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July 17, 2019 Obaseki Blames Crisis In Edo Assembly On APC National Leadership Failure
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Obaseki Blames Crisis In Edo Assembly On APC National Leadership Failure

Edo State Governor, Mr. GODWIN OBASEKI, has said the failure of the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress to properly investigate issues in the Edo State House of Assembly caused the crisis to linger.

Governor OBASEKI spoke when the Senate Committee set up to look into the Edo Assembly crisis went to the state for its fact-finding mission.

Governor OBASEKI who thanked the Senate for deeming it fit to visit the state with a fact-finding team to understand what happened, said the crisis would not have worsened if the headship of the APC had done the same when the matter started.

Senator ALIYU ABDULLAHI said the Senate was concerned about restoring peace and order as provided for in the Constitution, adding that there was no clash with the House of Representatives Committee, as their duties are seen as a function of the National Assembly.

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Reps Order IGP To Shut Down Edo Assembly

The House of Representatives has asked the Inspector General of Police, MOHAMMED ADAMU, and the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), YUSUF BICHI, to shut down the Edo State House of Assembly immediately.

The lawmakers also ordered the Governor, Godwin OBASEKI to within one week, issue a fresh proclamation for the purpose of inaugurating the state house of assembly and publish same in a national newspaper.

This followed the adoption of a report of the House ad-hoc committee set up to investigate the crisis rocking the Edo state Assembly.

However, the Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, FRANK OKIYE, has rejected the move by the House of Representatives to shut down the assembly.

OKIYE, who stated this in a statement, shortly after the House of Representatives took the decision in Abuja, noted that a competent court had already retained the security agencies from taking such an action.

He insisted that the rule of law was prevailing in the State Assembly.

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Nigeria Battle Tunisia For AFCON Third Place

The Super Eagles of Nigeria will battle Tunisia later today in the third-place match of the Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt, and football fans are demanding compensation with a bronze medal.

Nigerian football fans made the request after the Eagles’ heart-breaking 2-1 loss to Algeria in the semi-finals last Sunday.

Since the loss, it’s been mixed reactions of disappointments and hope, coupled with a demand that the boys deploy their best to defeat Tunisia and be counted as one of the successful teams in the 2019 AFCON tournament.

The match is slated for 8pm local time.

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Nigeria’s External Debt Up By 148% In Four Years – DMO

Nigeria’s Debt Management Office says the nation’s external debt stock rose by 148 per cent in almost four years of the MUHAMMADU BUHARI administration.

According to the DMO, the external debt soared to $25.61 billion dollars on March 31, 2019 from $10.32 billion dollars on June 30, 2015.

Eurobonds worth $10.87 billion dollars accounted for the largest chunk of the external debt, as it rose from $1.5 billion dollars on June 30, 2015.

The debt management body said debt owed to the World Bank rose to $8.90 billion dollars from $6.19 billion dollars in the period under review.

China, through its Export-Import Bank of China, is the third biggest lender to Nigeria with a loan of $2.55 billion dollars as of March 31, 2019, up from $1.39 billion dollars as of June 30, 2015.

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