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Three Dead in fresh Plateau violence
Three Dead in fresh Plateau violence
Fresh Plateau violence: Suspected herdsmen in a gun battle at Dong-Kassa village in Jos, Have killed three members of the vigilance group.
It was learned that on the arrival of assailants at the scene of the incidence on Thursday, they shot at random and periodically killing three young men.
The killed men had laid down their lives, In preparations to avert the fresh Plateau violence by attackers who have been terrorizing some communities of Bassa, Bokkos and Jos North Councils.
A community leader in the area, Jerry Datim, told journalists yesterday that the shootings began about 7.30pm on Thursday, which lasted several hours.
In his Words: “In the process of the shootings, three of our boys were killed.
The boys are our vigilantes who usually stay on the hills that the attackers sometimes use. And they usually alert us to any imminent danger.
“That night, after killing the boys, they picked the mobile phone of one of the victims and used it to call us to come and carry our dead bodies, which they had killed.
That night, we told the security operatives attached to the community to escort us to the scene but they were not ready to go with us.
“The security personnel was armed to the teeth, but they still refused to go with us. But the night of the killing, we were without arms, went to the scene with a view to recovering the deceased.
“When we got to where we could reach, we searched but to no avail.
We only recovered their bodies yesterday morning with the help of some volunteers who went and carried their bodies without any of the security personnel.
When contacted, spokesman of the Operations Safe Haven (OPSH), Major Adam Umar, confirmed the sporadic shooting and the killing of the three persons.
He said: “It was a night incident. Our personnel who were carrying out patrols, on getting winds of the attack, quickly mobilized to the place. The troops confirmed the incident and the casualty figure of three young men.”
Also, Governor Simon Lalong confirmed that there were killings. He has, therefore, appealed for calm, following the attack last night by armed gunmen in Dong village of Jos North, which culminated in the unfortunate loss of lives of three persons in the area.
In a statement yesterday signed by the Commissioner for Information and Communication, Yakubu Dati, the governor expressed happiness regarding there might be no news about fresh violence in Plateau anymore, relative calm had been restored to the area following the deployment of security personnel and urged the people to remain law-abiding.
Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello, has approved the implementation of N30,000 as minimum wage for the workers in the state.
The secretary to the state government, Folashade Ayoade disclosed this on Tuesday after an extensive meeting with the organized labour in Lokoja
She blamed the delay in the implementation on the inability for the committee to meet regularly due to the covid-19 pandemic which has been overcome.
The SSG equally commended the organised labour for their understanding and patience, which she said has resulted into the signing of the implementation of the new minimum wage.
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The Federal Government on Friday said it would not increase petrol price in June despite the recommendation by the Nigeria Governors Forum that the cost of the commodity is increased.
A committee set up by the Nigeria Governor’s Forum had on Wednesday recommended a petrol price of between N408.5/litre and N380/litre, and also called for immediate removal of petrol subsidy.
However, in a statement issued and signed by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, in Abuja on Friday, the government ruled out the possibility of a hike in petrol price any time soon.
The minister guaranteed Nigerians that the cost of the commodity would remain the same at between N162/litre and N165/litre.
Sylva said, “Once again it has become necessary to assure Nigerians that despite the huge burden of under-recovery, the Federal Government is not in a hurry to increase the price of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) to reflect current market realities.
“The current price of petrol will be retained in the month of June until the ongoing engagement with organised labour is concluded.”
“This clarification becomes necessary in the light of recent reports regarding the resolution of the Nigeria Governors Forum to increase the pump price of petrol.” He added.
The minister stated that he would like to strongly urge petroleum products marketers, not to engage in any activity that could jeopardise the supply and distribution system in place.
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The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) on Thursday said that there is no cause for panic regarding the two weeks deadline for deactivation of subscribers identity module (sim) cards that are not linked with users’ national identity number (NIN).
The Commission explained that adequate arrangements have been made to capture the data of 200 million Nigerians within the next five years.
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It added that the steps taken so far to ensure that all subscribers have NIN in their sim cards are meant to address the security challenges facing the country.
The Commission also said the telecommunications operators would be involved in the exercise.
The Spokesman of NIMC, Kayode Adegoke said that government has approved licensing of over 200 institutions to carry out “enrolment of Nigerians and legal residents into the national identity database on behalf of the national identity management commission.”
Adegoke said the initiative was aimed at addressing the bottlenecks associated with the capturing of citizens data by NIMC.
He added that the method would increase the enrolment centres from the current 1,000 to 10,000 across the country.
He said the NIMC is desirous of scaling up its assignment to regulatory functions after the completion of the exercise.
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