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According to the statement;

“the high level of compliance has shown that Lagosians agree with the government on the need to stop the danger that commercial motorcycles and tricycles have become a big threat to safety of lives and security of our people.

“The little discomfort experienced by commuters on some routes due to the absence of motorcycles and tricycles is noted. This will not last as alternatives are being rolled out.”

Alternative

It said a fleet of 65 buses will join the others on some major routes as from Monday February 3, 2020. “No less than 550 more buses are being expected. Besides, 14 ferries will be commissioned on Tuesday.”

It also said:-

“this will further open up the waterways, reduce travel time on various routes and provide safe, dependable and comfortable alternatives for commuters.

“The government is not unaware that enforcing this directive may lead to some job losses.

The Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, plans to announce some measures to tackle the likely effects of the order.

“Besides the programmes of various agencies, such as the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF), Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Office of Civic Engagement, Lagos State Parks and Gardens and others.”

Warning

The government warned those who are planning to unleash violence on the state because of the ongoing enforcement to have a change of heart.

“Lagosians are peace loving and law abiding people, who will not embrace any disruption of their legal activities by failed politicians hiding under the evil of unwholesome activism.

“The law enforcement agents have been directed to ensure that nobody takes the law into his hands. The government places a very high premium on law and order in the interest of all Lagosians.

“It will not fail to act when peace is threatened.”

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he also included alleged “forceful Islamization of the country under the present administration, illegal detention of unarmed agitators, flagrant contempt of court orders, and incessant abduction and extrajudicial killings of its members and their families members, as also basis for its agitation.” Other issues he raised to the United Nations were “the continued alleged illegal detention of Omoleye Sowore, the relentless persecution of the members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria led by Sheikh El-Zakzaky, alleged ongoing tragic ethnic cleansing in the Middle Belt and plight of Christian minorities in core North.” Mazi Kanu in his presentation to the United Nations, titled “Our case will no longer be ignored”, made available by IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, also, raised the case of Rural Grazing Area, RUGA,by what it described as stealth, to the august body, insisted that Biafrans will never allow alleged Fulani terror settlements in any Biafraland. Accompanying Mazi Kanu to the United Nations headquarters in Switzerland, where he had series of meeting with various UN agencies and officials, were IPOB deputy leaders, Mazi Uche Mefor, Head of Directorate of State of IPOB, Mazi Chika Edoziem, the Head of Finance, Lady Nnennaya Anya, and other top members of the group. 

Emerging from the meeting to address IPOB members and supporters from different countries of the world, who converged at Switzerland, Mazi Kanu assured them that “every issue concerning our people Biafrans, is now before the various arms and agencies of the United Nations and our case will no longer be ignored.” “We have successfully presented Biafra plight to the United Nations officials, demanding urgent action against the numerous rights abuses inflicted daily upon Biafrans and the need to support the inalienable and undeniable right of Biafrans to self-determination as enshrined in law, statute and various UN conventions. “The case of RUGA settlement by stealth was also raised and the august body was left in doubt that indigenous Biafrans will never allow Fulani terror settlements in Biafraland.“Every issue concerning our people is now before the various arms and agencies of the United Nations. Our case will no longer be ignored.” 

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SEE full list of 55 nominees (Full List)

 SEE full list of 55 nominees (Full List)

Goalkeepers

Alisson Becker (BRA) – Liverpool FC

David De Gea (ESP) – Manchester United

Ederson Moraes (BRA) – Manchester City

Jan Oblak (SVN) – Atletico Madrid

Marc-Andre ter Stegen (GER) – FC Barcelona

Defenders

Jordi Alba (ESP) – FC Barcelona

Trent Alexander-Arnold (ENG) – Liverpool FC

Dani Alves (BRA) – Paris Saint-Germain / Sao Paulo FC

Joao Cancelo (POR) – Juventus / Manchester City

Daniel Carvajal (ESP) – Real Madrid

Giorgio Chiellini (ITA) – Juventus

Matthijs de Ligt (NED) – Ajax / Juventus

Diego Godin (URU) – Atletico Madrid / Internazionale

Joshua Kimmich (GER) – Bayern Munich

Kalidou Koulibaly (SEN) – SSC Napoli

Aymeric Laporte (FRA) – Manchester City

Marcelo (BRA) – Real Madrid

Gerard Pique (ESP) – FC Barcelona

Sergio Ramos (ESP) – Real Madrid

Andrew Robertson (SCO) – Liverpool FC

Alex Sandro (BRA) – Juventus

Thiago Silva (BRA) – Paris Saint-Germain

Virgil van Dijk (NED) – Liverpool FC

Raphael Varane (FRA) – Real Madrid

Kyle Walker (ENG) – Manchester City

Midfielders

Sergio Busquets (ESP) – FC Barcelona

Casemiro (BRA) – Real Madrid

Kevin de Bruyne (BEL) – Manchester City

Frenkie de Jong (NED) – Ajax / FC Barcelona

Christian Eriksen (DEN) – Tottenham Hotspur

Eden Hazard (BEL) – Chelsea FC / Real Madrid

N’Golo Kante (FRA) – Chelsea FC

Toni Kroos (GER) – Real Madrid

Arthur Melo (BRA) – FC Barcelona

Luka Modric (CRO) – Real Madrid

Paul Pogba (FRA) – Manchester United

Ivan Rakitic (CRO) – FC Barcelona

Bernardo Silva (POR) – Manchester City

Dusan Tadic (SRB) – Ajax

Arturo Vidal (CHI) – FC Barcelona

Forwards

Sergio Aguero (ARG) – Manchester City

Karim Benzema (FRA) – Real Madrid

Cristiano Ronaldo (POR) – Juventus

Roberto Firmino (BRA) – Liverpool FC

Antoine Griezmann (FRA) – Atletico Madrid / FC Barcelona

Son Heungmin (KOR) – Tottenham Hotspur

Harry Kane (ENG) – Tottenham Hotspur

Robert Lewandowski (POL) – Bayern Munich

Sadio Mane (SEN) – Liverpool FC

Kylian Mbappe (FRA) – Paris Saint-Germain

Lionel Messi (ARG) – FC Barcelona

Neymar (BRA) – Paris Saint-Germain

Mohamed Salah (EGY) – Liverpool FC

Raheem Sterling (ENG) – Manchester City

Luis Suarez (URU) – FC Barcelona

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“Ignoring the salient issues will not help to solve the problem. If you are going to address violence and the general insecurity in Nigeria, incidents everywhere should be part of the narrative. Not addressing this might make it easier to blame the Federal Government, but national peace and security is community based and a collective responsibility.

“Arrests, prosecution and locking people up are only small parts of National Security and Safety strategy.

“In Benue State as cited earlier, the work of a US scholar of Tiv extraction, Professor Dick Adzenge deserves special mention for attempting to get aspects of violence addressed. The expectation that arresting and putting people in prison is the only credible response to violence is a mistake. Professor Adzenge and a few others like him are working with young people, traditional rulers and communities to seek peaceful resolution of conflicts and encourage peaceful co-existence.

“The sort of effort we are talking about here has so far revealed interesting facts about the problem in Benue State that cannot be ignored.

“And it is the sort of support we seek from the UN rapporteur in reporting, not the report that scratches the surface of the subject then ends up blaming the government under the able leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari. The UN representative needs to be truthful and even-handed in her assignment,” the statement added.

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Here is the list of items forfeited to the government

Here is the list of items forfeited to the government 

Description                                                               Quantity

Expensive Bangles                                                    419

Expensive rings                                                        315

Expensive earrings                                                   304

Expensive necklace                                                  267

Expensive wrist watch                                              189

Expensive necklace and earrings                              174

Expensive bracelet                                                     78

Expensive Brooch                                                       77

Expensive Pendants                                                    74

Expensive necklace                                                     48

Expensive necklace, bracelet, earrings and rings         44

Expensive necklace, earrings and rings                       32

Expensive pendants and earrings                                30

Expensive necklace and bracelets                                18

Expensive earrings and rings                                       15

Expensive earrings, rings and bracelets                       12

Expensive cufflinks                                                      11

Expensive pendants earrings and rings                         6

Expensive single earrings                                             5

Expensive bracelets and earrings                                  5

Expensive bracelets and single earrings                        3

Expensive necklace and ring                                         3

Expensive travel clocks                                                 3

Expensive brooch and cufflinks                                    3

Expensive pendants and rings                                      2

Expensive bracelet earrings and rigs                             1

Expensive bangles and earrings                                    1

Expensive necklace, ring and bracelet                           1

Expensive bangle, ring and brooch                                1

Expensive necklace, earrings and 2 bracelets                 4

Expensive bangle and ring                                             1

Expensive brooch and earrings                                      1

Necklace and two pairs of earrings                                 3

Customized gold iPhone                                                1

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“I was the chief negotiator from the Government’s side, I wasn’t supposed to, because of the double cap I was wearing, and the president of the nation was very magnanimous and he supported me and supported the minimum wage committee. He provided it with every tool that will enable us to meet as when due and signed the bill from the National Assembly into law April 18, 2019

“We all went to the National Assembly, the unions, and employers association all went and agreed to this N30,000. We also told you that implementation will be smooth and immediately moved a memo to council and council approved it, and we put in a negotiating committee, government side, requested the head of service to contact the Joint Public Service Negotiating Council for us to start, and a committee was inaugurated in the office of the SGF, late April.

“But the committee started work, yes, I was a member, the finance minister was a member, budget and planning was a member, but our council died on 29th May, with the expiration of time, we were dissolved. The budget and planning minister didn’t come back, the permanent secretary took my place and started the negotiations.

“I do not want to say that they didn’t make progress, they made progress because at least, from levels 1 to 6, they got something, and from the time we were coming back, we saw that they were making progress, unfortunately, the head of service, the chair of that committee had to go on compulsory leave and it is not easy when some other person is going to act and move in.

“Before I got into this meeting, I tried to look for the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, because the logical thing for us to do since we have all agreed is to reconstitute our own representation, they have to hand over to us, wherever they stopped.

“Luckily, the President has also put in place a new committee, called Presidential Committee on Salaries (PCS), The former head of service reported to us on progress.

“It is important that we advise them that if they keep on piling debts, the federal government might go into problem of payments, the state governments that have always not been regular with payments will have problem. The best thing to do is for them to send down this to the state and show the example by paying.

“The state government as at today are duty-bound, and they now have the template to pay level 1-6, and they are plenty, when we reconstitute our committee, I do not see us not agreeing. We can disagree, but we will eventually agree, but we will come back, we know ourselves.

“I am one of those who believe that a workman is due his wages, if you work, in a vineyard, you will eat from that vineyard, and you will eat all of the fruits that are in the vineyard.”

Ngige added: “The consequential adjustment that is following it must also be reflected, they must be done because you have impinged on other people’s scale. For example, you pay N30,000 to the person on level 1.1, when that 30,000 was what some other was getting when he was on level 7, it doesn’t fly. So, there must be a consequential adjustment and the government is not averse to the consequential adjustment.

“What we are saying is that we should try for all parties to agree, that the economy is in doldrums, that the economy has some troubles, and therefore, we have to cut our coat according to our cloth, that is the most important thing.”

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“On November 1, in furtherance of an ongoing investigation, police operatives attached to the Garki Division arrested one Emmanuel Onuma, who broke into the ATM lobby of a bank located in Garki on October 19 at about midnight and stole the sum of N14m,” Olumese stated.

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