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The timely release of the Kuriga-287 school children demonstrates a fresh beginning in the country’s security collaboration. It provides reassurance to the general public regarding the firm dedication of the President and the proficient capabilities of the National Security Adviser.

Kudos to President Tinubu, Governor Uba Sani and NSA, Nuhu Ribadu 🙌

Alhamdullilah. His Excellency, Senator @UbaSaniUs has just announced that each and every one of the school children kidnapped in Kuriga, Chikun Local Government Area have been released. He expressed his appreciation to our President and the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, @officialABAT. The Governor also emphasised the key role played by the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam @NuhuRibadu. Kudos to the brave men and women of the Nigerian Army. We must now do everything to ensure this does not happen again. The introduction of State Police will certainly be a good start.

I visited our dear President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR to brief him on the security situation in Kaduna State and to share thoughts with him on effective strategies to bring back our abducted Kuriga school children and degrade the criminal elements laying siege to our communities. I was accompanied to the meeting by the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa.

In the name of Allah the Beneficient, the Most Merciful, I wish to announce that our Kuriga school children have been released.

Our special appreciation goes to our dear President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR for prioritizing the safety and security of Nigerians and particularly ensuring that the abducted Kuriga school children are released unharmed. While the school children were in captivity, I spoke with Mr. President several times. He shared our pains, comforted us and worked round the clock with us to ensure the safe return of the children.

Special mention must also be made of our dear brother, the National Security Adviser, Mal. Nuhu Ribadu for his exemplary leadership. I spent sleepless nights with Mal. Ribadu finetuning strategies and coordinating the operations of the security agencies, which eventually resulted in this successful outcome.

The Nigerian Army also deserves special commendation for showing that with courage, determination and commitment, criminal elements can be degraded and security restored in our communities.

We also thank all Nigerians who prayed fervently for the safe return of the school children. This is indeed a day of joy. We give Almighty Allah all the glory.

Senator Uba Sani,
Governor, Kaduna State.
March 24th, 2024.

Procashtips:
Let me rephrase:

My comments aren't disproving what you said
My comments are only trying to get your readers not to take your response as a verdict or admission that ISIS carried out the attacks because Russia fights them.

People actually respect your comments on NL, so alot might take it as a confirmation that ISIS did it

I hope the above response is clearer now?

Don't fall for the lies from western media.

Procashtips:
Your answer to him could as well be making the propagangated ISIS theory gain legitimacy on this thread, hence my comments.

My comments are to die such legitimacy. That Russia fights ISIS (Western countries are "doing" same too, yet rarely attacked) does not automatically means they carried out the terror attacks as the west are trying to make it look like.

And yes, I'm responding to your comments and not someone else.

Procashtips:
And no western nations have "fought" against ISIS? How come they hardly attack western Nations?


It has nothing to do with ISIS, it's a cover up.

The same western media that starting blaming ISIS few mins after the attack still haven't told the world who blew up the Nordstrom's pipelines almost 2 years after.

Just wait and see what Russia intelligence will unravel.

Procashtips:
Don't fall for the lies from western media. Its not really ISIS but those who did it are trying to change the narrative by blaming ISIS.

Russian forces already arrested 4 of the terrorists, one of them holds an Ukrainian passport.

Those guys were paid to do this. Ukraine and the US are the top suspects.

One more thing, if truly it was ISIS (which has been debunked by those arrested), how come only the enemies of the US and the Western world have been attacked of recent by them?

uunwanaobong3:
Then the question I asked myself is why is ISIS attacking Russia and why now?

Russia are not in a fight with ISIS over anything, infact Russia doesn't have their time. Russia is not an hegemony, infact most times Russia mind their business by focusing at home. What gives ISIS incentive to attack Russia, and the answer is nothing.

tobenuel:
Bear parlor discussion

How fake news almost ruined my 40-year-old marriage — Lai Mohammed

The immediate past Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has recounted how fake news peddled on social media almost crashed his 40-year-old marriage.

The ex-minister gave the account in Lagos at an event to commemorate the 90th birthday anniversary of Prof. Wole Soyinka, Africa’s first Nobel laureate for literature.

He recalled that one of the pressing challenges he faced in office as minister was the spate of fake news, misinformation, and disinformation.

Speaking specifically about how the menace almost ruined his marriage, Mohammed stressed that the consequences of fake news, disinformation, and misinformation were far-reaching.

“Permit me to share publicly with you today, for the first time, how social media threatened the foundation of my forty-year-old marriage.

“It was sometimes in 2018 when I came to Lagos from Abuja for an official assignment.

“As usual, I retire to bed about midnight, but about 3 a.m., my wife gently roused me from my slumber.

“At first, I panicked, fearing that there had been a security breach, but my wife’s mind belied that possibility, for she was calm and composed,” the ex-minister said.

He continued: “Solemnly, my wife asked me if I was fully awake as there were some serious issues to discuss.

“I could not fathom what was that urgent or serious to warrant being woken up at this time of the night.

“My mind immediately did a kaleidoscope of my rascalities and escapades in the last few months.”

Mohammed said the accusation from his wife which according to him, was ‘a bombshell’ narrated to him in Yoruba language, but roughly translated thus:

“Daddy, death can come knocking at any moment, please let me also, as your wife, be a signatory to your oversea account in Ali Financial which contains 1.3 billion dollars.”

The former minister said he could not believe that his wife could take, hook, line, and sinker the fake story in circulation crediting humongous sums of money in overseas accounts to government functionaries/ministers under former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.

“I spent the next two hours or so, sweating to convince my wife that there is no iota of truth in the allegation.

“I had to fetch a calculator and reproduce the Federal Appropriation Act for 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 in the middle of the night and explain to her why it is simply preposterous for me to have 1.3 billion dollars in a foreign account.

“I explained to her that there is no year my capital budget exceeded N5 billion, which, at about N400 to a dollar, was just 12.5 million dollars.

“I explained that, even if I managed to divert every kobo of it to my personal account, it would take at least 104 years to save the sum of 1.3 billion dollars being peddled that I stole,” he said.

Mohammed added: “My wife insisted that the whole world believed the story and that her friends had as a result, besieged her with all kinds of requests.

“She said every effort on her part to deny the existence of this foreign account only succeeded in depicting her in the minds of her friends as a selfish, greedy, and uncaring friend.

“Is my wife truly convinced of my innocence? The answer is in the wind!.”

Mohammed reiterated that social media remained the platform of choice for the purveyors of fake news, anti-state groups, anarchists, secessionists, terrorists, and bandits.

He recalled that while in government, his ministry uncovered 476 online publications that were dedicated to spreading fake news against the Buhari administration.

Mohammed specifically recalled the fake news that the former president had died while receiving treatment in a London hospital and was replaced by a clone called “Jubril from Sudan.”

According to him, the challenge of fake news continued up to the campaigns leading to the 2023 general elections, where President Bola Tinubu became a target when videos and speeches attributed to him were manipulated and distorted.

He said the purveyors of fake news were relentless in their efforts to de-market the laudable policies and programmes of Tinubu’s administration.

Mohammed said fake news had become exponential through the use of Artificial Intelligence and deep learning techniques to create highly realistic fake or manipulated videos, audio recordings or images.

“The consequences of disinformation and misinformation are far-reaching.

“They undermine democratic processes, sow discord within communities, and pose significant threats to public health and safety.

“Today, even the media is at risk of losing its credibility because of the proliferation of fake news on social media.

“Therefore, the media, as custodians of the public trust, must take decisive action to combat the scourge of disinformation and misinformation,” he said.

Mohammed said that social media platforms and other intermediaries accountable for their role in amplifying disinformation and misinformation should be held responsible.

According to him, they should be checked through robust regulatory frameworks to curb the spread of false information while safeguarding freedom of expression.

He admonished social media platforms to prioritise the integrity of information over profit motives and take proactive measures to detect and remove harmful content from their platforms. (NAN)