Presidential hopeful Atiku Abubakar on Sunday commissioned a restaurant in Yola, the capital of Adamawa State.
TheNewsGuru recalls the former vice president in 2017 commissioned the first outlet of the restaurant in Abuja.
“Our vision was to open several other outlets as one of the contributions of my family to reduce unemployment in Nigeria.
“I am delighted that this vision is gradually coming to fruition,” he said at the commissioning of the second outlet today. See photos:
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The convoy of the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General TY Buratai, during an operational visit to troops in various States of the federation, intercepted a group of highway robbers.
According to a source who spoke with TheNewsGuru, the Army chief convoy intercepted the robbers at the Numan-Yola high way, robbing motorists and passengers of their belongings.
TheNewsGuru gathers the incident occurred on Saturday between 11:30pm and 12:00am, and the armed robbers, four of them, were arrested. See photos:
According to the source, the robbers blocked the Numan-Yola high way robbing motorists and passengers of their belongings with a Dane guns, machetes and different kinds of charms.
The COAS’ convoy that ran into the bandits, recovered the items from them.
TheNewsGuru reports the suspects had since been handed over to the Nigerian Police Force for further investigation and prosecution.
Meanwhile, the COAS has said the Army would do everything possible to ensure that security returns to every part the country.
To actualise this, Buratai had directed soldiers in Taraba State to work round the clock to fish out elements killing innocent persons.
The inter-primary schools football competition for the Comrade Rodney Nathan Cup, organised by the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), got underway on Friday in Yola.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the competition which is in its first edition kicked off with Zone H defeating Zone B 5-1 in the opening match.
The competition, which is being organised by the Yola North branch of the NUT, has the 24 primary schools in its domain grouped into eight zones.
Each of the zones has three primary schools under it.
Speaking on the competition, Mohammed Mailaspy, the Chairman of Yola North branch of NUT, said it was aimed at promoting grassroots sports in the area.
Mailaspy also said that the competition was a demonstration of the concern and welfare for pupils entrusted under teachers’ care.
“The competition is a mark of appreciation to the state leader of the union, Rodney Nathan, for his remarkable achievements as the chairman of the state wing of NUT.
“We therefore urge members of the public to watch the tournament with keen interest so as to identify potential football talents,’’ he said.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday departed Katsina State, for Yola after a five-day private visit to his home in Daura.
The president was in Daura to commiserate with members of his extended family, who were bereaved recently.
The presidential aircraft took off from Umaru Musa Yar’adua International Airport, Katsina, about 10.30a.m. and headed for Yola where he is expected to declare open an anti-corruption conference.
The conference theme is “Performance Based Governance: Transparency, Accountability and Social Value’’.
While in Daura, Buhari received hundreds of sympathisers at his private residence to console the president over the deaths of two extended family members, Hajiya Halima Dauda and Hajiya Ai’sha Alhaji Mamman.
They also sympathised with him over the auto-crash involving his son, Yusuf.
Among the early callers were state governors from All Progressives Congress (APC), including the Chairman of Nigerian Governors’ Forum and Zamfara Governor, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari.
Others were Rochas Okorocha (Imo); Aminu Masari (Katsina State); Abubakar Muhammed (Bauchi State); Kashim Shettima (Borno); Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo State) and Malam Nasir El-Rufa’I of Kaduna State.
Also Gov. Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa, Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano State); Godwin Obaseki (Edo); Yahaya Bello (Kogi); Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi); Abubakar Sani-Bello (Niger) and Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa State.
The governors of Benue, Osun and Ogun were represented by their deputies at the meeting.
The governors of Yobe and Plateau were also represented at the meeting.
Okorocha, who spoke to newsmen after the visit, said their mission to Daura was to condole with the president over the loss of two members of his extended family.
He said the governors also used the opportunity to commend the president for appointing Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as APC Chief Mediator in the party’s conflicts.
The governor, however, dismissed the assertion that their meeting with Buhari which was held behind closed doors, was politically motivated and aimed at convincing the president to seek re-election in the 2019 presidential election.
He said: “We are yet to discuss that. That would be in next the meeting where we will discuss whether we want to support him to run or not.
“But for now we came on the issue of the death of his two relatives and to commend him for action taken on Tinubu as a conciliator.’’
Similarly, the Emir of Maradun in Zamfara, Alhaji Garba Tambari, on Sunday paid a condolence visit to the president.
Tambari, shortly after the visit, pledged the unflinching support of the traditional institution to Federal Government policies and programmes geared toward improving the welfare of Nigerians.
The emir said that some traditional rulers across the country had resolved to ensure the re-election of Buhari in 2019.
“Anybody who wishes this country good, who wishes this country well, will want Mr President to continue after 2019. So, we wish he will continue by the grace of God,’’ he added.
Also on Sunday, Buhari received Katsina Senior Citizens led by Masari where he called on all citizens, particularly the elite, to be prepared to make sacrifices as a foundation for national growth and development.
Masari, after the meeting, said they were in Daura to condole with the president over the death of his two relatives.
He said the forum would soon issue an advertorial on the letter written to Buhari by former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
On Monday, Buhari met with members of Daura Emirate coalition who also condoled with him over the demise of two relatives.
The president, at the meeting, disclosed that all unclaimed looted assets, including landed property recovered by the Federal Government, would be sold and the proceeds deposited into government treasury.
The president said he would not allow a repeat of what happened in the 1980s when buildings and other ill-gotten property seized by his military administration were returned to corrupt officials following his ouster as Head of State.
The president told the groups that the APC-led government would consolidate on the gains and monumental achievements in the development of infrastructure across the country.
“For most ordinary Nigerians, if you give them good roads, railway and stable electric power they will be happy to carry on with their lives.
‘‘We are doing so much for our country and we will continue to do more out of the fear of God,” the president said.
The president promised that the Federal Government would sustain the provision of funds, improved seedlings and fertiliser to farmers to ensure that the sector remained the largest employer of labour to Nigerians.
He said records of achievements on security, war against corruption and the revival of the economy had remained very impressive.
The president is expected to return to Abuja later in the day.
The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Adamawa Command, has intercepted 1.31 tonnes of illicit drugs which were concealed in noodles’ cartons.
Mr Yakubu Kibo, the NDLEA’s state Commander who made the disclosure shortly after displaying the exhibits on Thursday in Yola, said the drugs were valued at N19 million.
Kibo said that one suspect was arrested where the drugs were intercepted in Mubi.
“On February 7, 2018, a team of NDLEA operatives cordoned off one electronics shop opposite Mubi General Hospital.
“After thorough search, 183 cartons of Indomie noodles were discovered. The cartons were opened and they contained 1.316 tonnes of Tramadol 225 mg tablets, valued at N19 million.
“A suspect and owner of the shop was arrested in connection with the seized substances,” Kibo said.
The commander appealed to members of the public to join hands with the agency to curtail the menace of drug trafficking in the country.
Several policemen and women besieged the premises of the Nigeria Police Force Micro Finance Bank yesterday in Yola, Adamawa State, demanding the immediate payment of their three month salaries.
The police officers, some of who came with their families, had stormed the bank in the early hours of the day. When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Othman Abubakar, declined comment on the issue. Abubakar said he was not competent to speak on the matter.
The Branch Manager, NPF Micro Finance Bank, Haruna Yusuf, said the police authorities had not remitted the funds meant for the payment of the salaries of the affected policemen to the bank. According to him, police command in the state informed him that the fund is with the Budget Office, Force Headquarters, Abuja, awaiting approval.
He said: “I am just from the state police headquarters, Yola. I was informed that the fund meant for payment of the affected policemen is still with the Budget Office of Police Headquarters in Abuja. “As soon as the fund is made available to the bank, they would start getting their alert.
“That is the only information I know about the matter; you can go and verify.” The policemen stormed the bank in their mufti to avoid identification, but wore gloomy faces as they staged the peaceful demonstration.
The aggrieved policemen in various ranks, who would not want to be mentioned however, appealed to the Federal Government to intervene in the matter, saying their families were dying of hunger.