Katsina Embraces Self-defence Strategy against Bandits, Promises to Support Communities to Defend Themselves Says ransom payment doesn’t guarantee safety of victims
Francis Sardauna in Katsina Worried at the rate residents of his state were dying in “a humiliating
manner,” Governor Dikko Radda of Katsina State has urged the communities to defend themselves against bandits, promising that
his administration will support terrorised communities to confront invading bandits, kidnappers, and other criminals.
Speaking at an event organised for the 2025 Citizens’ Budget Participation Process and the launching of the state’s Community
Development Programmes, Governor Radda discouraged the families of kidnap victims from paying the ransom, stressing that
ransom payment does not even prevent a hostage from being killed Continued on page 5
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NNPC: Dangote Refinery Free to Sell Products Directly to Marketers on Willing Seller-willing Buyer Basis Insists there’s currently no guarantee of lower prices with local refining
Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja The Nigerian National Petroleum
Company Limited (NNPCL) yesterday clarified that the Dangote Refinery and any
other domestic refinery are free to sell petroleum products directly to any marketer on a
willing seller-willing buyer basis, which is the current practice for all fully deregulated products.
While further clarifying that there was no guarantee of lower prices with domestic refining
compared to any global pricing Continued on page 5
Nigeria Dumps Taiwan for One-China Policy, China to Pressure Russia over West Africa
Tinubu, Xi Jinping reaffirm their countries’ support for each other’s sovereignty, territorial integrity Ejiofor Alike in Lagos and Michael Olugbode in Abuja In a fresh agreement between President Bola Tinubu and his counterpart in the People’s Republic of China, President Xi Jinping, Nigeria has dumped Taiwan for One-China policy, THISDAY has learnt. This is just as China may have agreed to put pressure on Russia not to be meddlesome in Mali, Niger Republic and Burkina Faso, in the efforts to provide regional stability in West Africa. Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso recently pulled out from the regional bloc, ECOWAS, headed by President Tinubu, over the military takeover of the democratically-elected governments in the three countries. China was expected to use its influence over Russia to promote
peace and regional stability in West Africa. The One-China Policy is a diplomatic acknowledgement of China's position that there is only one China in the world, and that the government of the People’s Republic of China is the sole legal government representing the whole of China, with Taiwan as an inalienable part of the Chinese territory. China regards the island of Taiwan as its breakaway territory, which will one day be unified with the mainland. While President Tinubu and President Jinping reaffirmed their countries’ support for each other’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, China may also have agreed to put pressure on Russia over Mali, Niger Republic and Burkina Faso, in its Continued on page 5
RESPECT FOR FORMER BOSS’ MOTHER… L-R: Deputy Governor of Katsina State, Hon. Faruk Lawal Jobe; Governor Dikko Umaru Radda; and former President Goodluck Jonathan, when the former president arrived in Katsina to offer condolences to the Yar’Adua family, following the passing of the mother of the late President Umaru Yar’Adua, Hajiya Dada Yar’Adua, in the state…yesterday