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NATIONAL NEWS 17TH JUNE, 2021

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HIGHLIGHTS

PRESIDENT BUHARI IN MAIDUGURI, DEMANDS SUPPORT TO CURB INSECURITY.
EFCC BOSS ASSURES COMMITMENT TO FIGHT CORRUPTION TO STAND STILL IN NIGERIA.
DELTA GOVERNMENT SCRAPS ILLEGAL REFINERY SITE IN REGION.
GUNMEN KILL ONE, ABDUCTS 2 CHINESE IN TARABA, 4 TEACHERS, STUDENTS IN KEBBI.

IMO/ADDITIONAL STATE

IMO STATE GOVERNOR, HOPE UZODINMA HAS CALLED FOR THE CREATION OF ADDITIONAL STATE IN THE SOUTH-EAST.

GOVERNOR UZODINMA MADE THE CALL WHILE DELIVERING AN ADDRESS AT THE SOUTH-EAST ZONAL PUBLIC HEARING OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON THE REVIEW OF THE NIGERIAN CONSTITUTION.

WHILE SEEKING A CONSTITUTIONAL GUARANTEE OF THE IGBO PEOPLE IN ALIENABLE RIGHTS AS CITIZENS, THE GOVERNOR SAID NDIIGBO WOULD BEGIN TO SEE EQUITY IN ACTION WHEN AN AMENDED CONSTITUTION BIRTHS A SIXTH STATE IN THE SOUTHEAST.

THE GOVERNOR, HOWEVER, CALLED ON NIGERIANS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC HEARING TO PRESENT WHAT THEY THINK IS NECESSARY FOR NIGERIA’S CONSTITUTION TO BE CALLED THE PEOPLES’ CONSTITUTION.

NORTHERN/YOUTHS

IN THE MEANTIME,

THE AREWA YOUTH ASSEMBLY HAS CALLED ON NIGERIANS TO SUPPORT THE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION EFCC’S FIGHT AGAINST ALL FORMS OF CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA.

RECENTLY, CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMISSION, ABDULRASHEED BAWA, IN AN INTERVIEW ON A NATIONAL TELEVISION, SAID THE COMMISSION INVESTIGATED A MATTER IN WHICH A BANK MANAGING DIRECTOR SOLD A PROPERTY TO A MINISTER AT 37.5 MILLION DOLLARS.

REACTING TO THE STATEMENT, THE YOUTHS DESCRIBED CORRUPTION AS A CANKERWORM THAT HAS EATEN DEEP INTO THE NIGERIAN SYSTEM, SLOWING DOWN THE COUNTRY’S DEVELOPMENT DESPITE REVENUE GENERATED FROM OIL AND NON-OIL SECTORS.

THE SPEAKER OF THE GROUP, MOHAMMED DANLAMI, THEREFORE CALLED ON NIGERIANS TO SUPPORT THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION, NOTING THAT THE GROUP WAS MORE CONCERN THAT THE COUNTRY’S IMAGE HAD BEEN DESTROYED AMONG COMITY OF NATIONS.

BUHARI/TROOPS

PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI HAS CHARGED TROOPS OF THE JOINT TASK FORCE TO PUT IN MORE EFFORTS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST INSECURITY RAVAGING THE NORTHEAST AND OTHER PARTS OF THE NATION.

BUHARI, WHO ARRIVED THE NIGERIA AIR FORCE BASE IN MAIDUGURI GAVE THE CHARGE AT MAIMALARI CANTONMENT PARADE GROUND IN MAIDUGURI, THE BORNO STATE CAPITAL.

WHILE CHARGING THE OFFICERS NOT ALLOW ADVERSARIES OR CRIMINAL ELEMENTS UNDERMINE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE COUNTRY, THE PRESIDENT ASSURED THE ARMED FORCES OF MORE PROCUREMENT OF ARMAMENTS.

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THE PRESIDENT, WHO WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DIRECTED TO THE PLACE WHERE INJURED SOLDIERS WERE BEING TREATED TO SYMPATHISE WITH THEM, ASSURED THAT HIS ADMINISTRATION WOULD ENSURE OF THEIR PROPER TREATMENT.

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HE IS ALSO EXPECTED TO COMMISSION SOME PROJECTS EXECUTED BY THE STATE GOVERNOR, BABAGANA ZULUM AT THE CURSE OF THE VISIT.

YOBE/PS

YOBE STATE GOVERNOR, MAI MALA BUNI, HAS APPROVED APPOINTMENTS OF SEVEN PERMANENT SECRETARIES INTO THE STATE CIVIL SERVICE.

THE STATE HEAD OF SERVICE, MOHAMMED NURA, MADE THIS KNOWN IN A STATEMENT SIGNED AND MADE AVAILABLE TO NEWSMEN.

THE NEWLY APPOINTED PERMANENT SECRETARIES INCLUDE USMAN BURA; ALI MUSTAFA; AJIYA MUSA; AUDU UMARU; ABDULLAHI ABBA; ISA BUKAR AND HAMIDU BABI

THE STATEMENT ADDED THAT, THE APPOINTMENTS ARE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT.

DELTA/REFINERIES

TROOPS OF OPERATION DELTA SAFE HAVE DEACTIVATED SEVERAL ILLEGAL REFINING SITES AND DISCONNECTED ILLEGAL PIPELINES IN NIGER DELTA.

THE ACTING DIRECTOR, DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATION, BRIG.-GEN. BERNARD ONYEUKO, DISCLOSED THIS WHILE BRIEFING NEWSMEN ON THE MILITARY OPERATIONS SPANNING JUNE 3 TO 16, 2021 ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

ONYEUKO SAID THE TROOPS ALSO ARRESTED MANY CRIMINALS DURING THEIR ANTI-ILLEGAING ACTIVITIES OF ECONOMIC SABOTEURS WITHIN THE PERIOD.

HE NARRATED THAT TROOPS HAD ON JUNE 3 AND 4, DEACTIVATED ILLEGAL OIL REFINING SITES AT IBAA IN EMOHUA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA AND KUMUFARI AND YALAMA TOWNS IN ASARI-TORU LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF RIVERS.

ACCORDING TO HIM, SEVERAL BARRELS OF ILLEGALLY REFINED PMS AND AGO WERE IMPOUNDED AND STORAGE TANKS IMMOBILISED DURING THE OPERATION.

KANO/SUSPENSION

THE ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS, APC IN KANO MUNICIPAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN KANO STATE HAS AFFIRMED SUSPENSION OF PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI’S FORMER MEDIA AIDE FOR ONE YEAR, SHAABAN IBRAHIM SHARADA.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PARTY IN THE MUNICIPAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ALHAJI SANI MAIFATA, AND HIS SECRETARY, KAMILU BALA, IN A LETTER SAID SHARADA WAS SUSPENDED FOR 12 MONTHS FOR HIS OPEN ATTACKS AND CASTIGATION OF GOVERNOR GANDUJE AND OTHER PARTY STALWARTS.

THE PARTY ADDED THAT SEQUEL TO THE PETITION RECEIVED FROM APC SUPPORTERS FROM SHARADA WARD, A SEVEN MAN DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE WAS INAUGURATED AND GIVEN SEVEN DAYS TO REPORT ON THE SUBJECT MATTER AND POSSIBLE DECISION TO BE TAKEN.

THE EXECUTIVE STATED THAT FOLLOWING REPORTS AND EVIDENCE, THE COMMITTEE CONFIRMED THAT SHARADA WAS FOUND GUILTY OF ALL THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM, INCLUDING ASSASSINATION OF THE CHARACTERS OF GOVERNOR GANDUJE AND RESPECTIVE PARTY EXECUTIVES AT WARD, LOCAL AND STATE LEVELS.

EFCC/BAWA

CHAIRMAN OF THE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION, EFCC, ABDULARASHEED BAWA HAS AFFIRMED THAT FORMER ABIA STATE GOVERNOR, ORJI UZOR KALU WILL BE PROSECUTED BY THE AGENCY ALL OVER AGAIN.

BAWA DISCLOSED THIS WHILE ADDRESSING JOURNALISTS DURING THE WEEKLY MINISTERIAL CHAT AT THE STATE HOUSE IN ABUJA, SAYING HE IS NOT PERTURBED OVER THE THREATS TO HIS LIFE AS HE IS DETERMINED TO PROSECUTE ALL PENDING CASES UNDER TRIAL.

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THE ANTI-GRAFT AGENCY BOSS GAVE INSIGHT INTO ONGOING PROSECUTIONS, CHALLENGES, AND INCREASING CASES OF FINANCIAL CRIMES SINCE HIS ASSUMPTION INTO OFFICE 100 DAYS AGO.

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CHAIRMAN OF THE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION, EFCC, ABDULARASHEED BAWA SPEAKING THERE, AFFIRMING THE COOMIISSION COMMITMENT TO PROSECUTION OF ALL CASES UNDER TRIAL

KEBBI/STUDENTS ABDUCTION

ARMED MEN SUSPECTED TO BE BANDITS HAVE INVADED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COLLEGE, BIRNIN YAURI, KEBBI STATE, KILLING AT LEAST A POLICE OFFICER AND ABDUCTED UNSPECIFIED NUMBER OF STUDENTS OF THE SCHOOL.

POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER OF THE COMMAND, WHO SPOKE THROUGH A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW CONFIRMED THAT, FIVE TEACHERS OF THE SCHOOL WERE ABDUCTED, A STUDENT SUSTAINED INJURY AND NOW RECEIVING TREATMENT IN AN UNDISCLOSED HOSPITAL.

THE POLICE SPOKESMAN, WHO NOTED THAT 4 OF THE ABDUCTED TEACHERS WERE MALE AND A FEMALE, HOWEVER PROMISED TO GET DETAILS OF THE ATTACK AVAILABLE AS SOON AS INVESTIGATION IS CONCLUDED.

HOWEVER, IN EBONYI STATE, THE STATE GOVERNOR, DAVID UMAHI HAS HAILED THE ARREST OF A GANG LEADER RESPONSIBLE FOR ABDUCTIONS IN THE ENYIGBA AREA OF THE STATE.

THE STATE COMMISSIONER FOR INFORMATION, UCHENNA ORJI, IN A STATEMENT SAID THE KINGPIN AND OTHERS MEMBERS ARE IN POLICE CUSTODY.

TARABA/KIDNAP

SUSPECTED BANDITS HAVE DURING A RAID ON MINING SITE AT A BOUNDARY TOWN BETWEEN BENUE AND TARABA STATES KILLED ONE PERSON AND ANOTHER TWO CHINESE NATIONALS IN TARABA STATE.

THE STATE POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER, DAVID MISAL, CONFIRMED THE INCIDENT, SAYING THE VICTIMS WERE KIDNAPPED IN THE LATE HOURS OF JUNE 16, 2021 AT A MINING SITE IN ARUFU COMMUNITY, WUKARI LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

MISAL EXPLAINED THAT THE VICTIMS WERE STAFF OF A MINING COMPANY, NOTING THAT THE COMMAND HAD BEGAN A MANHUNT FOR THE FLEEING BANDITS WITH A FULL-SCALE INVESTIGATION ONGOING.

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ACCORDING TO HIM, THOSE WHO SUSTAINED INJURIES WHILE SCAMPERING FOR SAFETY ARE CURRENTLY RECEIVING TREATMENTS AT WUKARI GENERAL HOSPITAL.