Sunday, December 20, 2020

NEWS : Abdulkadir Jimoh, Former Cross River Police Commissioner buried in Ilorin


 Late Police Commissioner for Cross River State, Abdulkadir Lanre Jimoh, was committed to mother earth in Ilorin on Saturday.

He was buried at his residence on Abdulrazaq road GRA, Ilorin at about 2.50p.m

Chief Imam of Ilorin, Dr Mohammad Bashir Imam Soliu, led the janazah prayer.

The Nigeria police force also honoured late Jimoh with 21 gunshots salute shortly after the janazah prayer.

The late Police Commissioner reportedly died on Friday from coronavirus infectious disease.

 gathered that the police authorities have asked all those who had last contacts with the deceased to proceed on self isolation for 14 days.

NEWS : Ohanaeze Ndigbo, demands additional states in South-East, laments sidelining in juicy appointments

 


The apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has lamented the least number of states and local government areas in the South-East geo-political zone.

Ohanaeze, in a statement by its spokesman, Chuks Ibegbu and made available to newsmen, Saturday, posited that the development is affecting the zone in every facets of governance in Nigeria nation.

According to the Igbo organization, sates are used for civil service appointments, recruitment in army, paramilitary, seats at national assembly, infrastructure and allocations, South-East have the least.

“We are suffering the effect as our youths are left in the lurch,” the group cried out.

Ohanaeze lampooned some Igbos who have also been playing politics with the important issue always wanting the state to come from their area instead of coming to any part of Igbo land first.

The socio-cultural body further noted that structural justice to Ndigbo is even more important than just Presidency, even though Presidency is right to Ndigbo.

It called on President Muhammadu Buhari to send an executive bill to the National Assembly for creation of additional states to South-East immediately before his tenure ends.

NEWS : Insecurity, PDP’s Secondus calls for Buhari’s resignation, gives reason

 


Uche Seconds, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Saturday, called for President Muhammadu Buhari’s resignation.

Secondus said Buhari should resign for admitting that his administration has failed to protect Nigerians.

Recall that Buhari had yesterday lamented over his inability to achieve his responsibility of ensuring the protection of Nigerians.

The president had spoken in Daura, Katsina State, following the release of the abducted students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara.

However, Secondus said Buhari should give way for fresh ideas because he can’t live up to his responsibilities.

The PDP National Chairman, in a statement by his spokesman, Ike Abonyi said the president should stop giving excuses for his failure.

According to Secondus: “Buhari should do the honourable thing and resign after he admited failure of his administration on insecurity.

“And this ‘competent hand’ happened to be President Buhari whose five years in office has left the country comatose in all ramifications.

“I find it extremely unacceptable that after the President disregarded all wise counsel to rejig the nation’s security architecture for effectiveness, he is now turning round to admit their failure and blame operatives whom he kept even in their apparent inefficiency”.

Saturday, December 19, 2020

ENTERTAINMENT : Davido ignored my calls, messages – Cynthia Morgan

 


Nigerian singer, Cynthia Morgan has revealed that Davido neither picked her calls nor replied messages after he asked her to reach out to him.

 recalls that Morgan who had been away from the music industry appeared online, accusing her former boss, Jude Okoye of crashing her music career.

Morgan claimed that she lost all she had, including her name, VEVO account, Instagram account and royalties after they had some issues centering on her contract.

However, Jude Okoye dismissed her claims, telling his side of the story.

Davido, weighed into the controversy and shared a post on his Twitter page asking Morgan to call him.

However, Morgan in a recent interview with Hip Tv said Davido refused to pick her calls since then.

She said: “I tried to reach out to David after he asked online that I call him but he did not pick my call or reply messages.”

The dancehall singer also disclosed that she made a demo for the record Davido sent to her, but she’s yet to hear from him after 3 months.

As of time of report, Davido is yet to respond to her allegation.

NEWS : Kankara school boys How we rescued 344 students – Nigerian military

 



The Nigerian military has made some disclosures on how it carried out the rescue operation of the three hundred forty-four (344) boys kidnapped from their school in Kankara, Katsina State, on December 11.

It said that while kinetic and non-kinetic approaches were used to ensure all the students were rescued unhurt, there was resistance from the kidnappers who laid an ambush against the troops.

Major Gen. John Enenche, the Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, and retired Major Gen. Ahmed Jibrin, former Director, Military Intelligence, gave the accounts when they both featured on a special edition of the Nigeria Television Authority programme, “Good Morning Nigeria” on Saturday.

Jibrin, who is currently the Special Adviser, Technical, to the Minister of Defence, retired Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi, said after the kidnapped of the boys, the minister led a delegation, including the Service Chiefs and National Security Adviser, to Katsina and Kankara.

He explained that the minister gave the rules of engagement directing the military to ensure the abducted boys were rescued without casualties and within the shortest time possible.

Jibrin said, “Following the directive, the troop closed in on the abductors from 4 different fronts, including the reinforcement that was made from other divisions to ensure that the entire location was sealed off.

“The bandits were all under siege, and they were fully aware of that, feeling the impacts of the presence of the troops both from the air and on the ground.

“When they approached the location where the boys were held, the troops encountered some pockets of opposition which they cleared and moved deeper into the forest.

“Although, there was no casualty on the part of the boys, a lot of the bandits were neutralised because in the attempt by the military to move forward, they laid an ambush in 2 places along the way.

“Infact, in the second place where they laid an ambush, there was serious resistance because they were hiding and occupied the road.

“They delayed the movement of the troop for some hours before they were neutralised.”

Jibrin added that while the troops were on the field, negotiations were ongoing at another level of the rescue efforts.

According to him, the troop couldn’t completely demobilise the bandits because of possible collateral damage as the abducted boys were used as a human shield.

Commenting on the claim by the Boko Haram terrorists that they were responsible for the abduction of the students, Jibrin said the group was only seeking cheap relevance.

“Shekau doesn’t have the reach to carry out the abduction because a lot is being done to stop them in the North-East,” he said.

“He’s just taking advantage of what happened to get publicity locally and internationally, it’s clear that the abduction was done by bandits.

“All their efforts when they were trying to reach out to the bandits, which they did, were monitored.”

On his part, Enenche explained that the rescue mission, like any other one, was a delicate operation because if it wasn’t carried out very professionally, the tide could turn negatively.

Enenche said, “This is an operation where you don’t rely on your capacity on platforms and mechanical weapons but your ability to effectively carry out the mission with unarmed combat.

“This means you’ve to silence your enemies and take your objective away without firing a shot.

“It’s very delicate in the sense that if you don’t manage the operation well, the children who are in between you and the enemies will now become the victims.

“When they become the victims, the people outside there’ll attribute it to failure on the part of your security forces.”

Enenche said the special troops deployed on the mission were on the spot and couldn’t have blinked their eyes for even one hour all through the days of the mission.

According to him, the information provided locally was also very encouraging while the support they got from all the stakeholders was of assistance.

He said: “There was no conspiracy of silence. All that we needed were provided even from the locals, and before you know it, we were able to locate the place.

“All the kinetic and non-kinetic blockades were all effectively monitored.

“This is to the extent that even when they were going to leave their enclave to make bulk purchases from the market, we got information.”

NEWS : Kankara school boys APC apologizes to students, reveals what Buhari will do

 


The All Progressives Congress (APC) has apologized to students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, for the trauma they were subjected to during their six days in captivity.

The ruling party assured the students that government would do everything, to ensure that their learning environment is safe and secure going forward.

This was contained in a statement signed by the Chairman, Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee of the APC, Mai Mala Buni, in Abuja, on Saturday.

According to him, APC received with “joy and a glad heart” the return of the students who were abducted by terrorists from their school.

Buni also vowed that the party and President Muhammadu Buhari will work with the security agencies to ensure security of lives and property.

The statement read in part, “The party also apologised to the pupils and vow that President Buhari and the party will do all it takes to make sure that they continue to study in a safe environment.

“We want to congratulate the parents of the children and also apologise on behalf of our party that one of our biggest promises was security. Although we are doing our utmost best, such incidence is a sad event and must, at all cost not repeat itself.

“We do not doubt the capacity of our security agencies, we believe and know they are capable especially when they are well motivated and led, which we can assure is the case under President Muhammadu Buhari.”

NEWS : Lagos Petrol tanker explodes near Otedola Estate [VIDEO]




 A tanker conveying petrol has exploded near Otedola Estate on the outbound service lane of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Saturday.

Dark flames can be seen leaping into the air, clouding the evening sky as vehicles continued to move on other lanes of the expressway.

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) are yet to arrive at the location at the time of filing this report

Recall that another articulated vehicle laden with petrol exploded in Lagos in October.

Watch video below..

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