Thursday 16 June,
2023
Headlines
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My running mate will be a Christian from the North-East
– Tinubu.
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Pick pilgrim commission boss as running mate, group
tells Tinubu
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Form your own parties, northern group urges MURIC, CAN
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PDP sets up committee to screen Atiku’s running mate on
Thursday
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I’ll run for presidency again in future – Yahaya Bello
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Lawmaker urges House of Reps to over ride Buhari’s veto
on Electoral Act
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Senate to establish financial aid scheme for students
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Nigerians to enjoy improved power supply from July 1
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FG’ll increase funding for police – NHRC
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Reps urge INEC to extend voter registration by 60 days
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South West IPMAN set to increase pump price of petrol
to N180 per litre
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Vanguard: Osun 2022: 333,179 PVCs ready for collection
— INEC
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Vanguard:Osun 2022: Aregbesola’s loyalist quits APC,
joins PDP
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Vanguard:No one can steal our votes again — Adeleke
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Governorship Election: PSC staff in Ekiti to monitor
police conduct
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Ekiti election: NSCDC deploys 9,747 personnel, warns
against
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Ekiti Decides 2022: NPC, INEC charge candidates,
electorate to embrace peace.
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Owo massacre: Ondo community invokes ‘god of iron’ on
attackers
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23 Oyo lawmakers sign petition to impeach Dep. Gov.
Olaniyan
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Ignore ‘manipulated’ viral video, Wike’ll never leave
PDP – Aide
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Guber aspirant seeks nullification of APC primaries in
Rivers.
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Soludo bars teachers who scored below average from
recruitment
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Insecurity: Ganduje Gets Assembly Approval To Secure N10 Billion Loan For CCTV, Optic Cyber Installations
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FG Approves E-Learning Centres For Primary Schools,
Says ASUU Strike Complex
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Education: Senate Moves To Create Federal Technical
University, Bichi
ALL Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Bola
Tinubu has said he will pick a Northern Christian as his running mate.
Tinubu was reacting to speculations that he will pick a
Muslim as his running mate for the 2023 presidential election.
The APC presidential candidate said those behind the Muslim-Muslim
ticket rumour are undemocratic elements who are threatened by his imminent
victory in the coming presidential elections.
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The Northern Inter-Tribal and Inter-Religion Alliance for
Peace, Unity and Development on Wednesday called on the presidential candidate
of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to douse the tension of
a Muslim-Muslim ticket by adopting the Executive Secretary of Nigeria Christian
Pilgrim Commission, Rev. Yakubu Pam, as running mate.
The appeal comes less than 48 hours before the deadline set
by the Independent National Electoral Commission for political parties to
submit the names of their vice presidential candidates.
The temptation of fielding a Muslim-Muslim ticket has
seemingly unsettled the ruling APC and got their supporters divided.
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A Northern group, the Arewa Youth Awareness Forum, on
Wednesday, asked the Prof. Ishaq Akintola – led Muslim Rights Concern, and the
Christian Association of Nigeria, to consider floating political parties
instead of dictating to the two major political parties – the Peoples
Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress, over choices of
presidential running mates.
AYAF expressed concern over the two religious bodies’
interference in the affairs of the APC and the PDP.
This was just as the group said the choice of Rivers State
Governor, Nyesom Wike, had demonstrated the determination of the PDP
flagbearer, Atiku Abubakar, to win the 2023 presidential race through strategic
nationwide mobilisation for votes.
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The national working committee (NWC) of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) has set up a committee to screen the vice-presidential
candidate of the party for the 2023 elections.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, Debo Ologunagba, PDP
spokesperson, said the screening of the candidate will take place at the
party’s headquarters.
Tom Ikimi, former minister of foreign affairs, is the
chairman of the committee, while Akilu Indabawa, will serve as the secretary.
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Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello has said he would re-contest for
the presidency in the near future
Bello, who was one of the 23 presidential aspirants of the
ruling All Progressives Congress’ (APC), disclosed this to State House
Correspondents after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari.
According to him, he joined the contest for the APC
presidential ticket to “test the mike,” saying that his next attempt would be
“supersonic.
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Rep. Ben Igbakpa (PDP-Delta) has moved a constitutional
point of order, urging the House to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto
over the delay on 2022 Electoral Amendment Act’s section 84 (8).
Igbakpa proposed the resolution during a plenary session in
Abuja on Wednesday, citing a matter of national importance.
The Electoral Amendment Act was recently changed by both
chambers of the National Assembly, and the parliamentarians returned it for the
President’s assent after amending section 84 (8).
The purpose of the clause was to enable statutory delegates
vote in political party primaries.
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The House of Representatives has urged the Independent
National Electoral Commission, (INEC), to extend the voter registration
deadline by an extra 60 days from June 30, 2022, to enable as many Nigerians as
possible to register.
The Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise is
scheduled to end on June 30.
This followed the adoption of a motion by Rep. Benjamin
Kalu, (APC-Abia), during plenary on Wednesday in Abuja.
Kalu noted that the ongoing Continuous Voters Registration,
(CVR), by INEC was scheduled to end on June 30th ahead of the 2023 General
Elections.
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A bill which seeks to provide a framework for education
financing through the establishment of the National Student Financial Aid
Scheme, Wednesday, scaled the second reading at the Senate.
The bill, which was sponsored by Senator Umar Sulieman
representing Kwara North Senatorial District, seeks to grant interest-free
loans and bursaries to eligible students in tertiary institutions.
Suleiman added that the scheme would also ensure the
well-structured administration of such loans and bursaries and their recovery.
This was contained in a statement signed by the Special
Assistant to the Senate President, Dr Ezrel Tabiowo, on Wednesday.
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Mr Sanusi Garba, Chairman, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory
Commission (NERC), says Nigerians will witness improved power supply from July
1 following renewed efforts by industry stakeholders.
Garba gave the assurance at an interactive session with
newsmen after the Second Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) meeting on
Wednesday in Lagos.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting
was attended by top officials of NERC, Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN),
Generation Companies as well electricity Distribution Companies.
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The Executive Secretary, National Human Rights Commission,
Tony Ojukwu (SAN), has assured the Nigeria Police Force that the Federal
Government will continue to provide the necessary budgetary allocations to
enhance the welfare of police personnel across the country.
Ojukwu, who was represented by the Director, Civil and
Political Rights, Abdulraham Yakubu, said this while speaking to newsmen in
Port Harcourt during a two-day training organised for police personnel in the
South-South geo-political zone.
The training, which was themed ‘mainstreaming Human Rights
into law enforcement in Nigeria,’ was supported by the Macarthur Foundation.
Yakubu said the training was to ensure that policemen
respected the rights of members of the public while carrying out their duties.
++++The South West zone of the Independent Petroleum
Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) on Wednesday said, it may direct its
members in the zone to increase the pump prices of Premium Motor Spirit
(P.M.S), as well as the A.G.O popularly called Diesel should the appropriate
federal government’s regulatory agency fails to address the continuous non
-supply of the products to its members.
IPMAN’s Zonal Chairman, Alhaji Dele Tajudeen, who made the
disclosure while addressing journalists in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital,
said his members had for the past six months, not been able to access supplies
of the products from any of the six government’s owned depots, but resorted to
making purchase from the private depot owners, who had continued to exploit the
situation to put extra cost on his members.
*******STATE
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in
Osun, on Wednesday, said it had 333,179 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in the
state ready for collection.
Prof. Abdulganiyu Raji, INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner
in Osun, made this known in Osogbo, at a workshop organised for journalists and
information officers by the Osun State Government and KA Media Consultants.
Raji, represented by INEC Head of Department, Election and
Party Monitoring,
Alhaji Shehu Muhammad, explained further that the PVCs were
printed after the completion of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR)
exercise in March.
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A former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy
Affairs in Osun, Mr Kolapo Alimi, on
Wednesday, defected to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Alimi, one of staunch the supporters of the Minister of
Interior and former governor of the state, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, announced his
defection at the PDP secretariat in Osogbo.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Alimi, a lawyer,
served as a two-term commissioner during Aregbesola’s administration as
governor of the state.
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), governorship candidate
in Osun state, Senator Ademola Adeleke has disclosed that the amended electoral
law has made it impossible for anybody to steal his votes in the coming July 16
poll in the state.
Adeleke spoke after receiving the former Commissioner for
Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs under Governor Rauf Aregbesola in the
state, Mr Kolapo Alimi and his supporters into the PDP at the state party
secretariat in Osogbo on Wednesday.
He said the electoral act signed into law by President
Muhammadu Buhari has made rigging of election impossible, hence, assured the
masses of his victory in the forthcoming election, adding that unlike in 2018,
the poll in July will be a straight victory for the party.
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The Police Service Commission has dispatched a team of its
senior staff to Ekiti State to monitor Police Officers on election duties
during the Governorship elections in the State holding this Saturday, June,
18th 2022.
Commission’s staff will be in the 16 Local Government Areas
of the State.
The Commission has the Constitutional responsibility to
appoint, promote, dismiss and exercise disciplinary control over Officers of
the Force except the Inspector General of Police.
The Nigeria Police Force as the lead Agency in Internal
security, including security during elections is expected by the conduct of
it’s Officers to play a major role in the success or failure of the election.
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The Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence
Corps (NSCDC), Ahmed Abubakar Audi, on Wednesday, charged all the personnel
deployed to Ekiti gubernatorial election slated for June 18, 2022 election to
be professional in their conducts by allowing the Standard Operating Procedure
(SOP) of the Corps to guide their performances.
In a statement by DCC Olusola Odumos, Director, Public
Relations, NSCDC National Headquarters,
Abuja, said the CG who has approved the deployment of 9,747
officers and men, noted that the service must remain apolitical and neutral to
avoid any form of compromise during the election.
++++The Chairman, National Peace Commission, NPC, General
Abdulsalam Abubakar, has appealed to the people of Ekiti State to live up to
the ideals of the state, the ideals of integrity and honour to have a free,
fair and credible election on Saturday in the state.
Gen. Abubakar called on INEC to ensure that the Ekiti
governorship poll is free of rancor, the citizens must be patient and to
conduct themselves orderly while INEC offICial must ensure that no obstacles
are placed on the path of the people and Nigerians.
Gen. Abubakar was represented by the convener, the National
Peace Committee, Most Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah, at the signing of the Peace
Accord by Ekiti State Governorship candidates.
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Following the tragic attack on Saint Francis Catholic Church
in Owo on June 5, worshipers of the ‘god of iron’ in the town have vowed to
perform open rituals against the gunmen behind the dastardly act.
The rites would performed in order to invoke the deity to
punish the terrorists who carried out the attack.
However, the Olowo of Owo, Oba Ajibade Gbadegesin Ogunoye,
the town’s ruler, has stated that there will be no restrictions on movement
during the rites
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The Oyo State House of Assembly on Wednesday threatened to
impeach the state Deputy Governor, Rauf Olaniyan, after levelling five
allegations against him.
About 24 lawmakers signed the petition, which was read
during the plenary.
In the petition, entitled: “Petition and Notice of
Allegations against the Deputy Governor of Oyo State, His Excellency, Engineer
Rauf Olaniyan,” he was accused of gross misconduct, abuse of office, financial
recklessness, abandonment of office and official duties, and insubordination.
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Kelvin Ebiri, the Media Aide to the Rivers State Governor,
Nyesom Wike, has declared that Wike will never leave the Peoples Democratic
Party. He said a viral video suggesting that he (Wike) was threatening to
defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress was manipulated.
In a statement issued on Wednesday night, Ebiri said the
video being circulated was intended to mislead members of the public.
Ebiri said the video was an excerpt of an old interview the
governor granted to a popular television station while reacting to the
defection of the Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, from the PDP to the APC.
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A governorship aspirant under the All Progressives Congress
in Rivers State, Bernard Mikko, has filed a lawsuit against the governorship
candidate of the party, Patrick Tonye-Cole, the APC and Independent National
Electoral Commission, challenging the just-concluded party’s primaries in the
state.
Mikko in an originating summon brought before a Federal High
Court sitting in Port Harcourt is asking the court to determine whether in
regulations by INEC, in conduct of party primaries, the APC is mandated to
conduct its primaries in face of alleged illegalities pertaining the conduct of
APC primaries.
Mikko is also seeking the court to determine whether
Tonye-Cole is qualified to contest for the governorship position despite the
alleged report of fraud contained in a white paper released by Justice George
Omeriji led panel of inquiry set up by governor Nyesom Wike.
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The Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, has barred
teachers who scored below 50 per cent in a Computer Based Test conducted for
them from being recruited into the state’s school system.
No fewer than 31,000 teachers sat for the CBT on Saturday
across the state in batches, out of which 5,000 will be employed by the state
government.
Those who made multiple entries for the purpose of the test
were disqualified in line with the earlier warning.
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Kano state House of Assembly has given a nod to Governor
Abdullahi Umar Ganduje’s request to secure a N10 billion loan for the purchase
and installation of CCTV Cameras and optic cyber in strategic places within the
state metropolis.
The project will also encompass headquarters of the Bichi,
Rano, Karaye and Gaya Emirates.
The Assembly in its plenary session on Wednesday, presided over by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Hamisu Ibrahim Chidari approved the loan.
******EDUCATION
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The Federal Government has approved the establishment of
e-learning centres for primary schools across the 36 States of the federation
and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai
Mohammed, disclosed this to State House correspondents on Wednesday, after the
weekly federal executive council (FEC) meeting, presided over by President
Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa.
Fielding questions on why the government approved the
establishment of e-learning centres, but was unable to resolve problems with
the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other three
university-based unions in public universities for the students to go back to
school, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who briefed journalists on behalf of the Minister
of Education, said the issue with the unions was not as simple as many many
think.
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The Senate on Wednesday moved to entrench technical
education in the country by setting in motion machinery for the creation of the
Federal University of Education (Technical) in Bichi, Kano State.
The Senate’s move followed a motion by Senator Jibrin Barau
(APC Kano North) which passed for second reading at plenary.
In his lead debate, the Sponsor of the motion disclosed the
need for a “strong system in our educational sector with the establishment of
more Institutions for the training of teachers.”
*******CRIME& TRAGEDY
++++Vanguard:Hoodlums storm Uniosun teaching hospital to
retrieve colleague’s corpse
Some hoodlums on Wednesday invaded the Osun state University
Teaching Hospital in Osogbo to retrieve the body of a colleague that died in
the hospital.
The hoodlums had on Tuesday afternoon engaged in a fight at
Asoje area of the state capital leading security operatives to storm the area
and residents alleged Amotekun corps of shooting at the hoodlums where two
person were allegedly reported dead while one was taken to the hospital for
treatment from gun shot injury.
The hoodlums, according to hospital sources, forced their
way into the hospital to retrieve the body of the victim, who later died in the
hospital.
The hoodlums, who were wielding different types of weapons,
including cutlass, matchets, clubs, bottle, scared workers in the hospital
forcing them to hide for cover.
++++Vanguard:Internet fraud: Court orders varsity student to
clean hospital for 60 days
An FCT High Court in Kubwa, on Wednesday, ordered an
18-year-old university student, Emmanuel Asebhofo, to clean Kubwa General
Hospital for 60 days for internet fraud.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Asebhofo had
pleaded guilty to the charge of internet fraud filed by Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC) and begged the court for leniency.
Delivering the judgment, Justice Kezziah Ogbonnaya, ordered
Asebhofo to sign in and out daily after cleaning the hospital.
Ogbonnaya warned Asebhofo to desist from committing crimes
and be of good behaviour.
++++Punch:Lagos tenant rapes neighbour’s 16-year-old
daughter, commits suicide
A man, identified only as Kayode, has committed suicide
after his neighbour’s daughter accused him of raping her twice at their house
in the Oja-Amukoko area of Lagos State.
PUNCH Metro gathered that the victim’s mother, who had a
stroke, was taken to the Ikorodu area for treatment.
The suspect, who was put in care of the 16-year-old at home,
was said to have taken advantage of her.
Her father said she accused Kayode of raping her twice,
adding that he also seized her phone to prevent her from informing her family
members.
++++dailypost:80-year-old arrested in Borno for raping
allegedly minor.
An 80-year-old identified as Saleh Bukar has been arrested
by the Borno State Police Command for allegedly defiling an 11-year-old girl.
The Police Commissioner, Abdu Umar, said this on Wednesday,
while parading Bukar and six other rape suspects at the command’s headquarters
in Maiduguri.
Umar said that the victim’s elder sister, Fatima Ali, got to
know about the incident, when she reportedly noticed an unusual discharge from
the victim’s virgina.
According to him, the victim later opened up to Ali and
alleged that Bukar had raped her on different occasions.
++++Punch:Anambra police bust sex slave camp, rescue 35
girls
The Anambra State Police Command has busted the hotel camp
where teenage girls are used as sex slaves.
About 35 teenage girls used for commercial sex slavery have
been rescued with about five of them pregnant.
The girls were kept in the hotel where they were used to
engage in commercial sex and the money paid to their “madam”, who is currently
on the run.
The police also arrested three suspects, including the
assistant manager of the hotel, and recovered three pump action rifles and
seven cartridges.
Compiled and Edited by: Adejoke
Adebisi
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