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The World Health Organisation has revealed that Covid-19 is still killing around 1,700 people a week around the world.
The WHO said this on Thursday, urging at-risk populations to keep up with their vaccinations against the disease.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus sounded a warning on declining vaccine coverage.
Despite the continued death toll, “data show that vaccine coverage has declined among health workers and people over 60, which are two of the most at-risk groups,” the UN health agency’s chief told a press conference.
“WHO recommends that people in the highest-risk groups receive a Covid-19 vaccine within 12 months of their last dose.”
More than seven million Covid deaths have been reported to the WHO, though the true toll of the pandemic is thought to be far higher.
Covid-19 also shredded economies and crippled health systems.
Tedros declared an end to COVID-19 as an international public health emergency in May 2023, more than three years on from when the virus was first detected in Wuhan, China, in late 2019.
The WHO has urged governments to maintain virus surveillance and sequencing and to ensure access to affordable and reliable tests, treatments and vaccines.
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Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, on Thursday, signed an Executive Order restricting the movement of motorcycles in the state from 8:00 pm to 6:00 am.
A statement by the Governor’s spokesperson, Sulaiman Bala Idris, explained that the development is part of decisions taken during an emergency meeting of the Security Council on Wednesday.
Idris stated that the executive order was signed by the governor at the Government House in Gusau, the state capital.
According to him, to legally enforce the restriction, the state’s Attorney General, Abdul’aziz Sani SAN, presented Executive Order No. 07, 2024 to the governor and subsequently assented.
The statement reads, “Today, Governor Dauda Lawal signed an order to restrict and prohibit the movement of motorcycles from 8:00 pm to 6:00 am in Zamfara State.
“This is in an effort to protect the lives and property of the people, as well as to curb security challenges and broaden the scope of government measures to strengthen the fight against banditry and other forms of social vices in the state.
“Effective immediately, all motorcycles are now restricted within the state between 08:00 pm and 06:00 am.
“No motorcycles are allowed to travel on any road in the state during these hours.
“Security agencies are instructed to arrest anyone who violates this order.
“The Attorney General of Zamfara State is authorized to prosecute those who disobey the restriction order.”
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The Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu, on Thursday signed the amended local government and chieftaincy law and five others in the state.
The amended law stripped the Sultan of the power to appoint district and village heads in the state.
The other laws are – Sokoto State Tenancy Law, Zakkat, and Waqf Law, and two others.
The governor has come under criticism lately over an alleged plan to dethrone the Sultan, who is the President-General of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs country.
In his address at the ceremony, Aliyu said the new laws were not designed to witch-hunt any individual or group but to strengthen good governance in the state.
He advised Muslim clerics not to play into the hands of “lazy politicians” who were determined to score political goals through falsehood.
READ ALSO: Shariah Centre warns Sokoto govt to stay away from Sultan
The governor insisted that his administration would continue to listen to the yearnings and aspirations of the people of the state.
Aliyu said: “We note with concern the unnecessary tension created by our proposal to amend some of these laws.
“Some of the reactions were politically motivated while others were done ignorantly without care to inquire from the right quarters on the details and intention of the amendment.
“It is a known fact that in every society, laws are enacted and amended to suit the needs of time and interest of the governed in line with circumstances at hand.
“Previous administrations had amended one law or the other in the state to give the state laws the needed touch that would fast-track peace and development.
“Let me make it clear that the just amended laws are not meant to winch-hunt any individual or group but rather to promote good governance and to remove the ambiguity and inconsistency with the nation’s constitution.”
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Presidential media assistant Bayo Onanuga has urged governors Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos), Babagana Zulum (Borno) and other state leaders to comply with the Supreme Court’s verdict granting full autonomy to local governments.
He made this known in a post via his official X handle on Thursday.
Following the Supreme Court’s verdict on Thursday, which mandates that all LGAs receive their monthly allocations directly into their accounts, he advised the governors not to misuse the financial autonomy granted to the local councils.
“The Nigerian state governors should not see the Supreme Court judgement granting financial autonomy to the local councils as an affront,” he said.
Posting a photo of Sanwo-Olu, Zulum and other governors, Onanuga said: “The governors must allow the councils to breathe and flourish again. It is in their best interest to ensure that the judgement is fully implemented in their domains.”
He pointed out that although local government is a crucial tier of government, state governors have undermined and made them ineffective in the past 25 years.
“The local council is a very important third tier of government, and its emasculation by the governors in the last 25 years has been at the root of the poverty and insecurity we have all over our country,” Onanuga said.
TVN reports that the Supreme Court on Thursday granted the local government areas across the country financial autonomy.
LG autonomy: Governors must obey Supreme Court – Onanuga
The Imo State Police Command has described as false the allegation of sexual harassment and intimidation levelled against its personnel.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Henry Okoye, informed that the allegation of assault levelled against the DPO of New Owerri Station by a certain Chief Ogumba Onyeaghala, who claimed to be a member of the Police Community Relations Committee, PCRC, is false and should be disregarded by the public.
The police spokesperson stated that the Commissioner of Police, on hearing the news published on a popular online media platform, set up a committee to investigate the allegation.
“After conducting a thorough investigation, the Command wishes to inform the general public that the allegations levelled against the DPO as contained in the petition are unfounded, malicious, and mischievous.
“To begin with, the said Chief Ogumba Onyeagahala is not a member of PCRC, New Owerri Division, as he alleged in the petition. His address and phone numbers on the petition are fake. Hence, all efforts to reach out to him to substantiate his allegations proved abortive,” he stated.
Okoye further stated that the PCRC New Owerri has written a disclaimer to the Commissioner of Police, distancing itself from the purported allegations against the DPO, noting that it had on several occasions commended the DPO for his remarkable leadership style and proactive efforts in safeguarding the lives and properties of the residents of New Owerri as it remains one of the safest areas in the state.
ASP Okoye hinted that officers whose names appeared on the petition and other principal officers serving at New Owerri Division have been interviewed separately and they unequivocally stated that
the contents of the petition are entirely false.
He faulted the online media that carried the story for not seeking the reaction of the command before going public without considering the negative effect of such publication on the image of the DPO and the entire police force.
“It is crucial to state that contrary to the allegations made by the Sahara Reporters in the publication, the Police Public Relations Officer was never contacted to get the Command’s reaction on the said issue before publishing a very sensational report that borders on the conduct and reputation of the DPO. Without any ambivalence, the Command views the publications as a deliberate and concerted attempt by mischief makers to dampen the reputation and morale of the Divisional Police Officers as well as the already established confidence he has built in the minds of the residents of New Owerri. Efforts are in progress to apprehend the originator and purveyors of the misleading publication,” he further stated.
He said that no amount of distraction can dissuade the command from discharging its duties for the overall safety of the state.
“Commissioner of Police Aboki Danjuma reaffirms the Command’s unalloyed dedication to discharging its constitutional mandates while ensuring that its personnel are protected from any form of sexual harassment and gender discrimination,” he concluded.
Sexual harassment against Imo DPO false — Police
A coalition of student bodies in Ogun State on Thursday threatened to protest over a 24-year-old student of Gateway ICT Polytechnic, Saapade, Aiyepe Annexe, Pelumi David, said to have been killed by a hit-and-run driver on Monday.
The fleeing driver was said to have hit David and the motorcyclist, Hassan Ariyo, who was carrying her from the rear in front of the Ogun State Orientation Camp of the National Youth Service Corps, along Ikenne-Sagamu Road, killing both of them.
The spokesperson for the Ogun State Police Command, SP Omolola Odutola, confirmed the incident to journalists.
She said the car lost control and collided with the motorcycle, causing both riders to fall and sustain fatal head injuries.
Odutola said “On Monday at about 2 pm a fatal hit-and-run accident took place in Sakura Division along the Sagamu-Ikenne Road.
“The incident involved a black Toyota Camry car and an unregistered Bajaj motorcycle, ridden by a 22-year-old Hassan Ariyo from Ikenne and his passenger, 24-year-old Pelumi Ade, a student at Sapade Gateway Polytechnic.
“ Their bodies were removed and taken to OOUTH Mortuary. The parents of the deceased, accompanied by the Chairman of Odogbolu Local Government, have requested the bodies for burial.
“Efforts are underway to apprehend the fleeing driver, and a sketch map and photographs have been taken for reference.”
However, student bodies in the state have disclosed plans to protest the death of the student, alleging the connivance of the NYSC officials to shield the driver who is believed to have killed the student and the motorcyclist.
The students disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, jointly signed by chairman, National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS JCC/Ogun Axis, Adeyanju Oluwafemi; National President, National Association of Ogun State Students, Thomas Kehinde, and President, Progressive Students Movement, Bestman Okereafor.
The student’s groups claimed that the suspected driver of the grey colour Toyota Camry had reportedly fled into the NYSC Orientation Camp after running over the victims.
They explained that the NYSC officials had denied that the suspected driver was hiding inside the camp, and this led to a heated argument between the students and some soldiers at the entrance of the camp.
The students disclosed that following the intervention of the chairman of Odogbolu Local Government, Shittu, the Area Commander, Sagamu, and DPO Sakora division, the vehicle was brought out just washed with the towel used in washing the car also used in covering the vehicle number plate.
The security personnel were said to have compelled the NYSC officials, after which they produced the owner of the car, who was said to have identified himself as Ojo Aina.
The student bodies, while commending the swift response of the Nigerian Police and intelligence of the Sagamu Area commander, expressed displeasure that the vehicle and driver are yet to be in police custody.
They have equally demanded the replacement of the state NYSC Coordinator, Mrs Olayinka Nasamu, for her alleged insensitivity and lack of empathy for the dead, saying that she has not acted in a way to protect the interests of young Nigerians
The student’s groups said, “The accident that claimed the life of our student and another youth was never a head-on collision as been claimed based on the injury sustained by the victims when their dead bodies were observed.
“We also demand the immediate replacement of Mrs. Olayinka Diana Nasamu, the inhumane State Coordinator, NYSC Ogun State, for lack of empathy and lackadaisical attitude towards the dead as a supposed mother.
“She was not only arrogant but also mannerless and pompous, yet she uttered words that were unheard of by a supposed mother.
“Nigerian Students will in our thousands be protesting at the NYSC State secretariat the death of our student by the driver who drove into the NYSC premises and said to be an NYSC staff.
“We demand that the driver of the alleged vehicle and the vehicle be thoroughly investigated! The protest shall be affirmatively held on Monday, July 15.”
The students also appealed to Gateway ICT Polytechnic’s management to take full responsibility if the student’s funeral.
However, when contacted by our correspondent, the NYSC State Coordinator denied being involved in the incident.
Nasamu said she was surprised to hear of such unfounded allegations and baseless reports.
She said, “I am not aware of such an allegation. The allegations are unfounded. They should have gone to the right authority to get their facts right. I am surprised to hear of such an unfounded allegation.”
The Zamfara State Government said it has secured foreign investments from Turkish investors.
A statement on Thursday by Governor Dauda Lawal’s spokesperson, Sulaiman Idris, noted that Lawal started his official visit to Turkey on Sunday, June 30, which lasted six days.
“The governor travelled to Turkey in the first week of July where he met prominent investors and embarked on facilities tour of factories in different cities in that country.
“The official visit to Turkey commenced with Governor Lawal’s visit to Bursa city where Direkci Group has the biggest greenhouse project in Turkey,” the statement read.
Idris stated that the group plans to establish modernised and mechanised greenhouse projects in Zamfara.
“For Zamfara, the Direkci Group plans to establish various greenhouses, including soilless greenhouse, soil greenhouse, polyclima greenhouse, transplanting, ornamental production greenhouse and banana growing greenhouse,” he added.
According to the statement, another Turkish company, Innova Dairy Farm, will establish a modern dairy farm in Zamfara, utilising advanced technologies such as rumination and activity monitoring, herd management systems and cooling systems.
Additionally, Lawal discussed a potential collaboration with Türk Traktör, a prominent tractor manufacturing company, to acquire modern tractors suitable for farming in Nigeria.
“The company has the capability to produce New Holland and Case IH tractors at the same time. It is the first tractor-exporting company in Turkey and accounted for 88 per cent of the total tractor exports of the country in 2022,” he concluded.
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) governorship candidate in Kogi State, Murtala Ajaka, has rejected the verdict of the Appeal Court which upheld Governor Usman Ododo’s victory in last year’s governorship election in the state.
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja had earlier on Thursday upheld Ododo’s victory in the poll held on November 11, 2023.
In Thursday’s proceeding, the appellate court resolved all four grounds of appeal against the appellants.
The court held that the SDP and its candidate failed to prove the allegation of fraud in the election.
It added that the allegation of certificate forgery against the governor was a pre-election matter that should have been resolved by the Federal High Court.
However, in a statement issued in Lokoja, the SDP candidate alleged that the verdict was influenced by manipulations.
Ajaka added that he would appeal the appeal court at the Supreme Court.
He stressed that the journey to reclaiming his mandate was not limited to the appellate court decision.
READ ALSO: Appeal Court upholds Gov Ododo’s election in Kogi
“We must remain relentless in our pursuit of justice. We cannot afford to be deterred by setbacks or disheartened by temporary defeats. Our cause is justice and our determination will not waver. We must stand united and continue to support our legal team as they navigate these complex legal waters on our behalf.
“I want to assure you, our political followers that victory is within our grasp. We firmly believe that the truth will prevail, and justice will be served. We have full faith in the Nigerian judicial system, and we are confident that the apex court will rectify the injustices that have been inflicted upon us once again.
“We understand the frustration and anger that may arise from this situation, but resorting to violence or any form of unlawful behaviour is not the solution. We must continue to uphold the principles of democracy and fight for justice through legal means.
“We have tirelessly fought for the rights and interests of the people of Kogi State and we will not let this temporary setback deter us from our mission.
“We understand that this decision may have brought about feelings of disappointment and frustration among our supporters, but we want to assure you that this setback will not stop our determination to use all legal means to reclaim our stolen mandate.”
The post SDP’s Ajaka rejects Appeal Court ruling on Kogi governorship election appeared first on Latest Nigeria News | Top Stories from TVN.
Fire, on Thursday, engulfed the Mainland Oil and Gas filling station located in the Kubwa area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
The fire was said to have started at about 5:30 pm.
The inferno was reportedly caused after a tanker discharging fuel at the filling station caught fire during the process.
Personnel of the FCT Fire Service and police have been deployed to the scene to extinguish the fire and ensure order.
Confirming the incident, the FCT Police spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, said the FCT Commissioner of Police, Benneth Igweh quickly mobilised to the scene.
Adeh said no death was recorded, adding that the fire was under control.
She said, “In response to the fire outbreak at Mainland Oil and Gas filling station in Kubwa, the Commissioner of Police FCT, CP Benneth Igweh, swiftly mobilised police patrol teams from Kubwa division and personnel of PMF 50 alongside operatives of the Federal Fire Service to the scene to possibly rescue victims, extinguish the fire, and protect other assets of the filling station from being engulfed.
“While no fatalities were recorded, preliminary investigation revealed that a tanker discharging fuel actually caught fire, but with the combined effort of the police operatives, fire service personnel, and members of the public, the fire was extinguished even though the tanker got burned completely.
“While the cause of the fire outbreak is yet to be ascertained, the situation is now very much under control, as the fire has been extinguished.”