Hon. Oche was reacting to the recent alleged hoisting of the defunct Biafa flag in a community in Ado, IDOMA VOICE reports.

The LG boss, however, affirmed that those behind the act of sabotage on the territorial integrity of Ado Local Government and by extension, the state of Benue will be fished and must face the consequences of their actions.

In a statement personally signed, Hon. Oche urged residents of the area to remain calm, peace loving and law abiding as they have always been while his administration makes frantic efforts to bring dividend of democracy to their doorstep.

His statement reads in full.

It has become pertinent to, in the wake of brewing concerns regarding the encroachment of Ado Local Government boarder communities by some criminal elements described as agitators for the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) put the records as they ought to be.

It is true that boarder communities of Ado Local Government interact in terms of trade and other social engagements with the boarder communities of Ebonyi State of South Eastern Nigeria.

That despite this social affinity occasioned by geographical placing, there is a deep, understandable and recognized demarcation as to the geographical integrity and community disparity of the land and people of Benue and that of Ebonyi States.

That the people of Benue State and particularly of Ado Local Government under the distinguished leadership of His Excellency, Dr. Samuel Ortom, the Executive Governor of Benue State are not party to any form of agitation for the proscribed Indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB) and we as the local government authority would defy any such attempt within the ambit of our powers and of the law.

That we note with dismay that, some indigenes of Ado Local Government colluded with and supported the agitators whom we were informed hoisted the Biafran flag at Odoke Market in Ekile community of Ado LGC. Pertinent it is to say that our prompt reaction supported by the military nipped them in the bud as they hurriedly disassembled the flag and took to their heels upon receiving information that we were coming.

That those behind this act of sabotage on the territorial integrity of Ado Local Government and by extension, the state of Benue will be fished and must face the consequences of their actions.

That we reiterate the firmness of our unwavering support to the administration of His Excellency, Dr. Samuel Ortom and His Deputy, Engr Benson Abounu who are committed to ensuring the safety of the lives and property of Benue People.

We urge our people to remain calm, peace loving and law abiding as they have always been. We similarly urge them to report any form of encroachment on our collective land by criminal elements acting under the style of the proscribed IPOB agitators as well as their internal collaborators to appropriate authorities for prompt action.

The UK-based Blockchain Entrepreneur had shared the screengrab of a grateful student who stated that his courses opened his eyes, a check by Pokovirtuousblog has shown.

Olanrewaju Hazeez, popularly known as Fx.professor, is living his best life as a Forex Trader and Educator. The Ibadan naive who launched his forex company, Forexlyfe in 2019, has helped many youths become millionaires.

In the morning hours of today, the FX Trader took to his Instagram story to share the screengrab of a message a grateful student of his sent him. In the missive, the mentee identified as Daniel stated that his [Fx.professor] courses does help him to understand the market.

"Good morning prof, God bless you richly.

Prior to your course I had some trading experience but no consistency and this ruined my trading confidence. Your course opened my eyes and now I know exactly what I want from the market - your course teaches how to understand the market rather than trade by rules fixed by others, not done yet but the progress is amazing, I would totally recommend this course for anyone looking to master FOREX trading at any level, this is an honest review".

Source: https://pokovirtuousblog.com.ng/

The United States has launched a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022.

Because of worries over China’s human rights record, the White House announced that no official delegation will be sent to the Games.

However, it stated that US athletes would be welcome to compete and would have the government’s full support.

In the case of a boycott, China has previously stated that it will take “decisive actions.”

US President Joe Biden said last month that he was weighing up a diplomatic boycott of the event.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed the boycott on Monday, saying that the administration would not contribute to the “fanfare” of the Olympics.

“US diplomatic or official representation would treat these games as business as usual in the face of the PRC’s [People’s Republic of China] egregious human rights abuses and atrocities in Xinjiang,” she said. “We simply can’t do that.”

Source: BBC Sport

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)

on Monday said that 138 members of the

National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) had so far

tested positive to the Coronavirus (COVID-19)

pandemic.

Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director General, NCDC,

said this at the National Briefing on COVID-19 on

Monday in Abuja.

Ihekweazu said that none of those who tested

positive was allowed into the camps.

According to him, 34,785 corps members and

members of the camp communities have been

tested with 138 turning positive representing 0.4

per cent prevalence.

“It means one out of 200 people,” he explained.

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The NCDC boss said that those who tested

positive were either managed at home or in a

treatment centre, depending on if they had

symptoms and what state they were in.

With talks between striking university teachers

and the Federal  Government progressed getting

more positive, he said that the next challenge

would be how to work with education

stakeholders to ensure safe reopening of

universities.

“Universities are slightly riskier and present

unique challenges, but we are confident that we

can address this as we have done in other

sectors like aviation,” Ihekweazu said.(NAN)