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Father of seven, 84, kills wife after she declines sex

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August 18, 2023

Father of seven, 84, kills wife after she declines sex

The Edo State Police Command has detained 84-year-old Gabriel Uhuwa for allegedly killing his wife for refusing to have sex with him.

On Wednesday, the command announced the arrest of 198 people for offenses ranging from murder and cultism to armed robbery, abduction, and illicit possession of guns.

Uhuwa was detained, according to the command’s public relations officer, Chidi Nwabuzor, for allegedly killing his 75-year-old wife for refusing to engage in sexual relations with him.

According to Nwabuzor, Uhuwa and his wife have been at odds over her claimed refusal to engage in sexual activity with him whenever he requested it.

He claimed that the elderly man had no regrets and believed that what he had done was the best way to solve his problem.

Uhuwa explained to reporters that his wife was not paying attention to him. She constantly said no when I invited her to join me in bed. Together, we have seven kids: five boys and two girls. The suspect claimed that after discussing the situation with his children, one of her daughters went to talk to the suspect’s wife but she refused to listen.

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“I brought up the issue with my family and her family members, but she didn’t listen to them and kept acting the same way she always had, and I was hearing rumors that pastors were having affairs with her.

The suspect continued, “Each time I requested sex, she would either claim to be ill or to have an ulcer, but I was hearing a rumor that she was sleeping with other men and I don’t have money to take prostitutes.

He said that after filing a complaint, his children stopped sending him money and answering his calls, claiming that his late wife had incited them to hate him.

So I grabbed a cutlass and macheted her in the house on Saturday last week in the afternoon. She wasn’t following me, so I did it out of rage, and I want everybody to know about it, he continued.

But after completing the act, he admitted that he had regretted killing his wife.

UNICAL dismisses dean of law school following claims of sexual harassment

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August 17, 2023

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UNICAL dismisses dean of law school following claims of sexual harassment

A sexual harassment claim has led to the administration of the University of Calabar suspending Prof. Cyril Ndifon, Dean of the Faculty of Law.

Following an investigation by the school’s administration into the charges of sexual harassment made against Ndifon by female faculty members on Monday, the suspension of Ndifon became effective on August 17, 2023.

A popular social media video showed faculty members storming Prof. Florence Obi’s office while holding signs that read, “Ndifon must go for our sanity,” “We are tired of buying law journals,” “We are tired of lecturers not attending classes,” and “Law girls are not your bonanza; Prof. Ndifon should stop grabbing us and others.”

The professor, however, refuted the claims in an interview with CrossRiverWatch, claiming that others on the faculty with a grudge against him organized the demonstration.

The management expressed dissatisfaction with the response to the inquiry sent to Ndifon in a letter from the school registrar, Gabriel Egbe, which was provided to The PUNCH on Thursday by the university’s spokesperson, Eyo Bassey.

Please refer to our letter Ref UC/REG/DISC.45A from August 14, 2023 on your alleged infringement of the terms of the University’s current statutes and policies, as well as your reply to that letter, dated August 16, 2023.

“After reading your written arguments, the Vice Chancellor is not pleased with your justifications.

She has therefore ordered that you be removed from your role as dean of the faculty of law and placed on administrative leave while the case is forwarded to a panel that will be formed to look into these claims.

The resignation from the position of Dean of the Faculty of Law and the suspension from official responsibilities are effective as of August 17, 2023. Before leaving your position, you must turn over to the Sub-Dean of the Faculty all University property you are in possession of, together with any current official duties you are handling.

Except when responding to a request from the panel looking into these claims, you are not to enter university property.

NSCDC apprehends four alleged rail vandals in Nasarawa

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August 17, 2023

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NSCDC apprehends four alleged rail vandals in Nasarawa

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps reported that it has detained four people and stopped a truck that was transporting significant quantities of vandalized rail rails cloaked in iron fragments.

The arrest was made by the NSCDC Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad, according to a statement signed and issued by Babawale Afolabi, the Corps Spokesperson, on Thursday.

In Sabon Pagi, Lafia, Nasarawa State, according to Afolabi, the truck and the four suspects were detained on Monday while traveling on the Lafia-Akwanga-Abuja motorway.

The four suspects have been detained, he continued, in order to conduct additional inquiries and take further action.

“On August 14, 2023, around 10: 30 hrs., the CG’s Special Intelligence Squad, who are on specialized operation to checkmate malicious actions of rail line vandals, detained four suspected vandals who disguised themselves as scavengers,” said the statement.

“It was later found that the suspects had vandalized rail track irons and concealed them among scrap iron materials before loading the vandalized rail track irons into a truck that will deliver them to the customers,” the report reads.

The truck’s specifics were provided, including that it was an articulated DAF truck with the license plate BSA 899XA, and that Anasi Ali, the driver who is 27 years old, is one of the four accused vandals. The other three are an escort, Nasiru Abdullahi, 28, Yusuf Idris, 25, Hafis Idris, 18, and Idris Idris.

“A DAF truck, significant amounts of offloaded scrap irons, and significant amounts of vandalized railroad irons were retrieved from the vandals.”

According to the Corps, a preliminary investigation revealed that the vandals loaded the rail truck with irons and slippers in Makurdi, Benue State, disguised them as scrap irons to appear like scraps, and then transported the vandalized goods to an unnamed iron and steel company in Ilorin, Kwara State, before being stopped and taken into custody.

The offenders will be charged in court following a thorough inquiry that Commandant General of the NSCDC Ahmed Audi has ordered.

CCB to penalize FCTA workers for failing to declare assets

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August 17, 2023

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CCB to penalize FCTA workers for failing to declare assets

The Code of Conduct Bureau has cautioned Federal Capital Territory Administration employees that failure to rigorously abide by the Code of Conduct governing public service by declaring their assets will result in fines.

Suleiman Usman, the state director of the CCB for the FCT, gave the warning on Thursday during a one-day awareness campaign in Abuja.

As government offices are held in trust on behalf of the people, he instructed the staff to guarantee prompt and accurate reporting of their assets for transparency and accountability reasons.

Usman said that many public employees are still uninformed about some of the pertinent information and behaviors expected of them in their jobs, which leads to their unintentional normalization of systemic illegalities.

Additionally, he deplored the practice of public employees working outside of regular business hours and issued a warning that the bureau would take action against any employee who violated this policy after being reported, looked into by the committee of the Bureau, and found guilty.

“We are here to educate the FCT Administration’s civil workers on the value of asset disclosure and to make sure that there is complete compliance. We also informed them of the public officials’ code of conduct so that they would be aware of the dos and don’ts in addition to their duties.

He explained: “We stipulated that federal workers must not engage in direct managing of private business, if they want to operate private firms. The Bureau has a committee that examines and takes the required measure.

Dr. Jummai Ahmadu, the FCTA’s acting director for reform coordination and service improvement, also spoke at the event and noted that the bureau regularly conducts awareness campaigns across the nation to reaffirm the importance of civil servants declaring their assets every four years.

She said that by providing people with comprehensive instructions on how to report their assets, the FCT Administration will make conscious efforts to ensure that they are aware of what is expected of them.

FG appoints new CMDs for 11 federal medical centres

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August 17, 2023

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FG appoints new CMDs for 11 federal medical centres

For the federally constructed medical facilities around the nation, the federal government has selected 11 new chief medical directors.

This information was released on Thursday and made accessible to our correspondent in a press release that was signed by Patricia Deworitshe, the FMoH’s director of press.

The Federal Ministry of Health’s Permanent Secretary, Kachollom Daju, delivered the letters of appointment to the new CMDs in Abuja for a four-year initial term that will begin on August 1, 2023, according to the release.

The new CMDs are Professor Nyandanti Yakub Wilberforce from the Federal Medical Center in Hong, Adamawa State, Professor Issa Baba Awoye from the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital in Buddo-Egba, Kwara State, Professor Umar Faruk Abdumajid from the FMC in Daura, Katsina State, Professor Muhammad Shittu Adamu from the FMC in Wase, Plateau, Professor Shuaibu Ja

Others are Dr. Nurudeen Isa of the National Orthopaedic Hospital in Dala, Kano State, Prof. Mangwa Kortar of the FMC in Makurdi, Benue State, Prof. Robinson Chukwudi Onoh of the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, and Prof. Mangwa Kortar.

Daju, however, gave the new CMDs a mandate to collaborate with the healthcare providers and other stakeholders and investigate all available options in order to create a favorable work environment and infrastructure for providing high-standard healthcare services.

She said, “It may be difficult, but no difficulty is insurmountable, and your nomination is a testament to the confidence the Federal Government reposed in you.”

She urged them to use the knowledge and experience they had accumulated over the years at their various health facilities, stressing that the length of their tenure will depend on how well they performed.

Daju gave the assurance that the ministry will offer the required assistance with the resources at its disposal to enable them to fulfill the hospital standard.

Dr. Anugwu replied on behalf of the newly appointed directors, thanking President Bola Tinubu and the ministry for recognizing their qualifications for the position.

We will exert all of our effort to advance the health care system in our facilities, she vowed, adding, “We will not rest, we will move along with Mr. President’s vision and make sure that our people receive the best, and we will not disappoint you. We will do our best to improve the lot of our people.

IPAC opposes appointment of state minister of petroleum from Niger Delta

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August 17, 2023

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IPAC opposes appointment of state minister of petroleum from Niger Delta

The selection of a Minister of State for Petroleum Resources from the oil-rich Niger Delta region has drawn criticism from the Inter-Party Advisory Council.

Yabagi Sani, the National Chairman of IPAC, called the appointment a “wrong signal” on Thursday during Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily breakfast program.

According to Sani, confining the appointment to a specific state will encourage a sense of entitlement among Niger Delta residents.

“Unfortunately, the Niger Delta has been used to make it appear that Niger Delta residents should be chosen to that ministry. It sends the wrong message because when you give people a sense of entitlement, their productivity is no longer valued as highly.

“I believe we need to modify that circumstance, but if he must, why not award a North Central native the Federal Capital Territory? This is not because I am from the region. If you must make a big deal out of such a crucial ministry.

What can we do to stop the theft of crude oil? he questioned. According to what we have heard so far, persons from that region are responsible for the systematic theft of crude oil.
Sani recommended that the petroleum industry be examined from a professional and a national interest perspective,” he stated.

According to Sani, the President’s duties for the Ministry of Petroleum Resources are significant and crucial. She noted that if the ministry were given sole authority to the president, there might be lingering concerns about accountability and the effectiveness of the government’s efforts to combat crude oil theft.

“If that is the president’s objective, I think that ministry is too essential for him to take on as additional job. The reason is that due to improper management of that industry (the oil and gas sector), we have had the type of setbacks we have in the economy as a whole.

“The president, who is already extremely busy, is taking over the ministry and will be in charge of it personally. We might not get the outcome we were hoping for, I’m sure. The elimination of corruption from that sector as rapidly as possible is what we seek, he said.

Soldiers killed 28 terrorists, detained 114 offenders in two weeks

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August 17, 2023

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Soldiers killed 28 terrorists, detained 114 offenders in two weeks

Between August 7 and August 17, 2023, military conducted operations across the nation, killing no less than 28 terrorists and detaining 114 criminals.

92 terrorists, six gunrunners, three kidnappers, six collaborators, and seven suspected oil thieves are among the criminals detained, according to the Defence Headquarters.

Maj. Gen. Edward Buba, director of defense media operations, said this on Thursday in Abuja while briefing journalists on military operations during the time period under consideration.

Buba also reported the rescue of 82 kidnapped individuals.

The men and women in the armed services will keep putting their lives in danger again to defend our wonderful country, he declared.

The military apprehended 92 terrorists, 28 terrorists, six gunrunners, three kidnappers, six collaborators, and seven oil thieves in the weeks preceding August 17, 2023. They also neutralized 28 terrorists. Additionally, troops freed 82 kidnapped hostages and confiscated N876,451,800.00 from oil thieves.

Buba went on to say that 108 weapons and 564 rounds of ammunition were all that the forces managed to retrieve.

“In total, troops found 108 guns and 564 rounds of ammunition. Here is the breakdown: 22 AK47 rifles, 1 PKT gun, 6 pump action guns, 4 Dane guns, 1 fabricated rifle, 1 Galil Ace rifle, 1 RGP bomb, 1 RPG tube, 44 hand grenades, 322 rounds of 7.62mm special ammunition, 63 rounds of 12.7mm ammunition, 12 rounds of 5.6mm ammunition, 33 AK47 magazines, 1 empty case of 7.62mm special ammunition, and 3 empty magazines, he added.

According to him, criminals across the nation had also left with 14 motorcycles, 16 mobile phones, three Motorolla radios, one Boafeng radio, two motorcycle tires, five touch lights, two solar panels, 104 animals, and N2,896,400.

He said that 36 dugout pits, 62 wooden boats, 73 storage tanks, one truck, and 75 cooking ovens were among the items that the forces in the Niger Delta region found and destroyed.

“Other items include 33 illegal refinery sites, five outboard motors, and four pumps. Additionally, troops found 1,166,900 liters of stolen crude oil, 1,491,250 liters of illegally refined AGO, 54,750 liters of DPK, and 800 liters of PMS, the official said.

Helicopter crash: Obi commiserates with NAF, victims’ families

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August 17, 2023

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Helicopter crash: Obi commiserates with NAF, victims’ families

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate for the Labour Party, expressed sympathy to the Nigerian Air Force for the recent MI-171 helicopter mishap that cost the lives of some troops.

Obi called the situation unpleasant and said it made him sad.

He expressed his sympathies to the families of the servicemen who lost their life in the event on his social media channel on Thursday.

The former governor of Anambra State also bemoaned the general state of unrest in the nation.

He claimed that it has continued to bring shame to the country and to cost it valuable lives and property, along with the resulting financial implications.

In order to prevent similar incidents in the future, he asked for a thorough inquiry to determine what caused the crash. He also urged the NAF and other security agencies to remain optimistic in the face of difficulties.

“The terrible accident of the Nigerian Air Force MI-171 Helicopter while on a mission to evacuate casualties near Chukuba Village in Niger State truly saddens me.

“The appalling degree of insecurity in most of the nation has continued to make us look bad and cost us priceless lives and property, with the ensuing financial expenses. My thoughts and prayers are with the families of the brave servicemen who perished in that catastrophe.

“I also want to express my profound condolences to the Nigerian Air Force over this tragic occurrence and urge them, along with other security forces, to not be discouraged by the difficulties, but to see them as our route to creating a safe and secure country.

“As a means of preventing similar incidents in the future, I would also like to support the conduct of a thorough inquiry to determine the reason of the crash.

“We will never stop fighting for our country. All of our sacrifices become honorable deeds in its service, which is our greatest heritage, he remarked.

Meet Ali Pate, the man to heal Nigeria’s ailing health sector

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August 17, 2023

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Meet Ali Pate, the man to heal Nigeria’s ailing health sector

Nine days after the Senate confirmed them following a week-long vetting process, President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday announced the portfolios of 45 ministers.

On Monday at the State House Conference at Aso Villa, Abuja, the President will swear in the ministers.

Prof. Ali Muhammad Pate, a seasoned figurehead in global health, was chosen by Tinubu as the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare.

He has held many top roles in Nigeria and overseas and served on a number of boards with a health focus in the governmental, corporate, and not-for-profit sectors.

What you should know about Ali Pate is listed below:

In the Misau local government area of Bauchi State, Pate was born on September 6, 1968. According to reports, he is the first person in his family to graduate from high school.

He attended Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Kaduna state. After earning his degree from ABU, he relocated to the Gambia, where he spent a few years working at small-town hospitals, according to Wikipedia.

The Nigerian doctor and politician received his MBA from Duke University in the United States and training in infectious diseases and internal medicine. He attended University College London prior to this. From the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom, he also holds a Master’s degree in Health System Management.

He began working with the World Bank Group in 2000 as a Young Professional and focused on health concerns in a number of areas, including Africa and East Asia and the Pacific.

He was named Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the National Primary Health Care Agency in 2008, serving in that capacity until 2011, when he was named Minister of State for Health.

He established a policy whereby leaders in relevant fields assisted in promoting immunization; as a result, cases of wild poliomyelitis reduced from 803 at the end of 2008 to just 11 in 2010.

Pate had a key role in developing the agenda for change to handle unresolved challenges. Additionally, he put out ground-breaking ideas like partnering between the public and private sectors and educating middle management about primary healthcare. He created the Midwives’ Service Scheme as well to alleviate the high maternal and infant mortality rate in the nation.

His support of healthcare in underdeveloped nations earned him the title of Harvard Health Leader in 2012 from the Harvard Ministerial Leadership Programme.

In 2013, he gave up his post as the Minister of State for Health to accept a professorship at Duke University’s Global Health Institute in the United States of America.

He was awarded the title of Chigarin Misau on May 2, 2014, in honor of his accomplishments and public service to Nigeria. The Chigari Foundation, which he formed, was also born as a result of the acknowledgment. A non-profit organization called Chigari Foundation seeks to engage Nigerian communities via world-class leadership.

He started serving as Big Win Philanthropy’s chief executive officer in 2015 for a three-year term. Big Win Philanthropy is a nonprofit organization that invests in children and young people in developing nations to help them improve their lives and take advantage of opportunities for long-term economic growth in their specific regions.

Pate ran for governor of Bauchi state in 2015 as a candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party, however he came in third place with 86 votes in the party primary, falling behind Babayo Gamawa (116 votes) and Mohammed Jatau (368) who ultimately won.

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In contrast, Muhammed Abubakar, the All Progressives Congress candidate, defeated Jatau in the general election.

In 2016, he also served as a Richard L. and Ronay A. Menschel Senior Leadership Fellow at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where he taught a course titled “Leadership Development in Global Health: Building Community Trust Networks.”

As of May 2019, Pate is based in Washington, DC, and serves as the Global Director of the World Bank’s Health, Nutrition, and Population Global Practice as well as the Director of the Global Financing Facility for Women, Children, and Adolescents.

He oversaw the World Bank’s $18 billion COVID-19 global health response between 2019 and 2021, and he represented the Bank on a number of boards, including those of Gavi, the Global Fund, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.

He ran for office in March 2019 under the People’s Redemption Party banner, but Bala Muhammad, a former minister of the FCT and PDP candidate, defeated him.

On July 1, 2019, he was named the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health’s Julio Frenk Professor of Public Health Leadership.

As the Julio Frenk Professor of the Practice of Public Health Leadership at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Pate will be returning to Harvard University in September 2021.

He again ran in the APC’s governorship primary in May 2022, but this time he was defeated by Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, a former chief of the air staff.

Pate received the title of Commander of the Order of the Niger on October 11, 2022.

He stepped down as the Chief Executive Officer of Gavi, the international vaccine alliance, in July 2023 so that he may return to Nigeria and help his own nation.

Seth Berkley, a medical epidemiologist from the United States, had held the role since 2011, but Gavi had announced in February that Pate will take over on August 3.

Pate told Gavi, “It has been an exceedingly difficult decision for him to accept a request to return and help his own Nigeria.”

The First WHO Health Systems Research Forum in 2009 in Montreux, Switzerland; the Mckinsey Geneva Health Forum in 2009; the Ernst Strungmann Forum in 2010 in Frankfurt, Germany; the China-Africa Roundtable for Health in 2010; and the Pacific Summit in 2011 in Seattle, Washington, USA are just a few of the national and international panels on which he has participated.

He has served as a director on the American International Health Alliance’s board since 2017.

He serves on the boards of several organizations, including the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Steering Committee on Assessment of Impact of Polio Eradication on Routine Immunization, Merck for Mothers, the Primary Health Care Performance Initiative, and the Board of the Private Health Sector Alliance of Nigeria.

Pate has two boys and four daughters from his marriage.

Breaking: Tinubu selects Wike as minister of FCT, Umahi as minister of construction

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August 16, 2023

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Breaking: Tinubu selects Wike as minister of FCT, Umahi as minister of construction

President Bola Tinubu has selected Nyesome Wike and Dave Umahi, the most recent governors of the states of Rivers and Ebonyi, to serve as the FCT and Works Ministers, respectively.

Details to come…