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President Buhari puts up 2 presidential jets for sale

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The Nigerian Government on Tuesday listed two jets in the Presidential fleet for immediate sale.

 

The sale of the jets, a Falcon 7x and Hawker 4000, was contained in an advertorial published on page 35 of Thisday Newspapers

 

The advertorial showed the performance and specifications of the jets, which indicated that they were still in good condition.

 

According to the advertorial, interested buyers are  urged to inspect the Falcon at the presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International, Airport Abuja, while the Hawker 4000 would be inspected at Cessna Zurich Citation Service Centre, Zurich, Switzerland.

 

The  sale of the air craft,  will reduce the  number of planes on the presidential fleet to nine.

6 People Shot In 2 Minneapolis Shootings

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At least six people have been shot in two separate shootings in the US state of Minnesota, police say.

The shootings occurred in Minneapolis early Monday. One of the injured was in critical condition after being shot in the chest.

Police officers were dispatched to the 4th Street between Hennepin Avenue and Nicollet on reports of a shooting around 1:15 am local time, Minneapolis Police spokesman Corey Schmidt.

Upon arrival at the scene, they found two men who had both sustained gunshot wounds to the leg but it was clear if any of the injuries were lethal.

The second shooting occurred 15 minutes later about a block away, Schmidt added.  Police found four victims—three men and one juvenile—at the scene.

Police were trying to find possible links between the two incidents as they happened within a block of each other.

Although no arrests were made in relation to the first shooting, police said they had taken a man into custody in connection with the second shooting.

Schmidt noted that all of the six victims were “uncooperative” with the investigation.

The shootings came only three days after a deadly case of domestic shooting in Minneapolis, where three people were shot dead and one was critically injured.

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FG Confirms 2 Fresh Polio Cases In Borno

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The Minister of Health, Prof.Isaac Adewole, yesterday, confirmed an outbreak of wild polio virus, WPV, in Borno State. This is coming after Nigeria celebrated two years without a case of polio.

Meanwhile, the Federal Government has directed the deployment of a national emergency response team, comprising government and partners to Borno State for immediate and robust polio vaccination campaign targeting vulnerable children to prevent the spread of the virus.

According to the minister, the outbreak affected two children from Gwoza and Jere Local Government areas of the state. He attributed the discovery and confirmation of the outbreak to the country’s strengthened surveillance due to improved accessibility made possible by the recent military action in liberating more communities in the North-Eastern part of the country.

The Minister said: “The detection of children paralyzed by polio shows that surveillance has increased with more access but it is a reminder that the country needs to remain vigilant and immunize all eligible children with oral polio vaccine until polio is completely eradicated worldwide.

“Our overriding priority right now is to rapidly boost immunity in the affected areas to ensure that no more children are affected by this terrible disease,” he added.

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2 Shot Dead As Police Foil Easter Day Bank Robbery

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Two suspected armed robbers were yesterday shot dead by policemen in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital following a failed bank robbery operation  along Melford Okilo Road, Yenagoa.

It was gathered that the four- man armed robbery gang had invaded the Stanbic IBTC Bank along Melford Okilo Road at about 11.30 pm with a dynamite on Easter day.

An eyewitness told the reporter that unknown to the robbers, the policemen on duty had sighted them and subsequently opened fire.

One of the armed robbers was killed on the spot while another was badly injured, while the others two escaped.

A police reinforcement team, which was dispatched to the scene, was able to apprehend one of the fleeing robbers and he was taken to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Yenagoa where he later died.

On Monday, policemen deployed to the bank stooped people from using the ATM as they were carrying out further investigations.

A reliable police source said the police are on the trail of the fleeing robbers and assured that they would be arrested.

“Yes the Police foiled a robbery attempt on another bank. One of the robbers was killed on the spot” he said.

“It was on Easter Day at about 11.30 pm when some four men came to the gate of the bank posing as people that wants to use the ATM, but on closer look, it was discovered that they had guns. It was then the police man on duty immediately alerted the patrol team. In the process the police gunned down one of the robbers and wounded another one.

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2 Fire Fighters Die, N400m Goods Destroyed In Onitsha Midnight Fire

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Tears flowed freely yesterday at the Ochanja ultra modern market, Onitsha as a Sunday midnight fire   ravaged the shoe dealers’ section of the market destroying goods worth over N400million.

Unfortunately, two fire fighters from Okpoko Fire Service Station died while trying to put out the fire even as traders in other sections of the market closed their shops in solidarity yesterday.

Giving an insight into the incident, Chairman of Ochanja Shoe Dealers Association, Chief Nwabueze Umeh told Daily Sun that a mysterious fire started in a shop within the market at 5 p.m. on Sunday but they were able to quench the fire and went back home only to get another news at about 2 a.m. that another fire started in a different section of the market.

He said they immediately contacted men of the Okpoko Fire Station, who quickly mobilised to the scene but while they were at work, a decking slab from the shops caved in and killed one of the fire fighters instantly while the other had his spine broken. He died at the hospital where he was  taken to for treatment. Umeh noted further that the tragedy which befell the fire fighters stalled further efforts to put out the fire leading to the destruction of many shops with goods estimated at N400 million lost to the inferno.

Governor Willie Obiano visited the market yesterday morning and promised to provide fire-fighting equipment to the traders and also assist victims.

Two of the affected traders, Boniface Amaizu from Oraifite and Iloduba John Kennedy told Daily Sun  that they were alerted on phone at about  3 a.m. while they were in the village that Sunday but before they could get to the market by 4a.m, their shops and their entire goods had been consumed by t he fire.

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FG Reviews PIB, Splits NNPC Into 2

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Barring any last minute change in plans, the federal government is set to split the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) into two.

A Reuters report yesterday said the government is putting finishing touches to draft that will also revisit the controversial Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) which had stalled for years with a view to replacing it first with ‘a law to overhaul the sector which aims to close loopholes that bred corruption’.

The report said under the new plan, the NNPC will be split in two – rather than a series of units as envisaged by the stalled 2012 bill. It added that a National Oil Company, which will be run on commercial lines and partly privatized, will emerge.

Nigeria’s lawmakers have been divided over the contents of the current 200-page PIB.

In November, the petroleum minister said the government was working on a new PIB that would probably be passed in sections, particularly the thorny issue of a new tax regime that has been criticized by major international oil firms.

“The first new bill, drafted by the Senate and overseen by the oil ministry, is entitled ‘Petroleum Industry Governance and Institutional Framework Bill 2012’ and aims to create ‘commercially oriented and profit-driven petroleum entities.” It is expected to be presented to senators this week according to the report.

“The bill repeals the Act that created NNPC that contained legal grey areas that allowed mismanagement to go unchecked and billions of dollars in revenues to go seemingly unaccounted for as operating costs rocketed.

“Some noticeably problematic amendments are absent from this bill, such as allowing the oil minister to decide what to do with any surplus or allowing the Nigerian president to allocate oil blocks for exploration.

“But it remains to be seen whether further add-ons to the bill or later decisions will reconcile the conflict between what the new state oil companies need to run and what they should remit to the treasury,” the report added.

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Army Nabs Fake Pastor, 2 Miracle Actors & Accomplices

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The 2 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has arrested a pastor and two others for allegedly faking miracles and healing to deceive church members and the public.

Parading the suspects yesterday, the Army Public Relations Officer of the 2 Brigade, Port Harcourt, Captain Eli Lazarus, said the pastor and his accomplices conned several members.

Lazarus stated: “We got a tip-off from a member of the church, who complained of immoral and fraudulent activities going on in the church.

“The self-acclaimed pastor and his collaborators (names withheld) were subsequently arrested and they confessed to duping unsuspecting members of the public of various sums of money.

“The suspects also confessed of stage-managing miracles and healing to attract members to their church located along Aluu community close to Port Harcourt,” he said.

He said the suspects would be handed over to the police for further investigation and possible arraignment in court.

The 27-year-old pastor and founder of the church (name withheld), confessed to have paid his collaborators undisclosed amount of money to give false testimonies. The suspect said his church, Revelation Power Ministry, had over 100 worshippers.

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VIDEO: 2 Topless Female Protesters Beaten Up For Interrupting Muslim Conference

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Police have arrested two topless activists who stormed a Muslim conference in Paris and were kicked and dragged off stage over the weekend. The women, though unnamed, are reportedly part of feminist collective Femen.

Femen spokesperson Inna Shevchenko said on Twitter that the imam on stage “said husbands should not beat their wives”? just before the two women ripped off their clothing and jumped on stage. They had French and Arabic words written across their bodies, roughly translating to “Nobody submits me” and “I am my own prophet.”

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INEC To Conduct Voter Registration In Kogi, Bayelsa On September 2 & 7

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will commence Continuous Voter Registration in Kogi and Bayelsa States on September 2 through September 7, ahead of the governorship elections in both states.

According to the commission’s daily bulletin issued and obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) monday in Abuja, the exercise will take place at the local government areas in the states from 8a.m. to 4p.m. daily.

It stated that the five-day exercise would afford opportunity for three groups of eligible persons to be registered.

The groups, the commission said, were those who were eligible but did not register before the 2015 general election and who were registered but their names were not in the voters’ register.

“The other is those who have attained the age of 18 since the last registration exercise,’’ it added.

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Police Officer Shoots 2 At Checkpoint Over N1000 Bribe

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A policeman shot two persons to death because they refused to bribe him at a checkpoint in Taraba . The two persons killed include a co-driver of a trailer full of cows and the man in charge of controlling the cows.

The event occurred in Chediya village along Wukari- Benue highway on Sunday evening when the mobile police officer stopped the trailer driver at the checkpoint and requested the sum of N1000 bribe to allow him pass.

A witness said that the head driver begged the policeman to collect N500 instead of the usual n because he had exhausted his money at other checkpoints.

According to the witness, the police officer refused to collect the N500 saying the trailer driver was disrespecting him.

The driver then exited the trailer to appeal further. Instead, the police opened fire and killed the co-driver and another man, herding the cows in the trailer.

The angry youth in the community went on rampage killed the policeman and burnt the police patrol vehicle at the checkpoint.

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EFCC Arrests 2 Tourism Travel Agents Over Alleged N70 Million Fraud

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested two officials of a travel agency for allegedly swindling and defrauding several Nigerians to the tune of N70 million.

This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Wilson Uwujaren, the Head, Media and Publicity of EFCC and made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja.
It stated that the two officials, Mr Banabas Magi, an accountant and Mr Owoseli Samuel, General Manager of the agency were arrested on Monday and had since been detained by the commission.

According to the statement, victims of the travel agency had on June 5, petitioned the EFCC, alleging that they have been defrauded by the company.
It explained that the travel agency claims to provide tourism services to Nigerians by providing holiday vacation, including accommodation to them at resorts in some designated countries.
It stated that the petitioners also accused the agency of deceiving them through marketers into parting with their money for promised trip overseas that never materialised. It stated that the two officials were granted provisional bail by the commission but were yet to meet the terms.

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Anambra, Kogi Bloody Clash: 2,500 Displaced- Community Leader

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No fewer than 2,500 people have allegedly been displaced since the commencement of the Anambra and Kogi states communal bloody clash about 18 months ago.

Disclosing this yesterday, a community leader in Aguleri, one of the warring communities in Anambra, and Patron of Omambala Indigenous Youth Foundation, Chief Ifeanyichukwu Abala, regretted that the states and Federal Government have not put a stop to the war.

According to him, “these displaced people on the side of Anambra state need medication, food and shelter to help curtail the suffering they are going through”.

He stressed the need for the warring communities of Odeke and Echeno in Ibaji Local Government Area of Kogi State and Enugu Otu Agulueri, Eziagulu Otu, Mkpunando and Agulueri, Anambra East Local Government Areas of Anambra State to have a covenant and boundary demarcation to end the war.

“The traditional ruler of Igala, HRM Attah Agabaidu Michael Idakwo Anieh Oboni, HRH Rev JJ Agbata the Doga of Echeno community,   traditional ruler of Odeke, HRH Dominic Urana, the Doga of Odeke, Igwe Christopher Idigo of Aguleri and Eze Akajiofor Chukwuemeka Ezeani, were among the traditional rulers who endorsed our call for covenant and boundary demarcation”, he disclosed.

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