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  • 10,000 Police Job: PSC gets 158,773 submission within 18 days

    The Police Service Commission (PSC), said it has received 158,773 applications from Nigerians who are seeking employment into the Nigeria Police Force as Constables.

    The Commission said it got the submissions 18 days after the announcement to recruit 10,000 as Constables was made.

    Out of the applications received, 140,902 are males while 17, 871 are females.

    The Commission while giving an update of the recruitment process in a statement in Abuja by its Spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani said the submissions reached 158,773 as at 11.00am on Monday, December 17th, 2018.

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    On the states with highest and lowest submissions, Ani said: “Niger State maintained its lead with 11,047 applicants while Bayelsa also remained last with 672 applicants. Kano State has the second highest applicants with 10,745 applications, Katsina State third with 9,778, Bauchi State fourth with 8,882 and Kaduna fifth with 8,832 and Adamawa sixth with 7,722.

    “Following Bayelsa State from the rear is Lagos State with 826 applicants, Ebonyi third from the rear with 980, Anambra, 984 and Abia State, 1,195 applicants.”

    The Commission advised interested applicants to apply within the next 21 days as the PSC portal would close on the 11th of January 2019.

  • Gunmen attack Kaduna village

    Gunmen have reportedly attacked Ungwan Paa-Gwandara village in Jema’a Local Government, Kaduna State on Sunday night.

    Mr Joshua Paul, a resident of the community told the News Agency of Nigeria in Kafanchan on Monday that the attack was at a wedding ceremony at about 8:00 pm.

    An unconfirmed number of people were said to be affected in the attack.

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    Mrs Victoria Martins, a victim who was being treated at the General Hospital in Kafanchan, told NAN that women and children were affected.

    Confirming the report, Chairman of Jema’a council, Mr Peter Averik, told NAN on telephone that he was yet to be fully briefed on the incident.

    He said that security agents had since been drafted to the affected community.

    Efforts to get the reaction of the police on the incident was unsuccessful.

  • Kaduna Businessman Gana loses breach of fundamental rights case

    A Kaduna High Court has struck out a case of alleged breach of fundamental rights brought before it by a business man, Alhaji Umaru Gana and  Environmental Engineering Construction Nig. Ltd.
    Gana and the Company were challenging their invitation by the Police following a case of criminal Breach of trust, cheating and issuance of dud cheques lodged against them by Wing Comdr. Tukur Lawan Fage
    Gana was said to have issued dud cheques with the face value of N30,000,000 and N77,500.000 to Gadawur Global Investment Ltd for executed contract.
    In his affidavit, Gana said the contract over which the cheques were issued was purely civil in nature devoid of crime and that his life was under a serious threat and his fundamental right about to be violated by the Police at the instance of the respondents including those he issued the dud cheques.
    But counsel to the Respondents, Barrister, Kabir Mohammed told the Court that the application by Gana challenging the invitation was brought with the aim of shielding from Prosecution and therefore urged the Court to refuse the application.
    He stated that not every detention that fundamental right of a citizen is breached and that the Applicants were only invited by the Police and not arrested.
    In the ruling, Justice E.Y. B Lolo said the law as it stands today is that only a singular person can apply for the enforcement of their right and not multiple persons.
    The Judge also noted that the 2nd Applicant in the matter is a limited Company adding that he was puzzled by that.
    “I am not aware that in the enforcement of fundamental rights a juristic person is envisaged to possess those rights by the framers of the said law”.
    For this reason therefore, the Judge ruled that the application as constituted is incompetent and accordingly struck out.
    However, counsel to the Applicants, Barrister I.H Mohammed said they would appeal against the ruling.
    Other Respondents were Wing Commander Tukur Lawan Fage rtd, Abayomi Balogun, Commissioner of Police.

  • Make child protection a priority, UNICEF tells parents, guardians

    The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), has advised parents and guardians against violating the rights of children in the interest of peace and national development.

    Dr Zakari Adam, the Chief of Field Office, UNICEF Kaduna, gave the advice on Friday in Keffi, Nasarawa State in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria.

    Adam, who spoke to NAN at the end of the three-day capacity building for 30 participants (UNICEF partners) on Result- Based Management (RBM), said that parents and government must also prioritise children protection.

    The training was organised by UNICEF in collaboration with the National Orientation of Agency (NOA) in Niger state and partners from Nasarawa.

    He said:”Parents and government at all levels should protect the rights of the children and citizens for societal development.

    “The rights are their entitlements. Children are human beings and they are also entitled to these rights and they have to enjoy their rights.

    “We should protect, respect and promote the rights of children in order to improve on their health and their standard of living.

    “UNICEF is doing its best to ensure that a child or children enjoy their rights.

    According to him, the aim of UNICEF is to achieve positive result for women and children through access to health facilities, good nutrition, education and other relevant social services required for their development.

    He said that the aim of the training was to equip participants with skills to enable them achieve results places of their primary assignment in tackling the plight of women and children.

    “The aim of the training is also to equip the participants with skills on how to apply result-based management into planning and reporting the programme implementation.

    “It is all about the fact that what we should report should be result-focused.“

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    “We are here working together for years now, particularly to ensure that our partners working in various ministries, related to children rights, are trained and their capacities raised in terms of human rights based approach programming,” he said.

    Adam said that UNICEF was also committed toward addressing challenges facing women and children in Nigeria to improve their health status and standard of living, hence the need for the training.

    He urged parents to ensure that children were protected and not put under unnecessary violence, stressing that children were sent to school rather than being out of school.

    NAN reports that participants from Nasarawa and Niger, drawn from different ministries in the two states, attended the training. which also include Mr Rabiu Musa, Communication Officer of UNICEF, Kaduna.

  • Ganduje empowers 1850 youths, sends 200 prospective auto-mechanics to PAN

    No fewer than 1850 youths benefited from another round of Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje’s empowerment programme, just as 150 automobile mechanics sponsored by Kano state government graduated from Peugeot Automobile of Nigeria (PAN) Training School, Kaduna.

    Ganduje also vowed to ensure that over one million youths are empowered by his administration before the end of his first tenure.

    He spoke during the graduation ceremony, inauguration and empowerment of over 1850 youths in Kano Government House.

    According to him, the empowerment programme was part of his administration’s determination to fight poverty, youth restiveness and growing unemployment in the country.

    He further stated that Kano state Government under his administration has made huge investment in youth empowerment, skills acquisition and training in various aspects of artisanship, technology, automobile mechanics, as well as different trades that can make them self-reliant and carter for themselves, their families, and also become employers of labour.

    The Nation reports that 150 youths, including 100 males and 50 females, who underwent one-year training at the Peugeot Automobile of Nigeria (PAN), Kaduna, under the auspices of Ganduje Auto-mechanic Engineering Training (GAMET), were handed over modern mechanic tools and N50,000 cash each as take-off capital, during the occasion.

    This is just as another 200, including 150 male and 50 female, of the GAMET third batch were given admission letters for another round of one year training at PAN Learning Center, Kaduna.

    Ganduje also distributed empowerment kits and N10, 000 each to 540 trained vulcanizers, as well as 440 tricycle mechanics who were empowered through the State Committee on Empowerment.

    Mores so, Governor Ganduje handed over working tools and N30, 000 each cash donation to 300 youths trained in different skills by Kano state Government in collaboration with the National Industrial Skills Development Programme (NISDP) and the Industrial Training Fund (ITF).

    He charged the graduands to make good use of the opportunity afforded to them, hinted that already, the first batch of 72 youths trained by PAN under GAMET, are already gainfully employed, employing other youths in their various workshops located within their localities.

    He further stated that over N420 million has been set aside for the one year programme of the third batch of 200 youths who are billed to be trained by PAN Training Centre, for their feeding, accommodation and other logistics.

    According to him, “Being fully aware of the status of Kano as the most populous state in the country, my administration has decided to engage in continuous economic empowerment of youths for a better tomorrow.

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    “We have continuously engaged our youths in self-reliant programmes in the field of agriculture, information technology, education, among other areas that can make them responsible and good ambassadors of Kano state.”

    He added that already, his administration has built 10 units of workshops in each of the three senatorial zones to accommodate the graduating automobile mechanics from PAN.

    In his speech during the occasion, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chief Chris Ngige, who was represented by Alhaji Ibrahim Jibiya, commended Ganduje for his giant strides in youth development and empowerment.

    According to him, “His Excellency, Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje is a youth-friendly governor. It is only in Kano that President Muhammadu Buhari’s empowerment policies have been fully achieved. I commend Governor Ganduje for involving both men and women in his empowerment programmes. Also, I commend PAN for partnering with Kano state government to make this a reality.”

    Also speaking, Speaker of Kano state House of Assembly, Kabiru Alhasan Rurum commended Governor Ganduje for his efforts in empowering the youths, promising that the House will speedily pass the 2019 appropriation bill before 29 December, to enable Ganduje continue with the good work he is doing in Kano state.

    The Managing Director of PAN, Malam Ibrahim Boyi, said PAN was proud to collaborate with Kano state government to ensure empowerment of youths.

    According to him, “On behalf of PAN, I congratulate Governor Ganduje for the successful graduation of the second batch of this GAMET youth empowerment progarmme.

    “Ganduje is the champion of youth empowerment in Nigeria. Little wonder his youth empowerment programmes has earned him covetous awards, not only in Nigeria but globally. I seize this opportunity to appeal to other state Governors to emulate what Ganduje is doing in Kano.”

    The chairman of Kano State Empowerment Committee who doubles as the Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba said, “The GAMET empowerment project is one of the most important empowerment programmes of the state government. It is a one year programme of both practical and   academic training. I am also happy to announce that these graduands at the end of the day would be issued with London City and Guilds Certificate.”

  • El-Rufai, Shehu Sani mourn, as Senator Aruwa dies in Kaduna

    Senator Ahmed Mukhtar Aruwa, who represented Kaduna Central in the Senate between 1999 and 2007 is dead.
    Senator Aruwa died in the early hours of Sunday at a private hospital in Kaduna after a protracted illness.
     
    He was buried at Turaki Aliyu Cemetery, Unguwan Sarki Kaduna according to Islamic rites, which followed funeral prayers at Sultan Bello Mosque led by Sheikh Ahmad Gumi on Sunday afternoon.
    The Janaiza (funeral) prayer was attended by former Vice President Namadi Sambo, Gov. Nasir El-Rufa’i, former Governors of Kaduna State, Ahmad Makarfi and Ramalan Yero, as well as People Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate Isa Ashiru among other dignitaries.
    Meanwhile, Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai and Senator Shehu Sani have expressed sadness over the demise of the Senator.  The Governor said  Aruwa was a philanthropist who contributed immensely to sports and politics.
    A statement by El-Rufai’s aide, Samuel Aruwan said the Governor described late Senator Mukhtar Ahmad Aruwa as a philanthropist who contributed to sports, farming and politics in our state.
    “He was a senator and a philanthropist par excellence who assisted our people in different sectors. He made a significant contribution to sport in Kaduna State, especially football and polo. He established the Ranchers Bees Football Club that birthed and produced many stars, like Daniel Amokachi, Tajudeen Oyekanmi, Abubakar Balarabe and some of the Babayaro brothers.
    “He was also into farming where he employed many people and helped to develop several communities in our state. He was a member of Kaduna State Elders Committee and participated in several peace initiatives including the Kaduna State Peace and Reconciliation Committee of 2011.
    “On behalf of the government and people of Kaduna State, we extend our heartfelt condolences to his immediate family and the entire family. May Allah grant his soul Aljannah Firdausi.”
    Senator Shehu Sani in his own condolence message described the late Senator as a true distinguished leader who represented his people without fear.
    “He will be remembered for his positive impact, honour, responsiveness and responsibility. May Allah grant him Aljanna Firdausi. Amin!” said Senator Sani.

  • Court remands man in prison custody for theft

    An Upper Customary Court in Kaduna, on Tuesday, remanded a 35-year-old man, James Matthew in prison custody for alleged theft of a motorcycle.

    The judge, Ibrahim Emmanuel, directed that the defendant should be remanded for allegedly causing body injury with a machete to the complainant, Ezekiel Moses.

    He gave the order after the defendant pleaded not guilty to the offences.

    Emmanuel ordered that the defendant should be remanded in prison pending a formal application for his bail.

    The judge adjourned the case until Dec. 21 for hearing.

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    The Police Prosecutor, Insp Chidi Leo, had earlier told the court that the defendant committed the offences on Nov. 14 in  Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

    Leo said that the matter was reported at Kachia Police Station by the complainant and it was later transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department.

    The prosecutor said that the defendant, who lives at Kachia, conspired with two others now at large to snatch the complainant’s motorcycle and cut his hand with a cutlass.

    Leo said the two unknown persons rode the motorcycle to an unknown destination and all efforts to recover it proved abortive.

    The offences, he said, contravened Sections 242 and 287 of the Kaduna State Penal Code, 2017.

    NAN

  • Sokoto agog as Atiku flags off Northwest campaign

    The People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) on Monday flagged off the Northwest Zonal campaign of its Presidential candidate, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.

    Kangiwa square, venue of the flag off has been a beehive of activities since the early hours of Monday.

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    Already, the party’s chieftains , supporters and well-wishers from across the zone comprising of Sokoto, Kebbi, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Jigawa and Zamfara have converged on the multipurpose venue.

    However, the Presidential candidate and his running mate, Peter Obi, Governor Aminu Tambuwal, governorship candidates, National chairman of the party, Uche Secondus, Senate President Bukola Saraki, serving and former PDP governors arrived the venue  at about 2pm.

  • Army to conduct bush exercise, advises residents to keep-off

    The Nigerian Army says its Nigerian Military School (NMS) in Zaria will conduct bush exercise from Monday, Dec. 3 to Dec. 12 and advised residents of the exercise areas to keep-off.

    The Army said in a statement in Kaduna on Friday.

    The statement was signed by Lt. Adekunle Adeyemi-Akinleye, Acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, Nigerian Army/Nigerian Military School, Zaria, Kaduna State on Friday.

    “In line with the Nigerian Military School (NMS) Training Directives for the 2018/2019 Academic Session, the Final Bush Exercise for the SS3 Boys of the School is scheduled to commence from Monday 3 to Wednesday 12 December, 2018.”

    Adeyemi-Akinleye said the exercise was expected to hold within Chindit Cantonment, Hanwa and Shika Dam in Sabongari Local Government area and Karau-Karau in Giwa Local Government area.

    “The Exercise is tagged “EX DOGON-DUTSE”.

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    He said the exercise would be training activities on Map Reading, Day and Night Navigation, Watermanship/Boating, Skill at Arms and Tent Striking as well as Field Training Exercises that will involve firing of live ammunition using small arms.

    “The activities will climax to Camp Fire Night schedule for 12 Dec. 2018 at the NMS Parade Ground from 1830hrs – 2200hrs,” he said.

    According to Adeyemi-Akinleye, the authority has put in place safety precautions to ensure a safe and hitch free exercise.

    The Army image-maker called on residents around the exercise areas to go about their daily activities without any form of panic.

    Adeyemi-Akinleye, however, advised the residents to stay clear of the exercise areas during the period.

  • Kaduna, Kano govts take agencies to tax tribunal

    The Kaduna and Kano State governments  have taken some federal government agencies to the Northwest zone of the Tax Appeal Tribunal for failure to remit taxes.

    The Kaduna state board of internal revenue, dragged the Ahmadu Bello University, (ABU) Zaria, before the tribunal, for un-remitted Pay as You Earn (PAYE) and withholding taxes, totaling N6,169,774,658.01. The taxes were  due, to the Kaduna state government, but were un-remitted, between 2007 and 2012.

    The tribunal, which has just been newly reconstituted, with Umaru M. Adamu as Chairman, Abubakar Gwandu Sameerah, Bayero A.S Mohammed, Ahmed Kumshe, Isa Kabir Dandago, as Commissioners, also attended to tax issues against Kaduna Polytechnic, brought before it for unremitted personal income taxes and withholding taxes, for the period, 2007 and 2012, totaling, N3,346,864,461.06.

    The Kano state Board of Inland Revenue on, the 29th of November, brought before the tribunal, appeals to determine whether they were entitled to recover from the National orthopedic and another, the sum of N18,672,474,25  being also withholding and PAYE Taxes, due for the 2011 and 2012 year of assessment.

    Bayero University Kano, alongside the Minister of Education and the Minister of Finance were also brought before the tribunal with respect to withholding taxes and PAYE taxes, for the 2004, to 2009 year of assessment, in the sum of N1,829,842,076.96.

    Also brought before the tribunal via various appeal for determination, was the National Independent Electoral commission (INEC), in the sum of N200,021,335.96, the Standards Organization of Nigeria, in the sum of N17,303,000.00, the National Examination Council (NECO) in the sum of N17,732,000.00. The Federal College of Education Bichi, in the sum of N250,492,645.10 . Also, the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), in the sum of N31,141,588.03, the Joint Matriculation Board (JAMB), in the sum of N5,447,673.07.

    Also brought before the Tribunal, was the Hadejia Jamare River Basin Authority, in the sum of N129,355,083.02  and the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), which was also brought before the tribunal for non-remittance of the sum of N21,142,557.30  being unremitted PAYE and Withholding taxes.

    Finally brought before the tribunal, was the Federal College of Agriculture by the Kano State Board of Internal Revenue, for non-remittance of the sum of N6,870,862.91, being un-remitted PAYE and Withholding taxes, due for the year of assessment 2009 to 13.

    The Chairman of the North West Zone, Umaru M. Adamu, while addressing critical stakeholders during the course of the tribunal sessions, urged all tax payers, members of professional bodies, including the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Chartered Institute of Taxation, ICAN and Association of National Accountants of Nigeria, to avail themselves of the services of the Tribunal, as the purpose is to give succor to tax payers and engender confidence in the tax process.

     

    He also called on all relevant State Boards of Internal Revenue, in Kaduna, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto, Zamfara and Jigawa, to emulate the Kano State Board of Internal Revenue that had brought before the Tax Appeal Tribunal, defaulting tax payers, owing the State, in excess of N3 billion.

     

    He assured all the Stakeholders of a speedy disposal of their appeals, as the Tax Appeal Tribunal, was the only body currently in Nigeria, operating a fully automated court and a case flow mechanism that nearly guarantees the disposal of all disputes, within 90 days.