Emefiele: DSS uncovers planned campaign of calumny against govt

medical officials and appropriate persons access to him, right from the day he was taken in and long before the court order requesting so. The

Service implements Standard Operating Procedures on Suspect Handling and Investigation to the latter. It conducts its affairs transparently, professionally and respects the rule of law in compliance with democratic governance.

“For the avoidance of doubt, it assures of its professionalism in the current matter(s) under its purview. It will, however, not be distracted or intimidated. “

Bandits kill traditional ruler, his 4 children in Zaria - Family source

From Femi Oyelola, Kaduna

Suspected armed bandits have killed a traditional ruler, the Ardon Birni and Kewaye of Zazzau, Alhaji Shuaibu Mohammed and his four children when they invaded his residence at Dorayi in Zaria Local Government.

A family source said the bandits numbering about five invaded the residence on Saturday Night at about 10pm.

The wife of the deceased, Malama Halima Shuaibu told newsmen that “the Ardo was brought out of his bedroom and shot twice in his head, and he died instantly.

She further explained that “ the bandits went from room to room in the compound and killed her four children who are married with children.

The children are Adamu Shuaibu, Musa Shuaibu, Abubakar Shuaibu and Ibrahim Haruna.

She said, after attacking the compound, the bandits also rustled over 100 cows.

Also narrating the ugly incident, the only survivor of the attack among the Ardo’s children, Abdurrahman Shuaibu said the bandits shot two other people on their way out of the village.

However, the Kaduna State Police Public Relation Officer, DSP. Muhammad Jalige said he was yet to get the details of the incident from the DPO Zaria City as at the time of filing this report. Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral prayers yesterday (Sunday) at about 11. 00 am.

2 Qatar-based drug lords arrested as NDLEA intercepts their meth consignment at MMIA

By Maryam Umaru Gwamna

Qatar-based drug kingpins, Eyah Celestine Nnamdi, alias Murphy and Ugwuoke Peter Oluchukwu have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA following the interception of their methamphetamine consignment at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos.

A statement issued yesterday by Femi Babafemi, Director, Media & Advocacy NDLEA Headquarters Abuja, said Ugwuoke was the first to be arrested on 9th June during the outward clearance of Qatar Airways passengers at the departure point, Terminal 2 of the Lagos airport. NDLEA officers discovered that the suspect was travelling to Doha with an Ivorian international passport with the name Hien Narcisse. “A further scrutiny of his black carry-on luggage led to the discovery of a false bottom concealment of two parcels of crystalline substance that tested positive to methamphetamine weighing 1.00kg.

“Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect is a Nigerian who had gone to obtain an Ivorian passport for his travels. He confessed that he travelled to Qatar in August 2022 and returned from the Arab nation about two months ago to perfect arrangement for the movement of the drug consignment.

“A further probe led operatives to discover that his Qatar-based senior partner in the trade simply identified as Murphy was lurking around in Eziani, his home town in Nsukka LGA, Enugu State. “Ugwuoke who hails from Igboeze North Local Government Area of the State claims he holds a National Diploma in Electrical Engineering from the Federal Polytechnic Oko.

“A prompt deployment of NDLEA operatives on 10th June to Eziani community of Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, led to the arrest of ‘Murphy’ whose true identity was later discovered to be Eyah Celestine Nnamdi, who had lived in Indonesia for some years before relocating to Doha, Qatar.

The statement added that antinarcotic officers of the Agency have arrested a female Pharmacist, Ikwebe Ori Hellen in Kaduna following her attempts to use forged documents to purchase and distribute six cartons of pentazocine injection with 2,000 ampules. “She confessed she used fake documents of a Kaduna hospital to order the drug, which she planned to distribute in Kaduna, Abuja and Sokoto. The consignment was initially intercepted at the local wing of the MMIA, Ikeja while being sent to Kaduna by a freight agent.

“In the same vein, NDLEA operatives in Niger state have seized a total of 1,072 kilograms of cannabis in two raids. On Thursday 15th June, 726kg of the illicit substance was recovered at Oyoyo filling station along Kaduna - Abuja express road where four suspects: Aminu Mohammed, 50; Nasiru Mohammed, 30; Rabiu Haruna, 29, and Hamza Abubakar, 18 were arrested. The following day, 16th Friday, operatives intercepted a

Mercedes 1422 truck marked MKD 116ZM on its way from Umunede, Delta state with gallons of palm oil to be delivered at Garki market in Abuja.

However, the truck driver, Jekwe Udenze, 38, along with his two assistants: Gabriel Nzekwube, 43, and Chima Uzoma, 42, stopped over at Uromi, Edo State and loaded 19 jumbo bags of cannabis weighing 346kg, to be delivered at Dumez Luxury Park along Kaduna road, Suleja to Ignatius Mokwe, 47. Both the driver and his two assistants as well as the owner of the illicit consignment, Ignatius Mokwe have been arrested.

“Meanwhile, a total of 30.9 hectares of cannabis farms were destroyed in Delta, Edo and Ondo in the past week.

In Delta, 18 hectares of cannabis farms were destroyed on Monday 12th June in Umuchime village, Ogume, Ndokwa West LGA by NDLEA operatives supported by soldiers. Four suspects arrested on the farms include two men and two women: Kingsley Atuola,

NPC updates Jigawa journalists on 2023 Census exercise

From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse

The National Population Commission (NPC), organized a one day breakfast meeting for media executives in Jigawa state on the 2023 population and housing census.

Speaking during the meeting, the state Director National Population Commission in Jigawa Alhaji Ibrahim Ahmed Iro, explained that, the objectives of the meeting was to update the media executives on the status of preparations for the 2023 census and the next steps forward in the light of the postponement.

The director maintained that, the process and systems put in place for the census are therefore being currently reviewed to determine what needs to be done to ensure that the preparation do not become obsolete for the exercise.

According to him, the commission had carried out massive advocacy and publicity for 2023 census at national and state levels.

Gombe PDP stalwart supports Betara for stepping down for Tajudden as speaker

From: David Hassan, Gombe

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), stalwart in Gombe state and Deputy chairman Kumbiya-kumbiya ward, Auwal Usman Goni has supported Hon. Mukthar Betara for stepping down for Tajudden Abbas for speakership of the 10th House of representatives. He made the disclosure yesterday in an interview with Journalists which according to him, Betara has proved maturity by paving way for rancor free election of the speakership, adding that politicians should emulate his stlye of leadership.

“Although being a member of the opposition party, I decided to support Betara because he is from the north east and the north east already had the Vice-president which is number two in government.” He added that the emergence of Akpabio and Abbas as Senate President and Speaker of the House of representatives shows fairness in government.