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Atiku eats up 8 years as VP without result – Shettima

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Atiku eats up 8 years as VP without result – Shettima

By Yahaya Wakili

All Progressive Congress (APC) Vice presidential candidate, Senator Kashim Shettima has attacked the PDP Presidential candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar stating that Atiku spend eight years in office, without result of any positive contributions done to the people of the North East.

Senator Kashim Shettima attacked Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday during the Yobe South APC campaign rally which took place at Dabo Aliyu stadium in Potiskum.

“In two weeks coming we are going to defeat him in presidential election, so let him go back to Dubai.” Senator Kashim Shettima said.

He said, if the people voted then into office, he knows the problem of Potiskum,which is errosion saying that they are going to use the ecological funds to solve the problem.

According to him, “90% of the people here are youths, if they give us the mandate, we are going to empowered our youths and women to be self-reliant therefore I call on the people to come out en-mass to vote Apc from the top to bottom.”

Also speaking, the Senate President, Senator Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan said in the past PDP present vice president from the North East and he spent 8 years in office without doing anything.

“But today we came out with our vice president “your own is your own” so let us take this election serious and come out and vote massively to Tinubu and Shettima.” he said.

“Governor Mai Mala Buni is looking for second term, we are expecting nothing less than 1.2 million votes from you the people of zone B.

Speaking, the Director General of the campaign council, Senator Muhammed Hassan Dambu revealed that the vice presidential candidate Kashim Shettima is his mentor , therefore, anybody who loves him should vote Tinubu/Shettima.

He urged all the people of Yobe South Senatorial District to come out to vote Ahmed Bola Tinubu and Senator Kashim Shettima.

Speaking, Alhaji Muhammed Gadaka Yobe state Apc Chairman, said ” we are only waiting for election day all our APC candidates will win by the Grace of God. We are lucky and we thank God that we have Senator Kashim Shettima as our vice president.” He added

Also speaking, Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe state said “anybody who sees this occasion in Yobe state especially in zone B will know that we are united.”

He maintained that presently his administration in the state has constructed modern market, trailer park, primary health care facilities as well as roads and drainages in Potiskum.

Therefore, he call on the people of Yobe South Senatorial District to vote APC from the top to bottom.

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Teenager butchered in suspected ritual killing in Ogun, one arrested

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Teenager butchered in suspected ritual killing in Ogun, one arrested

By: Zagazola Makama

A 16-year-old boy, Lawal Wahab, has been gruesomely murdered in Igbile area of Ijebu North Local Government Area of Ogun State in what authorities suspect to be a ritual killing.

Zagazola learnt that the boy, who had been declared missing for several days, was confirmed dead after his decomposing body was discovered on July 23 along Old Express Road in Igbile.

His father, Lawal Olumide, of No. 28 Jagerin Street, Ijebu-Ode, said he received the tragic news after efforts to locate his son proved abortive. Wahab had reportedly been staying with his grandmother before he went missing.

Security operatives who visited the scene confirmed that the boy’s corpse was mutilated his head, both wrists, heart, and private parts were removed, in what is believed to be a ritual-related killing.

Following an intensive investigation, one suspect, Salawu Omikansola, aged 25, was arrested in connection with the murder. He was apprehended alongside a man identified as Serefusi Agemo and others whose identities are being withheld to aid the ongoing investigation.

Authorities disclosed that confessional statements were obtained from the suspects, with video evidence recorded. The case file and associated exhibits will be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Abeokuta, for further investigation.

Efforts are ongoing to track and apprehend other accomplices in the heinous crime.

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Education Undergoing Revival Under Renewed Hope Agenda — VP Shettima

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** Receives University of Ibadan Sole Ambassador Plenipotentiary award

By: Our Reporter

Vice President Kashim Shettima has restated the Federal Government’s unwavering resolve to reposition Nigeria’s education sector.

Specifically, he affirmed that the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will mobilise both public and private sector support to uplift institutions such as the University of Ibadan (UI), Nigeria’s premier university.

This is just as the Vice President has been bestowed with the highest alumni honour of the University of Ibadan, “UI at 75 Ambassador Plenipotentiary.” He obtained a master’s degree (MSc) in Agricultural Economics in 1991 at the University.

Speaking on Thursday during a courtesy visit by the management of the University of Ibadan, led by the Vice Chancellor, Professor Kayode Adebowale, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the Vice President described the institution as the greatest citadel of learning in West Africa, recalling its illustrious past and continental impact.

“This is an honour that I cherish deeply. Ibadan is certainly the greatest citadel of learning in this country and in West Africa. When we were there, we had students from South Africa, Namibia, and even the Caribbean.

“There was a time when the King of Saudi Arabia was sick and he was recommended for treatment at the University College Hospital, Ibadan,” the Vice President said.

He pledged the government’s commitment to mobilising both private and public sector resources for educational transformation across the country.

“We are going to mobilise resources from both the private and public sectors to ensure that UI and other universities in the country succeed.”

VP Shettima also highlighted the President Tinubu administration’s education-focused policies, including the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), aimed at supporting indigent students.

“Under the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, we are determined to rescue the educational sector. The Nigerian Education Loan Fund is the first of its kind, directly addressing the needs of underprivileged students,” he stated.

On the economy, the VP said that Nigeria had turned a corner, expressing confidence in the country’s economic trajectory.

“Our economy has turned the corner, we have crossed the Rubicon, and we are on the path to sustained economic growth. The tax revenue of the government has steadily increased. The President is an economic guru who understands the language of commerce and is completely at home in the economic ecosystem,” he said.

Earlier, Professor Adebowale explained that the award given to the Vice President as UI at 75 Ambassador Plenipotentiary is the first in the university’s history in recognition of his contributions to both the public and private sectors.

“You are a foremost alumnus of the University of Ibadan — the first and the best,” Professor Adebowale said.

He continued: “We honoured some of the alumni as UI at 75 Ambassadors, those who are friends of the university, and we made them Ambassadors Extraordinary. We thought that, for the position you have assumed and being an Alumnus of our university, we exceptionally put you in a class and decided to induct you as UI at 75 Ambassador Plenipotentiary. You will be the only person to be so awarded.

“We came here to honour one of our own; someone who has contributed in the banking sector, as Governor of Borno State, and now as Vice President of Nigeria.”

Other members of the delegation included the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration), Professor Peter Olamakinde Olapegba; Registrar of the University, Mr. Ganiyu Oke Saliu; Director of Alumni Relations, Professor Olakunbi O. Olasope; Lecturer at the Department of Classics, Babatunde Blavo and Mr Oladayo Olajide of the Directorate of Public Communications at the university.

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Joint Nigeria–Niger military offensive hits major terrorist stronghold near Damasak

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By: Zagazola Makama

In a major show of regional military cooperation, troops of the Nigerian Military in collaboration with the Nigerien Defence Forces have launched a decisive joint offensive on a fortified terrorist stronghold located between Damasak in Borno State and Diffa in southern Niger Republic.

Zagazola Makama learnt that the offensive, which began in the early hours of Sunday, targeted a well-defended insurgent position approximately 25 kilometres from Damasak and 17 kilometres from Diffa, believed to be operated by fighters of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP).

Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama that the location served as a key logistical hub and operational base for the insurgents, complete with anti-aircraft (AA) gun emplacements and an extensive network of trenches.

“In the first wave of the assault, the Air Component Command of Operation HADIN KAI conducted four precision strikes which successfully knocked out enemy anti-aircraft positions and neutralised scores of terrorists,” the source said.

The coordinated strikes were immediately followed by aerial bombardment from the Nigerien Air Force, which delivered additional blows to the insurgents’ infrastructure and personnel. A subsequent Battle Damage Assessment confirmed the effectiveness of the air operations.

On the ground, combined troops from Nigeria and the Nigerien Defence Forces subsequently executed a dual-flank ground offensive to clear and secure the area.

“This joint operation point to the recent deepening regional cooperation between Nigeria and Niger Republic in the fight against terrorism and trans-border criminality in the Lake Chad Basin,” confirmed the source.

The offensive comes at a time of increasing cross-border attacks and insurgent movement in the region, especially around the Kamadougou-Yobe River axis and other porous points of the Nigeria–Niger border.

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