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Army tightens noose against Boko Haram terrorists – Buratai

Army tightens noose against Boko Haram terrorists – Buratai


Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai 
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, says in spite of pocket of attacks by remnant of Boko Haram terrorists in Borno North, the army is tightening the noose against them.
Buratai, therefore, urged Nigerians and people of the region in particularly not to panic as those attacks do not signal resurgence of insurgency as being insinuated in some quarters.
He spoke in an interaction session with journalists at Mongunu after he personally monitored and coordinated onslaught against the insurgents locked in between troops’ locations in the area.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the recent attacks recorded in the area, particularly at Damasak, headquarters of 145 Battalion and Gudumbali community, were mainly targeted at troops and their locations.

2019 presidency: What Jonathan said about Sule Lamido 

Former President, Goodluck Jonathan, has identified a former Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido as a courageous and experienced leader, who is capable of uniting the country if given the chance.

Lamido is one of the presidential aspirants on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

The former President said this when members of Sule Lamido National Campaign Council visited him at his Yenagoa residence in Bayelsa State, on Saturday.

Adamawa attacks: Deploy security operatives to border communities –Lawmaker

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Nigerian Army. 

Mrs Sodom Daniel, member representing Numan state constituency in the Adamawa House of Assembly has appealed to the Federal Government to deploy permanent security in communities bordering Taraba and Adamawa states.

The lawmaker said the move would curtail incessant invasion of bandits into the communities.

Daniel made the appeal on Sunday while distributing relief materials to the Internally Displaced Persons taking refuge at Numan 2 Central Primary School.

She alleged that the marauders usually come from a border community called Abare in Taraba to attack Adamawa communities.

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She said that most border communities in Adamawa were porous due to the absence of security personnel, making its inhabitants prone to attacks.

The lawmaker also commended the state government for provision of relief materials to victims of the recent attacks, but urged it to intensify efforts in securing the lives and property of the people.

Mr. Samuel Bolki, one of the IDPs who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria, called on the Federal government to bring to an end the killings and also restore peace to the affected communities to enable them return to their original abodes.

He thanked the lawmaker for identifying and supporting them with items in their moment of need.

NAN reports that over 27 lives were lost and scores sustained various degrees of injuries in the recent attacks that bedevilled the communities.

The communities worst hit are Gon, Bolki, Nzumosu and Yanga.

Stop lying, Nigerians have rejected you – Fayose attacks Buhari again

The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has berated President Muhammadu Buhari for saying he was seeking re-election to protect Nigerians.

Fayose insisted that Nigerians don’t need Buhari’s spurious protection.

In a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, Fayose stressed that Nigerians have rejected Buhari, hence he should not seek re-election.

He said, “Nothing is further from the truth.

Man allegedly kills woman, throws body in river

An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered the remand of  29-year-old Ojo Yemi for allegedly killing a 65-year-old woman, Josephine Ajayi.

The defendant, docked for murder, was alleged to have killed the woman and threw her body into the river.

Yemi whose address was not provided, is being tried for murder.

Osun election: Court orders WAEC to produce Adeleke’s results in five days

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Senator Ademola Adeleke

The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Bwari, Abuja, has ordered the West African Examination Council to produce the results recorded by the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate in the forthcoming governorship election in Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, in the May/June 1981 examinations conducted by the council.

The judge, Justice O. A Musa, ruling on an ex parte application by two plaintiffs, Mr. Wahab Raheem and Mr. Adam Habeeb, specifically ordered the examination body to produce in court the ledger containing results of Ademola and his mates with whom he sat for the examinations.

2019: Buhari’s aide, Juliet Ibekaku vows to unseat Ekweremadu in Senate, gives reasons 

Special Assistant to the President on Justice Reform, Juliet Ibekaku-Nwagwu, has announced her decision to contest for the Senatorial seat of Enugu West zone in the 2019 elections under the platform of All Progressive Congress (APC).

Speaking at a press conference on Thursday in Abuja, Ibekaku-Nwagwu said the move was in obedience to the clarion call by youths, women and men of the zone who have complained incessantly of the negative impact of the activities and conduct of Senator Ike Ekweremadu who presently represents the zone.

She said: “It is common knowledge that the Senator has veered from his core mandate (quality representation of the interest of Enugu West Senatorial Zone) to self-survival to maintain a national posture that serves his personal interest and ego.

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