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President Muhammadu Buhari says the All Progressives Congress leadership has steadily shown that the party is the most organised, well-structured and fully motivated platform for bringing development to the country.

Buhari said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja while felicitating Governor Mai Mala Buni, Chairman, APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee on his 54th birthday.

The statement was issued by Alhaji Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to President Buhari.

The president commended the Buni-led APC CECPC for providing exceptional and visionary leadership for the party at state and national levels.

He particularly noted the role played by Buni, who is also the Governor of Yobe in successfully repositioning the party with remarkable evidence in increased membership, healthy social atmosphere and exemplary internal democracy.


He extols Buni and other leaders of the APC for inspiring hope in the young and old for a greater and better future for Nigeria by embarking on a historic reconciliation and restitution drive.

This, according to him, had strengthened the APC and positioned it for victories, starting with the successful Ward, Local and State Congresses, in the build-up to a National Convention expected to hold before the end of 2021.

Buhari noted the laudable achievements of the Buni-led CECPC that rekindled hope in members and attracted new members, including key leaders from other political parties.

He prayed for good health, more wisdom and courage for Buni to enable him to actualise his dreams for the party and the country generally.

The IMF, in a statement at the end of its 2021 Article IV Mission, said with the emergence of fuel subsidies and slow progress on revenue mobilisation, the country’s “fiscal outlook faces significant risks.”


The International Monetary Fund said on Friday that the Nigerian government should remove fuel and electricity subsidies completely next year and implement revenue-based fiscal consolidation.
According to Daily Trust, the IMF, in a statement at the end of its 2021 Article IV Mission, said with the emergence of fuel subsidies and slow progress on revenue mobilisation, the country’s “fiscal outlook faces significant risks.”



Describing fuel and electricity subsidies as regressive, the Washington-based fund maintained that Nigeria’s continued reliance on administrative measures to address persistent foreign exchange shortages was negatively impacting confidence.
The IMF also highlighted the need for major reforms in fiscal, exchange rate, trade and governance to alter “the long-running lackluster growth path”.
“On the immediate front, fiscal and external imbalances require removal of regressive fuel and electricity subsidies, tax administration reforms and installing a fully unified market-clearing exchange rate,” the IMF said.
“The complete removal of regressive fuel and electricity subsidies is a near-term priority, combined with adequate compensatory measures for the poor. The mission stressed the need to fully remove fuel subsidies and move to a market-based pricing mechanism in early 2022 as stipulated in the 2021 Petroleum Industry Act.”
The IMF further urges the FG not to delay the implementation of cost-reflective electricity tariffs as of January 2022.
“Well-targeted social assistance will be needed to cushion any negative impacts on the poor, particularly in light of still elevated inflation.
“Nigeria’s past experiences with f underscore the importance of building a consensus and improving public trust regarding the protection of theuel subsidy removal, which have all been short-lived and reversed, poor and efficient and transparent use of the saved resources.”
The IMF also warned that fiscal deficit is projected to worsen in the near term and remain elevated over the medium term.

Recall that the lovebirds had been dogged by rumours that they were dating but had vehemently denied it. However, some weeks ago, they finally came out to admit what many already suspected that they were in a relationship and would get married in December.


In an interview with Saturday Beats, Oyebade said, “Why should a woman put her career on hold for marriage? One does not affect the other. There is no need for one person to put their career on hold for the other because they can both work together.”

Mo’Bimpe also maintained that getting married to her colleague would not affect her career. She said, “I don’t think getting married to a fellow entertainer would affect my career. I will make my marriage work and last long by being cautious. I will also keep praying.”

The actress also stated that she was not dating Adedimeji at the times she publicly denied being in a relationship with him. She said, “I don’t think I should come on social media and talk about my relationship. I don’t see a need for that because I am a very private person and almost everyone knows that. I don’t exhibit my personal life on social media. That is the kind of person I have always been. In the interview where I said I was not dating Lateef Adedimeji, I was actually not dating him at that time.”


Revealing plans for the forthcoming wedding, which is being anticipated by many of their fans, Oyebade said, “We are not having a low-key wedding because we (have) already invited people for it. A lot of people already know about the wedding. Members of the press are also invited.”

Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has urged Nigerians to wait till January 2022 for the National Leader of All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, to declare whether he will be running for president in 2023 or not.

He stated this on Channels Television’s ‘Hard Copy’ programme aired on Friday night which was monitored by The PUNCH.

Of recent, posters and billboards advertising the rumoured presidential bid of Tinubu who was Lagos governor from May 1999 to May 2007 have been seen in major cities including Lagos and Abuja.

Though Tinubu has yet to declare his intention to contest any office in 2023, there have been reports and veiled indications that he might be interested in the exalted seat.

The PUNCH had earlier reported that the SouthWest Agenda 2023, a political movement mobilising support for Tinubu to contest the 2023 presidential election, was inaugurated in Lagos in October by Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and other party chieftains.

Tinubu, who celebrated his 69th birthday in March 2021 and command an arguably large following of political loyalists, has been reported to nurse presidential ambition in 2023, even as political debates get intense for a Southern President after the eight-year regime of the incumbent, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), who is from Katsina State, North-West Nigeria.

Some groups and persons have also said aside from Tinubu, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo; Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi; and Fashola are equally capable to be Nigeria’s President.

When asked whether he is interested in becoming the President of Nigeria, Fashola said, “It is a very tough responsibility, a very tough job; I don’t envy those who have held that office and I don’t envy those who aspire to take it as well.”


Asked whether he is speaking for any aspirant come 2023, the minister said, “As far as I am aware, nobody has said, ‘I want to be Nigeria’s President’. There are people speaking for people. Nobody has come out, we are not at that stage yet.

“I can’t venture out and say that I will speak for X or Y. Let the person come out and say, ‘I want to serve Nigeria’.

“It pains me sometimes when we see that very important job and responsibility to, ‘My people said’. I think the whole sense of it should be that, ‘I am able, I have looked at myself, give me your problem, you go to sleep’.”

On whether he will support Tinubu’s rumoured 2023 presidential bid, the two-term ex-governor of Lagos said, “I saw him (Tinubu) last week, he didn’t tell me he is running for office and to the best of my knowledge, the last statement he made on it is that people will know in January.”

Fashola also said he has not asked Tinubu whether he is interested in the 2023 Presidency or not. “No, I didn’t ask him, I just went to ask how was doing. He has issued a statement that, ‘I will speak in January, so let us wait till January,” he said.

But I will Consider It’
• Judge Bans Restriction Of Access To Court Premises By Police

President Muhammadu Buhari has said the unconditional release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu is a difficult one, but he will consider the demand made by some respected Igbo leaders.

According to him, an unconditional release of the leader of the outlawed IPOB, currently standing trial, runs contrary to the doctrine of separation of powers between the executive and judiciary.

The President made the comment while receiving a group under the aegis of Highly Respected Igbo Greats, led by First Republic parliamentarian and Minister of Aviation, Chief Mbazulike Amaechi, at State House, Abuja.

Buhari told the 93-year-old Amaechi:
You’ve made an extremely difficult demand on me as leader of this country. The implication of your request is very serious. In the last six years, since I became President, nobody would say I have confronted or interfered in the work of the judiciary. God has spared you, and given you a clear head at this age, with a very sharp memory. A lot of people half your age are confused already. But the demand you made is heavy. I will consider it.”

Stressing his policy of non-interference with the judiciary, President Buhari said when Kanu jumped bail and was arrested and brought back to the country, I said the best thing was to subject him to the system. “Let him make his case in court, instead of giving very negative impressions of the country from outside. I feel it’s even a favour to give him that opportunity.”

The President condoled with Chief Amaechi, who recently buried his wife, praying that her soul would rest in peace.

The nonagenarian had described the situation in the Southeast as “painful and pathetic”, lamenting that businesses were collapsing, education crumbling and there is fear everywhere.

He pleaded for a political, rather than military solution, requesting that if Kanu was released to him as the only First Republic minister still alive, “he would no longer say the things he had been saying.” Amaechi said he could control Kanu, “not because I have anything to do with them (IPOB), but I am highly respected in Igbo land today.”

The elder statesman said revealed that twice he had interfaced with Kanu in the past, and the IPOB leader rescinded orders earlier given on civil disobedience.

“I don’t want to leave this planet without peace returning to my country. I believe in one big, united Nigeria, a force in Africa. Mr. President, I want you to be remembered as a person who saw Nigeria burning, and you quenched the fire,” he told President Buhari.

Other people in the visiting delegation were Chukwuemeka Ezeife, former governor of Anambra State; Bishop Sunday Onuoha of the Methodist Church; Chief Goddy Uwazurike, former president of Igbo socio-cultural group, Aka Ikenga; and Mr. Tagbo Mbazulike Amaechi.
Meanwhile, Abia State High Court at Umuahia has imposed a number of restraints on the security agencies during court sessions.

The presiding Justice Benson Anya, who announced the restrictions while hearing a suit filed by Kanu against the Federal Government and seven orders, also restrained the agencies from barricading and blocking the access road to the state High Court or any court of law unless the head of the court so requests in writing.

The security agencies had, yesterday, as they did in the past, trooped out with arms and stationed selves at all the entry points to the court premises and allowed only certified court workers, judges, lawyers and journalists entry into the court premises for the scheduled hearing of the Kanu’s suit.

It was alleged that the judge was initially barred from entering the court premises by the security agencies while he was on his way to the court to hear the suit.

Justice Anya also ordered that there must not be any arrests in the court premises and the vicinity of any court, except as ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction while Legal practitioners, litigants and members of the public must be allowed free access to the court.

The order personally signed by Justice Anya noted that in administration of justice, only the prison officials and policemen posted on official court duties are allowed within the court of law. He declared it unlawful to restrict the citizens and members of the public access to the court premises during working hours of the court.

The judge also declared that the act of barricading the court, blocking the roads leading to the court and impeding access to the premises and room in a democratic society by any person under any guise is unconstitutional, illegal and abuse of the integrity and sanctity of the court of law.

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On Monday, a report of the Lagos State Judicial Panel on Police Brutality, including an investigation on the Lekki massacre said protesters were killed at the tollgate in what the panel described as a massacre.


The Nigerian Army Council has approved the promotion of Lieutenant Colonel S.O. Bello, the commanding officer of the 65 Batallion, which was at the Lekki tollgate on the evening of October 20, 2020, to the rank of a Colonel.

On Monday, a report of the Lagos State Judicial Panel on Police Brutality, including an investigation on the Lekki massacre said protesters were killed at the tollgate in what the panel described as a massacre.



According to the report, at least nine persons were confirmed dead at the Lekki toll plaza when soldiers led by Bello stormed there to disperse #EndSARS protesters on October 20, 2020.
Titled, ‘Report of Lekki Incident Investigation Of 20th October 2020’, a copy of the 309-page report which was leaked said at least 48 protesters were either shot dead, injured with bullet wounds or assaulted by soldiers.

Major Gen. Ahmed Ibrahim Taiwo of the 81 Division Intelligence Brigade had while appearing before the Lagos Judicial Panel in November 2020 revealed that Bello was the commander on the ground, who gave the order for the soldiers to release bullets at the toll gate.

He had said, “Bello had arrived the scene first before Omata, as the whole 81 Division Garrison had been given the mandate to secure the whole Eti-Osa corridor. Omata had left Obalende to meet up with Bello and patrol the whole area.

“When I called Bello, he said that while they were being deployed, they were attacked by hoodlums and they released some shots into the air. I also asked him if anybody had died as it is being reported over the Internet and he replied ‘negative’ that nobody had died that he had only seen two people who had fainted and were revived.

“I had called three times and after speaking with Bello, I spoke to General Omata using Bello’s phone. It was one of those instances that when I called Bello he said Omata was with him. I spoke with Omata and asked if deaths were recorded and he told me no. I called him twice and he said no, that the place had been cleared.”

Bello however refused to appear before the panel when summoned to defend all the allegations levelled against him.

When the matter was called, Jonathan Ogunsanya, one of the registrars attached to the panel, said the Kogi State-born military officer refused to receive the summons issued to him.

Military sources on Thursday said Bello, despite leading the team that unleashed mayhem on defenceless protesters, has been promoted to the rank of a Colonel.

Lt Col. S. O. Bello with full name, Salisu Ovada Bello, and Service Number–N/11249, was promoted on November 13, 2021, SaharaReporters learnt.

“Lt Col S.O. Bello has just been promoted to the rank of a Colonel. He is the commanding officer who led the Lekki massacre,” one of the sources, a colonel told SaharaReporters.

SaharaReporters learnt that the Army Council on October 28 met to approve the promotion of officers.

It was learnt that the promotion would favour some Majors, Lieutenant Colonels and Colonels with new ranks.

Calls put across by SaharaReporters to the Director, Army Public Relations, Onyema Nwachukwu were not answered nor returned. He had also not replied to a text message sent to his line, at the time of this report.

The Nigerian army has repeatedly claimed that insurgency had been largely defeated and frequently underplayed any losses.

from the Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah

Militants wa'l-Jihād, have released pictures of four soldiers including Brigadier General Dzarma Zirkusu killed by the group during an ambush on troops in Bulguma, Askira Uba Local Government Area of Borno State.

ISWAP had in a statement on Sunday claimed 17 Nigerian soldiers were killed during two attacks on the LGA.


According to the group, 13 soldiers were killed when its fighters attacked troops at a military base in Askira town while four others were killed during an ambush at Bulguma, a few kilometres from Askira.

However, the Islamic terror group on Wednesday released a picture showing four bodies of dead soldiers including that of Brigadier General Zirkusu killed in Bulguma.


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He was said to have mobilised his men to provide reinforcement in Askira, which was under attack but his team was ambushed on their way to provide support for the soldiers battling the insurgents.

The insurgents also displayed a Saurer 4K 4FA armoured tank and Isotrex Phantom 2 APC captured from the army.

The Saurer 4K 4FA is an Austrian armoured personnel carrier with caterpillar tracks while Isotrex Phantom 2 is a new version of the 4×4 B6 armoured personnel carriers. Other than a 5-door configuration, with a 360° gun turret and with two or three escape hatches, the Isotrex Manufacturing allows customers to customize the vehicles for the special client's needs and requirements.


ISWAP as well displayed photographs of different weapons and ammunition stolen from the military.

SaharaReporters had reported that ISWAP fighters on Saturday engaged Nigerian troops in a gun battle at a military base in Askira, Borno State.

Some civilians had said they sighted the terrorists in a long convoy of gun trucks along Ngude axis towards Askira. The civilians added that they reported the movement of the terrorists to security forces but no action was taken before the deadly group stormed Askira town hours later.


Since the death of JAS leader, Abubakar Shekau, ISWAP has been consolidating its grip in locations around Lake Chad.

The sect’s membership has swollen with the defection of hundreds of Boko Haram fighters under Shekau.

The Nigerian army has repeatedly claimed that insurgency had been largely defeated and frequently underplayed any losses.

In the past months, soldiers have been targeted by the insurgents, who waylay them.

Hundreds of soldiers and officers have been reportedly killed since January 2021.

The World Bank has projected $17.6 billion Diaspora remittances into Nigeria in 2021, representing 2.5 per cent increase from $17.2 billion recorded in 2020.

The Bank gave this projection in a report titled, “Migration and Development Brief 35”, attributing the moderate increase in Nigeria’s Diaspora remittances to increasing influence of policies intended to channel inflows through the banking system.


Among other things the report projected 7.3 per cent increase in remittances to low and middle income countries in 2021. The World Bank also projected a 6.2 increase in remittances to Sub-Saharan countries in 2021. The World Bank stated: “Remittances to low- and middle-income countries are projected to have grown a strong 7.3 percent to reach $589 billion in 2021.



“This return to growth is more robust than earlier estimates and follows the resilience of flows in 2020 when remittances declined by only 1.7 percent despite a severe global recession due to COVID-19, according to estimates from the World Bank’s Migration and Development Brief released today.

“Remittance inflows to Sub-Saharan Africa returned to growth in 2021, increasing by 6.2 percent to $45 billion. Nigeria, the region’s largest recipient, is experiencing a moderate rebound in remittance flows, in part due to the increasing influence of policies intended to channel inflows through the banking system.



“Countries where the value of remittance inflows as a share of GDP is significant include the Gambia (33.8 percent), Lesotho (23.5 percent), Cabo Verde (15.6 percent) and Comoros (12.3 percent). In 2022, remittance inflows are projected to grow by 5.5 percent due to continued economic recovery in Europe and the United States.

“Costs averaged 8 percent in the first quarter of 2021, down from 8.9 percent a year ago. Although intra-regional migration makes up more than 70 percent of cross-border migration, costs are high due to small quantities of formal flows and utilization of black-market exchange rates.”

…We’re waiting for reports from our mission in Cameroon — Foreign Ministry

…Nigeria’s sovereignty under threat — Senate

No fewer than five persons, including a traditional ruler, were on Tuesday killed by suspected Ambazonia fighters from Cameroon who stormed Manga village in Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State.

Confirming this development to Vanguard via telephone, Chairman of the LGA, Shiban Tikari, said some others were still missing after the invasion.

He said: “Yes, Manga village in Shigom ward of Takum Local Government Area was attacked. A local chief was killed alongside four others. When the invasion started, many people fled.

“Some fell into the river, while others climbed the mountains to save themselves from being killed.

“As I speak with you now, we can confirm only five death because those bodies have been recovered. But people are adding those still missing to the number of casualties, that is why you will hear some say 9 or 11 were killed.

“The soldiers, police and other security operatives have also been deployed to the village. We are hoping that those that fled would return because we are still on the look out.”

However, younger brother to the slain monarch, Joseph Manga, who is an aide to Taraba State governor, Darius Ishaku, said about 11 persons were killed.

According to him, the Ambazonia fighters attacked some villages in Camerooon before crossing to the border community in Taraba State.

FG should act fast — Ishaku

Reacting to the incident, Governor Ishaku said he was saddened by the invasion of some parts of Taraba State by foreign fighters.

Speaking through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Bala Dan Abu, the governor said lives were sacrosanct and should be preserved at all costs.

He urged the Federal Government to act fast to stop the encroachment of Nigerian soil by foreign fighters.

He also disclosed that the governor has informed security operatives about the incident.

Contacted, an fficer of the Immigration Service, who was on ground and confirmed the incident to Vanguard, said they called for reinforcement.

He also said soldiers from 93 Battalion, Takum and other security agencies have moved in to the affected community and border area.

He further confirmed that the casualty figure from the bodies recovered was five.

Vanguard also gathered that Taraba State Comptroller of Nigeria Immigration Service, CIS Nuhu Tanko Kutana, who was on official duty in Abuja, had to return to the state to attend to the emergency situation.

At press time yesterday, , Taraba State Police command was yet to get back to Vanguard.

Reacting to the attack, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday it was waiting for report from Nigeria’s mission in Cameroon.

Spokesperson of the ministry, Mrs Esther Sunsuwa, said: “ We are yet to receive any report from Cameroon but I promise you that as soon as the ministry receives the report, it will respond accordingly.”

But the Senate in its reaction, said the sovereignty of Nigeria as a country was currently under threat and called on the military to urgently swing into action to prevent the eventual occupation of Manga community by the separatists.

The Upper Chamber, thereafter, held a minute silence in honour of those killed by the Ambazonia separatists.

Resolutions of the Senate were sequel to a Point of Order by the Deputy Senate Minority Leader, Senator Emmanuel Bwacha, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Taraba South, who drew the attention of his colleagues to the matter that Nigeria’s territorial sovereignty was under threat.

Bwacha, who came under Order 43 which is on personal explanation during plenary, bemoaned the killing of the village head of Manga community and some residents.

According to him, the invasion of the community by the separatists from neighbouring Cameroon led to the sack of residents of Manga village.

While noting that the affected village was 20 kilometers away from Kashimbilla Dam, Bwacha said: “I rise this morning (yesterday) to draw the attention of our country men and particularly our security agencies to this unfortunate incident which undermines our integrity and sovereignty as a nation.

“Takum local government houses the 23 Battalion of the Nigerian Army, and so Mr. President, it is my humble submission that the Nigerian Army should rise to the challenge and curb this wanton territorial expansion.

“Their (separatists) motive is yet unknown, whether they want to expand territory or lay claim for Southwest Cameron is not yet clear.

“As I speak, a number of individuals have gone missing and their whereabouts are yet unknown. The village also is razed down.”

Railway workers in the country have commenced a three-day warning strike, grounding rail services nationwide.

The workers commenced the strike on Thursday and shut down passenger and cargo train services of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC).

In Abuja, the nation’s capital, workers in Idu locked the station and displayed various placards in protest.

At the Mobolaji Johnson Train Station in Ebute-Metta in Lagos, aggrieved workers were also seen with placards, lamenting poor welfare and poor salary.


Train service at the Professor Wole Soyinka railway station in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital was also paralysed because of the industrial action.

The railway terminus was deserted as workers abandoned their duty posts.

No passenger was seen around, tickets, luggage, and passengers lounge areas as they were under lock and key.

The NRC employees under the aegis of the Nigerian Union of Railway Workers earlier on Wednesday vowed to halt train operations nationwide including services on the popular Lagos-Ibadan, Abuja-Kaduna, and Warri-Itakpe routes.

The state Assembly last Wednesday, adopted a bill banning tree felling with stipulated prison terms depending on the weight of the offence.


A move by Adamawa State House of Assembly to enact laws against the use of firewood or charcoal as cooking fuel has been widely condemned.


The state Assembly last Wednesday, adopted a bill banning tree felling with stipulated prison terms depending on the weight of the offence.


This is coming in a state where the majority of households who are predominantly subsistent farmers cannot afford modern cooking systems.

In Adamawa state, millions of people, mostly living in rural areas, use firewood for cooking. Indeed, a large percentage of the population do not have gas cookers, let alone know how to use one.

In essence, news of the bill which is at the final stage of passage has been negatively received by people in the firewood and charcoal industry, as well as consumers.

Before last week, a pickup van load of firewood, which used to cost between N12,000 and N15,000 was sold for N3,000 at the time of filing this report.

Arabo Garbel, a firewood vendor, told SaharaReporters that "there can be no government as insensitive as this one".

"These people (politicians) are not in touch with the bitter reality ordinary people are faced with.

"The majority of our people live in rural areas; how on earth would anyone contemplate a law that prohibits using firewood for cooking?

"Because they are stealing our commonwealth, they don't understand that the majority of the citizens are living from hand to mouth," he said.

For Mrs Jummai Magaji, "it is absurd!"

"A 4-litre gallon of kerosene is N4,000, just as a 12-kilogramme of cooking gas is N8,500; how do these people want us to live?

"This is a show of insensitivity to the people's plight. You cannot promote laws of this nature, without providing affordable alternative cooking fuel for the poor," she said.

However, the lawmakers say the bill is being pushed to preserve the environment through the control of desertification.

The bill seen by SaharaReporters states in parts, "Recommendations as contained therein and passing it will check the destruction of forest which is seriously exposing the society to danger.

"The society is currently feeling the effects of climate change due to the rate at which citizens cut down trees without making proportionate effect at planting others.

"The merit of the legislation is to ensure trees are conserved, protected and managed in a manner that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the rights of the future generation by safeguarding the ecological benefits that accrue from tree planting."

Therefore, the Assembly prescribed a three-month jail term or N20, 000 fine on anyone who cuts down a single tree.

It equally stipulated a six-month jail term or N80, 000 fine or both on any person who without a valid permit, uproots, burns, strips of the bark or leaves of a tree; sets fire on any tree or shrub or damages in any way or destroys a tree.

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Njane alleged that a bomb from a Nigerian Air Force’s tactical jet from the air force base in Makurdi killed about 1,200 cows and injured some persons

Alhaji Bammi Bello Njane, the Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore in Taraba State, has called on Governor Darius Ishaku to work with the Nigerian government to investigate the bombing of over a thousand cows in Takum Local Government Area of the state by the Nigerian Air Force.



Miyetti Allah group
This was contained in a statement issued in Jalingo.


Njane alleged that a bomb from a Nigerian Air Force’s tactical jet from the air force base in Makurdi killed about 1,200 cows and injured some persons and other animals without justification.


The statement reads, "On the 9th and 10th of this month, an Air Force Tactical jet from the Makurdi Airforce Base entered our state and bombed over one thousand cattle in Vingiri and Akisa villages in Takum local government area of the state.


"While we found 792 dead cattle, 430 went missing and have not been found as of the time of this briefing. 42 sheep and six persons also got injured in the attack. This is the second time this is happening. Sometimes in August, the same jet bombarded and killed 73 cows and six persons with several animals and persons injured. Our settlement was also destroyed along with most of our property.


"We wrote to the state governor, Arch Darius Ishaku, as a peace-loving governor to investigate the immediate and remote causes of these inhuman acts against our members and their animals by the Nigerian Air Force and to use his good office to compel the federal government to pay compensation to his subjects for the damage done by the Air Force.


"We want him to ensure that this barbaric act, which is usually targeted at our members in Nigeria and Taraba specifically, does not occur again in the future for peace to reign in the state while those behind the attacks should be made to face the law."

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has directed district managers to be prepared to shut down train stations plying Abuja-Kaduna, Lagos-Ibadan and Warri-Itakpe routes in the event that workers down tools.
In an internal memo issued on Tuesday, the Managing Director of NRC, Engr. Fidet Okhiria, alerted all district managers and relevant officers of the need to protect railway assets in the event the strike goes ahead.

The three-day warning strike by workers of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) is to hold from November 18th to November 20th.
A letter titled, “Notice and Directive to embark on 3-day warning strike nationwide,” dated November 12th, had been addressed by the District Chairman/Secretary Nigeria Union of Railway workers and Senior Staff Association.
The workers’ unions had resolved “that all the district organs (DWCs) of the NUR and SSA should, as a matter of expedience, summon a general meeting of all the workers of their districts on Monday, 15th November 2021 at exactly 10.00 a.m prompt and, in unambiguous terms, notify the entire workers of the commencement of a 3-day warning strike beginning from midnight prior to Thursday, 18th through Saturday, 20th November 2021.”

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi had invited the labour unions to a meeting on Saturday but it ended in a deadlock.

However, Okrikha said if no truce is reached, train service should be shut down with effect from Wednesday night.

The memo read, “The RDMs, managers and coordinators are to prepare and shut down train services appropriately by midnight of Wednesday, 17th November 2021.”
The memo also directed the officials to move all locomotive and coaches for Abuja-Kaduna, Warri-Itakpe and Lagos-Ibadan train services to safe places.

The MD further directed that all revenue collected should be banked by Wednesday.
“All RDMs, managers and coordinators should ensure that the running sheds and workshop areas are property secured. All RDMs, managers and coordinators should also endeavour to alert all private security outfits under their jurisdiction to be on standby to ensure the safety of railway assets,” the memo added.

General Secretary of the Nigerian Union of Railway Workers (NUR), Comrade Segun Esan, in a chat with Daily Trust last night said the mobilisation for the warning strike had been massive, adding there was no going back.
“The strike starts on midnight of this Wednesday prior to the dawn of Thursday 18/11/2021. The mobilisation for the strike is unprecedented and the entire NRC workers are top gear for the warning strike,” he