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Former governor Nasir El-Rufai claimed that all the projects President Bola Tinubu recently commissioned in the state were started under his administration, but the Kaduna State government refuted that claim.

El-Rufai, who presided over Kaduna between 2015 and 2023, claimed in a media interview on Monday that the projects President Tinubu inaugurated on Thursday were remnants of his (El-Rufai’s) presidency.

However, Ibraheem Musa, the governor’s chief press secretary, responded quickly by calling the former governor’s assertion a “bare-faced lie” and an attempt to defame facts.

Musa explained that the projects under consideration were either started or finished under the current administration in a statement released on Tuesday.

He noted the opening of the 300-bed Bola Tinubu Specialist Hospital, the 100-bed Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses, and the opening of three major projects during President Tinubu’s visit.

The governor’s human capital development agenda, which includes the Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa Institute in Rigachikun, Col. Dangiwa Umar Institute in Soba, and Sir Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa Institute in Samaru Kataf, includes the vocational institutes.

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According to the statement, the facilities were created to provide industry-standard training to 36, 000 youths each year.

According to the government, the institutes have been hailed as Nigeria’s best-equipped skills development centers thanks to the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE).

No polytechnic or university of technology in the nation can compete with the facilities at these facilities, according to Prof. Idris Bugaje, the executive secretary of NBTE, who described Kaduna as “the hub of skills development in Nigeria.”

The state government added that the 300-bed Bola Ahmed Tinubu Specialist Hospital was first established by Namadi Sambo’s administration, but it was unfinished until the current administration took control.

Governor Sani reportedly arrived at the hospital without any medical equipment at 53% of the time.

The unfinished facility has evolved into a symbol of waste, mismanagement, and abandonment, according to the statement.

According to the statement, Governor Sani’s broader healthcare revitalization program, which also includes the rehabilitation of various general hospitals throughout the state, prioritized the hospital’s completion and equipment.

According to the government, these initiatives are already enhancing access to healthcare and reducing multidimensional poverty.

The statement noted that President Tinubu was “effusive in his praise” of Governor Sani’s influence on the health sector during the commissioning, calling the facility a “signature achievement.”

The government claimed that Governor Sani’s plans to mitigate the effects of the elimination of fuel subsidies included the introduction of 100 CNG buses.

For the first six months, the buses provide free rides for employees, retirees, and students, with significantly reduced fares for the general public afterward.

Umar Ajiyia Isa, a former Nigerian Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) CFO, has made what he called false allegations that he was detained by EFCC (EFCC) operatives on Monday due to fraud.

The former NNPCL CFO clarified in a statement on Wednesday that, contrary to reports, he had never been detained because of the alleged $7.2 billion in transactions at the Warri and Port Harcourt refineries.

No one has detained me in connection with any refinery fraud involving $7.2 billion. I voluntarily asked the EFCC to question me, and I later left. It’s unfortunate to hear about my arrest because of fraud in the media,” he said.

“I remained faithful to my integrity while working for NNPC Limited.” Throughout my time with the company, no one has ever accused me of any fraud. People who propagate this false theory of arrest and detention “just want to tarnish my reputation”

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Isa stated that he was ready to fight back against both his reputation and years of NNPCL service.

He continued, “I am in this country and I will be present whenever the EFCC requests that I appear before them.”

The Senate Committee on Public Accounts, led by Aliyu Wadada, raised the alarm last week about discrepancies in the NNPCL’s audited financial statements, calling them astounding and unsettling.

The committee made it clear that the concerns are directly related to the analysis of NNPCL’s financial statements from 2017 to 2023.

President Bola Tinubu is upset about the state of the opposition parties in Nigeria, according to Senate President Godswill Akpabio.

He made the remarks on Wednesday during the commissioning of the recently constructed Arterial Road N20 interchange bridge.

The President is interested in seeing a vibrant opposition, Akpabio said. When he observes the disorganized opposition, it depresses him.

According to him, members of both the PDP and Labour Party are experiencing internal crises because they “cannot manage small parties yet want to run the country.”

Senator Neda Imasuen’s confirmation that she had earlier left the Labour Party for the APC was also confirmed by him.

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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.

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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.