TERRORISTS, BANDITRY ACTIVITIES IN NORTHWEST HAVE REDUCED- SHEHU SANI. (PHOTO).
Terrorists, banditry activities in Northwest have reduced – Shehu Sani Shehu Sani, a former Kaduna Central Senator, has disclosed a decrease in the activities of terrorists and bandits in the Northwest. Sani said the recent killings of some top terrorists’ leaders could have been responsible for the decrease. Posting on X, the former lawmaker wrote: “In the last few weeks, there is a noticeable decrease in terrorist and banditry attacks and kidnappings in the North Western parts of this country. “The elimination of some of the top terrorist leaders must have been responsible.This is commendable and should be sustained.” In the past weeks, notable bandit leaders have been killed in the North. Those eliminated include- Haliru Kachalla Sububu or Buzu, Kachalla Tukur Sharme (killed by rival gang), Sani Black, another prominent bandit leader, killed along with his brother and two children, Kachalla Makore, Kachalla Mai Shayi Kachalla Tsoho Lulu and Mai’Yar Gitta. Gitta lost his life after
According to one of my Reporters Joan Ugochukwu,she is reporting today that the Central Bank of Nigeria {CBN} has re-instated all the banks that were banned from the foreign exchange market.The Director,Banking Supervision,Mrs Tokunbo Martins,said today wednesday at a media briefing,stating that the decision was reached after a series of meeyings with the body of bank Chief Executive Officers {CEOs} and the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria {CIBN}.She said ''Well,we have had engagements with the body of CEOs and they have been interacting amongst themselves and I am happy to tell you today that the banks that were hitherto banned have been released from the ban.And the reason is because all of the banks after discussions and engagements under the auspices of the body of CEOs and the CIBN have all submitted credible repayment plans which we the CBN found acceptable.So as a result of that,all those banks have been re-instated in the foreign exchange market''.The CIBN President,Prof. Segun Ajibola,said that the institute was very much interested in what was happening among all the industry players.He added that under the aegis of the institute,the body of bank CEOs was now a formidable platform to look at issues that were pertinent to the industry and the economy,to ensure that stakeholder's interested was protected..'We will protect the interests of all our stakeholders and especially th bigger picture,which is Nigeria and its economy as a whole.So it is a happy development and I believe this will further help to strengthen our system and our economy''.The CBN had yesterday tuesday,banned nine Deposit Money Banks {DMBs} from the Nigerian foreign exchange market for failing to remit the sum of 2.3 billion dollars belonging to NNPC to the Treasury Single Account {TSA}.
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