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Three family members were killed on Tuesday while preparing for the harvest on their farm in the Miango district of Plateau State’s Bassa Local Government Area.

Two others received severe injuries from machete cuts, according to sources close to the community, and they were receiving medical care in Jos, the state capital.

Members of the fact-finding committee visited the local government council secretariat ata-preserver-spaces=”true”>to learn about the ongoing attacks on the community, ata-preserver-spaces=”true”>including security agencies.

Major General Nicholas Rogers (retd.), the committee’s chairman, is a retired army officer and former commander of Operation Safe Haven. ), expressed shock at the attack despite the presence of members who were working to end the stringent attacks with lasting results.

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He urged the Irigwe youths to refrain from self-help or repentance because the government was more determined to find peace and a solution in the area. He described the incident as heartbreaking.

Security personnel have increased their search for the killers as the deceased have since been interred.

After 13 people, primarily children and the elderly, were killed and houses burned in Juwan and Manja communities in the state’s Bokkos and Mangu local government areas by suspected herdsmen less than a week prior.

Ten people were killed and some seriously hurt in the deadly attack on Juwan in the Tangur District of the Bokkos Local Government Area.

Three people were killed in Manja, Chafem Chiefdom of Mangu Local Government Area.

When the attackers caught them unaware and killed them while they were working on the farm, tending to the farmland and tilling the grounds.

After receiving a distress call from those who had escaped the onslaught, security personnel intervened to save others who had been injured.

Amalau Samuel, the Bokkos Local Government Council’s chairman, described the sad incident as barbaric and inhuman.

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Prior to security personnel’s intervention, the terrorists in the other attack in Manja, Chafem Kingdom of Mangu, managed to kill three people on the farm with over 20 houses burned.

According to a Mangu South representative from the Plateau State House of Assembly, the terrorists attacked the area, killing three people, before retaliating with the youths by collaborating with security forces.

In response to his alleged planned shadow government, a professor of political economy, Pat Utomi, has been given a letter of caution from Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court Abuja to abstain from any acts that could threaten the suit’s outcome.

Justice Omotosho argued that the law requires parties to refrain from proceeding further until they are aware of the extent of a suit’s pendency.

The judge added that any party who engaged in such unlawful behavior would always have consequences and would not be reluctant to revoke any actions taken by any of the parties in the course of the case.

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At the resumed hearing in the lawsuit brought by Utomi, the sole defendant, by the Department of State Services (DSS).

Akinlolu Kehinde, the DSS’s attorney, complained that the judge’s caution was in response to a request for an order to maintain the status quo because there have been new developments since the lawsuit was filed.

The judge ruled that because the parties were aware of the suit’s pendency, an order was unnecessary even though the defendant’s attorney, Mike Ozekhome (SAN) objected.

Justice Omotosho chose to hear the main lawsuit along with the defendant’s preliminary objection, saying he would not grant any interlocutory restraining orders.

The judge informed the parties that he had invited seven senior attorneys from the six geopolitical regions to serve as amici curiae and to give the court their legal opinions on the case.

He claimed that because of the nature of the case, which had no known precedent, he made the decision to seek opinions from seasoned law experts.

The judge named those who had been invited, including Professor Uchefula Ugonna Chukwumaeze, the Vice Chancellor of the Imo State University (IMSU), and former NBA president Joseph Daudu (SAN), Professor Ademola Popoola of the Obafemi Awolowo University, and Professor Uchefula Ugonna Chukwumaeze, the former NBA president.

Other notables include Yabubu Maikyau (SAN), a former NBA president, and Professor Dakas C. J. Dakas (SAN), a former Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Jos, Joe Kyari Gadzama (SAN), and Mrs. Miannaya Essien (SAN).

Justice Omotosho remarked that parties’ lawyers would receive advice from the court’s friends so they could respond.

The judge then adjourned the case until July 10 to hear the preliminary objection and the substantive suit.

Utomi, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate from 2007 in the DSS, was sued for allegedly establishing “a shadow government” in the nation.

The court was requested to declare the action a constitutional attack.

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The security service argued in the lawsuit filed on May 13 that Utomi’s action was intended to stir up unrest and abolition.

Following the implementation of significant changes to the country’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing systems, the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) has stated that the country is on track to leave the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list.

Following the FATF plenary session in Strasbourg, France, NFIU Director Hafsat Bakari revealed this in a statement.

Wale Edun, the minister of finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, led the delegation of Nigeria to the meeting.

Countries on the FATF’s “grey list” are those whose anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing systems are in decline.

To avoid negative economic and reputational effects, nations on the list are expected to address these gaps as soon as possible.

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The NFIU claims that various branches of government coordinated their efforts.

The National Security Advisor, the Interior Ministry, the Justice Ministry, and the Office of the President are just a few of the organizations.

The implementation involved multiple organizations, according to Bakari, who also serves as the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Anti-Money Laundering’s secretariat lead.

The Department of State Services (DSS), the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) are just a few examples.

Chief Cornelius Olatunji Adebayo, a former governor of Kwara State and a former minister of communications, has passed away.

He had a brief illness that led to his passing on Tuesday morning.

A family source confirmed the news to Channels Television via phone pending an official statement, requesting anonymity.

Adebayo, who was born on February 24, 1941 in Igbaja, who is now a resident of Kwara State’s Ifelodun Local Government Area, had a distinguished academic and political career.

Before enrolling at Barewa College in Zaria (1962–1963), he attended All Saints Anglican School in Oke-Onigbin and Provincial Secondary School in Ilorin.

He later studied at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (1964–1967), and the University of Ghana, Legon (1967–1969).

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He began lecturing at the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) in 1969 and assumed the position of head of the Kwara State College of Technology’s English department in 1973.

From 1975 to 1978, Adebayo served in Kwara State as commissioner for education and later as commissioner for information and economic development.

He was elected to the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) as a senator in 1979, and he became the governor of Kwara State in 1983.

The military coup led by Major General Muhammadu Buhari on December 31, 1983, cut short his tenure.

Under President Olusegun Obasanjo’s leadership, Adebayo became the country’s communications minister in 1999, where he spearheaded significant reforms in the telecoms industry.

Governor Abba Yusuf has criticized the killing of two Kano State youths as “barbaric, senseless, and unacceptable” in Makurdi, Benue State.

Unidentified assailants reportedly attacked and murdered the victims, Barhama Suleiman and Jamilu Ahmad, sons of renowned Islamic scholar Sheikh Ibrahim Khalil, on Monday night around 11 p.m.

They were peacefully living in the area without fear, according to official reports.

Governor Yusuf expressed deep grief over the loss in a statement released on Tuesday by Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, the governor’s representative.

The governor criticized the governor for announcing the passing of two promising Kano sons with a heavy heart and a sense of loss. They were innocent, peaceful people who, according to their only crime, lived and worked anywhere in Nigeria according to their constitution.

The governor reiterated the president’s commitment to pursuing justice for the victims and their families, calling the attack “an affront to the nation’s unity and peace.”

“Until justice is served, this government will not stand still.” We urge calm and restraint because we rely on cooperation with Benue State Government, security agencies, and other organizations to prosecute the murderers, he said.

The Governor, along with family members of the deceased, was scheduled to lead a delegation from Kano to the National Mosque in Abuja on Tuesday for their funeral services.

Given the victims’ connection to Sheikh Ibrahim Khalil, the tragic incident has gathered the country’s sympathies. The grieving scholar’s family was conveyed condolences by Governor Yusuf, who stated, “This loss is a tragedy for Kano State and the entire country.”

The government of Kano State has urged its citizens to refrain from retaliation and forge ahead with peace.

“Everyone’s Nigeria belongs to us.” Without fear of prejudice or violence, every citizen of this nation has the right to live, move, and prosper, Yusuf continued.