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In the past two months, the Imo State Police Command has made significant progress in the fight against crime, including rescuing several abduction and child trafficking victims and arresting 789 suspects.

At a press conference held on Friday at the Anti-Kidnapping Unit in Owerri, the police commissioner Aboki Danjuma revealed this. He added that the collaboration, which he called “crucial in restoring safety across the state,” was “crucial in restoring safety across the state.

According to Danjuma, the Command has detained a total of 789 criminal suspects for crimes ranging from kidnapping, armed robbery, and cultism to terrorism linked to IPOB/ESN, child trafficking, murder, stealing, and receiving stolen property, among others.

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He claimed that seven stolen children and nine kidnapped victims had already been rescued, the majority of whom had already been reunited with their families. 17 firearms, including AK-47s and pump-action rifles, 72 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, 673 live cartridges, nine stolen motorcycles, explosives, charms, laptops, mobile phones, and what the police called “Biafra currencies” were among the items recovered.

According to Danjuma, one of the Command’s biggest breakthroughs was the arrest of suspected Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) members and its armed branch, the Eastern Security Network (ESN).

Our operatives stormed an IPOB/ESN camp at Obudi Agwa in Oguta LGA on September 16th, using reliable information. The hoodlums attacked our men with vicious gunfire when they saw them, but they were defeated by their superior firepower. He claimed that there were 16 suspects detained, including subcommissars Uzoechi Okechukwu and Paschal Igbuogwu.

Onye Chukwuebuka Eriiriogu, a suspected terrorist kingpin, was also reportedly confessing to carrying out numerous attacks with his gang earlier than planned.

A one-month-old baby was initially declared dead at birth, according to police, and a child trafficking syndicate was discovered in addition to counter-terrorism operations. Two of the suspects have been detained, and two of their accomplices are still at large.

Four alleged Vikings Confraternity cult members were detained in Isiala Mbano LGA in a different operation, along with locally manufactured pistols and live cartridges that had been recovered.

“Permit me to thank the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, for his constant support of our successes, as well as the Executive Governor of Imo State, His Excellency Senator Hope Uzodimma,” for her constant support in welfare and logistics.

The Commissioner’s assurances to the public about the safety-focusedness of the Command.

At Shang Yabing’s Chinese knitwear factory, where racks of scarves bear the national teams’ logos from Ireland to Tanzania, tariff concerns are affecting World Cup merchandise orders.

Before the United States, Mexico, and Canada take on the next summer’s football tournament, which is being hosted by the United States, Yiwu, Chinese export hubs would typically already be flooded with World Cup orders.

However, international buyers are reevaluate their options before placing orders with businesses like Shang’s Yiwu Wells Knitting Product due to the rollercoaster ride of a trade war between Washington and Beijing.

When AFP visited his busy workplaces, Shang was tasked with ensuring that rows of coworkers finished a long list of sports-themed accessories.

According to Shang, “We’ve been in this industry for more than 10 years, and we’ve produced World Cup-related merchandise for almost every tournament.”

He continued, “We’ve secured some smaller orders this year, but the smaller orders that were previously on hold haven’t yet been fulfilled… this is probably due to the US tariffs.”

On Thursday, workers’ workstations were surrounded by colorful crates that were overflowing with colorful goods.

One worker ironed green and yellow lengths of fabric emblazoned with the word “Australian” onto some workers’ sewing machines to attach fringe trims to the ends of scarves.

Although the two countries have reached a temporary truce, they have until November to avoid paying triple-digit tariffs on one another’s goods. However, they continue to battle over semiconductors and TikTok.

With less than nine months until the World Cup, Shang claimed the company was still waiting for clients to approve significant orders totaling a million pieces.

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Lack of clarity

Soccer balls and flags were relatively quiet along Yiwu’s sprawling International Trade City, one of the largest wholesale markets in the world, when foreign buyers rushed in during peak times.

From flag-printed sunglasses to miniature football cleats hanging on keychains, vendors displayed everything.

We saw a significant influx of orders by the time the previous World Cup was over, according to Daisy Dai, a seller of printed soccer balls, AFP.

Customers are stifling her this year, she claimed.

Dai’s clientele was once comprised of American customers, but “a number of large brands stopped ordering because there was no clarity on tariffs,” according to reports from the company.

Zhou Yanjuan, a seller of flags and souvenirs with World Cup themes, told AFP that her exports had slowed.

After all, Zhou said, “We’re not selling necessities.”

She maintained that “things will gradually improve going forward.”

According to Zhou, “everyone is probably anticipating the downward adjustment of (tariffs).

That might ease things up for us, he said.

A rapid response team has been sent to Zamfara State by the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the African Field Epidemiology Network to combat cholera outbreaks.

The state has recorded more than 11, 000 cases with a fatality rate of 1.6% since the outbreak first started happening on January 15 in a statement released on Friday from the state’s public relations department, Suleiman Isah.

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More than 60% of cases were reported in the Talata Mafara, Gusau, Bungudu, and Zurmi local government areas, according to the statement.

Worsened by insecurity

A major public health issue is raised by the outbreak, which has grown worse as a result of insecurities and humanitarian difficulties.

Seven Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme residents and one graduate were stationed in high-burden areas for 14 days to strengthen the response.

Their responsibilities include coordinating with the State PHEOC and supporting case management and surveillance to prevent the outbreak.

The CDC-AFENET also delivered 29, 500 necessary medical items in addition to the personnel.
40, 000 items, including Ringer’s lactate, dextrose water, and regular saline, were included.

Additionally, the shipment included 1, 000 personal protective equipment items, including IV giving sets, 500 infection prevention and control supplies like hand sanitizer and sodium hypochlorite, and 3, 900 consumables, such as IV cannulas, gloves, and cotton wool.

Nafisa Maradun, the state’s health commissioner, received the supplies from the rapid response team lead, Ahmad Aliyu.

Maradun referred to the support as “massive and one that will go a long way to controlling the outbreak.”

Siminalayi Fubara, the governor of Rhodes State, will speak to residents on Friday during a statewide broadcast.

Fubara made this known to journalists at the state capital’s Port Harcourt, where he addressed them.

At 6 p.m., he promised to speak with Rivers residents.

By 6 p.m., Fubara declared, “We are going to the state.”

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Since Thursday, the governor has expressed his gratitude to the locals and supporters.

What I saw at the airport really humbles me.

I was truly humbled by that reception. The governor remarked, “It showed love and solidarity.”

He claimed that the people’s support was a reflection of the state’s support.

The governor was accompanied by his wife, key players, and security officials to the Government House in Port Harcourt.

Edison Ehie, his chief of staff, was one of the attendees.

The governor first inspected his official residence before moving to his office at the Government House.

Emergency Regulation

On Friday, more than 24 hours after President Bola Tinubu ended the state’s six-month emergency rule, the governor arrived at the Port Harcourt International Airport at about 12:19 p.m.

A crowd of supporters gathered at the Port Harcourt International Airport’s VIP wing to welcome him and await his arrival.

Despite the hundreds of supporters who had gathered to welcome him, Fubara did not appear at the Government House while the House of Assembly was resuming its session on Thursday.

However, Nyesom Wike, his predecessor and current minister of the Federal Capital Territory, claimed in an exclusive interview with Channels Television that Fubara was not required to resume on Thursday.

After President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers on March 18 citing a political crisis, Fubara and his deputy, Ngozi Odu, had been stepping down from the state’s governance for six months.

Tinubu also wore the role of administrator over Ibok-Ete Ibas, a former admiral.

At the conclusion of the emergency rule on Wednesday night, Ibas took over control of the government.

Wike-Fubara Rift

In a common occurrence between incumbent governors and former governors in Nigeria, Fubara and his predecessor, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, broke out in May of the same year.

The lawmakers were divided when the political conflict also divided the House of Assembly.

Femi Aborisade, the party’s founding national secretary, claims that the government hasn’t lived up to the expectations of the people.

In my humble opinion, I believe that political figures have let the country down; On Friday, Aborisade said on Channels Television’s Inside Sources that they had not lived up to the expectations of the public.

According to him, the constitution primarily focuses on the welfare and security of the people.

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According to the constitution, the people’s welfare and security are the foundation of governance. We neither have security nor care for the welfare of the people we serve.

Instead of the rulers swimming in opulence and the masses suffocating in abject poverty, he said, “we are confronted with unprecedented poverty, pervasive poverty, agony, pains, and pangs.”

Nigerians aren’t using Nigerian resources.

Aborisade added that the people in charge should be the ones who make decisions, not the masses.

The country is acting only in the interests of the rulers when it says, “Things are not working, the country is not acting in the interests of the masses.”

For instance, they have discontinued the fuel subsidy because only the wealthy governors are eligible. They have given to the wealthy and taken from the general public. It seems as though everything is going wrong.

He claimed that Nigeria is now made for the rulers rather than the general public.

Aborisade, who spoke about the nation’s lawmaking, said, “Our legislatures are among the highest income earners in the entire world, yet they are proud to have passed a law that legalizes the minimum wage of $70,000 per month, yet not less than 11 states are not making the minimum wage.”

Six school principals have been suspended by the Sokoto State Government as a result of allegations of insubordination and unauthorised collection of fees in relation to the results of the Junior Secondary School (JSS) examination.

Ahmad Ala, the ministry’s director of public relations, Ibrahim Iya, made the announcement in a statement.

No principal or school administrator is prohibited from tamper with law or abuse students or parents, Ala declared.

The professor continued, “Our schools must be run according to accountability rather than personal interests.”

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The commissioner added that any official found to be incompetent would be immediately sanctioned by the government.

Nana Girls Secondary School, Government Day Secondary School (GDSS), Gagi, GDSS, Mana, Giginya Memorial College, Mana Basic Secondary School, and GDSS, Silame are the affected principals.

Silame, the GDSS principal, was specifically punished for insubordination, the statement claimed.

The commissioner established a five-member investigative committee led by a professor, Mustapha Tukur, to address the allegations.

The Directors of Planning at the Teachers Service Board, the Director of Quality Assurance at AIEB, and the Executive Secretary of the Committee will also be there.

With immediate effect, the suspended principals have received instructions to assign all administrative responsibilities to their respective vice principals in charge of administration.