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Suspected Fulani Herdsmen Kill Sowore’s Younger Brother In Edo

Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen have killed Olajide, the younger brother of Sahara Reporters Publisher, Omoyele Sowore, in Edo State.
In a post via his Facebook post on Saturday, Sowore stated his younger brother was shot dead by the criminals near Okada town in the South-South state.

According to the former presidential candidate, Olajide was coming back from school (Igbinedion University), where is studying Pharmacy.

He wrote: “My immediate younger brother, Olajide Sowore was today shot and killed near Okada in Edo state by reportedly herdsmen/kidnappers on his way from Igbinedion University in Edo state where he is studying Pharmacy.

“They snuffed out the life of yet another real human being! Rest In Power, “Dr. Mamiye!”

“This act in itself will not delay their day of justice.

“I travelled widely with you and our father as a little kid. You were the most loved robust kid I ever first knew. You, Mr. magnet had no enemy!

“You, Mr. Sunshine Foundation who made everyone happy.

“You, the boy who snuck out his older ones to parties, taking all the blames when our disciplinarian father found out.

“You, the guy who was an out-of-the-box thinker who decided school wasn’t for you and created you own genre of music and then turned around to go to school after you almost turned 50!

“You lived your life so that everyone could be alright but now assassinated by everything that’s not alright! Saddest day yet!”

At First I Thought It Was April Fool When Doctors Started Strike – Ngige

Labour Minister, Chris Ngige said he thought doctors in Nigeria were playing a prank when they embarked on an industrial action.

On Friday, the minister assured that the government will end the ongoing nationwide strike by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD).

Ngige spoke in Abuja at the Nigerian Health Commissioners Forum Quarterly meeting.

Ngige said the President Muhammadu Buhari administration was doing its best to cater for doctors.

He recalled that public health workers got N32 billion as special COVID-19 hazard allowance for three months in the first instance.

Ngige said state governments were advised to pay as much as they could.

Narrating how the situation degenerated, he said in September 2020, NARD issued a notice of strike while asking for Medical Residency Training Fund (MRTF).

They wanted N542,000 each to cover the cost of books and journals for that particular examination, transportation and lodging for three days.

Ngige added that since the supplementary budget was being put together then, the doctors’ demand was included, fulfilled and they called off the strike.

The minister said by March 2021, they listed other things, complaining that Residency Training Fund was not in the 2021 budget.

”They also needed the hazard allowance to be upgraded and demanded that States should domesticate Residency Training Act.

“Before we could say Jack Robinson, they went on strike on April 1. I thought it was April fool until April 2 when we didn’t see them at work.

“I told them that, they didn’t give the mandatory 21 days notice to their employers who have written to me to complain.”

Ngige said the 2021 Residency Training Fund was eventually captured in the supplementary budget, disclosing that the funds are now available.

BREAKING: Afghanistan Gets New President To Lead Taliban Government

It is gathered that Taliban co-founder Mullah Baradar will lead a new Afghan government set to be announced shortly, sources in the Islamist group said on Friday, as its fighters battled forces loyal to the vanquished republic in the Panjshir Valley north of Kabul.

The new government’s most immediate priority, however, should be to stave off the collapse of an economy grappling with drought and the ravages of a conflict that killed an estimated 240,000 Afghans.

Baradar, who heads the Taliban’s political office, will be joined by Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob, the son of late Taliban co-founder Mullah Omar, and Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai, in senior positions in the government, three sources said.

“All the top leaders have arrived in Kabul, where preparations are in final stages to announce the new government,” one Taliban official told Reuters, on condition of anonymity.

Haibatullah Akhunzada, the Taliban’s supreme religious leader, will focus on religious matters and governance within the framework of Islam, another Taliban source said.

The Taliban, which seized Kabul on Aug. 15 after sweeping across most of the country, have faced resistance in the Panjshir Valley, where there have been reports of heavy fighting and casualties.

Several thousand fighters of regional militias and remnants of the government’s armed forces have massed in the rugged valley under the leadership of Ahmad Massoud, the son of former
Efforts to negotiate a settlement appear to have broken down, with each side blaming the other for the failure.

While the Taliban have spoken of their desire to form a consensus government, a source close to the militant movement said the interim government now being formed would consist solely of Taliban members.

It would comprise 25 ministries, with a consultative council, or shura, of 12 Muslim scholars, the source added.

Also being planned within six to eight months is a Loya jirga, or grand assembly, bringing together elders and representatives across Afghan society to discuss a constitution and the structure of the future government, the source said.

All the sources expected the interim government’s cabinet to be finalised soon but differed over exactly when with some saying it would be settled later on Friday while others felt it would take until the middle of next week

“Yahoo Yahoo” Affecting Nigeria’s Economy, Giving Our Country Bad Name – EFCC Boss Lament

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has said internet fraud such as “Yahoo Yahoo” is affecting Nigeria’s Economy and given the country a bad name globally.

The EFCC boss lamented that the activities of the criminals have impacted the country’s economy causing the closure of businesses, losses of jobs and economic instability

He said the fight against cybercrimes will succeed with the collaboration of everybody, including the youth because it requires a lot of intelligence gathering.

The commission also lamented that cybercrime had “given Nigeria a bad name globally.”

The EFCC boss represented by the Head, Cybercrime Department of the commission, Mallam Sambo, said these in his paper titled, ‘Youth and impact of cyber and other financial crimes to the national economy, at the 2021 Sir Ahmadu Bello Foundation scholars mentorship forum, which ended in Abuja on Thursday.

He said, “Intelligence gathering is giving out useful information to the commission in curbing cybercrime across the country. Intelligence gathering is very important in the fight against cybercrime.

“The activities of the criminals have impacted in the country’s economy causing closure of businesses, losses of jobs and economic instability

(VIDEO) Even When I’m On Top Of My Wife And I Remember Those In IDP camp….it goes flat – Governor Ortom

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has said the rise in the population of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), due to lack of security in the North, troubles him.

He said he is deprived of sleep when he remembers those in IDP camps who have been forced to flee their homes because of insurgency.

He added: “Even when I’m on top of my wife and I remember the people in the IDP camp…”

Those in the crowd added, “It goes flat” and Ortom smiled in agreement.

Watch the video below.

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Seyi Makinde Reveals Why Alaafin And Olubadan Were Unable To Gain Entrance ‘At Lekan Salami Stadium

Two prominent traditional rulers in Oyo State, the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III, and the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji were surprisingly unable to gain entrance during the commissioning of the renovated Lekan Salami Stadium, Adamasingba in Ibadan.

It was reported that security agents on duty during the event which took place on Wednesday in Oyo State, prevented the traditional rulers from entering the event venue despite the Very Important Personality (VIP) Invitation Cards with them.

The traditional rulers later left the venue without attending the event following the incident with the security operatives.

The media aides of the two monarchs confirmed the development as earlier reported by Naija News.

But reacting to the incident, the Oyo State government on Thursday in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, Taiwo Adisa said the traditional rulers were duly invited and expected at the event.

On why they were however unable to gain entry, the statement explained that the royal fathers were unable to access the designated VVIP Drop Off zone due to the surging crowd that turned out for the event.

It added that the security operatives told them to make use of another gate and noted that the state government holds the two traditional rulers in the highest esteem.

The statement reads in part: “What happened was that security operatives advised that the drivers of the revered monarchs make their way through another gate, since their convoys were unable to access the VVIP Drop Off Zone from the gate they entered through.

“From the VVIP Drop Off Zone, it would be easy for the monarchs to access the VVIP box without meandering through the stairs, as that would have unduly stressed them given their age,” he said.

“His Excellency, Governor Seyi Makinde wishes to categorically state that the Alaafin and the Olubadan were well-expected at the event and that their seats were reserved.”

It added that the convoys of the monarchs were well treated and cautioned those spreading lies about what transpired on Wednesday to desist from such acts.

“The government frowns on reports indicating that the convoys of the revered monarchs were not treated accordingly and would take appropriate steps to correct any untoward indication,” the statement added.

Former Ogun Governor Amosun Visits Tinubu In London

A former Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has joined the array of politicians who have visited the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu in London.
Naija News reports that the Senator representing Ogun Central District in the National Assembly paid a visit to Tinubu in London on Wednesday.

The former Lagos governor has been receiving prominent politicians over the last few weeks in the UK where he is currently residing.

Some of those who have visited the APC leader include President Muhammadu Buhari, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State.

Others are former Borno Governor Kashim Shettima, former APC National Legal Adviser, Dr. Muiz Banire, members of the Lagos state House of Assembly led by Speaker Mudashiru Obasa, Hon, James Faleke and Hon. Usman Zanna.

This news platform reports that the former Lagos State Governor was said to have undergone a series of surgery on his knee.

There were claims that Tinubu had undergone another knee surgery at the John Hopkins University Hospital in Maryland, the United States.

It was gathered that the APC chieftain returned to London in the United Kingdom on crutches after undergoing the successful surgery.

Power minister Saleh Mamman collapses, hospitalised after Buhari sacked him

Saleh Mamman collapsed in Abuja and landed at the hospital yesterday after being told by President Muhammadu Buhari that he had been relieved of his job.

Mr Mamman served as power minister since 2019 until he was fired on Wednesday as Mr Buhari conducted a minor redeployment of his cabinet members. He was fired alongside agric minister Sabo Nanono.

“He collapsed yesterday and was immediately hospitalised,” a family source told The Gazette under anonymity. “He wasn’t expecting to be fired so soon.” The nature of Mr Mamman’s ailment was not immediately clarified to The Gazette, and his spokesman did not return a request seeking comments.

The source said Mr Mamman has been quietly receiving treatment at a hospital in Abuja, and The Gazette has withheld the name of the hospital to respect the former minister’s privacy.

Mr Mamman, 63, was said to have been living at Transcorp Hilton in Abuja for more than three weeks on the bills of some powerful interests in the power sector, who were hoping he would still be in the office to be able to award lucrative contracts.

“He has been living permanently at Transcorp Hilton since early August,” our sources said. “His bills were being covered by elements in the power sector who were looking forward to more lucrative contracts before the bad news of his dismissal struck yesterday.”

He also reportedly has plans to run for governor in Taraba by 2023, a claim The Gazette has not been able to independently corroborate.

Award Winning Singer, Iyanya Gets Political Appointment

The Governor of Cross River State, Ben Ayade, has appointed award-winning singer, Iyanya as the Senior Special Assistant on Tourism and Entertainment.
The development was revealed by the singer in a post on his Instagram account on Wednesday.

Iyanya appreciated the state Governor for finding him worthy to handle such a position.

He wrote, “It’s forward ever and backwards never. I have been appointed the Senior Special Assistant on Tourism and Entertainment to the Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade.

“I thank God who made this possible and also my Governor for finding me worthy to handle this position.”

In another development, the Gulder Ultimate Search reality tv show has returned to the television screen after seven years break.

There had been calls for the reality show to return to the screen due to morality.

Gulder Ultimate which started in 2004 borders on the survival instincts of its contestants.

Police Confirm Abduction Of 73 Students In Maradun, Matawalle’s Hometown

The Zamfara State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of 73 Students of Government Day Secondary school, Kaya in Maradun LGA.
Police confirmed the incident in a statement on Wednesday by its spokesperson, SP Mohammed Shehu.

According to Shehu, the State Commissioner of Police, Ayuba N Elkanah, has ordered the deployment of search and rescue team that was mandated to work in synergy with the military to ensure the safe rescue of the abducted students

Elkanah appealed to the general Public especially parents and relatives of the abducted students to exercise patience and continue to pray for the success of the ongoing rescue operation.

Security has also been beefed up at Kaya Village and environ to forestall further attack on the communities.

Recall that this newspaper had earlier reported that gunmen suspected to be bandit terrorists on Wednesday morning abducted students.

The gunmen who came on motorcycles stormed the school shooting sporadically.

“There was an abduction of students just now in Kaya town, Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara state. The gunmen who were in large number came to Kaya Junior Secondary School and abduct large number of students,” a source had said.

A teacher in the school told the BBC Hausa that he and others managed to escape by running away under the cover of farms near the school.

He disclosed that the bandits stormed the school in the hours of 11 am and 12 pm.