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The Niger State Police Command has arrested 10 suspected kidnappers and armed robbers at Tafa Local Government Area of the state.

Commissioner of Police in the state, Alhaji Usman Adamu, made the disclosure on Monday.

He said, “On October 31, 2019, at about 1000 hours, investigation led to the interception and arrest of three other members of the syndicate at Dikko Junction which led the team to Zaria, Kaduna State, to arrest another three members of the syndicate.

“The suspects confessed to being serial kidnappers and armed robbers operating in Kaduna and Katsina states.”

The suspects confessed to receiving N800, 000 and N600, 000 from their victims as ransom, a case under investigation.

Adamu reiterated the command’s resolve to find a lasting solution to the rising security challenges in the state.

 

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The Niger State Police Command has arrested 10 suspected kidnappers and armed robbers at Tafa Local Government Area of the state.

Commissioner of Police in the state, Alhaji Usman Adamu, made the disclosure on Monday.

He said, “On October 31, 2019, at about 1000 hours, investigation led to the interception and arrest of three other members of the syndicate at Dikko Junction which led the team to Zaria, Kaduna State, to arrest another three members of the syndicate.

“The suspects confessed to being serial kidnappers and armed robbers operating in Kaduna and Katsina states.”

The suspects confessed to receiving N800, 000 and N600, 000 from their victims as ransom, a case under investigation.

Adamu reiterated the command’s resolve to find a lasting solution to the rising security challenges in the state.

 

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The Zamfara State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has affirmed the victory of Bello Matawalle, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party as winner of the 2019 governorship election in the state.

The Advanced People’s Democratic Alliance and its candidate, Muhammed Takori, had challenged the election at the tribunal, stating various irregularities.

However, the tribunal in Abuja on Monday dismissed the petition and fined Takori N500,000 to be paid to Matawalle as cost of litigation

Takori and APDA in the petition prayed the tribunal to nullify the emergency of Matawalle as governor on the grounds that he did not score two-thirds of the votes cast in the local government areas of the state as required by law.

The petitioner also queried the declaration of substantial votes cast on election day as waste.

But delivering judgment in the petition, the tribunal headed by Hon. Justice Binta Zubair, held that the petition was un-meritorious in view of the Supreme Court pronouncement of May 24, 2019.

Zubairu held that by implication, the votes cast for Matawalle and his party are the lawful votes as far as the March 9 governorship election in Zamfara State was concerned.

The tribunal disagreed with the petitioner that Matawalle did not win votes in two-third of the local government areas of Zamfara State, adding that the petitioner wrongly predicated his argument on the votes already declared as waste by the apex court.

Earlier, the tribunal had dismissed Takori’s preliminary objection that the PDP did not conduct any primaries and that Matawalle was not duly sponsored by his party, and therefore was not qualified to contest for the governorship election in the first place.

In dismissing the petitioner’s objection, Zubairu noted that the issue of nomination and sponsorship of a candidate is the sole responsibility of the party and also a pre-election matter of which the tribunal had no jurisdiction to entertain.

The apex court had in the judgment delivered by Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammad, held that votes cast for candidates, who ought not to have participated in an election, are wasted votes that cannot be used in determining outcome of an election. 

 

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The Zamfara State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has affirmed the victory of Bello Matawalle, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party as winner of the 2019 governorship election in the state.

The Advanced People’s Democratic Alliance and its candidate, Muhammed Takori, had challenged the election at the tribunal, stating various irregularities.

However, the tribunal in Abuja on Monday dismissed the petition and fined Takori N500,000 to be paid to Matawalle as cost of litigation

Takori and APDA in the petition prayed the tribunal to nullify the emergency of Matawalle as governor on the grounds that he did not score two-thirds of the votes cast in the local government areas of the state as required by law.

The petitioner also queried the declaration of substantial votes cast on election day as waste.

But delivering judgment in the petition, the tribunal headed by Hon. Justice Binta Zubair, held that the petition was un-meritorious in view of the Supreme Court pronouncement of May 24, 2019.

Zubairu held that by implication, the votes cast for Matawalle and his party are the lawful votes as far as the March 9 governorship election in Zamfara State was concerned.

The tribunal disagreed with the petitioner that Matawalle did not win votes in two-third of the local government areas of Zamfara State, adding that the petitioner wrongly predicated his argument on the votes already declared as waste by the apex court.

Earlier, the tribunal had dismissed Takori’s preliminary objection that the PDP did not conduct any primaries and that Matawalle was not duly sponsored by his party, and therefore was not qualified to contest for the governorship election in the first place.

In dismissing the petitioner’s objection, Zubairu noted that the issue of nomination and sponsorship of a candidate is the sole responsibility of the party and also a pre-election matter of which the tribunal had no jurisdiction to entertain.

The apex court had in the judgment delivered by Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammad, held that votes cast for candidates, who ought not to have participated in an election, are wasted votes that cannot be used in determining outcome of an election. 

 

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The Zamfara State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has affirmed the victory of Bello Matawalle, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party as winner of the 2019 governorship election in the state.

The Advanced People’s Democratic Alliance and its candidate, Muhammed Takori, had challenged the election at the tribunal, stating various irregularities.

However, the tribunal in Abuja on Monday dismissed the petition and fined Takori N500,000 to be paid to Matawalle as cost of litigation

Takori and APDA in the petition prayed the tribunal to nullify the emergency of Matawalle as governor on the grounds that he did not score two-thirds of the votes cast in the local government areas of the state as required by law.

The petitioner also queried the declaration of substantial votes cast on election day as waste.

But delivering judgment in the petition, the tribunal headed by Hon. Justice Binta Zubair, held that the petition was un-meritorious in view of the Supreme Court pronouncement of May 24, 2019.

Zubairu held that by implication, the votes cast for Matawalle and his party are the lawful votes as far as the March 9 governorship election in Zamfara State was concerned.

The tribunal disagreed with the petitioner that Matawalle did not win votes in two-third of the local government areas of Zamfara State, adding that the petitioner wrongly predicated his argument on the votes already declared as waste by the apex court.

Earlier, the tribunal had dismissed Takori’s preliminary objection that the PDP did not conduct any primaries and that Matawalle was not duly sponsored by his party, and therefore was not qualified to contest for the governorship election in the first place.

In dismissing the petitioner’s objection, Zubairu noted that the issue of nomination and sponsorship of a candidate is the sole responsibility of the party and also a pre-election matter of which the tribunal had no jurisdiction to entertain.

The apex court had in the judgment delivered by Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammad, held that votes cast for candidates, who ought not to have participated in an election, are wasted votes that cannot be used in determining outcome of an election. 

 

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Makurdi Zonal Office, on Monday secured the conviction of one Orhena Sesugh Bartholomew.

The commission said it had arrested, investigated and taken Bartholomew before Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon sitting at the Federal High Court Makurdi, Benue State.

Bartholomew, on or about October 15, 2019 in Makurdi, the state capital, without lawful authority, engaged in acquisition of a motorcycle knowing that the said item was proceed of criminal activity and he thereby committed an offence.

The anti-graft agency said the offence was contrary to Section 18(1) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (Establishment) Act, 2004 and punishable under section 18(2) of the same act.

 

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Makurdi Zonal Office, on Monday secured the conviction of one Orhena Sesugh Bartholomew.

The commission said it had arrested, investigated and taken Bartholomew before Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon sitting at the Federal High Court Makurdi, Benue State.

Bartholomew, on or about October 15, 2019 in Makurdi, the state capital, without lawful authority, engaged in acquisition of a motorcycle knowing that the said item was proceed of criminal activity and he thereby committed an offence.

The anti-graft agency said the offence was contrary to Section 18(1) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (Establishment) Act, 2004 and punishable under section 18(2) of the same act.

 

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Facts have emerged on the real reasons President Muhammadu Buhari signed the Production Sharing Contract bill into law on Monday.

PMB’s action on the bill comes just a month after the Senate, Nigeria’s upper legislative arm, held first reading for the amendment on October 3.

According to findings by SaharaReporters, the move showed the aggression with which the Presidency was seeking out sources of revenue to fund its spending plans.

The government is hoping it would raise $1.5bn or N457.65bn in a year from new taxes levered into the fiscal terms of the contract.

According to the Senate version of the Deep Offshore and Inland Basin Production Sharing Contract Act, which was signed in less than two weeks, a new royalty stream was added to the provisions made in Section 5 of the act – while the existing one was amended. 

Under the previous fiscal regime, offshore projects of between 200m to 400m paid 12 per cent.

Projects from 401m to 800m paid 8 per cent, while those from 801m to 1,000m paid four per cent.

Deep offshore projects above 1,000m did not pay any royalties.  See Also Politics JUST IN: Buhari Signs PSC Bill Into Law 0 Comments 8 Hours Ago

The 2019 amendment bill, which has now become law, prescribes a flat rate of 10 per cent across board.

The new royalty added by the senate will see oil firms executing deep offshore projects in Nigeria pay different percentages based on the price of a barrel of oil at the time.

Only when oil sells for $20 and below will the new royalty seize to apply.

Section 16 of the repealed act provided for a review of the PSC’s, the first of which were signed in 1993, after 15 years and every other five years.

The Senate increased the re-adjustment window to eight years without stating if this particular clause will apply to new projects like the Total-operated Egina field, the Shell and Eni-operated Etan/Zaba Zaba field and the Bonga South-West block, which Shell is yet to take a final investment decision on.

A Reuters report published on Wednesday said international oil companies made depositions to the National Assembly seeking to make the terms less stringent.

Their arguments were however, turned down.

According to the British news agency, the House of Representatives brought the review period back to five and increased the minimum price at which the IOC’s would pay royalties to $35.

In an analysis sent to the National Assembly by the Oil Producers Trade Session, they argued that the country would lose $55.5bn in deep offshore investments if they went ahead with the version of the bill sent to the President.

They also contended that the country would forfeit $10.4bn in revenue by 2030.

In what is a clear rush to raise funds, the National Assembly appears not to have set-up a harmonisation committee to go through any discrepancies between the versions signed by the upper and lower chambers.

PMB’s signing of the bill into law, comes just two working days after the lower legislative arm voted on the amendment.

 

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Facts have emerged on the real reasons President Muhammadu Buhari signed the Production Sharing Contract bill into law on Monday.

PMB’s action on the bill comes just a month after the Senate, Nigeria’s upper legislative arm, held first reading for the amendment on October 3.

According to findings by SaharaReporters, the move showed the aggression with which the Presidency was seeking out sources of revenue to fund its spending plans.

The government is hoping it would raise $1.5bn or N457.65bn in a year from new taxes levered into the fiscal terms of the contract.

According to the Senate version of the Deep Offshore and Inland Basin Production Sharing Contract Act, which was signed in less than two weeks, a new royalty stream was added to the provisions made in Section 5 of the act – while the existing one was amended. 

Under the previous fiscal regime, offshore projects of between 200m to 400m paid 12 per cent.

Projects from 401m to 800m paid 8 per cent, while those from 801m to 1,000m paid four per cent.

Deep offshore projects above 1,000m did not pay any royalties.  See Also Politics JUST IN: Buhari Signs PSC Bill Into Law 0 Comments 7 Hours Ago

The 2019 amendment bill, which has now become law, prescribes a flat rate of 10 per cent across board.

The new royalty added by the senate will see oil firms executing deep offshore projects in Nigeria pay different percentages based on the price of a barrel of oil at the time.

Only when oil sells for $20 and below will the new royalty seize to apply.

Section 16 of the repealed act provided for a review of the PSC’s, the first of which were signed in 1993, after 15 years and every other five years.

The Senate increased the re-adjustment window to eight years without stating if this particular clause will apply to new projects like the Total-operated Egina field, the Shell and Eni-operated Etan/Zaba Zaba field and the Bonga South-West block, which Shell is yet to take a final investment decision on.

A Reuters report published on Wednesday said international oil companies made depositions to the National Assembly seeking to make the terms less stringent.

Their arguments were however, turned down.

According to the British news agency, the House of Representatives brought the review period back to five and increased the minimum price at which the IOC’s would pay royalties to $35.

In an analysis sent to the National Assembly by the Oil Producers Trade Session, they argued that the country would lose $55.5bn in deep offshore investments if they went ahead with the version of the bill sent to the President.

They also contended that the country would forfeit $10.4bn in revenue by 2030.

In what is a clear rush to raise funds, the National Assembly appears not to have set-up a harmonisation committee to go through any discrepancies between the versions signed by the upper and lower chambers.

PMB’s signing of the bill into law, comes just two working days after the lower legislative arm voted on the amendment.

 

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Facts have emerged on the real reasons President Muhammadu Buhari signed the Production Sharing Contract bill into law on Monday.

PMB’s action on the bill comes just a month after the Senate, Nigeria’s upper legislative arm, held first reading for the amendment on October 3.

According to findings by SaharaReporters, the move showed the aggression with which the Presidency was seeking out sources of revenue to fund its spending plans.

The government is hoping it would raise $1.5bn or N457.65bn in a year from new taxes levered into the fiscal terms of the contract.

According to the Senate version of the Deep Offshore and Inland Basin Production Sharing Contract Act, which was signed in less than two weeks, a new royalty stream was added to the provisions made in Section 5 of the act – while the existing one was amended. 

Under the previous fiscal regime, offshore projects of between 200m to 400m paid 12 per cent.

Projects from 401m to 800m paid 8 per cent, while those from 801m to 1,000m paid four per cent.

Deep offshore projects above 1,000m did not pay any royalties.  See Also Politics JUST IN: Buhari Signs PSC Bill Into Law 0 Comments 8 Hours Ago

The 2019 amendment bill, which has now become law, prescribes a flat rate of 10 per cent across board.

The new royalty added by the senate will see oil firms executing deep offshore projects in Nigeria pay different percentages based on the price of a barrel of oil at the time.

Only when oil sells for $20 and below will the new royalty seize to apply.

Section 16 of the repealed act provided for a review of the PSC’s, the first of which were signed in 1993, after 15 years and every other five years.

The Senate increased the re-adjustment window to eight years without stating if this particular clause will apply to new projects like the Total-operated Egina field, the Shell and Eni-operated Etan/Zaba Zaba field and the Bonga South-West block, which Shell is yet to take a final investment decision on.

A Reuters report published on Wednesday said international oil companies made depositions to the National Assembly seeking to make the terms less stringent.

Their arguments were however, turned down.

According to the British news agency, the House of Representatives brought the review period back to five and increased the minimum price at which the IOC’s would pay royalties to $35.

In an analysis sent to the National Assembly by the Oil Producers Trade Session, they argued that the country would lose $55.5bn in deep offshore investments if they went ahead with the version of the bill sent to the President.

They also contended that the country would forfeit $10.4bn in revenue by 2030.

In what is a clear rush to raise funds, the National Assembly appears not to have set-up a harmonisation committee to go through any discrepancies between the versions signed by the upper and lower chambers.

PMB’s signing of the bill into law, comes just two working days after the lower legislative arm voted on the amendment.

 

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Makurdi Zonal Office, on Monday arraigned a 26-year-old suspected Internet fraudster, James Kuve Sughter, before Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon of the Federal High Court Makurdi, Benue State.

The commission said the suspect allegedly made use of a unique electronic identification of another person to obtain the sum of N534,971 from one Asiwaju Dada.

Sughter was arraigned on a two-count charge bordering on fraud and possession of documents containing false pretence.

According to the EFCC, he committed an offence contrary to Section 22(2)(a) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition prevention Etc) Act 2015 and punishable under Section 22(2)(b)(iv) of the same Act.

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Makurdi Zonal Office, on Monday arraigned a 26-year-old suspected Internet fraudster, James Kuve Sughter, before Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon of the Federal High Court Makurdi, Benue State.

The commission said the suspect allegedly made use of a unique electronic identification of another person to obtain the sum of N534,971 from one Asiwaju Dada.

Sughter was arraigned on a two-count charge bordering on fraud and possession of documents containing false pretence.

According to the EFCC, he committed an offence contrary to Section 22(2)(a) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition prevention Etc) Act 2015 and punishable under Section 22(2)(b)(iv) of the same Act.

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Charles Okah

 

Some officials of the Court of Appeal in Abuja have been accused of demanding bribe to fix a date for the hearing of an appeal filed by Charles Okah, the alleged mastermind of the 2010 Independence Day bombing in Abuja.

Okah, who is serving life sentence after Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on March 7, 2018, found him guilty of charges brought against him, has been asked by court officials through his lawyer, Mishael Chukwuka of Olusola Oke (SAN) & Co, to pay N300,000 for a date to be fixed for the hearing of his matter.

Though on June 25, 2019 a date was initially given for hearing of the appeal, it was adjourned indefinitely under the excuse that the Court of Appeal was overwhelmed with election petition cases.

According to Okah’s lawyer, getting another date for hearing has proven difficult since that period.

When contacted by SaharaReporters on Monday, Chukwuka claimed that the N300,000 demanded will be used to ‘settle’ some of the workers at the court, adding that if the money was not raised in the coming days, there was a high probability that the case will not be mentioned again until next year.

He said, “A date for the suit with the appeal number CA/A/494c/2018 between Charles Tombra Okah (appellant) and the Federal Republic of Nigeria (respondent), was initially given but was adjourned indefinitely under the excuse that the Court of Appeal was overwhelmed with election petition cases.

“Attempts to get another date for hearing has proven tough except it is facilitated by a bribe.

“The Court of Appeal officials are demanding a bribe of N300,000 from us before a date for hearing can be fixed.”

Senior officials of the court contacted by SaharaReporters on Monday to comment on the issue all declined, with one of them telling our correspondent that he was speaking with the wrong person.

Okah is currently being held at the Maiduguri Maximum Security Prison in Borno State. 

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Charles Okah

 

Some officials of the Court of Appeal in Abuja have been accused of demanding bribe to fix a date for the hearing of an appeal filed by Charles Okah, the alleged mastermind of the 2010 Independence Day bombing in Abuja.

Okah, who is serving life sentence after Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on March 7, 2018, found him guilty of charges brought against him, has been asked by court officials through his lawyer, Mishael Chukwuka of Olusola Oke (SAN) & Co, to pay N300,000 for a date to be fixed for the hearing of his matter.

Though on June 25, 2019 a date was initially given for hearing of the appeal, it was adjourned indefinitely under the excuse that the Court of Appeal was overwhelmed with election petition cases.

According to Okah’s lawyer, getting another date for hearing has proven difficult since that period.

When contacted by SaharaReporters on Monday, Chukwuka claimed that the N300,000 demanded will be used to ‘settle’ some of the workers at the court, adding that if the money was not raised in the coming days, there was a high probability that the case will not be mentioned again until next year.

He said, “A date for the suit with the appeal number CA/A/494c/2018 between Charles Tombra Okah (appellant) and the Federal Republic of Nigeria (respondent), was initially given but was adjourned indefinitely under the excuse that the Court of Appeal was overwhelmed with election petition cases.

“Attempts to get another date for hearing has proven tough except it is facilitated by a bribe.

“The Court of Appeal officials are demanding a bribe of N300,000 from us before a date for hearing can be fixed.”

Senior officials of the court contacted by SaharaReporters on Monday to comment on the issue all declined, with one of them telling our correspondent that he was speaking with the wrong person.

Okah is currently being held at the Maiduguri Maximum Security Prison in Borno State. 

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