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ith a circular titled “Import Adjustm ent Tax�, the Federal Ministry of Finance recently directed the introduct ion of 20 per cent tax on medicament imported in This means pharmaceutical the that for every sector. products, a minimum dutyimported drugs and allied made payable of to the treasury 20 per cent would be Customs Service. through the Nigeria Unfortun not only led ately, this developm to ent has essential drugs,an astronomical rise in the prices of it has also led across the country. to a deluge of fake drugs This is that should task the Federala worrisome developm ent other critical stakeholders. Ministry of Health and It is notewort Nigeria (PSN) hy that the Pharmaceutical Society of Importers of and the Association of Pharmaceutical Nigeria (APIN) government have called to these stakeholdrescind the decision. The on the federal argument of ers is that in 2013, Nigeria THE GOVERN had agreed to abide by the OBLIGED TO MENT IS WELFARE OFIMPROVE THE recommendation of an ECOWAS NIGERIA committe N T H I S DAY CITIZENS BY EDITOR that drug importati e DEPUTY EDITORS IJEOMA NWOGWUGW THAT THEY ENSURING U HAVE ACCESS within the African on MANAGING
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EDITORIAL AND HEALTH MEDICAL BOARD OLUSEGUN attract a zero EDITOR NATION’S FACILITIES per CAPITAL ADENIYI cent duty. Against neighbouring African countries the background that tax regime plus are operating lower port this zero we support the position charges on drug T H I S DAY N E W S PA The main challenge of PSN and APIN. importation, EDITOR-IN-C PERS LIM ITED GROUP EXECUTIVE HIEF/CHAIRMAN of our country been the inability NDUKA DIRECTORS over the years OBAIGBENA
the rural dwellers, to ensure that our citizens, ˜ has ˜ JEOMA ˜ GROUP FINANCE NWOGWUGW have access especially DIRECTOR U care. And with DIVISIONAL to basic primary DIRECTORS health market owing the high cost of essential ˜ ANTHONY ˜ DEPUTY DIVISIONAL OGEDENGBE drugs obvious that to the rise on duty of imported in the DIRECTOR SNR. ASSOCIATE the lives of many
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR endangered. DIRECTORS poor Nigerian drugs, it is CONTROLLE We RS ˜ s are greatly Buhari to direct therefore urge President ˜ GENERAL MANAGER Muhammadu the relevant ˜ authorities to
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counter-productive policy so medicament could be made that enough drugs and need them at available for affordabl citizens who Going by provision e prices. s of section the governm 17 of our Constitut ent Nigerian citizensis obliged to improve ion, the adequate medical by ensuring that they welfare of have access to that has consisten and health facilities. For primary health tly promised Nigerian a government s access to care services, way to go. Making this cannot drugs which are not be the right Nigeria more expensive manufactured of the high exchange than they already in are as a result rate will amount for majority of our people. to a death sentence
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s things stand, ensuring that the most effective way of quality effectively delivered health care services are to majority is by allowing of Nigerian the public to to essential s drugs at minimum have access preventable cost. Without diseases will that, By allowing continue the public unfettere to kill in Nigeria. drugs at affordabl e prices, some d access to essential squandered in medical tourism of the billions of To the extent every year will naira be saved. have built their that health is wealth, most countries economies around systems. Unfortun healthcare delivery ately, while ruling elite are members of the Nigeria ever quick to medical treatmen travel abroad for the best treated at home, t even for common ailments greater majority there is little or no considera that can be delivery system who depend on the neglectedtion for the at home. That the “import is the only way healthcare adjustment to explain tax� on While we are not opposed essential drugs. tion drive of to the revenue the current generaadministration, unhelpful because this policy is people. Besides, of its implications to the health of the policy directive World Trade runs contrary our Organisation to the not more than (WTO) recomme five per cent ndation of way of fast-track duty ing the achievemon medicament as a affordable universal ent healthcare and of global vision of We hope that eliminati the authoritie redress the s will look into ng diseases. situation. the issue and
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comm t an offence Po ce prosecutor Sergeant Ibrah m Abu razaak Tsanyawa sa d the offences comm tted were n contravent on of Sect ons 95 397 327 of the Pena Code and app ed for a summary tr a of a the offences Accord ng to h m the accused comm tted another offence by attempt ng to stab her brother w th a kn fe say ng that the brother had ear er stopped her from stea ng a she-goat and a hand-pushed truck be ong ng to the fam y Umm was a eged to have
proceeded to her mother s bedroom and ntent ona y set tems n the house on f re the court heard The accused dur ng her arra gnment p eaded w th the court for en ency stat ng that she regretted her act ons She prom sed that she wou d not engage n s m ar c t acts n the future On hear ng the charges and the p ea by the accused the mag strate ordered that Umm be remanded n pr son custody The court ad ourned the matter to May 16 for tr a
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A founding mem time ago fores ber of the Peoples Dem Party. He was aw the impending colla ocratic Party, Long ers Anyanw pse of the party however pers u, a long the former rulin uaded by . He left the party, repo g party. Now what he the late President Umar to form the Accord Yar’A warned again rts Segun Jam st years back dua to return to es o say that has come to some members the Peoples haunt of Democratic have yet to Party come
to terms with the loss of the election to the 2015 presidential Congress is All Progressives While everyb understatement. certainly not After boasting an ody got rule Nigeria that it would for many years, carried away of the PDP the shock routing by the by a surprise to the APC must have come PDP succes many supporter as s, Anyanwu But not to Chief Longers s of the party. discovered founding member Anyanwu that a of the party. everybody would not last the party got carried While success, Anyanwu away by the PDP discovered would not knew that it longer. He that the party last longer. was He a matter of time. He knew knew that it was time. He knew a matter of soon bust. Were those the bubble would the bubble as gifted as leading the would soon foreseen the Anyanwu, they would party bust. Were tsunami that have those leadin What Anyanwu hit them g the did not foresee in 2015. was the way however, gifted as Anyan party as and manner and how devastatin it would take wu, they g it would the PDP is would have be. Today almost foreseen the it have suddenly dead as those leading tsunami that become the Within the party, the crisis undertakers. hit them in the loss of power that 2015. is still reverberat followed members are ing. While Senator Ali broadly divided between Modu the Ahmed Makarfi Sheriff and those Senator groups, within these there are divisions two groups those who believe that as well. There are to the inevitable the party should salvaged and Anyanwu made . It was at this point force and thosebuilt to become a formidablbe PDP. He found up his mind to leave that left to die and who believe that it should e his way into the another party was not fashionab be the APC rise from its be allowed le or politically when it ashes. Also to do so. to in the PDP sympathisers expedient are A graduate they willl stopwho want the party dead APC of History and Science of and Political That the PDP at nothing to achieve the this. later capped University of Calabar quagmire has found itself in this political Administrationit up with a Master of who the party grew been long in the making. Public As was Imo state from the same university political strangeand became almost unwieldy, , he and Natural commissioner for Agricultu together; the bedfellows started mingling Resources. re party soon the chairman He situation which lost direction, and coordinatwas appointed implementation left the founding a or of the state relegated to committee fathers the backgrou programme of the Anyanwu nd. Surein last position January 2014. That was P members of was one of the foundatio he the for the APC. held before he left the the n helplessly as party in Imo state. He PDP watched strange people Anyanwu believes know the ideology who did not that the PDP be allowed and the party take to should over the systemmanifesto of the president that die naturally. To him, it. He was the and bastardise so Yar’Adua whothe party ever produced best that at a point worried and disenchan was was able to ted Delta crisis when he end the Niger anymore he without shooting left the party couldn’t take it no life lost. a gun with cord Party (AP), a party to found the AcThat politician based loosely whose ideology on that of the widely accepted s think differently is the Accord is now PDP. He said even though Party’s ideology express doubts nationalism, was based about this assertion.many may on Anyanwu.... do so is another patriotism promotion of national Why they knew matter. and shunning PDP would explode unity, accepted belief But and clannish of all primordia is that while one generally sentiments motivated some may taken over the that have suddenlyl there was nothing by be by patriotism greed, others are motivated much he Anyanwu is Party aimed PDP. According to him, . not your idea could do. Accord at That is why standing still ethnic nationalitbringing people of different mill politician. of a run-of-the Anyanwu is and resting - could ies together. happy that the issues, theHe talks tough; and the on your laurels is not a member Despite founding tougher need precipitate a swift tumble, tougher when the leaders of the PDP at the he was soon persuade his own party, Anyawu politics with Anyanwu he talks. Discussin to constantly time of the party move if the hence the drawn with g A former is like are at daggers gramophone. by late President d to return to the one He has all the turning on a contested commissioner in need arises. PDP his disposal So where will another. Umar Musa who promised Imo State, he information the National the next political Yar’Adua as an active at of the reform and To him, certainly Publicity Secretary process participan crisis occur? the party. Anyanwu PDP a new deal for about and is very emotional and t in the the momentin the recent past. To which is re-inventinot in the APC, was in the process believed that Yar’Adua a party him, from what is happenin passionate Sheriff was ng itself and challenges that of this party by Governor brought into g in He watched as facing the come heads-on, the the hawks when he died. He finest was a rising political star the polity. s Ayodele Nyesom Wike a path which take over the and all sorts Fayose and he said, the PDP had and among actors in the of and manner the party Ekiti refused Anyanwu PDP. respective and Rivers beliefs is that One of Anyanwu to follow. To take over the of , the you don’t succeed system; he people gradually by ’s Anyanwu ly to feather their political states in the 2019 APC will have a clean was mortified! standing election as sweep nest, But will crumble in one place or else in politics a crisis. knew that the stage was set for options for the people there are no viable the ground beneath your to chose. As to his own According feet. He said Acting Feature to him, when that other only time will ambition, Anyanwu s Editor: Charles you options left, believes tell even as you may as have no has it that the rumour Ajunwa Email: he may be eyeing well bow mill in Imo state. charles.ajunwa the governors hip @thisd
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Air Peace has es announced the Abuja Flight out of the Nnamdi s resumptio from Wednesd Azikiwe Internatio n of all its flights into and nal Airport, ay, April 19. Abuja starting Corporate Communi A statemen t issued by cations air travellers the carrier’s for keeping Manager, Mr. Chris Iwarah faith with the sacrifice to commended ensure repair airline of the bad portions and making a huge Abuja airport. of the runway the Minister The airline also praised the of the of State for speedy completio Aviation, Sen. federal government and “We are pleased n of the repair work Hadi Sirika for ensuring on the to announce out of the Nnamdi resumption runway of the facility. of all our flights Azikiwe Wednesday, into and April 19. The International Airport with federal governme traďŹƒc on March eect from 8 to enable nt shut the facility diverted all Abuja-bou a six-week repair nd flights to of its runway to “We considere the and Kaduna d down the airport the decision of the federal International Airport. for quick repair government high safety to shut of its runway standard safety our esteemeds of our flight operation in tandem with the s. At Air Peace, guests is our not comprom the first “Although the ise on that for any reason. rule of business. We do decision to shut costs, for us, nothing comparesthe facility to traďŹƒc came our numerous guests and the with safety. We are also with huge a lot of sacrifice aware that entire travelling public wish to commendto enable the repair of the runway had to make the airline said. them for their understan possible ding and cooperatiand on,â€?
The Ibru family AVIAT ION has expressed airline, leaving its willingnes s as sole owner. the Ibru family indicated Contractors, to buy back Aero which it lost interest to The airline set Managem to Asbuy the airline. But The source ent Corporat the Ibru by AMCON was taken over said also hinted of Nigeria (AMCON ion the federal when it could to be making family is government that not offset the ) owing the airline’s moves to buy back offered credit huge indebtedn to Arik Air, which the airline to banks. was recently secured from Oceanic facility it willing to ess taken and is over by pay about Bank and later A source with 50 per international AMCON to two the Ecobank, which absorbed cent of the total airlines debts assets industry, who the aviation the airlines declined.to buy, but defunct and liability of the AMCON, which was owed to THISDAY disclosed this Oceanic bank. put at about N35 Aero billion. THISDAY willing to sell said AMCON is owed Contractors was initially “We have Group Comm over inside Aero gathered from that family or anythe airline to Ibru CHC by the Ibru family source that have indicated 18 people and ends Dana’s other interested Helicopters Kaduna Integrity First buy party at a good of Canada. Capital, which was appointed Services Aero, but the interest to But CHC, service delivery Group (KIP) has commend price. to oversee the some years Ibru family wants to sale of relinquished ed Dana Air ago, hinted as the airline and its contribution to the for good its stakes in that about 18 the airline responsib settle. First Capital recommences nation’s the from le for the According to flights to Nigeria’s aviation industry, Nigeria and companies sale said overseas have capital, Abuja. Ladan, “the a letter signed by KIP Kaduna Chairman, Abdullai Continued Air for its contributIntegrity Group wishes on page 20 to appreciat Umar ion to peace, the renovatio 40 e Dana tourism n of the Abuja for your contribut and Kaduna and security during airport. We we are exceeding ion to towards the success thank you ly grateful.’’ The of Air, Mr. Obi Mbanuzu Accountable the exercise and o while Manager of and service Dana delivery said, reacting to the award for of “We excellenc appreciat thank Eromosele the Kaduna T H e ing our award-wi Abiodun I S DGroup Integrity Minister of AY ˞ FRIDAY State for Aviation,nning service. We is a critical , APRIL 21, also thank the the aviation 2017 Hadi Sirika The Executive agencies for the conduct determinant in MARIT IME for walking raising the bar were resolved of internatio Secretary of federal governme the Nigerian trade and impacts and ensuring the talk, nal Shippers’ Council and understan on-time, and Acting our amazingFeatur that issues ing the developm nt are facilitat- economie on national (NSC), Hassan ding. Kaduna guests fores ent of the TTPs s. Bello, has stated State; Onitsha,Anambra appreciate them theirEditor people are peace-lov to boost support Charle s that Enugu quality, cost The availability, Email for their hospitalit Ajunwa Jebba,Kwara State; trade local and internatio and Kogi states ing charle to and and Abuja we also nal transport efficiency of State; Lokoja, s.ajunw kick-start the on Wednesd in the country. y.’’ ‘We will commenc will State; a@thisdayli Kogi ay and will operate services influence Lagos to Abuja e flights Shedding more Transit Parks planned Truck Afor, Ore, Ondo State; Obollove.com five daily flights light on the the trading environm (TTPs) to be Enugu State. return services at 7.02am, 12.40pm, project at the from in eight locations sited ent and 15.03, 16.11 the competit at 9am, 10.45am, just The conclude and facility iveness across eight Enugu 18.00 and 14.25pm, 18.00pm states of the of export ness incubationhas in-built busi- Bello, International Trade d goods on the federatio and 19.55pm.’’ Fair, international said: “A Truck TTP is a transport n. the micro, smallcenters to boost is Transit Park market as well as the infrastruca public rest ture develope and medium cost of imported goods. enterpris area d located by es (MSMEs) the road, designed the NSC to In this off facilitate trade as well temporary to provide the Nigerian Shippers’ regard, in the country as other recreation “April 19 was and ensure the due Not less than al facilities. drivers. rest location for truck serves as an agent for Council safety of lives date to conclud the highway economic It is primarily on opportun development 15,000 job s. intended for short-term ities will be open the airporte and The eight locations tions in the costthrough intervencreated when the project safety on our program based identified as economic becomes fully and also longer-term breaks cargo transport moderation and operation of work. parking services in Here we are, he according the construct ally viable for facilitator al, hall dropped high-use transport in positive impactissues resulting to the into corridors ssilence to achieve a we set out of the project. on inflationar include: Portion of the TTPs trend in the as celebrated pin-drop.� y target and The country.� Taiwo we achieved actress, In his presentat which Lagos State; Novo Creek, tion’s NSC, Ajai-Lyce is the naBello, who the target� tt, took ion on the Port stage Ogere, Ogun was represent Economic the ic and Regulator “Econom started to title:to ed and the represent Regulation and by the Deputy Director, read Simpson poem a SojiTrucking Effective ative oftitled Public tion’, which the ‘Nigerianis In Ngeria,� Private Partnership (PPP), he observed aredefine themselv urged Meditations Mr. es and moveNigerians to that, “Transport habits and is a living away Minister practices
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he hall dropped into pin-drop silence as celebrated actress,Taiwo Ajai-Lycett, took to the stage and started to read a Soji Simpson poem titled ‘Nigerianisa- tion’, which urged Nigerians to redefine themselves and move away from habits and practices copied from their British colonial masters. Page 40
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from Continued of State, testament copied from colonial masters. on page 20 their British Senator HadiAviation to “Let us be not Anglicise Sirika. true Nigerians genius; an Soji Simpson’s , she was done,d Africans,� a line read. indication the crowd cheered When of what was and applause. with vibrant a glimpse of Ajai-Lycett what could his was the never met Soji Simpson, first play she but a collection have been. It is she returned took part about him from England. “And in when will sit well of poems which I’ve heard for the last mysterious 43 years, about disappearance,� his pleasure as for individual does not buy she said. But she it cuts across into oblivion.the idea that he has diverse genres evaporated increasingly “As I get older, it ballads, sonne - odes, lyrics, because we clear to me that we becomes don’t die, are spirits.� Soji Simpson to the breadt ts, speaking was a Nigerian in 1939. He writer born was one of Simpson’s h and depth of his generatio the shining lights of craft A thespian, n, in the field of creative art. wrote over poet, and playwright. 70 while he was poems between 1958 Simpson and 1961 a student Academy and King’s at the Lagos Baptist also wrote a collection five plays College, Lagos. He of poems which (Too Much The Vogue, individual Too Soon, will sit well pleasure as Voice, and If I forget Thee, His for genres (odes, it cuts The Mirage), Master’s lyrics, ballads, across diverse performed all of which ing to the sonnets), speakby were breadth and troupe foundedNeighbourhood craft. It should depth of Simpson’ Players, a Neighbourhood and directed by also make s classroom its way into him. Players, as The a worthy collection 1966 and 1968, the which closer scrutiny.� also performed ran between deserving by other writers. So, to launch He was also plays written He used to the book memory of a journalist Soji Simpson, and revive the . Late Simpson of the 70s’ write a column called was organised a in the Daily ‘Voice 1968 and 1973. at the Musonpoetry recital Express between dozens of readers, including Centre and seum, Onikan, But, one were invited evening in Ajai-Lycett, Lagos, aged to read poems Simpson mysteriou been seen August 1974, poetry “We at Diamond 35. He has from Meditatio and breathe since. Yet, Soji and sly vanished not and was rehearsin he remains life into it ns. that the significan Publications are family, a devastati annotating by compiling to friends grateful some of ‘Behold my g Rasheed Gbadamowhile he t work ng loss. book titled Decades after, represents was Redeemer’ si’s ‘Meditations’. his poems into a his younger not stillborn,�that Meditations at the National play, Simpson, publishers tive Accordin brother, Officer the an Chief educationist Mu- decided g to the of Femi “Meditat of the book, Diamond Idowu, said Diamond Publicatio Execuand writer, to unearth Publications, has Simpson’sions is a living Simpson’s that it was at the recital. “We arens, Lanre testament manuscrip genius; not to grateful t of and a glimpse of an indication of what Soji misadventure. aborted through negligenc In a sense what could was love; e or we are celebratin have been. love for diligence, It is for enterprise g love for talent, , love for industry, love love for the
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Forty-three years after he the Muson Centre recen vanished, friends and tly to bring him back to family of Soji Simpson life, writes gathered at Solomon Elus oji
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mport e g b e tems and ncreased both the amount and number of sa es to BDCs Accord ng to a source at the centra bank the na ra s expected to apprec ate further when the BDCs get another tranche of $20 000 from the CBN today Ana ysts had r ght y forecast that w th the forays by the CBN n the var ous segments of the market the na ra wou d strengthen aga nst the greenback and other convert b e currenc es th s week F nanc a Der vat ves Company L m ted yesterday sa d that the na ra wou d strengthen further on the para e market “ n the days to come� CBN spokesman Mr Isaac Okorafor recent y assured FX end-users that the centra bank wou d susta n ts do ar n ect on n the market He a so asked market part c pants to ab de by the ru es to ensure the preservat on of the externa reserves
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enue State has a wage bill billion (N4.2 of billion for state N7.8 billion for local and unfruitful attempts governments), N3.6 wage bill, the in northern to reduce the the largest governor’s Nigeria. tution of a 10-member latest effort was In ascending salary verification the constie believed and with a charge figures for civil order, these are the to ascertain committee some states servants wage (youth) were many of us the the state. The assassinations. across the country: happy. We grew bill for committee had authentic wage bill of The same elite Yobe, N1.3bn; up believing as Chairman Mr. Tertsea perpetrate these using the youth Sokoto, N1.6bn; Kebbi, N1.02bn; this and Ikyaabo Taraba, N1.85bn; promise of hope saying as a to members were Terhemen Jato as Secretary. Plateau, N1.7bn; children in these atrocities do not involve Adamawa, Wondoo Atikpo, Other their own acts as they Nasarawa, N2.45bn; sort of assurance and some N1.9bn; Iorpenda Tarnguhar, Jeremiah Ikuba, or America Ekiti, N2.6bn; Niger, N2.1bn; getting proper are in far-away Europe Regina Kogi, N3.2bn; tomorrow. Little of a better Pa, Orindia that it was a Kwara, N2.8bn; will come back training after Kaduna, N3.5bn; Shie and Philip Are, S.U. Ikomon Peter did we know fantasy and which they to N3.7bn; Ondo, Nongo. fallacy to Osun, N3.6bn; Inauguratin only the gullible. The instrument take the places of their N3.8bn; g the committee, Kano, They (the elite) be believed by Benue, parents�. N4.5bn; Oyo, urged its members consciences Governor Ortom the elite to keep of poverty has been appealed N5.3bn; Ogun, N4.2bn; Bayelsa, by used by to explore the and Lagos, N6bn; Rivers, number (BVN) hope in order giving us what I described to our populace under not just the youth but bank verification N9.1bn. N7bn to give them the whole as false ‘control’. The Benue State, to guard againstand other ICT related measures governance are not conditioned minds and the overall room to carry on with future multiple country, is up one of the poorest states to ask questions of most youths individual Nigeria control of the payments to not interested in the public servants. as we know there with economic and they are economy. in governance the South-west to expose the He only the leadership it today has been heavyweigh a people vulnerable . Being poor syndicate within also charged them ts in makes class of yesteryears shaped by counterparts. like Lagos and other oil-producin to succumb believed to the question: the civil service immediate gains It will interest be behind the to the allures and this begs what has happened g and the perceived State which of ghost workers for possible of tomorrow� ‘peanuts’ has more than you to know that Kano to sanctions the “leaders syndrome comfort the offered by the ? and submit Benue State twice the population months. has happened The question does not elite to commit They also orchestrate its report in with 44 local end to of atrocities. three governments, T wage bill of political It’s been eight could the youths the old-long saying but at what to occupy the N2.1bn for local stillHhas I SaD AY ˞ FRIDAY months already also what minds of the and economic drama have learnt while Benue government During this, APRIL leaders they and keep them with no result. people and stands workers intervening have had. Not from the crop of 21,period, the 2017 away from Governor Samuel tall at N3.6bn. wage bill has from the view so that they do the main issues youth sucked the state this over-bloated Ortom was point of setting much if you look at it not that there was months of federal result morality the first to dry, questions. The become articulate enough so fraud in the is diminishing good examples. As a allocation, budgetgulping eight education system to ask in office. Benue system on his admit first tranche the ill-ways and so is the support and first day is in a shambles of of their leaders as youths are copying health sector. by ghost workersState’s wage bill is obviously to over N32bn Paris Club debt refunds lack of punitive which is encouraged the system is The deplorable amounting bloated being suffered state of towards a solutionsince time immemoria by have a backlog and still counting. As I practices. Some measures to deter bad the elite, who by l, but efforts write, we leadership have been, have the resources,only the poor while familiar book for state civil of unpaid salaries for five their place in youths today, instead of to fly abroad of lamentation at best, drawn from a would not hesitate servants contributing taking to s. the local governmen and almost a year months to national development, are being detention wouldget medical treatment; for those of even those in also want to Usha Anenga, t. the very same used for destructive activities checkups and elite. They are uanenga@y probably jump fly abroad for medical by malpractices ahoo.com An old Chinese bail. and other vices used in electoral proverb has and snatching which include to plant a tree it that the of ballot boxes, thuggery is 20 years ago best time now. blackmail and but the good even time is Omale Omachi Samuel, Abuja
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A mag strate court s tt ng n Kano pres ded over by Ha ya Umma San Kurmawa yesterday ordered the remand n pr son custody of a 20-year-o d young woman Umm Abdu ah for a eged y verba y abus ng her mother The charge sheet read n an open court sa d Umm hur ed verba abuses at her mother add ng that Umm on March 4 2017 at Badawa quarters comm tted the acts of cr m na nt m dat on ntent ona nsu t m sch ef and attempted to
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AFRICOM headquarters The emergence in Stuttgart (Germany) and believed to be was monitored Barnawi’s faction of Musab Al- the US the son of the at slain which State-affiliated from the Islamic in LagosConsulate General Office Boko Haram founder Mohammed he said also terror group Yusuf, whose by local bears the Haram factional Boko deputy the group’s name Islamic State This corroborate The conference, journalists. leader has been current leader in West Africa – “a name it described as d General Shekau Waldhauser’s Tuesday, was which started last doesn’t deserve.� a group would Shekau had pledgedused to be. the first of its Chad Basin boost to the Lake held On the fears on be defeated the effect that statement to the kind Multi-National allegiance between the in near future. the AFRICOM of the operations the sustainability was US AFRICOM to the so-called Islamic Task Force’s Joint and 49 working towards (MNJTF) African military in the event (IS) group in State dwindling Re-iterating the insurgency operations. counterof “African March 2015. leaders. Major-General months later, But Adeosun international support, solutions to African problems,� peace to the nation,need for lasting This was disclosed Adeosun in August he also stressed which implies explained that the need for the year, last by the MNJTF attributed the boost reducing commander, Major-Gener the continent’s government to to the Syria, the IS based in Iraq and MNJTF, like other similar tenuous link reach dependence the out to population subsisting al Lamidi the announced outfits on the continent, Adeosun, in on to dissuading with a view Al-Barnaw sect’s two rival between as the leader is basically external support by developing briefing held telephonic press factions. of its ‘West Africai self-reliant but benefits new would-be the local military’s “The split yesterday. Al-Shabab province.’ additional from recruits. The briefing, operations in is assisting the On the Al-Shabab capacity. support from which was He specifically “He has been a way,� he hosted by the the in Somalia, insurgency cochallenging the US and the others. called for the said. military,� Al-Barnawi, US Africa Command it would are not necessary. “The fears Soubagleh Lieutenant-General involvement of the academic (AFRICOM) Adeosun recalled, be confirmed commander communit disclosed that (from outside) “What comes terror Thomas Waldhauser , General Boko had been critical of the about the Boko Haram the organisatioy, civil society is an additional Haram leader group sect, support,� and the indiscrimina African Union Shekau’s stronghold in has no more religious ns, the media and he said. Mission in Somalia te targeting of (AMISOM) institution, country and the East African other fellow Muslims and Lieutenant-G among assured that stakeholders had vowed eneral concentrate Osman Noor the in this in to Soubagleh, was endeavour. Somalia yesterday at the held on fighting his faction’s efforts the Christians Chiefs of Defenceend of the African well as as the governmen Conference at the military t and the . Al-Barnawi, meanwhile, is
Directors, Dr. Bala Services) and Bello (Corporate services in line Stella Okotete President Muhammad trade policy. with government Odia u Buhari has (Business Development). reconstituted as Executive Bala Bello takes the Okoh in Makurdi Buhari has Director (Corporate of the Nigeria top management Emmanuel over also Services). Alozie Export-Impo Moore Abolo. from the appointm approved Mac and “Unfortunately, ent of some motorists (NEXIM), following the rt Bank Three persons Mr. Rotimi The new board Thomas removal the appointments, according were yesterday were fighting with the youths of Bashir Wali, and executivea were appointed as non-executiv feared dead to statement, are who was the which led to serious in with immediate management for directors. e between Fulania renewed clash policemen pandemonium until managing director of the acting effect. Abba Rural Bello is a member Electrification bank. Furthermore, A statement issued residents of a Tiv herdsmen and youths,â€? came and dispersed the the statement The ChairmanAgency. yesterday by of Chartered Institute of stated that Director of Press the eyewitness Bankers is of Nigeria. Until Igba Uke villagecommunity at Tse not who did in the Office Umaru Maza of the board confirmed the president had since want his appointmen the appointment Maza, while 10 kilometres near Ikpayongo, concluded.his name mentioned Secretary to the Governmen of the he was an Executive t, the Managing from Makurdi, of Saleh t of the North-east Dunoma as the Federation (SGF), Director of Benue State capital. the Managing Director Mrs. Damilola Director is of the and North-west Confirming the announced the Bolaji Adebiyi, Bank Federal Airports at Unity Dr. report, Ogunbiyi According to since 2015. Authority of Sanusi Mohamm . Nigeria (FAAN); a source, the Police Public Relations the state Abubakar Abba appointment of suspected herdsmen NEXIM is responsible Captain Mukhtar Bello as the new Officer managing Ohiare has (PPRO), Moses ed Usman had been as for the as invaded confirmed promotion of Tse Igba Uke Yamu, who director. the Executive appointed Nigerian the Director-General of a diversified the crisis in a Also appointed export Electrificatio Director (Rural Civil Aviation Ikayongo and village close to said statement, are two Executive base through the provision Authority two persons killed two persons. (NCAA) n); Muhamma finance, risk bearing of This led to d A. Akinkotu and Captain Fola C. one was criticallywere killed, while some youths and advisory Wasaram as Executive as injured. Ikpayongo mounting the in Managing Director (Technical Services) The statement Director a roadblock and Yewande of Nigerian Airspace Managemen read: along the federal Agency (NAM highway, leaving report that suspected “We got t motorists stranded, herdsmen attacked Tse igba while Uke village, killed passenger lost his life due to a one Sunday Kachuwa fracas. the Zongu and injured Aliade. According to deposited at the The corpse was Tobi Soniyi General Hospital “some youths an eyewitness, while the injured is set up to investigate federal highwaybarricaded the treatment. undergoing The National today (Thursday) at Ikpayongo She said the the complaints. Human Rights Ovrawah noted “Youths at Ikpayongo commission Commission toDprotest the that substantiated ready to investigate killing of twoT H I S was (NHRC) has blocked the road in protest persons AY Ëž Monitoring in the complaints complaints of hate speeches of the killing and received 153 complaints said it with the aim village, a few kilometres at Tse Igba killed Í° the commission, election-relat and of bringing a passengerÍŻËœ Í°ÍŽÍŻÍľ speech and election-relate on hate culpable Mr. away from those subjected ed violence would be Tony Ojukwu, assured Ikpayongo by to justice. He added that in the process.â€? during Nigerians Fulani herders. that the commission to public hearing the 2015 general d violence policemen have She said the commission “The incident across the states would be bold been drafted election. The commission to restore normalcy would indicted of the federation to enable and courageous as it where necessary, Wednesday night happened on at the has also always area. persons defend exercise the duty said its to been in naming investigation and up till mid day today (Thursday) themselves. seek team and recommendi According to her, The police spokesman across the country would travel punishmencriminal indictment, ng nobody could the investigations for prosecution those found say anything, however hearings to carry out would have a enjoined youths t and accountabili culpable the non-challan of hate speeches positive influence not to on the petitions. public if it finds evidence attitude of governmen ty the forthcoming and election-relate t law into in violence. their hands as take the A statement by d indicating t propelled 2019 general election. that any youths to take according to him, “the command She said the to the street. said the Acting the commission in hate person was involved He also investigation frowns at Executive Secretary become necessary speeches and jungle justice.â€? had on hate stated that the complaints Mrs. Oti Ovrawah, , related electionspeeches in view the inaugural meetingdisclosed this at 2015 violence in relation to the clamour for the establishmeof the related violence and electionelections, as spread across nt of the six of a committee well as other an Election Offences Commission geo-political subsequent elections. zones of the In his remarks, . the Project country. Coordinator He said the investigation and Director, s would take place between April 24 and 27.
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