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Bandits Storm Sokoto Community, Abduct Nursing Mother, Baby, New Bride, Others
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Armed bandits over the weekend attacked a community in Sokoto State, kidnapping many residents of the area.
SaharaReporters gathered that the victims include a new bride, nursing mother and her baby.
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The incident happened at Sutti Village under Tangaza Local Government Area of the state.
Residents said the heavily-armed bandits shot sporadically into the air, scaring residents.
The nursing mother was identified as wife of Magajin Garin Sulli, a traditional chief in the town. It was gathered that the bandits also kidnapped a yet-to-be ascertained number of traders along Balle-Tangaza Road in the state.
Killings and kidnapping for ransom have continued in Northern Nigeria despite security reinforcement in the region.
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E2%80%99t-comply-fg%E2%80%99s-anti-christ-law-christian-group-says CAMA: Churches Shouldn’t Comply With FG’s Anti-Christ Law, Christian Group Says
A group, Christian Rights Agenda, has urged churches in Nigeria not to comply with the Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The group described CAMA as “an anti-Christ law from the pit of hell”, saying it has shown that the National Assembly was firmly in the grip of Muslims.
CRA in a statement on Sunday, questioned how religious organisations can be made to account to an agency of government.
It also wondered why an agency of government like the Corporate Affairs Commission would be given authority to dissolve and appoint board of elders and general overseers of churches. The statement reads, “Every church has it’s own unique way of governing itself as ordained by the Almighty God. Nigeria is a secular state which does and should not in anyway be seen to be controlling the church without a corresponding policy against Islamic activities across the country under the Buhari administration. “The clauses in the new CAMA is nothing but a plot to break the church and halt the spread of the gospel of Jesus Christ in Nigeria. We call on the Christian Association of Nigeria to appoint liaison officers for both Senate and House of Representatives who will keep an eye on every Bill and Resolutions being considered by the National Assembly in order to alert the Christendom.”
The group urged the National Assembly to urgently amend the law to remove the ‘satanic’ clauses in the interest of peace, unity and prosperity of Nigeria.
CAMA provides that religious bodies and non-governmental organisations will be strictly regulated by the Registrar-General of Corporate Affairs Commission and a supervising minister.
The law also wields power to suspend the trustees of an association or a religious body and appoint an interim manager or managers to coordinate its affairs where it reasonably believes that there had been any misconduct or mismanagement, or where the affairs of the association are being run fraudulently or where it is necessary or desirable for the purpose of public interest.
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Nigerian Government Officials Plot To Replace Christian Nominated For Chairmanship Of National Population Commission With Muslim
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Some officials within the Nigerian Government are making frantic moves to replace Ali Silas Agara, a Christian nominated to take over as Chairman of National Population Commission, with a Muslim from Kano State, SaharaReporters has discovered.
Agara, who hails from Nassarawa State, was nominated by President Muhammadu Buhari to head the NPC.
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Buhari, in two letters dated March 20 and August 12, 2020, made the nomination.
It was, however, gathered that Mr Kura Isa, a Muslim from Kano State, is being prepared to replace Agara.
“The positions to which appointments are to be made include the office of the Chairman from Nassarawa State, four new commissioners representing Sokoto, Kwara, Bauchi and the FCT, as well as the renewal of the appointment of two commissioners from Katsina and Lagos states,” the letter by the President reads partly.
However, since the first letter by President Buhari dated March 20, 2020, Agara is yet to be inaugurated as Chairman of NPC due to moves by some persons not contented with his nomination being a Christian.
A government source confirmed to SaharaReporters that Abdullahi Sule is among top Northern Muslims working against a Christian being appointed to head the commission.
It was also revealed that the name of Isa has been submitted to lead the commission.
“There is a plan to replace Agara with a Muslim, Kura Isa from Kano.
“Governor of Nassarawa and Chief of Staff told Buhari not to handover NPC to a Christian,” the source said.
The letter by the President also contained names of individuals, who will serve as members of the commission for five years as stipulated by federal character.
Others recommended alongside Agara are Muhammed Chuso A. Dottijo, member from Sokoto; Alhaji Razaq Gidado, member from Kwara; Ibrahim Mohammed, member from Bauchi; Joseph Kwai Shazin, member from FCT; Engineer Bala Almu Banya, member from Katsina; and Mrs Bimbola Salu-Hundeyin, member from Lagos.
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E2%80%94oyo-serial-killer-shodipe How I Escaped From Custody —Oyo Serial Killer, Shodipe
Suspected serial killer, Sunday Shodipe, has narrated how he escaped from Mokola Police Station, Ibadan, Oyo State on Tuesday.
The suspect said a female Divisional Police Officer, who was recently deployed to the station ordered one officer (Funsho) to allow him to take his bath.
He said the officer had warned him not to make any attempt to escape while taking his bath, adding that he was not even thinking of running away at that point.
Shodipe disclosed that he finally escaped when he saw that the officer was engrossed in a discussion with another person and not paying attention to him.
He said, “The new female DPO asked officer Funsho to allow me take my bath. He cautioned me not to try to escape when I am taking my bath.
“I escaped when I saw him discussing with another person. I climbed the borehole pole and jumped the fence. The people living in the area saw me when I escaped but they did not raise any alarm.”
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BREAKING: Police Rearrest Ibadan Suspected Serial Killer
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SaharaReporters gathered that a young man from Akure, Ondo State, who pleaded not to be mentioned, had volunteered to assist the police when he saw the notice and bounty placed on the suspect.
He was said to have travelled to Ibadan alongside three of his friends with a view to launching a manhunt for the suspect for three days.
Upon their arrival in the state, they were lodged in a hotel where they slept before commencing the search for the fugitive.
The three men were said to have trailed him to where he bought and smoked hemp in the city but decided not to arrest him because of the crowd in the area.
The locals later arrested him while he was alone in a hideout.
The suspect had killed about eight people, mainly women at Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State.
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The Role Of Youths In Nigeria’s Current Democratic Experience By Ifemosu Michael Adewale
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Nigeria has celebrated 13 years of uninterrupted democratic rule in year 2012.
That Democratic license was not received on a platter of Gold, but through resilient struggles and undaunted patriotic commitments of Nigerians, particularly the unsung youths.
The historic contributions of individuals, organizations, press, civil societies, labour and Pro-democratic movements like STUDENT UNIONS, NADECO, CDHR, and CLO in sending the military back to their barracks is worthy of mention.
Nigerian Youths have been the engine of democratic flavours and struggles that made moments of democratic victories aptly recorded during previous change in Governments from the colonial era up to the independence in 1960 even till date.
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The crucial role and activities of the youths as pro-democratic agents assisted the popular agitations to fuel change in government as we have today in the Nigeria’s political structure.
The survival of the political system has been dependent on the role of youths in participatory Democratic platforms which allowed all groups regardless of their position to articulate, anticipate and negotiate their interest in the national polity.
This participatory process is becoming more transparent, open and accountable through the legislative system and refined public service that allows both the gains and odds in the institutional and political leadership to be more exposed to anticipated public interest and public trust, which makes the political system to translate into a better cultured and cultivated response governing system.
One of the major achievements of participatory democratic process was in 2011 when Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, a Nigerian citizen of a minority tribe was elected as the Nigeria’s President.
Looking at the enormous roles played by the youths in canvassing for votes and promoting his personal identity in view of his acceptable academic credentials and youthful incorporation shows apparently that his electoral success cut across the various political parties, the electorates, their localities and regional divides.
History has it that Nigerian Youths have been marginalized and restrained in great moments of threatening national crisis, political divisions and leadership questions in the past Thirteen (13) years from making the nation totally ungovernable.
This has helped the Nation to scale through many crisis, which ordinarily would had escalated into major division or breakdown of the nation due to incessant display of immaturity, impunity, corrupt practices and recklessness by our political class.
The Rising capacity of the Youths in the political system to accommodate our differences and articulate a workable process for determining national issues, without turning into to the streets or making the state a Number one public enemy is commendable however the coming of the Tyrant and Brutal regime of General Buhari in 2015 has left the Youths with no option than to take to the streets and demand a Nation that works for them through a #RevolutionNow process.
The managed crisis in the Niger Delta region is a good example while those of Boko Haram are a negative example of the youths capacity to Make or Mar national polity.
It is therefore necessary to review the role and responsiveness of Nigerian youths in addressing crucial issues in nation building towards reaching consensus within the political blocs and across national divides so that governance can be more focused and implemented.
The future hold greener prospects for the Nigerian nation, if the lessons of the past learnt can be used to re-define the role of Nigerian Youths in retracing their steps towards Nation-Building.
However, since Nigeria as a Nation is made up of Good and Bad people in composition, poverty has been weaponized which has given birth to many Youths who are now Asslickers and praise singers of our Wicked ruling class.
You will agree with me that when any project dominates one’s life for a sizeable length of time, let alone the best part of 13 years, you have to accept the agathokakological nature of the beast, which calls for a dire and drastic need for a Social Revolution.
Ifemosu Michael Adewale is the Founder of Youth In Good Governance Initiative YIGGI.
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BREAKING: Police Rearrest Ibadan Suspected Serial Killer
The suspect, Sunday Shodipe.
The police have rearrested Sunday Shodipe, a suspected serial killer linked to several ritual-related murders in the Akinyele area of Ibadan, Oyo State.
Shodipe earlier escaped from police custody, throwing the entire city and indeed country into panic.
File Photo: The suspect, Sunday Shodipe.
Details on the arrest are yet to emerge, however, spokesperson for the police in Oyo State, Mr Olugbenga Fadeyi, confirmed the news of the rearrest.
Commissioner of Police in the state, Joe Nwachukwu Enwonwu, a week ago in a statement announced the escape of the suspected serial killer.
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Governor Akeredolu’s Plan To Reduce Tuition In Public Tertiary Institution Is A Greek Gift, Says Ondo Deputy Governor
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Agboola Ajayi, deputy governor of Ondo State, on Sunday said that plans to reduce tuition in tertiary institutions owned by the state government by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu was a Greek-gift.
Ajayi, who is the candidate of the Zenith Labour Party in the October 10, 2020 governorship election in the state, described the plan as an afterthought.
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In a statement by his Media Adviser, Mr Allen Sowore, Ajayi condemned the governor’s decision to commercialise education and make it unaffordable for ordinary people in the state.
He said one of the reasons he fell apart with Akeredolu was due to the increase in fees of students in public higher institutions in the state without consideration for their parents.
The statement reads, “The deputy governor had sharply disagreed with the obnoxious policy of an increase in the tuition fees and stoppage of the payment of WASSCE fees for secondary school pupils.
“The good people of Ondo State should be wary of this proposed change of heart as it does not in any way represent a genuine love for the masses.
“It’ is a manipulative Greek gift and decoy solely intended to swindle the people of their votes (that is, their power) in the forthcoming governorship election in the state.
“A man who has refused to listen to the agitations of the people on the matter of excessively hiked fees for more than three years; whose wife told protesting university students to ‘go to hell’ cannot be trusted with dire minutes promise let alone implementation at a time when defeat at the polls has become his constant nightmare
“Akeredolu’s proposed gift should be rejected for what it truly is, it is Greek and unnecessary now after many students had dropped out of school over hiked tuition fees.”
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Adamawa CAN Chairman Test Positive For COVID-19
Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Adamawa State, Most Rev (Dr) Stephen Dami Mamza, has tested positive for Coronavirus, SaharaReporters can confirm.
Mamza, who is the Catholic bishop of Yola Diocese, is also a member of Adamawa State COVID-19 containment committee.
The cleric revealed his status on Sunday after the Nigeria Center for Disease Control confirmed that the result of his test was positive.
In a statement, Mamza disclosed that he was positive and in isolation for the virus.
He said, “NCDC test result confirmed that I have contracted the virus, therefore I’m now in total isolation and on treatment.
“One lesson that I want people to appreciate and understand is that everybody has to make himself available for testing if need be.
“Don’t forget that testing positive for Coronavirus is certainly not a death sentence; all the same, pray for me and all those on treatment.
“You can see, COVID-19 is real, so help to stop its spread by observing the protocols as outlined by authorities.”
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E2%80%99s-first-lady-aisha-condemns-foreign-medical-trips-top-government-officials-others Nigeria’s First Lady, Aisha, Condemns Foreign Medical Trips By Top Government Officials, Others, Describes It As Waste Of Resources
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Aisha Buhari, Nigeria’s First Lady, has condemned frequent travels abroad by top government officials including her husband, President Muhammadu Buhari, for medical treatment, saying that it was a waste of resources and against the development of the healthcare sector in the country.
Mrs Buhari, who made the comments on Saturday shortly after returning from a trip to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, after jetting out of the country under the guise of a medical emergency to shop for important items needed for the wedding of her daughter, Hanan, scheduled for September 4 inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja, also called on ordinary Nigerians to shun the practice immediately.
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At least 500 Nigerians are said to travel to foreign nations monthly to attend to their medical needs, according to Ibraheem Adeoti Katibi, a professor and Dean College of Health Science, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Kwara State.
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Of this figure, prominent Nigerians especially those in government or close to the corridors of power make up the bulk of medical tourists from Nigeria each year – a trend, which sees at least $1bn leaving the country for other nations annually.
Recall that on August 19, 2020, SaharaReporters exclusively reported that Mamman Daura, a nephew and close confidant of President Buhari, was flown to the United Kingdom for urgent medical treatment over an undisclosed ailment.
Daura, 80, was said to have been flown in a private jet to the UK after exhibiting respiratory difficulties with symptoms similar to Coronavirus.
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The trip breached the government’s restriction on international flights in the country following a lockdown to curb the spread of the pandemic.
In a statement on Saturday, Mrs Buhari said, “I thank all Nigerians for their prayers and well wishes while I was away for medical treatment in the United Arabs Emirates. I am well now and fully recovered and have since returned back home, Nigeria.
“I recall hosting the private healthcare providers earlier in the year and we had a very productive engagement where the issue of building the capacity of Nigeria health sector was the major focus, and funding was discovered to be the major challenge.
“I therefore call on the healthcare providers to take advantage of the Federal Government’s initiative through the Central Bank of Nigeria guidelines for the operation of N100bn credit support for the healthcare sector as was released recently in a circular dated March 25, 2020 to the commercial banks.
“This will no doubt help in building and expanding the capacity of the Nigerian health sector and ultimately reduce medical trips and tourism outside the country.”
Curiously, the First Lady’s comments captured all Nigerians including President Buhari, who since coming into power in 2015 has embarked on several trips abroad, many of them packaged to look like official travels when in fact they are for medical reasons.
In the first three years of his first tenure from May 2015 to May 2019, he was outside the country for a combined 404 days – one year and 39 days in 33 countries, according to a Saturday PUNCH computation.
In 2017, President Buhari spent a total of 152 days in London on medical vacation and equally made frequent trips to the UK on “private visits” believed to be for medical reasons.
This was after he had earlier spent a total of 17 days in a London hospital treating an undisclosed ailment in 2016.
On May 8, 2018, he again embarked on a six-day medical vacation to London.
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Despite being one of the biggest promoters of medical tourism, President Buhari in January this year at an event, which took place at Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, said medical trips abroad must stop because they were not beneficial to the country.
He was represented at the occasion by Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu.
“Nigerians have suffered so much going abroad for medical treatment. This is not good for us and it must stop because we can’t afford it again,” Buhari said.
Apart from the Nigerian President and his wife that had gone abroad for medical treatment in recent years, their son, Yusuf, in December 2017 also joined the train when he was flown to Germany after suffering injuries from a bike accident in Abuja.
These trips were embarked upon despite a N10.98bn allocation to the State House Medical Centre from 2015 to 2018.
The medical facility was established to take care of the President, Vice President, their families as well as members of staff of the Presidential Villa.
Enraged by the situation, Mrs Buhari in 2017 slammed Chief Medical Director of the State House Medical Centre, Dr Husain Munir, for the poor state of the facility, which she said lacked basic items to treat a sick person.
Speaking at the time, she said, “For the last six months, Nigeria wasn’t stable because of my husband’s ill-health.
“If somebody like Mr President can spend several months outside Nigeria, then you wonder what will happen to a man in the street.
“Few weeks ago, I was sick as well. They advised me to take the first flight out to London; I refused to go. I said I must be treated in Nigeria because there is a budget for an assigned clinic to take care of us. If the budget is N100m, we need to know how the budget is spent.
“Along the line, I insisted they call Aso Clinic to find out if the X-ray machine is working. They said it was not working. They didn’t know I was the one that was supposed to be in that hospital at that very time.
“I had to go to a hospital that was established by foreigners 100 per cent. What does that mean?”
One of the President’s daughters, Zahra, who also reacted at the time, attacked Permanent Secretary of the State House, Mr Jalal Arabi, over the poor state of the hospital inside the Presidential Villa despite the huge annual allocation.
In October 2017, the House of Representatives said it would investigate the “deplorable condition” of the State House Clinic but till date the outcome of that inquiry remains unknown.
Meanwhile, some Nigerians on Twitter have knocked Mrs Buhari for speaking against medical tourism when her family was in fact one of the biggest promoters of the practice.
One Twitter user named Bulama Bukarti while reacting to the issue said, “Your husband spent huge money on the Villa clinic yet it couldn’t treat ‘neck pain’.
“You flew to the UAE during lockdown. As you land, you called for better hospitals. Don’t you know who the President is? Don’t you have access to him?” Your husband “spent†billions on the Villa clinic. Yet it couldn’t treat “neck painâ€. You flew to the UAE during lockdown on a presidential plane and spent our money.As you land, you called for better hospitals. Don’t you know who the president is? Don’t you have access to him? mdash; Bulama Bukarti (@bulamabukarti) August 22, 2020
Mosh @mosh_aloaye while speaking said, “This is so sad. Now she left Nigeria amidst the international travel restrictions for medical tourism and came back to say Nigerians should fix our health sector. I feel very insulted.”
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BREAKING: Many Feared Dead As IPOB, Security Operatives Clash In Enugu
Several persons were feared dead on Sunday when members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra and security agents clashed at Emene, Enugu State.
SaharaReporters gathered that trouble started at about 7:00am when some policemen invaded Community Secondary School in Emene where members of IPOB were meeting to disperse and arrest them.
It was learnt that the attempt was resisted, turning the encounter bloody with IPOB members reportedly overpowering the security operatives.
In a swift reaction, a large reinforcement of security agents was called and over a dozen patrol vans loaded with armed policemen, army and DSS personnel arrived at the scene and faced the Biafran agitators.
The number of casualties is not yet known as at the time of this report.
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