Nobody can expel me—Wike dares PDP
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has dared his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, to expel him.
Source: Punch papers
Speaking on the possibility of getting expelled from the PDP for anti-party activities, Wike dared those contemplating the move saying, “Nobody can expel me.” Wike stated this Wednesday evening when he was featured on Channels Television’s program, “Politics Today.”
The immediate-past governor of Rivers State stressed that he had yet to see any leader in the PDP who had the authority to expel him from the party. “The person who will suspend me is when I couldn’t produce a governor, three senators, Assembly members. I have not seen that person. Nobody will do it,” Wike said.
Man kills dad over N70,000 debt
The Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps otherwise called So-Safe said it has arrested a 38-year-old man, Matthew Ifeanyi, who allegedly attacked his father, Anthony Nnadike, with a machete leading to his death around Olorunda area, Eruobodo Ntabo, Ijoko in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the state.
Source: Punch papers
Ifeanyi was said to have butchered his father to death over his inability to produce the N70,000 kept with him since July 2022. This was according to a statement on Wednesday by the office of So Safe State Commander, Soji Ganzallo and signed by the Director of Information and Public Relations, Moruf Yusuf.
“On Tuesday, August 29, 2023, information got to Superintendent Alabi Gafar, the Divisional Officer of the Corps at Alade/Atago/Ntabo Divisional Command that at 11, Ibikunle Street, Diamond Estate, along Olorunda Area, Eruobodo Ntabo, Ijoko in Ado Odo/Ota Local Government Area, that a middle-aged man was said to have been attacking his biological father with cutlass,” the statement read.
Gov Zulum opens vocational training enterprise to tackle unemployment in Borno
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Wednesday, inaugurated a vocational training center in Biu town, the headquarters of Biu Local Government Area. Named Borno State Vocational Training Enterprise, Biu, the center consists of 15 workshops equipped with modern training facilities.
Source: Vanguard
The 15 workshops are for trades such as tailoring and fashion design, hairdressing and cosmetology, welding, plumbing and pipe-fitting, carpentry and joinery, building technology, electrical works, solar panel and installation, automobile and mechatronics, agricultural technology, knitting and crocheting, aluminum fabrication, and ICT training facilities.
Speaking during the ceremony, Zulum noted that about five Vocational Training Institutes were constructed alongside 19 smaller Technical and Vocational Training Institutes across the state, to promote skill development, create job opportunities, and empower the youth. “The increasing number of youth unemployment in Borno State and particularly youth from MMC, Jere, and Biu Local Government Areas is a matter of great concern to all of us.
Ogun deploying technology to combat crime – Abiodun
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun has said that his administration is deploying drones, helicopters, and other technological innovations to address security challenges in the State.
Source: Vanguard
The governor stated this when he received the new General Officer Commanding (GOC), 81 Division, comprising Ogun and Lagos States, Major General Mohammad Usman, who paid him a courtesy call in his office, at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta on Wednesday. The governor said the constant movement of people to the state due to its strategic location as the industrial, religious, and educational capital of the country, has put a lot of pressure on the security architecture of the State, hence the need to involve technology in tackling the menace.
He said, “We have recently acquired some drones and these drones are meant to help us in aerial surveillance knowing fully well that it will be impossible for us to have enough boots to cover all the dark spots in the State. “Because of that, we have chosen to deploy technology believing that with that, we can see where crimes are being intended to be committed and that can be neutralized before they are committed.
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