I can't share money for free-Godwin Obaseki

According to punch Gov of Edo state  said the Government House was not a bank where people went to collect money but a place to render service.

Obaseki made this known while receiving executive members of Women’s wing of All Progressive Congress in the state in Benin.

He assured the women of 35 per cent appointment in his administration but insisted that “government house is not where you come to make money, but where you come to serve.”

According to him, I don’t have money to give anybody; the money I have is to work for the people.

He said, “I can create money going by my experience as an investment banker; I can organise things and people must be ready to work.”

He told the women that the days had gone when politics was about money sharing.

He said, “The question is what do you do with the political power. It is our level of commitment that gets us where we want to be.

“People should be ready to work. We should prioritise and cut waste because our biggest problem is waste.

“God chose me for a purpose to change things at this time and politics of money and sharing is not possible.”

He commended the party women for supporting him during the 2016 governorship poll in the state and urged them to be the vanguard of the new politics.

He called on the women to partner the government in the development of the state, especially in the area of ensuring quality basic and technical education for their children.

In her remarks, the APC women leader in the state, Dr Aisosa Amadasun, commended the governor on his victory at the polls and pledged their support to the success his administration.

Amadasun said that the visit was to solicit the fulfilment of the United Nation’s mandate of 35 per cent appointment position for women in his administration.

Tragic as Police commissioner give up the ghost

The Punch is reporting thatRivers State Police Commissioner Francis Bolaji Odesanya is dead. Mr Odesanya was said to havedied on Tuesday, January 31 morning at an unnamed hospital outside Nigeria after a brief illness. Rivers state commissioner of policeFrancis Bolaji Odesanya diedoutside Nigeria's shores.

Riot as Hausa kill Yoruba over #30 in Lagos

According to a report by ThePunch, trouble started when the deceased had bought noodles worth N230 from the suspect’s son on Sunday, January 29, around 10.30pm.

He was reported to have paid N200 and promised to pay the balance of N30 the following day, which did not go down well with the suspect’s son.

The son allegedly reported to his father, Adamu, who became angry and attacked the 30-year-old Adeleke with a spiked plank.The victim reportedly slumped and hit his head against the concrete edge of a gutter in the area.A friend of the victim, Kehinde Akinduro, said Adamu had a kiosk where he sold confectioneries, while the son sold noodles beside the kiosk.

He explained that Adeleke had actually paid the balance of N30 to the suspect’s son.He said: “He was joking with the boy that despite being a customer, he went and reported him to his father. They started abusing each other. At this time, the son was already preparing noodles for me on the instruction of Adeleke.

“The next thing I saw was that Adamu, who was eavesdropping, brought out a spiked plank and hit Adeleke with it. I cautioned him, but he faced me and hit me in the leg. I sustained some injuries.

“When Adeleke saw that he could no longer handle the situation, he took to his heels. But the man followed him and hit him in the head as he tried to jump the gutter. He fell and hit his head against the edge of the gutter.

“When Adamu saw that he had become unconscious, he took him into his kiosk and poured water on his head. He was doing this when a large number of residents stormed the place. When he sighted them, he abandoned the man and took to his heels.”

He said the suspect, speaking in Hausa, asked his son to flee in another direction.

“The boy escaped, but we were able to get Adamu. We called the police and handed him over to them.”

The mob was said to have destroyed Adamu’s kiosk and set it on fire after Adeleke died around 12am on Monday.

The police public relations officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, said investigations were ongoing.

She said: “It was a case of murder. One Adamu used a plank to hit a bus driver, Adeleke, in the head which led to his death. The corpse was deposited in the Mainland General Hospital morgue for autopsy."

In a press statement delivered by the Comptroller-General of NCS Hameed Ali at a briefing in Lagos on Monday, January 30, the outfit said the guns were intercepted on Sunday, January 22.