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FG Says No End To National Grid Collapses In Nigeria

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  The national electricity grid will remain prone to collapse due to the government’s inability to repair a crucial transmission line in northern Nigeria owing to persistent insecurity. This is as indicated by the minister of Power , Adebayo Adelabu, who talked during the 2025 financial plan protection meeting with the Senate Joint Comittee on Power. Adelabu featured the effect of the harmed Shiroro-Kaduna-Mando line, which has been unavailable since a defacing episode in October 2024. This disappointment has put huge tension on the network, prompting incessant breakdowns. "The Kaduna-Shiroro-Mando line was one of the two significant lines communicating capacity toward the north. The second, the Ugwuaji-Makurdi line, was likewise vandalized however has been fixed. The Shiroro-Mando-Kaduna line, notwithstanding, stays down because of uncertainty," he said on Monday. “This is why our grid is so fragile, as it relies on a single line, causing unnecessary strain.” The minister un...
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Police Arrests Female Gunrunner, Kidnapper Of Own Mother, And Other Kidnappers In Zamfara

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A kidnapping syndicate and six members of the gang, including one who masterminded the kidnap of his mother has been arrested by Zamfara State Police Command.


According to the state police commissioner, who spoke through the command’s spokesman, SP Mohammed Shehu, "police operatives had acted on intelligence gathered through community policing".   


The suspects were identified as Thomas Yau of Maikarfi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Abdulsamad Mohammed, Bello Abdullahi and Abubakar Namadi.


Others are Suleiman Gabriel and Christopher Gabriel, all of the same address.


Speaking about  the arrest, he said: “On 12th February 2023, Zamfara Police Command through its community policing engagement acted on intelligence information that led to the busting of a kidnapping syndicate and the arrest of six notorious kidnappers who have been terrorising different villages in Kaduna, Kano and other neighbouring states such as Zamfara, Sokoto and so on.”


He continued: “In the course of investigation, it was discovered that the suspects had carried out a series of kidnappings where an unspecified number of people were abducted and millions of naira collected as ransom.”


“Each suspect further narrated the number of kidnappings he participated in as well as the role he played in each kidnapping.


“Surprisingly, one of the suspects, Thomas Ya’u confessed that sometime last year, he masterminded the kidnapping of his biological mother and three others; as a result of the kidnapping, they collected the sum of N30 million from relations as ransom, and, in turn, he was given one million as his share. The case is under discreet investigation and will be charged to court for prosecution.”


Speaking further, the police spokesman explained that the command also arrested a female gunrunner who specialised in supplying arms to bandits and criminal elements in Zamfara and neighbouring states.


According to him, 325 rounds of AK-47 live ammunition were recovered from the suspect, Fatima Sani, who hailed from Kaura Namoda Local Government Area of the state.


Shehu recounted: “On 13th February 2023 Police detectives arrested the female gunrunner in possession of 325 rounds of live ammunition, following the intelligence information obtained about her movement with the said exhibit from Lafia in Nasarawa State to a notorious bandit’s kingpin hibernating in the Zamfara forest.


“In the course of interrogation, the suspect confessed to having earlier supplied three AK-47 rifles and 1, 000 rounds of AK-47 live ammunition to bandits operating within Zamfara. A discreet investigation is in progress and the suspect will be charged to court for prosecution.”


He also disclosed the arrest of Rabiu Umar of Gusau who was arrested with 1, 000 registered MTN SIM cards which are allegedly sold to bandits and other criminal elements.


“On 15th February 2023, upon intelligence that the suspect was seen with an uncountable number of registered MTN sim cards.


“Police operatives swung into action, arrested the suspect and conducted an on-the-spot search and the exhibits were recovered from him. The suspect confessed that the sim cards were for sale to customers looking for registered sim cards,” he stated.


He further stated: “It is well known to everyone that it is no longer permitted by the NCC to sell registered sim cards of any network. An investigation is in progress with a view to arresting other suspects before being charged to court for prosecution.”




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