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  • APC campaign: nine die in Jigawa auto crash

    NO fewer than nine people died in an auto accident in Jigawa state while returning from APC gubernatorial campaign of the state.

    Reports from the state indicated that the deceased were involved in three different accidents at different spots. The incident claimed seven male and two females.

    Speaking to our reporter in the state via mobile phone, the Jigawa state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) SP Abdu Jinjiri confirmed the accidents. He said: “one involved a Golf 3 with registration number MMR 364 AA (Golf 3). The vehicle lost control along Guri-Hadejia road and hit six children”.

    SP Abdu Jinjiri noted that the vehicle was conveying party supporters as the Gov. Badaru of the state flagged off his 2019 reelection bid campaign in Guri LGA.

    The police image maker explained that three of the children Maryam Adamu aged four, Habibu Yusif aged nine and Aminu Abdullahi aged 10 died on the spot.

    The three others who were critically injured were taken to the hospital and are responding to treatment.

    Jinjiri said that the driver of the vehicle was arrested by the police as investigation into the case was ongoing.

    The PPRO also stated that the second accident occurred along Jahun-Kiyawa road when the governor’s campaign team was returning from Gumel LGA.

    According to him “On January 22 at about 20:15hrs, there was a fatal accident along Jahun-Kiyawa road which involved a ford (Focus) vehicle without Reg. No. driven by one Abubakar Ibrahim aged 35 of Birninkudu town.

    “The vehicle, coming from Gumel and heading to Birninkudu, was conveying four female passengers.

    “And on reaching Yar Jigawa village mine, the driver suddenly sighted a camel crossing the highway and lost control of his vehicle while trying to avoid hitting the camel.

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    “The vehicle somersaulted and swerved by the roadside and sustained serious injuries.

    According to him, one Aisha Tahir aged 40 of Birninkudu town died while receiving treatment at the hospital.

    While six APC supporters died at Dandamo village in Suletankàrkar local government while returning back from the APC campaign rally held in Hadejia for the Northeast senatorial zone.

    The Deputy chairman North of the APC, Hon. Mannir Uba announced the death of their supporters in a road accident and described their demise as a great loss to the entire APC family in Jigawa and Nigeria at large and special prayers was offered for their repose souls.

  • SEMA donates relief materials to fire victims in Kaduna

    The Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) on Wednesday donated relief materials to the victims of a fire  that affected 17 shops at Abubakar Gumi Market, Kaduna.

     

    The agency’s Executive Secretary, Ben Kure, who made the presentation explained that the materials were meant for the victims of the recent fire disaster that occurred in the market .Kure was represented by the agency’s Director of Administration and Finance, Abubakar Ibrahim.

     

    The materials include: bags of cement, bundles of roofing sheets, bags of 3-inch nails and packets of zinc nails. ‎“SEMA provided the relief materials based on its assessment of the extent of damage in the affected areas,” he said.

     

    Read Also: SEMA procures N200m relief materials for flood victims

     

    Kure who expressed the state government’s sympathy to the victims, prayed that God should avert such incidents in future.

    “We sympathise with the victims and families of all those who had been affected by the fire disaster,” he said.

     

    The market leader, Aminu Umar, who received the materials on behalf of the victims, commended the state government for the intervention.

    “We thank SEMA for the relief materials and we are appealing for more support and assistance for us to return to business,” he said.

     

    Umar assured the agency that the materials would be distributed to the victims.

    He called on the state government to use its channels of communication to educate the residents on how they could handle fire especially during the dry season.

     

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  • Nigeria saves billions through vaccination annually – WHO

    An official of World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr Larai Aliyu Tambuwal on Wednesday said Nigeria saves billions of naira annually in preventing sickness, disabilities and death through vaccination and routine immunization just as a total of 23 cases have been recorded globally according to 2018 report.

    She however, also observed with concern how Northeast and Northwest were lagging behind for the low level compliance to routine and supplementary immunization activities.

    The exercise expected to cover first 8 local government areas in six days would commence November 8 through to December 2018.

    “The exercise will cover Yellow fever vaccination/ immunization across 22 LGs with exception of Kebbe which had been carried out.”

    Dr Tambuwal who spoke at a 1- day pre- routine and supplementary immunization exercise meeting with the media in Sokoto noted that Sokoto was not an exception  from the poor RI and SIAs compliance.

    According to her “We have to encourage active collaboration with relevant agencies to address the possible risk of transmitting the killer disease by sustaining the tempo of RI and SIAs”‘ she said.

    Dr Tambuwal stressed the urgent need to sustain RI and SIAs unabated, adding” it must continue with consistence.”

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    She noted that the immune system in children remain  highly vulnerable to polio virus and other preventable killer diseases. A child needs full schedule immunization.

    ” We have to take all the vaccine preventable killer diseases to extinction. The polio case had caused serious panic in the 50s. Though we have 0 case in Sokoto.

    ” The last case we had in Sokoto was that of Abubakar Ibrahim, 10, in 2012 with residual paralysis.

    ” I recall that in the 80s and 90s, there were rapid approach to disease coverage through vaccination. In 1988, we had high number of cases which were eventually tamed to forestall lost of lives. Without vaccine, there will be no protection”, the Bulgarian trained doctor said.

    According to her” RI and SIAs are the most expensive health drive for saving life which goes down the grassroots”, She pointed out.

    In his presentation, Mr  Pius Kwesi Koffi said vaccine preventable diseases can be contained through far reaching commitment to reaching  every child by encouraging acceptance and compliance to vaccines.

    He explained that UNICEF network coverage by volunteer community mobilizers records have shown there are 400-500 new born on weekly basis in not more than 10% of areas covered across LGs.

    ” We need to engage the active participation of groups influential to the course of achieving results”, Koffi said.

    He further noted that Nigeria had in the past two years, not recorded cases of Wild Polio Virus(WPV).

  • DSS arrest major financier, armourer of kidnap gang in Kogi

    The Department of State Services ( DSS ) said it had arrested Lawal Mohammed, a suspected major financier and amourer of the dreaded Basalube kidnap gang in Kogi.

    A statement issued by an operative of the service, Mr Tony Opuiyo, on Tuesday in Abuja, said the suspect was arrested on March 23, at Japama in Obajana Local Government Area of Kogi.

    Opuiyo said that the suspect was apprehended with two other members of the gang, Mohammed Tukur and Abubakar Ibrahim, by the joint team of the Service and the Military during the operation.

    He said that Tukur was identified as the Chief surveillance officer of the gang who coordinated the gang’s movement across Rivers, Edo, Delta, Kebbi, Zamfara, Kaduna, Kogi and the Federal Capital Territory, preparatory to the execution of their operations.

    The operative said that items recovered from the suspects include: three cell phones and 25 bottles of psychotropic inducers.

    In a related development, the DSS said it had also arrested five suspected members of the Basulube kidnap gang at Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta.

    The suspects are: Ali Abubakar, a top ranking member of the gang, Abubakareem Idrisa,Bashir Tsoho, Sanusi Abubakar, Nuhu Muhammadu and Abubakar Abdulhammeed.

    “This arrest was effected while Abubakar was perfecting plans to carry out kidnap operations in Obajana, Kogi,“he said.

    He said that in its determination to decimate the gang, the Service on on March 26 arrested Abubakar Danlansu, driver and weapon courier of the group at Dikko area of Niger.

    “The suspect was arrested enroute Edo from where he was to convey weapons to Obajana in Kogi for the gang’s planned kidnap operations.

    He said that the service had arrested Matthew Ekam, 39, in connection with the kidanap of Obianuju Onyema in Yenagoa on March 12 and later released by the kidnappers on March 18.

    Opuiyo said the suspect is a native of Ogoja, Cross River and a driver of a heavy duty truck operating between Bayelsa and Rivers.

    He said that on March 24, the service arrested a suspected Boko Haram terrorist, Mohammed Bello on the outskirt of Wudil Local Government Area of Kano State.

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    He said Bello was believed to be carrying out surveillance activities for the extremist group in the area.

    “At the point of his arrest, several handsets, multiple identity cards including those of a Police Constable and neighbourhood vigilante member and N37,857.00 were recovered from him,“he said.

    “The arrest of these suspects hold major significance for law and order and safety of persons.

    “It is instructive to note that the activities of kidnappers and armed robbers on the Lokoja-Okene and Abuja-Kaduna corridors have relatively reduced as a result of sustained counter operations of the Service and sister security agencies,“he said.

    Opuiyo said that the recent arrest of Abubakar and other members of the dreaded Basalube kidnap gang would apparently result in the complete elimination of violent and other allied crimes in those regions.

    “The successes so far recorded by the Service are geared toward providing a safe and peaceful environment for law abiding citizens to pursue their legitimate endeavours.

    “We wish to reassure the public that the tempo of these operations will be continually reviewed, strengthened and sustained.

    “The Service, therefore, wishes to reiterate its stance that all perpetrators of violence and criminality against the Nigerian State and its law-abiding citizens will be made to face the full course of law no matter how long it takes, “he said.

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  • Police arrest 28 suspected kidnappers, robbers, others

    Police arrest 28 suspected kidnappers, robbers, others

    At least 28 persons have been arrested by police for cattle rustling, kidnapping, armed robbery and unlawful possession of prohibited firearms.

    The suspects were arrested in different parts of the country.

    The Force Spokesman, Jimoh Moshood, disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday.

    The suspects are – Abubakar Ibrahim (21), Basher Shauibu (23), Obinna Ani (37), Kenneth Edeh (35), Uchechukwu Anoada (36), Gyang Dabo (29), Idris Idris (30), Denis Salami (33), Umar Mohammed (60) and Isa Ibrahim.

    Others are – Lawali Ibrahim (45), Nasiru Abubakar (42), Murtala Ado (38), Ahmadu Sale, Muhammed Adamu, Muhammed Abubakar, Umra Ibrahim and Mohammed Umara.

    He said the suspects were arrested at different locations across the country by the Inspector-General of Police Special Tactical Squad (STS) and Technical Intelligence Unit (TIU).

    Items recovered from the suspects included five AK 47 rifles, two locally made Baretta pistols, AK 47 live ammunition and cartridges.

    Others are 18 locally-made rifles of different calibers, 27 rounds of live ammunition, 20 rounds of 7.62 mm live ammunition, five magazines and 50 cattle.

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  • Benue begins translation of science textbooks into indigenous language

    Benue begins translation of science textbooks into indigenous language

    The Benue State Universal Basic Education Board has started translating science textbooks into Tiv dialect for easy learning and sustenance of indigenous languages.

    The Executive Chairman of the board, Mr Philip Tachin, made this known on Wednesday while declaring open, a two-week teacher professional development workshop.

    The workshop had the theme: “Strengthening Mathematics and Science Education (SMASE)’’.

    Tachin said that the board was also exploring ways to translate the textbooks into Idoma and Igede dialects.

    He said that the aim was also to encourage more students in the state to read science courses.

    Tachin said that the workshop was in line with the state government’s education programmes.

    The executive chairman urged the participants to take advantage of the workshop to develop themselves.

    He expressed gratitude to the Federal Ministry of Education, National Teachers Institute and the Universal Basic Education Commission for making the workshop possible.

    The representative of the ministry, Mr Salisu Muhammad, said that 200 teachers would participate in the workshop while 1,000 others would take part at the zonal level.

    He commended Tachin for the translation initiative.

    The representative of National Teachers Institute, Mr Abubakar Ibrahim, also hailed the translation initiative.

    He called on teachers to place premium on the knowledge impartation.

    A mathematics teacher, Mr Bartholomew Atsar, and a elementary science teacher, Mrs Victoria Agbatse, promised to apply the knowledge they would acquire.

    They expressed gratitude to the relevant authorities for the training.

  • Councillor donates drugs worth N2m to constituents

    A councillor in Tambuwal Local Government Council of Sokoto State, Alhaji Abubakar Ibrahim ( APC- Faga/Alasan), has donated assorted drugs worth over N2million to his constituents.

    The drugs which were handed over to the various communities on Monday included anti-malarial, anti-biotics, among others.

    Ibrahim said that “the gesture was aimed at complementing the efforts of the federal and state governments.

    “The drugs would be distributed free to the residents of the various communities in the ward, especially women and children.

    “I am therefore appealing for the judicious use of the drugs and I intend to sustain the tempo.

    “As it is always said, health is wealth, and it is only a healthy society that can be productive.”

    Alhaji Zaki Bashire, Chairman of the area who responded, commended the councillor for the gesture, saying that it came at the right time.

    Bashire,who was represented by his deputy, Alhaji Bello Jabo, urged other lawmakers to emulate Ibrahim.

    The District Head of Tambuwal, Alhaji Muhammadu Mainasara, also lauded the councillor for the gesture.