MAN Laments High Cost of Diesel, Demands Licence to Import from Niger Republic, Chad Says industries are being converted to warehouses, event centres Dike Onwuamaeze The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has decried
the rising cost of diesel in the country and urged the federal government to issue its members licences to import the product
from the Republic of Niger and Chad. The association, which raised the alarm that industries were
being converted to warehouses of imported goods and event centres, also called on the federal government to avert the
total shutdown of production the call in a statement issued operations. yesterday in Lagos. The Director-General of MAN, Continued on page 5 Mr. Segun Ajayi-Kadir, made
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2023: You Can’t Snatch Wike from PDP, Saraki Tells APC Governors Ayu to meet PDP govs as plot for his removal thickens
Chuks Okocha in Abuja and Hammed Shittu in Ilorin Former Senate President, Dr
Bukola Saraki, has described last Friday’s visit by the Governors of Ekiti, Ondo and Lagos states, Dr Kayode Fayemi and Mr Olurotimi
Akeredolu and Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu to their Rivers State counterpart, Mr Nyesom Wike in Port Harcourt as an exercise
in futility. Also, as the plot by some southern governors elected on the platform of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) to remove the National Chairman of the party, Dr Iyorchia Ayu, from office thickens, the embattled
former President of the Senate has returned to the country to Continued on page 6
Expose Criminals Threatening Nation’s Security, Buhari Charges Nigerians Terrorists release seven of 50 remaining train passengers Kuje attack: Police rearrest fleeing Boko Haram suspect in Nasarawa NSCDC alerts on planned attacks on schools, churches, others In new measures, Irabor meets heads of security agencies daily Deji Elumoye, Kingsley Nwezeh, Kuni Tyesi in Abuja, John Shiklam in Kaduna and Igbawase Ukumba in Lafia President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday charged Nigerians to expose the criminal elements threatening the nation's security. Speaking after the Eid-el-Kabir prayers at his country home in Daura, Katsina State, Buhari said increased disclosure of unusual activities would expose bandits and terrorists, nudging the security apparatus to eliminate threats across the country. The president's charge came as seven of the 50 remaining abducted victims of the March 28 Abuja-Kaduna train attack yesterday regained their freedom after 102 days in captivity. Also, the Nasarawa State Police Command yesterday said it had recaptured one of
the fleeing Boko Haram suspects, Hassan Hassan, who was among the inmates that escaped from the Kuje Maximum Custodial Centre in Abuja, just as the federal government said it has tightened security around the Kuje Correctional facility and other parts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Meanwhile, following the attack on the Kuje Correctional facility, the meetings of security forces headed by the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, have been brought forward to hold daily from its previous weekly arrangement. President Buhari said all those that had unleashed mayhem on innocent citizens should reflect on their atrocities, stressing that they soiled their names and their family reputation. Continued on page 10
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