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MONDAY JANUARY 24, 2022 • T H I S D AY
NEWS
Residents Protest as Gunmen Kill Four Persons in Plateau Community Seriki Adinoyi in Jos
Following a night attack by gunmen on Dong Community of Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State, there was a massive protest yesterday by residents of the community demanding for justice. The angry residents protested with placards and leaves over their heads. They also blocked the major roads passing through the community while calling on the federal and state governments to stop the incessant killings in by suspected herders in the community. Spokesman of the community, Mr. John Emmanuel, said: “Yesterday( Saturday), some gunmen suspected to be herdsmen invaded Dong community and went to a mining site where some people were working and opened gunfire on them, killing four persons on the spot and injuring two others who now in critical conditions in the hospital. “So, this morning the residents of the community decided to come out to protest against the incessant killings in the community and demanded
justice. There had been series of attacks and killings in recent days without anybody brought to book.
"By this protest, we are now demanding justice. Government cannot continue to look away while our people
are serially attacked, maimed and killed." State Police Public Relations Officer Mr. Gabriel Ubah
said that the command was aware of the killings, adding that security men had been deployed in the area maintain
peace, while investigations are going on to unravel the perpetrators and get them arrested.
FEELING THE DANGOTE FERTILIZER…
L-R: Wife of the President, African Development Bank (AfDB), Yemisi Adesina, President/ Chief Executive, Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote; President, AfDB, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, and Chairman, Geregu Power Plc; Femi Otedola, during Adesina’s familirasation visit to the Dangote Oil Refinery Projects, Lekki Lagos…recently
Commission Warns Principals Labour Gives 14-day Ultimatum to Kogi over Minimum Wage against Imposing Hijab on Students in Kwara Ibrahim Oyewale in Lokoja
Hammed Shittu in Ilorin
Another religious crisis seems to be looming in Kwara State over the use of Hijab dress code in secondary schools in the state. Meanwhile, the state Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) has warned school principals in the state against imposing the use of hijab or beret on any students in the state. THISDAY checks revealed that the principals of some schools in Offa and Oyun Local Government Areas in the state at the weekend sent Muslim students who used the Hijab in school to go back home. The affected schools, according to THISDAY checks, are owned by the state government, but made to bear the names of the original
founders having been taken over since 1976 but reportedly denied Muslim girls wearing hijab entry into their respective Schools. The Schools affected according to report are St. Clares Girls High School, Offa and Oyun Baptist High School Ijagbo among others. The Ilorin High Court and Court of Appeal Ilorin had ruled in 2016 and 2019 respectively that state government is the owner of all schools handed-over to Muslim and Christian Missionaties since 1976. It was learnt that, the crisis might have resulted into another religious crisis but quickly intervened by the government by convening a peace meeting with stakeholders on the issue.
Members of the organised labour in Kogi State have issued a 14day ultimatum to the Kogi State government to implement the N30,000 new minimum wage, threatening to embark on an indefinite strike action. While addressing a media briefing in Lokoja at the weekend, shortly after the meeting of labour leaders, the
Kogi State Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC), Mr. Onuh Edoka, said the current administration in the state led by Governor Yahaya Bello was yet to add any value to workers since it was elected in 2016. Kogi State is one of the seven states yet to implement the national minimum wage as directed by the federal government. Consequently the President
of the NLC, Mr. Ayuba Wabah had directed those affected to commence strike . Edoka noted that the committee on minimum wage set up on February 14, 2020, by Governor Bello had refused to submit its report for the implementation of the new minimum wage and its consequential adjustment of 23 per cent. Edoka added that, the present
administration also refused to cash back promotion arrears for workers and has continued to pay percentage salaries to local government workers and pensioners in the state without considering the present economic hardship. He disclosed that the strike action would take effect after the expiration of the two-week ultimatum which begins from January 25, 2022.
Army Urged to Exercise Restraint in Reprisal Attacks on Abia Communities Emmanuel Ugwu-Nwogo in Umuahia Troops of the Nigerian Army from the 144 Battalion Asa have been urged to exercise restraint in their reprisal attacks on Abia oil communities of Owaza and Obuzor in Ukwa West Local Government of Abia State to avoid further killing of innocent people.
Former state Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), Senator Emma Nwaka made the call for restraint in a statement he issued yesterday, expressing sadness over the killing of soldiers and the attendant havoc wreaked on the communities by angry soldiers. Two soldiers were said to have been killed by hoodlums, believed to be oil bunkerers near an oil
pipeline between Owaza and Obuzor last Monday, prompting troops to lay siege on the two communities, allegedly shooting people and burning houses indiscriminately. "It is disheartening that these soldiers died in the course of duty to fatherland. They didn't send themselves to that checkpoint. They were there on duty to protect lives and property,"
Nwaka said. He condoled with families of the fallen heroes and the Federal Government. While he described the killing of the soldiers as "dastardly, horrible, and criminal assault on the integrity of law enforcement in our beloved state", the former Abia ruling party chairman said that troops should be circumspect in their revenge operations to avoid killing innocent people.
The African Diaspora Development Institute (ADDI) and a Nigerian firm, International Property Investment and Development (IPIAD), have forged a partnership to build a $2.5 billion ‘Lost City of TUSONDEL’ in Rivers State. The project being championed
other foreign partners was aimed at bringing back descendants of Africans that were sold into slavery all over the world, and who are interested in relocating to Nigeria or re-discover their ancestral roots, families, kingdoms and villages in Nigeria.
issued yesterday said the first phase of the proposed TUSONDEL City project was estimated to cost $2.5 billion, and it is expected to attract investments of around $10 billion over a period of 10 years. On the choice of Rivers State as
advisory board, said Bonny Kingdom was one of the oldest, richest and most famous of all the kingdoms in the region. He stated that: "Historically, Bonny Kingdom was a major strategic trading and economic hub hundreds of years ago.
House Member Hails Firm Partners African Institute to Build $2.5bn Lost Akeredolu's Commitment City of TUSONDEL in Rivers by IPIAD, a historical tourism IPIAD's President, Mr. Kalada the location, William-Jumbo, who to Security in Ondo Adedayo Akinwale inAbuja development firm, ADDI and William-Jumbo, in a statement is also a member of the ADDI
Fidelis David in Akure
A member representing Odigbo/Oke-Igbo/Ile-Oluji in the House of Representatives, Hon. Mayowa Akinfolarin, has described Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State investment in security as one of the most valuable achievements of his administration, declaring that the governor’s commitment to Amotekun Corps has gone a long way in reducing fears of residents of any external invasion. The lawmaker, who stated this during an interview said the governor's commitment to protecting and sustaining the security architecture of the state is one which must be commended by all.
Akinfolarin said: "For a man considered the chief security officer of the state, also regarded as the Amotekun Generalissimo, the governor has truly lived up to the expectations of the people, particularly, in the area of security in the state and the South-west in general. "Upon his emergence as the governor of the sunshine state, he made a salient promise to the good people of the state that he would always ensure that he leaves no stone unturned in making sure that there's a conducive atmosphere across the 18 local government areas of the state, one which he believes will herald the various progressive plans he has for the state.
Alleged Negligence: Student Slams N2.1bn Suit against Abuja School Alex Enumah in Abuja A student of Baptist High School Abuja Limited has dragged the school to court over alleged negligence which led to bodily injury he suffered while in care of the school. The student of Junior Secondary School (JSS3) in the suit filed on his behalf
by his guardian, one Mr. Davies Dada, is specifically claiming the total sum of N2 .1 billion from the school as compensation for cost of medical treatment, cost of instituting the legal action, general as well as exemplary / punitive damages. According to the claimant, in the suit marked CV/2437/2021,
the school failed in its duty as "loco parentis" by not noticing or providing necessary care and attention to claimant after he fell and could no longer walk while participating in the school's Physical and Health Education Practical Examination for the Basic Education Certificate Examination 2020/2021
academic session. The fall and the alleged neglect of the school to either informed the claimant's parents or provide urgent medical attention, claimant said resulted in him suffering what doctors called "Slipped Upper Femoral Epiphysis (SUFE)" on his right leg and "Prophylactic Pinning-in-situ" on the left.
