GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO ‘NEWS AT 3’ ON NEW

CRUSE 92.7FM, IKERE.

I AM ….

HERE ARE THE TOP STORIES

(NEWS BED)

*** YOUHTS IN OYO STATE JOIN FORCES TO PROTEST HARDSHIP,

HIGH COST OF LIVING

(NEWS BED)

*** FORMER LAWMAKER OPPOSES CREATION OF STATE POLICE,

CITES INFLUENCE OF GOVERNORS

(NEWS BED)

*** GUNMEN ABDUCT CORPSE, FAMILY MEMBERS IN ENUGU,

DEMAND 50 MILLION NAIRA RANSOME

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NOW, THE NEWS IN DETAIL

19/02/2024 1500HR OYO

YOUTHS IN OYO STATE HAVE HIT THE STREET OF IBADAN THE STATE
CAPITAL TO PROTEST THE HIGH COST OF LIVING, FOOD INFLATION
AND THE CURRENT ECONOMIC HARDSHIP IN THE COUNTRY.

THE PROTESTING YOUTHS CARRIED PLACARDS WITH SOME

INSCRIPTIONS LAMENTING THE HIGH COST OF COMMODITIES AND
INCREASED POVERTY LEVEL.

ARMED POLICEMEN WERE SEEN AT THE PROTEST SCENE AS

DEMONSTRATORS HELD THE PEACEFUL RALLY AGAINST THE
ECONOMIC HARDSHIP OCCASIONED BY THE REMOVAL OF PETROL
SUBSIDY AND THE UNIFICATION OF THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE
WINDOWS.

THE OYO STATE POLICE COMMAND HAD YESTERDAY WARNED THAT

NO BREACH OF PEACE WOULD BE ALLOWED DURING ANY PROTEST
IN THE STATE.

THE PROTEST IN IBADAN IS COMING AFTER PROTESTS IN KANO,

MINNA, AMONGST OTHERS.
19/02/2024 1500HR
FG/ASUU

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS COMMENCED PAYMENT OF THE

SEIZED SALARIES OF PUBLIC UNIVERSITY LECTURERS UNDER THE
AEGIS OF THE ACADEMIC STAFF UNION OF UNIVERSITIES.

THE UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA BRANCH CHAIRMAN OF

ASUU, NOBERT OYIBO EZE, CONFIRMED THE DEVELOPMENT.

HE CONFIRMED THAT TWO MONTHS’ SALARIES HAVE BEEN PAID TO

HIM OUT OF THE EIGHT MONTHS OWED HIM.

RECALL THAT PRESIDENT BOLA TINUBU HAD IN OCTOBER 2023

APPROVED THE RELEASE OF FOUR OF THE EIGHT MONTHS’
WITHHELD SALARIES OF ASUU MEMBERS.

FORMER PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI HAD INVOKED A ‘NO

WORK, NO PAY POLICY’ AGAINST ASUU FOR EMBARKING ON A
STRIKE THAT LASTED EIGHT MONTHS IN 2022.
19/02/2024 1500HR APC/PDP

THE ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS (APC) HAS DEFENDED PRESIDENT

BOLA TINUBU SAYING HE IS IMPLEMENTING BOLD AND FAR-
REACHING REFORMS NECESSARY FOR THE NATION’S ECONOMIC
RECOVERY, SUSTAINABLE GROWTH AND PROSPERITY.

THE PARTY’S NATIONAL PUBLICITY SECRETARY, FELIX MORKA, SAID

THIS IN A STATEMENT IN ABUJA.

HE WAS REACTING TO THE PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP)

GOVERNOR’S ADVISE TO TINUBU TO THROW IN THE TOWEL IN THE
FACE OF THE HARDSHIPS EXPERIENCED BY NIGERIANS.

THE APC SPOKESPERSON STRESSED THAT RECKLESS UTTERANCES

CAPABLE OF INFLAMING PASSIONS AND SOCIAL UPHEAVAL MUST BE
AVOIDED.

MORKA NOTED THAT RATHER THAN LIVE UP TO THEIR

RESPONSIBILITIES AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THEIR STATES, THE PDP
GOVERNORS HAD TURNED THEMSELVES INTO A BAND OF
DOOMSDAY VOCALISTS.
19/02/2024 1500HR YOUTH/SEDO

SOME ANGRY YOUTHS AND WOMEN HAVE TAKEN OVER THE

SECRETARIAT OF ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS, APC IN BENIN CITY,
EDO STATE DEMANDIN THE SACK OF THE STATE EXECUTIVE
MEMBERS LED BY ACTING CHAIRMAN, JARRET TENEBE.

LED BY THE YOUTH LEADER OF THE PARTY, TONY ADUN, THE

ANGRY PROTESTERS VOWED TO STAY AT THE BUILDING FOR SEVEN
DAYS.

ADUN SAID THAT THEY WERE PROTESTING AGAINST THE CONDUCT

OF THE OFFICIALS AT SATURDAY’S PRIMARY ELECTION OF THE
PARTY WHICH THREW UP THREE WINNERS.

ONE OF THE CONTENDERS OF THE EDO APC 2024 GOVERNORSHIP

PRIMARY ELECTION, SENATOR OSERHEIMEN OSUNBOR HAD CALLED
ON PRESIDENT BOLA TINUBU TO WADE INTO THE LOOMING CRISIS
OF THE PARTY AFTER A FLAWED PRIMARY CONDUCTED LAST
SATURDAY.
19/02/2024 1500HR
AIYEDATIWA

ONDO STATE GOVERNOR, LUCKY AIYEDATIWA HAS CLARIFIED THAT

HIS ADMINISTRATION HAS NO PLAN TO SCRAP THE RECENTLY
CREATED LOCAL COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT AREAS (LCDAS) BY THE
LATE FORMER GOVERNOR, ROTIMI AKEREDOLU.

AIYEDATIWA SAID THIS IN AKURE DURING A MEETING WITH THE

FORMER MEMBERS OF THE CARETAKER COMMITTEES OF THE LGAS
AND LCDAS.

HE SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT WILL SOON CONSTITUTE

TRANSITION COMMITTEES FOR THE 18 LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS
AND 33 LOCAL COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT AREAS AHEAD OF THE
COMING LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS IN THE STATE.

ACCORDING TO HIM, THE CREATION OF THE LCDAS IS ONE OF THE

LEGACIES OF THE LATE FORMER GOVERNOR, ROTIMI AKEREDOLU,
WHICH MUST BE PRESERVED.
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GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK. NOW TO THE REST OF THE NEWS

19/02/2024 1500HR IKERE

IKERE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CHAIRMAN, OLU ADAMOLEKUN, HAS

EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF UNITY AND COOPERATION IN
SAFEGUARDING COMMUNITIES IN THE TOWN.

IN A MOVE TO ENHANCE SECURITY MEASURES, ADAMOLEKUN

URGED RESIDENTS TO REPORT ANY SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITIES OR
HIDEOUTS OF CRIMINAL ELEMENTS TO THE APPROPRIATE
AUTHORITIES.

RECOGNIZING THAT INDIVIDUALS HAVE UNIQUE KNOWLEDGE OF

THE NOOKS AND CRANNIES OF THEIR SURROUNDINGS, THE
CHAIRMAN STRESSED THE ROLE THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS PLAY
IN ASSISTING GOVERNMENT SECURITY AGENCIES IN FETCHING OUT
CRIMINALS.

ADAMOLEKUN FURTHER URGED EVERYONE TO REFRAIN FROM

SPREADING FAKE NEWS THAT COULD INFLAME TENSIONS AND
CREATE UNREST IN THE COMMUNITY, AND EMPHASIZED THE
IMPORTANCE OF EXERCISING CAUTION AND VERIFYING
INFORMATION BEFORE SHARING IT.
THESE COME IN THE CHAILRMAN’S RESPONSE TO RECENT RUMORS
REGARDING THE ABDUCTION OF WOMEN ON THE IKERE-OGBESE
ROAD WHILE RETURNING FROM FARM.

THE CHAIRMAN CLARIFIED THAT THE INCIDENT WAS A CASE OF A

MISSING PERSON AT OGBESE, AND NOT IKERE.

19/02/2024 1500HR
SHEHU/SANI

A FORMER LAWMAKER, SHEHU SANI HAS OPPOSED THE PROPOSED

STATE POLICE TO CURTAIL INSECURITY, DESCRIBING IT IS A RECIPE
FOR ANARCHY.

AT AN EMERGENCY MEETING IN ABUJA LAST WEEK, PRESIDENT

BOLA TINUBU AND THE 36 STATE GOVERNORS HAD DISCUSSED THE
POSSIBILITY OF CREATING STATE POLICE TO TACKLE SOME
CHALLENGES CONFRONTING THE NATION.

WHILE OPPOSING THE IDEA IN A STATEMENT ON HIS X HANDLE, SANI

NOTED THAT GOVERNORS HAVE THE TENDENCIES TO RECRUIT
THEIR PARTY THUGS INTO THE STATE POLICE AND USE IT TO
PERSECUTE OPPOSITION MEMBERS.

THE EX-FEDERAL LAWMAKER SAID THERE IS NO MAGIC THAT THE

STATE POLICE WOULD PERFORM WHICH THE MILITARY, POLICE AND
CIVIL DEFENCE HAVE NOT DONE.
19/02/2024 1500HR
FG/INTERNET

THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS, INNOVATION, AND DIGITAL

ECONOMY HAS LAUNCHED AN INITIATIVE CALLED PROJECT 774
LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONNECTIVITY TO CREATE NO LESS THAN 300
DIRECT JOBS.

THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS, INNOVATION AND DIGITAL

ECONOMY, BOSUN TIJANI, WHO DISCLOSED THIS VIA HIS X HANDLE,
ADDED THAT THE INITIATIVE WILL CONNECT 774 COUNCIL AREAS IN
THE COUNTRY TO THE INTERNET.

TIJANI ADDED THAT THE PROJECT, WHICH WILL BE UNDER THE

SUPERVISION OF THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS,
INNOVATION AND DIGITAL ECONOMY WILL FOSTER INCLUSIVE
DEVELOPMENT AND ACCESS TO DIGITAL PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE
IN GOVERNMENT OFFICES ACROSS NIGERIA.
ACCORDING TO HIM, THE PROGRAMME AIMED TO GENERATE A
PIPELINE OF TECHNICAL TALENT IN LINE WITH PRESIDENT BOLA
TINUBU’S VISION OF CREATING TWO MILLION DIGITAL JOBS BY 2025.

19/02/2024 1500HR ENUGU

UNKNOWN GUNMEN HAVE REPORTEDLY ABDUCTED A CORPSE

ALONG WITH ALL THE FAMILY MEMBERS CONVEYING IT FROM
LAGOS TO NSUKKA IN ENUGU STATE.

THE REMAINS OF LATE UGWUANYI ISRAEL FROM AMEZE OWERRE,

UMABOR COMMUNITY IN NSUKKA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF
ENUGU STATE, WAS BEING CONVEYED HOME BY FAMILY MEMBERS
WHEN THE KIDNAPPERS SWOOPED ON THEM.

A FAMILY SOURCE SAID HIS CORPSE WAS ON ITS WAY FROM LAGOS
WHEN THE VEHICLE CONVEYING HIS BODY WAS HALTED BY
KIDNAPPERS AND PEOPLE IN THE VEHICLE WERE ALL KIDNAPPED AT
UMUOKA UDI LGA OF ENUGU STATE.
ACCORDING TO THE FAMILY SOURCE, THE KIDNAPPERS HAVE
CALLED THE FAMILY AND DEMANDED A N50 MILLION RANSOM.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT, HERE IS THE SUMMARY OF THE MAJOR

STORIES

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*** YOUTHS IN OYO STATE HAVE HIT THE STREET OF IBADAN THE
STATE CAPITAL TO PROTEST THE HIGH COST OF LIVING, FOOD
INFLATION AND THE CURRENT ECONOMIC HARDSHIP IN THE
COUNTRY.

(NEWS BED)

*** A FORMER LAWMAKER, SHEHU SANI HAS OPPOSED THE

PROPOSED STATE POLICE TO CURTAIL INSECURITY, DESCRIBING IT IS
A RECIPE FOR ANARCHY.
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*** UNKNOWN GUNMEN HAVE REPORTEDLY ABDUCTED A CORPSE
ALONG WITH ALL THE FAMILY MEMBERS CONVEYING IT FROM
LAGOS TO NSUKKA IN ENUGU STATE AND HAVE DEMANDED A
PAYMENT OF 50 MILLION NAIRA RANSOME FOR FREEDOM.

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THAT’S ‘NEWS AT 3’, PRODUCED BY OLUWASEYI AKANBI. MY

NAME IS …….………. THANKS FOR LISTENING. GOOD AFTERNOON.