Mosques are Destroyed Under Wike in Rivers State – Jigawa Emir

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April 14, 2022

Mosques are Destroyed Under Wike in Rivers State – Jigawa Emir

The Emir of Dutse Alhaji Nuhu Muhammadu Sunusi II has accused the current government of Rivers State under Nyesom Wike of allowing mosques that were built during the time of Rotimi Amaechi to be destroyed.

The Emir made the statement when he received the minister of transportation in his palace in Dutse the state capital of Jigawa.

According to him, at the time when Mr. Amaechi was the governor of Rivers state Muslims living there were accommodated and given the right to worship.

Comparing the two administrations, the monarch said “we are aware that at the time of when Amaechi was the governor of Rivers state mosques were built and Muslims worshiped and do their activities without harassment, unfortunately, we learned that those mosques are now being destroyed.”

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Earlier, the Minister of Transportation Mr. Rotimi Amaechi said he was at the Emir’s palace to solicit support in his bid to contest for the seat of the president of Nigeria.

He said “I have included the Dutse as in the railway line that we are constructing after the Emir requested for it. I will continue with the project if you support me to be president. If you didn’t, that’s at your own risk because there’s no guarantee that it would be completed.”

Supreme Court Affirms 6yrs on Yakubu Over N24bn Pension Fund

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Supreme Court Affirms 6yrs on Yakubu Over N24bn Pension Fund

The Supreme Court has affirmed a 6-year jail term on the former Assistant Director in the Federal Civil Service, John Yusufu Yakubu convicted for his complicity in the conversion of about ₦24 billion from the Police Pension Fund.

The Court of Appeal in Abuja had, in a judgement on May 22, 2018 reversed an earlier decision of Justice Abuabakar Talba of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) which convicted him on a three-count charge and gave him an option of fine at ₦250,000 per count.

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A five-member panel of the court unanimously affirmed the decision of the Court of Appeal in Abuja which imposed the sentence in 2018.

Agreeing with the ₦22.9 billion fine added to 6 years jail term, Tijjani Abubakar, who read the Supreme Court’s lead judgement, said it was in tandem with the gravity of the offence and its impact on retired police officers who are the victims of the crime.

Yusuf had dragged the Federal Government before the apex court seeking to overturn the 6 years imprisonment slammed on him by the Court of Appeal.

The former pensions director, who is serving the 6 years jail term at the Kuje prison, also asked the Supreme Court to set aside the whopping sum of ₦22.9 billion he was ordered to refund the government by the Court of Appeal in a 2018 judgement.

Kidnappers of traditional ruler in Abuja gives family 24hrs to raise N6m or risk his death

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Kidnappers of traditional ruler in Abuja gives family 24hrs to raise N6m or risk his death

Kidnappers of the abducted traditional ruler of Bukpe community in Kwali Area Council of the FCT, Hassan Shamidozhi have given the family 24 hours to raise N6 million or risk his death.

The traditional ruler was abducted two weeks ago and a ransom of N20m placed on his head.

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The ransom was, however, slashed to N6 million following negotiations.

A source from the traditional ruler’s family ravels that the abductors called on phone and threatened to kill the traditional ruler if the family failed to raise the N6 million in the next 24 hours.

He said, “It was just today (Wednesday) around 10am that they called and threatened to kill the chief if the family fails to bring N6m after 24 hours. The threat has thrown the entire family into confusion as we don’t know how to raise the N6m.”

The source solicited the help of security agents in rescuing the paramount ruler.

The spokesperson of the FCT Police Command, DSP Adeh Josephine, did not respond to a phone call put to her to confirm the information.

Osimhen ranked 4th-best player in Serie A [Top 10]

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Osimhen ranked 4th-best player in Serie A [Top 10]

Nigerian Napoli striker, Victor Osimhen has been ranked as the 4th-best player in the Italian Serie A for the ongoing 2021/2022 season.

Osimhen has scored 12 league goals in 21 games and provided four assists so far this season.

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In a ranking published by British magazine FourFourTwo, the Nigerian international narrowly misses out on the top three positions despite being out of action for about two months earlier in the season.

Osimhen is behind Napoli’s Kalidou Koulibaly, who is adjudged as the best player in the Serie A, followed by Juventus’ Dusan Vlahovic (2nd) and Lazio’s Ciro Immobile (3rd).

The former Lille star is, however, ahead of AC Milan’s Theo Hernandez in 5th, while Lazio’s Sergei Milinkovic-Savic, Sassuolo’s Domenico Berardi, Inter Milan’s Marcelo Brozovic, Roma’s Tammy Abraham, and AC Milan’s goalkeeper Mike Maignan made up the Top 10 respectively.

The 23-year-old striker was recently awarded the Serie A Player of the Month Award for March.

Gov. Masari swears in 33 LG chairmen, gives marching order on security, revenue generation

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Gov. Masari swears in 33 LG chairmen, gives marching order on security, revenue generation

33 out of the 34 elected Local Government Chairmen in the just concluded Local Government Council Elections in Katsina State have been sworn in, with a call on them to Improve revenue generation, and block leakages, through the engagement of professionals.

Governor Aminu Masari who gave the charge to the newly elected local government council chairmen at the Peoples Square also tasked them on the need to ensure security of lives and property of the people.

midst the controversies that followed the local government election that was held on April 11, 33 out of the 34 elected chairmen are being sworn in, 7 years since the last time the state had elected council officials.

After administering the Oath of Office and Allegiance to the 33 council bosses by the Chief Judge, Justice Musa Danladi, said they should do same to the 350 elected councilors, in their respective local government areas.

Governor Aminu Masari, shortly after, charged them to be prudent, seek ways to improve revenue generation and ensure the security of lives and property in their domains.

According to Masari, “One of the major challenges you will face as chairmen is the issue of inadequate revenue accruing to the areas.

Currently, most of the local government areas can only pay salaries and allowances to their people, without any balance to do developmental projects for the people, and some cannot maintain staff salaries, given a large number of staff and inadequate revenue accruing to the council”.

The Governor also tasked them to improve revenue-generating mechanisms and block leakages, through the engagement of professionals within the council or elsewhere.

Masari further told the chairmen to be transparent, operate an open door policy, carry the people along, and ensure judicious utilization of public funds, as it is the cardinal point of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

The chairman of Danmusa Local Government Area, Sanusi Abbas, whose area is faced with the activities of terrorists, alongside ten others, said having served as a Caretaker Chairman previously, they will ensure the restoration of peace.

Only one local government area of Dutsinma had its election cancelled, over irregularities, even as the major opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, had threatened to seek redress in court, while rejecting the conduct of the elections.

UCL: Timo Werner makes honest confession on Modric’s pass, Chelsea defeat

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UCL: Timo Werner makes honest confession on Modric’s pass, Chelsea defeat

Chelsea striker, Timo Werner says the Blues must admit that Real Madrid scored two “very good goals” during their Champions League quarter-final second leg defeat on Tuesday.

The German striker also described the cross from Luka Modric that produced Real Madrid’s first goal as brilliant and hard to defend.

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The Blues defeated La Liga giants 3-2 in Madrid but exited the Champions League 5-4 on aggregate after extra-time.

Werner, who scored Chelsea’s third of the night said he celebrated his goal thinking the match was done and dusted for the Blues.

“When I scored I thought ‘we are through with this’,” he said to Chelsea’s official website.

“To come back after a 3-1 defeat in the home game was very good for us, we had everything that we needed at 3-0 up, we had the chance to go through.

“Madrid have the quality to score against you and they showed it for the 3-1.

“I think it was a brilliant goal, a brilliant cross from Modric, hard to defend.”

Aubameyang surpasses Messi, Suarez’s records

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Aubameyang surpasses Messi, Suarez’s records

Barcelona striker, Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang has surpassed the club’s legends, Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez’s records by reaching double figures for the Catalan club quicker than the two attackers.

Aubameyang moved to Barcelona on an 18-month contract last January from Arsenal.

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The Gabonese international has been an instant success for Xavi’s men, having scored ten goals in just 14 appearances since joining two months ago.

The 32-year-old’s latest goal in Barcelona’s 3-2 victory over Levante means he has scored ten goals of those in his last 11 games, meaning that he has gone into double figures quicker than many club legends such as Messi and Suarez.

Recall that Messi’s debut came at the start of his career when he was just 17-years-old and he took 38 games for the Argentine to reach ten goals, while Suarez took 24 matches to reach that figure for the club.

Aubameyang has also reached that total quicker than Samuel Eto’o (26 games), David Villa (18 games) and Patrick Kluivert (26).

However, only three players, Ronaldo Nazario (9 matches), Romario (9 matches) and Laszlo Kubala (13 matches), have scored ten goals at Barcelona in a faster period of time.

NCC, Google collaborate to drive Nigeria’s digital transformation

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NCC, Google collaborate to drive Nigeria’s digital transformation

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and Google Global Services Nigeria have expressed determination to work together towards advancing the actualization of auspicious national targets for ubiquitous broadband access in furtherance of Nigeria’s digital transformation policy.

This aligns with NCC’s strategic vision plan, centering on strategic partnership and collaboration with necessary stakeholders in order to achieve regulatory objectives.

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The two organizations made the commitment when a delegation from Google Global Services Nigeria paid a courtesy visit to the Commission’s Head Office in Abuja recently to deliberate on viable collaborative interventions to propel digital transformation across the country and Africa.

Receiving the Google delegation, the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of NCC, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, said the Commission’s expectations, initiatives, and vision towards increasing broadband penetration, quality of service, advancement of a digital economy and commitment to improving national security through technological advancement are at the front burner of its regulatory interventions.

Underscoring the importance of such synergy between the Commission and Google, Danbatta, who was represented by the Executive Commissioner, Technical Services (ECTS), NCC, Engr. Ubale Maska, said the Commission looked forward to making the initiatives of both parties more impactful by enhancing cooperation between the NCC and Google Nigeria for quantifiable and remarkable impact.

The EVC expressed optimism that Google’s investment in the subsea cable, Equiano, which is expected to land in Nigeria by end of April 2022, will be more impactful in driving NCC’s ongoing implementation of the Nigerian National Broadband Plan (NNBP), 2020-2025, aimed at increasing broadband penetration to 70 per cent by 2025.

“I am hopeful that Equiano will have additional landing points in the hinterlands through collaborative efforts with the licensed Infrastructure Companies (InfraCos) to reduce retail data prices significantly and thereby complementing the Commission’s efforts at ensuring affordable Internet services are available to boost the Commission’s ongoing broadband policy drive,” he said

Earlier in her remarks, the Director, Google West Africa, Juliet Ehimuan, who led the delegation to NCC, commended the NCC for its consultative approach in formulating regulatory policies, as engine room for optimal delivery of telecommunications services that will in turn impact the digital economy drive of the government.

She particularly applauded the Commission for its seamless, fair, credible, impartial and successful auction of the 3.5 Gigahertz spectrum for the deployment of Fifth Generation (5G) in Nigeria, stating that it is evident that both the NCC and Google share a common goal.

According to Ehimuan, demands for internet services have increased the need for more capacity, and sustainable collaborations with all relevant stakeholders within the public and private sectors. She asserted that Google’s commitment of $1billion across five years in various interventions will support digital transformation in Nigeria and across Africa.

Ehimuan stated that research has proven that Africa will have an additional 300 million Internet users and Nigeria will lead in that number, given its current statistics of over 141 million internet subscribers and broadband penetration of over 40.88 percent as at January 2022.

The Equiano cable system is the third private international cable owned by Google and the 14th subsea cable invested by Google. Equiano connects Portugal and South Africa, running along the West Coast of Africa, with branching units along the way that can be used to extend connectivity to more African countries. The first branch is expected to land in Nigeria by end of April 2022.

NASU, SSANU Threaten Indefinite Strike Nationwide

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NASU, SSANU Threaten Indefinite Strike Nationwide

The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) have threatened a total and indefinite strike in the country’s education sector.

The NASU and SSANU Joint Action Committee (JAC) stated this in a statement on Wednesday, amid the unions’ ongoing warning strike.

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They argued that the decision was essential since the administration had failed to address the concerns that had prompted the warning strike.

“We had written no less than 10 letters or reminders to the government to no avail, not even an acknowledgement,” the communique read. “It was at the end of all these reminders with no acknowledgement by the government that we were left with no other resort but to embark on a two-week warning strike.

“Prior to the strike, due process was duly followed, and the notices were issued in line with the extant laws. Shamefully and painfully, there was no attempt by the Government to intercept or even invite the Unions to a meeting.

“This aloof and contemptuous attitude of Government further incensed our members who resolved that following the failure of Government to even invite the leaderships for a meeting, the strike should be extended by another two weeks before an indefinite and total strike is declared.

“As of today, the two weeks extension is getting to the middle and with no response insight from the government, we may be left with no resort but to embark on an indefinite and total strike. This is gradually becoming unavoidable and inevitable.”

According to the unions, anomalies in payment with the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS), non-payment of earned allowances, and non-payment of arrears of national minimum wage and consequential adjustment are among the concerns that led to the strike.

The administration was chastised by NASU and SSANU for failing to implement a freely agreed into agreement with the unions.

They also urged Nigerians and university stakeholders to press the government to uphold the accord in order to prevent a “complete breakdown of industrial harmony at universities and inter-university centers.”

Gov.Ishaku Empower Women, Present Cheques To Women Groups

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Gov.Ishaku Empower Women, Present Cheques To Women Groups

Governor Darius Ishaku has disclose that Women empowerment programs remain key to sustainable development.

The Governor stated this during the flag off and distribution of livelihood grants to Women affinity groups at the gymnasium hall of the Jolly Nyame Stadium Jalingo.

“My administration has empowered many Women from all parts of the State who have trained others to be self-reliant.

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According to him, the Nigeria for Women Program was designed to improve the living condition of Women in the Country which Taraba State is among the benefiting six States of the federation.

The Governor promised to leverage on the successes recorded by the affinity Women groups who have so far contributed over three hundred million naira for the program.

“Let me appreciated the Federal Government, World bank and the State Coordinating unit over the success of the program and charged the recipients of the grants to ensure that they keep to their grant agreement.

Commenting, Chairman of the State steering Committee who is the Deputy Governor of the State Haruna Manu thanked Governor Darius Ishaku for providing counterpart fund of two hundred million naira for the Nigeria for Women Program.

The Chairman disclosed that the Nigeria for Women Project is a program designed to support women from age eighteen and above in three local government areas of the State which include Zing, Bali and Takum.

In her remarks, the National Project Coordinator of the Nigeria for Women Program Ruth Mshelia appreciated Governor Darius Ishaku for creating the enabling environment for the program to succeed in Taraba State.

She commended the Women for their resilience during various their various trainings.

Also in his remarks, the Representative of the team leader of the World bank Ibrahim Umar Ali congratulated the State Government for being the second State that has met their needs.

Some of the beneficiaries who spoke at the function thanked Governor Darius Ishaku for his magnanimity in supporting the program.

High point of the Program was the presentation of cheques to the affinity groups in Takum of over three hundred and ninety million naira, Bali over one hundred and forty five million naira, Zing over two hundred and fifty three million naira while individuals received alert of sixty thousand naira each immediately.

The Emir of Dutse Alhaji Nuhu Muhammadu Sunusi II has accused the current government of Rivers State under Nyesom Wike of allowing mosques that were built during the time of Rotimi Amaechi to be destroyed.

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