@dailyplug9ja: Here’s everything that happened in Nigeria in the last 12 hours. Public outrage has erupted after surfaced documents revealed that the late NYSC doctor, Wisdom Oghenetega Enakirerhi, was queried for missing evening games while battling severe illness, just days before he tragically died after being denied sick leave. The African Democratic Congress has strongly rejected President Tinubu’s directive for the ICPC to investigate the PFIPC scandal, insisting that the presidency cannot fairly probe itself and demanding an independent judicial panel to ensure transparency and justice. The Nigerian Senate has officially declined to launch its own comprehensive investigation into the growing PFIPC financial scandal, choosing instead to step back and await the outcome of the ongoing probe directed by the executive branch. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned Ahmed Dikko, the former Managing Director of the Port Harcourt Refinery, on serious money laundering charges involving the alleged misappropriation of over one billion naira meant for facility maintenance. Security forces in Delta State have successfully captured the notorious wanted bandit Abubakar Usman within a dense forest, marking a significant victory in the fight against kidnapping after he was tracked down by local vigilante groups. Former Minister Solomon Dalung has made a shocking allegation that National Assembly members demanded a massive two hundred million naira bribe from him to pass his ministry's budget during his service under the previous administration. President Bola Tinubu has forwarded a crucial bill to the House of Representatives seeking to completely repeal the 2015 Administration of Criminal Justice Act and abolish the controversial trial-within-trial procedure to speed up legal proceedings. Nigerian depot owners have suddenly increased the price of diesel by three percent to one thousand four hundred and fifty naira per litre, a sharp hike triggered by a global surge in crude oil prices. Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum has launched a major agricultural support scheme, subsidizing fertilizer by fifty percent and distributing free farm inputs to one hundred and twenty thousand farmers to boost food production and combat hunger. The Sokoto State Government has distributed sixty-two armoured vehicles to security agencies to boost their operational capacity, a strategic move aimed at crushing banditry and securing vulnerable communities across the volatile north-western region. The Senate has advanced a bill seeking stiffer penalties for health violations, proposing a fifteen-year jail term for those caught selling counterfeit medicines or unsafe food, as lawmakers move to crack down on dangerous public health crimes. Presidential aide Daniel Bwala has asserted that state governors must be held directly accountable for kidnappings in their territories, blaming the security crisis on their failure to properly manage local development funds and grassroots governance. The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, has urgently appealed to parents and leaders in the South East to encourage their youths to join the military, warning that the region is falling behind its quota. #trendingnews #newsupdate #nigerianews

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