BREAKFAST NEWS 09-08-2021

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• NATIONAL ASSEMBLY GIVES CONDITION ON CREATION OF ADDITIONAL STATES.
• IPOB SUSPENDS SIT-AT-HOME PROTEST.
• ON SPORTS, JORGINHO PREDICTS LUKAKU’S SUCCESS AS CHELSEA PREPARES TO FINALISE DEAL.

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SENATE/STATES CREATION

THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY HAS DISCLAIMED A MEDIA REPORT THAT THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON THE REVIEW OF 1999 CONSTITUTION HAS PROPOSED THE CREATION OF ADDITIONAL 20 STATES.

IN A STATEMENT ISSUED, THE SENATE SPOKESPERSON, SENATOR AJIBOLA BASIRU SAID THE REPORT IS A GROSS MISREPRESENTATION OF THE DECISION OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE REQUEST FOR CREATION OF MORE STATES, ADDING THAT THE SENATE COMMITTEE ONLY ACKNOWLEDGED RECEIPTS OF SEVERAL BILLS PROPOSING CREATION OF NEW STATES BUT DID NOT RECOMMEND OR PROPOSE THE CREATION OF ANY STATE.

BASIRU THEREFORE STATED THAT CREATING A NEW STATE COULD ONLY BE PASSED BY THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY IF THERE WAS A REQUEST SUPPORTED BY AT LEAST TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY OF MEMBERS REPRESENTING THE AREA IN THE SENATE, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY DEMANDING THE CREATION OF THE NEW STATE.

HURIWA/PLATEAU

THE HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA, HURIWA HAS RAISED ALARM OVER ALLEGED SYSTEMATIC GENOCIDE CARRIED OUT IN PLATEAU STATE BY FULANI HERDSMEN.

HURIWA, IN A STATEMENT SIGNED BY ITS NATIONAL COORDINATOR, COMRADE EMMANUEL ONWUBIKO AND THE NATIONAL MEDIA AFFAIRS DIRECTOR, ZAINAB YUSUF WONDERED WHY SOLDIERS OF THE DIVISION 3 OF THE NIGERIAN ARMY ARE FOLDING THEIR HANDS AND WATCHING FULANI HERDSMEN CARRY OUT HEINOUS CRIMES IN THE STATE.

THE HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANISATION THEREFORE CALLED ON THE CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF, LT.GEN FARUK YAHAYA TO SET UP PROPERLY CONSTITUTED BOARD OF INVESTIGATORS TO INTERROGATE THE COMMANDERS OF JOS AND KADUNA DIVISIONS OF THE NIGERIAN ARMY FOR REFUSING TO GIVE LAWFUL ORDER FOR THE MEN AND OFFICERS OF THE FORCE TO PREVENT THE MASSIVE SCALE OF PREMEDITATED KILLINGS CARRIED OUT ON PEOPLE OF SOUTHERN KADUNA AND PLATEAU STATE.

HURIWA/IGP

IN ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT,

THE HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA, HURIWA HAS DECRIED WHAT IT DESCRIBED AS THE PURCHASE OF POLICE OPERATIVES BY LAND GRABBERS IN ENUGU STATE.

HURIWA NATIONAL COORDINATOR, COMRADE EMMANUEL ONWUBIKO AND NATIONAL MEDIA AFFAIRS DIRECTOR, ZAINAB YUSUF, IN A PRESS CONFERENCE IN ABUJA CALLED ON THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, IGP USMAN BABA TO INSULATE MEN OF THE POLICE FORCE FROM BEING USED FOR SUCH ACTIVITIES.

THE DUO ALSO CHARGED THE IGP TO CALL TO ORDER THE DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, DIG IN CHARGE OF FORCE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT WHO IS BEING ACCUSED OF MISDIRECTION, MISUSING SWAT TO ASSIST THE LAND GRABBER.

THE ASSOCIATION’S CALL CAME IN A BID TO ADD ITS VOICE TO A RECENT SAVE OUR SOUL APPEAL SENT TO THE IGP BY THE PEOPLE OF NDIAGA AMECHI AWKUNANAW, IN ENUGU SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ENUGU STATE OVER INCESSANT HARASSMENT OF VILLAGERS BY THE OFFICERS OF THE SWAT.

FG/CBN

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA HAS INTRODUCED A 250 BILLION NAIRA INTERVENTION FACILITY TO STIMULATE FINANCE AND MOTIVATE INVESTORS IN THE GAS VALUE CHAIN.

MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES PERMANENT SECRETARY, BITRUS NABASU DISCLOSED THIS WHILE BRIEFING NEWSMEN IN ABUJA, SAYING THE PARTNERSHIP IS BETWEEN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES AND THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA, CBN

NABASU EXPLAINED THAT THE LARGE SCALE PROJECTS UNDER THE INTERVENTION WOULD BE FINANCED UNDER THE POWER AND AIRLINES INTERVENTION FUND IN LINE WITH EXISTING GUIDELINES AND REGULATIONS OF THE FUND.

ACCORDING TO THE SECRETARY, THE SMALL SCALE PROJECTS AND RETAIL DISTRIBUTIONS WOULD BE FINANCED BY NIRSAL MICRO FINANCE BANK AND OTHER PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS UNDER THE AGRIBUSINESS SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES INVESTMENT SCHEMES.

SPORT

CHELSEA MIDFIELDER, JORGINHO, HAS PREDICTED THAT ROMELU LUKAKU WOULD CONTRIBUTE A LOT FOR THE BLUES IF HE EVENTUALLY JOINS THE CLUB FROM INTER MILAN.

SPEAKING TO NEWSMEN ON THE DEVELOPMENT, JORGINHO DISCLOSED THAT A PLAYER LIKE LUKAKU, WHO HAS BEEN DOING GREAT FOR PAST SEASONS, WILL DEFINITELY CONTRIBUTE A LOT TO THE TEAM.

THE REIGNING UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WINNER, CHELSEA FC IS EXPECTED TO COMPLETE LUKAKU’S DEAL BEFORE THE END OF THIS SUMMER TRANSFER WINDOW AFTER AGREEING TO PAY INTER MILAN 115 MILLION EUROS FOR THE 28-YEAR-OLD’S SIGNATURE.

LUKAKU, A FORMER CHELSEA PLAYER, HAD ALSO PLAYED FOR EVERTON AND MANCHESTER UNITED AFTER LEAVING STAMFORD BRIDGE IN 2014.

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IPOB/PROTEST

THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF BIAFRA, IPOB HAS SUSPENDED THE SIT-AT-HOME PROTEST SCHEDULED FOR TODAY, AUGUST 9 IN THE FIVE SOUTH EAST STATES.

YOUNGER BROTHER TO THE IPOB LEADER, NNAMDI KANU, KANUNTA KANU ANNOUNCED THE SUSPENSION, SAYING THE PROTEST WAS SUSPENDED BECAUSE IT CLASHED WITH NATIONAL EXAMINATION COUNCIL, NECO EXAM FOR JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS BUT SAID NEW DATE FOR COMMENCEMENT OF THE SIT-AT-HOME ORDER WOULD BE ANNOUNCED LATER.

KANU ADDED THAT THE GROUP ARRIVED AT THE DECISION AFTER LISTENING TO PLEAS FROM WELL MEANING INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS WITHIN AND OUTSIDE BIAFRALAND.

IT WOULD BE RECALLED THAT THE GROUP HAD ORDERED THE PROTEST WHICH IS EXPECTED TO HOLD EVERY MONDAY OF THE MONTHS AS AUGUST 9 HAD BEEN DECLARED AS THE FIRST DAY FOR THE PROTEST TO TAKE EFFECT UNTIL THEIR LEADER IS RELEASED FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF SECURITY SERVICES, DSS DETENTION.

KATSINA/HOLIDAY

KATSINA STATE GOVERNMENT HAS DECLARED TODAY, AUGUST 9, 2021, AS A WORK-FREE DAY TO COMMEMORATE THE NEW ISLAMIC YEAR ALSO CALLED 1ST OF MUHARRAM, 1443 HIJRA.

STATE COMMISSIONER FOR INFORMATION, HOME AFFAIRS AND CULTURE, ALHAJI ABDULKARIM SIRIKA MADE THIS KNOWN IN A STATEMENT ISSUED TO NEWSMEN, SAYING GOVERNOR AMINU MASARI DECLARED THE HOLIDAY TO REMIND MUSLIMS IN THE STATE OF THE ISLAMIC CALENDAR AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN THEIR ACTIVITIES.

THE COMMISSIONER QUOTED THE GOVERNOR AS CALLING ON THE PEOPLE TO USE THE PERIOD TO REFLECT AND LIVE THEIR LIVES ACCORDING TO THE TEACHING OF ISLAM AND THE PRACTICE OF THE HOLY PROPHET MUHAMMAD, URGING ALL MUSLIMS AND FOLLOWERS OF OTHER RELIGIONS TO USE THE HOLIDAY TO PRAY TO ALMIGHTY GOD FOR PEACE, UNITY, AND PROGRESS OF THE STATE AND THE COUNTRY AT LARGE.