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Post Date : February 18, 2022

Terrorism: Venue Of Nnamdi Kanu’s Trial To Be Changed— CJ

  The Federal High Court is presently tinkering with an idea of shifting the venue of the trial of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu so as to stop the interruption of other pending cases in court. The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho disclosed this yesterday during a courtesy visit on him by the newly elected executives of the Abuja chapter of Nigerian Bar Association(Unity Bar). Nigerians can now work and earn dollars DAILY from home. Regular individuals can earn as low as $300 daily Find out how it works. Justice Tsoho said the court was worried by the situation where lawyers and other litigants with pending cases in courts are prevented from accessing the court by security agencies because of Kanu’s trial and is coming up with some lasting solution to the issue. “It is a worrisome development to all of us the courts, counsel and parties,” Justice Tsoho stated. The Judge was however quick to explain that :”Its not really the making of the court. It is something foisted on us. It is security arrangement that causes this problem. Of course, that has been necessitated because of the altitude of those who also want to witness the trial. So, you find a situation where a trial is coming up involving an individual and a whole lot of communities leave their businesses to besieged the court. “It is worrisome, but you can’t prevent them. So how to manage it has been challenging to us. We are even trying to think of some solutions. If you observed, for those who were here yesterday(Wednesday), the matter came up, but of course, the roads were free because the matter was shifted to late afternoon. “So the security operatives were advised not to close the access roads to the court until the time proximate to the trial. We are improving along the line. We are actually solving the problem. “What will ultimately happen is that, we are exploring the possibility of shifting the venue of the trial. That will be the best way out, otherwise, if the trial continues here, it will interfere with our business. We have 11 courts here but it is only one court that is trying Kanu. “And anytime the case comes up, the other courts cannot function. It is really not a good development. But I can assure you that we have actually gone far in finding a solution to it.” Justice Tsoho disclosed. Meanwhile, the Chief judge has assured the leadership of the Unity bar of the willingness of the bench to work harmoniously with the bar. He further promised to address the issue of impromptu adjournment of cases by judges of the court without adequate information to lawyers in the matter. Justice Tsoho however said given the sudden changes in schedule of judges and other court officials, impromptu adjournments of cases cannot be avoided. Earlier, the Chairman of the Unity Bar, Moses Ebute (SAN) said the courtesy visit was to acquit the Chief Judge of certain development and activities of the unity Bar and to seek a cordial working relationship between the Bar and the bench. On his entourage were some Senior Advocates of Nigeria including Patrick Okolo (SAN), Paul Harris Ogbole (SAN), Audu Anuga (SAN), the Public Secretary, Ikem Onyenka and other executive members of the association. Ebute further conveyed the demand of the association to have a yearly judicial calendar that would pinpoint the courts vacation periods to avoid mistaken adjournment of cases. While lamenting on the inability of lawyers and litigants to access the court during Nnamdi Kanu’s trial, Ebute conveyed the suggestion of the association for trial to either be conducted on Saturday, via zoom or by 2pm “so that lawyers and litigants don’t suffer on account of one person’s trial.”       [TheSun]

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Post Date : February 18, 2022

Strike: Your statement Is ‘Chidish’- ASUU Slams Minister

  The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has slammed the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, over comments credited to him that the Federal Government was looking for the union to continue negotiations before the leadership decided to embark on a four-week strike last Monday. The minister had said; “ASUU, unfortunately, have gone on strike and I am looking for them because all the issues are being addressed. “The last thing that happened was that our committee looked at their demands but there are renegotiations going on. They submitted a draft agreement which the ministry is looking at.” The union also described such comment as childish, not requiring any response. Speaking in a chat with Vanguard on Thursday, the National President of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, expressed disbelief at the comment. “It is not everything one reacts to, but that type of comment does not deserve any response. “It is very unfortunate and childish. Does that mean there was no way they were getting across before? We have not turned to ghosts or invisible spirits. “It shows the levity with which they treat issues. My friend, I don’t want to say more than this,” he said. (VANGUARD)

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Post Date : February 18, 2022

EXTRA: Oyo Govt To Host Hoodlums, Cult Groups Over Insecurity

  The Oyo State Government on Thursday said it is set to engage in talks with all area boys and cult groups in the state to foster peace. The Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr Wasiu Olatunbosun, said this after a meeting behind closed doors with representatives of militant groups like Agbekoya and Odua People’s Congress and the Vigilante Group of Nigeria. Olatunbosun said the state government, in collaboration with all the militant groups, was determined to proffer peaceful solutions to the unrest between area boys and cult groups, noting that the time to end bloodshed in the state was now. Speaking further, Olatunbosun said the meeting aimed to solve the problem from the roots, disclosing that the state government would work closely with security agencies and leaders of the militant groups to meet with the cult sects and mediate between warring parties. He said, “The State Executive Council is aware of the activities of cultists and cult groups in the state. We hope to hold a meeting with them. “Oyo State Government, under the leadership of Governor Seyi Makinde, is determined to put a stop to this clash among cult groups and area boys. To this end, we, in collaboration with all the militant groups in the state, are taking the message of peace to the den of these cultists. “We will try to convince them to be disarmed and return to their homes peacefully. Afterwards, there will be a clampdown on the activities of area boys and cult groups who fail to cooperate with us.”

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Post Date : February 18, 2022

NUPENG-PTD, NARTO Shelve Planned Strike

  The Petroleum Tanker Drivers arm of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) have shelved their planned strike. The groups had threatened to go on strike over claims of diversion of the N621bn road fund provided by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) and the government’s failure to increase the freight rate for transporting petrol. But a communique issued by the (NNPC) on Thursday, noted that the planned industrial action has been stopped following a stakeholders’ meeting in Abuja. The NNPC gave updates about the state of the road “construction and rehabilitation projects under the road infrastructure tax credit scheme and assured the stakeholders (NUPENG, NARTO, and PTD) that the funding earmarked for the 21 critical roads will be applied for the intended purpose only”. The NNPC in a series of tweets on its official handle also said the stakeholders will work together in monitoring the road construction. “The stakeholders requested for completion of the ongoing discussion on the review of the freight rates to cover operational costs and highlighted the precarious situation that truck owners face in the light of current economic realities,” the communique added. COMMUNIQUE ON CRITICAL STAKEHOLDERS’ ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN NARTO, PTD, NUPENG, NMDPRA AND NNPC LTD ON FEBRUARY 17, 2022 AT NNPC TOWERS Following the engagement between NMDPRA, NNPC, PTD, NARTO, and NUPENG, the parties resolved as follows: pic.twitter.com/suNZeAH62n — NNPCLimited (@NNPCgroup) February 17, 2022 It said a committee has been set up to review the rates and that members of the group include PTD, NARTO and NUPENG, and other stakeholders. The committee is expected to make recommendations to the government On the nationwide fuel scarcity, all parties during the meeting agreed to work to ensure “efficient distribution of petroleum products across the country”.

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Post Date : February 18, 2022

Out-of-school children national, not northern problem — FG

  THE Federal Government yesterday said that the investigation it carried out in different parts of the country showed that the problem of out-of-school children is not just a northern problem but a national malaise. The Minister of Human Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajia Sadiya Umar Farouk, stated this during the weekly ministerial media briefing organized by the Presidential Communications Team, at the presidential villa, Abuja. The minister said that the country has over 10 million out-of-school children, who had been thought to be mainly in the North, adding that the malaise cuts across the six geopolitical zones of the country.   According to her, a recent survey carried out in Makoko, Lagos, Enugu and Jos, revealed that the situation is widespread as there are about 7,000 such children in Makoko alone. Asked if the school feeding programme of the federal government had impacted positively on the country by reducing the number of out-of-school children, she said the feeding programmes had led to increasing in school enrolment. The position of the Minister was confirmed by the Co-ordinator of the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) Umar Bindir, who provided the figures, saying there was the need to make people understand that it is a national problem. He said: “Some people here if you talk about out-of-school children, they think you are talking about almajiri in the North. Some people think it is actually religious or a Muslim thing. But I can tell you in this programme, we have established it as a national issue. “We sent a team to Lagos. They went to Makoko, they met 7,000 out-of-school children picking things from the dirt. The guy came shaking. We sent another chap to Jos, he came shaking also. We sent another guy to Enugu, and for the first time, everybody realised that out-of-school children is a national problem.” The Minister described as the elitist assertion that the administration’s N5,000 monthly national conditional cash transfer is insufficient to lift Nigerians out of poverty, adding that the government discovered through direct contact with the beneficiaries that the money has helped the poor and vulnerable of society to escape from their dire situation even as some have been able to save from the amount. Fielding question on whether N5000 in the midst of the present economic realities in the country, can lift anyone out of poverty, she said, “If you look at the people that you are taking this intervention to, N5,000 means a lot to them because these are poor and vulnerable households and it changes their status, but for you and me, N5,000 is not even enough for us to buy recharge card, that’s the difference.” Speaking further on the exit programme for N-Power, which has become a source of controversy recently, the minister affirmed that government has a plan of putting about 300,000 applicants on a training programme while the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will provide them loans. She said: “On the N-Power, thank you for bringing that up and you asked another question if anybody really benefited from the N-programme. We have 500,000 that have been on the programme with Batch A and Batch B being on the programme for four years and two years. Batch A was on the programme for about four years and we were giving them N30,000 stipends monthly. And Batch B benefited for two years. “So yes, the N-power beneficiaries have benefited because these are people who were not employed who had nothing to do but were engaged and were being paid stipends to use to earn a decent living. “On the exit programme, yes, we have an exit strategy, which we partner with the Central Bank of Nigeria. And out of this 500,000, about 300,000 indicated interest to be put on an exit programme where you can be trained on different skills, skills of their choice, and they will be given loans by the Central Bank of Nigeria, for them to start their businesses.”

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Post Date : February 18, 2022

2023 presidency: Arewa group urges APC, PDP to support Igbo candidate

  A group under the aegis of Arewa Support Group for Igbo Presidency has called on the All Progressive Congress and Peoples Democratic Party to support the South East in the 2023 presidential election. The National Coordinator for the group, Mustapha Imam, made the call at a news conference in Kano on Thursday evening. He said the call was necessary in order to promote national unity and ensure peaceful existence and progress in the country. Imam said, “We engaged with several interest groups, opinion, and all other stakeholders towards finding a stand on whom to support at the coming 2023 general election. “At the end of our consultations, we arrived at the decision for the sake of equity, justice, unity and progress of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to support the South East to produce the next President.” He noted that since the inception of this democratic process from 1999 till date, all the regions had produced the President except the South East. Imam said the group would continue to engage other sister organisations and Forums across the country to seek their assistance and support for the South East to produce the president in 2023. He said the group is ready to support any credible and competent candidate from the region irrespective of his political inclination. “The Arewa Support Group for Igbo Presidency is ready to support any credible and competent candidate who can deliver irrespective of his political alienation,” he said.

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Post Date : February 18, 2022

Four friends torture 28-year-old to death over missing phone, device found on chair

  Four men have been arraigned before a Yola Chief Magistrate’s Court over the death of a 28-year-old man, Adamu Ahmadu, who was wrongly accused of stealing a phone. Ahmadu, who was the son of a security guard working with the Adamawa Broadcasting Corporation, Yola, was accused by Hamidu Umar, the son of the deposed ward head of Damare, Yola South Local Government Area, of stealing his mobile phone on January 22, 2022. Though the deceased denied the allegation, Umar reportedly insisted he produce the phone. It was learnt that the 55-year-old and three others resorted to torture to force out a confession from the victim. The other three defendants were identified as Sholle Manas, Faisal and Nahau. Umar, assisted by Faisal and Nahau, allegedly took the victim to an uncompleted building around 5.30pm and tortured him with wood and broken blocks. Ahmadu was said to have sustained fractures in his two hands, among other injuries, which resulted in his death. During their re-arraignment on February 15, 2022, Umar maintained his not guilty plea, while the second defendant, Manas, who had initially pleaded not guilty, changed his plea. Manas told the court while pleading guilty that he met the first defendant and the two others beating the deceased, adding that he was instructed by Umar to join them in beating Ahmadu. PUNCH Metro gathered that the third and fourth defendants, listed in the court records, were at large. According to a first information report, “Ahmadu was rescued by the new Ward Head of Damare, Sahabo Umar, who also reported the case at the Wuro Hausa Police Station. “However, Umar, upon his return home, found the missing handset on a sofa in his palour.” The report further stated that the victim, who was rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Yola, for medical attention, died on Sunday, February 13, 2022 and was buried in accordance with Islamic rites. The Chief Magistrate, Dimas Gwamu, adjourned the case till the following day for continuation of trial and sentencing of the defendant who pleaded guilty.

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Post Date : February 18, 2022

Wife kills husband with hot water

  A housewife in Ogun State, Ramota Soliu, has reportedly fled her matrimonial home after killing her husband, Bello Soliu, at a Fulani settlement located at Iyana Ilewo in Abeokuta North Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that Bello died from the body injuries he suffered when the wife poured hot water on him, Saturday. The woman, whose six years relationship with Bello has produced two kids. It was also gathered that Bello had on Friday invited some relatives to help in talking to his wife, who he said was fond of starving him and an Arabic student living with them. The fleeing woman allegedly woke up Saturday morning, boiled water and bathed her husband with it. Usman Saliu, a brother to the deceased, said: “My brother has always been complaining about Ramota. She had a habit of starving an Arabic student living with them. Sometimes, she would not serve my brother food too. “For peace to reign, Bello invited us to talk to his wife. People waded in on Friday, talked to her, but she didn’t say anything in response. “Very early Saturday morning, she woke up and started boiling water. People thought she wanted to make amala or ogi. The water was on fire for like one hour. All of a sudden, we heard a loud noise from her husband quarters where he was sleeping. “We rushed down to see what was happening, and we discovered that the woman had bathed our brother with the water she boiled. His body was already peeling. “We rushed him to a hospital at Rounder in Abeokuta, but he was rejected. We took him somewhere else. But he eventually died Tuesday evening. Another brother of the deceased, Aliu Soliu, said Bello was buried Wednesday according to Islamic rites. Aliu stated that the family is searching for the woman, saying: “We will get her photo so that people can help us locate her.” The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who also confirmed the incident, said, he heard the incident being discussed on a radio programme, adding that he was not sure the case was reported to the police, adding that the police would investigate the matter without delay.

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Post Date : February 18, 2022

US Challenges Russia To Step Back From Ukraine Attack

  The United States said Thursday that Russia is on the verge of unleashing a massive military attack against Ukraine, dismissing Moscow’s claim to be pulling forces back, as artillery fire hit a Ukrainian kindergarten. In a dramatic, previously unscheduled speech to the United Nations in New York, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said intelligence showed Moscow could order an assault on its neighbor in the “coming days.” With US and other Western governments saying they see no evidence to support Russia’s claim to be withdrawing, Blinken challenged the Kremlin to “announce today with no qualification, equivocation or deflection that Russia will not invade Ukraine. State it clearly. State it plainly to the world.” “Demonstrate it by sending your troops, your tanks, your planes, back to their barracks and hangers, and sending your diplomats to the negotiating table,” he said. Russia denies any invasion plans but warned of “military-technical measures” if its far-reaching demands for a US and NATO pullback from eastern Europe aren’t satisfied. President Joe Biden, at the White House, accused Moscow of preparing a “false flag operation” as a pretext for an attack and said this could happen “in the next several days.” “They have not moved any of their troops out. They’ve moved more troops in,” Biden said. “Every indication we have is that they’re prepared to go into Ukraine.” He added, however, that diplomacy is not dead. “There is a path. There is a way through this,” he said. ‘Forced to respond’ Russia has massed enormous air, land and sea forces around Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin and officials say they do not plan to invade Ukraine and that the troops are only conducting practice exercises. However, Putin has made clear that the price for removing any threat would be Ukraine agreeing never to join NATO and for the Western alliance to pull back from a swath of eastern Europe, effectively splitting the continent into Cold War-style spheres of influence. Ukraine is far from being ready to join NATO but has set this as part of a broader goal to integrate with the democracies of western Europe, making a historic break from Russia’s orbit. The United States said Thursday that it had received Putin’s response to its offers of a diplomatic solution to the crisis, but did not give any reaction to the contents. The Russian foreign ministry indicated that there was little to discuss. “In the absence of will on the American side to negotiate firm and legally binding guarantees on our security from the United States and its allies, Russia will be forced to respond, including with military-technical measures,” the foreign ministry said. “We insist on the withdrawal of all US armed forces in Central Europe, Eastern Europe and the Baltics,” it added. Russia also expelled the number two US diplomat in Moscow, the US State Department said, condemning the “unprovoked” action. Artillery fire on kindergarten Russia took over Ukraine’s Crimea region and began backing heavily armed separatists in the eastern Donetsk and Lugansk regions in 2014, sparking a war that has already cost thousands of lives. Sporadic fighting remains common in the east and the Ukrainian army accused the pro-Russian separatists of 34 ceasefire breaches on Thursday, 28 of them using heavy weapons. The potentially most serious incident — an example of the kind of spark that many fear could ignite far more intense fighting — was the shelling of a kindergarten in the village of Stanytsia-Luganska. Children were inside but none were hit. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky tweeted that the attack “by pro-Russian forces is a big provocation.” Russian news agencies meanwhile quoted authorities in the separatist Lugansk region saying they blamed Kyiv after the situation on the frontline “escalated significantly.” US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin described Thursday’s reports as “troubling.” “We’ve said for some time that the Russians might do something like this in order to justify a military conflict. So we’ll be watching this very closely,” Austin told journalists after a meeting with NATO counterparts. Western capitals say they are also concerned by the Russian parliament’s request that Putin grant unilateral recognition of independence for the separatists in eastern Ukraine, probably ending chances of reuniting the country. “If this request were accepted, it would… demonstrate a Russian decision to choose a path of confrontation over dialogue,” British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said. Putin earlier this week claimed with no evidence that Ukraine is committing “genocide” in the eastern region. Disputed pull-out Moscow has made several announcements of troop withdrawals this week and on Thursday said that units of the southern and western military districts, including tank units, had begun returning to their bases from near Ukraine. Defense ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said some troops had returned to their garrisons in several areas far from the border, including Chechnya and Dagestan in the North Caucasus, and near Nizhny Novgorod, some 300 kilometers (185 miles) east of Moscow. The United States, NATO and Ukraine all said they had seen no evidence of a pullback, with Washington saying Russia had in fact moved 7,000 more troops near the border. According to US officials, there are now about 150,000 Russian troops arrayed in offensive groupings on the southern, eastern and northern borders of Ukraine. AFP

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Post Date : February 18, 2022

Drug Deal: Ebubeagu Arrests 12 In Ebonyi

  Operatives of Ebubeagu Security Outfit in Ebonyi State Thursday arrested 12 members of a drug syndicate that allegedly specialises in the distribution of Methamphetamine, popularly known as Mkpurummiri, to some parts of the state and its environs. The State Security Consultant, Chief Stanley Emegha, made this known while briefing journalists in Abakaliki, the capital city of the state. Emegha said the suspects were arrested at their hideout following a tip-off by a concerned citizen, name withheld. He said two live cartridges, cutlasses and other weapons were equally recovered from the hoodlums. The security consultant said the suspects would be handed over to the police for interrogation and possible prosecution.

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