UK set to return stolen assets, signs MoU with Nigeria to avoid re-loot

UK set to return stolen assets, signs MoU with Nigeria to avoid re-loot.

Nigeria has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the British Government on the modalities for the return of Nigerian stolen assets and to ensure that returned assets are not at risk of being misappropriated again.

The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, signed on behalf of the Federal Government in Abuja on Tuesday.

Malami said that the MoU reflected the desire and willingness of both countries to continue cooperation and mutual support.

Malami said that this was in the responsible and transparent return of all recovered assets.

He outlined the objectives of the MoU to include the fact that the processes of returning stolen assets was a partnership recognising the interest of both countries and based on mutual understanding, confidence and trust.

The MoU read in part: “That both countries recognised that they have a mutual interest in ensuring that returned assets are not at risk of being misappropriated again.”

“And that both countries recognised they have obligations toward their own citizens for providing such assurances.”

“That both countries recognised the importance of ensuring that the highest possible standard of transparency and accountability are applied for the return of assets.”

He gave the assurance to the international community that all funds recovered would be judiciously utilised for projects that would benefit the poorest segment of the Nigerian society.

Earlier, leader of the UK delegation, British Minister of State for Immigration, Robert Goodwill, said that the MoU provided the mechanism by which monies could be returned.

Goodwill, who is also a member of the British Parliament, noted that there was no safe place for stolen assets in the UK.

“Our ability to recover and return stolen assets should send a clear message to all who may seek to habour such assets that there is no safe haven in the U.K,” he said.

According to him, the British government is committed to the return of all funds looted from the Nigerian State.

“We are keen to do this as soon as the necessary legal process allow. As outlined at the summit, we will be taking steps to accelerate the procedures for identification and confiscation of illegally acquired assets,” he said.

He said that they were as committed as Nigeria in ensuring that beneficial ownership of assets was made available to relevant authorities so they know who the real owners of assets held in the UK are.

“Forty jurisdictions, including British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies announced that they will automatically share beneficial ownership information relating to companies, trusts, foundations, Shell companies and other relevant entities and legal arrangements.

It is important that everyone can see how returned assets are used to benefit Nigerians. We have therefore agreed in this MoU to be fully transparent about this,” he added.

The signing of the MoU is a follow up to the agreement reached at the London anti-corruption summit in May.

Also signed was an MoU on the return of illegal immigrants.

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BREAKING NEWS: Uzbekistan president, Islam Karimov dies at 78

Uzbekistan president, Islam Karimov dies at 78

Uzbekistan president, Islam Karimov, is dead, the state television has said; adding that the funeral will be held on Saturday.

Karimov’s daughter Lola said earlier this week that the 78-year-old had suffered a brain haemorrhage, but the government had remained silent, making its first announcement on Friday following days of unofficial report that Karimov was critically ill or even dead.

“Dear compatriots, it is with a heavy heart that we inform you that the health of our President has sharply deteriorated in the past 24 hours to reach a critical state, according to the doctors,” the statement said.

The Reuters news agency said on Friday that three diplomatic sources had told it Karimov was dead and a further government announcement would come on Friday that would also name the head of the commission in charge of organising the funeral.

Uzbekistan on Thursday celebrated its independence day and it has been widely assumed that if the government was to make an announcement on his condition, it would not break the news until after the festivities.

Karimov took power in 1989.

Born on January30, 1938, Karimov was raised in an orphanage in Samarkand, and ascended the Communist party ranks to become head of Soviet Uzbekistan, and he continued as leader after the collapse of the USSR two years later in 1991.

Police nab killer of popular lawyer, Ken Atsuwete in Rivers

Police nab killer of popular lawyer, Ken Atsuwete in Rivers

A suspected culprit involved in the assassination of the Rights Lawyer, Ken Atsuwete who was murdered in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital has been apprehended.

‎The suspect was arrested as the Police in Rivers state launched a swift investigation into the killing of the Lawyer.

A senior operative of the state Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS who does not want his name mentioned told newsmen that the suspect is already disclosing information on how the lawyer was killed.

The SARS officer who refused to disclose the name of the suspect said the suspect is currently in detention.

He said, “we are under pressure from some Political leaders in this state to release him. But we won’t. He is already helping us with information.”

Barr. Ken Atsuwete was murdered at his residence at Omorchiorlu community in Ikwerre Local Government area of Rivers state.

His death has sparked a lot of reactions from the two leading political parties in the state, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and the All Progressives Congress, APC as well as individuals and Civil Society organization.

Etche Roads: Wike lied - Semenitari, NDDC Acting MD/CEO

Etche Roads: Wike lied - Semenitari

The Acting Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, has debunked claims made by the Rivers State Governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike, that the Commission was not involved in the recovery of dilapidated road infrastructure in Etche local government of the state. Semenitari stressed that not only was Mr. Wike playing to the gallery, but was hiding the fact of his failure to tackle the bigger challenge of insecurity plaguing Rivers State.

Semenitari, who was reacting to Mr. Wike’s claims on Thursday that NDDC had claimed undertaking the construction of the Igwuruta-Chokocho-Okehia road, said the governor should emulate the Cross River State Governor who commended NDDC for its intervention on the Calabar-Itu Road.

“As an interventionist agency, NDDC stepped in to recover the roads between Igwuruta and Umuechem, as well internal roads in that community, and the Oil Mill-Igbo-Etche-Chokocho road, which is a critical connection between the bigger Port Harcourt market and the produce spots in Etche. NDDC, working under the directives of President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, stepped in to arrest the deterioration in road infrastructure in Etche as to eventually boost economic activity in the area and give its inhabitants a lease of life. Checks can be made on those roads as to the veracity of NDDC’s scope and quality of intervention.”

Semenitari further stated that NDDC would drive those projects to completion despite Wike’s attempts to possibly stall them.

“The facts which Mr. Wike sought to turn head-down, are clear. NDDC is working on the Igwuruta-Umuechem, Umuechem internal roads, and the Oil Mill-Igbo-Etche-Chokocho road. Wike is not happy that the Federal Government through the Commission is giving Etche people such critical intervention, and so, would prefer where the roads’ users continued in their suffering.”

Semenitari added: “We are miffed that Mr. Wike is yet to come to terms with the severe challenges ravaging the state. Surprisingly, rather than commit himself to true governance, Wike, like that proverbial Emperor who watched while his empire burnt, plays politics with the welfare of Rivers people. We thought that the degenerating insecurity in the state should cause Mr. Wike sleepless nights until there was solution. Unfortunately, Mr. Wike chooses to engage in speech-making as though there was a speech contest.

“Wike is not bothered that under his watch in little over a year, Rivers State has become a killing field. Wike is not bothered that there is capital flight and mass movement of people and that corporate entities are deserting Rivers State.

“While we do not intend to engage the governor in any speech contest, NDDC will not be deterred in pursuing the overall development of every segment of the Niger Delta region. That is the mission and mandate of the Commission” the NDDC boss averred.

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JUST IN: FBI releases Clinton email probe files

FBI releases Clinton email probe files

The FBI on Friday poured fresh fuel on the fire sparked by Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server as secretary of state, releasing heavily redacted notes on its probe which White House rival Donald Trump seized on to attack her fitness for office.

The 58 pages — 14 of which were entirely blacked out — showed that the FBI found no evidence her email system was compromised but decided it could not be ruled out because some of her mobile devices weren’t recovered.

“The FBI did find that hostile foreign actors successfully gained access to the personal email accounts of individuals with whom Clinton was in regular contact and, in doing so, obtained emails sent to or received by Clinton on her personal account,” the notes said.

Clinton’s use of a private server has been the subject of simmering controversy as she runs for president against Trump, the Republican candidate.

The documents’ release follows the FBI’s recommendation in July not to prosecute Clinton for sending unsecured emails with classified material through the server, though it found her to have been “extremely careless.”

Clinton’s campaign said it was “pleased” with the report’s release.

“While her use of a single email account was clearly a mistake and she has taken responsibility for it, these materials make clear why the Justice Department believed there was no basis to move forward with this case,” it said in a statement.

But Trump’s campaign pounced, charging that the notes “reinforce her tremendously bad judgment and dishonesty.

“Clinton’s secret email server was an end run around government transparency laws that wound up jeopardizing our national security and sensitive diplomatic efforts,” Trump spokesman Jason Miller said in a statement.

Revelations

Embarrassing revelations include a passage in the report in which the 68-year-old Clinton told investigators she was unaware that confidential material was marked with a “C.”

“Clinton stated she did not know what the ‘(C)’ meant at the beginning of the paragraphs and speculated it was referencing paragraphs marked in alphabetical order,” the report said.

“When asked of her knowledge regarding TOP SECRET, SECRET, and CONFIDENTIAL classification levels… Clinton responded that she did not pay attention to the ‘level’ of classification and took all classified information seriously,” it added.

The report also revealed that Colin Powell, who served as secretary of state from 2001 to 2005, “warned” Clinton to “be very careful” regarding emails.

“Powell warned Clinton that if it became ‘public’ that Clinton had a BlackBerry, and she used it to ‘do business,’ her emails could become ‘official record(s) and subject to the law,'” the report said, noting Clinton had emailed Powell after taking office in 2009 to ask about his use of a BlackBerry.

“Powell further advised Clinton, ‘Be very careful. I got around it all by not saying much and not using systems that captured the data.'”

Clinton told the FBI that “Powell’s comments did not factor into her decision to use a personal email account,” the report said.

Concussion

The FBI notes said investigators identified 13 mobile devices that “potentially were used to send emails using Clinton’s Clintonemail.com email address.”

It said eight of the devices were BlackBerries that she used while secretary of state, and the other five were devices, including BlackBerries, that she used after leaving office.

In its summary of the interview with Clinton, the agency said she had received no instructions or directions on preserving or producing State Department records while transitioning out of her post.

However, Clinton noted that she had suffered a concussion in December 2012, less than two months before leaving office, and then had a blood clot around New Year’s.

“Based on her doctor’s advice, she could only work at State for a few hours a day and could not recall every briefing she received,” the summary said.

The apparent suggestion that Clinton’s blood clot led to memory loss could be potent fodder for the Trump camp — as it seeks to portray the Democrat as lacking the stamina for the job.

Clinton’s campaign spokesman Brian Fallon sought to cut short any such notion, tweeting: “Asked abt briefings in late ’12, Clinton said 2 things: (1) she couldn’t recall each briefing (2) she missed part of that time due to health.”

Of some 30,000 emails Clinton subsequently turned over to the FBI, the agency’s director James Comey has said 110 contained classified information. Clinton had said none was classified at the time they were sent.

Another 2,000 emails were later “up-classified” to confidential.

Meanwhile, the State Department has been ordered to review for possible release nearly 15,000 additional emails and documents uncovered during the FBI investigation that had not been disclosed by her lawyer.

Joyce Meyer: THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK!!!

Joyce Meyer's daily devotional September 3, 2016 – Think Before You Speak

Topic: Think Before You Speak [September 3, 2016]

Set a guard, O Lord, before my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips. - Psalm 141:3

Have you ever said something that hurt someone else…or perhaps caused unfavorable consequences for yourself?

I know I have. For years I just said whatever I felt like saying, but thank God I have learned that words are powerful. What you say has the power to impact your life—and the lives of others—for good or bad. So it is wise to think about what you’re going to say before you say it.

You should speak only words of encouragement that will build people up and make them feel better. You get many opportunities every day to put this into practice, but it requires real discipline and determination.

You may have been hurt by someone’s words…or perhaps you have hurt someone with your words. But you can change that, starting now. It will take prayer and discipline, but God will help you develop and exercise control over the words you speak.

RECESSION: INNOSON VEHICLE PLANT SUSPENDS PRODUCTION OVER DOLLAR SHORTAGES

Recession: Innoson vehicle plant suspends production over dollar shortages

Nigeria’s major vehicle assembly plant, Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing (IVM), has announced its decision to shut down production due to lack of foreign exchange to import vehicle components.
This is coming on the heels of the recent report of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), which indicates that Nigeria’s recession had worsened with Gross Domestic Product (GDP) dropping to -2.06 per cent for the second quarter of 2016.
The Chairman of IVM, Innocent Chukwuma, told Reuters that workers at IVM have already been sent home due to lack of parts from Japan, Germany and China, which account for much of the content of the vehicles they produce.
“Production has stopped as we are waiting for the imported items for which there is forex issue,” Chukwuma stated. IVM was launched in 2010 and raised its annual production target for 2016 from 4,000 to 6,000 vehicles due to a ‘Made in Nigeria’ campaign that generated strong sales to the police, state agencies and churches.
“Those ambitions and plans no more look good if the promises of the government to assist fails to materialise. I believe they are doing something, but if they can’t do anything, we would be forced to lay off workers,” Chukwuma said.