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NSCDC arrests suspected cattle rustler in Jigawa

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Cattle

Dutse, Nov. 11, 2016 (NAN) The Jigawa Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has arrested a 30-year-old man for allegedly stealing a bull valued at N180,000.

The State Commandant, Mr Muhammad Durumin-Iya, who did not mention the name of the suspect, disclosed this on Friday in Dutse in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

He said that the suspect was arrested in Maikwaki village, Birnin Kudu Local Government Area of the state, on Thursday at about 1 a.m.

Durumin-Iya said that the suspect hails from Yabaza village in Kiyawa Local Government Area, while the bull belonged to one Malam Muhammad Sani of Zarenawa village in Birninkudu town.

Durumin-Iya said that the suspect was rushed to Federal Medical Centre Birninkudu for stitches on his head due to beating he received from the local people.

The commandant added the suspect would be charged to court as soon as he recovers.

Narrating his side of the story, Sani told NAN that the suspect arrived his home at about 12 mid-night and released three of his cattle from their tethers.

Tether is a rope or chain by which an animal is fastened so that it can range only within a set radius.
“I was already asleep when I heard some noise around 12 mid-night, so I decided to peep and see what was happening.

“Surprisingly, when I pointed my torch toward where my cattle are tethered, I discovered that four of them are missing, so I shouted for help.

” My neighbours and other villagers woke up and began to look for the animals, and three were found in the bush.

” One of us sighted the thief trying to escape with the bull, we trailed him and we were able to catch him in Maikwaki village.

‘’We immediately called officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in our area and they got him arrested,” he said.

(NAN)

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Qualifiers
By Olanrewaju Akojede
Lagos, Nov. 11, 2016 (NAN) Super Eagles Captain, Mikel Obi, has assured Nigerians that the team would  deliver win in the World Cup qualifier against Algeria at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium on Saturday.

The Eagles’ Skiper’s assurance is contained in a statement by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) spokesperson, Ademola Olajire in Lagos.

The statement quoted the 29-year-old midfielder as saying that the team was determined to earn the match’s three points.

It restated that all the players appreciated the importance of the game and its ramifications for Nigeria’s march to a sixth FIFA World Cup finals.

“We all know what this match means, why we have to give everything. Yes, we started the race well by winning in Zambia, but we have to approach this match even more seriously.

“The Algerians will come with determination and they will play hard, but we will play harder.

“The World Cup is the biggest stage; every player wants to be there. I am happy we have such a young and energetic team.

“I played at the World Cup in Brazil in 2014 but there are many of these players who have never been to the World Cup. They want to be there,’’ it quoted Obi as saying.

The statement added that the dogged playmaker insisted that the team was looking forward to nothing less than victory against the invading Fennecs of Algeria.

“Three points; that is what we will be playing for. We are committed and the visit of the Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo to our training in Abuja has motivated us the more.’’

Nigeria represented Africa at the 1994, 1998, 2002, 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup finals, reaching the Round of 16 in 1994, 1998 and 2014.

Nigeria and Algeria are Africa’s best teams at the last World Cup finals in Brazil, each eliminated in the Round of 16 on the same day.

While Nigeria fell to France, Algeria were pipped by Germany.

The rivalry between Nigeria and Algeria at the senior level is one of the fiercest in African football.

Nigeria beat Algeria to win her first Africa Cup of Nations in 1980; 10 years later, Algeria beat Nigeria to win her first Cup of Nations.

Algeria beat Nigeria to qualify for her first FIFA World Cup — Spain 1982; Nigeria beat Algeria to qualify for her first FIFA World Cup — USA 1994.

The first meeting between both teams at the All-Africa Games that Nigeria hosted in 1973 ended 2-2.

Algeria enjoyed a three-match winning streak against Nigeria between October 1981 and March 1982. Nigeria has won the last four confrontations between both nations.

The Super Eagles have never lost a World Cup qualifying home match outside of Lagos.

They have lost only one out of six World Cup qualifiers played in November, winning the remaining five.

The Algerians hit Uyo on Thursday evening with a delegation of 61 persons, aboard a chartered flight, and will have their official training on the pitch of Godswill Akpabio International Stadium on Friday evening.

They were received at the Ibom International Airport by NFF Deputy General Secretary, Dr Emmanuel Ikpeme and Protocol Officer, Emmanuel Ayanbunmi.

The match officials, led by Hassan Osama Atta Ibrahim El Manan (match commissioner from Sudan), slept in Lagos on Thursday to hit Uyo on Friday.

The referee is Gambian Bakary Papa Gassama, with Jean-Claude Birumushahu (Burundi) as assistant referee 1; Marwa Range (Kenya) as assistant referee 2 and Maudo Jallow (Gambia) as fourth official.

Jean-Olivier Mbera from Gabon will serve as referee assessor and Kenyan Nicholas Chumba Musonye will be security officer.

The match kicks off at 5 p.m. on Saturday. (NAN)
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Sanitation

Dutse, Nov. 11, 2016 (NAN) The Jigawa State Environmental Protection Agency (JISEPA) has evacuated massive waste in Garki Local Government Area of the state to improve health and sanitation.

Alhaji Umar Amadu, the Acting Managing Director of the Agency, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on Friday that the exercise was part of the agency’s waste evacuation and drainage clearance programme across the 27 local government areas of the state.

Amadu said the exercise included the collection of refuse from streets and markets, drainage clearance and cutting of grasses in female boarding schools in the area.

He added that the exercise was designed to clear waste and drains to enhance sanitation in major streets across the state.

The official explained that the agency is sensitising the people on the need to keep a clean environment and imbibe good sanitary habit, adding that government was effective environmental protection and waste management.

Amadu, therefore, called on the people to cooperate with the workers and desist from indiscriminate dumping of waste in residential areas and waterways.

This, he said, would improve hygiene and public health. (NAN)

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By Blessing Odega

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Campaign
Jos, Nov. 11, 2016 (NAN) The Plateau office of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) had held sensitisation programmes in 16 secondary schools in the last two months on how they could identify sub-standard products.
The Coordinator, Mr Musa George, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jos on Friday that the pupils and students of primary and secondary schools were taught how to identify sub-standard goods.
“We have shared the relevant information with some primary and secondary schools visited.
“We have embarked on aggressive campaigns against sub-standard products and have chosen to start from educational institutions,” George said.
“We want them to understand and appreciate the detriments inherent in purchasing and consuming sub-standard products.
“We also want them to know how they could educate their peers and even their parents or guardians.
“We have been educating pupils and students on the need to ensure that every product purchased meets certified standards.
“Every product must be certified safe and of standard; that is the only way to qualify for being sold in the Nigerian markets,” he said.
George said that the sensitisation of schools has become urgent to prevent the alarming rate at which the country is being used as a dump site for sub-standard goods from other countries, he said.
According to him, such goods are harmful to the people.
“The main mandate of SON is to ensure that all manufactured products complied with standards prior to their introduction to the market.
“We shall continue to pursue that mandate aggressively,” he said
George, however, said that the Solomon Lar University, Bokkos, chosen as the pilot tertiary institution in the state for the exercise had not granted its approval to SON.
He said that the authorities of the university were yet to respond to the organisation’s correspondence. (NAN)

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Arrest
Dutse, Nov. 11, 2016 (NAN) The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Jigawa, has arrested a 30-year-old man (name withheld) for allegedly stealing a bull valued at N180,000.
The Jigawa Commandant of the corps, Mr Muhammad Durumin-Iya, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Dutse that the suspect was arrested in Maikwaki village on Thursday at about 1 a.m.
He explained that the suspect was arrested after he stole a bull belonging to Malam Muhammad Sani of Zarenawa village in Birninkudu town and he was beaten to stupor.
The commandant said the suspect was rushed to Federal Medical Centre, Birninkudu, to have his head stitched due to the beating that he received from the locals.
According to the commandant, items recover from the suspect includes a machete.
He said the suspect would soon appear in court after the conclusion of NSCDC investigation.

However, the owner of the stolen bull, Sani, said that the suspect got to his home at about 12 midnight and released three of his cattle from their tethers.
“I was already slumbering when I heard some noise around 12 midnight, so I decided to peep and see what was happening.
“Surprisingly, when I pointed my torch towards where my cattle were tethered, I discovered that four of them were missing already, so I shouted for help.
“So, all my neighbours and other villages woke-up and we began to look for the animals and we found three of them in the bush.
“So one of us sighted an unknown person trying to do away with a bull, we trailed him and we were able to apprehend him in Maikwai village.

“Subsequently, we reported the case to the men of civil Defence and he was arrested, ’’ Sani said. (NAN)
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1 Enugu state commissioner for Information addresses journalists on the outcome of the State Executive Council meeting.

2.  The mascot for the Federal Public Service Games to be unveiled in Jos to herald commencement of the games.

3. Gov. Tanko Al-Makura meets traditional rulers.

4. Fiscal Responsibility Commission continues verification of projects executed by the Federal Government in Sokoto State.

5.The coronation of the Agwam Atyap, the paramount Chief of Zangon Kataf Local Government Area, takes place in Zangon Kataf.

6.  The Independent National Electoral Commission trains Local Government Electoral Officers in Ondo State ahead of the Nov. 26 governorship election in state.

7. The trial of a 45-year-old man, who allegedly stole 25 litres of palm oil at Kuto Market, comes up in an Abeokuta Magistrate’s Court.

8.  Hearing continues in an FCT High Court in a case of murder against Hama Ahmed and three others.

9. . ‎Rice Millers Association of Nigeria meets with Comptroller-General of customs in Abuja.

10. Senate Committee on Interior to consider a report on internal security.

11. Public Accounts Committee, House of Representatives meets.

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Security
Maiduguri, Nov. 11, 2016(NAN) The Borno Police Command said on Friday that three suspected female suicide bombers were shot dead by security agents after they tried to gain entry into Maiduguri to cause havoc.

In a statement, Mr Victor Isuku, the spokesman of the command, said that the bombers were strapped with Improved Explosive Device (IEDs) on their bodies.

“This morning at about 05:30hrs , three female suicide bombers with IED strapped to their bodies were sighted by military patrol team in Umarari village along Maiduguri/Damboa road near Mulai. They were moving towards Maiduguri,” he said.

Isuku added: “They were promptly gun down and the IED on two of them exploded killing all three of them”.

He said that the police bomb disposal unit was mobilized to the scene immediately.

“The unexploded IED on the third was rendered safe and detonated by Police Bomb Disposal Unit who promptly mobilized to the scene,” Isuku said. (NAN)
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Jigawa LG awards N10m  contract for purchase of medical  equipment, construction of ward

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Contract

Dutse, Nov. 11, 2016 (NAN) The Gwiwa Local Government Council of Jigawa has awarded a contract worth N10 million for the purchase of medical equipment and construction of additional ward at the Gwiwa Health Centre.

The Information Officer in charge of the local government area, Malam Nasiru Lawan, disclosed this on Friday in Dutse, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

According to him, the Caretaker Committee Chairman of the council, Alhaji Hamisu Muhammad, announced this when he inspected some facilities in the area on Thursday.

He said part of the money would also be used to purchase furniture for nurses.

Lawan said that the council boss pointed out that the gesture was aimed at improving health care delivery in the area.

The chairman also assured that the council would continue to provide social amenities, and urged the people to always safeguard facilities located in their areas. (NAN)

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Assault
By Oluwatope Lawanson
Lagos, Nov. 11, 2016 (NAN) Akaniyere James is to cool his heels in Kirikiri prison, pending the perfection of his bail conditions after he pleaded innocent to causing grievous harm to another person.

The 42- year- old commercial motorcyclist (okada rider) who resides at No. 1, Omitogun close, Oke-ira, Ogba, Lagos, was granted bail on Friday by an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, Lagos on a three- count charge bothering on assault and breach of peace.

The prosecutor, Sgt. Joseph Ajebe told the court that the accused committed the offence on Oct. 2 at Ogba bus stop, Lagos.

He said that the complainant, Adewale Abiona, reported that the accused, and others now at large, beat him to a pulp while he was trying to caution them not to argue with traffic officials.

The complainant, the prosecutor said, saw traffic personnel from Area ‘G’ command, with a motorcyclist (the accused), who was creating a scene and arguing with the police officers.

“Abiona went to the accused to caution him to desist from such an act, but the Okoda rider pounced on him and beat him to pulp, leaving him with injuries,” Ajebe said.

He further alleged that the accused tore the complainant’s shirt and made away with his N3,500.

The prosecutor said that the offences contravene sections 166, 171 and 409 of the Criminal Law of Lagos, 2011.

The Chief Magistrate Alexander Komolafe, granted the accused bail in the sum N100,000, with two sureties, who must show evidence of being gainful employment.

The case was adjourned to Dec. 12. (NAN)
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Baseball
By Kemi Ajayi

Lagos, Nov.11, 2016 (NAN) The World Baseball Softball Federation (WBSC) President Riccardo Fraccari has dismissed speculation that Tokyo 2020 matches could be played in Fukashima as premature.

According to an online portal, the Insidethegames on Friday, Fraccari says that region will be inspected by WBSC before taking decision if matches will hold in the region.
It said that WBSC reacted to reports which claimed that Tokyo 2020 organisers had agreed to host games in the area.

“It is incorrect to assume that, this means the region has been confirmed because no decision has been made.

“I will go to Japan next week and then we will let you know the WBSC’s stand,’’ it quoted Fraccari as saying.

Around 16,000 people lost their lives in a 2011 tragedy, triggered by a devastating earthquake and Tsunami.

The tsunami affected the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant which resulted to leakage and several radioactive hotspots in the area.

Baseball and softball are among five sports added to the 2020 Olympics programme in August alongside karate, skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing. (NAN)
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