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Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt

The Director General of the Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Mr. Farouk Salim has urged Nigerians to kick against importers with substandard products in the country.

Salim gave the advice during a one-day sensitisation programme in Port Harcourt, organised by SON, to mark its 50 years celebration.

The  Police have  arrested no fewer than 154 suspects    various crimes in Borno State. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Abdul Umar, confirmed this while briefing newsmen at the command headquarters in Maiduguri.

Umar said that out of the 154 suspects, 67 of them were charged to court and remanded in prison custody for being in possession of dangerous arms and disturbance of public peace in Maiduguri metropolis and its environs.

Michael Olugbode in Abuja

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has said the federal government was duty bound to protect the lives of both the military personnel and other citizens under its jurisdiction from attacks by armed groups.

The Chairperson Governing Council of the Commission, Dr. Salamatu Suleiman said this in Abuja, yesterday.

She said the protection of lives of military personnel and other citizens was imperative given the increased insurgency and counter-insurgency operations in some parts of the country.

Journalists across the country  have been mourning veteran journalist, civil society activist,  former leader of  the Nigerian Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Hajia Raheemat Omoro Momodu, who died on  Tuesday, June 14, 2022.

Until her death, Momodu, who hailed from Edo State, was the Principal Programme Officer, Human Security and Civil Society Organizations in the Department of Gender and Social Affairs at the ECOWAS Commission.

The Enugu State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Emmanuel Ikechukwu Obi, yesterday, said Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi administration’s commitment to providing medical facilities across all level of healthcare services in the state has yielded the desired positive results.

Dr. Obi added that the preference of Gov. Ugwuanyi’s administration to provide quality, accessible and affordable healthcare services to the people of the state including those in the rural areas remains sacrosanct.

Police operatives in Anambra have rescued 35 girls from a baby factory in the Nkpor area of the South-east state.

A statement by the spokesman of the Anambra Police Command Ikenga Tochukwu said the girls were rescued during a raid in a hotel.

According to the statement, “Following a rigorous analysis of crime trends and pattern, the Command operatives on 13th June 2022, working on information burst a hotel named Gally Gally in Nkpor where they use children between the ages of 14 years and 17 years for sex slaves, prostitution and baby factory.”

Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, representing Abia South Senatorial District has formally resigned his position as Minority Leader of the Senate.

His resignation was conveyed in a letter dated May 26th, 2022.

The letter was read by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, at the start of plenary yesterday.

Abaribe’s resignation as Minority Leader of the Senate, followed his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).

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Iyobosa Uwugiaren and Chuks Okocha in Abuja

Desperate to beat deadline set by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC),  Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has quietly submitted his forms, with the inclusion of a ‘place holder’ as running mate.

•NERC, Discos, Gencos, TCN seal deal on compulsory supply of 5000mw of power from July 1

Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja and Peter Uzoho in Lagos

As Nigerians continue to contend with erratic power supply, the World Bank has said the country would need about $100 billion in the next 10 years to tackle the challenge which has defied all efforts by administrations since 1999.

•Adoke: court verdict vindicates me yet again

Deji Elumoye and Alex Enumah in Abuja

The federal government yesterday reacted to the United Kingdom Commercial Court judgement that ruled that there was no evidence of fraud in the OPL 245 transaction between Nigeria and JP Morgan Chase Bank, saying it was studying the judgement.