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In a statement from Kaduna State governor Uba Sani, the governor of Kaduna State, Sani claims that the region’s insecurity is caused by poverty and economic exclusion. He warns that the area will continue to experience unrest unless they are addressed holistically.

The governor stated, “I came from the trenches,” during a speech on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics program. During the military era, I have previously fought against successive governments. I frequently campaigned for equality and justice while in detention.

Sani said his administration was founded on a data-driven approach to poverty and underdevelopment, drawing on his previous leadership roles as the Senate Committee on Banking.

“When I first became governor, what I did was examine the state’s poverty index as well as the entire North. The Committee on Banking was led by me. I had the SDG-related data and statistics from the Central Bank’s Development Department. The poverty index as of 2023, he explained, is alarming, and I can tell you that sitting here, it is alarming.

When he took office, he claimed that more than 60% to 65% of people in the northern region, especially those in the North-West, were financially excluded. He claimed that this made many young people more vulnerable to armed group recruitment.

I can tell you that poverty and unemployment are primarily an economic issue, which makes up this insecurity problem. He claimed that because of this, these bandits are able to recruit our people.

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Northern Nigeria’s governor Uba Sani claims that poverty is the cause of insecurity, but that the state’s governor believes things will improve, particularly in terms of economic conditions. #SundayPolitics #CTVTweets photo twitter.com/IkYo5Z4grx

Sani also disclosed that over 350, 000 children in Kaduna State were absent when he took over.

“We are addressing the issue gradually today,” he said. I had a conversation with the World Bank’s Vice President two months ago. The statistics from UNICEF caught our attention. The North accounts for about 70% of the 18.2 million out-of-school children today, according to what I can tell you.

The figure is different, and we are working on the issue more slowly, he said.

However, the governor cautioned against long-term commitment and achievable goals when resolving the crisis. Sani acknowledged that the region had failed to address the crisis earlier and thanked the region for years of policy neglect.

Nobody can tell you that we can solve this issue even in the next ten years, but I’ll explain why. “Things are getting better. Because I’m a very realistic person.

“This issue didn’t start two years ago,” he said. Because of our docile nature, it began many years ago. We didn’t take the whole picture of the situation. In the past, we were given the chance to push, but we didn’t, he said.

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The governor urged leaders in the Northern region to work together to combat poverty and unemployment.

If we want to restore the splendor of our region, “the North needs to take a seat and face this reality.” However, I’m pleased that everyone is on the same page for the first time, from the ministers to the senators to the members of the House of Representatives to the governors.

We can’t win insecurity by using kinetic methods or by administering palliatives to people. We must examine the causes and symptoms. He emphasized that we must close the gender gap between rural and urban populations in terms of economic prosperity.

Additionally, the governor cited regional poverty as a major cause of the region’s infrastructural, educational, and healthcare deficits.

You’d be surprised to find that there is a lot of poverty in some of the North-West’s neighborhoods. According to Sani, “we have a lot of deficits in terms of infrastructure, education, healthcare, and many other fundamental issues.”

Sani cited Kaduna’s recent reduction in violence as a result of the issue of local security.

“We used to have farmer-herder and religious crises, but most of them were.” We haven’t had any experience in the last two years. He claimed that it has greatly reduced but not been eradicated.

Working with other security agencies, the 6 Division Nigerian Army has deactivated 28 illegal refining sites, deactivated 28 illegal refining sites, and recovered more than 700, 000 litres of petroleum products.

Between May 12 and May 18, 2025, the operations took place in various states in the Niger Delta.

Lieutenant Colonel Danjuma Danjuma, the acting Deputy Director of Army Public Relations, gave these details in a statement.

According to him, “the operations resulted in the destruction of several locally produced boats engaged in illegal bunkering activities.”

Further, the statement made it clear that troops had scoured the rivers for their targeted operations in the Ozochi Forests, Okolomade, Orashi, and Ozochi Forests, where a wellhead with an illegal connection was discovered. Over 200 sacks of illegally refined Automotive Gasoline Oil (AGO), 300 000 litres of stolen crude in cooking ovens, and 300, 000 litres of stolen AGO were discovered during follow-up searches.

“Six cooking ovens with 100, 000 litres of capacity, four reservoirs, six receivers, six pumping machines, and generators were seized. In connection with these crimes, he added, “Three suspects have been taken into custody.”

According to reliable information, a truck loaded with more than 45 000 litres of stolen AGO was intercepted at Alode Junction in the Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State. Five suspected oil thieves who operate a new illegal bunkering site were apprehended in addition to the addition of additional raids at Obiafor Forest, along with the seizure of a reservoir containing more than 25, 000 litres of stolen crude oil.

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A wooden boat carrying more than 10,000 litres of crude oil that had been hidden in the Olughighi area was also demobilized by the troops.

In addition to the seizure of 31 drum pots, 10 drum receivers, 38 sacks, and more than 7, 000 litres of stolen products, operations along the Imo River resulted in the deactivation of seven illegal refining sites. Over 50 sacks of illegally refined crude oil, estimated to be 2,500 litres, were recovered during a sting operation at Amahausa Community in Ahoada East LGA.

The Army deactivated the illegal refining facilities in Biseni, Yenagoa LGA, and Isonogbene Creek, Southern Ijaw LGA of Rivers State, resulting in the recovery of more than 3,500 litres of stolen products overall.

A truck driver was detained at Wellhead 3 Olomoro Flow Station in Isoko South LGA and three artisanal refineries were intercepted by Delta State troops in Ughoton Creeks, Warri South LGA, and arrested.

A minibus loaded with 1, 170 litres of illegally refined AGO was intercepted in Akwa Ibom State along the Abak–Ikot Abasi road. The driver has been detained and is assisting investigations.

Major General Emmanuel Emekah, the general officer commanding the 6th division, applauded the soldiers’ operational accomplishments and advised them to “strategically increase the momentum as the operations progress.”

Former US president Joe Biden has been diagnosed with “aggressive” prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, according to a statement from his office on Sunday. Biden is currently considering treatment options.

The 82-year-old Democrat was diagnosed with the cancer on Friday after showing more signs of increased urinary symptoms and a new prostate nodule scan, according to the statement.

“The cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive, which makes for effective management, despite being more aggressive than the disease,” said Dr. McKnight. The President and his family are talking with his doctors about possible treatments, it continued.

Men of Biden’s age typically have cancer cells in their prostates, but they typically grow more slowly. Although hormone therapy is a common treatment, it does not work as a cure for cancer.

Biden’s cancer was identified with a “Grade Group 5” Gleason score, according to the statement.

The highest rating, Grade 5, is given to prostate cancer that appears to be “very abnormal,” according to the American Cancer Society. The Gleason Score frequently indicates the total grades received by the prostate’s two cancer-related areas, but it can also be calculated in other ways.

Biden, the longest-serving US president in history, resigned in January of this year and spent the majority of his presidency wrestling with questions about his health and age.

He had long been questioned, including from Democratic voters, about whether or not he was too old and deficient in mental clarity or physical strength to attempt a presidency.

His quick, “Watch me,” he said to those who were skeptical.

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After a disastrous debate against Republican Donald Trump, in which concerns about his decline and cognitive abilities rose to the fore, he was forced to drop his reelection bid in July of last year.

Kamala Harris, Trump’s vice president, subsequently lost.

Although Biden claims he could have won the election, questions have long surrounded staff’s and key Democratic officials’ apparent indicators of his decline.

With the release of “Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again,” which was scheduled for this Tuesday, Axios’ Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson have sparked outrage.

A new recording of Biden addressing key dates and events that had just been released last week sparked new debate over his mental prowess while he was in office.

Biden’s personal tragedy has impacted his life. His wife and his 2-year-old daughter were killed in a car crash in 1972, just days after he was elected to the US Senate at the age of 29.

In 1988, Biden had two brain aneurysm surgeries. He had a basal cell carcinoma skin lesion removed from his chest in 2023. Prior to this, he had skin cancers removed that weren’t related to melanoma.

Beau Biden, the son of Biden, passed away from brain cancer in 2015.

In order to promote national stability and quick development, President Bola Tinubu has urged Nigerian leaders and citizens to use diversity as a weapon of strength rather than division.

When he addressed the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria on Sunday in Rome, Tinubu said, “The country’s hope is stability and progress if we use our diversity to use it for prosperity rather than for suffering.”

The President joined other world leaders for the historic occasion at Pope Leo XIV’s installation mass at the Vatican shortly after the meeting.

The President described the inauguration of a new Pope as a “historic” moment, according to his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.

The Catholic bishops were present at both Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration and the burial of the late Pope Francis in Rome.

Read more about Tinubu and Fayemi at Pope Leo’s inauguration here.

President Tinubu thanked Archbishop Lucius Ugorji for facilitating their visit to the Vatican. President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria and Archbishop of Owerri expressed gratitude to Archbishop Lucius Ugorji.

You are there for us at all times. We will invite you whenever we hold our conference in Nigeria now that you have visited the Vatican. According to Archbishop Ugorji, “we look forward to interfacing with you, just as you did with the Holy Father.”

Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of the Sokoto Diocese, Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Abuja, Archbishop Alfred Martins of Lagos, and Archbishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of the Sokoto Diocese also attended the meeting.

Pope Leo and Obi in conversation.

Earlier on Sunday, President Tinubu had a meeting with Kayode Fayemi, the former governor of Ekiti State, and Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate for the 2023 election.

Following the installation mass in St. Peter’s Square, he also had a brief conversation with the 69-year-old Pope. He exchanged a few words with the new pontiff before moving on to a video on the president’s X account.

Following the mass, the Pope was greeted by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and American Vice President J. D. Vance, both of whom were also present.

Following a covert cardinal conclave, Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost, was proclaimed the 267th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church on May 8.

The pontiff, who was born in America, had vehemently advocated for environmental protection, global peace, and the protection of underprivileged communities when he first proclaimed his papacy.

After a one-storey building collapsed in the Mushin area of Lagos State, three adult men were hurt in various degrees.

On Sunday afternoon, an incident occurred at 96 Ishaga Road, directly across from the Idi Araba Central Mosque.

A distress call was made at around 3: 30 p.m., according to a statement signed by the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service’s Director, Margaret Adeseye.

The Lagos State Ambulance Service moved the three injured people to a hospital where they were treated before being immediately rescued and treated there.

The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Corps, Lagos State Ambulance Service, and Nigeria Police were among the responding agencies.

In the Niger Truck Accident, there were 16 injuries and seven deaths.

As authorities evaluate the location, search and rescue operations are ongoing.

Due to ongoing investigations, it is not yet known what caused the collapse.

One person died in the Ojodu-Berger area of Lagos State from a three-storey building collapse on Oremeta Street in the wake of Mushin’s most recent collapse, which occurred just one month prior.

During the incident, which took place on April 19, 13 people were saved from the rubble.