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Suspected bandits have killed an unspecified number of soldiers at a forest in Doburu in the Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State.

An online news portal, The Cable, quoted a military source as disclosing this on Saturday, saying many of his colleagues sustained injuries in the incident.

He said some of the injured persons were receiving treatment at Zurmi General Hospital.

The source said the officer who led troops into the forest was captured by the bandits.

“We ran into an ambush in the forest today. The bandits opened fire on us and we responded but they surrounded us from different directions. They had bombs and sophisticated weapons,” he said.

https://punchng.com/bandits-kill-soldiers-in-zamfara-casualty-figure-unknown/amp/

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Dino should just contest for Governor, he is more popular than the donkey there now.

Odinkalu wrote, “I’m not holding my breath but I’d have thought that the death of President Shagari is a perfect opportunity for the man who toppled a popularly elected govt on Dec 31, 1983 to apologise for that crime. Saying all these nice things now risks being branded insincere or cynical

“President Shagari did four remarkable things to bring the wounds of Nigeria: First he pardoned Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, 1982; he pardoned Yakubu Gowon, 1981; he pardoned Michael Okpara, 1981 and he granted Nigeria’s highest civilian honour, GCFR, to Obafemi Awolowo, 1981.”

Some other Twitter users wondered why Buhari would topple Shagari’s government and put him on house arrest for nearly two years if the latter was a man of honour as claimed by Buhari in his condolence message.

Buhari has always been a tyrant... why put Shagari on house arrest for 2years despite removing him from power...

It added, “The commission investigating defence procurement from 2007 onwards made significant strides which were initially accepted by the Buhari government, until the scope of the inquiry went beyond the period relating to the former government of President Goodluck Jonathan and began to show corruption patterns extending into officers still serving under President Buhari.”

It said the pending 2019 elections of a new government may prove the undoing of a significant number of generals, admirals, and air marshals “who lost the war because they concentrated solely on using the conflict as a way to boost defence budge

The truth is gradually making its way out...

A video in which President Muhammadu Buhari said he did not regret ousting President Shehu Shagari through a military coup has resurfaced just as Buhari has flown to Sokoto State to commiserate with Shagari’s family.

In the video, which was an interview with Seun Okinbaloye on Channels TV’s Politics Today programme which was recorded in December 2014, Buhari said he had no regret removing Shagari, adding that a democratic government that is corrupt can be overthrown.

When asked if he was sorry for ousting Shagari’s government, Buhari said, “No. I am not sorry because I mentioned why we did it and we proved our case.”

When reminded of the fact that the coup veered Nigeria off the course of democratic advancement, Buhari said, “So, when you are a democracy, you are entitled to steal the country dry and put our people in a pauperised position and destroying institutions and destroying infrastructure?”


However, when asked if he blames Shagari solely for the corruption, Buhari responded: “Don’t personalise it. I will blame the Second Republic for that.”

The video, which has been shared thousands of times on Facebook and Twitter, attracted comments from a wide range of persons.

Expectedly, many persons have tagged Buhari and his media aides to the video.


Reacting to Shagari’s death on Friday, the President said on his official Twitter handle that he would miss the former President who was a man of integrity.

He wrote, “I mourn the departure of a patriot, who served Nigeria with humility, integrity and diligence. Nigerians held him in the highest esteem even when he was out of office, until his demise, and will forever miss his wise counsels.”


However, a former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Prof. Chidi Odinkalu, said Buhari’s condolence message would be watery without an apology.

Odinkalu said Shagari was a man of peace and forgiveness, adding that as President, he pardoned a former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, who had been on exile after being implicated in the assassination of Gen. Murtala Muhammed.


He noted that Shagari also pardoned Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, the leader of the defunct Biafran Republic who was also on exile.

Odinkalu wrote, “I’m not holding my breath but I’d have thought that the death of President Shagari is a perfect opportunity for the man who toppled a popularly elected govt on Dec 31, 1983 to apologise for that crime. Saying all these nice things now risks being branded insincere or cynical

“President Shagari did four remarkable things to bring the wounds of Nigeria: First he pardoned Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, 1982; he pardoned Yakubu Gowon, 1981; he pardoned Michael Okpara, 1981 and he granted Nigeria’s highest civilian honour, GCFR, to Obafemi Awolowo, 1981.”

Some other Twitter users wondered why Buhari would topple Shagari’s government and put him on house arrest for nearly two years if the latter was a man of honour as claimed by Buhari in his condolence message.

Meanwhile, Buhari has flown to Sokoto State to commiserate with the family of the late President who was buried on Saturday.

In a tweet on Sunday, Buhari’s aide, Bashir Ahmad, posted a picture of his principal boarding the Presidential jet with the caption, “President Buhari leaving Abuja for Sokoto, on a condolence visit to the state government and family of former President, Alhaji Shehu Shagari over his death.”

https://punchng.com/buharis-video-attacking-shagari-resurfaces-as-president-visits-his-family/amp/

Is this adding to the $1bn previously released?

Lol.. better go and contest for Lagos state house of assembly..

So they should sit and listen to lies as usual?..

There is nothing like respect when it comes to public offices, its not your money, you begged for the job.

The VP's / Presidency haircut budget is N87m (as at 2017 budget)

This is just eye-service like the N50 satchet milo & milk of 2015..

Can somebody sane mention one thing the govt has gotten right?

In as much as previous govt maybe in same line, but they didnt drag our pockets into its incompetence..

Example:
Electricity tariff has increased (Megawatts has not)
Fuel has increased (No refineries, still subsidizing)
Increase in Tax (are your amenities better?)

How long can our eyes not still see?

You loose a job that pays you minimum of 100k a month or make you loose chances of being employed due to closure of companies who could not survive the terrible incompetence from the leaders, at the same time adding 20m more unemployed to the labour market you are already in...

Meanwhile they call you for 30k Npower (payday unknown) and 10k Tradermoni loan (once every 4 years)

Are you really wise?

True.... how do you go from 30mltrs with all the alleged malpractices and a time of plenty in 2015 to 50mltrs in a reccession period?

Ask yourselves, how do you use 75% more fuel when you have:

-20m jobloss..
-Reccession..
-800 companies closed up..
-80m poor destitutes..
-Poverty capital..
-Ban on Cotonou cars..
-Custom charge on imported vehicles increased by 70%..
- Little or no buying power from the populace..
- Alleged better electricity (fashola)..
- NNPC sole importer..
- increase in fuel price (less quantity purchase)..
- New car purchase at its lowest
- Budget not fully implemented due to revenue shortfall..
- More fuel efficient cars usuage compared to 2015
- Secured borders on tankers divert (according to Alli)

We need to start asking the right questions.. are you spending more or less?

The same police that told us they have not seen Ganduje's looting videos...

the fumbling of one of the two locations mentioned in the statement has fueled doubts about whether the president and his aides even bothered to make basic findings, despite waiting days before releasing the condolence message on December 24.
“It is both embarrassing and worrisome that the presidency would fail to get the location of a place where so many innocent and harmless citizens were brutally murdered,” said political analyst Sola Olubanjo. “It is almost as if the presidency has a prepared template and they just tweak it a little bit after any attack they wish to react to.”

“There is no way you could excuse this level of incompetence at the highest office in the nation,” Mr Olubanjo added. “If the president does not know Birnin Magaji by now, then you wonder what he really knows about the acute insecurity that is ravaging our country.”

How some people still plan on voting Buhari still amazes sane minds..

The cut should be from all arms of government.... you cant have a president feeding alone with N149m "according to 2017 budget" while complaining about senators with a running cost of 13m..