My Era Will Be Different! It’s About Governance Not Politics Says Obaseki

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo
State on Sunday advised individuals and groups expecting freebies from the new government that there would be no “free lunch anymore”.

Obaseki noted that his administration would be radically different from his predecessor as it would Focus on governance, rather than politics.

The governor, who made this known at the Government House in Benin, added that everyone must work to earn any benefit and move the state to its desired level.

”You will find out that our administration is going to be slightly different, if not radically different, from the last four years and the reason is simple.

In the last four years, we had to do a lot of politics because we had to recover our state from strange people who took over.
“By the grace of God, we have recovered our state;

it is now our state. In the next four years, we are going to be concentrating on what to do with our state.”

Obanikoro returns to Nigeria, set to submit self to EFCC

Sahara Reporters is reporting that Musiliu
Obanikoro, a former minister of state for
defence under the erstwhile Goodluck
Jonathan administration, has returned to
Nigeria after staying abroad for some time.
It reports that Obanikoro is back to submit
himself to the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC) as it
investigates him for his role in the alleged
rigging of the Ekiti elections and the arms
deal scandal of the ex-National Security
Adviser Sambo Dasuki.
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The political associates and Buhari's Friends would not be spared - Osinbajo

President Yemi Osinbajo at the opened the 46th
Annual Conference of the Institute of Chattered
Accountants of Nigeria at the International
Conference Centre, Abuja. Photo by Abayomi
ADESHIDA

ABUJA-To ensure that the Nigerian society was
completely purged of corruption, Vice President
Yemi Osinbajo has said that the anti-corruption war
would be holistic and thorough to the extent that
even the political associates and friends of
President Muhammadu Buhari would not be spared.
Osinbajo who reiterated that the president had zero
tolerance for corruption emphasized that he would
never cover for his friends.
The Vice President spoke during a special interview
session with some journalists at the presidential
villa, Abuja on Tuesday.
He said: “The major drain on the country’s resources.
No one would be spared in the fight against
corruption because, even the close friends of the
President know that they will not be spared; he will
not cover for them. Fighting corruption is a priority”.
Osinbajo also revealed that 200,000 unemployed
graduates had been selected to be engaged by the
federal government under the N-power jobs
Programme.
He said that this was in fulfillment of campaign
promises of the present administration.
“We expect that before the end of the month, we will
engage 200, 000,” out of the 500,000 unemployed
graduates the Buhari administration plans to hire in
the N-Power jobs programme."

Edo cannot become the property of the Igbinedion family - Adams Oshiomhole

Edo State Governor, Adams
Oshiomhole has said that the state cannot become
the property of the Igbinedion family.
Oshiomhole made the comment after predecessor,
Lucky Igbinedion said that the next governor will
emerge from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
“The people have a clear choice to make. You
want Igbinedion era back because Ize-Iyamu has
been straight forward on it that they want to
change this change to the Igbinedion era. Lucky
has confirmed that one of their own would be used
to reverse the clock back,” Oshiomhole told
journalists on Saturday, September 17, 2016.
“Edo cannot return to the house of the
Igbinedions… They want to use tax payers’ money
to celebrate a man who has never served Edo
State.
“Edo people have seen the light. They cannot go
back to the dark era which the Igbinedion house
represents. They will consolidate the present gain
and raise it to a higher level by voting for Godwin
Obaseki, who is not and will never be part of the
Igbinedions,” he added.

Buhari And Abdusalami In Closed-Door Meeting In Aso Rock

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met behind closed-doors with former Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar at the State House, Abuja.

Abdusalami arrived the Villa in his Black Mercedes car with plate number Niger 250 around 12.33 p.m.