THE STATES

Bauchi
Bauchi State Government says it has discovered an aircraft belonging to the state which is hidden in Morocco.
Governor  Mohammed Abubakar of the state made
this known in Bauchi in a broadcast marking 100 days of his administration.
He said that the recovered aircraft would be received by the state government in few days at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa International Airport, Bauchi.
The governor said that the aircraft was recovered by a committee set up by the government and headed by Air commandore Ahmed Tijjani-Baba (Rtd).
“The committee will now beam its satellite on the Ministry for Local Affairs and the State Basic Education Board to see how billions of naira allocated to them were spent.

Borno
Senate Leader Ali Ndume has advised the Federal Gov
ernment to introduce preventive measures against corruption instead of waiting for individuals to steal before prosecuting them.
Ndume, who gave the advice when he addressed a news conference in Maiduguri, explained that the measure would help in curbing corruption from its roots.
“The fight against corruption in Nigeria is a big war; It is going to be tougher than that of the Boko Haram insurgency war.
“Government must begin to initiate preventive measures against corruption, instead of waiting for people to steal public wealth before taking action,’’ Ndume, who represents Borno South, said.
He suggested that part of the measures should include mechanism for questioning individuals or public officers with sudden massive wealth.

FCT
The Nigerian Army has reiterated its stand on ending
terrorism in three months as directed by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The Acting Director of Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, stated this while giving an update on the counter-insurgency operation, at a news conference in Abuja, recently.
Usman said the recent offensive operations carried out by combined forces, had decimated the central command and leadership base of the insurgents.
He said the military offensive had left the terrorists with no formidable force.
Usman said the objective of ending the reign of terror in the region in the shortest possible time, was not only feasible, but a reality that Nigerians would soon come to live with.
Jigawa
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administra
tion and Control (NAFDAC) in Jigawa State has confiscated fake and unregistered drugs worth four million naira in the last two years.
The NAFDAC State Coordinator, Mr Olaniran Olakunle, disclosed this in Dutse while presenting to newsmen some suspects allegedly arested with fake drugs in Gwaram and Malammadori Local Government areas.
Olakunle said that most of the suspects arrested with fake and counterfeit drugs during the period were in rural communities across the state.
He said that fake drugs such as mixacrip tablet, herogra, busaka, polycid and tramadol capsule were seized from some patent medicine vendors in Gwaram and Malammadori last week.
Kaduna
A Kaduna-based human rights organisation, the Cen
trum Initiative For Development and Fundamental Rights Initiative, yesterday issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the State Governor, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, to sack his Special Adviser on Investment Promotion,, Jimmy Lawal.
The group alleged that the governor’s aide was on wanted list of the United State Government.
Executive Chairman and Director of Strategy of the CEDRA, Dr. John Danfulani, while addressing a press conference in Kaduna, said the governor should expect mass protest from civil society organisations after 48 hours if the special was not removed.

Kano
Kano residents on Sunday called on the State Gov
ernment to evacuate the mounting refuse in some strategic places in the metropolis.
The residents expressed concern over the inability of the State Refuse Management and Sanitation Board (REMASAB) to clear the heaps of filth from dump sites.
A cross section of the residents told  our correspondent in Kano that the mountains of refuse were gradually taking over some of the roads in the city and its environs.
They lamented that the obnoxious situation was capable of putting the lives of the citizens in danger, especially of people living around the affected areas, if not cleared urgently.

Katsina
The Managing Director of Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial
Foundation, Alhaji Shettima Ali,  said the foundation had spent N275 million on training of 1,800 women and youths in 15 states in the north.
Ali made this known in Katsina during the graduation ceremony of 120 women and youths that were trained on different skills.
He said the foundation selected 120 women and youths from 15 states for training in cosmetics making, vegetable oil procession, poultry and fish farming, ICT skills and fashion designing.
Ali said that the foundation would soon conduct the training in Borno, Yobe , Jigawa and Plateau.
The managing director disclosed that the foundation had introduced the training to improve the well being of beneficiaries.
Ali said that the foundation would also assist the trainees to secure loans from different financial institutions to start their businesses.

Kebbi
The North -West Zonal Office of the Independent Pe
troleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), has enjoined its members to engage unemployed youths in their activities, to reduce unemployment nationwide.
Alhaji Muhammadu Jega, the Zonal Chairman of the association, made the call in an interview with newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on Tuesday.
He said engaging the unemployed youths would provide job opportunities for them and enable them to diversify their business to other ventures.
Jega also advised members to desist from indiscriminate erection of filling stations and urged them to build small and medium scale industries.
“This would generate thousands of jobs for the teaming unemployed youths.

Lagos
A 50-year-old man, Raymond Ayoka, was yesterday
charged with defrauding a businesswoman of N540,000 at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.
The accused, a trader, who lives at 22 Bako St., Shibiri, Ojo, a suburb of Lagos, is facing charges of conspiracy and stealing.
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The prosecutor, ASP Lugard Ahonle told the court that the offences were committed on Jan.10 at Gatankowa Market, Super Bus Stop, Abule Egba, Lagos.
According to Ahonle, the wife of the accused collected five bales of used clothes valued at N540,000 from one Francis Orodi, under false pretences.
The prosecutor said that the husband of the woman was also in the second-hand cloth business and knew of the N540,000 deal.
Ondo
A 48-year-old man, Gabriel Toluwase, was yesterday
docked at an Okitipupa Magistrates’ Court in Ondo State over alleged unlawful assault and malicious damage to property.
The Prosecutor, Sgt. Ayodeji Omoyeigha, told the court that the accused, on Aug. 1, at about 11:00 a.m. at No. 6, Akinfolarin St., Okitipupa, unlawfully assaulted one Adeoye Akinnusi.
Omoyeigha said that the accused had a mild misunderstanding with Akinnusi and went ahead to use a saw blade to inflict various degrees of injuries on him.
He added that the accused also maliciously damaged Akinnusi’s wooden door, valued at N10, 000 and window glasses, valued at N40, 000.
The offences were contrary to Sections 355 and 451 of the Criminal Code, Cap. 37, Vol. 1, Laws of Ondo State, 2006.
Sokoto
The Commissioner representing Sokoto State on the
Federal Character Commission, Alhaji Nasiru Zarumai, says Nigeria has been put on the right track in the last one hundred days.
‘’The various tiers of government, all the agencies, both public and private, have also been striving to be more responsive to the yearnings and aspirations of Nigerians,’’ he added.
Our correspondent reports that Zarumai spoke in Sokoto at a news conference to mark the first one days in office of President Muhammadu Buhari and the various state governors.
“The governments have also been employing various cost saving measures and globally-accepted style of governance.
“Although one hundred days are not a realistic target within which developmental activities can be judged, they have begun to resurface the kind of change Nigerians had yearned for,’’ he said.

Governor Tanko Al-makura of Nasarawa State (left), ordering road-side welders to decongest Abuja-Keffi Highway for free flow of traffic, during his tour of Mararaba recently. With him is the Project Consultant, Mr Shehu Tukur (right) and others.