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By Danzumi Ishaku Jalingo.

The Operations Controller Department of Petrol Resources DPR, Taraba state filled office Jalingo, Mr Jeremiah Mashat has carried out an rating surveillance which lead to the sealing of 12 filling stations that sales petroleum products above the Government’s price of N145 per litre in Taraba.

Mr Jeremiah Mashat, Operational Controller in Jalingo who lead the surveillance operation on Wednesday in Jalingo and Wukari towns said the operation was effective.

Mishak said that those petrol stations that were sealed must pay their fines slammed upon them by the department before the ‘stop work seal’ posted on their dispensers would be removed.

The Controller said four stations were sealed in Jalingo, the state capital, six sealed in Wukari town, two got sealed in Gassol local government area.

He said that the operation would go round the state, adding that the deployment of more staff of the department from other offices would ensure more efficiency.

According to Mr Jeremiah Mashat Federal government was already paying for subsidy on Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS) and regretted why marketers would be shortchanging the citizens.

He assured the public that the department would not leave any stone unturned to ensure that marketers do not shortchange the citizens in Taraba.

The Controller however, said that the level of compliance by marketers was impressive, pointing out that some were doing the right thing before the inspection.

He explained that the violations were not only on pump price compliance but environmental safety of the facilities was also inspected and some were sanctioned for such negligence.

According to him, our areas of coverage includes quality, quantity, safety and licensing of petrol marketing facilities.

“We came out for the routine surveillance operation and were able to inspect about 24 petrol service stations and sealed up 12 out of the number for violation of DPR regulations.

” Some were fined for gross under dispensing of the products while others were fined due to non compliance to ensuring safety their facilities and diversion.

“Although, those who wished to pay their fines through Remittal, under the Treasury Single Account of the federal government, and after they might have corrected their inadequacies, will be unsealed for their sales.

” The federal government is already paying subsidy on PMS and marketers are not expected to sale above the official pump price.

“The DPR will ensure that the public is not shortchanged by these marketers and we have also addressed the challenge of staff inadequacy.

” We are expecting more staff who will be deployed from other offices to our office here in Jalingo to ensure effectiveness in our surveillance operations.

“Above all, I urge all the marketers to comply with all the to do the heedful to ensure adherence to petroleum downstream regulations’, He said

Nigerian pilot reports that some of the marketers shot down include, NNPC Mega Station Jalingo Wukari Road, MRS Nigeria Limited, Fort Oil, Habu Nick Nigeria Limited Jalingo and Elohim Petroleum station among others.

Our correspondent also reports that some of the violators paid their fines which ranged from one hundred thousand and above depending on the gravity of the offence caught with.

By Dauda R Pam

The Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj-Gen. Olusegun Adeniyi,Theatre commander operation LAFIYA DOLE,has disclosed, that the Nigeria Army has considered to adopt a Super Camp Concepts, aimed at fast tracking mobility, quick reaction as well as longer reach and tactical level approach to end bokoharam terrorism.

The Theatre helmsman,hinted this during a roundtable session with Borno Elders Forum (BOEF), held tuesday,at Maimalari Cantonment, Maiduguri,stressing that the pressing issue at hand, was the Nigerian Army change of concepts aimed at ending Boko Haram insurgency in the Northeast.

He lamented that insurgency in affected states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa have claimed many lives and property in the last one decade and used the occasion to solicited for the support and cooperation of Borno Elders Forum (BOEF), to enable Army end Boko Haram insurgency in the region.

He told the Elders that the days of insurgents moving freely, and passing in between static defense locations are no more, coupled with the new strategy of striking power of the airtaskforce,ATF,.

On Super Camp adoption,he said: “We have just adopted it. It’s being fine-tuned, and when it is fully implemented, there will be no town, or village in Borno that we will not have Army presence.

“While we will deliberate and exchange ideas on the way forward, i want to ask for your support and you should exercise a little patience, because everything that will turnout excellent, has a difficult days.” Adeniyi added.

He however told the Borno Elders Forum, that Operation Lafiya Dole is open to their advices, suggestions and observations, saying the Army will do its best to make Elders’ forum see the
military point of view on counter-nsurgency operations.

BOEF’s Secretary, Alhaji Bulama Mali Gubio said, it is the duty of lders to encourage soldiers and other fighting forces to share their “experiences and wisdom” to carry out their duties effectively.

According to him, the troops have rescued the nation from collapsing, promising that people of Borno will rally round the military to end the 10-year old
insurgency in the region.

Gubio noted that ending Boko Haram insurgency will enable people to return to their ancestral homes and pick up their lives.

By Dauda R Pam

Operation Lafiya Dole, Theater Commander,Major Gen. Olusegun Adeniyi,has solicited for the support and cooperation of Borno people, particularly, Borno elders,over a statement made by the state Governor,Prof.Babagana Umara ZULUM,berating military operations in the state.

Speaking at a consultative meeting with BORNO elders,held at the Officers Mess Maimalari Cantonment MAIDUGURI,the Theatre commander condemned the manner,the governor made some political statements against the Nigerian Army operations,despite their efforts and sacrifices in providing security to the state and north east region.

According to him, the Nigerian army are equal stakeholders in the Nigerian project irrespective of the fact that they are in uniform,the Nigerian Army also have feelings and concerns over what is happening hopping that, with the support and cooperation of the people of Borno and their elders as well as all religious and ethnic organisations to fight the insurgency to it’s logical end

He expressed profound appreciation to the elders, stressing that as experienced people who have passed different stages of life and played significant roles in the society,he urged them to continue to pray for peace, unity and stability of the state and country at large.

He used the forum to disclose that, “there is a change in the mode or system of operations which was not disclosed to the people earlier where the military decided not to continue to be in the trenches and wait till boko haram insurgents come to attack them.

“Today we have a new strategy like the Americans, we are on mobility. Soldiers will now be on wheel patrolling, moving from one place to the other, village to village, towns to towns on daily surveillance 24 hours.

“While other super force are tracing the hideouts of the boko Haram insurgents on intelligence to response to distress calls and emergencies apart from the response team”.

On the change in mode of operations,he appealed to them to exercise restrain and be patient with Nigerian Army as it restrategizes its operations, describing, the alleged withdrawal of soldiers as false and unfounded.

Responding, Alhaji Asheik Jarma,former Governor of Borno State,led the 16-man elders forum,expressed appreciated operation Lafiya dole and commended the military for their sacrifices and bravery.

He said as elders, “there is need for prayers and we will continue to pray for peace, unity and stability of the state and country at large while assuring their full support and cooperation to the military over the insurgency.
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By Danzumi Ishaku.

Citing the roles played by youths in Taraba state during the last general elections, the need for the incumbent governor, Arc. Darius Dickson Ishaku, to include them in his cabinet, have become a source of concern to the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN).

The leadership of the council on Monday felicitating with the Taraba state Governor on the 28th anniversary of the state, in Jalingo and used the event
To call on the governor not to renege on his promised to provide jobs for the teeming unemployed youths in the state .

Speaking on behalf of the Taraba state chapter chairman Udi Adamu, the spokes person in the state Joachim Dangana, the group also charged members of the National Assembly to redouble their efforts by eschewing acts that would make them mendicants before the executive arm of the government.

“we challenged law makers at the National level not to be rubber stamp at the hallow chamber in discharging legislative duties but to initiate and support laws that will impact positively on the people.”

Lauding the efforts of the past Governors of the state whom they said “contributed immensely to the development of the state ” they admonished politicians to shun uncoordinated rants peddled in various platform’s but to fully support the administration of Governor Ishaku now that political activities have piped low.”

Advocating for youths inclusion in government activities, the need for the youths to eschew acts capable of jeopardizing the growth of the state and the nation at large, they said have become necessary.

Tarabans are charged to use this period to pray for sustainable peace and eschew all forms of bitterness for the overall development of the state.

More to that, youths as suggested by them should desist from making themselves available as tools for destruction in the hands of overzealous politicians

Reiterating their determination to work tirelessly round the clock for the unity of the state and the country at large, they urged the various warring groups to lay down their arms and embrace peace.

By Jennifer Y Omiloli

Lauretta Onochie, the assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on social media has said that the security of Nigeria is far over the privileges of any person.

Daybreak.ng assembles that the presidential aide owned the expression by means of her official Twitter handle on Tuesday, August 27.

"General Buhari as a military dictator, complied with ALL court orders." – Femi Falana SAN

ME: Eneke the bird says that since men have learned to shoot without missing, he has learned to fly without perching.

THE SECURITY OF NIGERIA IS FAR ABOVE THE RIGHTS OF ANY INDIVIDUAL.

— Lauretta Onochie (@Laurestar) August 27, 2019

She owned reference to a tweet by human rights extremist Femi Falana (SAN) that President Buhari conformed to all court orders when he was military head of state yet did not do as such as a democratic president.

By Jennifer Y Omiloli

The president said this on Monday, August 26 as he pronounced open the 59th version of the Nigerian Bar Association Annual General Conference in Lagos.

Daybreak.ng accumulates that the president, who was represented by the attorney general of the federation, Abubakar Malami, encouraged the representatives to exploit the meeting to tackle the legal practice.

Talking at the occasion, the NBA president, Paul Usoro, said the meeting was to empower legal advisors review the system inside which they work.

He said: “The essence of being lawyers is to ensure that the rule of law is preserved as lawyers represent the voice of the oppressed.”

By Jennifer Y Omiloli

On Saturday, August 24, a few officers of the Nigerian Army caught six Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles in Maiha local government zone of Adamawa state.

The Nigerian Military tending to the issue said that vehicles which were being brought into Nigeria from Cameroon were caught by officers at Konkol, a border town between Nigeria and Cameroon.

Likewise, days after the recuperation of the vehicles, the Nigerian Military on Sunday, August 25, gave over the recouped MRAPs to the Nigerian Customs. In any case, following the capture attempt of the vehicles, contentions have attempted the whereabout and reason for which they were brought into the nation.

It was reported that while a few sources inside the Military has said that the vehicles has a place with the Nigerian government, others asserted that, they were the property of the Cameroonian experts.

However, some others have said the vehicle belongs to the United States of America experts and was being moved as a gift to the Nigerian government.

A source said documentation for the gift of the vehicles among Nigeria and US were done and that the avoidable hole in correspondence and data sharing prompted the block attempt.

The source additionally said the vehicle will be discharged to the Nigerian specialists soon.

Be that as it may, another source said the vehicles were blocked after information was received by the DSS that a suspicious relegation was moving toward the Nigerian border.

“The DSS quickly informed its headquarters in Abuja and coordinated with other security agencies. So, we got wind of the situation beforehand,” the source said.

“As soon as the equipment was ferried across the border, we asked for relevant papers which were not provided. We realized that Niger violated the procedures,” the source added.

By Jennifer Y Omiloli

Previous VP and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the February 2019 general elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has affirmed that President Muhammadu Buhari was urgent to quiet ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo.

Atiku Abubakar Atiku uncovered this in a statement gotten by daybreak.ng on Monday. He grimaced at the consideration of Obasanjo’s name in the rundown of tax defaulters by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).

Review that FIRS had a week ago published a rundown of those owing tax, including the name of the ex-president Obasanjo.

The statement reads thus: “The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is feeding members of the media with deliberate falsehoods in an attempt to cause disaffection and bad blood between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his former deputy, Atiku Abubakar, on one hand, and between former President Obasanjo and Nigerians in general,’’ the statement read.

“For the avoidance of doubt, Mallam Babalele Abdullahi, Atiku Abubakar’s son-in-law, did not donate any money in cash to the Olusegun Obasanjo Library. Yes, he did facilitate a donation of fifty million naira to the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, but so did many other individuals, including civic-minded traditional rulers, state Governors, bankers and captains of industry.

“This is because the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library is a non-governmental organisation that plays a pivotal role in promoting peace and stability in Nigeria, and that should be applauded.’’

“Another past leader, who did not improve himself or Nigeria after leaving office, but sat down nursing grudges and plotting revenge, former President Olusegun Obasanjo improved himself and Nigeria by authoring books, founding international think tanks and engaging in peace and capacity building efforts’’.

“Donations to institutions set up to promote peace in Nigeria and Africa are to be commended, not criminalised. Presidential libraries in America and other parts of the world are similarly funded by donations from civic-minded individuals,’’ it said.

‘’For the avoidance of doubt, Mallam Abdullahi’s donation of fifty million naira was made via a bank transfer, in full compliance with the law. He did not donate or make any payment in cash, as the EFCC is erroneously and salaciously misleading the public. Furthermore, the sources of these funds are completely legitimate and have been conclusively proven to the EFCC. It is instructive to note that even the EFCC has not once claimed these funds to be the proceeds of any illegal activity whatsoever.

“The truth is that there is desperation on the part of the current administration to rope in former President Olusegun Obasanjo into a crime as a way of silencing his voice, which they see as the preeminent critical voice against the misrule that they have foisted on Nigerians.

“This is why they asked the Federal Inland Revenue Service to falsely and libelously include his name in a published list of tax evaders, along with the names of other Peoples Democratic Party sympathisers, such as prominent international singer and pride of Nigeria, Davido, who played a prominent role in PDP’s gubernatorial campaign in Osun state, for which he is being punished.’’

By Jennifer Y Omiloli

The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has denied claims that a mosque was demolished in the state capital, Port Harcourt.

He made this known in a statement on Monday following reports that the state government spearheaded the destruction of the religious structure.

The report, over recent hours, activated discussion and reactions from Nigerians via web-based networking media.

The governor, nonetheless, depicted the reports as “false and unfortunate”. He said the bogus report was planted by naughty creators to create antagonism.

According to the statement by his representative, Simeon Nwakaudu, Mr Wike told newsmen that there was no mosque on the ground, hence nothing was demolished.

“I received calls from several prominent Nigerians on the fake news being circulated online. I have come here with reporters and you can see there was no Mosque here,” Mr Wike was quoted as saying.

“It is most unfortunate that fickle minded persons will claim that a Mosque was demolished at this place, when no Mosque existed here. The story was concocted by mischief makers to score cheap points.”

The governor said some persons started erecting “illegal” foundation at the disputed land, when they had no approval to embark on any construction work.

“The persons who started the foundation had already dragged the State Government to court on the disputed land. The Rivers State Government won the case. What they attempted to do was to start the illegal construction to tie the hands of the State Government,” he said.

Mr Wike asked the Muslim community in the state to show him where a mosque was demolished. He also urged Muslims not to allow themselves to be used by politicians to peddle false stories.

He added that the state government operates within the rule of law and will not be distracted by the illegal circulation of fake reports.

By Jennifer Y Omiloli

The Nigerian embassy in Washington DC on Monday denounced the criminal demonstration by 78 Nigerians arraigned by the Federal of Bureau of Investigation for supposed extortion in the U.S.

In an announcement on Monday, the embassy said the Federal Government denounces such criminal acts in all repercussions.

Mr Mohammed Suleiman, the Senior Counselor/Head of Chancery, signed the statement in the interest of the Ambassador, retired Justice Sylvanus Nsofor.

Taking note of that Nigerians are for the most part well behaved and dedicated individuals, the government office educated against stereotyping on the premise concerning couple of rotten ones.

It said: “The Embassy wishes to reaffirm that Nigerians are generally law-abiding and hardworking people wherever they are, including in the U.S.

“We wish to reiterate her willingness to cooperate with the government of the U.S. in accordance with the laid-down universal human rights and due legal processes in the interest of our national.

“The Embassy, therefore, appeals to her citizens in the U.S. to remain calm and continue to observe the laws of the host country at all times.”

The 77 suspects were named by Mr Nick Hanna, the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California, at a news meeting on August 22.

Hanna said the extortion cases included suspects scheming with government and state operators to hoodwink clueless victims of their cash.

The declaration followed the capture of 14 suspects by law enforcement agencies driven by the FBI over the U.S.