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Kebbi Students May Have Been Rescued As Scores of Bandits Killed Buhari Canvasses Stronger Pressure on Mali to Return to Civil Rule Deji Elumoye in Abuja not aborted. The president’s a military coup in the country. In doing so, we must take the health of our organisation to protect people’s aspirations position was contained in Buhari, who spoke realistic and practical decisions, with the hope of repositioning to freely choose the form President Muhammadu his address yesterday at the extensively on the Malian which will positively impact to serve our people and sub- of government they want. Buhari has called on West 59th Ordinary session of the situation, said, “At this our citizens. region better. Pressures are needed to ensure African leaders to exert Authority of Heads of State Summit today, we are “Some of those decisions, “While democracy continues that the transition process in more pressure on the and Government of ECOWAS expected to review a number necessarily, will have to do to develop in our sub-region, Mali, which is halfway to its military leadership in Mali in Accra, Ghana. of important reports dealing with evolving political and recent events in Mali are sad conclusion, is not aborted. to ensure that the transition Mali was recently suspended with various issues of concerns security situations in our reminders that vigilance process in the country is from the regional bloc due to to our organisation and people. sub-region as well as evaluate remains a crucial imperative Continued on page 12 Finally, Emirates Concedes, Nigerians Can Now Travel Directly to Dubai… Page 12 Sunday 20 June, 2021 Vol 26. No 9568 www.thisdaylive.com T N400 RU N TH & REASO Bawa: EFCC Won’t Hand over Cases of Interest to any State Says commission as a creation of N'Assembly supersedes states’ establishments Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja (EFCC), Mr. Abdulrasheed over cases of interest to any agencies by some states. states envisage that the EFCC commissions. Bawa, has declared that state government. Bawa spoke Lagos, Kano, and Bayelsa would hand over corruption The EFCC chairman Chairman of the Economic and the commission, under his against the backdrop of the states have, recently, set up cases concerning their states Financial Crimes Commission leadership, would not hand setting up of anti-corruption anti-graft agencies. Some of the to the local anti-corruption Continued on page 15 Kebbi Students May Have Been Rescued as Scores of Bandits Killed Onuminya Innocent in five students and two teachers, Sokoto while announcing that one of the students, a female, had Three days after the violent died in the forest. kidnap of more than 80 Nigerian army spokesperson, students, a majority of them Onyema Nwachukwu girls, and five teachers at confirmed that a female the Federal Government student was found dead in College, Birnin Yauri, Kebbi the forest by troops tracking State, federal troops late the kidnappers, adding that yesterday night were believed those who were rescued were to have rescued the rest of the freed after an exchange of fire kidnapped victims. in the early hours of Friday. The troops, THISDAY With support from the gathered, were able to rescue Nigerian Air Force, the troops the students and their teachers also reportedly recovered after closing in on the bandits about 800 stolen cattlefrom and killings scores of them, the grip of the bandits during before the rest abandoned the operation, the statement their hideouts, leaving the by Nwachukwu claimed. victims behind. So far, no official source Speculations, however, could confirm the eventual became rife late yesterday rescue of the rest of the over alleged rescue of the abducted students and their students and their teachers, teachers at the time of filing even though details were still this report, but a few other unclear as to how the troops sources have confirmed the ultimately pulled off the rescue development, albeit without operations. the requisite details. Although a day after the raid One of the sources contacted by the bandits, the military too had moved swiftly, rescuing Continued on page 16 Falana: APC Has Perfected Plans to Rule Nigeria Indefinitely...Page 16 BAWA DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH THISDAY... See full inerview on pgs 18, 19, 20 & 21 2 SUNDAY JUNE 20, 2021 • THISDAY SUNDAY JUNE 20, 2021 • THISDAY 3 4 SUNDAY JUNE 20, 2021 • THISDAY SUNDAY JUNE 20, 2021 • THISDAY 5 6 SUNDAY JUNE 20, 2021 • THISDAY SUNDAY JUNE 20, 2021 • THISDAY 7 8 SUNDAY JUNE 20, 2021 • THISDAY SUNDAY JUNE 20, 2021 • THISDAY 9 10 SUNDAY JUNE 20, 2021 • THISDAY SUNDAY JUNE 20, 2021 • THISDAY 11 12 ͺ͸˜ͺ͸ͺ͹˾THISDAY, THE SUNDAY NEWSPAPER PAGE TWELVE Finally, Emirates Concedes, Nigerians Can Now Travel Directly to Dubai Night landing returns in Lagos as FAAN fixes runway light Chinedu Eze and Michael for Nigerian travellers, UAE must undergo a PCR test on to the other conditions given We look forward to facilitating community and safeguard Olugbode has new regulations for arrival at Dubai airport. Transit to Nigeria and South Africa. travel from these countries and travel sector.” passengers travelling from passengers should comply Confirming the withdrawal supporting various travellers’ Reacting to the new Emirates Airlines will resume South Africa and India to with entry protocols of final of the antigen test, Emirates categories. development, President of the flights to Nigeria from June Dubai. destination,” the statement Airlines issued a statement “We will resume carrying National Association of Nigeria 23, five months after it banned For South Africa, the new said. signed by its management, passengers from South Travel Agencies (NANTA), outbound flights from its Abuja rules stipulate that passengers For travellers from India, which said, “Emirates Africa, Nigeria and India in Mrs. Susan Akporiaye, and Lagos destinations. This should have received two UAE said passengers should welcomes the latest protocols accordance with these protocols said UAE had done what followed the withdrawal of doses of a vaccine approved have received two doses of and measures announced by from 23rd June. We thank the Nigerian government the Rapid Antigen Test the by UAE authorities. a vaccine approved by UAE Dubai's Supreme Committee the Supreme Committee for wanted. Akporiaye said United Arab Emirates (UAE) “Passengers must present a authorities and passengers of Crisis and Disaster their continuous efforts in the new development had had insisted passengers from negative test result for a PCR must have received a Management to allow the monitoring the development of shown that no country could Nigeria travelling to Dubai test taken within 48 hours negative test result for PCR safe resumption of passenger the situation and announcing rubbish Nigeria if it insisted must take four hours before before departure; UAE citizens test taken within 48 hours travel from South Africa, the appropriate guidelines on a position popular with boarding their flights. are exempted. All passengers before departure, in addition Nigeria and India to Dubai. and protocols to protect the its citizens. In another development, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) confirmed it had fixed the airfield light at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, Runway 18R, to enable flights land in the night. Regional Terminal Manager in charge of MMIA, Mrs. Victoria Shin-Aba, stated this on Saturday in an interview with THISDAY. The UAE antigen test requirement was against Nigeria’s policy that passengers travelling out of the country should conduct Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test 72 hours before their flight. But on Saturday, UAE issued a statement conceding that Nigerian passengers that wished to travel to Dubai “must have received a negative test result for PCR test taken within 48 hours before departure.” The statement posted on Instagram by the Dubai media office also said passengers travelling from Nigeria should present a negative PCR test certificate with a QR Code from labs approved by the Nigerian government. It stated that all passengers must undergo a PCR test on arrival in Dubai, adding, “Transit passengers should comply with entry protocol of final destination.” The media office said the new regulation was part of measures aimed at easing inbound travel restrictions by Dubai’s Supreme Committee of Crisis and Disaster Management. The committee introduced new HIGH-LEVEL MEETING... entry protocols for passengers effective June 23. L - R: Ghanaian President, Nana Akufo-Addo; President Muhammadu Buhari and President, Africa Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, at the 59th Besides the new condition Ordinary Session of Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS in Accra, Ghana...yesterday BUHARI CANVASSES STRONGER PRESSURE ON MALI TO RETURN TO CIVIL RULE “A further slide in Mali stakeholders in Mali through Libya without, first, ensuring The president said these process, saying he looks sustainable. This positive could prove catastrophic to our astute mediator, former that they are disarmed and regions faced a clear forward to an ECOWAS action will certainly enable the Sub-region, considering President Goodluck Jonathan, that neighbouring countries possibility of instability that is “fit for purpose”, our organisation move that about half of that who, I congratulate warmly and the Sub-regions were with the invasion of the delivering services to on and deliver services country is, unfortunately, for his untiring efforts engaged, to put in place fully armed foreign fighters. the satisfaction of the to the satisfaction of our under the grip of terrorists.” thus far. I encourage him modalities for containing or “It is imperative that community citizens. Community citizens. The president appealed to sustain these efforts to managing the movement of ECOWAS leaders, at this Buhari commended the “Let me remind us that to the military leadership ensure that the transition is these fighters. Summit, decide how the UN- President of the Commission this is only the beginning in Mali to understand the completed as scheduled,” the “While this action was Sub-regional organisations and his team, the Ad-hoc as the responsibility of critical state of their country, president added.
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