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Borno
Borno State governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, has called on local government chairmen in the state to do all within their powers to protect government property in their domain against attacks by Boko Haram.
Speaking, when he visited the Pivot Irrigation project in Konduga, Yumirgo and Gora in the Askira -Uba and Shani Council Areas, the governor charged the 27 caretaker council chairmen in the state to provide security operatives, especially police, civil defence corps and vigilante groups to man all the ongoing and completed projects in their domains.
He disclosed that most attacks on public infrastructure in the state were done by the opposition, stressing that government would not fold its hands and watch.
FCT
An Abuja Senior Magistrates’ Court last Thursday issued a bench warrant for the arrest of a 38-year-old woman, Safiya Ahamed and her 19-year-old son, Aminu Mohammed for jumping bail.
The two are facing a four-count charge of joint act, criminal force, assault and battery in a case now in its second year.
The accused are alleged to have beaten up their neighbour, Miss Vivian Ani, at their residence at No. 11, Carnival Street, Jikwoyi Phase 1, Abuja, sometime in October 2011.
Senior Magistrate Celestine Odo issued the warrant after the accused failed to appear in court either in person or by proxies for the third time in violation of their bail terms.
Gombe
The National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) is to distribute nine million Long Lasting Insecticide Nets (LLIN) in three states of the federation for the control of malaria.
The Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) of the NMCP, Mrs. Bilhatu Jarmai, made this known to newsmen in Gombe last Thursday.
Jarmai, who is also the Nigerian Inter-Faith Action Association (NIFAA) Focal Person for Malaria, said the nets would be distributed in March in Kogi, Osun and Delta States.
According to her, those states did not get the nets when they were distributed.
Jigawa
Jigawa State Polytechnic last Thursday matriculated 1, 366 students for the 2012/2013 academic session.
The Rector of the Polytechnic, Prof. Garba Goje, urged the new students to be dedicated to their studies and be obedient to the school’s Authority.
Garba warned that any student that was not serious with his studies would be shown the way out of the institution.
He said that the matriculation was designed to welcome new students to the institution as well as to tell them the rules and regulation of the school.
Kano
The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, has returned to Kano from the routine medical checkup in the United Kingdom.
Our sources said that the Emir arrived at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, on board an aircraft around 7 pm.
Bayero was received on arrival at the Airport by retired Brig.-Gen. Idris Danbazau, the state Commissioner for Special Duties, and other top government officials.
Others who were at the airport were members of the Emirate Council and traditional rulers from the 44 Local Government areas of the state.
Kaduna
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) last Thursday educated cattle breeders on the need to observe safety and road signs to prevent road crashes.
Our sources said that members of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), the Ministry of Agriculture, and other stakeholders participated in the one-day safety awareness forum.
The Kaduna Sector Commander of FRSC, Corps Commander Olumide Olagunju, said the forum was held to educate Fulani cattle rearers on the need to imbibe the culture of safe road use.
Kogi
A Deputy Political Editor with the Guardian Newspaper, Mr. John Ogbodo, was last Thursday killed in a ghastly motor accident on the Ajaokuta-Anyigba Road in Kogi State.
Ogbodo was travelling in a Siena Space Wagon bus with four other journalists when the accident occurred.
According to reports, the journalists were travelling to Awka, Anambra, to cover the convocation lecture of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University scheduled to be delivered by the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ikweremadu.
The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission, Mr. Garba Mohammed, who confirmed the incident, said the accident occurred at Achijili village, near Ayingba.
Katsina
The annual Katsina State Agricultural Show has been re-introduced after 21 years, the Managing Director, Katsina State Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (KTARDA), Alhaji Abashe Sa’idu, has said.
Sa’idu, in an interview with newsmen in Katsina last Thursday, said the show, which was last held in 1992, would hold between March 3 and March 5.
The managing director, said the show, tagged “Katsina State 2013 Agricultural Show,’’ would hold in Kafinsoli town in Kankia Local Government Area of the state.
“The re-introduction of the agricultural show followed the state government’s commitment to promoting the agricultural sector of the state’s economy,’’ he said.
Kwara
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State last Thursday in Ilorin called on the nation’s youths in tertiary institutions to be innovative in their field of studies.
Ahmed made the call during the First Kwara State Tertiary Education Summit entitled, “Repositioning Tertiary Education in Kwara State.”
The governor, who was represented by his Deputy, Elder Peter Kisira, said his administration was committed to providing the necessary technological equipment for proper training in tertiary schools.
Lagos
An Agege Customary Court in Lagos last Thursday dissolved a 23-year-old marriage of a medical doctor over battery and infidelity on his part.
The Court President Emmanuel Sokunle, held that the union of Dr Billy Ojelam and Amaka has broken down beyond repair.
He said that Billy failed to show up in court throughout the proceedings in the divorce suit filed by Amaka on October 23, 2012.
“The court was informed that the doctor filed a similar suit in another customary court when we were still handling the very matter.
Nasarawa
The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Nasarawa State, Mr. Yunana Iliya, has urged the CPC-led government in the state to step up efforts at providing basic amenities to the people.
Iliya gave the advice while reacting to the recent protest by students of the state university over water scarcity in the institution in Lafia on Thursday.
He said until basic infrastructure, such as water and electricity promised by the State Government were provided, “the much needed change the people yearned for will only be a farce’’.
The chairman commiserated with the families of students who lost their lives during the protest and sympathised with the injured.
Plateau
The Chief Medical Director, Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), Dr. Ishaya Pam, has urged the Federal Government to establish a Lassa fever diagnostic centre in Plateau.
“The first case of the fever was diagnosed in Plateau in the late 1960 when some medical workers died after looking after a Lassa fever patient that came from Lassa village in Borno.
“The state has recorded some cases over time; so it is only very important to establish a diagnostic centre for the ailment here to serve the north. We have made a request to the Federal Government and it is receiving attention.
“For us to increase the survival rate of the victims, it is important that we have a diagnostic centre that will particularly serve the middle belt region because quick diagnosis is very important,’’ Pam said in Jos last Thursday.
The Movement for the Survival of the Izon Ethnic Nationality in the Niger Delta (MOSIEND) has called on the Management of Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC to embark on the water projects in Buguma city in Asari Toru Local Government Area, Rivers state
The Group called on the Rivers state government to revamp the Buguma fish farm to create employment for the teeming youths
On the water project in Buguma, MOSIEND said the population of Buguma has increased tremendously as the residents need more water projects to enhance the daily livelihood of the people
The Group also appealed to the Chairman of the council to assist in making the project a reality and attracts more developmental projects to the city
This call was on Rhythm 93.7 FM Port Harcourt, Radio program, Talk of the Town, by MOSIEND Eastern Zonal Coordinator of MOSIEND Half Hour Comrade Tammy Bruce Longjohn alongside Mark Ojuka,Chairman of Buguma and Hon Sandra Owunari JP Chairman Obuama and monitored by our correspondent
Comrade Ojuka also called on the Management of Liquidifed Natural Gas NLG to embark on a free medical outreach in all Kala bari communities to improve their health status
He appealed to LNG to award scholarship to indigens of Kalabari communities in tertiary institutions to better their education, noting the company is doing same in Bonny, abandoning Kalabari communities
“We need contracts, free medical, scholarships and employment including skill acquisition programs for our teeming youths in Kalabari extractions ”
On Security, Mark Ojuka said security in Buguma is at zero level with the help of the Ama Ma soldiers the city is more peaceful and investors friendly as the youths of area have cordial relationship with the security agencies in the area
“Security is very secured in Buguma clan”
He called on the Rivers state to revamp the Buguma fish farm to create employment for the teeming youths
“The youths are asking for human capacity building in the area to reduce unemployment”
“The revamping of the Buguma fish farm will also reduce youth violence”
Also Speaking, Eastern Zonal Coordinator of MOSIEND Half Hour Comrade Tammy Bruce Longjohn called for more improve in infrastructures in Kalabari community, especially in electricity
There is little improvement in terms of electricity in Buguma city
He decried the deplorable condition
of Buguma Health Centre, saying that the hospital is near functional
“Our sisters that are pregnant and our sick parents can not access the health centre for a better treatment ”
Describing the Health Centre as an eye saw, he called on Rivers state government and Buguma Local Government chairman Hon William to improve on facilities in the centre and make it more medically accessible to the sick persons in the area
Buguma, Tammy Bruce said is the spiritual headquarter of Kalabari people as such deserve more modern facilities from the government to improve lives
The Coordinator called on government, stakeholders and oil companies to assist and improve the poor infrastructural facilities in area
“We need first class hospitals, qualified medical doctors and nurses in the health centres and hospitals”
On the oil spilled in Obuoma Chairman MOSIEND Obuoma, Hon Sandra Owunari said the spill destroyed their crops and Rivers even polluted their only source of drinking water
She expressed displeasure that Rivers state government did not send any relief materials to the people in the affected community
On Chieftaincy title to women in Obuama, Hon Sandra Owunari said the community do not install Chieftaincy title to women, saying that Chieftaincy title is only reserved for men only in the community
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