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Obaseki Renames Oshiomhole’s Street After Bukola Saraki

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The hitherto known Ohiomole’s Crescent in Auchi is now called Bukola Saraki’s Boulevard.

According to some political observers, the change of name must have been orchestrated by the ongoing rift between Governor Godwin Obaseki and the suspended National Chairman of APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomole.

You recall that Oshiomole has earlier last week used what many political analysts call “shelf imposed committee” to screen out Governor Godwin Obaseki out of APC’s coming Primaries in September.

However, it is now karma time to pay Oshiomole as Appeal Court has unheld his suspension from the party.

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FG Moves To Lift 100 Million Nigerians Out Of Poverty

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The Federal Government has set up a plan to fulfill its pledge of lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty, by creating jobs through different Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs).

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that President Muhammadu Buhari in his 2019 Democracy Day address said, “With leadership and a sense of purpose, we can lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in 10 years.”

In order to actualize the vision, Sen. George Akume, Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs has convened an inter-ministerial meeting with other ministries to collaborate towards achieving the set goals.

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According to a communiqué issued by Mrs. Julie Jacobs, Director Press, in the ministry on Friday in Abuja, the meeting chaired by Akume had in attendance; Alhaji Sabo Nanono, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development and Alhaji Suleiman Adamu, Minister of Water Resources.

Others were: Otunba Richard Adebayo, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Mamood Abubakar, Minister of Environment, and Dr. Kayode Fayemi, Governor of Ekiti State, and Chairman of Nigerian Governors` Forum.

According to the communiqué, discussions were made on some key thematic areas where synergy was required across the relevant ministries to achieve the desired objectives.

It was resolved that collaboration among the MDAs was a much-needed action towards fulfilling Mr. President`s vision.

While commending Akume for the initiative to create the framework of cooperation among the MDAs, the ministers agreed to be active in playing their own roles to achieve their mandates in addressing the vision.

“There`s the need for stakeholders’ engagements, especially states and local governments and for a technical committee of experts to be set up to include professionals from the line ministries,” the communiqué announced.

The team also agreed to expand the forum to accommodate other relevant ministries, the Organised Private Sector, and Civil Society Organisations; and to create an implementation strategy and a platform for measuring, monitoring, and evaluation of the inter-ministerial forum.

In addition to the resolutions, the forum placed emphasis on harnessing dams across the country to increase agricultural production and power generation for empowerment and poverty alleviation.

They also resolved to ensure the deployment of climate change adaptation technologies, agricultural initiative, harnessing of sundry opportunities for the establishment of cottage industries cutting across ministries of agriculture, environment, power, water resources along economic corridors in the country to alleviate poverty.

Godwin Obaseki Formally Joins PDP

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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state has formally joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)

This development is coming a few days after he resigned membership of his former party,the All Progressives Congress, APC.

He was received by the leadership of the party led by the state Chairman of the PDP, Hon Tony Aziegbemi.

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He just arrived the state Secretariat of the PDP along 1st East Circular Road with many of his followers and appointees.

POLITICS NIGERIA has footage of the governor at the PDP secretariat celebrating his entrance to the party.

Youths Snatch Riffle From Policeman For Collecting Bribe In Cross River

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The police have received an AK-47 service riffle snatched from one of its operatives at Itu-Odukpani bridge, the boundary between Cross River State and Akwa Ibom State.

Grassroot Reporters gathered that the riffle was snatched from one of the police officers attached to the Cross River State Covid-19 Interstate Movement Enforcement Team stationed at the bridgehead.

The unknown youths who were alleged to be angry over an alleged collection of a bribe by policemen stationed at the boundary for enforcement of the ban on interstate movement mobilised and snatched the rifle from the unnamed police officer. The incident which happened on Thursday, June 11 created tension in the area.

The youths from Cross River State were said to have been infuriated by the security agent’s collection of bribe from passengers from Akwa Ibom State, a state with confirmed cases of Coronavirus into Cross River State, thereby exposing them to the risk of contracting the virus.

A youth from Oku-Iboku in Akwa Ibom State, a boundary town at the bridge told Grassroot Reporters on condition of anonymity that security agents and other members of the enforcement team collect between N500 to N5,000 to allow passengers from Akwa Ibom State into Cross River State.

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Unhappy with the development, the Vice Chairman of Odukpani Local Government Area, Hon. Enefiok Inyang, with the help of the police, launched an investigation into the incident which led to the recovery of the riffle.

Reports say the incident led to casualties but Grassroot Reporters could not independently verify this claim.

However, the State Security Adviser – South, Mr Ani Esin in the company of the Vice-Chairman of Odukpani Local Government, Hon. Enefiok Inyang presented the snatched riffle to the Mobile Police (MOPOL) 11 Commander, ACP Kabiru T. Salisu at Odukpani, Cross River State.

Speaking while returning the rifle to the MOPOL 11 Commander ACP Kabiru T. Salisu, Mr Ani assured the Nigerian Police Force of the State’s commitment to foster and strengthen the relationship between the State and the force.

Receiving the riffle on behalf of the MOPOL 11 Commander, CSP Mohammed Zakari Ya’u commended the State Government for its prompt response to resolve the issue and more remarkably, in a peaceful manner.

Buhari’s Govt The Most Sincere Nigeria Has Ever Had – Ehanire

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Osagie Ehanire, minister of health, says the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is the most sincere and serious government the country has ever had.

Speaking during a programme on Channels Television on Friday, the minister said the president will fulfill his promises to the health workers on strike.

He asked resident doctors in the country to end their strike because the government is sympathetic to their plight.

“We have made it clear to them that this government is the most sincere and serious government this country has ever had. His word is his bond,” Ehanire said.

“This government has a record of being sympathetic to people, of meeting its obligations and keeping to its promises.

“This government does things differently. This is a government that says its word and keeps to its words. We would not do anything to hurt you. We work in your interest.

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“We are going through a very difficult time with other countries and this is quite clearly not the time to add more to our problems by deciding to go on strike.

“I am worried that we are probably the first and only country where doctors have decided to go on strike.”

Resident doctors embarked on a nationwide strike on Monday after the expiration of the 14-day ultimatum they issued to the federal government.

A meeting between the federal government and members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) ended in a deadlock on Tuesday.

Ehanire had threatened that doctors absent from duty would lose their jobs and he asked for the opening of attendance registers in health institutions across the country.

Striking Doctors Get N4.5bn For April, May Salary Arrears

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The Federal Government has settled hazard and inducement allowances worth about N4.5bn to 31 teaching hospitals and federal medical centres.

Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, disclosed this after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Friday.

The meeting was over the ongoing strike by resident doctors in the country.

Flanked by his Health counterpart, Dr. Osagie Ehanire and the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, he said the money is for arrears of April and May.

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Ngige stated: “Just this morning before we went to see the president, the Ministry of Finance reported that as of this morning, 3.00 a.m., they have paid the allowances for hazard and inducement to 31 teaching hospitals and Federal Medical Centres and special hospitals of the federal government service and they have expended close to N4.5 billion in the payment because we are paying them the arrears of April and May.

“The payment for June will also be done immediately these ones are sorted out.

“Again, it’s important to report to you that in consonance with what he Health Minister) is saying, we have arranged a meeting for them (striking resident doctors) to speak to the Nigerian Governors’ Forum because you don’t mix apples and oranges.

“The issue of health is on the concurrent list. So, the Federal Government will do its own and the state government will be expected to do their own.

“Some of their grievances border on what they feel the state governments have not done.”

Details later…..

Woman Connives With Eight Men To Rape Friend

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ADAMAWA State Police Command has arrested a 30-year-old woman, Zainab Jafaru, said to be a member of a nine-man rape gang that violated her 33-year-old friend in Yola, the state capital.

Zainab allegedly deceived the victim into the rapists’ den.

The police said they have arrested five members of the gang, while four others are on the run.

Police spokesman Suleiman Nguroje, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), said Zainab deceptively took her friend to the gang and disappeared.

Nguroje said: “On June 13, 2020, following a report received from a 33-year-old lady being raped by a syndicate of nine at Gerio, a remote area of Jambutu in Yola North Local Government Area, police operatives attached to the command’s monitoring team arrested five people: Ahmadu Ismail (20); Salu Buba (25); Muhammed Ali (78); Abubakar Ali (28) and Zainab Jafaru (Female) 30 years.

“The incident happened on June 12, 2020 when the fifth suspect, Zainab Jafaru, deceived the complainant to accompany her to a certain place to meet her boyfriend.

“Upon arrival, Zainab’s boyfriend (now on the run), invited his gang, who forcefully had sexual intercourse with the complainant one after another.”

Youths Snatch Riffle From Policeman For Collecting Bribe In Cross River

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The police have received an AK-47 service riffle snatched from one of its operatives at Itu-Odukpani bridge, the boundary between Cross River State and Akwa Ibom State.

Grassroot Reporters gathered that the riffle was snatched from one of the police officers attached to the Cross River State Covid-19 Interstate Movement Enforcement Team stationed at the bridgehead.

The unknown youths who were alleged to be angry over an alleged collection of a bribe by policemen stationed at the boundary for enforcement of the ban on interstate movement mobilised and snatched the rifle from the unnamed police officer. The incident which happened on Thursday, June 11 created tension in the area.

The youths from Cross River State were said to have been infuriated by the security agent’s collection of bribe from passengers from Akwa Ibom State, a state with confirmed cases of Coronavirus into Cross River State, thereby exposing them to the risk of contracting the virus.

A youth from Oku-Iboku in Akwa Ibom State, a boundary town at the bridge told Grassroot Reporters on condition of anonymity that security agents and other members of the enforcement team collect between N500 to N5,000 to allow passengers from Akwa Ibom State into Cross River State.

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Unhappy with the development, the Vice Chairman of Odukpani Local Government Area, Hon. Enefiok Inyang, with the help of the police, launched an investigation into the incident which led to the recovery of the riffle.

Reports say the incident led to casualties but Grassroot Reporters could not independently verify this claim.

However, the State Security Adviser – South, Mr Ani Esin in the company of the Vice-Chairman of Odukpani Local Government, Hon. Enefiok Inyang presented the snatched riffle to the Mobile Police (MOPOL) 11 Commander, ACP Kabiru T. Salisu at Odukpani, Cross River State.

Speaking while returning the rifle to the MOPOL 11 Commander ACP Kabiru T. Salisu, Mr Ani assured the Nigerian Police Force of the State’s commitment to foster and strengthen the relationship between the State and the force.

Receiving the riffle on behalf of the MOPOL 11 Commander, CSP Mohammed Zakari Ya’u commended the State Government for its prompt response to resolve the issue and more remarkably, in a peaceful manner.

Burial Poster Of Late Mr. Lucky, aka De-Njis Spotted

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The Family of late Mr Lucky Onyekwere, have released the obituary of their late Father.

De-Lucky who died on the 15th of January, 2020 in the hospital where he had undergone the surgical procedure is due to be buried on Friday 3rd July, 2020 at his compound.

According to Mr Chinwendu Onyekwere, the son of late Lucky who is the chief publisher of adayinfo.com, all the necessary arrangements to give their beloved departed father a befitting burial have been done. The date remains unchanged, Friday 3rd July 2020

Venue: At his compound, Nnono Etiti

Burial Service: Friday 3rd July 2020, Nnono Etiti

Time: 7:00AM

May Almighty God give him eternal rest. Amen.

“Invite Us To Negotiate Peaceful Exit Of Biafra” – Nnamdi Kanu Tells FG

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THE leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has condemned the arrest of the convener of the Katsina protest over the unending killings of the people there, saying that more protest would be witnessed in the north over the spate of insecurity.

He wondered why the convener was arrested for organizing a protest over the killing of his people on a daily basis and blamed it on what he called “Fulani cabal” ruling the country.

“ The people of Katsina protested something that is even their right as is being done around the world in the name of “black lives matter”, the organiser of the same protest in Katsina, Nastiwa Sharif, was arrested.

“Amnesty International has reported that they have arrested this man because he is crying out about the killing of his people by bandits. What is happening today we foretold it, and we knew they will happen”.

Saying that misrule, injustice and hardship are hitting hard on the people of Nigeria who are neglected by their leaders, Nnamdi Kanu noted that “for the first time in the history of Nigeria, the Indigenous People of Katsina have risen up and have asked for a state of emergency.

According to him, “if the Federal Government does not call him and IPOB to discuss Biafra exit, with what happened in Katsina, they will lose Sokoto also.”

He condemned the killing of Christians in the north, saying, with the number of Christians in the north, which he said outnumbered the Muslims, if they retaliate, it would be fatal.

Urging the Federal Government to take action and stop the killing, the IPOB leader warned what he called the Fulani cabal that “very soon, you are going to lose your emirate in Sokoto if you keep delaying people’s right to separate”.

He berated Church leaders in Nigeria for not speaking out against the bad governance, injustice, killings and other atrocities going on in the country.

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“The problem with the churches in Nigeria is that you are just about money; you keep quiet with all the happenings in the country. You don’t condemn the killings in Nigeria.”

According to him, “IPOB is light and it wants the light to shine on the people of Biafra. I want people to understand that we have a proof for the migration of our people from Israel.

“The book of Zephaniah 3:10 says, after Ethiopia, you will see my people there. Look at the map, after Ethiopia, it is Biafra.

“I told you that Biafra is the kingdom of God on earth. Everywhere they are, they represent light. How else do you need me to tell you that you are special? Biafra is not like any other nation of the world and we make no apologies to that”.

Nnamdi Kanu emphatically condemned Igbo traditional rulers and community leaders who give out land to killer herdsmen in return for money, who turn back to main, rape and kill the owners of the land.

He also cautioned IPOB members and Ndigbo that “not everyone that shout Biafra, Biafra is one of us. To be one of us, you must be committed. If you are not a family member, you are not one of us.

He said: “There will be no tolerance of cabals in IPOB. For those in the USA, there must be financial transparency, nobody must be in possession of cash; everything must go through the banks.”

“And back home in Biafra land, nobody is allowed to levy anybody in Biafra land, if you know you did so, you should resign before Sunday or be disgraced on air.”

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