GUNMEN KILL ONE POLICE OFFICER, SET PATROL VAN ABLAZE IN DELTA STATE

Report reaching our news desk reveals that a policeman has been killed, while several others sustained varying degrees of injuries as gunmen attacked a police team on stop and search duty at Akwukwu Igbo, the administrative headquarters of Oshimili North local government area of Delta state.

While confirming the incident when contacted, the command public relations officer, DSP Bright Edafe, told ait.live that the principal suspect who led the gunmen, has been arrested and investigation is ongoing to track down the other culprits.

DSP Edafe said the unfortunate incident occurred on Wednesday morning at about 9 am. He added that the gun-wielding criminals also set the police van ablaze.

FG ASKS OMITTED N-POWER BENEFICIARIES ToTO REPORT TO FOCAL PERSONS

Federal government has directed Batches  A and B Beneficiaries of the N-Power Programme who were earlier omitted from Payment of their stipends to report to their various State Focal Persons for verification and re-validation. 

The  directive was given by Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Sadiya Umar Farouq in efforts to resolve unpaid stipends withheld due to discrepancies in records of the beneficiaries are almost being concluded.

Investigations conducted by the Office of the AGF following the omission of some 

N-Power beneficiaries from payment of stipends indicated that some beneficiaries were also  drawing salaries from other Federal Government MDAs.

However , the minister has directed that opportunity be given to the affected beneficiaries to verify and re-validate their eligibility so that qualified beneficiaries  can be paid for their participation in the N-Power Programme. 

Beneficiaries are thereby directed to report to their State Focal Persons  immediately with their bank account details including bank statements from March 2020 to date, NYSC Discharge Certificates ,  birth certificates and other related screening documents.

The deadline for verification is October 13, 2020. Beneficiaries who fail to attend the verification exercise will  forfeit their stipends .