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Thursday, 27 May 2021
SOLDIERS THREATEN TO SHOOT EFCC OFFICIALS, RECOVER PROPERTY SEIZED FROM NSA’s AIDE
Wednesday, 26 May 2021
BAYELSA STATE GOVERNOR CALLS FOR UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE OF IYC PRESIDENT , PETER IGBIFA
SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN KADUNA AGREE TO SPLIT INTO TWO NEW STATES
Speaking during the presentation and defence of their memos at the Senate ad-hoc Committee and the House of Reps Special Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution at the Hassan Katsina House on Wednesday who has been engaged in infamous inter-ethnic and religious clashes for decades, said creating new states from the present Kaduna State will go a long way at solving the bloody violence that seemed to defy solution.
The President of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU), Hon. Jonathan Asake, who defended the memo of Southern Kaduna people said: “The wish of Southern Kaduna is to have a brand new constitution, not an amended one,” he said.
“But in the absence of that, we are here to make our inputs as a people who have suffered suppression and oppression for a long time,” he said.
“Southern Kaduna is made up of 67 ethnic nationalities spread in 13 of the 23 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Kaduna state. It has a landmass of 26,000kmsq with an estimated population of 5.1 million. We are endowed with an educated population and with abundant natural resources,” he said.
“Our land size is greater than that of Kano state which has a landmass of 20,000kmsq. Yet Kano is a state of its own with 44 LGAs. Our population is greater than 21 other states of the federation,” he went on. “We are demanding for the amendment of the provision of section 8 of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria which makes it almost an impossible task for the creation of a new state,” he insisted.
“We have been demanding for a state of our own for over thirty years and Gurara state was among the 18 states proposed in the 2014 Confab report,” he said.
“We are demanding for the creation of the Gurara state after the amendment. This will help in solving the incessant conflicts between our people and the other divide,” he said.
SOKAPU also asked for the removal of the Land Use Act from the Constitution and its amendment as a law, so that communities and families can have larger control of the ancestral lands.
“We stand by all the 2014 confab report which had captured most of our demands.
In the same vein, the Northern part of Kaduna State, under the aegis of Kaduna Development Elders Initiatives submitted a memo signed by the Senators Representing Kaduna North Senatorial Zone, Sen. Sulieman Abdu Kwari; the Senator Representing Kaduna Central Senatorial zone, Senator Uba Sani; all the House of Reps members from the Northern Part of Kaduna; all members of Kaduna state house of Assembly from the northern part of Kaduna their Chairmen of LGAs and Councillors.
Defending the memo of the group, Abdulkadir Ahmed said, “we are canvassing for the creation of New Kaduna state from the present Kaduna state and we want the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria amended to make this possible."
“Kaduna South has been complaining of marginalisation ever since, even though Chiefdoms have been given to them and they occupy 60% of the workforce of Kaduna state,” he added.
“Let the state be split and if they are asking for Gurara state, let them have it,” he said.
“This will solve all the crises we have been having in this state,” he added.
“On our part, we are asking for the creation of ‘New Kaduna State’, which will include Kaduna North and Kaduna Central Senatorial zones,” he said.
“But there should be a referendum for each section of the state to decide on where it wants to belong,” he added.
Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State, who declared the meeting open, also asked for true Federalism, State Police and Financial Autonomy to Local Government Councils.
The Chairman of the Committee, Senator Kabiru Gaiya from Kano State, in his opening remarks assured all that each of the memos will be well looked into and submitted to the National Assembly for further actions.
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.
Thursday, 4 March 2021
VETERAN ACTOR SADIQ DABA IS DDEAD
Tuesday, 2 March 2021
ABDUCTED ZAMFARA SCHOOLGIRLS REGAIN FREEDOM
Schoolgirls kidnapped from Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, in Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State last Friday have regained their freedom.
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, who confirmed the news on Tuesday, said the girls were released with the help of repentant bandits without any ransom paid.
The Governor put the number of girls recovered at 279, although the police had earlier said 317 girls were kidnapped.
The released girls arrived at the Zamfara State Government House in Gusau early on Tuesday wearing face masks and light blue and brown chadors.
The girls’ kidnapping on Friday was the latest in a series of school abductions that has rocked the country in the past three months.
Monday, 22 February 2021
74 ABDUCTED KAGARA STUDENTS, TEACHERS, OTHERS HAVE BEEN RELEASED
SENATOR ROCHAS OKOROCHA ARRESTED FOR UNLAWFUL ENTRY
For allegedly leading unauthorized entry into a sealed property and unleashing of mayhem, former Governor of Imo state, Senator Rochas Okorocha has been arrested by the operatives of the Police command.
Sen Okorocha had on Sunday unsealed one of the properties linked to him, the Royal Palm Estate located around Akachi towers, which consists of blocks of flats fully completed and furnished.
The State Government had sealed the property while Okorocha was alleged to have unsealed it in company of his loyalists.
Shortly after that, Special Adviser to governor Uzodimma on Special Duties, Hon Chinasa Nwaneri arrived the scene with security operatives to reseal the property and a fight ensued.
Information Commissioner, Hon Declan Emelumba, confirmed the development to newsmen via a telephone call.
He said “Yes, normalcy has been restored. Come to the Police command and see Okorocha. He has been arrested for unlawful entry and breakdown of law and order”.
Okorocha was alleged to have led loyalists to unseal a property linked to him, the Royal Palm Estate located around Akachi towers, which consists of blocks of flats fully completed and furnished.
The State Government had sealed the property while Okorocha was alleged to have unsealed it in company of his loyalists.
Saturday, 13 February 2021
RIVERS STATE GOVERNMENT AGREES TO IMPLEMENT FULL MINIMUM WAGE PAYMENT FOR CIVIL SERVANTS
The Secretary to the State Government, Dr Tammy Danagogo, said that an agreement on the implementation of the National Minimum Wage of N30,000.00 (Thirty Thousand Naira) which took effect on 1st January, 2020 has been executed.
The Secretary to the State Government disclosed this in a press statement after a meeting between State Government and Labour in Port Harcourt on Friday, 12th February, 2021.
According to the Secretary to the State Government, a Tripartite Committee to undertake detailed discussions of all outstanding issues has also been set up.
The SSG said, “Rivers State Government has agreed and commenced implementation of the payment of check-off dues and the payment of arrears of salaries of Health workers in the Rivers State Public Service who participated in the sympathy strike of 2017 under the auspices of JOHESU.
“Other issues which were raised by Labour such as: Need for payment of arrears of minimum wage, Promotion of civil Servants from 2012, Payment of gratuity to pensioners, Payment of arrears of salaries to some civil servants who were not paid their February and March, 2016 salaries due to the aborted 2016 biometric verification exercise etc.
According to the SSG, several other matters will be discussed in details by the tripartite committee.
“The tripartite committee is to commence sitting immediately for a period of six weeks after which a report will be submitted to the Government.
The meeting was attended by the Head of Rivers State Civil Service, Rufus Godwin, Esq. On the part of Labour Union were the Chairman of the State Labour Congress, Mrs Beatrice Itubo, Chairman of the Trade Union Congress, Pastor Jonah Austin, Chairman of the Joint Public Negotiating Council, Mr Emechita Chukwu and other labour leaders.
The tripartite committee will resume sitting next week.