Today’s Headlines: We’ll Deal With Blasphemers, Sokoto Gov Warns, Tackle INEC Like You Did Emefiele, Chidoka Charges Tinubu

We’ll Deal With Blasphemers, Sokoto Gov Warns

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Governor Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto State has said his administration will deal decisively with anyone who engages in any activity that degrades or insults Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

Aliyu made this known in a statement signed by his spokesperson, Abubakar Bawa, warning residents against engaging in jungle justice. Some of Buda’s trusted business colleagues in the market who made efforts to rescue him were injured by the mob.

In his reaction to the incident, the governor said it is a necessity for all the residents to respect and protect the prophet’s dignity and personality.

While he reiterated that the administration will not tolerate blasphemy against the Prophet, he added the lives and property of Sokoto people will be protected.

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Tackle INEC Like You Did Emefiele, Chidoka Charges Tinubu

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Chidioka who was a guest on Sunday Politics, charged the president to swiftly do to Prof Yakubu what was was done to the former governor of the Central Bank, Godwin Emefiele.

The chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and ally of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, said the president ought to remove Yakubu just as he suspended Emefiele and initiate a probe into the INEC and its Chairman’s operations, especially within the last polls.

Chidoka also urged Tinubu to remove charges on bank transfers and facilitate the reduction in the monthly contributions to pension schemes by workers as a measure to cushion the hardship caused by the removal of fuel subsidy on Nigerians.

According to Chidoka, that way, immediately from the next month’s salary, another N10,000, N5,000 as the case may be, enters into the pocket of the people who go to work every day.

My successor destroyed my education policy, says Aregbesola

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Former Minister of Interior Rauf Aregbesola has said his educational policy as governor of Osun State would have produced 44,000 world beaters if his successor had not truncated the programme.

Aregbesola spoke in Akure at a reception to honour him by the Old Students Association of Akoko Anglican Grammar School, Arigidi-Akoko, Ondo State.

The former governor said he decided to replicate the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo’s education policy and programme because schools across the Western Region at that time taught and instilled ethics, social etiquette, morals and leadership that produced great individuals.

Aregbesola recalled that his administration built 11 state-of-the-art 3,000 -capacity model secondary schools, in addition to rehabilitating and upgrading existing ones.

NICEF Tasks 2 Borno LGs On Open Defecation Status

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The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has enjoined the governments and residents of Biu and Shani LGAs of Borno State to sustain their Open Defecation Free (ODF) status.

The two LGAs were recently declared Open Defecation Free (ODF).

Phuong T. Nguyen, UNICEF’s Chief of Field Office, North East Nigeria, gave the advice during a two-day media dialogue on open defecation in Biu.

She said open defecation was a threat to children’s survival, particularly those who lived in communities affected by conflict. She further said that the designation of Biu and Shani as ODF was a gift to vulnerable children and families.

While noting that becoming ODF was a journey and not a destination, she added that there were key elements of the journey that must be maintained.

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