Corps members killed in car crash, traveled without permission – NYSC

The Katsina State Coordinator, National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Alhaji Ahidjo Yahaya said that the three corps members killed in last Sunday’s ghastly motor accident  traveled without  permission. Some others were injured in the accident.

This was as he warned corps members fond of traveling without permission to desist as traveling without permission attracts punishment.

The coordinator gave the warning during the swearing in ceremony of the orientation course for the 2019 Batch B Stream II corps members numbering about 1,502 (621 males and 881 females) deployed to the state.

Yahaya said the punishment could be in form of extension of service year or remobilization (repeat of the service year).

He said on it part in the state is to write the report and send to the headquarters where they would decide the punishment.

According to him, “Most of the journies by the corps members, 60% or 70% are done without permission. And we have been warning them and we would continue to warn them.

“Traveling without obtaining permission is there in the Act establishing the NYSC since 1973, it was amended and it is still there. There are various punishment for various offences. It is there in the Bylaw. It depends on days you spent. It can lead to extension of service year, remobilization (repeat the service year), it depends on the gravity of the offence that you commit. There are various offences viz a vis there punishment. They are there in the bylaw.

“The last Sunday’s ghastly motor accident involving our corps members traveling to Funtua was not with permission. They went to Funtua without permission,” the state coordinator said.

It would be recalled that a ghastly motor accident involving 12 corps members in a vehicle carrying the inscription “National Association of Catholic Corps members” and on their way to attend a mass wedding in Funtua area of the state left three dead on the spot while nine sustaining degrees of injuries.

The state coordinator said less than five of the corps members were still receiving treatment at the hospital while arrangements are on top gear for the burial rites of the three who lost their lives in the accident.

“We have bought three caskets and they are there in the General hospital. We would be conveying them to their various homes by Saturday for their burial. We are footing the expenses of the burial arrangements. We are sending a powerful delegations which includes Senior officials of the NYSC and Senior officials from the Catholic from Bishop Kuka to accompany the corpses to the various destinations as we have also made arrangements with our other colleagues in those places to join them and receive the corpses while we stay back to take care of those in the hospital.

“All corps members were insured by insurance company. So any corps members who died during service year, the family or next of kin will be given N1million,” Yahaya said.

The State Coordinator however said the deceased corps members were from Ebonyi, Imo and Delta states respectively.

Meanwhile, declaring the orientation course open, the Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari represented by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Youth and Social Development, Hussaini Dangani called on the corps members to shun corruption, other social vices to embrace integrity and be change agents.

Six suspected fake corps members arrested

Six suspected fake youth corps members have been arrested at the ongoing registration for National Youth Service Corps exercise at the Katsina State orientation camp.

The state NYSC Coordinator, Alhaji Ahidjo Yahaya who confirmed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Katsina said that the suspects were caught with forged call-up letters and fake degree certificates.

Yahaya confirmed that two of the suspects were female while the other four were male.

He said that two of the suspects were caught through intelligent report received from the office of the NYSC Director-General, Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim.

“I got a security report from the DG that two ladies were carrying fake certificates.

“Based on that, we set out a security network to trap them and they were arrested.

“The two suspects had confessed to the offence,” he said.

According to him, the other four suspects were detected during the camp registration of corps members deployed in the state under 2019 Batch B Stream II.

Yahaya said that all the suspects would be arraigned in the camp court from where they will be decamped and handed over to the police for prosecution.

“Before the opening of the orientation camps, the DG issued a series of warnings to members of the public not to go to the NYSC camp with fake results.

“But these people ignored the warning and decided to come to the camp with fake degree results. What a shame!” he said.

*Kogi West: Dino Melaye Officially Reacts to Tribunal’s Ruling Against Him*

The Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Dino Melaye has described the ruling of the Tribunal, nullifying his election victory in the March 22nd 2019 election and ordering for a fresh election in Kogi West as a total miscarriage of Justice.

It was earlier reported that Melaye polled a total of 85,395 votes to defeat his APC opponent who scored 66,902 votes.

But the APC candidate, Sam Adeyemi, went on to challenge Melaye’s election on three grounds of irregularities, over voting and non-compliance with the electoral act.

On Friday, a three-man panel led by Justice A. O. Chijioke, in a unanimous judgment, accepted Adeyemi’s ground and ordered for a fresh election in the senatorial district.

*NYSC: 3 Suspected Candidates With Alleged Fake Certificates Handed Over to Police*

The National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) in Taraba State says it has handed over three young men, posing as graduates of tertiary institutions, caught in possession of fake certificates, to the police.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the Taraba Coordinator of NYSC, Mrs Florence Yaakugh, on Friday, said the suspects were caught with the fake certificates during the screening of prospective Batch B Stream 2 corps members at the orientation camp in Jalingo.

The suspects are Nasiru Yau, who claimed to have studied Mass Communication, Shehu Murktar -Computer Science and Illiyasu Usman- Sociology, all from Isfop University of Cotonou in the Republic of Benin.

*Sanusi Keeps Mum as Northern Emirs Meet With Buhari*

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met behind closed door with traditional rulers from the northern part of the country at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the traditional rulers were led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar and the Emir of Kano, Dr. Muhammad Sanusi.

NAN reports that the agenda of the meeting between the president and the traditional rulers was unknown.

The leadership of the Monarchs after the meeting also declined comments on the outcome of their deliberation.

President Buhari had on July 31 in Abuja met with traditional rulers from the Southwestern part of the country and assured that his administration was doing everything possible to tackle security challenges in the country.

Nigerian Govt Plans to Use N-Power Beneficiaries, Corps Members for Community Policing

The National Economic Council (NEC) says plans are underway to engage N-Power beneficiaries and National Youth Service Corps members in community policing.

This was made known in an email sent from the office of the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, Thursday night.

According to the statement, the governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, presented an update on the NEC ad-hoc committee set up on security and policing.

Mr Fayemi said the Inspector General of Police (IGP) has initiated the commencement of community policing.

"The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) has initiated the commencement of community policing and there is a plan to consider using N-Power beneficiaries and youth corpers as police officers in their local government areas," the email reads.

The statement also indicated that a full report will be given in the next NEC meeting.

*Flood: Three Die, 3,000 Houses Submerged in Yobe Communities*

Three people have lost their lives with 3,000 houses destroyed following flood disaster caused by heavy downpour across ten local government area of Yobe State.

The Executive Secretary, State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) Dr. Mohammed Goje, confirmed this to newsmen on Thursday, while distributing relief materials to 198 flood victims in Godowoli village in Fika Local Government Area.

The affected local government areas included: Damaturu, Fika, Fune, Bursari, Machina, Yusufari, Gaidam, Potiskum, Nguru and Bade.

The Executive Secretary, said Yobe State Government through SEMA will not rest until every flood victim is supported with the necessary humanitarian materials to cushion their hardship.

“In the last two weeks, we have gone round different communities and as of the last count, we have different communities in 10 LGAs that have been affected by flood with over 3,000 houses destroyed”, Goje disclosed.

Items distributed to the flood victims in some of the affected villages such Kalallawa and Godowoli as monitored included: bundles of zinc, nails, bags of rice, vegetable, blankets, family size mats, kettles, cloths and woods among to enable them rebuild their damaged houses.

However, the beneficiaries were advised by the SEMA Boss to make good use of the materials and warned them not sell them.

*Accidents: 168 People Killed, 969 Injured in Bauchi, Borno, Yobe – FRSC*

About 168 persons were killed in various accidents that occurred between January and July, 2019 in the three states of Bauchi, Yobe and Borno.

The Zonal Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Assistant Corps Marshall, Imoh Etuk, who disclosed this on Thursday at the 3rd Quarter retreat for Heads of Operations in the Zone, said that the strategic meeting was aimed at making plans for the end of year activities.

The Zonal Commander, also disclosed that a total of 969 people were injured representing a 56 3% reduction in the number of those injured within the period in the zone in 2018 which was 1, 245.

Etuk said that within the period, 188 road traffic crashes were recorded in the three states compared to the 276 recorded in the same period in 2018 which represents a 59.5% reduction.

According to him, between January and July 2019, a total of 1, 360 people were involved in the crashes as compared to the 1, 981 that were involved in the same period in 2018 which is a 59.3% reduction.

The Zonal Commander lamented the many unclaimed driver’s licences in the zone which he said were 4,795 in the three states.

*Buhari Approves Major Reforms*

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a wide range of reforms in the broadcasting industry, including the licensing of online radio and television stations.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed disclosed this in Abuja on Friday, when he received members of the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON) on a courtesy visit while responding to a request made by BON for the review of the Broadcasting Code.

“I just want to use this opportunity to inform you that Mr. President has actually already approved a review of the Broadcast Code that is going to take care of many of the issues you have already raised here. In particular, the President has approved that WebTVs and radio stations, including foreign broadcasters beaming signals into Nigeria, will be licensed because we must bring sanity into this industry. Mr. President has also approved a wide range of reforms in the industry which, at the appropriate platform, I will let you know,” he said.

The Minister, who promised to carry along members of BON in the review of the Broadcasting Code, restated the commitment of the present administration to free media.

*Accidents: 168 People Killed, 969 Injured in Bauchi, Borno, Yobe – FRSC*

About 168 persons were killed in various accidents that occurred between January and July, 2019 in the three states of Bauchi, Yobe and Borno.

The Zonal Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Assistant Corps Marshall, Imoh Etuk, who disclosed this on Thursday at the 3rd Quarter retreat for Heads of Operations in the Zone, said that the strategic meeting was aimed at making plans for the end of year activities.

The Zonal Commander, also disclosed that a total of 969 people were injured representing a 56 3% reduction in the number of those injured within the period in the zone in 2018 which was 1, 245.

Etuk said that within the period, 188 road traffic crashes were recorded in the three states compared to the 276 recorded in the same period in 2018 which represents a 59.5% reduction.

According to him, between January and July 2019, a total of 1, 360 people were involved in the crashes as compared to the 1, 981 that were involved in the same period in 2018 which is a 59.3% reduction.

The Zonal Commander lamented the many unclaimed driver’s licences in the zone which he said were 4,795 in the three states.

*Sowore: Buhari Breaks🗣 Silence on Revolution Protest, Sends💬 Message to Sponsors*

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged sponsors of Global Coalition for Security and Democracy in Nigeria, which planned a “Revolution Now” protest for Monday, to identify themselves and lead the campaign or lose the right to call themselves leaders.

This is coming after Omoyele Sowore, the convener of #RevolutionNow Protests, was picked up at his apartment in the early hours of Saturday.

Reacting, Buhari in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity), called on all those who seek to use and hide behind everyday citizens to attain power through undemocratic and violent means, which has been alluded, to come out clearly and be identified.

He said they should lead their march in person, stressing that only then will they begin to have the right to call themselves leaders before the people of Nigeria.

The statement reads, “the President and his administration respect and uphold the right of every Nigerian to peaceful protest and civil campaign – whether to raise awareness on issues, and even oppose the government, noting that it is the inalienable right of all citizens of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to do so. 
“There is, however, a difference between peaceful call to protest and incitement for a revolution. 
“The organisation championing this planned action is not fronted by any serious public faces. We call on the sponsors and organisers to have the decency to come forward and make their identity known – out of respect to all Nigerians – so that Nigerians can be fully aware in whose name this “revolution” is being proposed and who the beneficiaries may be.

“Less than six months ago, Nigeria held simultaneous presidential and parliamentary elections. Both contests were won resoundingly by President Muhammadu Buhari and his All-Progressives Congress party. The campaign was observed, and results were confirmed by international election monitoring groups and observers. The result was even contested by the losing presidential candidate and his party in Court."

*Herdsmen Make Fresh🔊 Demands from Government*

A Fulani socio-cultural association, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bauchi State chapter, has appealed to the state government to establish additional earth dams and expand grazing reserve areas in the state.

The state chairman of the association, Alhaji Muhammadu Hussaini, made the appeal when he interacted with reporters in Bauchi Sunday.

He said, “The additional earth dams and expansion of grazing reserve areas will curtail the clashes between farmers and cattle herdsmen and it will reduce movement of Fulani from one place to another in search of water and grazing reserve.”

Hussaini said all the cattle routes were taken over by modern roads and houses built by government and individuals with no replacement, an action he said puts herdsmen in difficult position.

He asked the state government to provide them with subsidized cotton seed for their cows, adding that “it’s very important presently the sack of the cotton seed is being sold between N3,500 to N4, 000 and if government subsidized it Fulani will buy it between N1,500 to N2,000 and this will make them stay in one place and educate their children”.

The chairman identified shortage of teachers in Fulani nomadic schools as one their major problems and advised government to employ more teachers and supervise them to ensure that they are attending to the schools regularly instead of attending the school once in a week as has been happening in many nomadic schools.

He thanked the Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed Abdulkadir for pledging to implement the newly-introduced Ruga programme by the Federal government, and assured him of their support towards the success of the exercise.

Hussaini advised the government to emulate Jigawa State government by demarcating 50 meters at cattle route from the main road.

*Revolution: No Amount👎 of Protest Can Change Buhari – Pastor Giwa*

The Senior Pastor of the Awaiting The Second Coming Of Jesus Christ Gospel Church, Pastor Adewale Giwa, on Monday said Nigerians would have reasons to glorify God after the exit of President Muhammadu Buhari.

Giwa, who stated this in a statement to DAILY POST on Monday, described Buhari as someone with a strong-mind and urged Nigerians to pray and endure the hard times they are currently passing through.

“Ahab was the son of King Omri, a former military commander who had taken over the throne after laying siege to Tirzah. Omri was a wicked ruler and he taught his son, Ahab his evil ways.

“After Omri had passed away, Ahab took what he had learned from his father and put it into practice while he ruled Israel. At one point during Ahab’s rule, his wife Jezebel was killing God’s prophets. King Ahab didn’t care about what his wife was doing because he was worshiping Baal.

“Ahab died after reigning for 22 years. The evil and atrocities he committed spoke after his death.

“Buhari is mentally tough and resolute about his ideals. There is nothing anybody can do about it until he vacates the office.

“No amount of protests could change Buhari’s mind. However, I have a message for him.

“Buhari and members his people should know that nothing stays the same, it all gets crushed, it all gets broken, it all passes with time. Only the moment you’re in has any meaning.

“History will judge everyone accordingly. Certainly, it is better to avoid pain, but you don’t get out of life without pain, either physical, emotional or spiritual.

“Nigerians should hold on to God, and this time shall pass. A nation that forgets its past has no future. We won’t forget this time and this time shall end soon,” said Giwa.

*Police Foil Attempt to 💣Bomb Edo Prison*

Men of Edo State Police command have foiled an attempt by some suspects to bomb Oko Prison in Benin with Improvised Explosive Device, IED, in their bid to set free some kidnappers held in the prison.

The State Commissioner of Police, Danmallam Abubakar, who confirmed the incident, said some of the suspects had been arrested in connection with the incident, adding that security has been beefed up around prison formations in the State.

It was gathered that special police detective squad acted on intelligence report to foil the attack on the prison, leading to the arrest of some suspects.

Police sources said the arrested suspects were planning to bomb the prison to free some kidnappers remanded in the prison facility.

It was learnt that the suspects were armed with sophisticated weapons to kill the security operatives on duty and free their colleagues remanded in the prison.

“The suspects came to free the kidnapers of the managing director of Ogba Zoological garden, Mr Andy Ehanire, which four police were killed during the operation in 2017.

“They have made confessional statement about their mission.”

*Boko Haram: What Review🚗 of Auno Gate Closing Time⏱ Has Done – Drivers*

Long distance drivers on Yola, Maiduguri and Abuja, Maiduguri route Sunday commended the Borno state governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum and the GOC 7 division Nigeria Army, Major General Abdulmalik Biu, for their prompt response to the plight of travellers as well as drivers plying the Maiduguri, Damaturu road by reviewing the closing time of the Auno gate from 4:00pm to 6:00pm.

A driver with the Adamawa Sunshine, who identify himself as Modibo Umar, told DAILY POST that rate of accident due to speed to meet up with time of closure has drastically reduced following the review of the time.

“We usually leave Adamawa at 6:00 am, but because of the distance and checkpoints, driver always move on top speed in order to meet up. This has cause a lot of accidents and so many lives have been lost. But with the review of time now following the visit of the Borno state governor, drivers are moving within speed limit and there has not been cases of accident as before,” he said.

Another driver with the Borno Express, Malam Abubakar said checkpoints along the road where drivers have to wait in queue for ten and sometimes twenty minutes have been an issue for them meeting with the time of closure at Auno gate prior to the review of time.

“We thank all who speak out to move the governor to action and we thank the GOC also for given the order to review the time. We lost some of our drivers and passengers because of speed so that the gate is not closed before they arrive. Today, we are very happy with the new development. I just arrive with my passengers about 5:30pm when I check my time and the gate is wide open. The passengers too were very happy.” Abubakar said.

*Boko Haram👀 Gets Fresh Warning as 💥Insurgency in Nigeria Hits 🔟 Years*

Major General Bulama Biu, the General Officer Commanding 7 Div, Nigerian Army, has renewed call to Boko Haram to surrender their arms.

The 10-year long insurgency has caused displacement of over two million people, leaving thousands dead.

Biu made the call at an event organized in his honour on Saturday at the Command Guest House Maimalari Cantonment, Maiduguri, the Borno capital.

President Muhammad Buhari recently approved accelerated promotion of Biu and other officers in view of their contributions in the counter-insurgency campaign.

Biu lamented that the insurgency had inflicted colossal damage on lives and property, and urged the insurgents to avail themselves the opportunities of the amnesty programme initiated by the Federal Government under the “Operation Safe Corridor”.

“You still have the opportunity to lay down your arms; the time to surrender is now, to enable you rejoin the society,” he said.

Biu warned that if the insurgents continued with their offensive, the military was ready to crush them.

*El-Zakzaky: Nigerian Shiites Issue🔊 Warning to Buhari*

The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (Shiites) has warned President Muhammadu Buhari to stop claiming that the fate of its leader, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, lies with the courts not the federal government.

A statement on Sunday signed by the President Media Forum of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Ibrahim Musa wondered how the presidency would make such a claim, when since December 2016, a federal high court in Abuja, presided by Justice Kolawole freed Sheikh El-Zakzaky.

He said: “In December 2016 the Federal High Court in Abuja freed Sheikh Zakzaky from the illegal detention, ordered that he, along with his wife, be compensated to the tune of N50m, a house be provided for him in any part of the country he desires and security be provided for his protection.

“The Buhari government deliberately acted in contempt of court and refused to respect the judiciary. So which court is the presidency talking about that will decide the fate of our leader?”

The IMN further declared that the fresh court case instituted by the Kaduna state government was a mischievous plot to keep its leader in perpetual detention.

“That the government mischievously concocted a new case in Kaduna, three years after the Zaria massacre, accusing the leader of the movement whose wife was shot, three children were killed, elder sister and nephew were burned alive and he was also shot severally, of abetting homicide.

“This was followed by a case in which over 100 members of the movement were freed by the High Court in Kaduna with a ‘No Case Submission’ implying that the case was only a mischief of keeping the revered leader in illegal detention,” the statement added.

*Buhari, Ex-Presidents, Others ⚖Dragged to ICC*

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a petition to Mrs. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (ICC), urging her to investigate the problem of out-of-school children in Nigeria, and the failure of the Nigerian authorities over the years to address it.

The organization urged Mrs Bensouda to push for those suspected to be responsible, “including current president (Muhammadu Buhari) and former presidents and state governors since 1999, who directly or indirectly have individually and/or collectively breached their special duty toward children, and are therefore complicit in the crime, to be tried by the ICC.”

In the petition signed by SERAP’s deputy director, Kolawole Oluwadare, the organization said investigating and prosecuting high-ranking Nigerian officials and providing reparations to victims will contribute to serving the best interests of Nigerian children, the most vulnerable citizens in our country, and ending the impunity that is denying them their right to education and a life free of violence and fear.

*Nigerians Emerge💫 Chairperson, 👔Secretary of Africa’s Security Services*

Two Nigerians have been appointed Chairperson of the Committee of Intelligence and Security Services of Africa (CISSA) and Executive Secretary.

The unprecedented and historic appointments put the country at a great position to effectively use continental Intelligence Services to deal with security threats across Africa.

In his reaction, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, promised government’s maximum commitment to ensure that CISSA’s aims and objectives are achieved.

Mustapha spoke on Saturday at the end of the 16th Ordinary CISSA Conference at the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Abuja.

He commended the Director-Generals and Heads of Africa’s Intelligence Agencies for electing the NIA Director-General, Amb. Ahmed Rufai Abubakar and Hajia Zainab Ali-Kotoko as its Chairperson and Secretary-General respectively.

While Abubakar took over as Chairperson from Amb. B.K. Likando of the Namibian Intelligence Service for a period of one year until the next conference in Cairo, Egypt, Ali-Kotoko replaced Mr. Shimeles W. Semayat, and will run the Ethiopian-based CISSA Secretariat for five years.

Mustapha said: “By your decision, Nigeria has ascended the position of Chairmanship for the next one year and you have also appointed Zainab Ali-Kotoko as the Executive Secretary of CISSA for the next five years.

“As Nigeria assumes the mantle of CISSA’s leadership for the 2019/2020 session, your collective focus should be on promoting shared goals and objectives and maximizing the impact of this organization across Africa.”

*Why Nigerians⚰ Are Being Killed in 🇿🇦South Africa – Peter Obi*

Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the February 23 presidential election, Peter Obi has condemned the incessant killings in Nigerians.

He however noted that the targeting of Nigerians by the killers “has a lot to do with the way and manner we as a nation value and treat our own people”.

“When we criminalize our people all the time, you don’t expect to get the desired respect and valuing from other people.

“For Ghanaians to be listed among nationals that can enter South Africa without visa while Nigerians are being subjected to such extreme humiliation and killings, should tell a lot about how the global community regards us.”

Speaking to newsmen on Sunday, Obi said that Nigerians should not be killed anywhere, more so in South Africa, given the huge sacrifices made by Nigeria, including the resources it deployed, to secure South Africa’s freedom.

The former Anambra State Governor particularly recalled the personal efforts he made when he was Governor to visit South Africa twice to discuss this menace in his meetings with Okey Emuchay and Uche Okeke, the Nigerian diplomats in charge in South Africa at the various times of his visit.

Speaking against the backdrop of the latest killing of a top Nigerian Lady, former Deputy Director General of Chartered Insurance Insitute of Nigeria, Mrs Elizabeth Ndubisi-Chukwu, Obi said that the record of deaths of Nigerians in South Africa is unacceptable and should not be tolerated any longer by Nigeria.