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AND SECURE RELEASE OF ALL CHILDREN AND CAPTIVES OF TERRORISTS – PRESIDENT BUHARI

Dapchi, Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria makes the following statement:

“Two years ago, 110 innocent children from the town of Dapchi were taken, against their will, by the terrorists of Boko Haram. 107 survived the ordeal. Today all but one – Leah Sharibu – are returned to their families.

“Now aged 16, Leah remains in the hands of the terrorists – they say because she refuses to renounce her Christian faith.

“We say, as the government for and of all Nigerians, that no person has the right to force another to change their faith against their will and that all life is sacred.

“This government continues and seeks to secure the release of all children and captives of terrorists – and we do so regardless of their creed or the name of their creator.

“As we redouble our efforts for Leah’s return, we can never allow the terrorists to divide us – Christian against Muslim, Muslim against Christian. We are all Sons of Abraham. And all Nigerians have the same worth and rights before the law, and before God”.

Signed:

Muhammadu Buhari,

President and Commander-in Chief,

Federal Republic of Nigeria,

Abuja.

18-02-20

The Defence Headquarters has condemned a
recent report released by Amnesty
International (AI) on activities of the Nigerian
army in the North-East region.

Amnesty International who alleged that
troops of the Nigerian army razed
down villages and unlawfully detained locals
in a rescue operation, were accused of
deliberately supporting the acts of terrorism
perpetrated against Nigeria by the Boko
Haram and the Islamic State of West African
State (ISWAP) terror groups.

In a statement released by the Defence
Headquarters' Acting Director Defence
Information Brigadier General Onyema
Nwachukwu, the non-governmental
organization were accused of undermining
Nigeria’s Military campaign against terrorism
in the North East.

The statement reads;
“The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has
taken cognizance of yet another
falsified report by Amnesty
International (AI) in a campaign of
calumny targeting the Nigerian
Military and deliberately supporting
the callous acts of terrorism
perpetuated by Boko Haram Terrorists
(BHTs) and Islamic State of West
African Province (ISWAP).

“This inglorious campaign is contained
in a recent report alleging
employment of unlawful tactics of
razing down villages and unlawful
detention of locals by troops. This is
line with the AIs usual mannerism and
tenacious efforts aimed at disparaging
the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN).

“The Defence Headquarters wishes to
state unambiguously that the
allegations being touted by AI are
nothing but a betrayal of its lack of
in-depth knowledge of the goings-on
in the North East (NE) theatre of
operation.

“It is expedient to state that troops of
Operation Lafiya Dole who are
conducting Counter Terrorism and
Counter Insurgency Operations in the
NE do not employ arson as an
operational tactic. It is a well-known
fact, going by the modus operandi of
BHTs, that they have more often than
not engaged in the atrocious acts of
looting and burning of villages, as well
as destroying infrastructures.

“It therefore, beats ones imagination
that AI is attributing these atrocities to
AFN troops who are legitimately
defending the country guided by
extant rules of engagement and
operational codes of conduct.

“AI must understand the fact that
Nigeria is at war against terrorism in
the NE and that the troops have a
constitutional mandate to protect lives
and property, even if it means
conducting an evacuation to save and
secure lives of civilians in the conflict.
Protecting civilians by evacuating them
from the line of fire during combat is
not a violation of the international law
of conflict or a war crime.

“It is rather a commendable effort by
the troops to prevent collateral
damage during combat. Our troops
should therefore be commended for
making deliberate efforts to evacuate
civilians in order to protect their lives
and property.

“It is also crucial to point out, that
troops deployed to fight terrorism in
the NE do not attack or raze down
villages, communities or settlements,
rather they launch offensive on
terrorists’ camps, enclaves and hide
outs.

“Based on actionable intelligence,
persons who provide logistics and
other forms of support to the
terrorists are arrested and subjected
to thorough investigation by a
combined team of professionals
drawn from the intelligence
community of the Armed Forces and
other security agencies. Anyone not
found culpable is not held in custody
for further investigations.

“AI must therefore put an end to its
reckless distortion of facts in its
desperate bid to satisfy its
puppeteers by undermining Nigeria’s
Military campaign against terrorism in
the NE.

“We urge members of the public to
please discountenance AIs report, as
it is not a true and realistic reflection
of troops’ counter terrorism operation
in the NE”

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has
appointed former Super Eagles defender and
captain Joseph Yobo as assistant coach of the
team.

The former Everton defender will replace
Imama Amapakabo in the technical crew of the
senior men’s national team.

He played for the Nigeria U-20 team, the Flying
Eagles – during the FIFA World Youth
Championship (now known as FIFA U20 World
Cup) in 1999.

The attack-minded defender won his first cap
for the senior team in an Africa Cup of Nations
qualifying match away to Zambia in Chingola in
April 2001 and played in three FIFA World Cup
finals in 2002, 2010 and 2014.

He also played in six Africa Cup of Nations
finals in 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010 and
2013, capping it with leading the Super Eagles
to their third continental title in South Africa in
2013. He played a total of 100 matches for
Nigeria at senior level.

A thoroughbred and dedicated professional who
played his club football in five countries,
including sterling appearances for Olympique
Marseille in the French top flight, Fenerbahce in
Turkey and Everton FC in the English
Premiership, Joseph Yobo scored several crucial
goals for the Super Eagles in important
qualifying matches for the FIFA World Cup and
the Africa Cup of Nations. He was also among
the scorers when the Eagles thrashed South
Africa’s Bafana Bafana 4-0 in a group phase
match in Tunisia 16 years ago.

Born Joseph Michael Yobo on 6th September
1980, the flamboyant stopper also played club
football in Belgium with Standard Liege,
Tenerife in Spain and Norwich City in England,
having started out with Michellin-Harcourt in
Rivers State in 1996.

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The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), has alerted the general public on the risks of using Windows 7 powered devices for internet-based services that require the use of sensitive information such as internet banking.

With the official End of Support (EoS) of the Microsoft Windows 7 Operating System (OS) which came into effect on 14th January 2020, the Minister said the best way to remain secure is to use the latest Operating Systems available.

It will be recalled that Microsoft had announced that it will no longer provide technical support and security or software updates for the Window 7 Operating System after the official End of Support (EoS) on 14th January 2020.

Though, it said systems running on Windows 7 OS will continue to work, however they will be progressively more vulnerable to viruses and malware.

The Minister is therefore calling on all Windows 7 users to immediately implement some precautionary measures to help to protect themselves from breach of privacy and loss of critical data.

The statement reads in part: ‘‘With the official End of Support (EoS) of the Microsoft Windows 7 Operating System (OS) which came into effect on 14th January 2020, Microsoft will no longer provide technical support and security or software updates for the platform. Systems running on Windows 7 OS will continue to work, however they will be progressively more vulnerable to viruses and malware.

‘‘In light of this, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), is alerting the general public on the risks of using Windows 7 powered devices for internet-based services that require the use of sensitive information such as internet banking. The best way to remain secure is to use the latest Operating Systems available.

‘‘We are therefore calling on all Windows 7 users to immediately implement some precautionary measures to help to protect themselves from breach of privacy and loss of critical data, the measures are: Keeping security software up to date; keeping all other applications up to date; and being more sceptical on downloads and emails accessed.

‘‘The minister in his efforts to propagate the importance of cyber security and to ensure that cyber threats are quickly identified and contained, will from time to time alert the general public on important event and measures to ensure that people can feel safe online’’.

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Personnel of the Nigerian Army Department of Military Intelligence at the local wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, have arrested a man for being in possession of two highly weaponised drones.

The incident happened on January 28, 2020 at about 5:00pm while DMI officers at the cargo section discovered a suspicious package concealed in cartons.

Upon opening the cartons, the officers discovered parts of two highly weaponised drones and the supervisor told the man that brought it into the country to go and report the following day.

Investigation revealed that the following day the man was asked to write a statement after which he was detained.

Upon interrogation at the National Air Defense Corps, Ikeja, the suspect claimed to be working for the Kaduna State Government.

Further investigation revealed that, Commander of NADC, Air commodore U.K Abdullah, later received a call from some unknown persons, who ordered him to release the man and drones.

Abdullah, it was gathered, later released the suspect and drones on January 30, 2020.

The commander, who only assumed duties in December 2019 at the NADC, was said to have instructed his officers to drop further investigation on the matter.

When contacted by SaharaReporters, Kelechi, who did not deny his involvement in the incident, refused to comment on the issue, only saying that at the appropriate time the relevant body was going to shed more light into the matter.

When asked to mention, who this relevant body was, Kelechi said, “It is confidential. At the appropriate time the appropriate body will speak on this. That is all I have to say.”

Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs in Kaduna State, Samuel Aruwan, when contacted by SaharaReporters, denied the involvement of the state government in the seized items.

Recall that in May 2016, the Nigerian Government placed a ban on launching Remotely Piloted Aircraft or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (drones) in its airspace without a permit from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority as well as the Office of the National Security Adviser.

According to the rule, drones weighing more than 250 grams (.55 pounds) must be registered with the NCAA.

Defending its decision, government stated that the deployment of drones “without adequate security clearance” had led to “predictable safety concerns and security threats.”

The NCAA in a statement at the time, said, “Therefore, no government agency, organisation or an individual will launch an RPA/UAV in the Nigerian airspace for any purpose whatsoever without obtaining requisite permit from the NCAA and ONSA.

“The NCAA wishes to reiterate that all applicants and holders of permits to operate RPA/Drones must strictly be guided by safety guidelines.

“In addition, operators must ensure strict compliance with the conditions stipulated in their permits and the requirements of the Nig. CARs.”

Findings by SaharaReporters revealed that Kaduna is among states that have made moves to deploy drones to tackle bandits, kidnappers, and killer herdsmen within its territory in recent times.