10/28/17

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The police have arrested some suspected notorious kidnappers and armed robbery gangs terrorising travelers on Abuja – Kaduna highway and Kano – Jigawa – Kaduna states.

The police public relations officer in Abuja, CSP Jimoh Moshood in a release on Friday said the arrest was made consequent to the strengthening of Operation Absolute Sanity with additional personnel and Modern Crime Detection and Fighting Equipment by the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris.

He said police is set to tackle and deal with the emerging gangs of kidnappers on Abuja – Kaduna Highway who “usually move in from other states in the North East such as Katsina, Sokoto and Kebbi to Kaduna – Abuja Highway and kidnap innocent travellers and after collection of ransoms move back to those states earlier mentioned.”

Moshood said the suspects were responsible for the killing of a renowned Lawyer and kidnap of his wife, after allegedly receiving the payment of ransom.

The suspects are: Adamu Tukur ‘M’ 25 years, Ahmadu Bala ‘M’ 30yrs, Bello Sule ‘M’ 29yrs, Hamza Sulaiman ‘M’ 29yrs.

Others are Sulaiman Abubakar ‘M’ 25yrs, Adamu Tukur ‘M’ 25yrs who allegedly negotiated and collected the ransom, Nuhu Ahmadu ‘M’ 30yrs said to have carried the victims into the bush with his motorcycle and supplied foodstuff for his gang members.

Moshood said the Police team who trailed and arrested the suspects in their hideouts and camps located around toll gates, Kakau, Sabon Gayan and Rijana axis on Abuja – Kaduna Highway, where they were hiding.


Weapons recovered from the suspects include AK47 Rifle, a motorcycle used for the kidnap attack, cutlasses, sticks, charms and 30 rounds of AK47 Ammunition.
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Cross River CP, Hafiz Inuwa

Police in Cross River State said tremendous achievements have been made in the state in the fight against crime and maintenance of law and order across the State.

The State’s Commissioner of Police, Hafiz Inuwa said this while parading over 70 suspects with assorted arms and ammunition at the State CID headquarters in Calabar, the Cross River State Capital.

The suspects are facing criminal charges including, murder, armed robbery, defilement, attempted kidnapping, cult activities, and fraudulent activities on the internet among several charges.

Inuwa said that the command will leave no stone unturned in its efforts towards ridding the state of the activities of miscreants.

“In all, we have arrested 72 suspects for various offenses committed across the state during the period under review. We recovered 80 locally made pistols, seven double barrel long guns, seven locally made guns, three pump action guns, four locally made barrette pistols, one AK47 gun and others.

“Also, we recovered 537 live cartridges, two pairs of Army camouflage, two jack knives, one Toyota Carina car, five Android phones and the total sum of N800, 000,” he said.


The commissioner also decried youth involvement in crime and other forms of illegalities in the state and advised parents to always check the peer-groups and activities of their wards.
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Ex President, Olusegun Obasanjo

Former president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, has challenged the youths to brace up for the challenges posed by science and technology in the 21st century by embracing Robotics education in order to be employable in the world labour market.

He made the call in Abeokuta the Ogun state capital at the opening ceremony of a two-day Robotics Education training for students and teachers from selected schools from five states of the federation.

The two-day Robotics Education training was organized by the office of the United States Consulate General office to boost technology education among participants by engaging them in hands to robotics activities and stimulate their interest in mathematics and science.

”The point really is this, the future is here, no matter where we are in the process of moving ahead with the future and we better start moving with the future so that what would be the cutting edge of science, technology, engineering in the near future, we are part and parcel of it.”

”Even though, we are still far behind in what we should be doing and where we should be in general education.”

So, robot or robotic training; designing; learning how to build; learning how to use; learning how to manipulate or learning how to really move along with these wonderful things in our hands, so that we are not left too far behind.

”Let me also comments on what has been the fear of some people, here we are with the problem of unemployment and people will say we need to create massive employment opportunities for our people, if we start introducing robots, then you will deny people employment opportunities, it will not be so”.


”Because what will happen normally is that we will have other jobs that will emanate from robotics that will be available to compensate for what robotics will take over. We have seen that throughout history.”

”The synergy came, and people thought that there will be no way for road; road came and the same engine was still working; railway came, the roads were still growing and people thought when aeroplane came, there will be no use for railway and cars but today, roads are being built and we are not able to build enough to provide for cars and yet airports are being built, enlarged and even train, railways are being built.”

”So, if we actually plan well, robots will have their place and other jobs will be created for our teeming population not only in Nigeria, not only in Africa but all over the world,” the former president concluded.

The United States Consul General, John Bray says this is in a way to help Nigeria develop its human capital for global competitiveness

”Today nearly 200 students and their teachers are here to learn, innovate, think and have fun. I can feel how excited you are to get back to your Robots”he said

”Children who receive Robotic education training will be better prepared to solve real-life problems with more creativity, critical thinking and effectiveness, these are the tools that they will need to compete effectively in the global economy”

Some of the participants shared their experiences in the two day workshop

”In the last two days we have been exposed to Robotic training a field that is generally new to us, we have been thought how to create and manipulate robots, in fact its been educative and fun .”

Over 300 participants drawn from 32 schools and five states of the federation with little or no experience in Robotics education were captured in the two-day workshop.
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General Yakubu Gowon

Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon has described the move to restructure the country as impossible, saying the current composition of Nigeria makes it difficult for any kind of restructuring to take place.

General Gowon, speaking at in Minna, Niger State, said Nigeria is made up of over 500 ethnic groups hence the people must have faith in the indivisibility of the country rather than agitating for its restructuring.

“Nigeria is made up of over 500 ethnic groups, languages and dialects and so many various groups called nationalities and they want restructuring. This restructuring everybody is asking for, we will have about 500 different ideas of restructuring. 
There is call for restructuring to reduce the number of states to only a few either back to the old region or to the zones.”

The former Head of state who is known for his strong faith in “One Nigeria” said most states will be reluctant to be joined to another state for the restructuring into regions to occur, hence the impossibility of Nigeria’s restructuring.

“Those are some of the ideas that I do not know whether it will be possible for any state today to wish to be merged with another state. Let us see whether our politicians will see guidelines to be able to achieve what they want.

“But I have my problem whether the states will be financially capable to, they will be able to run there states properly.”


He recalled his struggle to keep Nigeria as one during the civil war and said it was not out of hatred for any region or ethnic group but one borne out of the need to promote the course of unity in the country.
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VP, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has once again weighed in on the controversy over the approval of contracts in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.

The Vice President who had earlier said he gave approval to the NNPC to sign two loan deals, spoke about the issue at a forum which discussed ways of creating a better Nigeria in Lagos on Friday.

A letter sent by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, to President Muhammadu Buhari accusing the NNPC Group Managing Director, Dr Maikanti Baru, of insubordination and of ignoring the NNPC board in approving contracts, among other issues, had sparked the controversy.

The NNPC GMD had since defended his actions insisting he followed due process and that the President, who is also the Minister of Petroleum Resources, approved the contracts.

On Friday, the Vice President told participants in the forum that it is the Tenders Board of the NNPC that is meant to approve contracts and not the NNPC Board.

Professor Osinbajo said, “Is it the Board of NNPC or is it the Tenders Board of NNPC that approves contracts of a certain level? 
Is it the Board of NNPC or NNPC’s Tenders Board? 
Now, that inquiry was made in 2015 by way of a letter – and I am sure you’ve seen all of that. 

The answer that was given by the Bureau of Public Procurement is that the board referred to was the tenders’ board, not the Board of the NNPC.”

Concerning the probe of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Babachir Lawal, and the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Dr Ayodele Oke, Professor Osinbajo said a verdict is expected from President Muhammadu Buhari soon.

“As for the SGF and DG NIA issue that the President will decide. I am sure that very soon we will get a response on that,” he said.

The Vice President also called on a new tribe of Nigerians to move the country forward.


He said, “To build a new Nigeria, we need a new tribe. A tribe of men and women of all faiths, tribes, and ethnicities, hard work, justice and love of country. 
A tribe of men and women who are prepared to make the sacrifices and self-constraint that are crucial to insist on justice. 
A tribe consisting of professionals, religious leaders and all others who believe that this new Nigeria is possible.”
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