Today's Headlines: Wike: Rivers PDP Sends Strong Message To Atiku, 30 die in Haiti gang attacks
Wike: Rivers PDP Sends Strong Message To Atiku
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The Rivers chapter of Peoples Democratic Party PDP, in Rivers has alleged that forces led by Atiku Abubakar the presidential candidate of the party in 2023 election are plotting to denigrate former governor of the state, Nyesom Wike over his nomination as a minister by President Bola Tinubu.
The party claimed it was aware that members of a group led by the former vice president are holding meetings on how to deal with Wike, who, according to it ‘is a patriot and prominent nationalist whose interest it is to protect the unity and stability of our dear country.’
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30 die in Haiti gang attacks
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Gang violence in Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince has left 30 residents dead and more than a dozen injured, a local human rights group said Thursday.
Houses in the city’s Carrefour-Feuilles neighborhood were set on fire in the attacks and two police officers also died, according to a provisional toll provided to AFP by the National Human Rights Defense Network.
The neighborhood is a strategic area for the gangs, which control about 80 percent of Haiti’s capital.
Violent crimes including kidnappings for ransom, carjackings and armed thefts are common.
One resident, Dominique Charles, told AFP she had lost her mother, stepfather, 18-year-old son, two sisters and a brother.
“The assailants attacked our house with Molotov cocktails. I was able to escape but the other family members were not so lucky,” she said.
Buni approves N667m for payment of Pension
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Gov. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe has approved the payment of N667 million to 475 pensioners across the 17 local government areas of the state.
The approval is contained in a statement by Buni’s Director-General Press and Media Affairs, Alhaji Mamman Mohammed, in Damaturu on Friday.
He said the approval followed a screening and verification of the pensioners by a committee earlier constituted by the state government.
The committee has verified a total of 475 beneficiaries and hereby attached lists of beneficiaries and summary according to local government areas for both living and deceased pensioners,” Mohammed said.
He assured that the state government would settle all outstanding pensions owed retired workers in the state.
Ibadan residents protest alleged forceful eviction, seek Assembly’s intervention
Scores of residents of Alaja phase one, Alaja phase two, Isagunna and Aponmode communities in the Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State have protested alleged forceful eviction from their property.
The residents, who are landlords and landladies, on Thursday stormed the premises of the state House of Assembly to register their grievances.
They explained that their homes have been invaded by the Mogaji (family head) of the Akinsola family, Chief Wale Oladoja, who claimed to be the real owner of the lands in the communities.
They said they have been occupying the said lands for decades, expressing surprise that someone had obtained a court injunction to evict them.
The protesters appealed to the lawmakers to rescue them from Oladoja, who had sealed off their houses since Wednesday.
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