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  • Six polio cases recorded in 2014

    Six polio cases recorded in 2014

    The Nigerian National Polioplus Committee has regretted that Nigeria still ranks third in the index of countries having the polio epidemic.

    It is ranked with Pakistan and Afghanistan, the Chairman of Nigeria National Polioplus Committee (NNPPC), Dr Tunji Funsho, has said.

    The chairman noted that though the country had been struggling with the epidemic since 1985, it recorded six cases this year in two states: five in Kano and one in Yobe.

    But he said the cases represented 99 per cent reduction from previous cases.

    A lot of work should be done to ensure that children are immunised against the virus, Funsho said.

    The chairman addressed reporters at the weekend on the committee’s activities ahead of the World Polio Day on October 24.

    He hoped that polio could be eradicated, like small pox, if everybody did the right thing.

  • I had 35,000 pending cases, says Justice Okeke

    A retired judge, Justice Okechukwu Okeke, yesterday said about 35,000 cases were pending before his court when he was presiding at the Federal High Court in Bayelsa State.

    Okeke spoke at a thanksgiving service and homecoming for his successful retirement at the St. Jude’s Anglican Church, Adazi-Ani in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State.

    He said he learnt the number of pending cases in the same court had risen to 70,000 yet only one judge is presiding over the matters.

    “Even if it means only mentioning the cases and taking dates, can a single judge attend to the whole matters in a day?”

    He described his service in the judiciary as a very tortuous one and expressed satisfaction that he retired in flying colours.

    The judge urged his colleagues, who are still in service, to obey the rule of the service.

    Okeke attributed the increase in number of cases pending in the law courts to shortage of judges and high rate of litigations.

    He said most of the litigants knew they had bad cases and yet they decide to come to the court to gamble.

    Highlight of the occasion included the launching of a book written by the retired jurist and the launching of an appeal fund for the completion of the church building.

    The Anglican Bishop of Awka Diocese, Rev Alexander Ibezim, described Okeke as an obedient servant and true son of the soil, who worked hard in the service of his father land and retired meritoriously.

     

  • Kano Police handled 1,580 criminal cases in 2012

    The Kano State Police Command has said that within the last 12 months, it recorded a total of 1580 criminal cases and 2097 traffic cases.

    The command the report while reviewing its achievements in the 2012 year, the early part of which was characterized by terrorist attacks, which according to the the report, was brought under control by concerted effort of the Police and other security agencies.

    The command’s other achievements include the arrest and prosecution of 62 rape cases, as well as the arrest of two alleged kidnappers and rescue of two victims.

    Others include the arrest of 217 armed robbery and violent crime suspects, the killing of 21 robbery suspects, including the recovery of 29 abandoned vehicles in the metropolis.

    Among others, the command also in the year under review charged 108 suspects for culpable homicide, as well as impounded 1,123 Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), while its Anti Bomb Disposal Unit recovered and detonated 68 IEDs within the same period.

    Also in the year under review, the command prosecuted 2097 people for various traffic offences and arrested 827 drivers for driving vehicles with tinted glasses without permit.

    In a statement, signed by  the Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Magaji Musa Majiya, on behalf of the State Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Idris, the Command thanked the entire officers and men serving in the command for their dedication, sacrifice and commitment to the policing of Kano State.