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Post Date : July 15, 2021

First batch of A-29 Super Tucano Aircraft departs US for Nigeria

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Thursday said that the first batch of six A-29 Super Tucano aircraft have departed the United States of America on Wednesday en route to Nigeria. This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja by NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet. He stated that the six aircraft would be leapfrogged through five countries including Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Spain, and Algeria before arriving at their final destination in Nigeria towards the end of the month ‌ He added that an official induction ceremony of the aircraft into the inventory of the Nigerian Air Force was already being planned at a later date in August this year Gabkwet also explained that the Office of the Director of Public Relations and Information remains open to any inquiry regarding the arrival and induction of the aircraft. The armed Super Tucanos are intended for use against terrorist groups, the Boko Haram and Islamic State militants, they have come off the production line in Jacksonville Florida, and they have been equipped and have undergone flight tests.

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Post Date : July 13, 2021

Imo govt seals Rochas Foundation College in Owerri

The Imo State Government on Tuesday sealed Rochas Foundation College, Orji, in Owerri, the state capital. According to the Punch, Government officials arrived at the location which is the old quarters of the staff of Imo Broadcasting Corporation and sealed it. Our correspondent, who visited the scene, saw that the massive property had been taken over by the state government. The Senior Special Assistant to the Governor of Imo State on Print Media, Modestus Nwamkpa, who confirmed the development, said that the governor, Hope Uzodinma, was committed to recovering properties of the state allegedly “looted by Okorocha and his family members”. Nwamkpa said that the governor was implementing the recommendations of various White Papers by committees set up by the state government. When asked, the governor’s aide told The PUNCH that the seal off “is true”, adding that “Governor Hope Uzodinma is committed to recovering all the properties of the state stolen. This is not a personal war it is just the implementation of the recommendations of the whitepapers of the various committees set up the government.” But Okorocha’s spokesperson, Sam Onwuemeodo, when contacted said that Uzodinma was jolted by Okorocha’s enormous political capacity. Okorocha’s aide said, “This is the fourth time Imo State Government has announced that they are sealing that place. EFCC had also announced that they had sealed it but the truth is that Uzodinma should wake up. There is hunger in the state. “This is just the renewal of his war against Okorocha after Okorocha and other strong APC chieftains in Imo State visited APC National Secretariat. Each time Uzodinma realises that the people are not happy with his style of governance, he using Okorocha’s name to distract the people but the truth is poverty and hunger pervade the atmosphere. He should be humble enough to consult Okorocha on how to govern the state.”

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Post Date : July 13, 2021

Cameroon Congratulates Nigeria Over Nnamdi Kanu’s Arrest

The Cameroonian authorities have congratulated Nigeria over the arrest of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Mr Felix Mbayu, a Special Envoy from President Paul Biya of Cameroon, congratulated Nigeria when he was received by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Tuesday. The Cameroonian authorities have congratulated Nigeria over the arrest of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Mr Felix Mbayu, a Special Envoy from President Paul Biya of Cameroon, congratulated Nigeria when he was received by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Tuesday. Why APC lost many states in 2019 polls – Buhari Student found dead with bullet, stab wounds in own apartment He said Biya looked forward to a situation in which Nigerian territory would not be available for the Ambazonian movement to destabilize Cameroon, “as some people are taking advantage of crises in the two English speaking parts of Cameroon to break the country apart.” Like IPOB, Ambazonia is seeking to break out of Cameroon. Mr Mbayu, who is also Minister Delegate in Charge of Cooperation with the Commonwealth, said President Biya was happy with the role Nigeria was playing in Africa. He said the two neighbours shared not just borders and historical ties, “but also common challenges.” “These challenges border on security specially, and it is incumbent on us both to find common solutions,” he added. Buhari, while speaking, said Nigeria would offer the best support possible to ensure that the Republic of Cameroon remained an indivisible country. The President, while saying Nigeria was acutely aware of the separatist agitation by the Ambazonian movement, stressed that it was in the interest of Nigeria “to ensure that Cameroon is stable, and we will be steadfast in our support for you.” Buhari, in a statement issued by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, said Nigeria and Cameroon shared historical ties and common borders, which make it imperative for the two countries to look out for each other’s well-being. “That was why when I first came to office in 2015, I immediately visited all our neighbours, because we are very clear about the value of good neighbourliness. “You will have problems if your neighbours are not cultivated. And our relationship with Cameroon had been very clear since when I was serving in the military. The country offered us needed support during our Civil War,” the President said.

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Post Date : July 13, 2021

Senate passes landmark bill establishing Electoral Offences Commission

The senate on Tuesday passed the bill establishing the Electoral Offences Commission. The approval of the commission followed the consideration of the report of the senate committee on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Abubakar Kyari, senator representing Borno north, sponsored the bill in 2019. Presenting the report, Kabiru Gaya, chairman of the committee, said the bill sought for the establishment of the commission and to make adequate deterrence and sanctions for undemocratic forces in Nigeria’s electoral environment. “It is also a decisive deterrence through efficient criminal prosecutions in the strategy for defecting electoral offenders,” he said. “To this end, section 149 and 150 (2) of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) respectively vests INEC with the discretion and powers to prosecute alleged electoral offenders.” He said since the advent of democracy in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic in 1999, there was hardly any election that electoral offenses had not occurred. “Successive elections at the national, states and local government levels have been marred by irregularities, with political players resorting to violence to outsmart each other to achieve victory,” he said. “No doubt, electoral offences remain a significant threat to credible, free and fair elections in Nigeria, where elections heighten political tension and trigger violence.” He explained that the challenges facing INEC in the electoral process did not permit it to face another battle of prosecution of electoral offenders. “This accounts for just a few convictions for electoral offences in the realm of criminal litigation in Nigeria,” Gaya said. “The above underscores the necessity of an active justice system for the prosecution of electoral offenders, which remains critical in ensuring a decrease in the level of electoral impunity and a reversal in the persistent trend of electoral offences” Gaya explained that the commission will be charged with investigating electoral offences and prosecution of electoral offenders in Nigeria. He said that the commission would help strengthen Nigeria’s electoral process and ensure credible elections. Commenting on the bill, Ahmad Lawan, senate president, said: “This is yet another landmark legislation that this Senate has been able to pass, break the jinx, and the demons are defeated too here. “This is one sure way of keeping offenders responsible and accountable for their actions. “We believe that this will sanitise our electoral system and process and we believe that INEC and States Independent Electoral Commission (SIEC) will be able to conduct their elections free of violence.”

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Post Date : July 13, 2021

Security Operatives Rescue One Bethel Baptist School Student, Two Others

One of the kidnapped students of Bethel Baptist Secondary school in the Chikun local government area of Kaduna state has been rescued, according to the police. Gunmen had on July 5 stormed the school and whisked away 121 students to an unknown destination. Five days after, the abductors demanded food items from their parents to enable them to feed the children, warning that failure to do so will expose the children to impending starvation. Worried by the situation, the distraught parents of the abducted students held prayer sessions for the rescue of their children. Mass school kidnappings have been rife in the north-western part of the country with the students of the Bethel Baptist High School, Kaduna being one of the latest victims. Hundreds of students have been abducted since the beginning of the year by armed bandits, with many of such incidents occurring in the northwest zone. The student rescued on Tuesday, Abraham Aniya, was found roaming inside a forest in Tshohon Gaya village in Chikun local government area along with two other kidnap victims, Zaharaddeen Ibrahim and Nura Nuhu. Ibrahim and Nuhu had been abducted by bandits along the Kaduna-Kachia road. According to a police statement signed by spokesperson Mohammed Jalige, they were found roaming the forest “extremely exhausted and weak” by police operatives and men of the Civilian JTF on routine patrol. The police said the victims have been safely evacuated and rushed to a police clinic in the state capital, where they are currently being resuscitated, after which they will be handed over to their families. It is not yet clear how the trio escaped from the bandits, but the police have promised to rescue more victims “within the shortest possible time.” See the statement issued by the Kaduna State Police Command on the rescue of the abducted persons below: KADUNA POLICE COMMAND PRESS RELEASE RESCUE OF THREE KIDNAPPED VICTIMS INCLUDING ONE STUDENT OF BETHEL BAPTIST SCHOOL ON 13TH JULY, 2021 The Kaduna Police Command’s mission to rescue all kidnap victims through intelligence-led Policing and the rigorous patrol had yesterday yielded a positive result with the rescue of three victims to safety. On the 12th July 2021 at about 1540hrs the Operatives of the Command alongside Civilian JTF on routine rescue patrol around the forest of Tsohon Gaya village of Chikun LGA of Kaduna State stumbled on three kidnapped victims roaming the bush extremely exhausted and weak. The victims were safely evacuated and rushed to Police Clinic Kaduna where they are currently being resuscitated and will subsequently be handed over to their immediate families. During the course of the investigation, the three (3) victims were identified as Zaharaddeen Ibrahim, Nura Nuhu that were kidnapped recently along Kaduna – Kachia Road and Abraham Aniya one of the students of Bethel Baptist Secondary School, Kujama that were kidnapped the previous week. Thus, the Command is currently relentless in ensuring that more victims are rescued within the shortest possible time. ASP MOHAMMED JALIGE POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER FOR: COMMISSIONER OF POLICE KADUNA STATE COMMAND

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Post Date : July 13, 2021

Senate okays 20-year jail for candidates snatching ballot materials

The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill seeking to establish the Electoral Offences Commission and okayed 20-year jail term for candidates caught snatching ballot materials. The passage of the bill followed the consideration of a report by the Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission. Chairman of the Committee, Senator Kabiru Gaya (APC, Kano South), in his presentation, said the bill became imperative in view of INEC’s inability to prosecute electoral offenders in accordance with the provisions of a section 149 and 150(2) of the Electoral Act (as Amended). Details later…

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Post Date : July 13, 2021

Gunmen shoot DESU student dead, kidnap 2

Gunmen on Sunday night shot a Bio-Chemistry student of the Delta State University (DELSU) Abraka, Stephen Odje dead. Two others, Divine Omajuwa and Husseina Hamza, of Geology and Pharmacology Departments respectively, were reportedly abducted by the hoodlums. The Nation gathered the incident occurred along the Oria axis of the Abraka Road, Ethiope East council area, an area that has witnessed scores of such attacks. They were said to have visited Warri early Sunday and were returning to school when they were attacked. Latest Nigeria News, Nigerian Newspapers, Politics DELSU student shot dead, two others kidnapped July 13, 2021 delsu-student-shot-dead-two-others-kidnapped The deceased Stephen Odje FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInWhatsAppEmail By Elo Edremoda, Warri Gunmen on Sunday night shot a Bio-Chemistry student of the Delta State University (DELSU) Abraka, Stephen Odje dead. Two others, Divine Omajuwa and Husseina Hamza, of Geology and Pharmacology Departments respectively, were reportedly abducted by the hoodlums. The Nation gathered the incident occurred along the Oria axis of the Abraka Road, Ethiope East council area, an area that has witnessed scores of such attacks. They were said to have visited Warri early Sunday and were returning to school when they were attacked. READ ALSO: DELSU student, one other crushed to death Odje was hit by a bullet shot by the gunmen, killing him on the spot. Reacting to the incident, the school authorities, in a statement, called on security agencies to launch a manhunt for the suspects and rescue the kidnapped students. Acting Delta Police Spokesman, DSP Bright Edafe confirmed the incident, stating efforts were ongoing to apprehend the perpetrators.

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Post Date : July 13, 2021

President Buhari To Meet 109 Senators Tonight

President Muhammadu Buhari will tonight at 8 pm meet with the 109 Senators of the National Assembly. Ezrel Tabiowo, Special Assistant (Press) to President of the Senate, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. The scheduled meeting between members of the upper chamber and President Buhari was conveyed in a letter received from the State House and read during plenary by President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan. The Senate, on April 27, 2021, reached a resolution for the leadership of the upper chamber to schedule a meeting with the President to enable all 109 Senators to meet with him to discuss the issue of insecurity in the country. The invitation letter for the scheduled meeting between the President and members of the upper chamber reads: “I write to inform the Distinguished President of the Senate, that President Muhammadu Buhari will host a dinner of Senators of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on Tuesday, 13th July 2021, at 8 pm 20:00 hrs. “The venue is at the State House Banquet Hall, Presidential Villa, Abuja.”

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Post Date : July 13, 2021

Senate rejects Onochie as INEC commissioner

The Senate, on Tuesday, rejected the nomination of Lauretta Onochie as a National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission. Chairman of the Committee, Kabiru Gaya, in his report, said Onochie did not satisfy the provisions of the Federal Character Principles. The Senate at the committee of the whole subsequently voted against her nomination. Details later…

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Post Date : July 13, 2021

NBC, NPC bills have been suspended, says lawmaker behind the legislation

Olusegun Odebunmi, a federal lawmaker from Oyo state, who sponsored the bills for the amendment to the laws establishing the NBC and the NPC, says legislative process on the bills has been suspended. Many Nigerians and media stakeholders have described the steps taken by the lower legislative chamber to amend the Nigerian Press Council (NPC) and the Nigeria Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Acts as “draconian” and an attempt to stifle free speech in the country. But speaking on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme, on Tuesday, Odebunmi said he initiated the suspension of the bills to allow for consultation with stakeholders in the industry. “Personally, I’m suspending the process for more consultation,” he said. “What I’m saying is that the NUJ cannot gag the activities of the national assembly by saying ‘No you must drop it’, because obviously that is not the way. “We have suspended the process for more consultation to happen on it. They demanded for a lot of time and I said ‘no problem, we have given you; even if you spend three, four to five weeks’. So far, more consultations from critical stakeholders, and many people have been submitting their memoranda to the national assembly even within the industry.” The federal lawmaker also said his intention is not to gag the press, saying he recognises the lapses in the practice of journalism in Nigeria and that the amendments are aimed at fixing those problems. “My intention is not to gag the press, and unless all the practitioners can say all is well with the industry, to the best of my knowledge I know all is not well. And I know the national assembly has the power to look into the existing act,” he said. “All is not well with the NPC agency. It is an agency of government, and you’re expecting something to be given back to the society, but until now nothing has been coming from the agency.”

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