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Adamawa
The Adamawa Police Command on Friday warned resi
dents of the state to stop spreading unfounded rumour that often cause panic movement.
The Commissioner of Police, Mr Gabriel Adaji, gave the warning during a press briefing in Yola.
Adaji said that report reaching the command was that the present situation in Mubi town was generally calm.
“The situation in Mubi town is generally calm; members of the public are strongly advised to stop spreading rumour and causing panic movement as this will only worsen the situation,” Adaji said.
He maintained that security agencies were on top of the situation and were doing everything humanly possible to restore normalcy in Mubi and other troubled areas in the state.
Borno
The Borno Government State, on Thursday said it would
procure a recycling plant to convert the increasing waste generated in Maiduguri, to positive uses.
The General Manager, Borno State Environmental Protection Protection Agency (BOSEPA), Alhaji Nasiru Surundi, said this in an interview with newsmen in Maiduguri.
According to him, the plant will help to create wealth out of the huge refuse generated daily in the state capital.
On flooding, the general manager attributed its annual occurrence in some parts of Maiduguri to the “wrong attitude of residents to waste management”.
FCT
A delegation from Kenya’s House of Assembly has re
quested for partnership with the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) to strengthen the fight against corruption in the country.
Mr. Njoroge Baiya, the leader of the delegation , made the call during a courtesy visit to the bureau, a statement by the bureau said.
The statement was signed by Mrs Iyabo Akinwale, the spokesperson for the organization, and made available to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday.
Baiya, the chairman, Constitution Implementation Committee, Kenya House of Assembly, said the objective of the visit was to tap from Nigeria’s experience in the fight against corruption.
“We are here to seek ideas on the strategies adopted by CCB in the fight against corruption in Nigeria,” the statement quoted him as saying.
Jigawa
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC)
in Jigawa State on Thursday said it recorded 939 cases in the state during the first nine months of 2014.
The NSCDC commandant in the state, Mr Muhammad Gidado, told newsmen that the cases involved criminal assault, intimidation, defamation of character and sexual abuse.
Others, he said, were cases relating to vandalism, fuel diversion, drug peddling, public nuisance and criminal trespass, among others.
He said that some arrests were made through the combined efforts of the command’s detectives.
The commandant said that some of those arrested had been convicted, some cases were transferred, while some others were still pending.
Gidado reiterated the determination of the corps to make Jigawa a crime-free state.
He called on the people to continue to cooperate with the corps.
Kaduna
The Chairman, Conference of Nigeria Political Parties
(CNPP), Alhaji Balarabe Musa, has urged youths and women to participate actively in the 2015 general elections.
Musa told newsmen in Kaduna that youths and women in particular, should be involved in the affairs of the country and ensure free, fair and transparent election that would lead to legitimate government.
The former Governor of old Kaduna State, said a lot of youths and women could do more and must realise that their capacity would help in many ways.
Musa commented on the National Assembly’s delay in amending the Electoral Law, saying that the law was needed in good time to give proper direction to the 2015 general elections.
Katsina
The Musawa Local Government Council in Katsina State
on Thursday said that it spent N2.5 million to rehabilitate vandalised electrical installations in the area.
The Council Chairman, AlhajiTanimu Kira, told newsmen in Musawa that the money was spent by a committee established by the council to purchase electrical poles and other parts.
Kira said that the rehabilitation had restored electricity to the entire area which had been in darkness for nine months.
He said that most of the small-scale businesses and households in the council area experienced some set back during the period of power outage.
Lagos
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)
at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport ( (MMIA) on Thursday said it had arrested three suspects and seized 14.6kg of cocaine.
According to a statement by the agency, the hard drug which is of high grade from Brazil was hidden in footwears and laptop bags.
“Three suspected drug traffickers have been apprehended for smuggling the drugs from Brazil through Abu Dhabi.
“The estimated street value of the seized cocaine is about N131 illion,” the statement said.
“A suspect was found with 11.3kg of cocaine, Agu had in his possession 1.65kg, while Okoye was found with 1.670kg.”
Lokoja
The Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM) in Kogi State
said on Thursday it had elected a 26-member executive committee to run its affairs in the state.
This is contained in a statement by the party’s Secretary, Adaji Samuel, made available to newsmen in Lokoja.
It said the election was conducted during the state congress of the party in Lokoja.
MrTunji Mathew, from the Central Senatorial District, was elected as the State Chairman; Olushola Stephen emerged as the Deputy Chairman and Adaji Samuel, Secretary.
The positions were filled by candidates from all the three senatorial districts in the state.
The election was conducted in a consensus manner approved by the zoning fomular of the National Secretariat of the party.
Niger
Coordinator, National Directorate of Employment (NDE),
Niger State, Mr Abdullahi Mohammed, says the agency has trained and empowered more than 1, 940 youths in the state.
Mohammed told newsmen in Minna that the youths were trained and empowered in different skills to make them self reliant.
He said that the youths were trained in different aspects that included vocational skills development, special public works, rural development and small scale enterprises.
“We have trained youths in our various departments such as handcraft, trades, practical training on agriculture and also linked them with some commercial banks to access loan as capital to set up a small scale business.
Plateau
The Quint Gentlemen’s Club of Abuja, a non Govern
mental Organisation (NGO), has donated relief materials worth N2 million to some Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau.
The items consisting of various foodstuffs are to be distributed to the no fewer than 3,000 IDPs in the three camps in the area.
The Chairman of the Club, Mr Amekan Udom said at the occasion that the club was non-political and that the items donated did not have any political undertone.
He said that the aim was simply to ameliorate the plight of the displaced persons who had been going through hardship.
Yobe
Political aspirants on the platform of the All Progressive
Congress (APC) in Yobe State, and their supporters on Saturday stormed Damaturu to showcase their strength and eligibility for the party’s ticket.
Our correspondent reports that elected public officers and new aspirants drove into the venue of the rally in large convoy of vehicles to show their popularity and support at the grassroots.
The aspirants and their supporters were in Damaturu to witness the formal endorsement of Gov. Ibrahim Gaidam, as APC’s governorship candidate for the 2015 election.
Our correspondent also reports that the politicians and their supporters had put behind the protracted security challenge in the state to face politics.
Many youths were at the venue to display posters and banners in support of old and new aspirants.
From L-R: Minister of Housing, Land and Urban Development, Mrs Akon Eyakenyi, Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musliu Obanikoro, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs 1, Prof. Viola Onwuliri, Minister of Police Affairs, Mr Jelili Adesiyan, Minister of Sports, Mr Tamuno Danagogo and Minister of State for Power, Alhaji Mohammed Wakil, at the Federal Executive Council Meeting in Abuja, recently.
The Chairman of Malumfashi Local Government Council of Katsina State, Maharazu Dayi, has been impeached.
Maharazu Dayi was impeached yesterday by 11 out of 12 councillors, barely two days before the local government elections in the State.
The councillors reportedly took action following allegations of misconduct and poor governance against the chairman after a dispute over the distribution of the council’s Paris Club funds.
The development has sent shock waves across the local government area, especially as the impeached chairman is among those who failed to secure the ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to contest in the forthcoming election.
The Rumuwoji Ultra Modern Market Traders Association, Mile 1, Port Harcourt, has urged the state government to utilise the available spaces within the area to build phase 3 of the Rumuwoji Market in order to solve the ever increasing needs of traders.
The association, which said this at a media briefing in Port Harcourt, also described as a welcomed development the decision by the state Governor to open the phase 2 of the market for business.
According to the association, “We consider it as an answer to the various cries of the people, because he is a man on a mission who is out to place the interest of Rivers people first. It is a dream come true for the first time for the market to be dully allocated and open for business”
Chairman of the association, Hon Godspower Wobo, who briefed the press shortly after a meeting of the association in Port Harcourt, also urged the public to disregard the activities of some persons whose stock in trade is to cause disaffection in the market.
He said the attention of the association was drawn to the activities of some strange fellows who went about misforming the people about situation in the market, stressing that apart from his association, no other group exists in the market except subdiary unions.
Wobo also tasked the reallocation committee to tread with caution so as to avoid being deceived by any group.
According to him, time has come for the state government to engage in robust discussion with aggrieved shop owners who went to court and those who paid monies to the state coffers and issued with allocation certificates for the overall interest of peace.
He also advised the public to deal directly with his association, stressing that the meeting was to review activities for the last year as well as unveil their new Constitution.
Also speaking, former Chairman of the association, Deacon Kenneth Eze urged the Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara to open the phase 2 of the market, as it is long overdue.
Eze who is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the association also urged the public to do business with only the Rumuwoji Ultra Modern Market Traders Association as it is the only union recognised by the traders.
The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwunmi Adesina, has debunked reports linking him with the race for Nigeria’s presidency in 2027.
Reacting to the report on his X handle yesterday, following a recent interview with Arise TV, the AfDB boss said his quotes were misrepresented and misinterpreted in several Nigerian media reports.
However, the AfDB president denied the media reports, stating that he never said that he wanted to contest for President.
“A segment of my recent interview on @Arise TV has been both misinterpreted and misrepresented in several Nigerian media outlets. What I said was, “I will be available to serve in any capacity, globally, in Africa, anywhere, including my own country.”
“A listen to the substantive and robust interview, which is available online, will show this to be the case. For clarity and for the record, I did not say that I am running for the office of President of Nigeria,” Adesina said.