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BREAKFAST NEWS 15-08-2021

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NSCDC TRAINS FEMALE SQUAD TO COMBAT CRIME IN TARABA.
POLIO RESURFACE IN ADAMAWA.
ON FOREIGN NEWS, US APPROVES COVID VACCINE FOR PEOPLE WITH WEAK IMMUNE SYSTEM.

DETAILS OF THESE AND MORE IN A MOMENT. PLEASE STAY TUNED.

NIGERIAN/YOUTH

NIGERIAN YOUTHS HAVE BEEN ADVISED TO DESIST FROM COMPLAINING ABOUT DIFFERENT HAPPENINGS IN THE COUNTRY, RATHER, TAKE AN ACTIVE PART IN THE NATION’S POLITICAL ACTIVITIES TO JOINTLY FIND A LASTING SOLUTION TO THE CHALLENGES.

THE DUO OF HON. SEGUN SOWUNMI AND OGUN STATE INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSION OGSIEC, BARR. BABATUNDE OSIBODU GAVE THE ADVICE AT AN EVENT ORGANISED BY THE OGUN WHAT IS NEXT GROUP TO COMMEMORATE THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY WITH THE THEME: THE ROLE OF YOUTHS IN ELECTIONEERING PROCESS, HELD IN ABEOKUTA, OGUN STATE CAPITAL.

SOWUNMI, WHO WAS THE FORMER SPOKESMAN OF THE ATIKU ABUBAKAR CAMPAIGN ORGANISATION, NOTED THAT NIGERIA IS IN BAD SHAPE DUE TO THE YOUTHS NEGLEGENCE TO THE NATION’S POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT.

ON HIS PART, THE OGSIEC CHAIRMAN, BABATUNDE OSIBODU ENJOINED THE YOUTHS TO FORM THEMSELVES INTO PRESSURE GROUPS, JOIN POLITICAL PARTIES AND DEMAND FOR REASONABLE PERCENTAGE IN THEIR VARIOUS POLITICAL PARTIES,

ADAMAWA/VACCINE

ADAMAWA STATE GOVERNMENT HAS CONFIRMED THE REEMERGENCE AND DETECTION OF CIRCULATING VACCINE DERIVED POLIOVIRUS TYPE 2 CASE IN THE STATE.

THE STATE COMMISSIONER FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, PROF. ABDULLAHI ISA, DISCLOSED THIS DURING THE OFFICIAL FLAG OFF OF FIRST ROUND OUTBREAK RESPONSE IMMUNISATION IN YOLA.

ISA WHILE DESCRIBING TYPE 2 VDPV AS A STRAIN OF THE WEAKENED POLIOVIRUS THAT WAS INITIALLY INCLUDED IN ORAL POLIO VACCINE , EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT THE CURRENT RESURFACE OF THE VIRUS IN THE STATE IS A GREAT CHALLENGE AND DANGER FOR POSSIBLE OUTBREAK OF THE TRANSMISSIBLE VIRUS.

WHILE SPEAKING, THE DISTRICT HEAD OF JIMETA, YOLA NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, MUHAMMADU ISA, WHERE THE CASE WAS DETECTED, ASSURED OF FULL SUPPORT TO HEALTH WORKERS.

SULTAN/DOCTORS

THE SULTAN OF SOKOTO AND PRESIDENT-GENERAL, NIGERIAN SUPREME COUNCIL FOR ISLAMIC AFFAIRS NSCIS ALHAJI SA’AD ABUBAKAR, HAS ADVISED RESIDENT DOCTORS TO SUSPEND THEIR INDUSTRIAL STRIKE FOR THE OVERALL INTEREST OF THE COUNTRY.

IN A STATEMENT ISSUED BY DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION, NSCIA, MR ZUBAIRU USMAN-UGWU, IN ABUJA EXPRESSED THE CONCERN OF ITS LEADERSHIP ON THE STRIKE THAT IT HAS INCREASED THE BURDEN OF VULNERABLE NIGERIANS, URGED THE RESIDENT DOCTORS TO CALL OFF THE STRIKE IN VIEW OF THE DEVASTATING EFFECTS OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND THE OUTBREAK OF CHOLERA IN PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.

NSCIA NOTED THAT THE STRIKE ACTION WOULD NOT ONLY AFFECTS THE HEALTH SECTOR BUT WILL GO AGAINST THE HIPPOCRATIC OATH MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RESIDENT DOCTORS ARE SUBSCRIBED TO.

THE SULTAN WHILE SUGGESTING THAT THE MINISTERS OF HEALTH AND LABOUR, OSAGIE EHANIRE AND CHRIS NGIGE TO INTENSIFY NEGOTIATIONS WITH A VIEW TO FINDING LASTING SOLUTIONS TO THE FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES RAISED BY THE DOCTOR.,APPEALED TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO RECONSIDER THE MOVES TO JETTISON FURTHER NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE DOCTORS.

NSCDC/TRANING

NIGERIA SECURITY AND CIVIL DEFENSE CORP NSCDC IN TARABA STATE HAVE TRAINED, 55 SPECIAL FEMALE SQUAD AND AGRO RANGERS IN COMBATTING THE INCREASING WAVE OF CRIME IN THE STATE

THE COMMANDANT, UGWUJA EDWIN MADE THIS KNOWN IN A STATEMENT ISSUE TO NEWSMEN IN JALINGO THE STATE CAPITAL SAYING THE TRAINED FEMALE CORPS, WOULD BE DEPLOYED FOR SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS ACROSS THE NOOKS AND CRANNIES OF THE STATE.

HE THEREFORE THANKED THE COMMANDANT GENERAL OF THE CORPS DR AHMED AUDI FOR THE CONTINUOUS SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT IN THE FORMATION AND TRAINING OF THE SPECIAL FEMALE SQUAD IN EACH STATE OF THE FEDERATION.

SHEU SANI/KILLING

FORMER LAWMAKER REPRESENTING KADUNA CENTRAL SENATORIAL DISTRICT, SENATOR SHEHU SANI, HAS CONDEMNED THE KILLING OF 22 MUSLIMS FAITHFUL IN PLATEAU STATE.

SENATOR SANI CONDEMNED THE ACTION IN A STATEMENT POSTED ON HIS VERIFIED SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFOERM URGED THE STATE GOVERNOR AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS TO TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY

THE PLATEAU POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER, UBAH OGABA HAD EARLIER CONFIRMED THE ATTACK WHILE REACTING TO THE MURDER OF THE TRAVELLERS.

HE HOWEVER SYMPETIZED WITH THE FAMILY OF AFFECTED VICTIMS.

KADUNA/ATTACK

NO FEWER THAN 8 PERSONS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN A FRESH ATTACK LAUNCHED ON FARMERS IN BURUKU AND UDAW‎A VILLAGES OF CHIKUN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KADUNA STATE BY SUSPECTED TO BE BANDITS.

REPORT SAYS THE ARMED MEN ATTACKED THE VICTIMS WHILE THEY WERE WORKING IN THEIR FARMS.

THE STATE POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER, ASP JALIGE MOHAMMED, WHILE CONFIRMING THE ATTACKS, HOWEVER, UNABLE TO GIVE DETAILS 9F THE INCIDENT SAYING THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF DEATHS CANNOT BE ASCERTAINED AT THE MOMENT.

IT WOULD BE RECALLED THAT THE TWO VILLAGES LOCATED ALONG KADUNA-BIRNIN GWARI HIGHWAY HAVE BEEN UNDER CONSTANT ATTACKS RECENTLY.

FLOOD/JIGAWA

FLOOD, OCCASIONED BY HEAVY RAIN, HAS DISPLACED MORE THAN 120 FAMILIES AT UNGUWAR TSALLAKE AREA OF GURI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF JIGAWA.

THE INFORMATION OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE COUNCIL, ALHAJI SUNUSI DORO, STATED THIS TO NEWSMEN THAT THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AFTER A TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE STATE.

THE INFORMATION OFFICER QUOTED THE COUNCIL CHAIRMAN, ALHAJI MUSA SHUAIBU, AS SYMPTHISING WITH THE VICTIMS, APPEALED TO NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (NEMA) AND THE STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (SEMA) TO COME TO THEIR AID.

MUSA WHILE EXPLAINING THAT THE FLOODING HAD CUT OFF THE GENERAL HOSPITAL IN THE AREA, ADDING THAT THE RESIDENTS HAD TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THE FLOODED WATER BEFORE THEY COULD ACCESS THE FACILITY.

HE THEREFORE ALSO ADVISED PEOPLE IN THE AREA TO ALWAYS CLEAR CULVERTS AND DRAINS IN ORDER TO ENSURE A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT AND FREE FLOW OF WATER, WHENEVER IT RAINED.

BORNO/CHIBOK GIRL

BORNO STATE GOVERNOR, BABAGANA ZULUM IN GWOZA, HAS RECEIVED ANOTHER CHIBOK SCHOOLGIRL WHO PRESENTED HERSELF TO THE NIGERIAN ARMY.

THE SCHOOLGIRL, HASSANA ADAMU WHO WAS ONE OF OVER 200 SCHOOLGIRLS ABDUCTED AT A GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL IN CHIBOK ON APRIL 14, 2014, BY BOKO HARAM INSURGENTS, ALONGSIDE HER TWO CHILDREN, WAS HANDED OVER TO GOVERNOR ZULUM BY THE COMMANDER, 26 TASKFORCE BRIGADE, BRIGADIER GENERAL DR DANTANI.

MEANWHILE ANOTHER CHIBOK SCHOOLGIRL, RUTH NGLADAR POGU AND A MAN SAID TO BE HER HUSBAND, HAD PRESENTED THEMSELVES TO THE NIGERIAN ARMY ON JULY 28 AT A LOCATION IN BAMA.

IT WOULD BE RECALL THE CHIBOK ABDUCTION IN 2014 CAUSED A STIR WORLDWIDE, LEADING TO CALLS FOR THE RETURN OF THE GIRLS BY GLOBAL FIGURES, INCLUDING THEN FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES, MICHELLE OBAMA.

US/VACCINE

THE UNITED STATES HAS AUTHORIZED AN EXTRA DOSE OF THE COVID-19 VACCINE FOR PEOPLE WITH WEAKENED IMMUNE SYSTEMS OVERNIGHT, AS THE COUNTRY STRUGGLES TO THWART THE DELTA VARIANT.

A CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE VOTED IN FAVOR OF THE DECISION , WITH THE AGENCY SUBSEQUENTLY PUBLISHING ITS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF A THIRD DOSE FOR USE BY HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS.

ACTING FDA COMMISSIONER JANET WOODCOCK IN A STATEMENT,SAYING THE COUNTRY HAD ENTERED YET ANOTHER WAVE OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC,NOTED THAT THE ADDITIONAL DOSE IS FOR SOLID ORGAN TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS OR THOSE WITH EQUIVALENT WEAKENED IMMUNE SYSTEMS.

HOWEVER, THE COMMITTEE AFFIRMED THAT PEOPLE WHO RECEIVED THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON SINGLE-DOSE VACCINE, A MINORITY OF THE US POPULATION, WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE DECISION DUE TO LACK OF AVAILABLE DATA.