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<span style="color: black;">Wada of 
the Peoples Democratic Party will be facing former Governor Abubakar 
Audu of the All Progressives Congress in the election slated for 
November 21.He spoke 
with State House correspondents shortly after meeting behind closed 
doors with Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> The 
governor said if a level playing field was created for the election, the
 people of the state would give him overwhelming support at the poll 
based on his performance in office.</span><span style="color: black;">Governor 
Idris Wada of Kogi State on Wednesday said all he needed from President 
Muhammadu Buhari and the Federal Government is a level playing field 
before and during the forthcoming governorship election in the state.He said, “I will tell the people of the state to keep faith because we have a transparent President.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> “Provided
 a level playing field is created and security is tightened, any 
miscreant dealt with in the course of the election, people given the 
opportunity to express their will,  I believe that on the basis of 
performance I have laid down over the last three-and-a-half years, our 
people will provide an overwhelming support for my candidacy.“All we need is a level playing field.”He said he was working hard ahead of the elections.The 
governor disclosed that he was also working with security agencies to 
ensure that there is a secured and safe environment for the people of 
the state in the course of the campaign and during the election.</span></div>

Wada of the Peoples Democratic Party will be facing former Governor Abubakar Audu of the All Progressives Congress in the election slat...

At Last:Muhammadu Buhari approved the release of funds to anti-graft agencies.

The Federal Government has discretely released some funds to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to boost their operational capacities in a bid to step up its anti-corruption war.

President Muhammadu Buhari who approved the release of the funds to the anti-graft agencies has ordered the re- opening of some corruption cases pending in the courts since 2007.<br />
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 The funds, according to New Telegraph, were meant primarily to enable the two anti-agencies to carry out diligent prosecution of cases involving some state governors who have been indicted for corruption.

Buhari, upon assumption of office three months ago, had received briefings from the antigraft agencies where the heads of ICPC and EFCC blamed paucity of funds for the slow pace of their operations and inability to secure convictions on high profile cases.<br />
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 A source at the EFCC told the newspaper that the President had then ordered the anti-graft agencies to set up a special committee to review the various cases that have either been hitherto declared closed or just lying fallow.

The anti-graft agencies have beamed the searchlight on many former governors, since the inception of the Buhari administration.<br />
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 “I cannot tell you how much has been released but it is true that our capacity has been boosted. The committee is already working. It is the reason you have seen some actions from us in recent times. But we have not started massive invitation of these high-profile individuals because we want to build up very tight cases against them such that it would be difficult for them to escape,” the source told the national daily.