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What kind of road project is federal government is doing at Ashipa Olayemi road.in Ayobo area in Alimosho Lagos. Not thick enough, No drainage, Substandard materials, No adequate monitoring and supervision. Not even sure this will survive one single raining season.What is worth doing is worth doing well.

This is Gafaru street in Ikotun, Alimosho Local Govt, Lagos State, Nigeria.

There is a Councilor there, A Chairman, A member, HoA, House of Rep, A Senator and Governor.

This and many more streets have been like this for many decades and they are neglected with reckless abandon.

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Former old Ondo State Governor, Evangelist Bamidele lshola Olumilua is dead

BREAKING: Ex-Ondo Governor, Bamidele Olumilua, Is Dead

The former old Ondo State governor, Evangelist Bamidele Ishola Olumilua, is dead after a brief illness.

He was 80 years.

Olumilua is an indigene of Ikere Ekiti, the headquarter of the Ikere Local Government Area of the Ekiti State.

Olumilua, who was the elected Governor of Ondo State from January 1992 to November 1993 during the Nigerian Third Republic.

He was elected on the platform of the Social Democratic Party.

He was forced to leave office when the military regime of General Sani Abacha took power. His deputy governor was Olusegun Agagu, who later became Governor of Ondo State from 29 May 2003 until February 2009.

He was the Chancellor, Ekiti State University during the first Kayode Fayemi regime.

Olumilua joined the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in 1998.

He was appointed as the Chairman of the Christian Pilgrims Board.

In August 2005, the PDP stated that he was no longer a member of the party. He later became one of the founding members of the Action Congress (AC) party, formed in 2006.

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The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babatunde Fashola has urged residents in Nigeria’s economic city to be cautions of drinking freely declared alcohol at social centres by unknown persons.

The governor called for the caution while addressing security bodies, transport union and community development groups in the state on the recent growing security threats in the state.

He urged people to always ask any unknown person who declares free drinks at social centres of his/her identity and source of income before relishing the free drinks.


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The United Kingdom has said that it has not given up on its efforts to extradite former Bayelsa State governor, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, back to Britain to face trial.

British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Andrew Pocock, told Daily Sun in an exclusive interview that the former governor who recently got state pardon from his criminal conviction in Nigeria still has an outstanding case of money laundering to answer to in the UK and that the UK government will not give up until Alamieyeseigha is brought to justice.

Alamieyeseigha, then a serving governor, made a dramatic escape from the custody of the British authorities when he fled back to Nigeria from detention in September 2005. He would later be convicted on similar money laundering charges on July 26, 2007 in Nigeria after he was impeached as governor.

Although his recent state pardon by President Goodluck Jonathan hit the UK authorities as a rude shock, Pocock dismissed insinuations that London was planning to sanction Nigeria over the matter. According to him, “that is not the way we do things”.

The High Commissioner also revealed that UK had earlier requested for Alamieyeseigha’s extradition, but did not get any response.

Pocock said the UK had asked the Attorney General and Minister for Justice for Alamieyeseigha’s extradition and was still awaiting his position on the issue when President Goodluck Jonathan all of a sudden announced he has been extricated of all wrong doing via the state clemency.

The move to pardon him even when the application for his extradition to Britain was still pending was like daring the applying nation that feels strongly that Alamieyeseigha has a case to answer in their country.

According to Pocock, “The former governor skipped bail in the UK on a charge of money laundering and returned to Nigeria. So, he has an outstanding charge in the UK, which is there for him to answer.

“We have already discussed it and the Nigerian government knows our views. But we would like to see him return and answer charge in the UK.”

On UK’s past and present efforts to see that Alamieyeseigha is extradited to the UK, Pocock said: “Yes. I think we asked in the past. I am very sure we asked in the past. But I am not sure we got a formal response. So, we are still waiting for a formal response from the Nigerian government.

“We have asked the Attorney General. He will have to tell us what his position is on extradition. I haven’t had a reply yet, but we still wait for it,” the British envoy added.

Pocock who is just three months old in the country as British envoy said more about the relationship between his country and Nigeria in the exclusive interview we had with him.

How long have you been in Nigeria?

I have been here since December 2, last year.

Have you been enjoying your stay here?

Very much. It is a fascinating place. It is my second time in Nigeria. I was here from 1983 to 1986 as a young diplomat. My first posting was in Lagos, which was the capital then.

What aspect of Nigeria do you enjoy most?

Well, I think first of all, the contrast between Abuja and Lagos. I like comparing and contrasting. Abuja is very much the capital city; a planned city, a city of the north, the middle belt. And Lagos is an extraordinary metropolis. You know quite how big it is. It is commercial, organic and a seaport. So, the contrast is striking and it shows the different aspects of Nigeria.

How many states have you visited so far?

On this trip, I have been to Kaduna, I have been to Lagos and hope to be going soon to the east.

By road or by air?

Yes, by air. And probably, other states. I have been to Nasarawa but in four months, I haven’t been able to travel very much. There is enough I still want to see.

So, you have not been to Benin?

Not yet. Not on this trip. I had been there before. In fact, I will show you a bronze, which comes not from Benin City but from Ife. I had been all over the south when I first came here. I have been all over Ogun and Oyo, and I have been to Ibadan and Abeokuta. I have been to Benin City, Warrri and Port Harcourt, but there are many places I haven’t yet seen.

Which areas are your government currently cooperating with Nigeria?

There are a whole range of them. Let’s start with trade. Trade is one of the cooperations.

What is the volume of trade like?

We do about five billion pounds worth of trade on both sides. We do about two and half billion in export and about two and half billion in import. Actually, the trade balance is very close. And we have a target. We want to double bilateral trade from 2011, which was four billion and by 2014, it will bring it up to eight billion. So, we are doing five and half billion already.

What do you export and import?

We export petroleum products to Nigeria and import from Nigeria. We also export machinery equipment, power generation machinery and of course, we do a lot of retail and other things. And a lot of British companies are based here. What we also export, of course, is services: banking, financial, telecoms and other aspects. We have a lot of financial service interest in Nigeria from London.

How about other areas?

Well, we work together on the development agenda. The United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID) will have a budget in the new financial year, two hundred and seventy million pounds. We do a lot of development cooperation on health, on education, on services-driven and children; on governance, on stability and reconciliation and a whole range of other things. It is a very broad and very interesting agenda. We cooperate on cultural terms in the British Council. The British Council is here with a lot of artistic collaboration. People study in the UK, but the British Council administers examinations and offers a lot of education services too. And I think it involves political sense too. And Nigeria is not only a major force in Africa, it is becoming more and more a major international player. Nigeria joins the United Nations (UN) Security Council in 2014. They will join in January next year.

Are you supporting us?

Yes. We will very much like to see Nigeria in the Security Council.

Politically, how are you cooperating with Nigeria?

Now?

Yes, because we have a lot of political issues.

Well, it depends on what you mean by political issues. If it is internally, that is very much Nigeria’s own agenda. For example, on regional issues like Mali, Nigeria took the early political lead. We support Nigeria’s stand and we have also physically helped Nigeria to transport troops for African Union-led International Support Mission to Mali (AFISMAL), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Peacekeeping Force. We also cooperate with Nigeria in other areas as well. We are working on ways of tackling terrorism in the north.

How far have you gone in that direction?

We have a long standing relationship with Nigeria security forces in general terms. Without going into too much detail, we work as closely as we can.

Do you have a particular budget to that effect?

We find the funds that we need.

How about the fight against corruption?

Corruption is a worrying thing. It distorts the economy, it damages Nigeria’s reputation and it deters investment at a time when all countries are looking for investment. So, that is an area that we are concerned about. And we make our concerns known, usually privately. That said, there are some evidences of Nigerian government looking to find ways to approach this. For example, pursuing fuel subsidy. That is an interesting area.

Are you supporting the government in that aspect?

Well, I mean, we are not supporting the government in a particular aspect. A lot of them are done by the Nigerian government itself. We have been very strongly supporting efforts to tackle corruption. So, we will be very interested to see an environment in which it is not just foreign companies, but domestic companies that can do clean, transparent and accountable business.

Would you say the Nigerian government is doing well in the fight against corruption?

I think it comes and goes. I think some of the things, you are doing well as I mentioned earlier like trying to improve budget transparency for example, trying to reform the ports, tackling fuel subsidy fraud. These are good and important things. I think there are other areas where it might do more. So, it is a mixed picture. I think the people of the country will like to see a more consistent and forward approach.

There were insinuations that your government would impose sanctions on Nigeria because of the state pardon granted former Bayelsa State governor. How true is that?

There is no question of sanctions. The former governor skipped bail in the UK on a charge of money laundering and returned to Nigeria. So, he has an outstanding charge in the UK, which is there for him to answer. So, our concern is partly with the charge against him in the UK.

Now the president has granted him pardon, how does the UK feel about it?

Well, it is something that we have discussed privately with many in the Nigerian government. It is seriously open to misinterpretation. So, I won’t say much than that at this stage because we have already discussed it and the Nigerian government knows our views. But we would like to see him return and answer to the charge in the UK.

Is there progress in that direction maybe in the form of his extradition to the UK to answer to the charge?

We have asked the Attorney General. He will tell us what his position is on extradition. I haven’t had a reply yet.

You are still waiting for them?

Yes. I think we asked in the past. I am very sure we asked in the past but I am not sure we got a formal response. So, we are still waiting for a formal response from the Nigerian government.

Suppose the government doesn’t give you a favorable response, would there be any action?

No. We are not yet retaliating against the Nigerian government at all. That is not how we do things. We would just like to see if it would be possible to get him back to answer the charge. But we would wait and see. We are pursuing our cause.



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The party spoke through its National Woman Leader, Chief Kema Chikwe, in Abuja.
Chikwe, a member of the National Working Committee of the party, spoke at the presentation of the ‘PDP Women-In-Power 2013 Calendar’.
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Pius Anyim, and the wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, were present at the event.
Chikwe said when the President returns to office in 2015, he would be able to satisfy the women more by appointing them into several government positions.
She said, “We need to start moving fast to prepare women for future elections. Until we elect 35 per cent or more of women in the legislature, the impact of our progress will not be complete.
“We know of course that next dispensation will attract possibly PDP female governors and more deputy governors. We are even more confident that when President Goodluck Jonathan returns in 2015, women would be talking about 50 per cent and not 35 per cent.”
She said the party was proud of all its governors, adding that all of them had performed well to the satisfaction of the leadership of the party.
Chikwe, who was a former Minister of Aviation, also praised the National Chairman of the party, Dr. Bamanga Tukur, who she described as being committed to the transformation of the country.
In her speech, the President’s wife defended the budget of N4bn budget allocation to the building of Africa First Ladies Mission office complex in Abuja as contained in the Federal Capital Territory Administration’s N253bn for 2013.
Opposition political parties and civil society groups had condemned the budget, saying that the Federal Government ought not to finance any non-governmental organisation.
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, had also condemned the budget.
But the wife of the President disagreed, saying the Mission did not belong to her and that she would not take it away when she ceases from occupying the office of the First Lady in Nigeria.
She gave instances of wives of former Nigeria rulers, who had occupied the office before and left some buildings behind for the country.
She said, “The wife of Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, Maryam, built the National Women Centre while the wife of Gen. Sani Abacha, Maryam, also built the National Hospital. None of them left with the buildings.
“I am not the owner of the AFLM and when I leave, I will not take it away. It is not a pet project of anyone.”
The President’s wife said there was a lot of noise on the project because it did not belong to men.
Meanwhile, the Founder and President of the Odua People’s Congress, Dr. Frederick Fasehun, has said Jonathan has the democratic right to vie for a second term in office come 2015.
Fasehun led a group of prominent Yoruba leaders on a courtesy visit to the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Mr. Kingsley Kuku, to suggest vital solutions to the recurrent problem of pipeline vandalism and theft of petroleum products in the South-West, in Abuja on Thursday.
He urged Nigerians to give the President the opportunity to express his democratic rights by contesting in the next election.
He said it should be the prerogative of the Nigerian voter to decide to give the President a second chance if he was adjudged to have brought about peace and the desired progress in the society.
Fasehun said, “We fought for democracy, and democracy is a pervasive commitment and the President has his democratic right to enjoy. I think Nigerians should allow him to enjoy his democratic rights by standing election in 2015.
“ I agree that he should be allowed to enjoy his democratic rights and if Nigerians think he has brought peace, he has encouraged growth and progress, they should give him another chance to continue.”



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Thousands of commercial motorcycle riders known as okada riders in Lagos State, Southwest today protested against the Lagos State Road Traffic law which bans them from plying 475 roads in the metropolis.

The okada riders carried placards and sang anti-government songs. The protest led to traffic gridlock on Obafemi Awolowo Way as the okada riders marched to the State House, Ikeja to express their grievances over the new law.

Some of the placards read: The Wicked Shall Not Go Unpunished By Allah’s Grace, Now, Opeifa Don Become Anti-human Rights Activist and United Okada Riders Stakeholders of Lagos State, In Conjunction With Civil Society and Human Rights Group Say No To Banning Of Okada In 475 roads In Lagos, among others.

The protest was organised by the United Okada Riders Stakeholders’ Forum, UOSTF, in conjunction with the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, CDHR; Path of Peace Initiative, PPI and the Federation of Informal Workers’ Organisations of Nigeria, FIWON.

The protest took off from under the bridge, Ikeja through Obafemi Awolowo Way to the Government Secretariat.

Comrade Olukayode Amadi, Branch Chairman, Okada Association, Ikeja, told P.M.NEWS that the okada riders were united in resisting the ban placed on them from plying 475 roads in the metropolis.

“With this ban on major roads leading into the various councils, they are banning okada riders from Lagos. We are not against the new traffic law, but we are protesting against the ban on 475 roads in the Lagos metropolis,” he said.

Comrade Dandy Eze, National President, PPI told P.M.NEWS that it was unfair for the government to ban okada from plying 475 roads, saying this amounted to stopping okada business in Lagos as millions of Lagosians would be deprived of means of transportation.

The protesters under the aegis of the UOSTF, in a protest letter to Governor Babatunde Fashola demanded a review of the ban on 475 roads to save jobs and source of livelihood.

The letter was signed by Comrade Tony Keroro, Chairman, UOSTF; Comrade Gbenga Komolafe, General Secretary, FIWON; Comrade Adewole Ojo, CDHR and Comrade Dandy Eze, PPI.

According to the okada riders, they were shocked and embarrassed at some aspects of the new law that seemed to be designed to get rid of motorcycles, popularly known as okada.

They said the ban on okada operators from carrying pregnant women and under-aged children and the requirement to make use of crash helmets as well as the ban of operations on highways and expressways are all measures, they believe are designed to ensure safety on Lagos roads.

“Okada operators have been labelled armed robbers and criminals by government spokesmen trying to justify the new law. We believe this is as unnecessary as it is unfair. It is true that criminals have used okada to perpetrate crimes the same way they have used mini buses to commit ‘one chance’ crimes while fast cars have been used as quick getaway means by dare devil armed robbers.”

“Just as it will be patently false and unjust to dub all drivers of mini buses and fast cars as armed robbers, so also would it be to categorise those that operate on okada as criminals.

“In deed, many okada riders are not only responsible family men, many are college and university graduates trying to survive through honest means. We render invaluable service to members of the public. No okada would be on the roads if there is no patronage by members of the public,” they said in the letter to the governor.

The okada riders said there were some routes listed in the new law, such as Alimosho, Badagry, Epe, Ikeja, Ogba, Ikorodu, Mushin, Lagos Mainland, Victoria Island and other parts of Lagos State where commuters had no means of affordable transportation other than okada.

“Banning okada operations on these routes will not only inflict serious hardship on members of the public but also send scores of thousands of okada operators into the already choked labour market.

“Our demand remains the immediate delisting of the 475 inner routes from the law. We want all harassment and arrests of okada riders and impoundment of their motorcycles to cease forthwith. Okada riders are no criminals. Don’t take our jobs away.

“While we enjoin all okada riders to remain law abiding and be vigilant about criminal elements among us, we affirm that we have a right to defend the only means of livelihood available to us. We call on the Lagos State Government to urgently review downwards the number of routes from which we have been banned,” they stated.

As at the time of filing this report, government officials had not yet addressed the protesting okada riders, who were bent on ensuring that government met their demands.

—Kazeem Ugbodaga, Eromosele Ebhomele & Dedeigbo Ayodeji


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A newly married woman, Mrs. Ify Anyanwu has arrested and charged to a Lagos court her husband’s bestman, Chris Abasuonu for assaulting her when she demanded the suit he wore as her husband’s bestman during their wedding.

The 31- year old Chris was charged before Apapa Magistrate’s court where he was remanded in prison custody.

Trouble started between the couple and Chris on their wedding day.

P.M.NEWS learnt that Chris started demanding N11,000 from Ify’s husband, saying that was the amount he spent on sewing his suit for the wedding.

When the woman heard it, she felt embarrassed and shocked over Chris’ attitude just as the couple was settling down after the wedding.

She reportedly gave him the money and asked him to return the suit since he had collected the money.

Though Chris said he collected the money, he did not return the suit.

According to Ify, after the wedding, Chris started telling neighbours that her husband borrowed money for their wedding.

She said Chris later started demanding from them the money he used to sew the suit on their wedding day, threatening to embarrass them publicly.

“We raised the money and gave him and asked him to return the suit,” she said.

She said after waiting in vain for him to return it, she went to his house at 74, Yaya Crescent, Olodi Apapa, Lagos to collect it.

Ify said when she knocked and entered his room and told him her mission, he locked her inside his room and held her neck and pushed her to the wall.

She said she started shouting for help before their neighbours intervened.

In his defence, Chris told P.M.NEWS that he had an agreement with Ify’s husband that he will pay him the money after the wedding.

He said he only demanded his money before the wife got angry and came to his house to demand for the suit.

The action of Chris landed him in court where he is facing a three-count charge of assault, false imprisonment and stealing.

The offences he committed are contrary to Sections 166, 171 and 285 of the Criminal Code Law of Lagos State of Nigeria 2011.

After he pleaded not guilty, the Magistrate, Mrs. A. K. Shonubi, granted him bail in the sum of N30,000 with one surety in like sum.

The matter was adjourned till 25 September, 2012, while Chris was remanded in prison custody until he meets his bail condition.

—Cyriacus Izuekwe
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