FUEL DIVERSION: NNPC OFFICIALS DETAINED IN PRISON CUSTODY

The EFCC has arraigned the duo of Munzali Ahmed and Alex Bala before Honourable Justice Idrissa Kolo of the Federal High Court, Kano, on a one count charge bordering on diversion of PMS popularly known as Petrol. 

The accused, Munzali Ahmed, who is the Sales Representative of NNPC in Dutse, Jigawa State and Alex Bala the NNPC Sales Representative in Hotoro, Kano, were arrested by EFCC Operatives Special Task Force in March 2016 following intelligence which indicated that truck of 40,000 litres of PMS with Registration Number GME804XA belonging to the NNPC Retail billed for Bamaina outlet in Birnin Kudu Local Government Area of Jigawa State was diverted to Munira Petroleum Ltd and Danmarke Investment Ltd both in Zaria, Kaduna State. 

Farmers, Herdsmen Conflict: Senate to Find Solutions, Says Saraki

Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has appealed to herdsmen and farmers across the country to maintain peace as the National Assembly is ready to proffer lasting solution to the perennial clashes over grazing by cattle.

Speaking yesterday when a group of herdsmen from Kautal Hore Socio-Cultural Association Jigawa state branch visited him, the Senate President who described the perennial clashes between the farmers and herdsmen as unfortunate, also appealed to the herdsmen to maintain peace at all times.

Transcorruption agenda: Again, Lamido’s Trial Stalled Over Defence’s Absence

The trial of a former governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, and his cohorts before Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja could not continue on Monday, May 9, 2016, due to the absence of the counsels to the defendants.

Lamido is being prosecuted alongside his two sons, Aminu and Mustapha, and two others by the EFCC, on a 27-count charge bordering on abuse of office and money laundering. 

At the resumed hearing today, the prosecution counsel, Chile Okoroma, presented to the court a letter dated May 6, 2016 from Joe Agbi, SAN, one of the defence counsels, stating the unavailability of the other counsels due to some inexplicable reasons.

200 Armed bandits on motorcycles attack Jigawa police station, bank; kill 8 - Police

Group of Armed Bandits on Wednesday attacked a police station, a bank, and a Sharia Court and killed eight people, including police officers, in Gwaram Town, Gwaram Local Government Area of Jigawa state. The Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG, zone 1, Tambari Muhammed, said this when he spoke with journalists in Dutse.

Mr. Muhammed said four mobile policemen, three conventional policemen and one civilian guard were killed in the attack. According to him, about 200 attackers entered the town with motorcycles and cars at about 1 a.m.

The AIG described the situation as unfortunate in s state that had been enjoying peace for long. He said the bandits used explosives to attack the bank, police station and court.

Mr. Muhammed said that no arrest has been made but more armed police officers had been deployed to the area.

Misinterpretations of Qu'ran is the Genesis of Boko Haram in Nigeria - Borno Governor

Governo of  Borno State, Kashim Shettima, on Thursday, said misinterpretations of the Islam Holy Qur’an was responsible for the emergence of the dreaded Boko Haram insurgent in the country.

Shettima, who strongly condemned the activities of the Boko Haram group, saying their violent campaigns, which have claimed the lives of innocent persons and led to the destruction of properties, lacked place in Islam.

Borno Governor, in his remarks while receiving winners and officials of the Board for Qur’anic Education, who represented the state in the 2004 National Qur’anic Recitation Competition held in Dutse, Jigawa State, said  the Islamist insurgents made negative interpretation of the Holy Qur’an and Islam, which they wrongly used to unleash terror on the citizens, reaffirming it that Islam is a religion of peace, which does not condone killings and destruction under whatever form.

According to him,“Distorted translation of the holy book by the insurgents landed us in this mess, if we have had good understanding of Islam we would have been in a better place. There is no room for extremism in Islam. We need to go back to Islam as practised by Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), when Islam encouraged Muslims, Jews and Christians to leave in peace with one another.”

“We are presently in a day where some lunatics claiming to be crusaders of Islam are killing innocent people, burning mosques and Churches. It is bad interpretation of the holy book by the insurgents that caused all this”, he added.


Governor Shettima congratulated the participants for the successes recorded in the competition, tasking them to maintain the tempo as he donated the sum of N10 million to both the participants and the officials.

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