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NDA Attack: Heinous Action Would Accelerate Total Uprooting Of Evil in Polity – Buhari

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By Chris Udochukwu Abuja (Precise Post) – President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the attach launched on the facility of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) by bandits, saying the heinous action would accelerate the total uprooting of evil in the polity, which members of the Armed Forces are solidly resolved to accomplish in the shortest possible time. The President who stated this in a statement signed by his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, commiserated with the families who lost their loved ones, and praying God to comfort them, The statement reads in full: The attack launched on the facility of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) on Tuesday, rather than throw a dampener into the morale of our Armed Forces as it is intended to, will buoy their determination to make a decisive end of criminality in the country, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. Noting that the attack, which led to loss of lives, came at a time that the military had put insurgents, bandits, kidnappers, and other types of criminals on the retreat, the President says the heinous …

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Aisha Buhari Tournament: Nigeria Pillar Of Sports, Ejidike Hails First Lady

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By Joan Nnenna Iwuchukwu Abuja (Precise Post) – The much touted Nigeria’s First Lady, Dr Aisha Buhari Invitational Women’s Football Tournament has been described as a right decision in the right direction at this moment when the world football ruling authority is keen about the women football development programme particularly in Africa. The Nigeria Pillar Of Sports, Chief Donatus Agu Ejidike, J.P made the remark in a statement to commend the Nigeria’s First Lady, Dr Aisha Buhari for using her exalted office to promote women sports in Nigeria. Chief Ejidike noted that the Invitational tournament themed:”playing for good” is better staged at this crucial period when the world is facing security challenges. “What interests me is seeing political office holders and patriotic Nigerians using their offices to promote unity, and bring youths together in a maner to shape their lives and give them hope. This particular international tournament by the office of Her Excellency, the First Lady, Dr Aisha Buhari focuses hope that Windows of opportunities can be opened for them in the round leather game”. Chief Ejidike added: “I …

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Insecurity: Former Naval Officer Says Govt Knows Sponsors of Boko Haram

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By Ogechi Okorie Abuja – Former Navy Commodore, Kunle Olawunmi, on Wednesday hinted that the Nigerian government knows those behind the decade-long Boko Haram insurgency in the country. He made the comment during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily. “They [government] know. Of course, it is in the news,” Commodore Olawunmi said. “In April this year, the government said they had arrested 400 Bureau De Change (BDCs)-related people that were sponsoring Boko Haram. They told us.” The presidency had earlier said it would publish names of those behind the Boko Haram war with the development generating heated controversy across the country. But months down the line, the long-awaited list is yet to be made public, a situation the ex-military officer says does not bode well for the government who he accused of shielding criminals. “Try them, we know them. Why can’t this government, if not that they are partisan, bring those people out for trial?” he asked, corroborating calls from several quarters for the Federal Government to make good its promise. He claimed that the government has developed cold …

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8 Killed By Suspected Herdsmen In Benue Community

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Suspected herdsmen invaded Yelawa town, Guma local government area of Benue state, killing eight persons. The attack was said to have occurred on Monday around 7: 30 pm. Yelwata is a border community between Nasarawa and Benue States on the busy Makurdi- Lafia Federal highway road. The inhabitants are predominantly Tiv farmers. Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to Governor Samuel Ortom on Projects monitoring, Fagah Utoo, who is from the area, told The Nation a housewife who was cooking and her four children were killed during the attack. Commander Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) Brigadier – General Clement Afere confirmed the incident. He simply said: “it’s true” when contacted by the Nation. Utoo said: “Last night, herdsmen invaded Yelewata, my village, a border town with Nasarawa Stat and killed his wife and his entire four children. “The wife was preparing supper for the little kids who were playing around. “The murdered woman experienced birth difficulties. She had two miscarriages before God finally blessed her womb and she was able to birth to four children, among whom was a set of twins. “Unfortunately, …

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Record 4,403 athletes compete at Tokyo Paralympic Games

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Abuja – A record 4,403 athletes are competing at the Tokyo Paralympic Games which began on Tuesday night, International Paralympic Committee (IPC) spokesman Craig Spence has said. “I can tell you we’re breaking a record at these Games,” Spence told a press conference. “We’re going to have 4,403 athletes, from 162 delegations, competing here over the next 12 days. That is a record, the most number of athletes ever to compete at a Paralympic Games.” The previous record was 4,328 which was set at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games where we had 159 delegations. “To achieve that, bearing in mind how hard it has been for many National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) to get athletes to competitions in the last 20 months is a remarkable achievement,” he added. “There are 2,550 male athletes and 1,853 female athletes. We have record participation of female athletes. So, with 1,853 female athletes, we beat the previous record of 1,671 women that competed at Rio 2016.” Japan has the biggest delegations, 254 athletes across 23 disciplines. “It’s their biggest-ever delegation at a Paralympic Games, and …

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Personnel monitoring CCTV not asleep during NDA attack —DHQ

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The Defence Headquarters on Wednesday denied claims that military personnel monitoring the closed-circuit television at the Nigerian Defence Academy were fast asleep when the attack on the facility happened. It also said a board of enquiry has been constituted to ascertain the incidents that led to the security breach. The DHQ disclosed this in a statement by the Director of Defence Information, Major General Benjamin Sawyerr. The PUNCH had earlier reported that bandits on Tuesday attacked the NDA in Kaduna, killed two personnel and kidnapped one. An online news platform, TheCable, had reported that officers in the CCTV monitoring room at NDA slept off while the marauders operated. Dispelling the claim in a statement, the DHQ said the military personnel are trained and dedicated to their duties. It read, “The attention of the Defence Headquarters has been drawn to a news publication by an online news media claiming that personnel on duty at the Nigerian Defence Academy CCTV monitoring room were sleeping when bandits attacked the officers’ residential quarters leading to the death of two officers and the abduction of …

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Attack on NDA will not discourage military, says Buhari

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The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) has said that Tuesday’s attack on the facility of the Nigerian Defence Academy will buoy the military’s determination to make a decisive end of criminality in the country, rather than dampen the morale of the Armed Forces as intended. Buhari’s assurance was contained in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, titled, ‘Attack On NDA Won’t Dampen Resolve Of Our Military To Bring Decisive End To Criminality, President Buhari Vows’. According to the statement, the President noted that the attack, which led to loss of lives, came at a time that the military had put insurgents, bandits, kidnappers, and other types of criminals on the retreat. He said the heinous action would accelerate the total uprooting of evil in the polity, which members of the Armed Forces are solidly resolved to accomplish in the shortest possible time. Commiserating with the families who lost their loved ones, and praying God to comfort them, Buhari vowed that the deceased would not die in vain, as the degenerate act would have …

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Plateau restores 24-hour curfew in Jos North

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Plateau State Government has reinstated the relaxed 24-hour curfew in Jos North Local Government Area following growing tensions over killing of no fewer than 35 persons in an attack on Yelwa Zangam village. According to Governor Simon Lalong, the curfew will come into force from 4 pm on Wednesday until further notice. In a statement by his spokesman Dr. Makut Simon Macham said: “The proactive decision became necessary following eminent threat to lives and properties within the Local Government Area and the need to forestall the breakdown of law and order. “It will also enable security agencies deploy appropriately to maintain security as the search for the attackers of the villagers continues. “The Governor has appealed to the citizens of Jos North to cooperate with the Government by abiding to the 24-hour curfew commencing 4pm, 25th August 2021, as security agencies have been mandated to ensure that those who violate the curfew are arrested. “Also, the 6pm to 6am curfew in Jos South and Bassa LGAs still remains in place until further notice. Only people on essential duties such as …

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Buhari Is Nigeria’s Number One Enemy – Pa Adebanjo

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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has been accused of being the number one enemy of the country. The accusation was made by the Leader of Afenifere socio-cultural organization, Pa Ayo Adebanjo. He added that the trust among the diverse ethnic nationalities of Nigeria has been eroded under his administration. The nonagenarian stated this on Wednesday during the ‘Ripples Nigeria Dialogue, titled: Rebuilding Trust in a divided Nigeria; Advancing the Conversation’. The talk shop also had in attendance the Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa; Hon. Uche Onyeagocha, Northern Elders Forum spokesman, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed and Prof. Usman Yusuf. “The man ruling us now made the trust deficit among the several ethnic groups in Nigeria made it worst. What is bad is bad. I had campaigned for Buhari in 2007 when he promised to ensure the restructuring of Nigeria. “Even Tinubu foolishly had an agreement with Buhari ahead of the 2015 presidential election to ensure the restructuring of Nigeria if elected. Buhari has been ruling us with impunity. How can we trust such a man? Even members of his cabinet don’t trust …

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Why Terrorists Successfully Attacked Nigeria Defence Academy – Moghalu Speaks Up

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A former presidential candidate of the Young Progressive Party (YPP), Kingsley Moghalu, has disclosed that terrorists successfully attacked the Nigerian Defence Academy, NDA, in Kaduna State because the security of the Nigerian state has been fundamentally compromised. The former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, claimed that the “barbarians” responsible are inside the building and not at the gates. According to Moghalu: “The security of the Nigerian state has been FUNDAMENTALLY compromised! That’s why terrorists can do what happened @HQ_NDA The barbarians are not at the gates. They are inside the building. THIS is the problem. Let’s stop deceiving ourselves. “I condemn the terrorist attack on the Nigeria Defence Academy @HQ_NDA, the death of two military officers and the abduction of one.This shocking development says much about the absence of capacity of the Nigerian state to defend our territory and our citizens, despite narratives to the contrary. “The war against terrorism must be won. It can only be won when the attacks on Nigerian citizens, territories, and our military institutions END and the terrorists are completely crushed. …

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70-year-old widow, others relive painful tales as rampaging FCTA bulldozers visit Mpape

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Seventy-year-old widow, Euphemism Ezeh, has yet to come to terms that all she laboured for has been pulled down by the Federal Capital Territory Administration. She stood by the roadside taking a look at what was left of her shopping plaza at the Area 1 junction in Mpape. “Where do I start my life from?” she muttered. The FCTA had last week demolished about 2,000 illegal structures in the community. The Chairman, FCT Ministerial Committee on City Sanitation, Ikharo Attah, said residents and landlords appealed to the minister for the demolition. Ezeh’s plaza was one of the demolished structures. The woman, who lost her husband 25 years ago and without help from relatives, she managed to record some achievements, including the demolished plaza. She said, “I laboured hard to put this together; I lost my husband exactly 25 years ago. There was nobody to help; I have been the only one catering for my family. Look at what is happening to me now. “The plaza I suffered to build has been destroyed by the FCT minister and his people. Where …

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NDA invasion, Buhari’s plot to turn Nigeria into Afghanistan -SOKAPU

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The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union, an umbrella body of the Southern Kaduna people, says that the Tuesday invasion of the Nigerian Defence Academy is a plot of the President, retired Major General Muhammadu Buhari’s attempt to turn Nigeria into another Afghanistan. Recall that gunmen wearing army uniform, in the early hours of Tuesday, invaded the country’s foremost military institution, the Nigerian Defence Academy, Afaka, Kaduna, killing two officers and abducting one. The PUNCH gathered that when the gunmen entered the NDA permanent site along Airport Road, Afaka, in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State around 1am, they came through a broken fence and caught the residents unawares. It was learnt that the gunmen, who headed in different parts of the premises, caught the officers on duty off guard because they were wearing military uniform. Condemning the attack, SOKAPU noted that if nothing is done on the current attack, Buhari’s regime might be rehearsing a “script.” The spokesman for SOKAPU, Luka Binniyat, said in an interview with The PUNCH, that the impunity and daring way in which the attack …

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Terrorists named current Govs, Senators, Aso Rock officials as sponsors during interrogation – Ex-Naval Officer

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attack by bloodthirsty bandits on the Kaduna campus of Nigeria’s foremost military university, the Nigerian Defence Academy, where two military officers were killed and another kidnapped. “It is an aberration; you don’t attack the Nigerian Defence Academy and get away with it,” he lamented, adding that the NDA, like other military environments in the country, carelessly opens its doors to everyone on Friday for Jumat prayer. ‘Terrorists profile security environments during Muslim prayer on Friday’Olawunmi said terrorists and criminals profile military environments during Muslim prayers on Fridays. He said, “In 2017, I carried out an investigation by the minister of defence that wanted me to check what was going on with the training and the security there (NDA). I remember I spent about a week in the NDA with the commandant and the staff but something struck me: every Friday, the gate of NDA is thrown open and everybody has access to pray in the mosque. “On Fridays, you are going to see same thing happening across all military formations in the country…If you go to Defence Headquarters, I served …

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Nigeria Fared Better Under Leadership Of Peoples Democratic Party – Atiku

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……Commends Akwa Ibom governor’s infrastructural transformation Abuja – The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 general election and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has decried the downward economic situation of the nation, saying that Nigeria fared better under the leadership of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This is also as he has described Governor Udom Emmanuel’s led massive economic development and infrastructural transformation in Akwa Ibom State as commendable and worthy of emulation. The former Vice President stated this on Tuesday, when he paid a visit to the state as part of his tour across the nation to ascertain the state of affairs in the country. Atiku appreciated the level of economic development in the state and commended previous leaders for their selfless contributions which laid the foundation for rapid economic and industrial growth. In his words, “Quite a number of things have endeared me to Governor Udom Emmanuel, the infrastructural development in the state, the other sectors of the economy in the state particularly the industrialization policy of the governor and couple with social sector development …

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Ex-military officers to be engaged to boost security, says CDS

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The Army has said it will engage retired senior military officers to enhance and overcome the security challenges the country is facing. The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Leo Iraboh, announced this yesterday at a one-day interactive session with retired senior military officers from the Northeast at the 23 Armoured Brigade in Yola, the Adamawa State capital. Iraboh said the core objective of the parley was to engage the retired senior colleagues to cross-fertilise ideas on how to overcome the current insecurity situation in the region and other parts of the country. “It is part of the reason I am here with my team: to interact with our retired senior colleagues, to look for holistic solutions about how to bring to an end the insecurity challenges in the region. “We believe that as we interact and engage them, they will be ready to open up to us in areas that will enhance security, also be able to tell us areas of our mistakes and for us to make corrections,” Iraboh said. According to the CDS, among the cardinal objectives …

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I Am Contesting As PDP National Chairman – Oyinlola Declares

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Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, a former governor of Osun State, chieftain and former National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has revealed his interest in the National Chairmanship position of the party. Oyinlola also stated that his aspiration would depend on two conditions, which will include if the position is zoned to the South West and his ability to muster the stakeholders of the party. Speaking on a radio current affairs programme in Osogbo to mark the 30th anniversary of creation of Osun State on Wednesday, Oyinlola revealed that he is more prepared to serve in the office of PDP National Chairman because he has garnered a decade of cumulative experience in governance both as military administrator of Lagos State and third civilian governor of Osun State. While describing his achievements in government as no mean feat, he accused those using his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2014 to attack him as cheap blackmailers. According to him, his leaving the PDP was because the party drove him away by engineering his removal. He said a plan was …