Expose Criminal in Your Midst Emir of Muri Tells Fulani Leaders >>2 2 JULY 26 - 31, 2021 News
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Kano floodJULY 26 - 31, 2021 claims 20 lives >>PAGE1 2 ISSN:2734-2042 Vol. 2 No. 18 JULY 26 - 31, 2021 N200 Olubadan ASUU Again, FG Nigeria’s sends Extends NIN- Secret Police delegation Threatens Operatives to Cotonou To Resume SIM Verification Take Over over Sunday Strike Deadline To Federal High Igboho’s trial October Court, Abuja >>2 >>4 >>5 >>8 North lacks responsible leaders – Matawalle We have all seen how the elites in the South-East and Southwest responded in unison to all matters concerning their regions’ development. >>2 Expose criminal in your midst Emir of Muri tells Fulani leaders >>2 2 JULY 26 - 31, 2021 News Kano flood North lacks responsible claims 20 lives o fewer than nineteen persons were feared Ndead in Doguwa local leaders --- Matawalle government area of Kano after a vehicle conveying them was eroded amfara State Governor, tormenting the people of safe by flood at the weekend. Kano witnessed a torrential Mohammed Bello corridors across the region. downpour that lasted several ZMatawalle, on Sunday, said He lamented that there was a hours at the weekend, destroying northern leaders are responsible for lack of support from a section properties estimated over N100 the insecurity ravaging the region, of politicians who wish to take million. while noting that the region lacks advantage of the situation to “Human beings and responsible leadership. achieve political gains, noting that domesticated animals, including Matawalle made the observation there was a need for the federal birds, as well as food stuff were while delivering a paper titled government to key into the peace destroyed, as several homes “The Fight Against Banditry in initiative so that appropriate submerged in the flood,” Mr. Northwest Nigeria: Challenges resources can be allocated to Saidu, a resident, said. Village head of Doguwa and Solutions” at the inauguration achieved that. settlement, Alhaji Yusuf Umar, of the new executives of Arewa He added, “We have all seen how confirmed the incident to Media Writers Association in the elites in the South-East and newsmen. Kaduna. Southwest responded in unison He said 15 bodies have been He said the northern leaders were to all matters concerning their recovered while search was responsible for the plight of their regions’ development. intensified to recover the corpses region, which includes horrible “We have seen how they have a of the remaining four victims. crimes like rape, killings of women defined agenda and are relentless Umar narrated the vehicle and children, kidnapping, highway in their pursuit of regional conveying the dead was washed robbery and other gruesome development.” away by the flood after its engine went off in the middle of a bridge atrocities in the northern region. According to him, the war on Friday night. According to him, the north against banditry in the North West He added the bridge was lacked responsible leadership to would remain a significant security submerged by flood following the steer it through the uncharted challenge that has the potential to heavy downpour. waters, adding that the ruling swallow the region and the country. “The engine of the vehicle seized elites have no vision for the region He appealed to leaders of the and the car stopped abruptly and beyond gaining political power. and bravery, and no violence was included reluctance by the affected region to wake up from their before the driver could reignite it, the flood washed the car away with The governor said when he took used.” states to embrace peace dialogue, lethargy and unite in combating the passengers. over as governor on May 29th, He said the major challenges which would have deprived the the grave challenge, saying there 2019, the State had already been was the need to stop politicising “We have not gotten any to peace efforts in the region recalcitrant bandits currently survivor yet. We are still searching mired in a serious security crisis for the situation. for corpses,” Umar said. over a decade, marked by banditry, Spokesman for the State livestock rustling, kidnapping Emergency Management Agency among other crimes. Expose criminal in your midst Emir of Muri tells Fulani leaders (SEMA), Ali Abdullahi Garko, also He said the State was in the confirmed the incident, describing he Emir of Muri, Alhaji herdsmen but to those among Emir had further told the Fulani news for bloodletting, fire, pillage, it as unfortunate. Abbas Njidda Tafida, met them who engage in kidnapping leaders at the meeting that they and significant displacement of He said the State Government with Fulani leaders in his and other criminal activities. must act positively to bring sanity people, particularly those living in T had sent a delegation headed by palace in Jalingo and urged them The Chairman of Miyyetti Allah among all Fulani herdsmen. rural areas, on daily basis. SEMA Executive Secretary, Saleh to weed out criminals amongst Cattle Breeders Association, Taraba “You must weed out all criminal Matawalle, represented by Jili, to commiserate with families them. State branch, Sahabi Tukur, who elements among you and restore of the victims. the State’s Commissioner for This is coming six days after the was at the meeting, said that the the good image of Fulani which Information, Alhaji Ibrahim Emir warned criminals among emir had expressed his displeasure is gradually being tanished by Masked armed security men Magaji, said the historic, economic, Fulani herders to stop their over some herdsmen who have activities of bad eggs that engaged social and cultural ties between the take over Federal High Court criminal activities. been linked with kidnapping. in kidnapping and other forms of dominant communities of Fulani ahead of IPOB leader’s trial The meeting, which was attended He said the Emir, who is also criminal activities,” the Emir was and Hausa were ruptured; farming head of the continuation of by all Hardos, Jauros and Fulani Fulani, was not happy that Fulani quoted as saying. activities across the State halted, the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, associations, was to further find herdsmen who were linked to However, Sahabi revealed that leader of the Indigenous and commercial activities crippled. A a lasting solution to the criminal kidnapping and warned that the various committees would be set People of Biafra, IPOB, the He said: “With poverty on the activities of some herdsmen. bad eggs must be sorted out and up to address the issue of criminal Nigerian government has deployed increase and food security seriously operatives of the Department The Emir had said during the dealt with in accordance with the activities by some Fulani herdsmen affected by the crisis, the State of State Services (DSS) to the meeting that his marching orders law. and to restore the damaged image was on the verge of a catastrophic premises of the Federal High Court, were not directed to all Fulani Sahabi Tukur added that the of the Fulani herders. Maitama in Abuja. social eruption capable of The IPOB leader is standing trial destabilizing our communities and before the Justice Binta Nyako the northwest sub-region. Olubadan sends delegation to Cotonou over Sunday Igboho’s trial Federal High Court, Abuja nine “Shinkafi and Zurmi LGAs charges bordering on terrorism, treasonable felony, among others. are the hot spot of banditry lubadan of Ibadanland, of Central Council of Ibadan got married in Ibadan, reared his Oba Saliu Adetunji, Indigenes (CCII), led by the children in Ibadan, built houses A detachment of hooded armed even though there is no mining officers was seen stationed at the activities going there. Ohas sent a delegation to President-General, Mr Yemisi in Ibadan and, as such, he has the entrance of the Federal High Court “Rural banditry in Zamfara Cotonou, Republic of Benin, to Adeaga. rights to be protected by Ibadan with motorbikes and vehicles observe court proceedings in the The Oba, who did not disclose traditional institution within the and other parts of the north, in preventing human and vehicular case involving an activist, Chief the identity of members of the ambit of the law, just like any other movements into the area. my opinion, is a result of the Sunday Adeyemo, also known as delegation, said that they would be resident of the city,” he said. The Attorney-General of the progressive degradation of our Sunday Igboho. in court in Cotonou on Monday to Adetunji, who said that he Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, had earlier moral standards and a culture of Mr Adeola Oloko, Personal observe Igboho’s trial. was in constant touch with other greed fed by an unfettered need for warned members of the IPOB not Assistant/Director of Media and He said that the step taken had traditional rulers in Yoruba land, to show up at the Court hearing on material goods. Publicity to the Olubadan, made become necessary in order to assure including the Igboho royal crowns, Monday. “As shown in this presentation, this known in a statement issued those who had been besieging his allayed the fears of a repeat of Also, people in various hotels in the culture of cattle raiding by on Sunday in Ibadan. palace, including protesters, that Yoruba-Fulani collision of 1814. the area are being prevented from pastoralist groups is not something Oloko quoted the royal father he was not folding his arms over He, however, urged people to moving in and out as the officers new. It was practiced in the days insisted that they were on a special as stating this in his palace while the travails of Igboho and his aides. remain calm and be law-abiding, operation in the area and appealed gone by to demonstrate courage exchanging views with leaders “Sunday Igboho lives in Ibadan, stressing that truth would prevail.