By Levinus Nwabughiogu

ABUJA- President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed Nigeria’s solidarity with the Kingdom of Suadi Arabia in the aftermath of the ballistic missile launched by Houthi militias targeting the holy city of Makkah.

The president made the expression when he spoke with King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia in a telephone chat on Sunday.Condemning the heinous act which he said targeted innocent people, President Buhari said “it is reprehensible and ignoble for terrorists to target a holy land, where millions of Muslims from around the globe gather for pilgrimage.

”The President however appreciated Almighty Allah that the Saudi defence forcesintercepted and downed the missile 65 km from the holy city of Makkah.President Buhari reiterated the need to strengthen international support and coalition in the fight against terrorism and violent extremism, noting that “when the world stands together, there is no way good would not prevail over evil.”

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/10/buhari-condemns-missile-attack-makkah-expresses-solidarity-saudi-arabia/

Buhari seems to be more concerned with what happened in Saudi Arabia than what happened in Nigeria. Boko haram killed more than 8 people two days ago and attempted to strike in IDP camp,yet the president would not issue statement in condemnation.
Fulani herdsmen killed more than 100 people in Kaduna in the past two weeks,and the President did not deem it fit of condemnation but today the president just condemned an attack that never took place in Saudi Arabia.

Its only a matter of time....since the wahabbi-sunnis wont allow shia's to sleep,they too may never have rest.

Misplaced priority



Dullard in power

Hmmmm! Na wa o! Presido presido!! Well done o

Nonsense what concerned Nigerian with what happened far away Saudi Arabia

This is very good for NIGERIA
Nigeria deserves to be in this quagmire of confusion and cluelessness championed by a bigoted herdsman as a president

coming from a religious bigot.

Buhari =Bull hardy = obstinate and obsolete

Holla

president Buhari's soldiers killed over a thousand Muslims in Kaduna just because they worship Allah in a slightly different way see clown o

eye service. still yet to condem maiduguri bomb blast.

I thought Buhari would take the next available flight to maiduguri to commiserate with the bereaved yesterday , i guess am wrong. Buhari is angel outside, devil at home. Buhari bu mere mere n'iru, gba mpete n'azu. continue o. You will one day call to wish Biafrans happy independence day.

AustineE1:
Its only a matter of time....since the wahabbi-sunnis wont allow shia's to sleep,they too may never have rest.

d only language dis pipul understand is d "eye for an eye" principle.

Him don get mouth to talk, when NDA threatened to launch six missles, he ran out of the country in the guise of going to check his ear infection, why can't he emulate the Saudi leadership ?

He said nothing about the recent spat of bombing attacks here in Nigeria.

He just said Boko-Haram have been technicaly defeated and went dumb.


Now you are noticing another man land while your hut is on fire. Buhari you are too W I C K E D


The worst mistake i ever made in my life and am still sad about it is voting APC into power.

Sealeddeal:
Buhari seems to be more concerned with what happened in Saudi Arabia than what happened in Nigeria. Boko haram killed more than 8 people two days ago and attempted to strike in IDP camp,yet the president will not issue statement in condemnation.
Fulani herdsmen killed more than 100 people in Kaduna in the past two weeks,and the President do not deem it fit of condemnation but today the president just condemned an attack that never took place in Saudi Arabia.

He has a keen interest in the affairs of Saudi Arabia than Nigeria...him never quench fire wey dey burn for him house but e dey quench fire for another man house.

Old age must be disturbing him.

But the gworo chewing, burukutu sipping paedophile is yet to respond to recent attack on maiduguri.

Benita27:
He has a keen interest in the affairs of Saudi Arabia than Nigeria...him never quench fire wey dey burn for him house but e dey quench fire for another man house.

Old age must be disturbing him.

it's quite tiresome.

Mumu

There was train crash in Cameron just last week and national tragedy for them, he didn't send any condolences.. what about Boko Haram attack yesterday... I no know wetin consign me with mekkah.. who mekkah help?.

Sealeddeal:
it's quite tiresome.

This is what Nigerians get for being sentimental.

All he wanted was to become a president which he have, if Naija like let Atlantic ocean sweep away our economy to him it doesn't concern him.

nwasinachi:
I thought Buhari would take the next available flight to maiduguri to commiserate with the bereaved yesterday , i guess am wrong. Buhari is angel outside, devil at home. Buhari bu mere mere n'iru, gba mpete n'azu. continue o. You will one day wish Biafrans happy independence day.

muslims fighting themselves is of no concern to us

Our Saudi Born President has spoken..we are ready to dash him to Saudi anytime sef

Yemen Rebels Deny Their Missile Targeted Holy City of Mecca

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSOCT. 28, 2016, 9:37 A.M. E.D.T.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Yemen's Shiite rebels and their allies fired a ballistic missile deep into Saudi Arabia, an overnight strike that they said on Friday had targeted an international airport while the kingdom claimed that it flew toward the holy Muslim city of Mecca.

Saudi Arabia said the missile was "intercepted and destroyed" 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Mecca, which is home to the cube-shaped Kaaba that the world's Muslims pray toward five times a day.

Angry Saudis soon denounced the missile fire online with hashtags questioning the faith of Yemen's Shiite rebels known as Houthis, as other Sunni Arab leaders in the Gulf linked the attack to Shiite power Iran.

Invoking Mecca also invigorated support for Saudi Arabia as it leads the stalemated war in the Arab world's poorest country, as well as turned attention away from those starving under a kingdom-led blockade and the civilians killed in its airstrikes.

The Saudi military said the missile, fired Thursday night from Yemen's northwestern Saada province, which borders the kingdom, caused no damage. The Saudi military has a supply of U.S.-made, surface-to-air Patriot missile batteries it previously has fired at Houthi-launched missiles.

The kingdom's military said in a statement carried by the state-run Saudi Press Agency that it immediately targeted the area where the missile was launched in airstrikes.

Washington condemned the attack and called for a cease-fire that would enable all sides in the Yemen conflict to work toward "concluding a comprehensive political agreement that ends the war."

"These types of attacks are unacceptable," said U.S. State Department spokesman Mark Toner. "There is no military solution to this conflict and (we) urge all sides to exercise restraint and immediately and publicly agree to an unconditional cessation of hostilities."

The Houthis and their allies, including forces loyal to former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, have a stockpile of Soviet-era Scud missiles and locally designed variants. A Houthi ballistic missile fired earlier this month targeted Taif, home to Saudi Arabia's King Fahd Air Base, which also is near Mecca.

What the missile fired Thursday night targeted, however, quickly became a controversy.

The Houthi-controlled satellite news channel Al-Masirah said the Yemeni rebels had fired a Volcano-1 variant missile at Jiddah's King Abdulaziz International Airport, without mentioning Mecca. That airport is 75 kilometers (45 miles) northwest of Mecca.

The Houthi-controlled SABA news agency said the missile "directly hit" the airport and caused massive destruction, though there were no delays or diversions affecting the airport Friday.

The Saudi military stressed the missile was fired "toward" Mecca, without elaborating — the protection of the holy city is a key pillar of the Saudi royal family's prestige and the country's national identity.

Gulf Arab countries allied with Saudi Arabia immediately began condemning the attack, suggesting the Houthis intentionally targeted the Islamic world's holiest site. Many also immediately linked the attack to Iran, further inflaming regional sectarianism.

"The Iranian regime supports a terrorist group that launched its rockets on Mecca," Emirati Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nayhan wrote on Twitter. "Is this regime Islamic as it claims?"

While analysts suggest Tehran doesn't have direct control over the Houthis, the U.S. Navy says it is has intercepted Iranian arms heading to the rebels.

In Iran, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi dismissed the claims that the Houthis targeted Mecca as "ridiculous."

"We advise officials of the (United Arab) Emirates and Saudi Arabia not to use Islamic holy sites for their mean political intentions and not to resort to this sort of hypocritical, rift-making and dangerous hyperbole," Ghasemi was quoted on Friday as saying by Iran's semi-official ISNA news agency.

Yemen, on the southern edge of the Arabian Peninsula, has been in the midst of a civil war since September 2014 when the Houthis swept into the capital of Sanaa and overthrew the country's internationally recognized government. In March 2015, a Saudi-led coalition of Arab countries began a military campaign against the Houthi forces, saying its mission served in part as a counterbalance to Iran's influence following its nuclear deal with world powers.

The Saudi-led campaign initially had the logistical and intelligence support of the U.S., but mounting civilian casualties from its airstrikes led to America pulling back, especially after a Saudi strike earlier this month on a funeral in Sanaa killed some 140 people and wounded over 600.

The U.S. also fired Tomahawk missiles at mobile Houthi radar sites after reporting its warships came under fire in the Red Sea near the crucial Bab el-Mandeb strait. In recent days, two commercial ships reportedly have come under fire in the same area.

United Nations efforts to strike a peace deal to end the conflict have been slow. The most recent plan apparently sidelines President Abed-Rabbo Mansour Hadi of Yemen's internationally recognized government. Saudi Arabia launched its coalition campaign to restore Hadi's rule, so that's likely a deal breaker for the Sunni-ruled kingdom.

In the meantime, Yemen stands on the brink of famine. More than 10,000 people have been killed or wounded and 3 million of the country's 26 million people have been driven from their homes by the fighting.

___

Associated Press writers Maggie Michael in Cairo, Matthew Lee in Washington and Nasser Karimi in Tehran, Iran, contributed to this report.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/10/27/world/middleeast/ap-ml-yemen.html?_r=0

Igwevalentine:
He said nothing about the recent spat of bombing attacks here in Nigeria.

He just said Boko-Haram have been technicaly defeated and went dumb.


Now you are noticing another man land while your hut is on fire. Buhari you are too W I C K E D


The worst mistake i ever made in my life and am still sad about it is voting APC into power.

it was lia Mohammed that said that book haram have being technically defeated not PMB

Dem go still complain


As if their hero Jonathan hosted any special event for the families whose kids were kidnapped

HtwoOw:
Dem go still complain


As if their hero Jonathan hosted any special event for the families whose kids were kidnapped

So by hosting the fake released chibok girls and sowing akara clothes for them, Buhari has outperformed Gej. Your zone-b-ism is legendary.

I used to think that this man Buhari is just senile and had cut him some slacks because of that but I've come to realize he's an ethnic jingoistic wicked man who wickedly turns his face away from a fire outbreak at his backyard simply because his goons aren't victims.

AustineE1:
Its only a matter of time....since the wahabbi-sunnis wont allow shia's to sleep,they too may never have rest.

Shiite Muslims in Iraq indirectly incited Sunnis to create ISIS along with Obama tho. . . the Sunnis won the free and fair election, and the Shi'ites hijacked it with Obama's support, and started oppressing the Sunnis who eventually fled and created that terrorist group.
Iran backs the Shi'ites
Saudi backs the Sunnis
In April, America's relationship with Saudi became strained
Obama signed nuclear deal with Iran
Do the math
I wish we could just get rid of both of them. . . they've caused enough chaos with their stupid fights

I'm happy the missile did not land there.



Saudi has created many problems in that region and I'm sure it's coming back to haunt them. You can't sponsor rebels to fight a sitting government in another country. They helped bring Syria in rubbles .

All those preachers who always try to advice Omenka when he launches his own attacks won't see the comments on this thread. When I come talk my own, they suddenly regain their sights and their ability to read.

You won't find folks like iykedare or Myparadise here to admonish or reprimand the
ir brothers. You won't see them ask if "they don't have fathers to be saying these things". But when I comment, they become preachers.

Interesting.