The United Arab Emirates has given a three-week ultimatum to Nigerians with expired visas to leave the country.
The ultimatum expires on August 17, 2020.
The Nigerian Embassy in Abu Dhabi, however, said the UAE granted waivers on fines and penalties on visas that expired before March 1.
A statement by the embassy said, “The Embassy wishes to inform that the Government of the United Arab Emirates has granted waivers on fines/penalties on visas that expired before 1st March 2020 to leave the country on or before 17th of August, 2020.
“Consequently, the embassy is urging fellow Nigerians living in the UAE to avail themselves of this opportunity to return home with the impending Air Peace evacuation flight scheduled for 1st August, 2020, and or subsequent Emirates evacuation flights before the expiration of the grace period.
“Accordingly, affected Nigerian nationals who are willing to return home are kindly requested to submit their names and passport numbers to the embassy and or the consulate for onward transmission to the UAE authorities in order to obtain the necessary clearance.”
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The United Arab Emirates has given a three-week ultimatum to Nigerians with expired visas to leave the country.
The ultimatum expires on August 17, 2020.
The Nigerian Embassy in Abu Dhabi, however, said the UAE granted waivers on fines and penalties on visas that expired before March 1.
A statement by the embassy said, “The Embassy wishes to inform that the Government of the United Arab Emirates has granted waivers on fines/penalties on visas that expired before 1st March 2020 to leave the country on or before 17th of August, 2020.
“Consequently, the embassy is urging fellow Nigerians living in the UAE to avail themselves of this opportunity to return home with the impending Air Peace evacuation flight scheduled for 1st August, 2020, and or subsequent Emirates evacuation flights before the expiration of the grace period.
“Accordingly, affected Nigerian nationals who are willing to return home are kindly requested to submit their names and passport numbers to the embassy and or the consulate for onward transmission to the UAE authorities in order to obtain the necessary clearance.”
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The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission has yanked off a statement declaring a lawmaker, Shehu Koko, wanted for corruption, from its website.
SaharaReporters had on Wednesday published a story on how Koko, a member of the House of Representatives panel that interrogated Prof Kemebradikumo Pondei, Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, was declared wanted for corruption in 2019.
Koko was alleged to have fraudulently acquired properties using his position to confer undue advantage on himself while serving as ADC to a former governor of Katsina State.
REVEALED: Lawmaker On Panel Interrogating NDDC Acting MD, Pondei, When He Fainted Was Declared Wanted By @ICPC_PE For Corruption In 2019 | Sahara Reporters
Koko, a lawmaker from Kebbi State, was on December 12, 2019 declared wanted after he...
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After he repeatedly failed to appear before the anti-graft agency over an ongoing investigation against him, the agency declared him wanted.
According to a statement on the commission’s website, https://ift.tt/30yMA3k, the lawmaker failed to perfect his administrative bail and ignored the commission’s invitation.
A check by SaharaReporters on Wednesday evening, however, showed that the statement had been deleted from the commission’s website.
Shortly afterwards, the ICPC in a post on its Twitter handle on Wednesday night said the lawmaker was no longer a wanted person.
Honourable Shehu Koko Mohammed is no longer a “Wanted Person†as earlier declared by the Commission.
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila had in December 2019 pledged to make him available to the Commission, and he did.
However, the ICPC did not disclose how that investigation ended or make its findings public.
Koko has since carried on with his duty as a legislator in the House of Representatives and has been an active member of the panel probing financial misappropriation in the NDDC.
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission has yanked off a statement declaring a lawmaker, Shehu Koko, wanted for corruption, from its website.
SaharaReporters had on Wednesday published a story on how Koko, a member of the House of Representatives panel that interrogated Prof Kemebradikumo Pondei, Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, was declared wanted for corruption in 2019.
Koko was alleged to have fraudulently acquired properties using his position to confer undue advantage on himself while serving as ADC to a former governor of Katsina State.
REVEALED: Lawmaker On Panel Interrogating NDDC Acting MD, Pondei, When He Fainted Was Declared Wanted By @ICPC_PE For Corruption In 2019 | Sahara Reporters
Koko, a lawmaker from Kebbi State, was on December 12, 2019 declared wanted after he...
READ MORE: https://t.co/5dXdlAGTjMpic.twitter.com/NkXyHLnGWT
After he repeatedly failed to appear before the anti-graft agency over an ongoing investigation against him, the agency declared him wanted.
According to a statement on the commission’s website, https://ift.tt/30yMA3k, the lawmaker failed to perfect his administrative bail and ignored the commission’s invitation.
A check by SaharaReporters on Wednesday evening, however, showed that the statement had been deleted from the commission’s website.
Shortly afterwards, the ICPC in a post on its Twitter handle on Wednesday night said the lawmaker was no longer a wanted person.
Honourable Shehu Koko Mohammed is no longer a “Wanted Person†as earlier declared by the Commission.
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila had in December 2019 pledged to make him available to the Commission, and he did.
However, the ICPC did not disclose how that investigation ended or make its findings public.
Koko has since carried on with his duty as a legislator in the House of Representatives and has been an active member of the panel probing financial misappropriation in the NDDC.
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission has yanked off a statement declaring a lawmaker, Shehu Koko, wanted for corruption, from its website.
SaharaReporters had on Wednesday published a story on how Koko, a member of the House of Representatives panel that interrogated Prof Kemebradikumo Pondei, Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, was declared wanted for corruption in 2019.
Koko was alleged to have fraudulently acquired properties using his position to confer undue advantage on himself while serving as ADC to a former governor of Katsina State.
REVEALED: Lawmaker On Panel Interrogating NDDC Acting MD, Pondei, When He Fainted Was Declared Wanted By @ICPC_PE For Corruption In 2019 | Sahara Reporters
Koko, a lawmaker from Kebbi State, was on December 12, 2019 declared wanted after he...
READ MORE: https://t.co/5dXdlAGTjMpic.twitter.com/NkXyHLnGWT
After he repeatedly failed to appear before the anti-graft agency over an ongoing investigation against him, the agency declared him wanted.
According to a statement on the commission’s website, https://ift.tt/30yMA3k, the lawmaker failed to perfect his administrative bail and ignored the commission’s invitation.
A check by SaharaReporters on Wednesday evening, however, showed that the statement had been deleted from the commission’s website.
Shortly afterwards, the ICPC in a post on its Twitter handle on Wednesday night said the lawmaker was no longer a wanted person.
Honourable Shehu Koko Mohammed is no longer a “Wanted Person†as earlier declared by the Commission.
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila had in December 2019 pledged to make him available to the Commission, and he did.
However, the ICPC did not disclose how that investigation ended or make its findings public.
Koko has since carried on with his duty as a legislator in the House of Representatives and has been an active member of the panel probing financial misappropriation in the NDDC.
"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
-Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 – 1860)
We have decided to carve out our own NATION STATE out of Nigeria. THE OODUA NATION. We have reached the limit of our endurance with Nigeria. We are tired of being slaves in our own land. Our people do not deserve to be poor. They don't deserve to live in poverty. Their choice is never to live squalor. We did not at any time sign any contract with any group of persons, Nations or countries that we are giving up our rights to self determination. Our promise to ourselves and our people is "Life abundant" as eloquently articulated by Obafemi Awolowo in his philosophy of social contract with the people, called AWOISM.
We are resolved to have a date with our DESTINY. We are resolved to be free. We are resolved to be the captains of our own souls. We hope to have this done by peaceful means. But if we have to fight, so be it. There is no making the omelette without breaking the egg. Any fight in the protection of our heritage is worth it. Any fight in the protection of our land is worth it. Any fight in the protection of our women is worth it. Any fight in the protection of our children is worth it. Any fight to remove the shackles from our ankles is worth it. Any fight to gain our dignity is worth it. Any fight to set us and the generation unborn free is worth it.
As Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “No one can make you a slave without your consent.” Our membership of Nigeria has worked out as slavery and robbed us of the orderly political and social environment in which to employ our God-given capabilities to pursue our development and progress. Our decision, arrived at in utmost humility to the opinions of mankind and with hope in the approval and support of the Creator and Ruler of all nations, is that it is time for us to have a separate, independent and sovereign country of our own in the world. We have resolved to have our OÒDUÀ NATION.
Remi Oyeyemi
Yes, we are very confident that this will happen. We have no scintilla of doubt that this must happen. We are confident of the support of the heavenly armies that this will happen. We are sure of the the orígun mérìndínllógún ilè Oòduà have lined up for this. All the spirits of our heroes past in Oòduà Land are in support of this. All the spirits of the martyrs of Oòduà Land are line up for this. It is our Àyànmó tí kò gb'óògùn. Yes, it is our manifest DESTINY - OÒDUÀ NATION.
We have no idea of the timeline because it depends on a lot of factors. The Yoruba are very deliberative and circumspective and they never rush to take decisions. They will do whatever they need to do at the appropriate time. But, we want to assure you that it is going to be unstoppable when this occurs. Presently, a lot of things are being put in place. All ramifications are being considered and prepared for. All possible impediments, internally and externally are being considered and prepared for. Majority of Yoruba people are tired of Nigeria. We think we can do better on our own. We believe it is our destiny to be free from Nigeria and nothing will be able to impede the realization of that destiny. Nothing will impede the imminence of OÒDUÀ NATION.
This coming OÒDUÀ NATION is inevitable to say the obvious. No army could stop it. No Airforce could impede its march. No Navy could swim against its tide. No amount of bullion vans could buy it off. No internal enemies would survive it. Yes, internal enemies in their usual perfidious l ways would try, but as usual, they would fail. No amount of external collaborators would succeed again it. OÒDUÀ NATION is an idea which time has come. "Ideas do not create crisis, it is crisis that creates idea," so postulated Fidel Castro. OÒDUÀ NATION IS HERE.
As to our viability, the new Oodua Nation will in terms of land size (inland and coast water area as recognized by the United Nations) be bigger in land area than Germany, Italy, and United Kingdom. Oodua Nation would be about 9 times bigger than Denmark, almost 13 times bigger than Belgium, over 4 times bigger than Portugal, over 10 times bigger than Switzerland, one of the places where the politicians of Nigeria like to hide their stolen money and over 17 times bigger than the State of Israel!
In population, it will be bigger than Canada, bigger than Great Britain about 2 times, bigger than Portugal about 4 times, Norway about 9 times, Belgium about 4 times, Sweden about 4 times, Denmark about 8 times, Switzerland about 5 times, Israel about 5 times and bigger than Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales put together
In terms of economic resources, the most important thing is the human resources. We need not the oil, even though we have some. We have a lot of arable land. We will revive our agriculture as a base for industrialization with application of technology. We will create an economy that would be the envy of others and once again set pace for the rest of Africa. But our focus would be on a lot of other things some of which we would rather not talk about right now, for strategic reasons. We would posit that development economists tell us that the reason why a nation tends to make faster progress technologically, economically and politically after it becomes an independent Nation, is to be found in cultural homogeneity.
Japan is just a string of Islands without any oil. It has the world’s three best selling cars in world history without having any steel or able to grow any rubber plantation to make tyres. It has economically conquered the world. Look at the State if Israel, what does it have and how big is it that all the Arabs are powerless at its feet. The age of Metuselah is nothing compared to the Wisdom of Solomon. The bigness of a country is not directly proportional to its prosperity, power and prestige. Check out Norway and other Scandinavian countries to appreciate this fact.
It is meaningless to assume that bigness is everything. Statistics and facts available does not support that bigness is always a good thing. When Muammar Gaddafi visited Nigeria in 1982. His first statement at the Murtala Mohammed Airport was “Some nations are big for nothing,” as a way to express his disappointment in Nigeria.
Our detractors often try to suggest that the Yoruba are disunited. Nothing could be farther from the truth. The Yoruba are very united. Do not buy the bogus propaganda that we are divided. We are ONE because we are children of the same father. We will rally together. We will build a country that will be the envy of the others. We will demonstrate that the Blackman is not cursed. We will through sheer hard work and determination which are our hallmarks build a country that its peoples will be very proud and the world will have no choice but to respect. We will revitalize our culture. We will re-engage with our values. We will restructure and modernize our language just as the Jews did to Hebrew after the creation of the Israeli nation in 1948.
We have done it before. We will do it again. We know what we have to do to take our seat in the comity of Nations. We just want to appeal to our brothers and sisters, all sons and daughters of Oodua that in this quest for Oodua Nation, we can not afford the luxury of illusions of impractical ideas, we can not afford the comfort of inaction, we can not afford to cower in fear, we can not afford the delusions of greatness as a member of a failed state where our heritage is being disparaged on daily basis, where the future of our children have been foreclosed, where we can never reach the height of our potentials. Like Benjamin Franklin once posited, those who gave up their liberty for their safety deserves neither their liberty nor safety.
Oodua Nation will be born. It is the destiny of the Yoruba people to be free and to give a lasting legacy to their children, posterity and the world.
Welcome to OÒDUÀ NATION!
"In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility - I welcome it."
-John F. Kennedy, January 20, 1960
The surge in crime rate in the Federal Capital Territory and satellite towns in Abuja has left residents now living in fear.
SaharaReporters observed that cases of ‘one chance’, the act of criminals operating as taxi drivers and robbing unsuspecting passengers, are on the rise.
A victim of 'one chance', Precious Chukwu, while narrating her ordeal, said “About two weeks ago, I took a taxi on my way to church from the Airport Road axis of the metropolis. In the taxi, there were two men and a lady, and we were heading to Katampe.
"Suddenly, the occupants started discussing issues relating to Permanent Voter Card. Suddenly, the driver veered off into a bush path, and the other occupants descended on me until they succeeded in collecting my hand bag, which contained over N11, 000.
"They also collected my ATM cards, demanded for my passwords and PIN number, all of which I gave to them in order not to be killed. After all that, I was asked to jump out from the moving cab, but I was lucky to get help from good Samaritans almost immediately.”
Another worrisome security challenge in FCT is the rising cases of car theft, which has now become almost a daily occurrence.
A victim of car theft, Biola Ajuwon, whose car was stolen where it was parked at Federal Capital Territory Administration Area 11, narrated how she locked the pedals of her car before heading to her office three weeks ago.
She said, "I cannot still understand how my car was stolen despite the fact that I locked the pedals. The same place I always parked my car at FCDA, I locked the car and went into the office but when I closed from work, I did not see my car again.
"I did not see any trace of broken glass and nobody was around there but I saw other staff’s cars parked. I reported the matter at the Garki Police Station but there has been no information on it yet."
It was gathered that carjackers always targeted certain brands of vehicles including Honda Accord, Toyota Sienna, Toyota Corolla S, Toyota Camry, and some Mazda models because they can be conveniently used for commercial purposes or easily sold off.
Chairman of Byhazin Community Development Association in the Kubwa area of the city, Fatai Adeoye, said they are being terrorised by thieves, who steal their car batteries and other valuables.
He said the situation had compelled them to organise a security group that worked closely with the police to secure the community.
The lack of functional street lightings in most parts of the city has been fingered as one of the factors fuelling the rise in crime in the FCT.
The situation has led to the killing of several persons across the city in recent times including a pharmacist named Sunday Ike, who was murdered on June 19, 2020 at 11:00pm as he was preparing to close for the day.
Meanwhile the Federal Capital Territory Ministerial Task Force on Sanitation on July 16 raided a notorious illicit drug dealer’s colony on the Tora Gora Hill near Apo roundabout and Games Village.
The task force made some arrests and seized prohibited substances as well as items belonging to some victims of the illicit trade.
SaharaReporters gathered that some of the drug dealers were arrested and handed over to the police for further investigation and prosecution.
Chairman of the task force, Ikharo Attah, revealed that victims of illicit drugs peddlers in the nation's capital city were largely young.
Spokesperson for the FCT Police Command, DSP Anjuguri Manzah, said the command was doing everything possible to ensure safety of lives and properties.
He said the command recently arrested 16 suspects for culpable homicide and armed robbery and recovered firearms, cars, cash and other items.
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The surge in crime rate in the Federal Capital Territory and satellite towns in Abuja has left residents now living in fear.
SaharaReporters observed that cases of ‘one chance’, the act of criminals operating as taxi drivers and robbing unsuspecting passengers, are on the rise.
A victim of 'one chance', Precious Chukwu, while narrating her ordeal, said “About two weeks ago, I took a taxi on my way to church from the Airport Road axis of the metropolis. In the taxi, there were two men and a lady, and we were heading to Katampe.
"Suddenly, the occupants started discussing issues relating to Permanent Voter Card. Suddenly, the driver veered off into a bush path, and the other occupants descended on me until they succeeded in collecting my hand bag, which contained over N11, 000.
"They also collected my ATM cards, demanded for my passwords and PIN number, all of which I gave to them in order not to be killed. After all that, I was asked to jump out from the moving cab, but I was lucky to get help from good Samaritans almost immediately.”
Another worrisome security challenge in FCT is the rising cases of car theft, which has now become almost a daily occurrence.
A victim of car theft, Biola Ajuwon, whose car was stolen where it was parked at Federal Capital Territory Administration Area 11, narrated how she locked the pedals of her car before heading to her office three weeks ago.
She said, "I cannot still understand how my car was stolen despite the fact that I locked the pedals. The same place I always parked my car at FCDA, I locked the car and went into the office but when I closed from work, I did not see my car again.
"I did not see any trace of broken glass and nobody was around there but I saw other staff’s cars parked. I reported the matter at the Garki Police Station but there has been no information on it yet."
It was gathered that carjackers always targeted certain brands of vehicles including Honda Accord, Toyota Sienna, Toyota Corolla S, Toyota Camry, and some Mazda models because they can be conveniently used for commercial purposes or easily sold off.
Chairman of Byhazin Community Development Association in the Kubwa area of the city, Fatai Adeoye, said they are being terrorised by thieves, who steal their car batteries and other valuables.
He said the situation had compelled them to organise a security group that worked closely with the police to secure the community.
The lack of functional street lightings in most parts of the city has been fingered as one of the factors fuelling the rise in crime in the FCT.
The situation has led to the killing of several persons across the city in recent times including a pharmacist named Sunday Ike, who was murdered on June 19, 2020 at 11:00pm as he was preparing to close for the day.
Meanwhile the Federal Capital Territory Ministerial Task Force on Sanitation on July 16 raided a notorious illicit drug dealer’s colony on the Tora Gora Hill near Apo roundabout and Games Village.
The task force made some arrests and seized prohibited substances as well as items belonging to some victims of the illicit trade.
SaharaReporters gathered that some of the drug dealers were arrested and handed over to the police for further investigation and prosecution.
Chairman of the task force, Ikharo Attah, revealed that victims of illicit drugs peddlers in the nation's capital city were largely young.
Spokesperson for the FCT Police Command, DSP Anjuguri Manzah, said the command was doing everything possible to ensure safety of lives and properties.
He said the command recently arrested 16 suspects for culpable homicide and armed robbery and recovered firearms, cars, cash and other items.
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No fewer than 20 persons were killed as a result of a tanker explosion around Koko Junction along Benin/Sapele Expressway in Delta State on Wednesday morning.
Eyewitnesses said the accident involved 10 vehicles and casualties were burnt beyond recognition as a result of the fire caused by the explosion.
“The tanker was trying to manoeuvre a bad spot when the driver lost control, resulting in the explosion,” a police source said.
The Benin/Sapele Expressway has been in deplorable condition for more than three years, leading to the loss of several lives.
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Officials of the Nigerian Embassy in Argentina have been accused of extortion and the collection of bribes from Nigerians, who visit to process their documents.
Nigerians, who spoke with SaharaReporters, said the officials do insist on collecting additional money after they had paid the mandated fee for processing of documents.
They also said that the corrupt acts of the Nigerian officials had cost some of them the opportunity to process their travelling documents.
Some of the Nigerians, who reside in Chile, revealed that the embassy officials do not attend to anyone not ready to pay the bribe.
The Nigerians in Chile said they had to travel to Argentina to process their documents because there was no Nigerian embassy in Chile.
One of those affected narrated his ordeal when he visited the Nigerian Embassy in Argentina to SaharaReporters.
He accused the consul officers of abdicating their official duties to the detriment of Nigerians in the diaspora.
He said the officers refused to come to work and when they called them, they don’t pick their calls.
He stated, “They only come on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and for you to sign documents, you must pay $50 per page. They don't issue any receipt for this money and when you question them too much, they don't sign your documents and perpetually keep your documents in their office.
“It is frustrating and we are really stranded on so many things here.”
Another Nigerian, who resides in Chile and a victim of the extortion, said he was forced to pay for overstay in Argentina while making efforts to get his documents signed and processed by the embassy officials.
He said, “When I went to Argentina from Chile to process my document, I was forced to pay a fine for overstay, which is not because I choose to overstay but because of the nonchalant attitude of the embassy towards us.
“Close to six months of staying in this country, it makes no sense that I am yet to submit my documents.”
Another Nigerian said he lost the chance to begin his Master’s degree programme as he could not afford the illegal charges the Nigerian officials at the embassy in Argentina were demanding.
He revealed that some Nigerians had to give Argentines some dollars to submit the documents on their behalf.
He said, “I missed the opportunity to commence my Master’s programme and had to shift it for another year just but of the inadequacy of your own embassy.
“My documents and degree that I sent to the embassy for legalisation has been pending there for so long and they did not attend to it until the deadline by the institution elapsed.
“Some of us prefer to pay a foreigner a compulsory tip just to get our documents to my own embassy.
“The Nigerian embassy accord more respect to foreigners and attend to them swiftly without demanding for a bribe or extra illegal charges.”
The aggrieved citizens are calling on the Nigerian Government and the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission to urgently intervene and put in place the right persons to handle their affairs in Argentina and Chile.
“The Consular-General in Argentina has continued to show that he is not fit for the position he is handling.
“We want the Nigerian Government through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to immediately check what is happening to us in Argentina and Chile and begin the process of reviving the image of the country,” another Nigerians urged.
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President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday depart for Bamako, Republic of Mali, on a one-day visit.
This will be the President's first trip out of the country after Nigeria recorded its first COVID-19 case in February.
Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday.
Adesina said the trip followed the briefing by the ECOWAS Special Envoy to Mali, former President Goodluck Jonathan.
The statement said Buhari and some ECOWAS leaders led by the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the sub-regional organisation, President Issoufou Mahamadou of Niger Republic, agreed to meet in Mali to engage in further consultations towards finding a political solution to the crisis in the country.
A resistance group, M5, in Mali is insisting that the constitutional court must be dissolved and the President resigns before peace can return to the country.
Crisis had erupted after the court nullified results of 31 parliamentary seats in the polls held recently, awarding victory to some other contenders, which the resistance group said was at the instigation of President Keita.
Riots on July 10 had led to the killing of some protesters by security agents, causing the crisis to spiral out of control, hence the intervention by ECOWAS.
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Honourable Iduma Igariwey, member representing Afikpo North/Afikpo South of Ebonyi State at the House of Representatives, has called for constitutional backing of the Executive Order 10 of 2020 to legitimise the state judiciary and legislative autonomy.
President Buhari had recently signed Executive Order 10 for the implementation of financial autonomy of state legislature and judiciary.
The order also mandates the Accountant-General of the Federation to deduct from source the amount due to state legislatures and judiciaries from the monthly allocation to each state for states that refuse to grant such autonomy.
Iduma Igariwey
Demanding for the legitimisation of the Executive Order, Igariwey said though President Buhari had recently signed Executive Order 10 to cure the habit of tampering with the funds of state legislatures and judiciary, it did not go far enough as it was bereft of constitutional ingredient.
He said the states appropriate funds for the Houses of Assembly and the judiciary, adding that it had affected the independence of the two arms.
“Such lacuna had given room for state governors to push back against the noble intentions of Executive Order 10 as they were often starved of funds and also made to dance to the whims and caprices of governors,” he said.
Igariwey posited that if constitutionally backed the Executive Order 10 would make the two arms of government at the state level more independent and accountable in line with the tenets of democracy.
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Boko Haram terrorists on Wednesday released a new video showing the execution of four aid workers and a security guard.
SaharaReporters gathered that the humanitarian workers were kidnapped on June 29 while travelling between Maiduguri and Monguno in Borno State.
In the 35 seconds video, one of the insurgents, who spoke in Hausa language, said the five humanitarian workers were executed for working with the “infidels and their organisations”.
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He said, “This is a strong message to those who are being used by unbelievers to convert people to infidels. Note well who are deceived. Those who are working for the organizations of disbelievers.
“You worked for them to achieve their goals but they do not care about you that is the reason when we abducted you they show no care. We are calling on you to repent and turn to God.
“We will surely catch you in the routes you follow. If you did not desist, the results of these people will be yours too."
Shortly after that, the video showed five armed men pointing AK47 rifles at the five workers kneeling with their faces blindfolded.
Shots were simultaneously fired and the workers were killed.
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