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DPR: 94% of filling stations now complying with new fuel price

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The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says 94 percent of filling stations have complied with the new petrol price of between N121.50 to N123.50 per litre.

Abubakar Buba, the Abuja zonal operations controller of the DPR, disclosed this while conducting a monitoring exercise of fuel retail outlets in the federal capital territory (FCT).

Buba expressed satisfaction with the level of compliance by oil marketers, noting that it would sanction any actor within the downstream sector flouting the rules.

He said the reason the agency is pushing for compliance is to ensure that marketers do not sell above the designated price range, under-dispense to motorists or divert the products to neighbouring states.

Buba disclosed that of the 36 petrol retail outlets visited so far, only two were found selling above N123.50 which are, Rahamaniyya Oil and Gas; and Mpape and Yinzag Petroils, Mabushi.

He said the two petrol retail outlets were sealed off, sanctioned and have been directed to comply with the new prices, after which they would be reopened.

Speaking on the complaints of contaminated diesel being sold in some locations across the country, Bubu said officials from the agency have visited different locations to collect samples of the products and it is currently waiting for the results of the tests conducted on the samples.

“We have received a lot of complaints; some of them we visited and took a sample, and we are now waiting for the analysis. Although the laboratory scientists are not available now, the few management staff that we have are trying to make sure that they do the analysis.”

COVID-19: ‘Disregard Wike’s 8pm-6am curfew, enforce FG’s 10pm-4am directive’ – Rivers police to officers

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The Rivers State Police Command has said it is enforcing the 10 pm-4 am curfew of the Federal government and not the 8 pm-6 am curfew of the State government.

The Command made clarification following the conflicting orders of the Federal and the State governments in a bid to curb the spread of COVID-19.

Recall that the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, declared a curfew on Port Harcourt and Obio Akpor starting from June 2.

The curfew, according to Wike, would run from 8 pm to 6 am.

But speaking to the media in Port Harcourt, Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Nnamdi Omoni said officers were not implementing the curfew imposed by the Rivers Government.

DSP Omoni said the Command had directed its men to enforce the compliance of the curfew declared by the Federal Government, which begins at 10 pm to 4 am daily.

He argued that, “Since both curfew times are meant to meet the same target, that of the Federal Government supersedes, in keeping with the constitutional provisions of the country.”

Omoni advised members of the public who suffer harassment in the hands of police officers as a result of the conflicting time to call the Police Emergency phone lines or his mobile line

JUST IN: 104 COVID-19 cases recorded in one company in Ogun

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The Ogun state government has said that 104 new COVID-19 cases were discovered in one company in Sagamu.

The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker, made this known on Wednesday in Abeokuta. She, however, noted that the patients are all asymptomatic.

Coker said that the state recorded 108 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, bringing the total to 471. She added that the state has also recorded 13 COVID-19 deaths.

She said, “104 cases are from a single site and they are all asymptomatic. 108 new cases, 104 from Sagamu, three from Abeokuta South and one from Yewa South.”

Also reacting to the development, Remi Hassan, the Special Adviser to Governor Dapo Abiodun on Public Communications, said the latest figure was the highest figure it had recorded since the state’s index case.

Hassan added that the latest number of cases shows that the transmission of the virus is not a reflection of community spread.

He stated that the state government was no going back on its plan to reopen the religious centres despite the alarming 108 COVID-19 cases recorded in the state within 24 hours.

He said the state government subjected the staff of some companies along Sagamu-interchange to what he called a total COVID-19 test, when it learned that they were not observing protocols for the virus.

COVID-19: Makinde gives update on reopening of religious centers, schools

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Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has said that schools in the state remain closed due to the increase in the number of COVID-19 cases.

Makinde said this while delivering an address at a special plenary to commemorate the first year anniversary of the state House of Assembly on Wednesday.

According to the governor, the ban on religious and social gatherings in the state may not be lifted soon, adding that the state should not be in a hurry to fully reopen.

He said, “We have held off from reversing our directive on religious gatherings. We saw what happened when a private organisation did not follow the advisories we provided to the letter.

“Over 50 percent of the COVID-19 cases in Oyo State can be traced to this organisation. So, I take this opportunity to, again, plead with our religious leaders to be patient with us. We are keeping eye on the numbers and will adjust this directive at the right time. Schools won’t be reopened yet.”

Two French soldiers wounded in a shootout by Chadian troops in N’Djamena

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Two French soldiers were shot and wounded Tuesday near the Chadian presidential palace in the capital N’Djamena, in what the French military described as an “accident.”

The two soldiers were on a reconnaissance patrol outside the palace to prepare for an official visit, Colonel Frederic Barbry, a military spokesman, told AFP. “The circumstances of the accident are still to be determined,” he said, adding the two soldiers’ lives were not in danger but they were being evacuated.

An officer in Chad’s presidential guard, who asked not to be named, told AFP the two “arrived in a white Prado (jeep). They were in civilian clothes and stopped in front of the main gate of the new palace and therefore the soldiers on guard fired on them. Then another car came and got them.”

Chad, whose president Idriss Deby has been in power for three decades, is an ally of France and its military is seen as one of the most effective in the region. Its military is a key part of the 5,000-man G5 Sahel force, alongside Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali and Mauritania, cooperating with France’s Barkhane force deployed in the Sahel to combat a growing Islamist insurgency.

Deby surprised G5 partners and France earlier this year when he said no Chadian soldier would participate in operations outside the nation’s border. The Chad military also participates in the Multinational Joint Force (FMM) which since 2015 has been fighting Boko Haram, now very established in the Lake Chad basin on the border with Niger and Cameroon.

Boko Haram’s jihadist conflict in northeast Nigeria since 2009 has killed 35,000 people and displaced around two million from their homes. On March 23, 98 Chadian soldiers were massacred in an attack on their base at Bohoma on the banks of Lake Chad.

Deby then ordered a massive offensive against the group from March 31 to April 3, and said there was “not a single jihadist left” in the Lake Chad region. N’Djamena claimed a thousand “terrorists” had been killed in the crackdown.

Scores of terrorists killed as Troops destroy Boko Haram hideout in air strikes Kacha Korle, Sambisa

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Scores of Boko Haram fighters have been killed in air strikes by the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has destroying a Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) hideout at Kacha Korle in the Sambisa Forest general area of Borno State.

Confirming the operation, the Coordinator, Defence Media Operations Major General John Enenche said, the strike was executed on 10 June 2020, following intelligence reports indicating that the location was being used as a staging area and meeting venue for the terrorists from where they planned and launched attacks against troops’ locations and civilian settlements within the Sector 1 Area of Responsibility, including the Maiduguri-Damaturu Highway.

”’Accordingly, the Air Task Force dispatched an Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft and fighter jets to attack the hideout.

”Overhead the target area, many BHT fighters were observed in and around some prominent structures. These were engaged in successive passes by the attack aircraft leading to the destruction of some of the structures as well as the neutralization of several of the terrorists.” He said.

In his reaction, the Chief of the Air Staff Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar commended the Air Task Force and urged them to intensify the air offensive against the terrorists.

Consequently, the Defence Headquarters also saluted the courage and dedication of the Air Task Force working in concert with other security agencies and stakeholders towards the defeat of the criminals in the North East.

Nigeria records 315 new cases of COVID-19, total now 12,801

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Nigeria has recorded 315 new cases of Coronavirus, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced.
NCDC, on its verified twitter handle on Monday night, said that Lagos State recorded 128 new cases, the Federal Capital Territory recorded 34 cases, Rivers State had 32 cases, Edo State recorded 28 cases, Oyo State recorded 22 cases, Kaduna State had 20 cases and Gombe State had 13 cases.
The tweet further revealed that Ogun State had eight new cases, Delta and Kwara State had seven cases each, Plateau and Kano State recorded five cases, Bauchi had four cases and Katsina State recorded two case.
As at now, 12801 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Nigeria with 4040 patients discharged and 361 deaths recorded.

Jigawa Discharges 222 COVID-19 Patients, Lifts Lockdown

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The Jigawa State Government has discharged 222 COVID-19 patients in the state.

Governor Badaru Abubakar disclosed this on Monday during a press briefing in Dutse, the state capital.

Abubakar noted that the state government released the 222 out of 283 patients because they have recovered from the coronavirus disease.

The governor also revealed that his administration lifted all lockdowns and ban on weekly markets in the state.

According to him, 120 almajirai are among those discharged, thus leaving only two patients in the isolation centre.

Governor Abubakar believes the success recorded was as a result of government efforts in ramping up testing capacity and increase in surveillance.

 

Operation Accord: More armed bandits killed, camps destroyed by air strikes in Zamfara

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In continuation of air strikes being conducted under Operation ACCORD, the Air Component of Operation HADARIN DAJI has destroyed an armed bandits’ camp at Kwayanbana Forest in Zamfara State killing scores of armed bandits and wounding many.

According to the Coordinator Defence Media Operations, Maj Gen John Enenche said, the feat was achieved 7 June 2020, after Human Intelligence (HUMINT) reports and series of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions established that a group of makeshift structures hidden under the dense forest vegetation as well as the caves in the surrounding high grounds serve as hideout for the armed bandits and their notorious kingpin, Dogo Gede.

Consequently, the Air Component dispatched a force package of attack aircraft and helicopter gunships to engage the location, leading to the destruction of the makeshift structures as well as the neutralization of several of the armed bandits.

In his reaction, The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar commended the Air Component of Operation HADARIN DAJI for their professionalism and urged them to remain resolute in the conduct of air strikes whilst continuing to provide close air support for ongoing ground operations in order to eradicate all armed bandits; thus accomplishing the directives of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of restoring normalcy in the North West and North Central Zones of the Country.

Former Lagos Police Boss Abubakar Tsav is Dead

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Socio-critic and former Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Alhaji Abubakar Tsav, is dead.

Television Nigerian gathers that his Personal Assistant, Torkuma Uke, confirmed his death to newsmen in Makurdi.

Tsav who was appointed Commissioner of Public Complaint Commission in Benue by President Muhammadu Buhari during his first tenure was said to have died at the Federal Medical Centre in Makurdi on Monday afternoon after a brief illness.

The deceased was aged 82.

His third son, Sani Abubakar Tsav, also confirmed his father’s death to newsmen stressing that, “he had been ill for sometime now.”

Tsav’s son said his father will be buried at the Muslim Cemetery in Makurdi according to his wishes.

Many sympathizers including the State Commissioner of Police, Garba Mukaddas, were spotted at the mosque where the late Tsav’s body laid for prayers.

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