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Edo Guber: Sporadic Gunshots In Akoko-Edo Ward 1 As Thugs Smashe House Of Reps, Akpatason’s Car With Pebbles
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EditorThere was a sporadic gunshots at Uneme-Nekhua, ward 1, unit 9 in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State, unit where the Deputy Majority Leader, House of Representatives, representing the constituency, Hon. Peter Akpatason, casts his vote.
Addressing Journalists, the visibly angry Akpatason took it on the security personnel for not showing up on time when they needed them most, saying that their delay almost led them to resulting to self-help but he was able to calm his people down.
Akpatason, who is a member of the All Progressives Congress, said one of the known thug hauled pebbles at the voters with the intension of discouraging them, stressing that the pebbles eventually shattered the windscreen of his car.
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“Well, I think the first thing we need to look out, is the level of political consciousness in the place, the turn out. It is to two and you can still see that people are still voting. We are a a community that is highly politically conscious.
“It is not unusual that sometimes, people disagree but it becomes worrisome when it’s obvious that it is politically motivated with the view of discrediting, creating a ground for the cancellation of this guinue and legitimate results.
“This was predicted, there was a prediction, it is written all over the press that some people were planning to attack this voting centre. Right from last night, they have been hovering around everywhere, we kept vigil to make sure that the untold doesn’t happen but eventually, some miscreants decided to be unruly to the extent that a known person resulted to throw pebles to disperse people who have come to vote so that they will not vote, believed that it was an intent to ensure that we don’t get maximum votes in this place or to cause chaos that could possibly lead to the discrediting the results.
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“I thanked God that my people are very mature, they have handled the whole thing with high sense of responsibility but however, every act of crime, will surely be accounted for. As a result of that, I am going to go ahead to incendent the report of one little boy who was trying to throw measile at innocent voters to the extent of hitting my own car.
“In this community, we know that it is people that are behind them but we know that they lossers, and as lossers, they will always do everything to scuttle the peaceful, the credible voting process that has always taken place, that was taken and is still taking place in this community”, he said.
Akpatason, however, expressed optimism that the APC governorship candidate will emerge victorious at the polls.
READ ALSO: Edo Decides: Large Turn Out As Voting Commences
“Victory for APC, victory for Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, victory for Mallam Gani Audu”, he said.
Though there voting buying in some of the polling units in visited, it was not as expected initially.
There was also insinuation in some quarters that the rain that fell on Friday, brought about the peace that characterized the election in most quarters.
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243 Passengers Cheat Death As Air Peace Plane Makes Emergency Landing At Lagos Airport
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EditorAn Air Peace plane coming from Port Harcourt made an emergency landing at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, on Thursday after the pilots noticed a fire warning indicator in the cockpit.
The aircraft, which had 243 passengers and 12 crew members on board, landed safely at 4:45pm on Runway18L of the Lagos airport.
The pilots immediately shut down the engines of the aircraft after fire fighting personnel reportedly observed smoke on the engines.
The call sign of the aircraft is: APK7193.
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Air Peace, in a statement, said it was later discovered that the fire warning noticed in the cockpit was false.
The statement was titled, “Notification of false fire alarm on Port Harcourt-Lagos flight.”
It reads, “We wish to inform the flying public of an incident that occurred during our Port Harcourt-Lagos flight P47193 of today, April 25, 2024.
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“Some minutes before landing, our Captain noticed a fire warning indicator in the cockpit. The pilots performed all safety precautionary measures, and the fire indicator went off. The Captain immediately notified our Operations Control Centre in Lagos at 17:37 hrs.
“It was determined upon landing that the alarm was falsely triggered as there was no fire event. The aircraft landed safely, and all passengers disembarked normally.
“We want to reassure the flying public that safety remains our utmost priority, and we are unwavering in our commitment to it.”
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Citizens Groan As Petrol Sells For Over N1000 Per Litre In Kaduna
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April 25, 2024By
EditorThere was acute fuel scarcity in Kaduna metropolis on Thursday, as majority fuel stations were not dispensing fuel, leaving those selling at the black market hiked the price to over N1000 a litre of petrol.
The situation caused hardship on computers, as many were seen trekking to their various places of destination due to sudden hike in transport fare.
Two State University students, Ahmad and Shehu said before the scarcity, they paid N200 fare from Kawo to the Kaduna State University but now it’s between N300 to 400.
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“Many have resorted to trekking in order to reduce the distance, but the hot weather has not made it easy,” said Shehu.
Major roads had fewer vehicles as the situation had made car owners to park their vehicles until the fuel situation becomes affordable.
However, there was a long queue at a fuel situation dispensing petrol in Kaduna North, where it was alleged they hiked the pump price to between N750 and N810 per litre.
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A journey that previously cost N150 from Signboard Junction to the Central Market, was hiked to between 200 to 250 by the commercial operators due to the scarcity.
Malam Sabo, a commercial bus driver said he bought fuel at the black market for N1,200 per litre, and he could only make a profit if he increased the transport fare.
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The Federal Government on Thursday said that the Labour Employment and Empowerment Programme (LEEP), a flagship of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, is capable of creating at least 2.5 million direct and indirect jobs for Nigerians.
The government explained that LEEP targets zero hunger, zero poverty economic growth and decent jobs through six strategic initiatives which are digital skills initiative, vocational entrepreneurship skills programmes, infrastructural upgrade, NELEX upgrade for employment acceleration, global remote work initiative and labour compliance enhancement.
Speaking at the unveiling of the programme in Abuja, the Minister of State for Labour, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, urged development partners such as the World Bank, GIZ, the European Union, UNIDO and the Bank of Industry to support the drive of the current administration to mitigate the hardship Nigerians were undergoing.
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Insisting that poverty could be eradicated in the country, the Minister said that her ministry has so many structures that could take care of all the issues mostly neglected in Nigeria if they were ignited.
She said six out of the eight agendas under President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda are under the labour ministry, adding that it was time to take deliberate actions and think out of the box to make life more meaningful for Nigerians.
The Minister expressed optimism that within four years about one million jobs should have been created through LEEP.
According to Onyejeocha, “We are in a position where we need to reposition the labour ministry. The world is moving towards technology and digitalisation and we don’t want to be left behind.
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“We can’t do it alone and so we need to partner with you to help us succeed in the country. Mr President during his campaign was clear about where he wanted to take Nigeria. Today we want to be deliberate, and accurate to key into the renewed hope agenda and we want to solicit your support to help us in achieving our key performance index.
“The ministry is out to make sure poverty is reduced if not totally eradicated through job creation. If we create enough decent jobs it will reduce a lot of the problems we have today including insecurity.
“We want to make sure Nigeria have food to eat, ensure regulation and workers welfare. Also, empowerment is very critical so we are going to be very deliberate to empower people with what they can use to start up their own business and become employers of labour.
“When you do this deliberately, poverty will be reduced, empowerment will be real and training will be impactful.”
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