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Garba Shehu, a Senior Special Assistant on Media to President Muhammadu Buhari has explained why his principal did not attend the burial of late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and other military personnel killed in a plane crash.

Recall that Attahiru and 10 officers on an official trip to Kaduna died in a plane crash on Friday and were buried on Saturday.

However, Buhari failed to attend but sent a delegation led by the Chief of Defense Staff, General Lucky Irabor.

Buhari’s absence led to a lot of criticisms from Nigerians who condemned his decision to shun the burial.

But speaking on Arise News, Shehu on Wednesday said although he had not spoken to the President about the issue, Buhari is concerned about the safety, and wellbeing of ordinary Nigerians on the streets and doesn’t like the idea of closing the roads, security men molesting people on the road for him to have the right of way while attending the burial. He also stated that considering that it was a period of mourning, the president did not want to take away the attention.

He said, “I was in Europe myself on assignment and I have not spoken to the president on this but let me give you just one example.

”The president is somebody who is so concerned about the safety and wellbeing of ordinary Nigerians on the streets.

“Do you know why he now prays his Jumaat in the state house and doesn’t go to the national mosque? Because he doesn’t like this idea of closing roads, security men molesting people on the road for the president to have the right of way.

“These are small things for many people but they are important for President Muhammadu Buhari. So, it is a mourning situation and the president didn’t want to take away attention from that.” he added.

The 400-level student of Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Olayinka Toyinbo, abducted on Saturday by suspected kidnappers, has regained freedom.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Toyinbo is of the Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries Management, College of Environmental Resources Management of the institution.

FUNAAB’s Head, Directorate of Public Relations, Mr Kola Adepoju, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Tuesday.

He said that Toyinbo was released by his abductors on Monday night unharmed, safe and sound.

Adepoju said that Toyinbo’s release had thrown the entire university community and particularly the students, who had, in the early hours of Monday, staged a peaceful protest, into frenzy.

Adepoju, however, hinted that details of the student’s release were still sketchy and within the purview of the state police command.

“The management of the university, on behalf of the entire academic community, is deeply grateful to security agencies, both the conventional and the unconventional.

“We are particularly grateful to the state police command, the media, traditional rulers, other stakeholders and the public in general for their concern and efforts which culminated in the freedom of our student,” he said.

The Police Spokesman in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi , confirmed Toyinbo’s release in a telephone interview, adding that he and others had been reunited with their families.

“Police operatives had been in the forest for those three days. The student and the two others were released yesterday night (Monday) and they have all been reunited with their families,” he said.

NAN reports that students of the institution had, on Monday, taken to the streets to protest the kidnap of their colleague.

The placard-carrying students took their protest to the state secretariat of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Abeokuta.

NAN reports that Toyinbo was, on Saturday, kidnapped by suspected gunmen at a private farm in Abule-Itoko, Odeda Local Government Area, about 25 minutes drive from the institution, around 8 am.

A friend of the abducted student, who claimed to have witnessed the scene, said Toyinbo was kidnapped by the gunmen at the private farm, where he had been living and working as a practising livestock farmer for the past three years.

Other sources, however, said that the two other persons reportedly kidnapped alongside the student were the owner of the farm and a 17-year-old Togolese lady.

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AdaAwka1:
D person is probably dead

No fewer than 64 people sustained various degrees of injuries after a fuel tanker exploded in Kano on Saturday evening.

Daily Trust gathered that the tanker exploded into flames while offloading fuel at the Al-Hisan filing station located at Ali Gusau Street, Sharada area of Kano metropolis.

Among the casualties were personnel of the Kano State Fire Service who had responded to the distress call.

Our correspondent gathered that many residents were also caught up in the incident.

Daily Trust observed that many of the victims were onlookers who had amassed to watch as the fire brigade battled the inferno before the tanker eventually exploded.

Though no loss of life was reported, at least 64 people involved are receiving treatment at the Murtala Mohammed Specialists’ Hospital.

The Spokesman of the Kano State Fire Service, Saminu Yusuf Abdullahi, who confirmed the incident, said eight personnel of the Service were part of the 64 victims.

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❌❌ This type of barbarism only
happens in Southern Nigeria ❗❗


�Northern Nigeria is too civilized
to engage in roasting a fellow man
for stealing.✅✔✅

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hotwax:
This your treacherous attitude is why soldiers are bold to come and kill you.

You made it Kanu war, you folded your ands, meanwhile you die like chicken.

The Nigeria military sense the weakness, and were bold to do what they want. You gave them the chance.

If you pass a message that you support right to self-determination, military cannot kill a whole state.

And that is our plan in Yorubaland. Have you been seeing yoruba nation rally The support Sunday Igboho is getting?

Nigeria military wont try bulshiit...They know it, else they burn down the whole country, because if it happens yoruba boys no dey fear guns oooh. we no dey run for gun ooo...u no go wait to watch am finish...

your gun no go fire even if its israeli technology

if your gun fire, na your daughter eh go go hit for home..

your armor tank no go jam..engine no go start...

eni duro wotan

Yoruba nation agitators no get joy ooo...always prepare for bullets

A senior Hamas leader and Israel's Security Cabinet have confirmed that a mutual ceasefire deal has been agreed.

The senior Hamas leader told CNN that the ceasefire will commence at 2am local time on Friday, though an official announcement from the Israeli Prime Minister's Officer said the ceasefire would go into effect at an hour to be agreed upon later.

The decision comes after more than a week of conflict left hundreds of people dead, the vast majority of them Palestinians.

Israel Security Cabinet had agreed to a truce put forward by Egypt for a "mutual unconditional ceasefire" over Gaza, according to a statement by the the Israeli Prime Minister's Office.

"The Security Cabinet convened this evening. And accepted unanimously the recommendation of all security elements -- the Chief of Staff, the head of the Shin Bet, the Head of the Mossad, and the head of the National Security Council -- to accept the Egyptian initiative for a mutual unconditional ceasefire that will go into effect at an hour to be agreed upon later," the statement from the Prime Minister's Office said.

The official statement makes clear that the Israel Defense Forces will be instructed to re-start its campaign against militant groups in Gaza if militant groups are deemed to be failing to keep their side of the agreement.
"The political leadership emphasizes that the reality on the ground will determine any decision to resume the military campaign," the statement said.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have carried out a devastating aerial bombardment of Gaza over the past 11 days, targeting Hamas' vast tunnel network and other infrastructure. Israeli strikes have killed at least 230 people in Gaza, including 65 children, according to the Hamas-run health ministry there. Some 72,000 Gazans have been displaced, UNICEF said Wednesday.

Palestinian militants have fired more than 4,000 rockets into Israel, according to the IDF. The longest lull in rocket fire from Gaza -- of more than eight hours -- took place overnight into Thursday, while Israeli military action continued.

Twelve people have been killed in Israel -- 10 Israeli citizens and two foreign workers -- as a result of Palestinian militant fire, including two children, according to the IDF and Israel's emergency service.
The truce comes after US President Joe Biden dialed up his administration's messaging on Israel Wednesday, in his fourth call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Biden faced pressure to do more to intervene in the conflict.

Netanyahu had said that Israel's military operation would continue until its "objective is achieved."

Hostilities between Israel and Hamas followed a period of several weeks of tension in Jerusalem, where a group of Palestinian families faced eviction from their homes in East Jerusalem in favor of Jewish nationalists. In addition, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which ended last week, there were a series of incidents which Palestinians saw as highly provocative, including the closing of a popular meeting place near the Old City, and the entrance of Israeli police into the Al Aqsa mosque on a number of occasions.

There were regular clashes in and around the mosque compound during which police fired stun grenades and rubber coated bullets while Palestinians threw stones.

Hundreds of Palestinians and some Israeli police officers were injured in the unrest.

Human Rights lawyer and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has slammed Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, for declaring President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba and other union leaders wanted.

The NLC had on Monday embarked on a protest and strike to press home their demand bordering on the mass sack of workers in the state. The strike has paralysed critical sectors of the economy in the state.

Kaduna State government in response declared Wabba and other NLC leaders wanted for economic sabotage and attacks on public infrastructure in Kaduna State under the Miscellaneous Offences Act.

Reacting to El-Rufai’s declaration, Falana described as ‘laughable’ the claim that the labour leaders contravened the provisions of the Miscellaneous Offences Act.

“The statement is laughable as it is common knowledge that Comrade Wabba and his colleagues are on the streets of Kaduna leading the peaceful protests embarked upon by the entire workers in the State since yesterday. The order of the Governor cannot be enforced for the following reasons:

“1. By the combined effect of the Trade Union Act and the Nigerian Constitution, Comrade Wabba and other labour leaders have the unquestionable rights to participate in the peaceful warning strike and mass protests against further retrenchment of workers in the Kaduna State public service.

“2. The Miscellaneous Offences Act is not a state statute but a federal enactment. To that extent, if Governor El Rufai has evidence that Comrade Wabba and other labour leaders have contravened any provisions of the Act he is required to lodge a complaint in any of the police stations in Kaduna State. The Governor lacks the power to declare any alleged offender wanted under the Act or any other law whatsoever.

“3. Furthermore, since Comrade Wabba and other labour leaders are entitled to the fundamental right of fair hearing including the presumption of innocence guaranteed by section 36 of the Constitution the Governor of Kaduna lacks the power to declare them wanted.”

Falana, therefore, called on the authorities of the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies to ignore the “illegal statement” by Governor El Rufai.

paulolee:
DTS d same rudiger dts talking this trash about respect dt he isn't giving....him jus de act anyhow asif na him dt losing pain pass..

Federickson02:
See how zouma was dealing with Ndidi
Omo whatever you do, never you disrespect my club bcus they'll surely comeback to hunt you. We move

obembet:
When this boys were on the streets of Lagos hawking pure water sachets, you did not call Dem out o. Now God has blessed them and you are calling them biafrans. No lemme talk o

Bettykeys:
Unfortunately, Christians in Nigeria are not aware that the number of Christians in Israel are not up to 3%

Majority of religion in Isreal is Jews with approximately 75% in population