Liz Truss has dramatically resigned as prime minister after just 45 days in the job.

The PM said her successor will be elected in a Tory leadership contest, to be completed in the next week.

Tory MPs urged Ms Truss to go after her government was engulfed by political turmoil, following the ditching of most of her economic policies.

Ms Truss was elected by the Tory membership in September, but she lost authority after a series of U-turns.

In a speech outside Downing Street, Ms Truss said: "I recognise that I cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected by the Conservative Party."

Ms Truss said she would remain in post until a successor formally takes over as party leader and is appointed prime minister by King Charles III.

Ms Truss - who took office 44 days ago - will become the shortest-serving PM in British history when she stands down.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer called for an immediate general election following Ms Truss's resignation speech.

In her speech, Ms Truss said she entered "office at a time of great economic and international instability", as war rages in Ukraine and living costs skyrocket.

But her resignation comes after a key minister, former home secretary Suella Braverman, quit and Tory MPs rebelled in a chaotic parliamentary vote.

Source:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-63332037

Where the hell are you from? Even Gen. Enenche who had denied it has come out to say he denied it because of his military oath. Here you are saying rubbish. I dey watch you.

Moh247:
I hope they bring out names and pictures of the deceased

Their families should also show up for compensation

Im watching o

Jennylove21:
Let's watch and see.

The anniversary is to preserve the memory of the unarmed civilians who were murdered by state agents on October 20, 2020, at the Lekki Tollgate.

Nigerians will assemble at the Lekki Tollgate in Lagos State on Thursday to remember the second anniversary of the #EndSARS protests and Lekki Massacre.

Thousands of young people organised and marched through major cities throughout the country over two weeks of the #EndSARS in October 2020, calling for an end to decades of police brutality and other forms of injustice.

The anniversary is to preserve the memory of the unarmed civilians who were murdered by state agents on October 20, 2020, at the Lekki Tollgate when they were sitting on the ground and singing the national song and waving the national flag.

Public figures have revealed that the second memorial will take place largely at the Lekki Tollgate in Lagos and other towns throughout the country as citizens gather, despite the dwindling civic space for demonstrations under President Muhammadu Buhari.

Thespian and social justice activist Debo Adedayo, aka Mr. Macaroni, tweeted that he would be participating in the walk in memory of those who had been brutalised by police.

“Peaceful walk tomorrow in honour of all #EndSars and police brutality victims. We no go fit ever forget!!!!” he tweeted.

Rapper and songwriter Folarin Falana “Falz” also tweeted that he will be joining the walk to “honour fallen heroes from the #LekkiMassacre #EndSARS.”

According to information on the E-flyer shared by the duo, the memorial procession is organised to feature walking and driving through the tollgate accompanied by horn blaring, solidarity songs and chants from the participants.

While the event is slated to hold from the hours of 8am to 11am, citizens are encouraged to visit the venue at any time of the day to pay their respect to the fallen.

Source: saharareporters.com/2022/10/19/nigerians-hold-endsars-memorial-lekki-tollgate-other-locations-thursday

The Senator Abdullahi Adamu-led National Working Committee NWC of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC appeared to have made decisive inroads into the party’s Presidential Campaign Council PCC as it Wednesday night released a fresh list, naming Adamu as second in command of the council.

In the list which was signed by the National Secretary of the party, Senator Iyiola Omisore as opposed to the initial 422-member list signed by the presidential candidate of the party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the president, Muhammadu Buhari was still named as Chairman of the Council.

Unlike in the earlier list, Adamu has now swapped positions with Tinubu as the former was named the Deputy Chairman of the council, while Tinubu becomes the Deputy Chairman II. His running mate, Kashim Shettima remains the vice chairman of the council.

Plateau state Governor, Simon Lalong retains his position as Director General; Comrade Adams Oshiomhole as Deputy Director General, Operations and James Faleke as Secretary.

SOURCE: www.vanguardngr.com/2022/10/breaking-apc-releases-fresh-campaign-council-list/

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My guy I'm not sure it's the same Arewa Forum I watched you are talking about. I just want to believe that you hate this country so much that you are blinded by hate for PO. You are not the only one who watched the program, so park well.

Some supporters of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, have expressed mixed reactions over his visit to a controversial Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi.

Mr Obi and his running mate, Yusuf Baba-Ahmed, in a tweet posted on his Twitter, on Monday, paid a courtesy visit to the cleric at his residence in Kaduna State.

“Dr Datti Baba-Ahmed and I stopped by for a courtesy call on Sheikh Gumi at his official residence in Kaduna,” Mr Obi said in the tweet.

While the visit by the LP candidate, largely popular among Nigerian youth, may be seen as a mere political move ahead of the general polls, some of his supporters have, however, said they will withdraw their support for him.

As of the time of filing this report, the tweet had garnered thousands of comments, likes and retweets from his critics as well as supporters who felt betrayed by the visit.


With the spread of terrorism and banditry in the country, the Kaduna-based Islamic scholar has been under fire over his comments which have been interpreted in some quarters to be in support of terrorists and bandits

In a post, Ogwuefe Bunkoye questioned Mr Obi’s latest action and vowed not to vote for him in the coming election.

“Honest question Peter, do you feel happy that politics has turned you into this? Because, I’m no longer voting for you,” he said.

Nkem #PeterObi2023, cautioned the LP candidate against the urge to visit everyone under the guise of invitation. He described the cleric in question as a known ethnic bigot.
Omotayo Fakinlede

“Peter Obi, this bridge you are building, I hope it won’t connect with Buhari’s own at some point. Cause I don’t understand anymore,” another supporter, Fakoyejo Olalekan, asked.

Some supporters have, however, argued in defence of Mr Obi and his running mate.

Some said the LP candidate has made them more proud through his visit to Mr Gumi, since he remains an influential figure in the Northern region.

“This is what we call “Building bridges”. Gumi is also a Nigerian. No court has convicted him. Let’s build bridges. Even APC-dominated areas and difficult-to-reach areas will be reached,” @Morris_Monye noted.

Musa Dawa said, “this #Obidient team is a unifying team, with No discrimination, No Permanent Enemy but Permanent National Interest.”

“He went to Dunamis, Redemption Camp, etc and they said to visit the Northern clerics and Traditional Rulers. He has stopped by to meet with Gumi and now they are crying.

Is Gumi a Criminal?

Is Gumi not a Nigerian?

Are there people that follow him?” another Twitter user, Udemba Esq asked.

Although other leading candidates have continued to underrate the possible influence of Mr Obi, the LP candidate has remained one of the most discussed candidates by the youth on Twitter.

SOURCE: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/560114-peter-obis-supporters-divided-over-visit-to-islamic-cleric-gumi.html

The Media Office of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has said the aspiration of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, was an assault on the integrity of the black race.
He said, “The very ambition of former governor Tinubu to aspire to become the Nigerian leader is a rude attack on the integrity of every black country and certainly an act of disgrace to all Nigerians.

“It is even more repugnant that a man who is not honourable enough to make a full disclosure about his elementary education records would ask to be elected a President of the most populous Black nation in the world.”

Ibe issued the statement in response to a statement issued by the APC accusing Atiku of playing the ethnic card while speaking with elders and other northern stakeholders, in Kaduna.

The presidential candidate’s spokesman further said, “It is regrettable, to say the least, that the All Progressives Congress (APC) would decide to cause a show of shame by a disingenuous attempt to turn fact on its head about what the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, said during a public engagement at the Arewa House on Saturday.



SOURCE: www.vanguardngr.com/2022/10/tinubus-aspiration-insults-black-race-atiku/

Ekpemupolo led-onslaught against oil theft in the Niger Delta, National Chairman of Host Communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas, HOSTCOM, Dr. Benjamin Style, in this interview, says the identities of those behind the crime aren’t hidden to them. He says the findings have vindicated host communities, who he said had long been accused of perpetrating the act. Style says more eye-opening detections would be made in Ondo, Akwa Ibom, Delta, Rivers , Bayelsa and other oil-producing states

Within a short time, the Tompolo-led team has made startling findings about crude oil theft in the Niger Delta region. And these pipelines are domiciled in host communities where the natives live.

As National Chairman of HOSTCOM, what do you make of the findings in your communities?

What Tompolo and his team have done so far is commendable. We didn’t see their findings as a new thing or breaking news. As members of host communities, we have been talking about oil theft for many years.
We know and understand our terrain better than any person coming from outside. All that is happening is happening in our vicinity. And we have been saying that the humongous oil theft killing the Nigerian economy is not being perpetrated by host communities. We have been saying that it is wrong to say that we are the ones committing the crime.
Before now, we have said that those in government, security agencies in place to secure the facilities, and the operators are the three actors that are sabotaging the economy of our nation, but they put the blame on host communities. That was not good enough. They even came up with a law that seeks to victimize the host communities.

Are you talking about the section of the Petroleum Industry Act, PIA, that talks about host communities?

In Section 257 Sub Section 2, they came up with a law that if any act of sabotage occurs in our communities, the affected communities would forfeit the actual payment accruable to them in the PIA. Imagine how derogatory that word is. They inserted that section for our communities not to benefit from the PIA. And this is a crime we know nothing about and a crime they are committing. They are the players but turned around to insert that derogatory clause in the Act.

We will continue to call for the expunging of that clause because we are not responsible for oil theft in the Niger Delta. Today, we have been vindicated. I am waiting to see if they will retain the clause now that they have seen the magnitude of oil theft in the region. Look at what is playing out today. How can a local community that doesn’t have a welding machine be able to do that technical job , siphoning crude oil,? That is an expert’s job.

Maybe an expatriate may have made that connection. Community dwellers that haven’t been able to build a block house for themselves, living in thatch houses along the coastline, how can they be able to bring in vessels and connect a pipe that is four kilometres long to the sea? How much is the cost of doing that? How can such communities have the capacity to link the pipe to the sea?

The latest findings have shown that we know nothing about oil theft. Government just decided to insert those inimical portions of the PIA to punish us. We keep saying that it is an organised crime done by people in high places.

In July 2020, the current executive of HOSTCOM raised the alarm about oil theft in the creeks and a former Minister of Petroleum, King Edmond Dakoru, said host communities knew nothing about oil theft. He is a board member of HOSTCOM.

He said clearly that it is an organised crime because he is an authority in the oil and gas sector. He authoritatively said no community has the capacity to fund the kind of oil theft going on in the Niger Delta. He said moneybags are behind the crime. He also called on government to allow host communities to handle the surveillance jobs.

Yes, we as host communities can’t fight those perpetrating the crime, but we can provide valuable information to government. But government didn’t take our words seriously. As host communities, we have been saying that we have information to give to the authorities on the oil theft, but they don’t listen because they are involved in the crime.

Sometimes we try to mention the names of those we know are doing these in our communities, but government dismisses our information. What do we do in such a situation? Government never called us to discuss the information we provided before now on oil theft.

The speed with which the discoveries were being made left people surprised, especially given the fact that security agencies have significant presence in the creeks …

I just named the key actors in the oil theft business. They include the authority, security agents and operators. Those in government, the security personnel and operators of those facilities are the ones that commit this crime jointly, but they accuse the host communities.

They claim that host communities commit the crime because the pipelines are in their place. This is not a crime that is being committed by the locals. We knew all these for a very long time and we have been informing them. Since they are the actors, they sat on the information we provided.

Now that the contract has been given to Tompolo, he is delivering because if he doesn’t perform they won’t pay him. But these are the places the security agencies were guarding before now. It is happening in their presence and they give permission. Those involved often inform the security agencies about their operations.

They turn a blind eye to the stealing going on in the creeks. They are the ones that secure the vessels. That tells you how bad security agencies in Nigeria have become. We are not surprised at the findings because we knew before now. And we know all the spots where all these things are going on in the Niger Delta.

We have been telling them to give us the mandate and see if we won’t expose all those involved in oil theft. We can name those involved from top to bottom. We will name from the top to the least person including those that are retired and the ones in service.

All we are asking for is the mandate. If you do not have the mandate, the information you give to people in government means nothing. But if the person who gives you the job doesn’t come with clean hands, can you work effectively?

Having fingered government as being among those perpetrating oil theft, do you think ongoing efforts at curbing the menace would be fruitful?

What Tompolo and his team have done is just the tip of the iceberg. They are just starting. More discoveries would still be made. From Ondo, to Delta, Bayelsa, and Rivers more discoveries would be made. If an honest operation is allowed to take place, we are going to see shocking discoveries in the riverine areas.

The oil theft being done by those in the high places would drastically reduce if the operation goes on uninterrupted. It may not be curbed totally because oil theft is embedded in the system. It is an organised crime, so eradicating it may not be possible.

Government has been spending large sums of money on pipelines, but a small group of people benefits from the continuous repairs. Curbing oil theft is a collective job. The host communities have a 10-man executive in each of the communities across all oil-producing states. And we have the database. We can give you better information on oil theft than any other person.

We have presented this to the authorities in the oil sector. We told them that we don’t have the capacity to fight these people, but we can provide useful information about them. Whoever is going in and out of our creeks, we know the person and whatever he is doing. Whether what they are doing is legal or illegal, we know.

But the information we may give about them is not taken seriously by government. That was the reason we asked to be given the job of providing intelligence on what goes on in our communities. From Ondo to Cross River State, we have information about what is going on in the creeks.

You have expressed the readiness of host communities to name those involved if given the mandate, do you think government has the will to identify and prosecute culprits?

A lot of probes have been done in the past and nobody has been identified and prosecuted. With such a history of not prosecuting those found wanting, why would I name those that won’t be prosecuted?

We just feel that some people are bigger than the law in Nigeria. If a certain group of persons is bigger than the law, then our country doesn’t belong to all. It also means everybody isn’t equal before the law.

Until we make everyone equal before the law, the kind of operation being done by Tompolo won’t have a lasting effect.

Therefore, naming someone who won’t be tried leaves those who may not want to talk silent. In such a situation, no one would like to talk.

HOSTCOM

“The oil theft in the Niger Delta is an embarrassing situation for us as host communities. And we want to be involved in efforts at curbing oil theft. We have told the Upstream Regulatory Commission.

And I need to commend Ggbenga Komolafe for working with the host communities. We would like the mainstream and downstream to work with the host communities.

I have said that we have vital information to give them to ensure stability in the oil sector.

Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/10/tompolo-three-actors-behind-massive-oil-theft-in-n-delta-hostcom-leader/

US billionaire Elon Musk tweeted on Saturday that SpaceX will continue funding Starlink internet service in war-torn Ukraine, apparently reversing course after SpaceX asked the United States military to pick up the tab.

SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet services have been a vital source of communication for the country’s military during the war with Russia, but as CNN exclusively reported earlier this week, SpaceX warned the Pentagon that it may stop funding the service in Ukraine unless the US military kicks in tens of millions of dollars per month, according to documents obtained by CNN.

The letter also requested that the Pentagon take over funding for Ukraine’s government and military use of Starlink, which SpaceX claims would cost more than $120 million for the rest of the year and could cost close to $400 million for the next 12 months. The report elicited a torrent of tweets from social media users both defending and criticizing the move.

A tweet from Musk’s verified account posted Saturday said, “The hell with it … even though Starlink is still losing money & other companies are getting billions of taxpayer $, we’ll just keep funding Ukraine govt for free.”

Since they first started arriving in Ukraine last spring, the Starlink satellite internet terminals made by Musk’s SpaceX have allowed Ukraine’s military to fight and stay connected even as cellular phone and internet networks have been destroyed in its war with Russia.
A Pentagon spokesperson said Friday that it had been in communication with SpaceX but did not say whether it was over the funding of the Starlink satellite communication product.
In response Saturday to a follower who replied to Musk’s tweet, “No good deed goes unpunished,” Musk said, “Even so, we should still do good deeds.”
Musk on Friday had doubled down on SpaceX’s request to the Pentagon in a series of tweets.

“SpaceX is not asking to recoup past expenses, but also cannot fund the existing system indefinitely *and* send several thousand more terminals that have data usage up to 100X greater than typical households. This is unreasonable,” read one post from Musk’s verified account.

He also said that in asking the Pentagon to pick up the bill for Starlink in Ukraine, he was following the advice of a Ukrainian diplomat who responded to Musk’s Ukraine peace plan earlier this month, before the letter was sent to the Pentagon, with: “F*** off.”

Ukraine’s ambassador to Germany, Andrij Melnyk, responded earlier this month to Musk’s claimed peace plan for Russia’s Ukraine war by saying: “F*** off is my very diplomatic reply to you @elonmusk.”

SpaceX’s suggestion that it would stop funding Starlink also came amid rising concern in Ukraine over Musk’s allegiance. Musk recently tweeted a controversial peace plan that would have Ukraine give up Crimea and control over the eastern Luhansk and Donetsk regions.

After Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky raised the question of who Musk sides with, he responded that he “still very much support[s] Ukraine” but fears “massive escalation.”

One Ukrainian official, Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Zelensky, appeared to extend an olive branch in a tweet posted Friday, writing, “Let’s be honest. Like it or not, @elonmusk helped us survive the most critical moments of war.”

“Business has the right to its own strategies,” Podolyak’s tweet read. “(We) will find a solution to keep #Starlink working. We expect that the company will provide stable connection till the end of negotiations.”

Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/15/business/elon-musk-starlink-ukraine-scn/index.html