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Angry Youths Block Highway In Adamawa State Over Frequent Kidnappings, Accuse The Police Of Complicity (PHOTOS)
Several Adamawa youths blocked the Federal highway passing through the Girei community to Yola and other parts of the State on Tuesday 7th January 2020 to protest against the frequent kidnappings in the area.
The youths from the Girei Local Government rendered several motorists and travelers stranded. They promised not to open the road until the authorities, particularly the commissioner of police or the Governor, address them and commit to addressing the challenge.
A spokesperson for the youths, Saidu Hamman-Girei and also youth leader, (Sarkin Matasa) of Girei District said that about 10 persons from the community recently lost their lives to kidnappers.
"But what we are hearing now is that there is an order from the police headquarters that the suspects be released," he said.
The youth leader also said that between N60 million – N70 million had also been paid as ransom to kidnappers.
“We mobilized and supported the security in arresting about 11 suspects with pieces of incriminating evidence. We want the Commissioner of Police to come and tell us why, because serious tension is brewing here. I had to intervene yesterday to stop youths from burning down Girei Police Station,’’ Mr. Hamman-Girei hinted
The Police PRO, DSP Suleiman Yahaya, said the commissioner of police had sent an Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of operations to Girei to handle the situation
The NBA All-Star game has now to be called The Kobe Bryant MVP Award. NBA commissioner, Adam Silver made this announcement on Saturday 15th February.
The Kobe Bryant MVP Award will be given this Sunday at the closing of this year’s All-Star Game in Chicago. Both teams will be captained by Giannis Antetokounmpo and Lebron James respectively. Team Lebron will put on No 2 and team Giannis will put on No 24. These two numbers were worn by Gianna, Kobe’s daughter and Kobe Bryant.
Recall that Kobe won the All-Star Game MVP in 2002, 2007, 2009, and 2011. Also, he played as the youngest player to feature in the All-Star Game at 19 in 1998.
Modibbo Kawu, the DG of the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, has been put on suspension by President Buhari. This came following his corruption charges by the Independent Corrupt Practices, ICPC.
This development was confirmed by Armstrong Idachaba, NBC’s Director of Broadcast Monitoring. Further, the most senior director in the commission has been directed to take over from Modibbo Kawu.
Modibbo Kawu is currently facing a 12-count charge bordering on money laundering, abuse of office, and misleading a public officer with the intent of defrauding the government.
So, this contravenes Section 26 (1) (c) of the Corrupt Practices and other Related Offenses Act 2000 and punishable under Section 19 of the same Act.
Beisdes, Modibbo was first arraigned in May 2019 over the alleged misappropriation of N 2.5 billion for the digital switch-over (DSO) program of the government.
The Health Ministry in Egypt has confirmed the first case of the deadly Coronavirus. The authorities made this disclosure on Friday 14th February in a press release. They said the World Health Organization has been informed and the patient is in isolation for monitoring and treatment.
The patient’s nationality was not given. However, Egypt is the 28th country in the world to record Coronavirus and the first in Africa.
So, over 64,000 cases of the Coronavirus have been diagnosed around the world and 1,363 persons have been confirmed dead since its outbreak in Wuhan, China
