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6 — Vanguard, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2022 2 killed in Agbarho as assassins storm drugstore By Jimitota Onoyume SUSPECTED assassins reportedly stormed a chemist around the popular 5-junction, weekend, in Agbarho in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, shooting sporadically, after which two persons were confirmed killed. Details of the incident were hazy but community sources said the gunmen shot around the chemist, killing a young man in the area. Vanguard also gathered that another target, who was simply identified as Chief, whisked away by the suspected assassins, was later found dead. The spokesman, Delta State Police Command, DSP Bright Dafe, confirmed the death of Chief. "I can confirm the death of Chief only please," he said in a text message to Vanguard. Community sources said the suspected assassins came for Chief. "They came for one Chief in the area, so we heard. They shot at him several times before they took him away.“ 6 land grabbers arraigned over attack on construction firm By Mathew Johnson LAGOS—SIX suspected land grabbers were, yesterday, arraigned before the Tinubu Chief Magistrates Court, Lagos State, following an attack on a construction engineering company in the Araromi Ale, Lagos / Badagry expressway. The accused persons: Ayuba Olabimtan, Moses Balogun, Ajose Ademola, Thomas Akilapa, Joshua Ajose and Keke Sunday, were arrested by the Force Criminal Investigation Department, Abuja. An earlier report had it that the suspects were abducted by the owner of the engineering firm and an estate agent identified as Mutairu Owoeye and taken to an unknown destination. But the Prosecutor, Fadipe Abraham, told the court, presided over by Magistrate K. B. Ayeye, that the arrested persons and others at large forcefully gained entrance into the engineering company' s premises ,an action which he described as contempt of court order. In a 3-count charge, the suspects were accused of maliciously damaging properties at the engineering firm and threatening the lives of its workers. The court directed that the accused persons be remanded in the Ikoyi Correctional Centre, pending when they met the bail condition of two sureties and N500,000 each. :@vanguardnews :@vanguardnews NEWS HOTLINES: 08052867023, 08052867058 :Vanguard News Tricycle operator beats colleague to death in Akure By Dayo Johnson AKURE—A 35-year-old tricycle operator, Adebayo Titus, was, weekend, beaten to death by his colleague, Akintelure Festus, over a minor argument, in Oke-Aro area of Ondo State. Vanguard gathered that the tricycle operators in the community met and agreed that the potholes on the roads be filled to make it passable by their Imo monarch, 2 aides shot dead —Police By Chinonso Alozie OWERRI—IMO State Police Command, yesterday, confirmed that the traditional ruler of Obudi Agwa, in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo state, Eze Ignatius Asor, and two of his aides, have been shot dead by hoodlums suspected to be members of the Eastern Security Network, ESN. The state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mike Abattam, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Owerri. He said the hoodlums drove to the palace of the monarch and pretended to be persons in distress that needed help. It was when the monarch welcomed tricycles. But, reports had it that on the day scheduled for the exercise, the deceased refused to join others to fix the potholes. An argument reportedly ensued between the deceased and the suspects that degenerated into fierce fisticuffs. The deceased was reportedly hit severely and he collapsed before being rushed to a nearby hospital on Saturday where he died the following day. Contacted, the state police spokesperson, Funmi Odunlami, confirmed the death of the tricycle operator. Odunlami said that the duo engaged in a fight and in the process, the deceased was hit and collapsed.“She added that "the man was rushed by people around the vicinity of the fight. The victim collapsed as a result of the fight on Saturday and was confirmed dead early Sunday morning at the hospital. The case was reported at our ‘B’ Division area Headquarters in Akure.“Odunlami said that the suspect would soon be charged to court. •Two of the arrested fake dollar syndicate paraded by the corps, yesterday. NSCDC smashes fake dollar syndicate, recovers $15,400 notes By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA—ACTING on credible intelligence, the Special Intelligence Squad of the Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has smashed a notorious fake dollar syndicate. It was gathered that the syndicate specialises in the printing, sales and distribution of fake United States Dollar notes. Director, Public Relations at the NSCDC headquarters, DCC Olusola Odumosu, said the syndicate had been operating for the past 10 years around 'Heart Plaza', Mararaba, under the bridge in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, before luck ran out on them. The report also revealed that they had swindled many individuals of millions of naira under the guise of black market operators exchanging Nigerian naira for US Dollars thereby issuing fake dollar notes to their unsuspecting victims. In a clandestine operation carried out by the CG's SIS, the suspects were smoked out of their hideout in a sting operation which saw personnel trying to exchange the sum of N250,000 for US dollars. Two members of the syndicate arrested were found in possession of a total of $15,400 fake US Dollars. They are Ya'u Muhammed 'M', 65 years old, from Warji LGA, Bauchi State and Lamido Usman 'M' age 29yrs, La'u LGA from Taraba state. Other items recovered from the suspects include one First Bank ATM card, one screwdriver and an original $100 note. "The suspects are currently undergoing preliminary investigation after which they would be handed over alongside the exhibits to NSCDC Nasarawa State Command under whose jurisdiction the arrest took place for further action", Odumosu added. Nurse in police net for defiling 14yr-old-girl inside hospital ....Suspect suspended; matter under investigation —PS MOH By Ike Uchechukwu CALABAR—A male nurse, Austin Etim, who works with the General Hospital, Calabar, has been arrested by the police for allegedly defiling a 14-year-old girl inside the male ward of the hospital. The suspect, who was arrested, yesterday, following reports by the hospital management and intervention of the Ministry of Health, allegedly committed the said crime, weekend. Vanguard learned that the 14-yearold (name withheld), who was said to be taking care of her sick father at the hospital's male ward, while the mother was running around for other things, was sexually assaulted by the male nurse. According to sources in the hospital, the nurse used a scarf to tie up the victim before assaulting her. A nurse, who pleaded anonymity, told Vanguard that "the girl said he ( suspect) hit her twice before penetrating while tying her hands with a scarf, as she lost strength while shouting, but the suspect overpowered her and had his way. The next morning which was Sunday, the girl who was crying, reported the matter to another nurse on duty as well as her mum, who collapsed when she heard the incident. The furious mother called their pastor, who promised to come to the hospital after church service, but suddenly, the mother of the teenager changed her mind and said she didn't want the matter prosecuted any longer. However, Vanguard learned that the management of the hospital after severally interrogating the suspect, who denied being involved in such, called the police and the suspect was arrested. When contacted, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, MOH, Dr. Iwara Iwara, said the suspect has been suspended and the hospital has been given 48 hours to medically examine the teenager and produce her medical report for onward prosecution of the matter. 10 family members locked in iron cage over disputed land demand justice By Samuel Oyadongha & Emem Idio YENAGOA—TEN members of a family in Toru-Ndoro and Bulou- Ndoro communities in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, who were reportedly locked up in an iron cell over a dispute on the ownership of creeks and lands, are demanding justice. The family, identified as the Otubo family in Ekeremor Local Government them into his palace that they, in the process, pulled out their guns and shot at the traditional ruler and two others. Abattam said: "Preliminary investigation revealed that the hoodlums came in four vehicles and two motorcycles, in the company of a woman, disguising themselves as persons in distress and have come to report an emergency to him." The unsuspecting Royal father allowed them into his palace and sat with them. While they explained the reason for their visit, they brought out guns, shot and killed the Eze and two of his aides, and hurriedly fled the palace. On their way, they attacked the office of the Agwa vigilante group, shot one person and made away with three motorcycles. Area of the state, in a petition to the state Commissioner of Police, accused the Chairmen of the Toru-Ndoro and Bulou- Ndoro Community Development Committee, Mr. Abunty Etifa-Hitler, and other members of the CDC, of subjecting their family members to inhuman treatment, after allegedly locking them up in an iron cage. According to the family, the victims were reportedly abducted from their houses, detained and locked up in the iron cage at Toru Ndoro on October 19, exposed to the elements of the weather and denied food and water over a dispute on the ownership of Ogbotobo creeks and lands which is their maternal home. The victims' names were given as Jacob Debekeme, Tamarau-brakaemi Hitler, Anotie ThankGod, Kemeagbeere ThankGod, Agbemo, Ebiema, Love, Emomotimi among others. Some weeks back, pictures emerged of how members of the Otubo family were locked up in an iron cage at the Toru-Ndoro Community cell for maintaining that the Alei-Toru/Kala- Toru/Krin creeks and environs belonged to their maternal home, Ogbotobo community in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.“A member of the family, Mrs. Eunice Binaebi, told newsmen in Yenagoa that the Community Executives allegedly led by the CDC Chairman of Toru-Ndoro, Mr Abunty Etifa-Hitler, first ordered them to proceed on exile and having refused were locked up in an iron cage, threatening that any native of the community who gave them food or water would pay a fine of N100,000. Mrs Binaebi alleged that though the victims had been released from the cage, they were asked not to go anywhere near the creek to fish or farm until they pay a fine of N200,000 or be forced into exile. When contacted on phone, the CDC Chairman of Toru-Ndoro, Mr. Abunty Etifa-Hitler, described the matter as "a community issue," saying that the area in dispute was not Ogbotobo creeks but Alei- Toru creeks. He, however, denied that ten members of the Otubo family were locked up in the iron cage with their rights violated under his supervision, pledging to get back which he never did. Spokesman of the Bayelsa Police Command, Asinim Butswat, when contacted, said he was trying to get in touch with the Divisional Police Officer in charge of the area for details. •Two members of the family locked up in the iron cage.
Vanguard, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2022 — 7 :Vanguard News :@vanguardnews :@vanguardnews NEWS HOTLINES: 08052867023, 08052867058 VISIT: From left, Minister of Tourism from Gambia, Mr Hamat Bah; Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed; Secretary General, United Nations World Tourism Organization, UNWTO, Mr Zurab Pololikashvili; Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Minister of Tourism from Sierra Leone, Mrs Memunatu Pratt and Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, during a courtesy visit to the governor, at the Lagos House, Marina, yesterday. FG targets $33,000 per capita income in 2050 By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief & Emmanuel Elebeke THE FEDERAL government has set a target of $33,000 per capita income by year 2050 from the current level of $3, 500. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, disclosed this at the opening of the ongoing Nigerian Economic Summit yesterday. She said: "I am pleased to inform you that the draft Nigeria Agenda 2050 is being finalised and will be launched soon. "The plan seeks to increase the country’s per capita income to $33,000 by 2050 and place Nigeria among the rank of Upper Middle Income Countries. "The plan will be implemented by successive governments through six, 5-year medium-term National Development Plans and Annual Budgets. "The Nigeria Agenda 2050 has a moral imperative to lower the poverty and unemployment rate significantly as this is the only way we can ensure sustainable broad-based growth" According to Mrs. Ahmed, the government will renew the social contract with Nigerians and encourage the citizens to pay their taxes to enable it fund programmes and projects. She said the federal government would consciously design programmes and projects that would attract Diaspora Nigerians to invest at home. Mrs. Ahmed added that the administration was focused on unlocking the economic potential of the non-oil and high employment generating sectors to achieve sustainable and inclusive growth and development. Laws inhibiting devt for review —Agba Earlier in his address, the Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clem Agba, said the administration would review 18 laws and 10 policies considered as obstacles to private sector businesses. He said the National Development Plan 2017-2025 paid particular attention to the diversification of the economy, among others. "The NDP 2021-2025 has a unique objective of establishing a strong foundation for a concentric economic diversification, implying that the economy had already been diversified but the focus of the plan is to deepen the diversification effort within the sectors, such that each sector could substantially increase its contribution to GDP and create more jobs. "Volume III deals with the legislative imperatives identified as binding constraints to plan implementation and has identified 18 laws and 10 policies that constrained plan implementation over the years. " A Technical Working Team, TWT, comprising the Office of the President on Ease of Doing Business, relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, and a renowned legal firm has been set-up to review these laws and policies, with a view to enriching plan implementation,'' Agba stated. Nigeria we need —Dozie In his Keynote address, one of the founding fathers of NESG, Mr. Paschal Dozie, said "the Nigeria we need must be truly federal, not just in name but in reality.'' He said the Exclusive and the Concurrent Lists should be reviewed to enable By Adesina Wahab LAGOS—PARENTS, under the aegis of the National Parent Teacher Association of Nigeria, NAPTAN, and students under the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, have called on the federal government to tread softly and not allow the issue of the payment of salary of lecturers degenerate to another industrial action. Their calls came against the backdrop of plans by lecturers, under the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to embark on rallies and declare a lecture free day in protest against the payment of haf salary to them by the government last month, after resuming from an eight-month strike. “NAPTAN, through the National President, Haruna Danjuma, in a chat with Vanguard, said since the lecturers had continued from where they stopped in the 2021/ 2022 session, they should be paid. “"The government should do the right thing. They should pay the lecturers. We all know that decentralization of government, with a real federal system, as obtained in other federal governments. He said the federal government should depersonalise institutions to make Nigeria more attractive to domestic and international investors. In his contribution as a panelist, economist and banker, Mr. Atedo Peterside, noted that the nation is being held hostage by what he described as "riggedproperity" by a few elite. According to him, those in that class are less than one million people but they have imporverished the multitude of ordinary Nigerians. Mr. Peterside regretted that based on data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, at the end of 2015, 68 million Nigerians were in full employment but noted that as at end of 2020, the figure of Nigerians in full employment had fallen to a mere 31 million. He lamented that very few Nigerians have access to the exchange rate at the official rate, adding that those with such access do not represent the generality of Nigerians. Peterside also condemned the fuel subsidy which had continued to put pressure on the nation's fiscal position. According to him, those who are involved in the massive oil theft are those in government or their cronies. He wondered how many Nigerians have the capacity to bring in ships into the country and load crude oil and take it away from the country, without the government stopping them. Ogbu urges FG to pay attention to education Also speaking, Prof Osita Ogbu, former National Economic Adviser, charged the government to pay more attention to social infrastructure (education and health). He said the Nigerian public education system had been abandoned by those in government because they had no personal need of it, as they send their children to private and foreign schools. He said though physical infrastructure remained critical to development, the nation could not afford to abandon social infrastructure, stressing that doing so would be counterproductive to national development. By Levinus Nwabughiogu ABUJA—THE House of Representatives, yesterday, urged the federal government to make an urgent request for supplementary budget of N100 billion or more for Ecological Project Office, EPO, as intervention fund to execute the programs of the agency nationwide. It also mandated its Committee on Appropriation to make provision of N200 billion in the 20023 appropriation year, for the Ecological office in the Presidency for flood preparedness, mitigation, response, recovery and relieve packages. It equally asked that N5 billion be released into the already created special ecological fund account of each state of the federation and FCT to mitigate the effect of flooding that recently ravaged the entire nation. The resolutions came on the heels of a motion, titled "Need for Strategic Planning and Funding to Prevent the Reoccurrence of Flood and Erosion Disasters in Nigeria in 2023 and Beyond", moved at plenary under matters of urgent public importance by Henry Nwawuba and Ibrahim Isiaka. Presenting the motion, Nwawuba expressed worry over the recent flooding incident that ravaged the country, saying the warning by the authorities was not heeded. He said in the view of another one predicted by the Nigerian Metrological Agency, Nimet, another round of flooding was imminent next year, asking the authorities to take proactive measures. "We pay deaf ears to the sound and presence of risks associated Don't let half salary issue degenerate to another strike, NANS, NAPTAN tell FG some time has been wasted, but since there is an effort to bridge the gap one way or the other, nothing should be done to truncate the process again. “"Lecturers and students would only need to forfeit some holidays and as parents, we don't want anything to rock the boat again. Parents are looking forward to their children finishing their studies and for them to reap the fruits of their labour. The issue of personality clash or ego should not be allowed to push education into another crisis situation, "he said “NANS, in a statement by the Southwest Zone Coordinator, Adegboye Olatunji, Deputy Coordinator, Alao John and Public Relations Officer, Awoyinfa Opeoluwa, said steps being taken by the current administration at the federal level are not showing it gives priority to education. "Just as Nigerian students are finally able to smile after the suspension of an eight-monthlong ASUU strike, the Federal Government deemed it wise to pay half salary to members of the Academic Staff Union of •As ASUU stages protest •CONUA to discuss issue at maiden NEC meeting Universities This ill-advised action if allowed to stand will not only set a bad precedence but ruin the already tattered morale of our lecturers and further weaken the already debilitated trust between the said union and the government. "Ironically those directly appointed and being paid from our commonwealth to oversee Education and Labour matters namely; Mallam Adamu Adamu (Minister of Education); Dr. Chris Ngige (Minister of Labour and Employment); and Festus Keyamo (Minister of State for Labour and Employment) made meagre contributions to the development. As a matter of fact, we have it on good record that Dr. Ngige particularly was willing to crash the entire sector just to bring ASUU on its knees and massage his own fragile ego. “"From all indications, if drastic measures aren't taken, the Federal Government and its overpaid employee; Dr. Ngige seem ready to bury the entire educational sector.And if ASUU choose to boycott work again as a result of this ungentlemanly Flood alert: Reps call for supplementary budget of N100bn, 200bn in 2023 appropriation to fight menace decision, the government might as well forget about tertiary education completely. “"As the leadership of Nigerian students in the entire Southwest, we demand that our intellectuals and moulders of our collective future be accorded their deserved respect and their dignity not be tampered with. ''In addition, procedure to pay the remaining balance of their remunerations should be put in motion immediately, " the statement read. Meanwhile, the newlyregistered Congress of University Academics, CONUA, is set to discuss the issue of salary and others at its maiden National Executive Council, NEC, meeting slated for Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State later in the month.“ A member of the union told our correspondent that the meeting would also appraise developments in the university sector generally. CONUA was registered by the FG as another academic staff union in the course of the recent strike by ASUU. with flooding, one thing is clear, that they will surely occur whether we plan for them or not. ''But, strategic planning and adequate funding will help mitigate the effects and facilitate quick and better recovery of lives, properties, economy and overall environment. with the public outcry of limited funds, reactive response should be changed to proactive response to increase effectiveness of management and reduce losses of life and properties. "As far back as January 2022, the Nigerian Metrological Agency, Nimet, warned of impending floods across most states in Nigeria, especially flood prone areas and could continue until the end of November 2022 in many states across the nation. "In 2012, 32 of 36 states were affected by flooding, with 363 people killed, over 2.1 million people displaced, about 7 million people affected and a total loss estimate of N2.6trillion recorded. "In 2022, 33 of 36 states and the FCT are affected, that is 92% of the entire country, over 600 people killed. Over 1.4 million people displaced and over 2.5 million people in need of humanitarian assistance with over 60% of this number being children. "Nigeria appears to be unready for climate change with ranking of 162 of 180 countries in the environment performance index." "The fact that the dimensional impact of this unfortunate situation are that we can expect a food crisis, humanitarian crisis, health crisis and revenue shortfall in Nigeria come 2023. "Most of the affected states are agrarian economies which raises concern about impending food crisis, with 110,000 hectares of farmlands completely damaged. Olam rice farm submerged worth over $15 million, 10 hectares of rice farm submerged in Kogi State." Visa issuance: Air Peace suspends flight operations to Dubai By Prince Okafor AIR TRAVELLERS from Nigeria to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, UAE, in the coming days will be forced to consider alternative means of getting there. “This came as Nigeria's indigenous airline, Air Peace, suspended flight operations to the country indefinitely. This is coming against the backdrop of non-issuance of Visas by the UAE government to Nigerians. Vanguard had reported that the country's immigration authorities last month announced a visa ban on Nigerians without any reason. The UAE government also stated that all submitted applications for vuisa to its territory were rejected and fees nonrefundable. Following the development, the management of Air Peace stated yesterday: "We hereby inform the public, especially our Dubai passengers, that effective from Tuesday, November 22, 2022, we shall be suspending our Dubai operations till further notice. "This is consequent upon the persisting non-issuance of visas to Nigerian travellers by the government of the United Arab Emirates and the accompanying inconveniences. "Air Peace has been operating into UAE, even with the country's recent travel restrictions, but given the heightened hurdles Nigerian travellers are facing in accessing the country, it has become imperative that we halt our operations to that destination. "We shall provide further updates as the situation progresses. Passengers whose flights are affected by this development can mail our Call Centre to attend to their concerns."
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