Disturbing News Bits

EDO STATE

Barely 24 hours after he was declared missing, Edo State Commissioner for Information and Orientation Mr Calus Enoma was found yesterday – stone dead.

The commissioner’s body was found in a chalet at Precious Palm Royal Hotel at Ugbowo, on the outskirts of Benin-City. He was reportedly last seen alive on Friday. The state government declared him missing on Sunday.

Enoma’s body was said to have been found naked in his hotel suite with a deep mark on his forehead, and blood stains on the bed. The body has been deposited in a mortuary. The police say they have begun investigation into the death.


AVIATION

OF the 21 airports in the country, only two have limited radar coverage, raising the possibility of air crashes and missing planes.

They are the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos and Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja.

A Beechcraft 1900D which disappeared over two weeks ago in the mountainous region of Obudu Ranch is yet to be found due to lack of equipment.

Reports say the limited radar coverage accounted for the difficulty in locating the sites of air crashes in the country.

It was gathered that the aviation industry had been using the radar facility installed in nine locations since 1979.


FOOD SECURITY

Agriculture and Water Resources Minister, Dr Sayadi Ruma, lamented the country’s inability to produce sufficient food for its teeming populace.

He arguing that Nigeria was yet to guarantee food security, he said national food security is of paramount importance to his ministry.

The minister pointed out that Rice among other stable foods could not be produced at a larger quantity.


ALLEGED FRAUD

Twenty nine persons, including Senator Bala Adamu Kariya, the former Special Adviser on local governments to former Bauchi State Governor Adamu Muazu, have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

They were arrested over an unaccounted for N8 billion belonging to the Department of Local Government (DLG).

The money was said to have been unaccounted for between 1999 and 2002.