
“It is time for us as a country to begin to look at what we eat.
“It is also time for us to pay a close look at the chemicals we use in our farms, at home and offices.
“The recent discovery of sniper beans in the market is very worrisome and all hands must be on deck to create adequate awareness on the killer beans and other harmful practices that many people are not aware of.
“The use of chemicals in Nigeria generally calls for concern as many Nigerians do not pay attention to the type of chemicals they use.
“Even when the chemicals used are not banned, many people do not stick to the required quantity.”

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Two Men Caught Burying Charms On Building Site In Ilorin - Crime -

Two friends, Abdullahi Adebayo and Suleiman Olanrewaju, who the Police accused of attempting to bury charms on a building site, on Tuesday appeared in an Ilorin Senior Magistrate Court.

The Police charged Adebayo, 38, and Olanrewaju, 39, with criminal conspiracy and being in possession of “criminal charm.”

The prosecutor, Insp. Zacheous Folorunsho, told the court that on December 5, one Mohammed Abdulraheem, who lives behind ‘F’ Division, Tanke, Ilorin, reported the case at the Police station.

Folorunsho alleged that the complainant caught the two accused trying to bury a charm on his building site at Oke-Odo, Ilorin.

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PDP Looted Our Destiny, Prospects, Jobs – Fashola - Politics -

The Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Fashola SAN, on Monday, blamed the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party for abandoned federal government projects across the country.

He stated this while inspecting the building project of the federal secretariat, Awka, Anambra State.

He described the corruption during the PDP era as monumental, adding, “They looted our collective destiny, prospects, jobs and so on.

“That’s why the masses are suffering today. That’s why there are no jobs. But we (APC) are trying to bring back smiles on the faces of Nigerians.”

He said the 18-kilometer Umunya axis of the Onitsha/Enugu Expressway would be completed in May, 2019, while the federal secretariat, Awka, the state capital would be completed the first quarter of next year.

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What Buhari's Refusal To Sign Electoral Bill Will Do To Nigeria In 2019 - Wike - Politics -

Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that the refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the amended Electoral Act is a threat to the nation's existence as it will generate deadly political tension in 2019.

PoliticsNGR learned that the governor also declared that the whole essence of not signing the Electoral Act by President Muhammadu Buhari is for him to rig the 2019 elections. He spoke at the Government House Port Harcourt on Tuesday during the visit of the Anglican Bishop of Niger Delta North, Rt Rev Wisdom Ihunwo.

"This present administration does not not want the existence of one Nigeria. We don't know if there will be Nigeria after the 2019 General elections.The National Assembly tried to cure the defects of the Electoral Act that led to controversies during the 2015 elections. After the passage, the President kept on giving countless excuses why he wouldn't sign the amended Electoral Act.

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Alleged Diezani loot: EFCC set to arraign Fidelity Bank MD, First Bank director - Business -

A Lagos Division of the Federal High Court has adjourned till December 17 the arraignment of the managing director of Fidelity Bank Plc, Nnamdi Okonkwo, and an executive director at First Bank, Dauda Lawal, for allegedly assisting Diezani Alison-Madueke to conceal $153 million in 2015.

They are facing a 14-count charge of conspiracy and money laundering before Muslim Hassan, a federal judge.

Mrs Alison-Madueke, the immediate past petroleum minister who is still out of the country, is also facing multiple charges of money laundering.

Last week, an Abuja court granted the EFCC leave to arraign her and a former chairman of Atlantic Energy Drilling company, Jide Omokore, in February next year.

The arraignment of the bank chiefs, who were charged alongside Lanre Adesanya and Stanley Lawson, was originally scheduled for Monday but the judge adjourned to enable the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to serve the charge sheet to all the defendants.

Wahab Shittu, counsel to the EFCC, requested the adjournment to serve Messrs Okonkwo and Adesanya.

Hassan Liman, a senior advocate of Nigeria and counsel to Mr Lawal, told the judge that his client had been in EFCC custody since November 29 and prayed that he admitted to bail.

But in a bench ruling, Muslim Hassan, the judge, said he lacked jurisdiction to grant Mr Liman’s request as the defendants were yet to be arraigned.

He directed that Mr Lawal be taken back to the custody of the EFCC till December 17.

According to the charge sheet, Messrs Okonkwo and Lawson, Mrs Alison-Madueke, and Ben Otti, a former group executive director (finance and account) at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation conspired among themselves to conceal $153.3 million in Fidelity Bank.

The defendants are also accused of using $25 million to acquire a property known as Ogeyi Place Hotel situated at GRA Phase 2, Port Harcourt, in 2015.

They are further accused of transferring $65 million to Lawal and procured one Adewale Fayemi to take possession of $8.3 million and $80 million without going through a financial institution.

In count 12, Mr Okonkwo was accused of failing to report a suspicious transaction amounting to $80 million to the EFCC while in count 14, Mr Lawal was charged with refraining to report a $65 million suspicious transaction to the commission

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