Inside Arewa News: September 2017

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As the country celebrates its 57th independence anniversary, Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State has urged Nigerians to rededicate themselves to making their nation one of the greatest on earth.

This he said can be achieved by investing more in education and striving to secure a bright future for Nigerian children.

In a statement issued Saturday in Sokoto by his spokesman, Malam Imam Imam, Governor Tambuwal said investments in education and technology will be worthy legacy to be bequeathed to the children of Nigeria.

Despite assurances by northern youths that they would not attack Igbos resident in northern states tomorrow, state governments have beefed up security across the region.

Northern youth groups under the auspices of Arewa Youths Coalition had, on June 6, given Igbos resident in the North an October 1 deadline to leave for the South East over the agitation for Biafra.

The ultimatum was withdrawn on August 24 following national outcry and intervention of governors of northern states.

Contrary to widespread speculation that leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, may have been held by the military, the Army Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said yesterday that it had no knowledge of the whereabouts of the secessionist campaigner.

Defence spokesman, John Enenche, who addressed journalists in Abuja categorically declared that DHQ could not be held responsible for the missing IPOB leader.

Acting Chairman, Nasarawa State Internal Revenue Service Board, Alhaji Usman Okposhi has explained that between January and August 2017, the board has generated over N3billion as internally generated revenue for the state government, noting that the target of the board is to generate up to N25 billion monthly.

Okposhi who spoke exclusively to our correspondent yesterday in Lafia on the performance of the board under his leadership explained that since the creation of the state 21 years ago, the state has not had it so good in terms of revenue generation until he came on board.

He also disclosed that the board in its attempt to block loopholes and leakages in the state, arrested and detained six fake revenue tax collectors in Karu local government area of the state for printing fake receipts and number plate, adding that the board will soon seal up commercial banks for excess charges on government accounts.

Seven thousand one hundred and sixty nine (7,169) primary and junior secondary schools teachers in Borno State have so far been trained by the United State Agency for International Development following a request by Governor Kashim Shettima whose administration is engaged in massive building of modern schools and remodeling of existing across Borno State. Many of the school projects have been completed with some at various levels while work remains very act‎ive.

The intervention by USAID came through the Agency's ‎Education Crisis Response Project (ECR) led by the Project's Director, Ayo Oladini who visited Governor Shettima on Thursday to give update on successes so far recorded by his team in complementing the efforts of the State Government.
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The Governor met the USAID team in his office at the Government House in Maiduguri, capital of Borno State with participation by the Nigerian Union of Teachers which was represented by the NUT's Deputy chairman.

NUJ Leaders Praise Gaidam for Yobe's Progress in Healthcare

National leaders of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), including the Deputy President Alhaji Mukhtar Gidado, Vice President Northeast Hajia Aisha Ibrahim and chairmen of NUJ State Councils in the Northeast zone have commended H.E Gov. Ibrahim Gaidam for his 'remarkable effort' in turning around Yobe's healthcare sector.

The NUJ leadership is in Yobe State to conduct and supervise election into the state council of the Union.

Union leaders spared time to visit the State Specialist Hospital, new Yobe University Teaching Hospital (YSUTH), the College of Medical Sciences under construction and the soon-to-be completed 77-km Damaturu-Buniyadi-Magdza road.

The Commissioner of Health Dr. Muhammad Bello Kawuwa conducted the visiting NUJ leaders and journalists round the healthcare facilities and gave a run-down of activities in the sector.

He said so much progress has been made as a result of the tremendous investments that H.E Gov. Ibrahim Gaidam continues to make in the sector.

The NUJ Deputy President Mukhtar Gidado praised Gov. Gaidam for his leadership and his efforts in transforming the state.

"I want to commend the Government of Yobe state for injecting a new lease of life into the hitherto collapsed infrastructural facilities in the state, particularly the rejuvenation of health facilities. I commend the Governor for keeping true to the yearnings and aspiration of Yobe people. I also want to appeal to the people of the state to support the gigantic efforts of the administration by giving the governor all the necessary support", Alhaji Gidado said.

On her part, the NUJ Vice President for Northeast Hajia Aisha said what she saw at YSUTH were comparable to the equipment and services she'd seen first hand at one of the world's top hospitals, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Both Bauchi and Gombe States' chairmen of the NUJ, Ibrahim Mallam Goje and Alhassan Yahaya spoke in similar vein. Yahaya said he had been to 14 states across the north but has not seen anything close to what he saw in Yobe in terms of healthcare. "As a journalist and health correspondent, I have been to so many states in the northern part of this country but what I have seen in Yobe state in terms of health structures and equipment are the best. I congratulate the entire people of Yobe state", the Gombe NUJ chairman said.

The NUJ leaders called on the state government to keep the bar high and continue to set example for others in the region. They also called for a strengthening of the culture of maintenance to ensure that the dividends of the investments made by the government in healthcare and other sectors are felt for many years to come.

PHOTOS: Hassan Muhammad

Friday, 29 September 2017

Governor Kashim Shettima hosts International University of Africa/University of Maiduguri delegation led by Alhaji (Dr.) Mohammed Indimi.

Governor Kashim Shettima assured total commitment to ensure smooth actualisation of the signed memorandum of understanding between the National University of Africa in the Republic of Sudan, and the University of Maiduguri.
The Governor gave the assurance when the Vice Chancellors of both Institutions, led by the Board member of the African University of Africa, Alhaji (Dr.) Muhammed Indimi, CFR, Chairman of Oriental Energy Resources, billionaire businessman and philanthropist from Borno State on a courtesy call.
Reiterating his passion for education, Governor Shettima added that in the previous years, over 50 female students were sent to study medicine in Sudan, as he commended Alhaji Mohammed Indimi for complementing the effort of his administration.

The Court of Appeal has directed the Department of State Security to produce Colonel Sambo Dasuki in court.

Colonel Dasuki is to be a witness in the case of criminal diversion of N400m brought against the former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Olisa Metuh by the Federal Government.

Mr. Metuh had applied to the Federal High Court to invite Dasuki as a witness but the judge, Justice

Special prayers were offered today at the presidential Villa mosque during the weekly Jumat prayers in commemoration of the 57th Independence Celebration.

The Chief Imam, Abdulwahid Abubakar who led the two rakaat prayers prayed for peaceful coexistence and prosperity of the Nigerian nation.

Pharmacy Store

A total 395 premises including 12 illegal pharmacies and 383 patent medicine stores have been sealed by the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN).

Their offences range from operating without registration with the council, failure to renew premises license, dispensing ethical products without the supervision of pharmacist and poor sanitary conditions among others.

In the latest enforcement exercises, officials of the regulatory agency visited 414 business premises.

The council’s director inspection and monitoring Anthonia Aruya disclosed that one arrest was also made for breaking of seal which according to her is a criminal offence.

The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the People Democratic Party (PDP), has poured cold water on Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose’s Abuja bid to seek its presidential ticket in the 2019 election.

A member of the PDP BoT, Dr Okwesilieze Nwodo, conveyed the message to Fayose, yesterday, when he told the governor, pointblank, he cannot contest in the party’s primary poll for the 2019 presidential election.

Nwodo stated this yesterday, in Abuja, shortly after Fayose’s formal declaration of intent to contest for the party’s ticket in 2019.

Nwodo said PDP’s ideology forbade Fayose and other members from the South from contesting in the presidential race in 2019.

Unknown gunmen at midnight attacked Gyangyang village in Jhar Chiefdom of Kanam Local Government area of Plateau killing the acting village head, Alhaji Mohammed Suleiman.

The gunmen invaded the house of the deceased at about 1:00 a.m on Friday and killed the traditional ruler.

The source said that the gunmen who carried sophisticated weapons stationed some of their men outside the house to ensure that nobody interfered with their operation.

Zamfara State Assistant Police Commissioner, 6 Family Members Abducted in Kaduna

An Assistant Commissioner of police identified as ACP Emmanuel, serving in Gusau, Zamfara State has been abducted while traveling with members of his family along the Birnin-Gwari –Funtua road on Wednesday.

The police boss and three members of his family were said to be travelling in a Hi-lux van when they ran into the gunmen who forced their vehicle to stop and whisked them away in another vehicle.

Residents of Kaduna State have been assured that they have nothing to fear, no matter what their ancestry is. This assurance was given by the Kaduna State Government which commended all residents and communities in the state for their contribution to Peace and harmony. The government informed residents that law enforcement and security agencies are taking necessary action to prevent any threat to peace.
The statement, signed by government spokesman Samuel Aruwan, said that the state government is steadfast about enforcing the law and in keeping the peace. The statement also disclosed that KDSG had taken further actions in relation to those persons that carpet-bagged into Kaduna to threaten the liberty of other citizens. The government has obtained bench warrants for their arrest, after filing a formal criminal complaint.

A notorious serial killer, Basiru Barau, aka Gojen-Mallam, has been arrested by the Katsina State Police Command.
Barau, aged 25, said to be linked to three homicides cases in the state ran out of luck on Wednesday.
Kaduna Spokesperson of the Nigeria police, DSP Gambo Isah, confirming the arrest before newsmen on Wednesday said no fewer than three murder cases had been committed by Barau.

“The Katsina State Police Command wishes to inform the general public that it has succeeded in arresting a wanted notorious serial killer, Basiru Barau, alias Gojen-Mallam, of the Tudun Wada area of Funtua, Katsina State.

Shettima: 'My greatest wish is for my successor not to inherit Boko Haram, IDP camps'
‎... Gives conditions to Committees on resettling IDPs
Borno Governor, Kashim Shettima on Wednesday said his greatest wish is for his successor not to inherit internally displaced persons and the Boko Haram crisis he did in 2011. He spoke when he inaugurated Committees with the mandate of cleaning up rebuilt communities and resettling over two million internally displaced persons. The Governor gave conditions that on no account should any IDP be resettled without recourse to safety and dignity.

Federal Government is set to provide solar power to Sabon-Gari Market in Kano, Damilola Ogunbiyi, the Managing Director, Federal Rural Electrification Agency (FREA), says.

Ogunbiyi made this known when he paid courtesy visit to Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State at the Government House, Kano on Wednesday.

His Excellency Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje OFR today received a courtesy call from the Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency Madame Damilola Ogunbiyi and members of her entourage at the council chambers.

The Federal Government has declared Monday, October, 2, 2017 as public holiday to commemorate Nigeria’s 57th Independence anniversary.

Minister of Interior, Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau (rtd), who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulated Nigerians on the anniversary and urged them to sustain the collective efforts towards maintaining and strengthening the unity of Nigeria.

The last batch of Kaduna State Pilgrims who performed this year’s Hajj in Saudi Arabia returned to Nigeria on Thursday, signifying the end of the airlift of 6,709 state pilgrims.
A statement issued by Yunusa Abdullahi, Public Relations Officer of the Kaduna pilgrims board, said 6,713 pilgrims performed hajj from Kaduna State this year among whom four died in Makkah.
He said the last batch of 212 pilgrims arrived Kaduna around 7:05 a.m. on Thursday, onboard Medview Airline.

A former Deputy Senate President yesterday spoke of the need for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to apologise to Nigerians for the way it ran its affairs and the affairs of the country.

Alluding to the mismanagement of the nation’s resources by some former public servants who are members of the former ruling party, Senator Ibrahim Mantu said: “I am now born again. Whatever I say now is the truth. Some people came to the PDP with nothing and left with billions (of naira). We need to bring the party to the people now.”

Soldiers Foil Armed Robbery Attack In Zamfara, Arrest One

Troops of 1 Division on Operation SHARAN DAJI deployed at Magami, Gusau LGA of Zamfara State on Tuesday 26th September responded to a distress call about armed bandits operating along Jengebe-Gusau road robbing hapless civilians.

The soldiers mobilized immediately and engaged the bandits, in the process, they killed 1 bandit and captured 1 another, while some escaped with gunshot wounds.

In Niger state- A housewife, Hafsat Mohammed, has pleaded with a Sharia Court in Minna to dissolve her marriage because her husband does not provide food in the house.

Mohammed told the court that her husband, Isah Gimba, spends his money on intoxicants rather than take care of the home.

“My husband doesn’t provide food in our house, instead any little money he gets he spends it on things that will intoxicate him.

“The hardship he subjects me to in his house is too much for me, I can’t bear it any more.

“That is why I am pleading with this honourable court to help me out of this hardship by ending the marriage,” she said. Gimba, however, denied his wife’s allegations, saying he was trying his best to put food on the table for her.

In Abuja- A Senior Magistrate Court at Auta Balefi in Karu local government area of Nasarawa State has sentenced one Egbunu Arome to two years imprisonment on three-count charges of house trespass, house breaking and theft.

Delivering the judgment Monday at Auta Baleli, the trial Magistrate, Mr Theophilous T. Lama, said the convict was guilty of the offences as charged, as the offences contravened sections 287, 348 and 349 of the penal court.

Lama said the convict would serve a jail term of one year for theft and six months each for house trespass and house breaking, which will be served consecutively without an option of fine.

The Senior Magistrate also asked the convict to pay the sum of N326,700 to the complainant as compensation for the items and monies stolen.

In Kebbi - The Kebbi Government has awarded contracts worth N1.46 billion for construction of 108 kilometres stretch of roads in Jega and Bagudo Local Government areas of the state.

The roads are Dan-Warai – Geferu road-Inwala – Dumbegu road and rehabilitation of Kaoje -Illo road in Jega and Bagudo Local Government areas of the state.

Alhaji Atiku Bunu, the state Commissioner for Works and Transport, disclosed this on Tuesday in Birnin Kebbi while signing of the contract agreements with China Zhonghao and Abmusta Construction Engineering Nigeria Ltd.

Nasarawa State Eagle-eyed operatives of the Department of the State Service (DSS) during an operation on Tuesday evening arrested a Police Officer allegedly on his way to deliver arms and ammunition to Fulani herdsmen.
An impeccable DSS source gave the name of the suspect as Amos Ishaya, a Sergeant in Nigeria Police Force (NPF).
“Ishaya was arrested along Makurdi Road in Lafia, Nasarawa State around 7:05pm, in his Honda Hennessy vehicle painted red, with registration number BQ 181-KWL,” the source told News Express.

Gombe State Government says it has released N5million for the purchase of vaccines for animal vaccination against Zoonotic diseases due to its harmful effect on humans.

Mr Sammy Barka, the Commissioner for Animal Husbandry and Nomadic Affairs disclosed this on Tuesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gombe.

Zoonotic is an infectious disease that can be transferred from animals to humans or from humans to animals. Zoonotic diseases are caused by viruses, bacteria, parasites and fungi.

Barka appealed to livestock farmers and residents with animals to avail themselves of the ongoing vaccination by the state government.

In its continued efforts at bridging the accommodation gap in the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) to ensure effective and efficient service delivery, another set of accommodation was yesterday commissioned at NAF Base Minna. The 10 x 1 residential block, which would accommodate Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs) serving in Minna, was named after late Flight Sergeant Hassan TM, in line with the policy of the current NAF leadership to immortalise NAF personnel who paid the supreme sacrifice in the course of service to the nation. The Chief of Administration (COA), Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Lawal Alao, who represented the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, performed the commissioning. The COA stated that the idea behind the infrastructural development being

Yesterday at the Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, The Kaduna State Government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Malaysian firm, Biomas.
The agreement signed is to establish a multi-billion dollar Biofuel plant for the mass production of aviation fuel in Zaria Local Government Area of the state.
It also includes the generation of 280 megawatts of electricity from waste products for Industrial and domestic purposes.

Nasarawa state House of Assembly yesterday approved the request of Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura to sell the state properties in Lagos, Jos and Kaduna state due to the dilapidation and deteriorating condition of the properties.

Speaker of the House Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi disclosed the approval yesterday while reading the house resolution over the governor’s letter presented by the majority leader of the house Tanko Tunga at the floor of the house in Lafia.

NGO Bill: National Assembly cannot be intimidated – Dogara

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has insisted that the National Assembly will not be intimidated, into abandoning its duty of providing a platform for Nigerians to agree or disagree on any proposed legislative measure.

Dogara stated this on Tuesday in Abuja, in his remarks at the resumption of plenary after the legislators’ seven-week recess.He was speaking in reaction to the controversy surrounding the NGO Bill.

The Federal Government said it has released a total sum of N336bn for the implementation of capital projects contained in the 2017 budget.

The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, who confirmed this in a statement issued on Tuesday, said the amount was for the first quarter of this year.

The 2017 budget, christened Budget of Recovery and Growth, was presented to the National Assembly on 14th December 2016, and passed by the lawmakers on the 11th of May, 2017.

The fiscal document, which was signed into law then by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on June 12, 2017, had a total expenditure of N7.44trn out of which N2.99trn was for non-debt recurrent spending, N2.36trn for capital expenditure, while debt servicing was to gulp N1.66trn.

She said while the ministry had earlier announced that N350bn would be released, the sum of N336bn has been made available to Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government.

PARADE OF SUSPECTED VICIOUS AND NOTORIOUS KIDNAPPERS/ ARMED ROBBERY GANGS, TERRORIZING ABUJA – MINNA AND ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAYS AT DIKKO NEAR SULEJA, NIGER STATE

BY CSP JIMOH MOSHOOD FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER,

ON 26TH SEPTEMBER, 2017.

SUSPECTS:

1. HUSSAINI MOHAMMED A. K. A GENERAL MAIGEMU SAMBISA AGED 43 YRS, 'M' GANG LEADER AND PRINCIPAL SUSPECT.

2. ADAMU HUSSAINI A. K. A BANKIS, AGED 29YRS, 'M'

3. BALA MOHAMMED, AGED 39YRS, 'M' ADAMU, AGED 34YRS, 'M'

4. SHAGARI MUSA, AGED 38 YRS (DEAD DURING A SHOOT OUT WITH THE POLICE

The Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim Idris has ordered the dismantling of all roadblocks nationwide with immediate effect.

The IGP emphasized particularly on the following routes, Lagos-Ibadan, Shagamu-Benin, Benin-Onitsha, Okene-Abuja, Kaduna-Kano, Katsina – Kano, Otukpo – Enugu, Enugu – Port Harcourt Express Ways.

The directives became necessary to enable ease of doing business in Nigeria, safeguard, and guarantee free passage of goods and travellers throughout the country.

The visiting Commander of the Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF), Major General Yousef Alhnaity, has pledged the readiness of the RJAF to collaborate with the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in the fight against terrorism, militancy and other forms of violent extremism. He made the commitment today, 25 September 2017, during his visit to the Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, at the NAF Headquarters, Abuja. According to him, the world is now fighting a new brand of warfare that requires collaboration. The Commander, who was accompanied by a delegation of officers from RJAF, stated that “Air Power” was the way to go, if the country must contain the war against terrorism. He added that RJAF would provide the NAF with required logistics, aircraft spare parts as well as training of NAF pilots and engineers while soliciting other areas of assistance for RJAF.

Ortom Presents Vehicles To Security Agencies

By Geoffrey Jimin

Governor Samuel Ortom today presented 16 vehicles to security agencies in the State to enable them respond swiftly to calls and challenges.

Making the presentation at the Benue Peoples House, Makurdi the Governor charged the state security outfit, Operation Zenda, made up of the military, Police, Civil Defence and the State Security Services to scale up the fight against crime.

He stated that the vehicles will be stationed in Makurdi, Gboko, Katsina-Ala and Otukpo from where they will convey operatives to flash points promptly.

The All Progressives Congress (APC)'s Committee on True Federalism held a zonal public hearing for Sokoto, Zamfara and Kebbi states today at the Seat of the Caliphate.
Governors of Sokoto, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal; Zamfara, Abdulaziz Yari, represented by his deputy, Malam Ibrahim Wakkala; and Kebbi, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu attended the event.
Plateau State Governor, Hon Simon Bako Lalong, who is also the Chairman of the APC Committee on True Federalism for North West, graced the all-important event.

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has disclosed that the financial intervention of the federal government was not enough to help the his administration clear the over N69 billion backlog of salaries, pensions and gratuity inherited from the last administration.

Ortom, who spoke at the inauguration of Provinces four and three of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, in the state, held separately in Gboko and Makurdi, explained that his administration had been able to clear a substantial part of the wage, despite the challenge.

The Adamawa House of Assembly on Monday impeached four of the principal officers, including the Deputy Speaker, Sunday Peter, and the Majority Leader, Musa Mahmud.

Others removed were the Deputy Majority Leader, Mutawali Mohammed, and the Minority Leader, Justina Nkom (SDP-Lamurde) State Constituency.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Speaker, Kabiru Mijinyawa, presided over the first plenary after the house resumed from a six-week recess.

The Gombe State Police Command has said that it will soon charge to court a 77-year-old man, Abubakar Jauro of Bolari Quarters in Gombe metropolis, for having canal knowledge of a 12-year-old girl.

A press release by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Obed Mary Mallum, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Monday, said the command under the new Police Commissioner, Shina Tairu Olukolu, is poised to strive and serve the public better.

The EFCC today, September 25, 2017 filed an appeal at the Court of Appeal, Sokoto Division, challenging the Judgment delivered by the Sokoto State High in respect of pardon granted by the Governor of Sokoto, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal to five accused persons who were charged alongside the former Governor of Sokoto State Attahiru Bafarawa.

President Buhari Congratulates Angela Merkel On Victory At The Polls

President Muhammadu Buhari joins world leaders and well-wishers in congratulating German Chancellor Angela Merkel on her victory at the polls.

President Buhari felicitates with the German Chancellor’s party for producing leadership for the country for over 12 years, and winning another opportunity to sustain the legacy of good work.

An economist and lecturer at Pan Atlantic University, Lagos, Dr. Austin Nweze, has said the controversy over the introduction of Sukuk Islamic bond was created by mutual suspicion among religious adherents in the country.

He said other than that, Sukuk is purely a business financial system adopted globally as a component of the Islamic financial system anchored on the principle of non-interest.

Nweze in a chat with our correspondent at PAU at the weekend said Singapore, United Kingdom and other non-Islamic states adopted the system based on its merit and not on any religious consideration.

The expansion of Dukku water works project in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State capital has gulped N900 million.

According to the Chairman, Due Process Office, Alhaji Muhammed Sirajo Garba, the project would provide adequate safe drinking water for Birnin Kebbi and its environs and it is expected to be completed within the duration of one year and six months.

In a bid to expand the amount of power generated to the grid, the Federal Government (FG) has disclosed that the newly approved Mambilla Hydropower plant project will be completed in six years.

It said the Mambilla project upon completion, would generate and add 3050 Megawatts to the national grid.

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, Louis Edozien, made the disclosure at a meeting of line route, environmental and social impact assessment study for the second Ikeja west-Sakete transmission line in Abuja at the weekend.

On Friday 22nd September 2017, based on confirmed information, 202 Battalion, Operation LAFIYA DOLE, dispatched 2 ambush teams towards Feri-Feri and Tashan Goto axis in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State. Both teams came in contact with suspected Boko Haram terrorists trying to cross and dealt decisively with them by neutralizing 2 terrorists and recovered 2 bicycles and 3 wheel barrows. The teams also canalized suspected Boko Haram terrorists while trying to circumnavigate the ditch at Shetimari, causing them to flee into the bush with gunshot wounds as traces of blood were seen during exploitation.

The country may be on the verge of another waste of resources in the face of economic hardship and dwindling revenue as it begins another round of search for hydrocarbon in Sokoto basin.

For about 33 years, the Federal Government, through the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) spent about $340 million and an additional N27 billion, in seismic expedition in the Lake Chad Basin without finding a drop of oil

But stakeholders in the oil and gas sector have warned the Muhammadu Buhari administration that unless it change its approach and strategy in the latest commitment for hydrocarbon search in the Sokoto basin, more resources would go down the drain without achieving the intended result.

NNPC had last week said it has started a process that would lead to the exploration of oil and gas in the Sokoto Inland Sedimentary Basin.

A middle-aged man, Akilu Alhaji Saidu, has allegedly beaten to death his three-year-old step-daughter, Saratu Yahuza.

Saidu has since been arrested and detained by the Katsina State Police Command. The incident occurred when Saidu was said to have dragged her into an uncompleted building in Yankara village of Faskari Local Government, where he allegedly beat, twisted and broke her neck. The Command’s spokesperson, DSP Gambo Isah, who confirmed the development, said one Yahuza Yakubu, purported to be the biological father of the girl, reported the case at the

The federal government will begin the trial of about 2,540 Boko Haram suspects detained in military detention facilities across the country from next month.

Accordingly, Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has assigned government prosecutors, while the Legal Aid Council has provided defence counsels, to commence trial of members of the terrorist group currently detained at Wawa Barracks in Kainji in Niger State and Maiduguri prison in Borno State.

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