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Kano State Gov’s son reports mother to EFCC

Abdulazeez Ganduje, eldest son of the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has reportedly reported his mother, wife of the governor to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over an alleged land fraud.

Hafsat Ganduje, wife of the governor, had been invited to report to the Abuja headquarters of the EFCC last week.

However, Hafsat is believed to have snubbed the invite which was extended to her by the EFCC last Thursday, Premium Times reports. Abdulazeez had reportedly exposed his mother, accusing her of bribery and fraud; while also filing a petition to the EFCC on the matter.

In the petition, Abdulazeez had reportedly disclosed that he was approached by a property developer to help facilitate the acquisition of some plots of land in Kano; with some hundreds of thousands of US dollars and at least 35 million Naira as facilitation commission. Abdulazeez said he paid the sum in dollars to his mother, Mrs. Ganduje.

However, he disclosed that three months later; the property developer discovered that the plots of land he wanted; which he had paid the first family for had been allocated to other buyers. Thereafter, he had requested for a refund.

Subsequently, Abdulazeez had dragged his mum, Hafsat Ganduje, to the EFCC over the matter.

Meanwhile, the refusal of the governor’s wife to honour the EFCC’s invitation may result in her arrest, Premium Times reports. This is because the governor’s wife does not enjoy immunity from prosecution; unlike her husband, the incumbent Kano State governor.

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NDLEA nabs 24,311kgs heroin, codeine in Lagos

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has intercepted more than 24,311 kilogrammes of various illicit drugs at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MIIA), Ikeja and the Tin-Can Seaport, Apapa, Lagos respectively.

Mr Femi Babafemi, Director, Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, disclosed this on Sunday in a statement.

He said that the substances were suspected to be heroin, codeine, Arizona and Colorado variants of cannabis. On September 8, the Chairman of the NDLEA, retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, had announced the interception of about N6 billion worth of Amphetamine, popularly known as jihadists’ drug, at the Apapa port in Lagos.

Babafemi said that the first seizure came on September 3 at the SAHCO export shed of the MMIA; where two consignments containing 10.350kg heroin and 25.2kg cannabis from South Africa, were intercepted. He said that a series of sting operations were carried out between September 4 and 6 in different parts of Lagos, where four suspects were arrested.

According to him, at the Tin-Can Seaport, Apapa; narcotic officers intercepted a 40ft container loaded with 22,590 kilogrammes of Barcadin Codeine syrup on September 6; following intelligence received from international partners on the container since May 2021.

“The container was also found to include 4,020.03 kg of analgesic tablets and 47 cartons of insulated hot pots used to conceal the illicit drugs, all imported from India.

“Equally, on Friday, September 10, a consignment of Colorado weighing 17.5kg and hidden inside a Grand Caravan Dodge vehicle shipped in a 40ft container from Montreal, Canada, was also intercepted and seized at the Tincan port,” he said.

Babafemi said that a 20-year-old graduate (name withheld), was arrested in Abuja for producing and selling drugged candies and cookies. Further, he stated that a 27-year-old dispatch rider, (name withheld); who handles door-to-door delivery for the female suspect, was also arrested.

“The suspects, who were arrested at Garkil, Area 11, on Friday, 10th September; with a number of their drugged products and 400 grams of Loud and Arizona; confessed they had been in the drug business for over a year,” he said.

Also, the spokesman said the NDLEA seized a total of 1,425.2 kilogrammes of compressed blocks of cannabis sativa during a raid on Aviosi outskirt; close to Uzebba, Owan West Local Government Area of Edo, on September 6. Babafemi added that on the same day, one suspect was arrested along Zaria-Danja road, Kaduna; with 10.3kg Tramadol and 60.5kg Exol-6; while one other was arrested at Tudun Wada area of Jalingo, in Taraba, with 44.2kg of cannabis.

He said operatives in Kwara, September 7, arrested a 36-year-old lady; who recently completed a jail sentence following her conviction by a Federal High Court in Ilorin; for dealing in 22 grams of crack cocaine. The spokesman said that her latest arrest along Specialist Hospital Road, Alagbado, Ilorin; followed intelligence that she had resumed sale of crack cocaine in Ilorin metropolis.

“This time round, she devised another means of delivering drugs along the road to known customers who contact her via telephone calls,” Babafemi said.

Meanwhile, he revealed that raids were carried out across Gombe State, between September 1 and September 10; which led to the arrest of at least nine drug dealers from whom assorted illicit drugs weighing over 150kg were recovered.

Babafemi said that in one of such raids; a DAF truck loaded with 128kg of psychotropic substances coming from Onitsha, Anambra, along Gombe-Yola road, was intercepted. He said that the Chairman of the NDLEA, Marwa, commended the commanders; as well as officers and men of the commands where the seizur

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Soldiers Beat Taxi Driver To Death In Jos

Soldiers attached to Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), a multi-security taskforce, maintaining peace in Plateau, on Friday night allegedly beat a taxi driver, Sadik Abdullahi Karafa, to death.

The deceased was reportedly beaten by the soldiers stationed at Farin gada Market while returning from Mangu before the curfew hour.

The curfew is from 10pm to 6am but Sadik was said to have returned around 9:20pm.

Abdullahi Karafa, an elder brother of the deceased, narrated how his brother was killed by the soldiers.

He said: “We were at home when a call came in from a mutual friend that our brother was arrested and being beaten by soldiers along Faringada road. On hearing that, one of my younger brothers, Umar Abdullahi, quickly went to the scene and saw the soldiers were beating him.

“When he told them that Sadik was his brother, they ignored him and put him inside their Hilux. My bother returned home that very Friday night and we all decided that we will visit the checkpoint in the morning since it was already 10 pm. On the morning of Saturday, we went to the Faringada checkpoint and saw that he was already dead.

“We then took the corpse to the Katako police station to report about the incident. There was no explanation as to why he was severely beaten to death. The General Officer Commanding 3 division has visited the family to console and promised to ensure justice. We will not leave this to free. We are demanding justice,” he added.

Contacted the spokespersons of the OPSH , Ishaku Takwa, said he would find out and get back to us

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Tems – Crazy Tings

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The remarkable Raving Nigerian singer Tems is back with this amazing new song titled “Crazy Tings” for all her supporters and music lovers.

It been a minute since we had any solo music from Tems, hence, she unleashes a new tune “Crazy Tings“. It comes nearly a year after the release of her debut extended play “For Broken Ears“.

The singer whose full name is Temilade Openiyi has had a fantastic run in 2021. She has been the magic in the Billboard Hot 100 Chart topping single “Essence” by Wizkid. Her feature on “Essence” exposed her to fans in America and she eventually bagged a feature with Drake.

She was part of Drake’s “Certified Lover Boy” album featuring on a song “Fountains“.

“Crazy Tings” is a lead single off Tems forthcoming sophomore EP coming in a few days time.

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Olamide ft. Eskeez – Loose It (Freestyle)

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Nigerian music maestro, YBNL Nation general, Olamide and record producer, Eskeez are out with a new freestyle dubbed ‘Loose It‘

Olamide jumps on the Eskeez produced instrumental to create a ditty record that tells his feeling for a girl.

Download & Enjoy…

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Davido & Focalistic – Champion Sound

Nigerian very own remarkable Superstar & DMW boss, Davido and Talented South African superstar, Focalistic has returned with another Amapiano record “Champion Sound”.

Recently, both artists made a banger with “Ke Star” Remix that has already gained massive millions of streams across all platforms.

Apparently, the two stars have been seen on different occasions and parties working together, they may have a collaborative project coming through soon, but for now let’s enjoy Champion Sound.

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A Heartfelt Letter To Plateau State Indigenes From A Son Of The Plateau

This letter is primarily directed towards we the Indigenous people of the Plateau, especially the youths of the Plateau, because it is very obvious that we do not have elders anymore. Even If such elders exist, they have decided to adopt the strategy of cowardice for reasons best known to them. Hence we the youths have to take our destiny into our own hands and ensure that we do not fail our own children just as our parents have failed us.
It is hightime we the Indigenes of the Plateau, those whose ancestors have lived on the Plateau for thousands of years tell ourselves the truth. And not just to tell ourselves the truth alone, but this time around to take concrete steps and actions based on this truth.
It is now very clear even to the blind that there is a sinister agenda against not just the Indigenous people of the Plateau but the entire Indigenous people of the Plateau-Gurara-Gongola region, the larger Middlebelt region and Southern Nigeria.

Hear this and allow this sink into your brains O great youths of the Plateau. O great descendants of the ancient Nok civilization and Kwararafa Kingdom.
Nigeria as a country has not just failed you, but it never cared about you in the first place. This may be hard for some of us to accept, but the truth they say is bitter.
Nigeria as a mere geographical expression and not a nation in the real sense has always been programmed from the beginning by the colonial masters to primarily cater for the interests of the Hausa-Fulani Muslims and secondly, people affiliated to the presidency and political leadership at a particular political dispensation.

Some of us were not born in the year 1993 when the first Jos crisis took place, others were young and did not understand what was happening. Then that of 2001, 2004, 2008 and 2010 took place.
Ever since 2010, the enemies decided to change their strategy since they realized that they have failed through open street-to-street confrontations in the urban centers. Then they adopted the new strategy of expand and occupy the rural areas. This we first witnessed in 2010 with the Dogo na hauwa massacre where hundreds of people who were mostly children and women were massacred in cold blood. Since 2010 till now, hardly does any week or month go by without dozens of defenceless villagers being massacred in their sleep.

The Indigenous people around Jos urban have been the primary target of these people as we have seen these attacks occur most frequently within LGAs surrounding Jos city like Riyom, Barkin ladi, Jos south, Bokkos, Bassa and most recently the rural parts of Jos north LGA. This should clearly help us understand that the agenda from the first Jos crisis of 1993 has not yet changed, the only thing that changed was the strategy, tactics and nomenclature. Then it was called Jos crisis or Indigene/Settlers crisis, now it is called Farmers/Herders clashes. It also comes in other forms such as Bokoharam, ISWAP, Bandits e.t.c (several heads of the same snake).

Unfortunately, it seems like the enemies of the Plateau have successfully outsmarted we the Indigenes, because most of us decided to never look beyond our ethnic identities.
Not until recently, many of us ignorantly said to ourselves “Ai wannan rikicin Yan Berom da Fulani ne, Ba ruwan mu.”. However, before our eyes, the attacks shifted from the Beroms to the Ron people in Bokkos, then Irigwes in Bassa and now to the Anaguta people in Jos north LGA.
While we were busy arguing and accusing each other’s ethnic groups, these strangers have been consolidating their foothold on the Plateau. Meanwhile our brethren from Southern Kaduna are also experiencing exactly the same issue. Over there (Southern Kaduna), they started with the Asholio/Kagoro people in Kaura, then they moved to the Ninzom/Numana people in Jema’a/Sanga axis, then to the Adara people in Kachia, and now recently to the Atyap people of Zangon Kataf LGA.

Can’t we all see that these people absolutely love it when we fragment ourselves into smaller groups per LGA while they themselves unite amongst themselves all the way from Nigeria to Niger republic to Senegal to Mali to Mauritania to Cameroon??

My beloved Plateau people, let us take a good look at the Southern Kaduna people for example. In terms of culture, history, languages, origin, social and religious values, we are exactly identical with these people. If you put a group of Plateau and Southern Kaduna people in a room, not even we ourselves can be able to identify who is from Plateau or Southern Kaduna. Southern Nigerians and the Hausa’ fulani muslims can never differentiate us. Even we ourselves can only differentiate ourselves when we see the tribal names. And what if the people are using names like SAMSON ISHAYA or ESTHER YOHANNA? Then it becomes absolutely impossible for us to differentiate each other.
However, In spite of these glaring similarities, we never hear of any regional synergy between Plateau and Southern Kaduna people. Even for we the Plateau Indigenes to come together under one umbrella and voice to radically fight for the integrity and progress of our people becomes a problem and a pipe-dream.

Most of us Plateau indigenes are not aware that there are at least 5- 6 million Indigenes of the Plateau. This is exactly about the same population of regional ethnic groups like the Ijaws, Kanuris and Tivs. Southern Kaduna people also have about the same population as we the Plateau Indigenes. Put together, that is about 11- 12 million Indigenes. This is more than the entire Fulani population in Nigeria put together and automatically takes the position of the 4th largest ethnic entity in Nigeria (assuming we all identify under one name).
Now, imagine by the time we include the Indigenous people of Taraba, Nasarawa, Adamawa, Southern Bauchi, Southern Gombe, Niger east & FCT, Southern Borno, Niger North & Kebbi south to this mixture. That would be around 40 million people, enough to match each of the 3 major ethnic groups, the Yoruba, Hausa’ and Igbo in terms of absolute numbers.

For those of you who do not understand these areas I just mentioned, I am talking about the Sayawa, Bachama, Michika, Kilba, Marghi, Bura, Chibok, Eggon, Mada, Jukun, Mumuye, Tangale, Waja, Gbagyi, Zuru e.t.c peoples.
These are people who are physically, historically, socially, culturally, linguistically, religiously and mentally the same with Plateau and Southern Kaduna people.

So, my dear Plateau brother and sister, it is up to us to either continue to remain smaller, weaker, fragmented and easily defeated by championing the ethnic interests of our individual tribes, LGAs, villages and clans or we can think wider and start working on regional solidarity, alliances and interests. The ball is in our courts.
Take a good look at the kind of national and international attention the Yorubas and Igbos command whenever they come out in one voice or in solidarity on a particular issue. Don’t you admire such and wish such privilege for our own people?

Our parents made the very big mistake of believing in the existence and unity of a ONE NIGERIA. This mistake has been our biggest undoing. Our Fathers, Grandfathers, and Uncles died in the Nigerian civil war in their thousands in order to keep Nigeria one. Alas, the same united existence of Nigeria is now being used to destroy us.
It is no longer news that the police force and the military openly take sides with our enemies.
Hear this out loud o indigene of the Plateau!
A country whose security system has been compromised and now serves only the interests of a certain group of people does not deserve your loyalty. I as a bonafide indigene of the Plateau, I personally refuse to be loyal or pledge my allegiance to Nigeria as a country anymore.
My allegiance and loyalty only goes to the people of the PLATEAU, the greater PLATEAU-GURARA-GONGOLA region and a proposed KWARARAFA REPUBLIC if and when Nigeria ceases to exist. And I hope you do so too my beloved Indigene of the Plateau, because a man who continues to hold on to a sinking ship will eventually sink with that ship.

If you are a proud son or daughter of the PLATEAU, you read this letter up to this point, you received this letter with a greatful heart and believe in the contents therein, please do well to share it on your wall/pages/groups with your friends and families.
You can also like, follow and comment on this page/group PLATEAU- GURARA- GONGOLA as a way of showing your support.
Together, we shall overcome!

Written by
NOAH KALLAMU
Plateau Gurara Gongola.

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MATTHEW TEGHA TRAINS RIYOM LGA COMMUNITY YOUTHS ON CURBING MISINFORMATION, URGES THEM TO BE INFLUENCERS FOR CHANGE

Information both online and offline has affected the way we respond to the challenges around us, as such we must begin to arm ourselves with the right information devoid of any misinformation or disinformation especially as we are challenged globally by the pandemic.

Popular Blogger and Influencer for change, Matthew Tegha said this while on a one-day Youth Community Literacy Training/engagement on Curbing Misinformation and Disinformation with Youth representatives of 17wards from RIyom community as part of activities for ConnexUs Influencer for Change Network. Held at the MDGs Hall in Riyom Local Government Area on Tuesday 7th September 2021 with youths from various communities within the Local Government Area in attendance.

Participants were engaged in learning how to identify Misinformation or Disinformation after which they also had insights on what to do when faced with misinformation and disinformation and how communities can work together building cohesion to curb misinformation giving the rising challenges both locally and globally.

Matthew Tegha said that Information is vital and goes a long way to control the way people react as such the wrong information (Misinformation) can sometimes lead to death. Misinformation has also been one of the major factors militating against preventive and control efforts. He noted that in the first 3 months of 2020, nearly 6 000 people around the globe were hospitalized and at least 800 people may have died because of coronavirus misinformation as mentioned by the world health organization (WHO).

He encouraged youths to collaborate more and be more proactive and deliberate in checking information as part of efforts in curbing misinformation. He said as young people, we must take responsibility and be guided by the right information as he highlighted tips to curb misinformation and disinformation especially within local communities like Ryom LGA.
“As community members, we should also be deliberate in addressing factors that undermined government preventive efforts in enforcing poor compliance attitude, selective obedience, social media interference, misconceptions and myths, stigmatization, fear, inadequate health facilities, and distrust for government,” He said.

Responding, a participant Samuel Gyang from Ra-Hos community, said though one of the major problems within the community has been insecurity, it was however vital for youths to know what information to respond to and not be misguided due to misinformation.

Another Participant, Luka Solomon Dalyop, from Buchi Community gave many examples of misinformation within the community especially as it is faced with various challenges. He, therefore, gave his assurances that most of the issues being discussed will help them educate others.

Other youth leaders at the training also shared and discussed further actions which will lead to checking and verification of information to curb the troubling issues of misinformation in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau state. The training was also supported by the Local Government, with the Chairman, Hon Gwalson ensuring that youths were effectively mobilized from various communities to attend the training.

ConnexUs is a global network and coordination platform that creates a collaborative environment for the peacebuilding, humanitarian, development, and public health fields. The platform offers public discussion forums and private messaging features to help facilitate secure and open knowledge sharing. By harnessing the power of working together online, organizations can fill in gaps and reduce overlap in their programs and activities.

ConnexUs is partnering with Blogger and Middle belt Nigeria Influencer, Matthew Tegha to amplify his activities, towards Responding to Global & Local Challenges also in amplifying the Voices of other Influencers Around the World with the support of the European Union Instrument for Promoting Peace and Stability.