THE STATES

Benue

The Benue State Government says it has adopted a
new formula for the sharing of relief materials to victims of current attacks in the state.
Executive Secretary of the state Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Mr Adikpo Agbatse told  newsmen in Makurdi that the formula was evolved to ensure equity in the distribution of the materials.
He said 40 per cent of the materials would go to those in temporary camps, while the remaining 60 per cent would be shared to local government councils and wards affected by the crises for distribution to victims.
Agbatse explained that the policy was to ensure that the assistance got to rural communities and to discourage people from staying in camps.

Kaduna

Jema’a Local Government Council of Kaduna State,
says it has relaxed the 24-hour curfew imposed in Kafanchan by 10 hours.
Our correspondent reports that a 24-hour curfew was imposed in Kafanchan township recently, following the youths’ reaction to the arrest of 24 men allegedly in possession of arms.
Chairman, Mr Daniel Amos, of  the council said in Kafanchan that residents were now free to go about their businesses from 6 am to 4 pm.
“The development is due to relative calm witnessed within the metropolis.

Kwara

An Area Court in Kaiama, Kwara State, has granted
the prayer for divorce filed by a housewife, Rakiat Alidu.
Rakiat, who said her four-year-old marriage to her husband, Musa, was blessed with a child, filed for divorce because  the union“  lacked the needed love.”
The President of the court, Malam Ahmed Yahaya, held that the divorce was granted in line with the provisions of  the law in favour of Rakiat.

Kebbi

The Kebbi State-owned University of Science and
Technology  has commenced a general training for the 8,689 newly recruited personnel to teach in the state’s secondary schools.
The Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof. Abdu Zuru, told newsmen in Aliero that the seven-week training would focus on classroom management, lesson plan, scheme of work and extra-curricular activities. “The training will be conducted in batches, with each batch consisting of 1,200 teachers,’’ he said.
According to him, the trainees will receive a weekly stipend of N2,000 each.

Katsina

The Katsina State Government has approved N100
million to assist victims of the recent attack in Faskari, Sabuwa and Safana Local Government Areas of the state.
The state’s Head of Service, Alhaji Muhammad Aliyu, announced the donation at a news conference in Katsina recently.
Aliyu said the money would be shared among relations of those who died or suffered injury during the attack.
Aliyu said he would head the committee that would distribute the money, explaining that the gesture was part of government’s determination to identify with the people in time of distress.

Lagos

An Abule Egba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos has sen
tenced a 20-year-old meat seller, Oye Adeleke to three years imprisonment for raping his customer’s under-aged daughter.
The Magistrate, Mr Tajudeen Elias, sentenced Adeleke without an option of fine.
“This will serve as deterrent to others who indulge in having sex with a teenager.
This sentencing is mitigated by virtue of the leg injury of the defendant and remorse on his part,’’ Elias said, while convicting Adeleke.

Nasarawa
A Grade 1 Area Court in Aso Pada, Mararaba,
Nasarawa State, has sentenced a timber dealer, Felix Sunday, to three years in prison for criminal breach of trust and cheating.
The presiding judge, Mr Albert Maga, gave the judgment and ordered the convict to pay N670,000 as compensation to one Mr Benedit Oyika, the plaintiff.
Maga, however, gave option of N10,000 fine to the convict.
Earlier, the plaintiff in his testimony, told the court that one of his friends introduced the convict to him as a timber dealer.
Oyo

A  Grade “C ” Customary Court in Iseyin, Oyo State,
has ordered  Idowu Oluokun, Muiz Adebayo and Muniru Adeyemi,  who are all claiming paternity of a six-year-old,  to maintain the peace.
The President of the court, Mr Kareem Adelodun, gave the order   after informing Oluokun and Adebayo who were in court  that a third claimant, Adeyemi,  had also written   claiming paternity of the child.
Adelodun,  who adjourned further hearing on the matter until April 7, also ordered all the  parties to produce evidence of  paternity.

Ogun
The Chief  Dr Babatunde Banuso Medical Director of
the State Hospital, Ota, Ogun State, has warned Nigerians against using local herbs  whose efficacy could not be ascertained.
Banuso said in an interview with newsmen in Ota that they might have   side effects with serious health implications.
“The side effects of some of the traditional herbs on the  human system can be disastrous as it could lead to deadly diseases like kidney and cancer,’’ he said.
He said the resort to herbs  had been identified as one of the contributing factors to the  ill-health of many people across the country.

Plateau

The National Emergency Management Agency
(NEMA), has said it has established 11 camps for the 100,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from eight crisis-ridden local governments in Benue.
The NEMA Coordinator for North-Central, Mr Mohammed Abdulsalam made the disclosure in an interview with newsmen in Jos.
He said “each camp has a minimum of 8,500 IDPs.
“The camps are just too populated and we are thinking of establishing more because more people are trooping into Makurdi from even the areas that have not been attacked.

Taraba

The police command in Taraba State says it has
arrested nine people who specialised in stealing yam tubers in Ibi Local Government Area of the state.
The Public Relations Officer of the command , ASP Joseph Kwaji, made the disclosure at a news conference in Jalingo.
Kwaji said a police patrol team in Ibi arrested the suspects, comprising seven men and two women, while stealing the produce.
He said the suspects are Abdullahi Umaru, Yunusa A Yunusa, Mustapha Hamusu, Idris Mohammed, Adamu Muhammed, Yusuf Aliyu, Mairo  Maijaki, Adamu Musa and Hauwa Shagari.

Zamfara

More than N1.3 billion has been spent by the
Tertiary Institutions Trust Fund (TETFUND) to improve facilities at the Zamfara State College of Education, Maru, since 2011.
The Provost of the College, Alhaji Kabir Dankande said this in an interview with newsmen in Maru.
Dankande said the institution had recorded various transformations through its partnership with TETFUND, especially in the areas of physical structures and manpower development.

Executive Secretary, African Capacity Building Foundation (acbf), Prof. Emmanuel Nnadozie (left), exchanging documents with Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, after signing projects grants agreement between National Institute for Legislative Studies (nils) and acbf in Abuja, recently. Photo: NAN