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Kogi hunts broadcast station vandals
The Kogi State Government has directed the Dekina Local Government Council, Dekina Traditional Council, security heads and other stakeholders in Kogi East to come together to fish out the vandals who carted away valuable broadcast equipment at the Kogi State Broadcasting Corporation, Ochaja.
The Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo, gave the charge at a stakeholders’ meeting in Anyigba, on Monday.
He vowed that the administration would do everything possible to apprehend the perpetrators and avert future occurrences.
Fanwo, however, promised that the government would revamp and bring back the station on air, adding that Governor Usman Ododo had shown commitment.
“The incessant vandalism of the station is disheartening and must be addressed properly. This is the second time in a year that this station has been vandalised and it is not a good narrative for our dear state in general and Kogi East in particular. It is self-destructive to destroy what serves you.
“The government will not fold its arms while a few disgruntled elements try to put up conducts that tend to paint our state in a destructive light. Kogi East people are wonderful people who cherish the services rendered by our broadcasting station here.
“As an administration, we will do everything possible to apprehend the perpetrators to avert future occurrence. We will not close down this station. Our people in Kogi East must not accept being cut off from civilisation by criminal elements that do not represent the noble race called Igala.
“Early reports from ongoing investigations show some elements of sabotage by disgruntled elements. We urge security agencies to intensify their efforts to fish out the perpetrators,” Fanwo said.
The commissioner urged the royal fathers to show more concern about security in their domains, saying criminals also lived in communities.
“Criminals live and plot all their operations in communities. Communities have a big role in protecting government property within their domains. We seek the cooperation of our royal fathers to assist the government in this regard,” he said.
The commissioner assured the Igala people that the radio station would soon be back on air, as the governor had shown commitment to that effect.
He applauded the Dekina Council Chairman, John Ikani, for his commitment to security in the local government area, and promised that the government would continue to support him to deliver good governance to the people.
The Ejeh of Dekina and Chairman of Dekina Local Government Traditional Council, Alhaji Usman Obaje, expressed appreciation to the governor for his commitment to bringing the station back on air.
He said concerted efforts would be made towards ensuring the security of the station.
Ikani said security agencies were on top of the situation, adding that the arrested suspects would soon be charged in court.
He said his administration placed security on the front burners in the council while assuring that adequate measures had been put in place to avert future occurrences.
The Divisional Police Officer in charge of the Egume Division, Mr Baganjiya Charles, said investigations were ongoing as some suspects were already giving useful information to the police.
The meeting was also attended by the Director-General of the Kogi State Broadcasting Corporation, Ojo Oyila; the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Information and Communications, Mr Teddy Adegbola, traditional rulers from Dekina Local Government Area, heads of security agencies in Dekina LGA and other critical stakeholders.
Earlier, the commissioner and his entourage had made an on-the-spot assessment of the vandalised station.
By Kayode Sanni-Arewa
President Bola Tinubu has fired Nura Sani Kangiwa as Director-General of the National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR).
Recall that Sani Kangiwa was appointed NIHOTOUR DG in September 2020 by former president, Muhammadu Buhari.
Though no official reason was provided for the dismissal, it is possible that his tenure had come to an end.
However, in his place, President Tinubu on Thursday last week appointed Abisoye Fagade as the new Director-General of NIHOTOUR.
Dr. Abisoye Fagade is a marketing communication professional.
He is the founder and managing director of Sodium Brand Solutions.
President Tinubu urged the newly appointed officer to discharge his duties with dedication, patriotism, and excellence.
By Kayode Sanni-Arewa
A policeman attached to the member representing Isialangwa North and South Federal Constituency of Abia State, Hon. Ginger Onwusibe has been feared dead.
The incident happened around 9pm at Ubakala Umuahia South.
According to a police source, gunmen dressed in black and wearing police-style armor jackets had blocked the convoy of the House of Representatives member with a Toyota Corolla.
The lawmaker was not in the vehicle when the incident happened but at least two police officers and a driver were in the vehicle.
The gunmen opened fire on the escorts after they identified themselves as police officers.
In the process, a police officer was killed, while another officer was injured. The attackers fled the scene, and the police station at Ubakala responded with gunfire.
Attempts to contact the Abia State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO) was unsuccessful. Police sources said officers of the command are on the trail of the suspects it believes are kidnappers.
By Kayode Sanni-Arewa
The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the 2023 election and leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has alleged plans from Lagos to colonise the northern region.
Kwankwaso, who made the allegation while delivering a speech during the convocation ceremony of Skyline University, Kano, also claimed that Lagos has been on the way to the issue of emirates tussle in Kano State.
Kwankwaso, a former governor of Kano State, also lamented the avalanche of challenges bedeviling the North, including economic crisis, insecurity, poverty, hunger and different kinds of diseases, saying the situation is not good for the country.
Kwankwaso said, “Let me note our situation here in Kano and indeed northern Nigeria. The emir is just being a stooge at this very difficult time, especially in this part of the country (northern Nigeria).
“Today, we can see very clearly that there is a lot of efforts from the Lagos axis to colonize this part of the country. Today, Lagos wouldn’t allow us to choose an emir, Lagos has to come to the centre of Kano to put their own emir.”
Kwankwaso also spoke on tax collection, saying, “Today, we are aware that the Lagos young men are working so hard to impose taxes and take away our taxes from Kano and this part of the country to Lagos.
“Today, as we have seen, even the telephones that we make or register here in Kano, efforts are there to take all the taxes to Lagos.
“Even our sons and daughters who have brought factories many of them here in Kano and northern Nigeria and even banks, somehow, they are forced to take their headquarters to Lagos because taxes will now have to go to Lagos.”
The former Kano governor also spoke on the disparity between the rich and the poor saying, “We have seen the efforts of some people to make the poor poorer and the rich richer and I believe this is more dangerous.”
Kwankwaso therefore called on the lawmakers from the northern part of the country to wake up and make sure the region is not cheated in any way.
“At this moment, I would like to call all our National Assembly members to keep their eyes open so that they don’t do anything that would cheat the people of northern Nigeria, especially here, Kano.
“We are witnesses to what happened during the first term, 1999 to 2000, where our members of the National Assembly were bribed, were treated into collecting huge sums of money to support offshore in this country. That law put a huge blow into our economy not only here in northern Nigeria but all other states.”
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