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Operatives of Ogun State Police Command have arrested one Larry Adebayo Adewumi and his wife, Okereke Olufunmilayo with one Adebowale Sanni over the abduction and killing of a popular hotelier, Otunba Abayomi Ajayi Smith, the Director of Rolak Hotel Ijebu Ode.

The command Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi disclosed this in a statement he made available to newsmen in Abeokuta the State capital.

Otunba Ajayi Smith was kidnapped on the 28th of September 2020 at about 7:30 am, at Anifowose Estate Igbeba, Ijebu Ode by some gunmen.

Oyeyemi said, “On receiving the information about the kidnap, men of anti kidnapping unit were mobilized to commence investigation, but all efforts to get the victim out of captivity proved abortive, despite the fact that the victim’s family paid a ransome of 15 million Naira to the abductors”.

“Since then, police operatives have not relent in their efforts to fish out those behind the devilish act”.

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“The efforts of the SP Taiwo Opadiran led team yielded positive result in September this year, when they got wind of plan by the hoodlums to strike again, this time, the wife and son of Otunba Ajayi Smith were their target”.

“The team, having got the intelligence report, embarked on technical surveillance for the suspects, consequence upon which one of them was traced to Ikeji Arakeji in Osun State, where the 55 years old Adebowale Sanni was apprehended”.

“On interrogation, he confessed to have been on the trail of Yeye Olusola Roseline Ajayi, the wife of their earlier victim, Otunba Ajayi Smith in order to kidnap her, on the order of Larry Adebayo Adewumi the ring leader, whose wife Olufunmilayo happened to be an employee of Otunba Ajayi Smith”.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday unveiled the new naira notes of N200, N500 and N1,000 at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The unveiling of the new notes took place before the weekly Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting, presided over by President Buhari.

Speaking to State House correspondents after the brief ceremony, the governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele said that in line with the global practice, the naira was supposed to be redesigned and re-issued between five and eight years.

He regretted that in Nigeria, the naira has not been redesigned for about 19 years now because of lack of political will from the previous leaders.

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According to him, “In the past, I have to confess that attempts by the CBN to redesign and reissue the naira notes have been resisred. It is only President Muhammadu Buhari that has the courage to do so.”

Emefiele said it was the mandate of the CBN, to redesign and reissue the notes, assuring that henceforth, the exercise would take place after five to eight years.

“After today, the CBN will begin to redesign and reissue the naira for every five to eight years,” he said.

The CBN governor said that Nigeria has gone cashless and that security agencies would monitor people making withdrawal at the counter to know how much withdrawn and also monitor the usage of the money.

Popular South African music producer and the creator of the viral Amapiano sound, DJ Sumbody, was on Sunday shot dead in South Africa.

According to Sunday World it was reported that Sumbody was shot dead in Johannesburg while traveling on Woodmead road when unknown gunmen sprayed his vehicle with a hail of bullets killing him and one of his bodyguards instantly.

A Sandton police officer said that a third person, believed to be DJ Sumbody’s second bodyguard, was rushed to hospital in critical condition after being shot multiple times in the car.

The police have said they are looking for the suspects and are looking critically into the circumstances surrounding a gunshot.

The DJ was set to perform at his Ayepyep fifth edition All White Vueve Picnic. The event was meant to be held on Sunday, November 20, 2022.

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A Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, has ordered the Federal Government to pay the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, the sum of N500 million as damages following his illegal abduction and human rights abuse from Kenya.

The Court also ordered the Federal government to return him to Kenya from where he was extradited to Nigeria on June 19, 2021.

The Court presided by Justice E . N Anyadike, insisted that the extradition of Kanu from Kenya without recourse to the legal process was a flagrant abuse of his fundamental human rights.

He held that the respondent failed to disprove the claims of the applicant that he was arrested, blindfolded, tortured, and chained to the ground for eight days in Kenya before his extradition to Nigeria.

Kanu, through his special Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, had approached the court challenging his extradition from Kenya on June 19, 2022.

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Ejimakor told the court that the suit is sui generis (of a special class) and was primarily aimed at redressing the infamous unlawful expulsion or extraordinary rendition of Kanu, which is a clear violation of his fundamental rights under Article 12(4) of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights, as well as Chapter IV of the Nigerian Constitution.

He said, ‘In addition to the rendition, I am asking the Court to redress the myriad violations that came with the rendition, such as the torture, the unlawful detention and the denial of the right to fair hearing which is required by law before anybody can be expelled from one country to the other.

“I am also seeking to halt his prosecution and restore him to the status quo before his rendition on 19th June 2021.

“You will recall that on January 19, 2022, the High Court of Abia State decided that portion of violation of Kanu’s fundamental rights that occurred in 2017. Even as I had made claims that bordered on rendition, the Court declined jurisdiction on grounds that rendition, being related to extradition, lies within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal High Court. This is what informed my decision to initiate the suit before the Federal High Court.

“To be sure, the extraordinary rendition of Nnamdi Kanu, triggered myriad legal questions that cut across multiple jurisdictions in Nigeria and even triggered the international legal order, to boot. In other words, the rendition has expanded the matter of Kanu far beyond the realms of the Abuja trial and opened up new legal frontiers that must be ventilated to the hilt before other courts and tribunals within and without Nigeria.

“Thus, this very case before the Federal High Court in Umuahia is one of such that is aimed at seeking a definitive judicial pronouncement on the constitutionality of the extraordinary rendition. The ones in the United Kingdom, Kenya, African Union, and the United Nations are in addition.

“I would like to seize this opportunity to express my profound appreciation to the highly competent and hardworking team of lawyers that I am leading in the prosecution of this complex suit. Special mention must be made of Barristers Patrick Agazie, Ifeyinwa Nworgu, Tochukwu Arugbuonye, Franklin Amandi, Ohaeto Uwazie and Mandela Umegborogu”.

“For ease of reference and avoidance of any doubt, the following are the specific reliefs that I requested in the suit”.

Speaking to journalists shortly after the judgment, Ejimakor said the judgment had shown that the court still remains the last hope for the common man.

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To end the trade isn't the issue.

How do they rehabilitate these women?

These women needs help first.

Then the men patronizing them too need other ways to step down.....

Hajiya Kaltum Rufa’i, Permanent Secretary in the state Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, says the government is determined to end the activities of commercial sex workers in the state.

Rufa’i, in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), noted that there were state laws against such activity.

She added that the government would investigate the report of their activities with a view to stopping the ugly trend.

“We have identified where the commercial sex workers hangout to do their businesses.

“As I speak with you now, government is strategising on how to end it.

“I am assuring you that we will leave no stone unturned to stop this ugly trend in Niger,’’ Rufa’i said.

NAN recalled that on July 26, it filed a report on the activities of the commercial sex workers in the state which drew attention of the state government.

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There activities were seen to constitute security risk.

NAN revealed that the activities of the commercial sex workers had been on for more than 15 years.

Some of the sex workerd who spoke to NAN said that they charged between N1, 000 and N10, 000, depending on the kind of service; whether shot-time or all-night.

NAN gathered that for shot-time which is about one hour service, they charge between N1, 000 and N3, 000, depending on the bargaining power of the client.

NAN also learned that the clients pay between N1, 000 and N3, 000 for hotel accommodation for shot time and from N5, 000 to N8,000 for all-night service.

On the choice of the trade, some of the sex workers said that they ventured into the trade out of the frustration of no job, coupled with no man to marry them.

One of them, who gave her name as, Sharon Tanko, said, “I have to use what I have to help myself’’.

Similarly, one the clients who pleaded not to be named, said that it was cheaper to patronise a female sex worker and pay her off after service than keeping a female friend.

According to him, when you keep a girlfriend, you must maintain her, but in the case of sex worker, she will give you the services and you pay her off, no string attached.(NAN)

The budgets of Osun, Nasarawa, Enugu and seven other states in the country are less than the annual earnings of 10 top athletes in Europe and America put together, Sunday PUNCH has gathered.

The combined yearly salaries of athletes such as Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and basketball star, Lebron James, are higher than the budgets of some states in Nigeria put together.

According to reports published on sportreview.com, the total amount earned per year by the three athletes from salaries, sponsorships and endorsements is N148,992,480,000.

Using the Central Bank of Nigeria exchange rate of N424.48 to $1, Messi earns N55,182,400,000 ($130m); Ronaldo gets N48,815,200,000 ($115m), while James takes home N51,362,080,000 ($121.2m).

Whereas the combined 2022 budgets of Nasarawa, Ekiti and Abia states is N356,750,000,000. In December 2021, the Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, signed the N110bn 2022 budget into law.

In the same vein, the Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, signed the 2022 budget of N100.75bn into law with a promise to complete all ongoing legacy projects and consolidate other achievements recorded in the past years.

On his part, the Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, signed into law a total of N147.28bn as the state’s budget for 2022.

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Speaking in separate interviews with Sunday PUNCH, experts attribute the low budgets by states to a weak national economy.

A professor of Economics at the University of Uyo, Akpakpan Edet, said states should stimulate the economy by cutting down the cost of governance and creating an enabling environment for investors to thrive, thereby creating quality jobs, which would enable the citizens to pay taxes.

According to him, all available resources should be concentrated on the economy to achieve desired development in the states.

He said, “What it means is that the economy of the states is very weak. They are not able to generate substantial internal revenue; when the economy is weak, they don’t have many people in employment and those who are able to find anything to do at all will be doing menial jobs that don’t pay them substantial income, so they end up being unable to pay taxes; that’s the problem.

“Look at what governors earn and all the security votes and so on, they don’t account for them. If half of the money the government is spending on frivolities is put in the economy, things will begin to change.

“What the states need to do, and in fact the entire nation, is to stimulate the economy and that can be done within two to three years; changes can be made. Whatever resources you have, you put into productive activities.

“If a government comes into office and directly takes two productive activities and establishes something in the state with it, even if it is a farm, and plan it very well so it will succeed, whatever you produce, you will be adding value; with that, you create opportunities for more people to earn better income and then you can tax them.”

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The Osun State Police Command, on Tuesday, said an incident announced on social media by the younger brother of ex-Ekiti State Governor, Isaac Fayose, that he was attacked and that many people were abducted in Gbongan, was not reported at any of its division in the state.

The story of how Mr. Fayose was allegedly attacked in Gbongan, had gone viral on social media.

Also in the report, Mr Fayose claimed the incident happened in Gbongan (Oyo State). But the town Gbongan, is the Headquarters of Ayedaade in Osun State.

He also said that during the attack, many people were abducted by suspected gunmen.

Reacting during a chat with our correspondent, The Spokesperson for the Osun police command, Yemisi Opalola, said no report was made in the state regarding the alleged attack.

Opalola said, “The Facebook is not a police complaint/report station. If we want more inquiries from him about the incident, there are lots of questions that we will want to ask him (Fayose) that can’t be asked on Facebook.

“But notwithstanding, we shall work on the matter to know what really happened and know what to do about it.

“Meanwhile, the police in Osun under the leadership of CP Olawale Olokode, would not relent in their efforts to ensure that the citizens of Osun are safe and their property secured.”

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A 49-year-old man, Amoda Bola, who was arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly raping his 14-year-old daughter, tells DAUD OLATUNJI about the case

What do you do for a living?

I work as a dry cleaner in Ishara. I live in the Ishara area of Remo-North.

How many children do you have?

I have five children.

What is the position of the one who accused you of raping and impregnating her?

She is my fourth child.

Does her mother stay with you?

I divorced her mother after she gave birth to the girl (victim). She has been married to another man in Ilorin. I do not have a wife presently. But I used to have a girlfriend.

How did you manage to raise the girl after you divorced your wife and she left you?

The girl was kept in the custody of her maternal grandmother. I sponsored her education for a while before the grandmother stopped me from seeing my child at her school. She started staying with me three years ago. She decided to live with me when she came on a holiday visit to her mother’s sister’s residence. I told her not to return to her grandmother because she told me that her grandmother had not been paying her school fees. Thereafter, I enrolled her in a school and she stayed.

Did you find your daughter sexually attractive to you?

She was not attractive to me. It’s forbidden to be attracted to one’s daughter.

Your daughter alleged that you raped her and also invited some men to rape her as well. What can you say about it?

I didn’t invite men to have sexual intercourse with my child. I didn’t know those men before now. I only met them when everything was exposed. They never set foot in my house. They had intercourse with her in their various homes; not in my house.

Is it true that you slept with her?

Yes.

How many times did you sleep her?

I had intercourse with her four times. Twice last year and twice this year.

What prompted you to do that?

I still can’t believe I did such. It still looks like I’m seeing a movie. I have never done anything to her elder ones.

Who did you deflower her?

I didn’t deflower her. She was not a virgin when it happened.

So, how did it happen?

It happened when I came back from work. She was alone at home with me. So, I told her to bring my food. I didn’t know when I grabbed her and had intercourse with her.

What did she do?

She did not want to fight me. She cried afterwards and asked why I did that to her. Then I pleaded with her to forgive me. It saddens me that I committed such a great sin. A month after that, it happened the second time. I mean I had intercourse with her the second time, with no protest from her.

The third occurrence happened in July this year (2022). I told her to wait for me in my room after she fetched water for me to shower. But I later changed my mind. I didn’t join her in the room. She came to ask why I was hesitating to come inside the house. Afterwards, something in me asked why I was wasting time, so I went in with her and it happened again.

Where were your other children when you were committing the act?

They were not aware. It happened while they were at the shop. We don’t share the same room.

How old is her pregnancy?

I don’t know. I didn’t even know she was pregnant. I was informed after my arrest.

Do you realise that what you did is a taboo in Yoruba culture?

I know, and I regret it. It is a terrible thing to do. It’s still a mystery to me.

Are you sure she is your biological daughter?

She is my daughter. I’m her father. Though she didn’t live with me from the start, she came back to live with me three years ago when she was 11 years old. She lived with her maternal grandmother before then.

You said you had a girlfriend. Where is she?

I used to have a girlfriend but the relationship ended in July when my daughter told her I didn’t like her. I told my girlfriend everything when she confronted me about it and she stopped communicating with me.

You also said your daughter was not a virgin and that some men slept with her on different occasions. Has she ever had an abortion?

Yes. Five months ago, I took her to the hospital where a pregnancy was aborted. The pregnancy was a month old when I discovered she was pregnant. So, I asked if she would keep the pregnancy or abort it so she could continue her education and she suggested an abortion. I paid for the abortion. The doctor demanded N13,000 but I paid N10,000.

How will you describe the character of your daughter?

She is gentle but stubborn. She is well exposed as well.

What do you mean by saying she is exposed?

She is exposed. Even her mother can testify to it. Her mother had told me that I had to handle her with an iron hand if she would have to live with me because she is wayward.

Did you know your daughter had a boyfriend?

I was unaware until after the arrest. But her siblings did complain that she took her time to return home when she was sent on errands. I always warned her whenever I got the report about her waywardness. But I was always careful not to hurt her since she was the only daughter from her mother’s side.

Why didn’t you make the man that got her pregnant to take responsibility for his action?

I couldn’t marry her off because she was still a pupil and I wanted her to be educated. That was why I opted for an abortion.

How did you feel when you learnt some men had carnal knowledge of your daughter?

I always felt terrible about it. Whenever I got such information, I went ahead to warn them to never get intimate with my daughter again. I only warned them because I believe in forgiveness.

You said what happened was a mystery to you. Did you seek help?

Yes, I did seek help from a herbalist and he told me it was a spiritual issue. He told me to make a sacrifice which I did. I made the sacrifice just the Sunday before my arrest.

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A presidential aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party and publisher, Ovation magazine, Dele Momodu, on Friday, recounted his experience with Senator Remi Tinubu, wife of the presidential flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, during the funeral of chieftain of the APC, Kemi Nelson, in Lagos, stating that he chose to place Nigeria above friendship.

Momodu, in a terse statement posted on his verified Instagram page via @delemomoduovation, said, “Only two people, apart from the photographers, witnessed what happened between me and Senator Oluremi Tinubu yesterday, at the funeral service of Chief Kemi Nelson, at (the) Archbishop Vining Memorial Church in Ikeja, Lagos.

“Before some people add salt and pepper to it, I need to state precisely what happened…

“Senator Tokunbo Abiru and Dr Tunji Olowolafe and I had walked in about the same time and we went to greet my very dear sister, Senator Oluremi Tinubu. Immediately she saw me, we exchanged our usual pleasantries and then she asked me, ‘So Bob Dee, you’re not going to campaign for my husband…?’ I smiled and remained very calm before replying: ‘Your Excellency, I’m in PDP…’ She apparently didn’t find it funny and regaled us with the past I shared with her husband and I tried to calm her down.

“Anyway, I went back to my seat and pondered on what just happened and I soliloquised: ‘Before the
PDP Primary, I had been asked repeatedly by journalists if I’ll dump (the) PDP if I don’t get the ticket, my answer was NO. So if I had gotten the PDP ticket, would I step down for Tinubu of (the) APC, the answer is No.’

“I joined (the) PDP because the APC was leading Nigeria to Golgotha. The APC candidates are promising to continue Buhari’s ‘good works!’ I joined the PDP in order to sack APC from power and to do this I needed a strong opposition party. I had preached to my younger friends that only a mainstream party like the PDP can achieve this in 2023.

“This remains my conviction. I practise what I preach. Those who disagree are in other parties and I respect their opinions and wish them well. I’m in PDP.

“I love Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. We’ve truly come way back. I love Professor Yemi Osinbajo. I love Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi… And all my APC friends… But the APC has done too much damage to Nigeria.

“I choose to place Nigeria above friendship… I will try my best to support and encourage our PDP candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to do the right things in our party and to rescue our dear beloved country from the vestiges of oppression, religious intolerance, poverty, terrorism, infrastructure decay, economic wows, unemployment.

“God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”

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The National President of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, Muhammed Ibrahim, on Saturday, disclosed that the union decided to suspend its strike to give the government a window of opportunity to fulfill its promises.

The PUNCH reports that SSANU and its sister union, Non-Academic Staff Union of Allied and Education Institutions, announced a suspension of the ongoing strike.

Our correspondent also gathered that the decision was taken at the end of a meeting with the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, at the minister’s office in Abuja.

It was gathered that the executive secretary of the National Universities Commission, Professor Abubakar Rasheed, was also in attendance.

Speaking to our correspondent in Abuja, Ibrahim said, “We suspended the strike for a period of two months. This is to give the government a window of opportunity to meet all the demands. After the two months we will meet again and have a review.”

The unions embarked on a strike in March 2022 shortly after the commencement of the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities.

The unions had called for the renegotiation of the 2009 agreement; payment of earned allowances; end to usurpation of non-academic career positions by Vice Chancellors; inclusion of university staff schools into the university community; non-payment of minimum wage arrears and deployment of the Universities Peculiar Personnel Payroll System for payment of salaries and allowances.

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Nigerian singer, Daniel Benson, professionally known as BNXN, has retracted a tweet where he admitted to spitting on a police officer.

On Wednesday, a video that went viral on Twitter featured the singer in an altercation with members of the Nigerian Police Force in Lagos

In now-deleted tweets also shared on Wednesday, BNXN, formerly known as Buju, revealed that he had indeed been in a squabble with the police, which led to him spitting on an officer.

“Spat in a police officer’s face and it felt so good. I let you in my car and you dragged and tear my shirt, and start slapping me? (Sic) Nah, everybody must stop!” he wrote.

The Finesse crooner has however made a U-turn, stating that the expression “spat in a police officer’s face” was “idiomatic”.

Daniel tweeted on Thursday that he only stood his ground against the physical assault meted against him by policemen, who according to him, “have now been brought to book.”

“My since deleted tweet stating that I spat in a police officers face was an idiomatic expression to say I disrespected a police officer to his face and not the literal way people may have taken it on social media,” he tweeted.

“I do not support violence or abuse against the police in any form. Yesterday I was in a life-threatening situation which caused me to lash out due to the physical assault on me by some policemen who have now been brought to book. however. I just want to focus on what’s important to me, my music. Thank you for all the love and concern.

“I stood on my right as a responsible Nigerian, despite the violence against my person and I do not want my deleted tweet to be taken seriously. I appreciate the swift intervention of some reputable police officers on this matter too. Love.”

BNXN’s statement comes after the Lagos State Police Command spokesperson, Ben Hundeyin, threatened sanctions against the singer based on his tweets.

Sharing pictures of BNXN’s deleted posts, Hundeyin tweeted on Wednesday, “@BNXN proudly tweeted that he ‘spat in [sic] a police officer’s face and it felt so good.’ He has since deleted the tweet.

“The police officers will be sanctioned for their misbehaviour if established, while @BNXN will surely answer for his assault on a police officer.”

The Edo State Police Command at about midnight on Wednesday said it busted a ritual shrine in a building along Asoro slope, off Ekenhua Road, Uzebu quarters in Benin, recovering 20 mummified bodies and arresting three male suspects.

The Command, in a press statement signed by the Deputy Spokesperson, Jennifer Iwegbu, said the arrest was possible through information made available to the police.

The statement read, “In pursuance of its operational mandate of nipping crimes in the bud, Operatives of the Edo State Police Command on 17/08/2022 discovered a suspected ritual shrine.

“Following credible information that some corpses were discovered in a building along Asoro slope off Ekenhua Road, Uzebu quarters, Benin city, Operatives of the command immediately mobilised to the scene.

“At the scene, three suspects, Chimaobi Okoewu ‘M’ and Oko Samuel ‘M’ both of Afikpo in Ebonyi and Gideon Sunday ‘M’ of Akwa-Ibom State were arrested while others fled. An intensive effort is ongoing to arrest the other fleeing suspects.

“15 mummified male corpses, 3 mummified female corpses and 2 mummified children corpses were discovered at the scene.

“To this end, the Edo State Commissioner of Police, CP Abutu Yaro, fdc, has directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of state CID to carry out a discreet investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding the discovered corpses and therefore enjoins the general public to be calm as the command will continue to ensure the safety of all law-abiding citizens and those residing in Edo state.”

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Ex-beauty queen, Beauty Tukura, has revealed she cried severally after her disqualification from the ongoing Big Brother Nigeria season 7 reality TV show.

Tukura was booted out of the competition after getting into a physical altercation with a fellow housemate, Groovy, just two weeks into the show.

Earlier in the show, she was given a strike by Biggie after getting into a shouting match with another housemate Ilebaye.

In a series of tweets shared on Wednesday, the 2019 Miss Nigeria winner reminisced on getting the good news that she was chosen as a contestant for the show, and how she nurtured hopes for winning.

“When I learned I was accepted into the Big Brother Naija season 7 house, I was the happiest person on Earth,” she wrote. “It felt like the world was my oyster, and I was excited for a chance to play the game, while remaining true to my authentic self.

“The 7th of August, 2022 was and still is a day I’ll always live to remember. While I went into the house with the positive mindset of winning and making everyone proud, my goals were cut short due to some behaviors I exhibited, ultimately leading to my disqualification.

“No one goes in with the intention of being disqualified. It’s been more than a week out of Big Brother’s house, and this period has afforded me the much-needed time and space to reflect on my actions.”

Stating that she “cried for days” following her disqualification, Beauty also expressed her regrets for failing her fans.

In her statement, Tukura apologised to the organisers of BBNaija as well as the Miss Nigeria organisers, whom she claimed followed up to ensure she got the needed help after the incident.

“My profound apologies and gratitude go to; those hurt by my actions in the house. The entire organisers of Big Brother Naija Season 7 Show @BBNaija. The Miss Nigeria Organization, thank you for constantly following up on me to see that I get needed help. My family & friends – for your steadfast love and support.

“To my new family, and the best fan base #BeeNavy, the fact that I failed you all has hurt me so deeply. I have cried for days and I truly regret my actions,” she tweeted.

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The meeting between the Academic Staff Union of Universities and the negotiation team of the Federal Government ended in a deadlock, The PUNCH can confirm.

The ASUU president, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, had on Monday confirmed to Channels Television that the union would meet the Federal Government’s team.

Osodeke had assured Nigerians that the union would call off its strike if the Federal Government presented a decent proposal.

The meeting, which our correspondent gathered took place at the National Universities Commission, was headed by the Emeritus Professor, Nimi-Briggs.

“The meeting ended with no end in sight. There were no new matters to discuss”, a highly reliable source within the ASUU NEC confirmed to our correspondent.

When contacted, Osodeke did not immediately reply to inquiries by our correspondent.

The spokesperson of the ministry of education, Ben Goong, said the minister would brief the press on Thursday.

ASUU had on Monday, February 14, 2022 commenced a strike to press home its demands.

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There was outrage Tuesday evening, as some yet-to-be-identified policemen reportedly shot a motorcyclist and drove away with the corpse.

The incident was said to have happened at Olayiwola street, social club junction, Abule egba, Lagos at around 6:30 pm.

A source in the area, who spoke with our correspondent, disclosed that the policemen drove the corpse away after the incident.

“They (policemen) were stoned by the people to drive them off,” he added.

A video obtained by our correspondent from the scene showed traces of blood on the floor while the people were lamenting as there was still commotion in the area.

When contacted, the Divisional Police Officer for Oko Oba Police Station, said he did not have the report.

“If they say some policemen, did they say it was the DPO that shot? I don’t have the report,” he said.

He further directed our correspondent to the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin. When contacted, Hundeyin confirmed that an incident had occurred, however, he was yet to get the detail of the incident.

“I’m yet to get the detail, I am aware there is a problem, I’m yet to get the detail,” he said.

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Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has said that it is strategic to equip the teeming youth population with tools and techniques they need to be productive as they remain the strength of the country.

Speaking on Tuesday at a strategy dialogue on the Edo State Youth Development Policy, Obaseki, who was represented by the Secretary to the State government, Osarodion Ogie, said his administration has carried out laudable projects geared at skills development and other employment opportunities for the youths.

He said, “Some of the stakeholders have partnered with the government to ensure that the issues of youths are not only raised but addressed, and it is a process that we will continue to work on while doing our best to leave no one behind.

“The strength of any nation is in her youth population, and the strategic thing to do is to equip this teeming population with the tools and techniques to be productive.

“My administration has carried out laudable projects geared at skills development and other employment opportunities. We have projects like the Edo Innovation hub, the Edo Production center, Edo Tech Park and the Edo Creative Hub. These have been put in place to get the youths and even teenagers engaged in activities relevant to today’s thriving enterprise.

“We have decided to make issues that relate to youth development more structured through an important legal framework that will transcend this administration through the Edo Youth Development Policy, for which we are gathered here today.

“This policy will address critical and relevant issues that Edo Youths face and measures that will be put in place to enable them to have access to basic services that their age demographic require.”

The Commissioner for Youth and Humanitarian Affairs, Chris Nehikhare, said the state government is concerned about the welfare of her citizenry and has continued to invest resources both fiscal and manpower in the socio-economic development of residents of the State.

He added, “The youth demographic is a huge part of our population, and though they form the lower percentile of the working population, the contribution of the youth to national development cannot be undermined nor ignored.

“The Nigerian youth, especially in recent happenings, have continued to stir up within themselves yearnings for wide-scale development and amplified their voices through self-motivated endeavours as well as role models-influenced achievements.

“They have subtly but effectively dominated creative and tech-based business spaces and have created a niche for themselves which has evolved to normative and widely accepted environments for thriving businesses,” he added.

Representatives of the GIZ, a German corporation in Nigeria, Constantin Pirjol said a policy that would encourage the employment of the youths should be put in place, nothing that it will go a long way in determining whether the youth population would be an asset or not.

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Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag said he had the “main responsibility” for a humiliating 4-0 loss away to Brentford on Saturday.

The defeat left the one-time kings of English football bottom of the Premier League.

Brentford, who only ended a 74-year absence from English football’s top flight with promotion to the Premier League in August 2021, scored four goals inside the opening 35 minutes to spark joyous scenes at their west London ground.

United fell behind in woeful fashion when goalkeeper David de Gea somehow let a Josh Dasilva shot slip through his grasp before Mathias Jensen struck as the visitors failed to play out from the back.

Ben Mee then exposed United’s frailty from set-pieces for his first Brentford goal and Bryan Mbuemo rounded off a stunning counter-attack 10 minutes before half-time.

Former Ajax manager Ten Hag had seen his United reign begin with Brighton recording their maiden win at Old Trafford last week, but this defeat plunged the Red Devils to the bottom of the table for the first time in 30 years.

“You have to take responsibility on the pitch as a team and as individuals, that’s what we didn’t do,” Ten Hag told Sky Sports.

“What I asked them to do is play with belief and take responsibility for the performance. We have to work on that.”

He added: “The manager is responsible as well. He has the main responsibility and I’ll take that and work on that.”

In a separate interview with the BBC, the United manager said his team had to be “ready for the battle”.

United were last crowned champions of England in the 2012/13 season in manager Alex Ferguson’s final campaign before retirement.

But while Ten Hag was keen to bolster his squad, he was adamant the team he sent out at Brentford were far better than this result indicated.

“It is clear we need players but I don’t want to think about that at this moment,” he said.

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The military high command has confirmed the arrest of Owo catholic church bombers.

The arrest, according to the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor was made possible by joint operations of all the security agencies.

The CDS, who listed their names noted that the suspects, who are members of Islamic State of West Africa (ISWAP) are in custody.

Recall that 40 people were killed when the gunmen stormed the church on June 5, opened fire on the congregation, and also detonated explosives as the worshippers scampered for safety.

Operatives of Amotekun Corps in Ondo State had earlier claimed they also arrested some suspects in connection with the killings

Briefing journalists in Akure on June 23, the state Commander of Amotekun, Adetunji Adeleye, expressed assurance that all the attackers of the worship center would be apprehended.

Adeleye, however, did not give the actual figure of the suspected terrorists arrested.

“As regards the Owo incident, we have recovered the last vehicle they used for that operation and we made some arrests and we have also recovered some vital things which we are working on,” he said.

“A number of people have been arrested concerning the Owo issue as well as a well number of equipment. On that day, we pursued them to the point that we recovered the vehicle and we are still pursuing them We have told you that until we get to the root, I can assure you that the perpetrators and their sponsors will be brought to book.”

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Vice President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) John Aikpokpo-Martins (Esq.) Monday escalated Beauty Tukura’s predicament when he shared a post on Facebook revealing that the disqualified housemate of the Big Brother Naija Reality TV show may not be a lawyer.

Recall that Beauty was disqualified from the BBNaija Season 7 reality show after she was given double strikes by Big Brother on Sunday.

Aikpokpo-Martins reacting to Beauty’s disqualification explained that the action prompted a swift check on the database of the roll of legal practitioners kept at the Supreme Court and members of the NBA where none of which her name was found.

In the statement titled: “Re: Beauty Takura, lawyer and former Miss Nigeria disqualified from BBNaija Season 7,” the lawyer urged anyone who may know her true identity, should that be the case, to come forward.

He said: “My attention and I guess of a large number of lawyers in Nigeria have been drawn to news reports that one Beauty Tukura, who is claimed and/or claims to be a lawyer participated and also got ignominiously disqualified from the ongoing Big Brother Naija reality show “for throwing her wig and glasses at” a co-participant in the show after a party.

“These reports have been very embarrassing to most members of the legal profession and may in all reasonable probability bring the profession into disrepute if found to be true.

“A quick check of the databases of the Roll of Legal Practitioners kept in the Supreme Court and the Nigerian Bar Association failed to reveal the name “Beauty Tukura” to be on the Supreme Court Roll or to be a member of the Nigerian Bar Association.

“However, I hereby appeal to anyone who may be aware of her true name assuming we may have gotten her real name wrong to reach out to me”.

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday projected a voter population of about 95 million for the 2023 General Election in the country.

INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this at an election security management training in Abuja by the Nigeria Police Force for the police and other security personnel ahead of the 2023 General Election.

The figure, Yakubu said was 20 million higher than the combined voter population of the 14 other West African countries in the subregion

He said that the election preparations, deployment and implementation constituted the most extensive mobilisation that could happen in a country, whether in peacetime or wartime.

“In Nigeria, it involves the recruitment and training of staff and managing the logistics for their deployment to 176,846 polling units spread across 8,809 electoral wards, 774 local areas and 37 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

“It also involves a projected voter population of about 95 million for the 2023 general election, which is over 20 million more than the combined voter population of the other 14 countries in West Africa.

“Voters will also elect candidates for 1,491 constituencies (1 presidential constituency, 28 governorship elections, 109 senatorial districts, 360 federal Constituencies and 993 state assembly seats),” Yakubu said.

The INEC chairman said that ensuring the safety and security of voters, election personnel and materials, candidates, party agents, observers, the media and transporters was paramount.

He said that the responsibility had become more challenging in the context of the current security situation in the country.

“In the next few weeks, the code of conduct as well as our training manuals will be revised to align them with the provisions of the Electoral Act 2022.

“And to consolidate on the professionalism displayed by the security agencies in the recent off-cycle elections.

“We will also intensify our cascade training for security personnel ahead of the 2023 General Election,” he said.

Yakubu assured the inspector-general of police, heads of other security agencies and all members of ICCES that INEC would continue to work in synergy with them to ensure a safe and secured environment for the 2023 general election.

“It is a critical election and we must all continue to work together to protect the will of the Nigerian people,” he said.

LOKOJA—Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE, yesterday, in Lokoja, Kogi State, said it was lamentable that Nigeria had become the headquarters of poverty, insurrection, joblessness and all sorts of evil in Africa.

NUlGE’s National President, Ambali Olatunji, who spoke at the 7th Quadrennial Delegates Conference and Inauguration of newly elected executive to run the affairs of the union in Kogi State, claimed: “This is not the Mohammadu Buhari Nigerians voted for in 2015.”

He urged Nigerians to pray and elect credible leaders in 2023, because the President had failed to secure the nation.

Olatunji said Nigeria was drifting due to bad leadership, contending that the last four years under the present administration showed that the country had no one in charge.

According to him: “This is not the Buhari Nigerians voted for. I urge Nigerians to pray, and elect credible leaders in 2023, because the President has failed to provide security to the nation. The country is going through the worst form of insecurity.

“The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, is now vulnerable to insurgents. The current insecurity challenge is a shame. It is lamentable that Nigeria has become the headquartres of poverty, insurrection, joblessness and all sorts of evils in Africa.

Olatunji urged “local government workers to vote for only leaders who support LG Autonomy”, praising the Kogi State government and the state Assembly for the passage of the LG autonomy bill.

NULGE’s national president called on the All Progress Congress, APC, the People’s Democratic Part, PDP, and Labour Party, LP, presidential candidates to speak on LG autonomy, saying, “a vote for Local Government Autonomy is a vote for development. But all of the candidates have remained mute and dumb to issue of LG autonomy.”

Olatunji charged the new NULGE leadership in Kogi State to be open, transparent and carry everybody long, warning LG workers in Kogi State against misconducts.

There was panic in Orogwe community in the Owerri Local Government Area of Imo State after seven people were shot dead after gunmen invaded the community on Monday night.

Community sources who did not want to be mentioned told our correspondent that while seven persons had died other victims were rushed to the Emergency Unit of the Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, the state capital.

According to them, trouble started after security operatives suspected to be members of Ebubeagu Security outfit came to the village and whisked a youth away.

Some gunmen in retaliation stormed the community and began shooting sporadically.

One of the sources said, “Ebubeagu people came and took away a youth from the community. On Monday night, some men with guns came to the community and stormed a building site and opened fire. Seven persons died while others wounded were rushed to the FMC Owerri.

“An okada man who was driving through was caught in the crossfire. He was rushed to the FMC Owerri emergency unit where medical personnel are battling to save his life and others. This is so unfortunate. The community is in panic. People are running away,” he said.

A source at the FMC Owerri told our correspondent that the emergency unit of the hospital was jampacked with anxious friends, relatives and well-wishers of the victims and injured ones who had stormed the hospital.

He told our correspondent that the hospital had confirmed six dead bodies.

He said, “The emergency unit is filled. Many people here. The unit is rowdy. Six dead bodies are here while others that are critically injured are being attended to by medical personnel.”

The police spokesperson for the state command, Micheal Abattam, did take his calls when contacted by our correspondent as of the time of filing this report. An SMS sent to his phone number to confirm the incident was not replied to either.

But a source told our correspondent that security operatives had visited the hospital on Tuesday.

Another community source told our correspondent that Orogwe community had been deserted on Tuesday as Ebubeagu operatives were allegedly in the community arresting young people.

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Yusuf Ahmed-Baba, the running mate of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said that both himself and Obi have solutions to end insecurity in Nigeria.

Yusuf, however, failed to say what the plans to end the insecurity were, noting that there was no point talking about the plans as so many politicians had talked and failed.

Yusuf spoke on Monday on Channels Television and also accused the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) of failing to tackle insecurity in the country.

Yusuf said he was ashamed that Buhari failed to secure Nigeria despite all his promises to end insecurity.

Yusuf was speaking on the programme tagged ‘Politics Today’, and reacting to how Obi’s administration, if he won the elections, would tackle insecurity.

Yusuf said, “We do, what have Nigerians not heard in the past? What has the All Progressives Congress not told Nigerians? What did Buhari not say about restoring security? Are Nigerians not tired of hearing people talk and doing the opposite?

“Peter Obi and I are a completely a different mix, that is why we are seeking this opportunity and when we get it, we will deliver.

“The importance of talking has been destroyed by this administration, I feel ashamed to talk because someone like Buhari has talked and he failed.

“I don’t want to talk but act, we have the solution and by the grace of God, Nigerians will be safe and secured.”

Insecurity has been the most sensitive situation for every Nigerian at the moment, with many staying on guards as they go about their daily activities.

It is expected that electorate will be keenly interested in which presidential candidate has the best plan to tackle insecurity, and how to execute such.

Yusuf was also asked on how he and Obi planned to address the education sector which has been married by persistent strikes.

He said the way to end persistent strike actions of the Academic Staff Union of Universities in Nigeria was consistent negotiations, adding that the Obi’s administration would be committed to welfare of lecturers.

Burna Boy records another historic feat, becomes first African artiste to sell out 21,000 Capacity Arena in Atlanta.

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Afrobeats Superstar singer, Burna Boy recorded another historic feat last night as he became the first African to sell out the prestigious 20,000-capacity State Farm Arena in Atlanta.

The historic feat was recorded at the latest stop of his “Love, Damini” tour which started in Barbados on July 17, 2022, and moved on to 7 US States where he recorded historic turnout in Detroit, Minneapolis, Chicago, Houston Texas, Irving Texas, Boston, Montreal. The tour culminated on Sunday 31st July 2022 and over 20,000 thousand fans filled out the arena to watch Burna Boy thrill them with his usual electrifying and unforgettable performances.

The African Giant gave a sizzling performance, rendering energetic performances of songs like “Anybody”, “Location”, “On the Low’, “Kilometer”, “Its Plenty,” “Dangote,” “For My Hand,” and a slew of others.

The Grammy award-winning superstar previously sold out the iconic Madison Square Garden in New York in May 2022, and a few months later, he sold out the 21,000-capacity State Farm Arena with a breath-taking performance.

Taking to their verified Twitter page, State Farm Arena confirmed that the African Giant indeed filled out the capacity to the brim. They posted:

So far, Burna Boy’s fire-cracking, excellent and thrilling performances in concerts have attracted Africans in diaspora and people of all races who are increasingly becoming captivated by Afrobeats.

ENUGU- THE people of Ishi-Ozalla community in Nkanu, Enugu state, are opposed to the governorship project of their son, Mr. Frank Nweke, Jnr, the governorship candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in Enugu State, for the 2023 elections, saying he should first make peace with them.

The community was in crisis sometime in the past that led to some members of the community allegedly being ostracized and Nweke, a prince, was accused of being behind it, an allegation he however denied, saying he was not behind the action.

The crisis even excavated to the extent that the community led a protest to Enugu Government House, calling for the intervention of the Government.

However, ahead of 2023 election and with Nweke former Information minister, emerging the governorship of APGA, the community resurrected the issue and are now opposed to his governorship ambition.

They told him to forget his governorship ambition and devote the energy towards restoring peace to the crisis-ridden community.

In the statement by the community, under the aegis of Concerned Citizens of Ishi-Ozalla, entitled “charity begins at home”, they claimed the former minister had been unable to bring any form of development to his community, wondering he can turn Enugu State around, as he is promising.

Signed by Dr. Muna Ebelechukwu, the statement said: “We heard that one of our sons and brother has taken the bull by the horn to contest the number one position in Enugu State. Ordinarily, this should gladden our hearts, but that is not the case owing to some obvious reasons.

The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, SAN, yesterday said that Nigeria was not broke.

The former governor of Lagos state, disclosed this on a programme on Channels television.

While fielding questions from Seun, programme anchor, the eloquent minister argued that being indebted and being able to service your debt in conventional finance is not being broke.

Recall that the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, last week warned that urgent action is needed to address the nation’s revenue challenge and expenditure efficiency at both the national and sub-national levels

Report sighted by Journalists showed that gross oil and gas federation revenue for the first four months of the year was projected at N3.12 trillion but as at April 30, only N1.23 trillion was realised, representing a mere 39% performance.

However, reacting to the indebtedness of Nigeria, the Honorable Minister opined: “To the best of my knowledge, Nigeria is not broke. Being indebted and being able to service your debt in conventional finance is not being broke.

“In any event you have to understand that the business of lending itself is a profitable business. So if nobody contracted debts where will all the banks and other financial institutions be? Where will they throw all the people they employ?

“So this is a matter of credit rating and credit reputation. It is this home economics mentality that I cannot take debts that led us to take 12billion dollars cash to go and payoff a debt we could have rescheduled, renegotiated when our infrastructure was dying. That mentality must leave our table.

“All the big nations we want to compete with are contracting debts to build their infrastructure and stand in competition. As long as you can service your debts, you are good.

“I can conveniently tell you that I am not the Nigeria’s minister of Finance; my job is to spend the money not to earn it.

“I am concerned and every responsible Nigerian should have his eyes on the debts and should be concerned.”

There was a protest in Imo State on Monday after gunmen suspected to be operatives of Ebubeagu Security outfit allegedly opened fire and killed seven wedding guests.

The incident which happened on Sunday had put Imo in a state of panic.

The victims were going back to their community in Otulu in Oru East Local Government Area of the state from Awomama in the neighbouring Oru West LGA when the gunmen opened fire on them.

The President General of Otulu community, Nnamdi Agbor, who spoke to our correspondent, said that seven persons died on the spot.

The community leader said, “Our people were coming back from Awo Omamma around 7pm after a traditional wedding.

“Ebubeagu operatives saw them in motorcycles and opened fire on them.

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“As I speak to you, we have recovered seven dead bodies who are our people. Five are missing, two are critically injured and hospitalised, while the other person who sustained minor injury has been discharged.

“This is very unfortunate. Our people are angry. They are protesting. There was no cause for the killing. They were just riding home when the Ebubeagu Security outfit opened fire on them. This has never happened before.

“We have reported the incident to the security agents. The commissioner of police and the commander of the 34 artillery Brigade command Obinze have visited. The DPO is also assisting. I have reported the killing to the member representing us at the parliament.

“The celebrant is Chijioke Nnanna. Those arrested are Uchenna Orjiribeka, Chido Ekesinachi and Nnamdi Ekesinachi. Those in the hospital are Oluebube Agbor and ThankGod Iheukwumere. Those who were killed are, Chigozie Obinwa, Ozioma, Chikere Anyadioha, Ifechi Ekesinachi, Emeka Ekesinachi, Aboy Ihegboro and Chijindu. Five people are still missing.”

When contacted, the Police Spokesperson, Micheal Abattam, confirmed the incident and disclosed that investigation had begun.

Veteran actor, Ojo Arowosafe, aka Fadeyi Oloro, is once again calling on Nigerians to help him financially in order to take care of his health

The ailing actor told Sunday Scoop, “Nigerians should help me. Everything needed for me to be in a healthy state requires money.

“I am getting better with the support of people, but I have not fully recovered. That is why I am pleading with Nigerians across all walks of life who I have impacted in one way or the other to help me.”

Fadeyi also noted that though he has not got enough help, he will not cast aspersions on associations in the industry. He said, “Everyone has different things they are battling with. I don’t want it to seem like I am insulting members of our association of actors.

“Though I did not get the kind of support I would have wanted, some individuals called me to greet me once in a while. I don’t blame them because they are going through different things.”

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Fadeyi maintained that the nature of his illness is still not known. He said, “I really don’t know the nature of the illness.

“However, I intend going for a ‘general test’, so they can ascertain the drugs to give me, instead of just giving me any kind of drugs. If people see me now, they will pity me. I am supposed to go to a hospital in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, but there is no money.”

On the amount needed to cover his health bills, the actor, who often acts as a native doctor, said, “I don’t know how much will be needed at the hospital, so I don’t want to give an exact figure. I don’t want people to think I am fraudulent.”

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Wednesday, said the 2023 census would require “a lot of time, skill and stamina” from the National Population Commission.

According to a statement signed late Wednesday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President said this when he participated in the first phase of Census 2023, a trial House listing and House numbering in selected local government areas of the country.

The statement is titled ‘President Buhari participates in trial census in Daura, congratulates NPC on preparedness’.

To mark the commencement of the exercise, the National Population Commission accredited the President at his country home in Daura, Katsina State, where he urged officials to justify the confidence of the government by returning accurate, verifiable and dependable data.

Speaking to the team led by the NPC Chairman, Nasir Kwarra, he said, “I am happy you have started the process, and congratulations. I know this will require a lot of time, skill and stamina.”

After the digital capturing, the chairman explained that President Buhari had been designated number one on the list, from Daura, Katsina, and his house was also the first.

The chairman said the trial followed the conclusion of the training of the field functionaries for the Trial Census exercise, who would begin the fieldwork of the Trial Census from July 13-30, 2022 in the selected Enumeration Areas and Local Government Areas in the 36 States of Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory.

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“It is a process in which all census operations are tested in a detailed and comprehensive manner to assess the level of preparedness of the Commission to conduct the 2023 Population and Housing Census.

“The Trial Census shall cover a total of 7,681 Enumeration Areas in the 36 States and the FCT. Six LGAs have been selected from the six selected states in the six geo-political zones of the country for full population enumeration while forty-five EAs in nine LGAs cutting across three senatorial districts were selected from each of the thirty states and the FCT for enumeration,” he explained.

The Trial Census fieldwork includes, building numbering and household listing from July 13-15, 2022; validation of EA frame from July 16-18, 2022; person’s enumeration from July 19-25, 2022; and enumeration mop up from July 26-30, 2022.

Kwarra added that at the end of the trial census exercise, the NPC expects to take away lessons on their chosen methodology, work load, challenges of data collection in peculiar areas and the education as well as the adequacy of the preparation of their enumerators.