Ameduedwin: people like you can cause war between the two country, where did the woman mentioned Nigeria in her speech ? Did she say Nigeria attacks her settlement? Useless publication, some of you people are devil in human form, because you want to generate traffic to your useless blog.
you must be d3m3nt-ed. This is refugee camp in Cross River State. You are an eedio-tic scvmb@g that expects everyone to spoonfed you with little information that's a click away from Google.
lexy2014: But from the pictures, where is the evidence of the attack?
you expect them to be videoing instead of running for their lives abi?. By the way you didn't read the topic, "accused of", meaning it's speculative. Do I need to teach you everything?
God1000: sorry for the error, but I think they were talking about insecurity and abandonment by the government
They were attacked after football argument, and that's why they were calling on the United Nations. The insecurity they were talking about is due to the attack
Police Arrest Kidnapper, Reject N8.5m Bribe In Taraba
A team of mobile police officers (MOPOLs) attached to the 40 Police Mobile Force in Jalingo, Taraba State has rejected a bribe of N8.5million from a suspected kidnapper and arrested him. The state commissioner of police, CP Joseph Eribo, disclosed this when he paraded some suspected criminals in Jalingo, the state capital.
He said the suspected kidnapper was arrested on Monday at 9:45 pm in a Toyota Starlet car with registration number YLA 321 ZY on the Jalingo-Yola Bypass Road. Eribo said, “When interrogated, the suspect could not give a satisfactory account of himself, hence a search was conducted on his vehicle and the following items were in his possession: a cash sum of N8.555 million, seven phones, 3,000 unused MTN recharge cards, four amulets. [b]“The suspect bribed the PMF personnel, requesting them to take the whole money and allow him to go, but the PMF personnel refused and arrested him accordingly. The case is under investigation and the suspect will soon be charged to court,” [/b]he said.
Meanwhile, troops of the 144 Battalion (Rear) of 6 Brigade, Jalingo, have engaged bandits who kidnapped three persons in Jalingo in a gun duel. The acting assistant director of Army Public Relations, 6 Brigade, Lt. Olubodunde Oni, in a statement, said the bandits were heading to Yorro when the troops engaged them in a gun battle. He said, “Acting on intelligence regarding the movement of the bandits with their victims from Ardo-Kola to Yorro, troops deployed in Apawa village of Yorro local government area swiftly mobilised to the area and trailed the armed group.
“The troops displayed exceptional skill and determination, engaging the criminals with superior firepower. “This forced the bandits to abandon their three abducted victims. “We are pleased to report that the rescued individuals have been reunited with their families as we continue on the trail of the kidnappers,” he said.
"Femi Gbajabiamila,We No Fear Your 3yrs Jail, We will Change It For Your Government" - Isaac Fayose
" We Don’t Fear You” – Isaac Fayose Berates Chief Of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila Over 3-Years Jail Term Rule For Critics"
By Owolabi Ayobami- February 11, 2024
Femi Gbajabiamila, the Chief of Staff, has come under fire from Isaac Fayose, the brother of former Ekiti Governor Ayodele Fayose. A few days ago, the Chief of Staff advocated for social media control, portraying it as a threat. In agreement with him, Amnesty International stated that those who criticise the president run the prospect of being imprisoned for three years, explaining further the implications of social media regulations.
Isaac responded to it on his Instagram page, saying that he doesn’t fear a three-year jail sentence or Femi Gbajabiamila. If he can’t fix Nigeria, he should step down.
He wrote,
“Who dey fear 3 years in prison Egbon Femi Gbajabiamila Abeg we know fear you … If you can’t fix Nigeria you can resign!!!”.
Katsina Bandits who kidnapped 63 women on Friday while escorting a new bride, release video of them. They said, “We are going to marry off the bride again”.
Ozommadu: A bu m nwafor Igbos, but na bad news about your region you dey report?? Dey deceive yourself.
Have you seen freestuffng, yarimo, obiedun, seunmsg,corrinthians etc make a thread about any minimal ill news about SW??
what do you mean na bad news about my region I dey report?. I should shield criminals because they are from my region?. Igboland remains the only zone that doesn't condone stupidity and rascality of politicians. We must never allow Otti derail. We must keep him in check so that he doesn't soil the reputation of Peter Obi and blew the goodwill the good people of Abia and Igbos at large invested on him.
I careless if other zones doesn't hold their political leaders to account.
Abia State Budget Shows Governor Otti Budgeted N1.5billion For ‘Purchase Of Two Toyota Hilux’ For His Office
February 3, 2024
NEWS
SaharaReporters had earlier reported that Otti proposed to spend a total sum of N13 billion on the purchase of cars, vans, trucks and buses in 2024.
A total of N1.5billion will be spent by the Governor Alex Otti’s administration in Abia State for the purchase of “two number of Toyota Hilux” in 2024, a copy of the state’s 2024 approved budget seen by SaharaReporters has revealed.
SaharaReporters had earlier reported that Otti proposed to spend a total sum of N13 billion on the purchase of cars, vans, trucks and buses in 2024.
Otti on December 28, 2023, assented to the 2024 Appropriation Bill of N567.2 billion.
In the breakdown of the budget, N5,946,756,437 was budgeted for the purchase of motor vehicles, N2,704,980,600 for the purchase of vans, N949,000,000 for the purchase of trucks and N3,011,804,906 for the purchase of buses.
A further breakdown of the budget by SaharaReporters showed that N1.5 billion out of the N13 billion approved for vehicles will be used for “Purchase of 2 Number Toyota Hilux”.
The contract was captured under Total Capital Expenditure, Reform for Government and Governance, Office of the Governor.
This is the first time such amount would be budgeted for purchase of such vehicles in the last four years, a copy of the approved budget further revealed.
Another N712 million was also budgeted and approved by the state assembly for the “Purchase of 2 No of Nissan Trucks for Government House”.
The billions of Naira for the four vehicles was approved to be spent at a time when the state is borrowing to finance over 70 percent of the N567.2 billion budget for 2024.
SaharaReporters had reported that the approved budget had a deficit of around N400 billion which the state said would be financed with local and external borrowings.
The state’s revenue for 2024 in the budget was estimated at N166 billion which will be generated through grants from multilateral organisations, Internally Generated Revenue (IGR), allocation from the Nigerian government and other income sources.
In 2023, SaharaReporters reported how Otti spent a whopping N927 million within three months on refreshments/meals, settlement of honorarium, allowances, and welfare packages for the eggheads.
About N737,922,661.25 was also spent to buy motor vehicles within this period. However, the quantity and the people the vehicles were bought for were never stated. According to a copy of the state budget performance obtained by the newspaper, the governor spent N223,389,889.84 on refreshments/meals, while N305,400,000.00 was spent on honorarium and sitting allowance for government officials between July and September 2023.
The Otti-led government also claimed it spent N397,520,734.00 on welfare packages in the document.
Meanwhile, N362,804,050.00 was spent by the Abia government to purchase trucks and another N400,890,000.00 was used for the purchase of buses.
Also in the document, the government claimed that N252.4 million was used to run the Deputy Governor's office for 3 months.
The report however showed that only N25 million was spent by the government on the repair of public schools in the state despite that many public primary and secondary schools in the state are in bad shape.
According to multiple reports online, most public secondary and primary school buildings and facilities across the 17 local government areas of the state have aged and decayed over the government’s negligence.
Several school buildings are reportedly dilapidated with leaking roofs, broken furniture, doors and windows.
UPDATED. Driver killed as abducted Ekiti school children, teachers regain freedom 4th February 2024
The bus conveying the kidnapped schoolchildren and teachers The Governor of Ekiti State, Abiodun Oyebanji and the bus conveying the kidnapped school children and teachers
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The kidnapped pupils and staff of Apostolic Faith Group of Schools, Emure Ekiti have regained their freedom.[/b]
A confirmation from the Ekiti State Police Command Spokesperson, Sunday Abutu on Sunday morning, however, indicated that the driver is dead.
The abductees were said to have been released in the early hours of Sunday.
They were kidnapped on Monday evening along Emure – Eporo Road while returning to Eporo after closing school.
The kidnappers shot at the bus and later whisked away nine persons comprising five students, three female teachers and a driver among the occupants of the bus.
The police PPRO said, “All victims were rescued today at about 1.30am, but unfortunately, we lost the driver who was suspectedly killed by the abductors.”
A government official at Emure Ekiti, who confirmed the release of the abductees, said, “The abductees are here, the parents and family members are here. I will give you details shortly.”
A source, who also confirmed the development, said that officials of the state Ministry of Health were on the ground to take them to Ado Ekiti, the state capital for medical attention.
Meanwhile, Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, on Saturday assured parents and families of kidnapped pupils and staff of the Apostolic Faith Group of Schools, Emure Ekiti, that they would soon be rescued to rejoin them.
More photos. If those who are supposed to fight against criminality and election malpractices are the ones committing the same offense, then we're in for one hell of an almighty mess