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Flood:-FG plans to grow more food through irrigation ColUm Nrlf bul l e.
___-''',h".u.Ja ilE Federal Govt' rRlnel lt Is work Ing out II speCial food prodUCUOII plan to grow n~ fott<! through lITIgation In t h e (orthcomltJt dry s~a ;on. TIlls 18 10 mil lmlse Ihe effects of cro> losses caused b) thert:( !'lltOood· tog thai dI~il'Of': 1(anns In parU or th!' COUI)try. Mln lsJ;er o f ,Agrlcullure. Dr ~\JlI nwuml Adeslna. w h o .hsciosed this durjJlg hili tour o( affected a~a5 In Niger and Kwa...-. 5'. .ales. said early- mrtturl ng malz;c seeds 30Uld ,. oon be made II d Jable LO (armers for p anUlIg -We al5c: 4 dl5trlbute 1;)J\ed h gil yieldIng varle ieS of ice. cassava an }am: he said. He fu rther 51. kI; 'whlle ~symplUIISC' \1I'lth (armers in th! flOllel affected 8l'ea5. I ·... ml t;) assurt: them thai W'C will do everything l lCSSlbl • to make
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up (or lost harvests lhrough aggreSSive (ood producUon plan (or the dry scason. We will not abandon our (annen. -Government will put In place a 'nood recovery food producUon plan ' that w ill Include free dlstrlbuUon o( Improved varieties of crops and fertilisers to (annen In flood affected areas.
............"""'...,..-,._ ->Ide 111e Improvcii. eaily- ~nn@ fiCUms M tfi!"lI()o(f ' p-~e58ed JoY over the maturing. hJgh-yleldmg and would do everything vlsll of Ule minister. s«ds would be ready for possible 10 miligate lhe e(He informed the mlnharvesllng within 60 feelS o( the disaster. ister and deputy goverdays o( planUng.Sorkin Nomon nor that the Growth EnMoved by what he saw WushLshi. A1haJI Musa hancement Support o( the devastaUon GUdlgl. who wa5 among Scheme o( the Federal caused by Ooods on rice. those who received the Govcmmcnthad made II ma\zr; and banana on lhe minister along with the possible for hundreds o( bank ofRJver Kaduna. Dr Niger Stale deputy gover- farmers \n the area to Adeslna said the Federal nor. AlhaJI Abubakar acceas subsidised fertLl Government was con- lbeto. at the nooded bank cemed about Lhe plight or River Kaduna Just out·
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Ule rich. He made the call In 1I0rln , the Kwara State capllal. While spt:aklng with newsmen. Coomas lc further noted that the way policemen were being recruited and treated had led to the kick against the creation or slate polk:e. He recalled thaI In the past. whUl there W8.5 lo-
policemen were m15usm by those In authorlUcs. Hc. however. appealed to police authorities to
ensure regular and adequate training and reLralnlng or personnel so that the nation could boast of a trusted and reliable police. adding U181 tradlUonal rulers s hould be carried along before new recruitments II r c
De lafiood: NEMA reg lsters
mo~ I )(:al gov· c rur,eL t councils n li co n rnunlUes arc aff'"CIed III the flood In Delta S ta 4e • team (rom Ule p.,a UOIf al Emergency Man (gemenl Agency(J'I, F MA) t8Ssofar registered S .THO Internally dlsplaced pt:noRS. who have been lQuatUng In Writ'UII nhn tally Dls· placed Pe<J pl'!E' Camps (lOPCaI In th'! '!Itate While r re~e Illng rt:lief mala1,1ls U the vic · tlms h Ihe ilate. the Dlrecto r -G en( ra l o( NEMA. MJhamnad SanlSid .. said til It more camps ,",auld I e established to ll~O)IrtD1odate lhe Inc:reLs tng number or displaced peopl!. Rep r e 'len le( by tbe Deputy 1l1reclor. Relief. Mr Mllic: ~\I eyanJu. NEMA bu!;s $a d emergency WUf kers III!J1: In the state fm" · mphl l -esponse assessmdm ~J(re It was dlscoverdl thaI .he water level ha~ COt I nued to rise . l.her~by l. rrecllng more pcoJllt: all~ posing a Utreat to Ue and property. lie (ulther c Isclosed that the age:'! -y hired boaLS to e'J:acu It· trapped people al Olruc I Obue. Okpal Um uagur I , Aka",1 EkIU. Azattba. P )'Wer line and roresl J1;ua.-d communlUes 10 .,,..arl .'1 lOPes.
A one-time Inspector General of Police. Mr Ibrahim Coomasle. has called on the Federal Government to strive to build a people's police
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NEWS 'Why Nigerians are agaUlst stlitr polrce'
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NMA fuelling crisis in health sector
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Aluu killings: Police arrest community chief, 13 others DolaJI O.un4ele. Port BarC;;Qurt
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police command has said thallt had arrested 13 persons. In· dudJng an Aluu communtty chle(, In connecUOn \\11h th<- klllingoHour Uruverslty or Pori Harcourt s tudents last Friday. This came on the heels of the promise b y the Ri vers State gover· nor. Chlbulke Rollml Amaeehl. to get to the rool o f lhe rna tier a,nd cnsur~ that a\l those (ound culpable were made 10 face the law. Also. the student union of lhe university has appealed to government and Its security agencies to ensure Ulat their murdered col leagues get Justice. Confirming the arreats to journalists In Port I-Jarcoun on Sunday. the Police Public Relations Officer of Rivers State police command. Ben UgwuegtJUlam IDSPI, said Investigations were stili on and lhat every culpril would be made to face Ule wrath law. He. ho\\'Cvcr appealed to boLh the: ramllles of the murdered studenLS and students of UN IPORT to be patient and nut take the laws
into Ulelr hands as the command would not rest untll It had unravelled the mystery sorroundlng tile kJllings. "'The RJ\lers State police command unequivocally condemns the gruesome killing of four UNIPORT students on Friday. 5 / 10/20 12 by an Irate mob from Aluu community. The com -
mand sympathises WIUl the (amllles of the s lain atudent.s and also appeals to them nol 10 take the lawalnlo Ulelr hands. SludenLS o( UNlPORT are urged not to engage In any reprisal a!lack as such could lead to chaos and anarchy. -The command has commenced diligent InvesugatlOn Into the ugly
Incident An amadng success has been re corded In that ~ard as 13 persons . Including the chle( or the community suspected to have been Involved In we rep· rehenstble and barbanc act have been arrested. based on credible Intelligence and video dips of the killings, -the PPRO said.
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-lE Nigerian Medical AssoclaUon tN MAI has been accused of fuelling a c risis thaI could cripple the country's health sector wllh the assoclatlon 's purported coudemnaUon or the demands of o ther health worken TIle Senior Starr Ass0ciation of Unl1lerslties, Teachlug Hospitals. Re· search InsLitutes and Associated InstUuUons {SSAUTJ-IRAII made the ac:c:us.atlon In a reacUon Adelowo Oladlpo. to NMA's statement con· MlD..a.a demnlng the demand or IE Police: Speclal olher health workers (or lIle media had suggested Anti - Fraud U nit . the retenUon or skipping Fraud Unit ISfUI Mtlverton Road , Ikoyl aUempts by Ule oU mar- or CONHESS 10 has said that II Lagos. Ngod Istnlume . keUng and lnldIng comChairman or Irrua had commenced Investl an Assistant Superin - pany. presently being in- Specialist Teaching Hos· gallon of the allegation over allegation vesUgated tendent o( Police (ASP) pltal (15TH) c hapter or of N 1.5 million bribery The release stated ·our of oiTerlnggraUncaUOn to 5SAUTHRAI . Com rade against an 011 markellng public officials. to mlslnfldells ogobor. who adtnvesugatlon al Ule Speand trading company, incial Fraud Unll ISFU) re- fonn the general public dressed Journalists on teg rated 011 and Gas the development In Irrua. vealed that there was an through the media. Ltd. noung Lhat no memThe slatr:menl further Edo State. at the weekattempt by the 011 marber of the Presidential end. called on Lhe nakeUng and trading com· staled that as a law entional president of the Committee on Fuel Subpany named Integraled forcement agency and NMA. Dr Osahon sldy Payment. Verln ca011 and Gas Ltd . Lo br1be harbinger of national vir- EnabuleJe. to tender an Uon and Reconciliation lues. ~the SFU wishes to two members or Ule 25· unreseT1led apology to was charged for bribery men audit team attached present lbe fact or the helllU] workers. or found wanting as pub- to the PresldenUal Com- matter as (ollows: lhat other Ogobor recaJled that lished by some segnone of the 25 members the NMA president had. mittee on Fuel Subsidy ments of the medla_ III II recent statement Payment. VertflcaUOn and o( the audit leam at · 11115 was contained In tached to the preslden · published In 1II0st na ReconctllaUon But they a press statement made rebuffed tile orrer and re- Ual committee was In- lIonal dailies . CO il ' available 10 the Nigedemned the demand ror POrled the mailer to the volved In Ule cue ofbrih· rian Trlbu.ne at the ery or collected any gratl- retenUon o( skipping or police." CONHESS 10 by the weekend by the spokesncallon (rom Integrated It. however. s.ald that Joint lieaith Sector person or the Police recent developments In 011 and Gas Ltd.- _ _-,-~ U~lllons (JOHESU).
Police commence investigation of bribery allegation against oil fmn
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