Today’s News from Nigeria-May 14, 2021

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Custom officers kill five in Oyo

Officers of the Nigerian Custom Service allegedly shot five persons in Iseyin, Oyo State yesterday,
The Custom officers were said to be pursuing suspected smugglers. According to residents, the Customs men started shooting and bullets hit people who were out celebrating the Eid-ul-Fitri, and five of them died.
The killing of these innocent civilians was said to have sparked some protests. Sources say that the NCS Office in Iseyin was razed and some cars were burnt too.
Efforts to reach the Public Relations Officer of the NCS, Oyo/Osun Area Command, Mr Kayode Wey, were unsuccessful. However, the Aseyin of Iseyin, Oba Abdulganiyy Salau, condemned the killings.

President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to Nigerians for understanding while pledging that the security issues in the country will soon be a thing of the past. The president stated this while speaking to newsmen at the State House shortly after observing the Eid prayer.
The President says his administration will use all available resources and manpower in dealing with bandits to ensure access to farms and food production in the coming growing season.
According to him, the menace of bandits and kidnappers will be addressed to ensure that the nation’s food security is not threatened.
While explaining ongoing efforts to tackle the security situation in the country by the administration He appealed to Nigerians for more understanding of the current situation in the country.

Source: Vanguard Newspaper

Abdullahi Adamu who is the ex-governor of Nasarawa State and The Chairman, Senate Committee on Agriculture has said that the southern governor’s forum are overdoing things by demanding for restructuring.
The two-term governor of Nasarawa State alleged that the southern governors betrayed their oath of office and loyalty to Nigeria, by their conduct and utterances.
The ex-governor said this during an interview with journalists in his country home, in Keffi, on Thursday.
Recall that State governors from the southern part of the country, on Tuesday, met in Asaba and issued a communique in which they demanded the immediate restructuring of Nigeria and the banning of open grazing in their areas of jurisdiction.

Source: Punch Newspaper

The World Bank has reported that remittances by Nigerians in diaspora fell by 27.7 per cent to $16.8 billion in 2020 from $23.24 billion.
The World Bank disclosed this in a report titled, ‘Migration and Development Brief’, which also revealed that remittance flows to low- and middle-income countries fell by 1.6 per cent to $540 billion in 2020 from $548 billion in 2019.
The report noted that despite COVID-19, remittance flows remained resilient in 2020, registering a smaller decline than previously projected.

The World Bank said that the relatively strong performance of remittance flows during the COVID-19 crisis also highlighted the importance of timely availability of data.