A classroom in Borno State has been converted into a poultry farm, as schools remain closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Pictures shared online show numerous domestic fowls and poultry feeding on the floor of a classroom.

Chairs and desks were cleared to one side of the room, to create space for the poultry farm.

The pitures were posted on Twitter by one Olusegun Iselaiye.

School turned to poultry farm in Borno.

Photo: Abba Bukar Abba Masta pic.twitter.com/OQMOqnBxVY

— Olusegun Iselaiye (@iotama22) July 16, 2020

Bello Matawalle, governor of Zamfara State, has said the state will give bandits two cows for every rifle they surrender.

Matawalle made the announcement when he hosted the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu; Director General, Department of State Security Services (DSS), Yusuf Bichi, and other heads of Intelligence Units of military and police.

The governor said his government does not want to give money to the bandits, so that they will not buy new weapons.

He disclosed that the state government has informed repentant bandits to disband all their camps in the forest.

“For every rifle submitted by a repentant bandit, there would be compensation of two cows,” he said.

“We don’t want to give them money, so they wouldn’t use the money to purchase new weapons.

“We said we will compensate them with cows, they are Fulani and they need the cows to advance their economic interest.

“We also told the repentant bandits that all “Dabas” (Camps) in the forests should be disbanded. We won’t accept a situation where the bandits will disarm and then go back to the forest and be staying in these camps or Dabas .

“We asked them to either come to town and be reintegrated into the society or be given economic empowerment where they are, so that they would start a new life.

“Most of them are residing in forests under the shades of trees and inside caves. That is why we came up with RUGA policy to help them.”

The governor, who described the state as the epicentre of armed banditry in the country, stated that the whole North-west and the country in general will be safe, if security operatives can deal with the menace.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has named Yahaya Bello, Governor of Kogi State, as Chairman of its Ondo State Governorship Primary Election Committee.

This was disclosed in a statement signed by Yekini Nabena, APC Deputy National Publicity Secretary, on Thursday.

The statement partly read: “Ahead of the All Progressives Congress Ondo State Governorship Primary Election slated for July 20, 2020, the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker/Extra-ordinary National Convention Planning Committee has constituted Primary Election and Appeal Committees.

“The Governor of Kogi State, H.E. Yahaya Bello will chair the Primary Election Committee while Emperor Chris Baywood Ibe will chair the Primary Election Appeal Committee.

“Ondo State Governorship Primary Election Committee:
1. H.E. Yahaya Bello – Chairman
2. Olorogun o’tega Emerhor OON – Secretary
3. Alwan Hassan – Member
4. Chief Samuel Sambo – Member
5. Hajiya Binta Salihu – Member
6. Mr. Emma Andy – Member
7. Dr. Adebayo Adelabu – Member
8. Abdullahi Aliyu – Member
9. Mrs. Margret Ngozi Igwe – Member.”

Nabena said both the primary election and appeal committees will be inaugurated by the Chairman of the APC Caretaker/Extra-ordinary National Convention Planning Committee, Mai Mala Buni, at the APC National Secretariat by 3pm on Friday.

The President of Gabon, Ali Bongo on Thursday appointed Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda, 56, as the country’s first female Prime Minister.

Raponda before her recent Appointment served as a defence minister since February 2019.

Her appointment was made known in a statement released by the Secretary-General of the Presidency, Jean-Yves Teal.

According to the statement, the first official assignment was to form a new government after her predecessor, Julien Nkoghe Bekale stepped down earlier in the day.

She will also handle the two major challenges affecting the country which include; the decline in oil production and prices, and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Raponda was also named the budget minister eight years ago before being elected mayor of the capital Libreville in 2014, becoming the first woman to hold that position.

She is the sixth prime minister appointed since Bongo succeeded his father in 2009 and equally served as Director-General of the Economy as well as Deputy Director-General, the Housing Bank of Gabon.

Source: Channels Television

Joy Nunieh, the immediate past acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has said she is safe with Nyesom Wike, Governor of Rivers State, at Government House in Port Harcourt, the state capital.

Nunieh stated this at the Government House while narrating her ordeal after police operatives laid siege to her Port Harcourt residence on Thursday.

Governor Wike had rescued Nunieh after he drove to her residence and ordered the police officers who had surrounded the building to vacate the area.

Nunieh explained that she called the governor and Senator Magnus Abe, a former federal lawmaker, to inform them about the invasion of her residence by policemen, noting that the operatives wanted to arrest her without an approved warrant.

She stated that the policemen tried breaking the security door to her residence before Governor Wike arrived and ordered them out of her premises.

She said: “Senator Magnus Abe called me after a while that the CP in Rivers did not really know about it and that the CP was going to reach me. The CP did reach me and said he was not aware of what was going on.”

“The CP asked that I send him my address and which I did and then I saw the cars come in. So, I asked if that was the CP, and they said no. Fortunately, I was just wise enough. I stayed by the door, and they wanted to drag me, so I just banged the door, so they can’t come in.”

“So, I now left the front door to call my governor to tell my governor that this is what has happened, and he said no, I should not go anywhere that he was on his way. They kept trying to pull down the door and then I asked them for a warrant of arrest and I said I can’t go anywhere without a warrant of arrest.”

“I needed to see the warrant. We are not in the Banana Republic. So, as they were still trying, my Governor came and sent them out that why would they come to arrest a woman like an armed robber that they should leave the compound.”

“The Governor then said I should enter the car with him. So, I am safely here with my governor in Government House, Port Harcourt.

“I really want to thank the Governor. I really don’t know what to say but my Governor is a man. He is a man. He didn’t just say it that nothing should happen to me, he came to my rescue. I want to say thank you to my Governor,”

Nunieh was to appear before a House of Representatives panel investigating allegations of corruption in the NDDC on Thursday.

The Senate panel is investigating alleged misappropriation of N40 billion by the interim management committee (IMC) of the NDDC.

The ex-NDDC MD said she was preparing to go to Abuja to give her submission to the House Committee on NDDC before the police invaded her house.

Femi Fani-Kayode, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, has reacted to the siege by police at the house of Joy Nunieh, former managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).

Men in police uniform on Thursday, at about 4.00am, invaded the Port Harcourt residence of Nunieh, who was supposed to appear before the House of Representatives panel few hours later, regarding the ongoing probe into the alleged  financial misapproprition in the commission.

Reports say she was meant to connect a morning flight to Abuja from the Rivers State capital.

However, she could not leave her house, until the state governor, Nyesom Wike, arrived the scene to rescue her.

In a tweet on the saga, Fani-Kayode said the invasion of Nunieh’s residence by the police was an attempt to kidnap and possibly kill her.

The former aviation minister described the action of the police as illegal, saying the invasion was done without a warrant, and was not authorised by the Inspector General of Police.

He praised Wike for the role he played, in ensuring that the woman is safe.

He wrote: “Gov. Wike saved Joy Nunieh’s life today. The police raid on her house at 4.00am was illegal & was NOT backed by a warrant or authorised by the I-G. It was simply an attempt to abduct & possibly kill her. Wike arrived on the scene, broke the siege & saved her life. I commend him.”