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Thursday, 30 May 2013
Weapons Stock: JTF Arrests 3 Lebanese in Kano
The
Joint Security Task Force (JTF) in Kano, has arrested three citizens of
Lebanon allegedly owing the hide-out of light weapons recovered at a
bunker in the city.
Brig.-Gen.
Iliyasu Abba, the Brigade Commander, 3rd Brigade, Nigerian Army, said
one of the suspects was arrested on Tuesday at a house on Gaya Road in
Bompai area of Kano.
According
to him, another suspect was arrested in Abuja while the third suspect
was apprehended since May 16, at Aminu Kano International Airport, on
his way to Beirut, Lebanon.
“The one arrested at Malam Aminu Kano International Airport had a sum of 60,000 US dollars in his possession.”
He
said one Abdullahi Hassan Tahir Padalla, who was the owner of the house
in which one of the suspect was arrested was still at large.
Abba
said among the weapons discovered during the operation on Tuesday were
17 AK 47 rifles, 44 magazines, four land mines and 12 RPG bombs, 14 RPG
charger, 11 66 mm anti-tanks weapons, one SMG magazine, one pistol and
magazine.
Also,
11, 433 rounds of 7.26 mm special, 76 hand grenade, rocket propelled
guns, 122 calibre artillery and anti mines weapons were recovered.
“What you are seeing here are weapons of mass destruction in terms of our situation here right now in Nigerian.
“If
these things has been brought out only God knows the type of
destruction they will cause to innocent persons in the state or in the
country,’’ he said.
He said the Department of State Security Service (SSS) in Abuja had been investigating the case for long.
In
a remark, the state Director of the SSS, Mr. Bassey Ettang, said that
the three suspects had a link to the Hezbollah group in Lebanon.
According to him, the suspects have for a long time been using the bunker in the house to stockpile arms and ammunition.
He
restated the commitment of the SSS and other security agencies to
continue with the ongoing war on criminals nationwide. (NAN)
Four Arab Men Questioned Over Arms Find In Kano
Arms recovered by Nigerian Troops in Kano
By SaharaReporters, New York
A security source also told SaharaReporters that the owner of the warehouse, simply identified as a Lebanese national, was also a guest of Nigerian military interrogators over the shock discovery.
As at the time of this report, the building on Gaya Road, Bompai, where the weaponry was found was under heavy military guard.
A spokesman for the anti-terrorist Joint Task Force and member of the 3rd Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Captain Ikedichi Iweha, indicated that the brigade would brief reporters on the issue later today. He declined to make further comments on the incident, which occurred on Tuesday night.
“You will get the details tomorrow (Thursday),” he said. He added, “Because of the Democracy Day celebrations we have decided to talk to you after the break.”
A security source told our correspondent that security was beefed up in the commercial city of Kano as a result of the Democracy Day celebrations. There was a significant increase in vehicular patrols by officers of the JTF and the police. “You can see that our patrols made it possible to achieve the kind of peace that the people of Kano have not experienced in recent months,” a security official said.
Some of Kano’s terror flashpoints attracted the largest presence of soldiers and police. The areas include Kurna Asabe, where two persons were reportedly killed last Friday by unknown gunmen, Hotoro-Mariri, Yankaba and Badawa. The areas are suspected hideouts for gunmen.
In a fresh video message released yesterday by Boko Haram, the militant group’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, threatened more violence targeted at members of the press, the police and the military. In the one-hour video, the sect’s leader also threatened the country’s politicians and members of their families, accusing them of corruption. Mr. Shekau also denied reports that many of his men had been killed in the recent onslaught carried out by soldiers in the North East States where emergency rule had been declared by President Goodluck Jonathan.
“There is no truth in that claim, it is only a propaganda, in all we have only lost seven members while the Soldiers cannot count the number of their men who were killed in the confrontation” .
He warned that those who have made it their stock in trade to expose the Boko Haram members and their activities to security agents should wait and see what would happen to them.
He accused the Media of dishing out falsehood against the sect especially on casualty figure its members.
In the video also displayed military patrol vehicle purportedly seized by the militants and some captured and dead soldiers.
Friday, 5 April 2013
Boko Haram is your baby, Buhari fires back at Jonathan
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By Soni Daniel, Regional Editor, North, DAPO AKINREFON, GBENGA OKE & Emmanuel ElebekeABUJA—Former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, slammed President Goodluck Jonathan, describing the virulent sect, Boko Haram, as a creation of the present administration.
President Jonathan, through his Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs, Dr Doyin Okupe had on Tuesday challenged General Buhari to persuade members of the sect to accept dialogue as a means of ending the orgy of violence in the North.
General Buhari, who apparently was angered by the Presidency’s attempt to link him with the sect, asked Jonathan to leave him alone and find ways of resolving the Boko Haram crisis, which he said, was borne out of the failure of his government.
President Goodluck Jonathan and Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd)
He also faulted Okupe, for referring to Buhari’s presidential ambition as inordinate, saying that the attack was ill-motivated.
Fashakin said: “It is unfortunate that a presidential aide referred to the legitimate desire of a statesman as inordinate. Away from the uncouth posturing of Dr Okupe, it is apparent that this fellow is conflating two unrelated issues and scenarios.
“If the people that initiated and executed the Niger Delta problem decided to resolve it, what can anyone do about it? The Niger Delta problem is totally different from the Boko Haram palaver.
“General Muhammadu Buhari has consistently asserted that the political Boko Haram, the most virulent variant of the menace, is a creation of Jonathan’s regime. So why should a Buhari that did not understand the genesis of the funding and operation of this lethal unit of the PDP-led federal government, now join in appeasing them?
“That explains why the Jonathan regime cannot talk about amnesty for Boko Haram because it is akin to appeasing self. As a party, we strongly advise the Federal Government to come clean to the Nigerian people. The political Boko Haram is all about the Jonathan regime and no amount of carefully-woven spin can hoodwink discerning Nigerians,” the CPC spokesman declared.
Buhari’s statement followed Tuesday’s call on him by Jonathan’s spokesman, Doyin Okupe, to lead the talks with Boko Haram to lay down their arms and embrace dialogue as a means of ending the raging violence in the north, which has claimed many lives and property.
Okupe had also asked Buhari to emulate the role Jonathan played by going to meet militants in their vast hideouts in the Niger Delta to plead with them to lay down their arms and accept the general amnesty granted by the late President Umaru Yar’Adua on June 25, 2009.
Meanwhile, reactions have trailed the statements issued by both the Presidency and General Buhari.
It’s a ridiculous request —Musa
A Second Republic Governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa
described the president’s appeal to Buhari as an insult. The former
governor said “this is an insult. How can Buhari ask Boko Haram to cease
fire? Is Buhari responsible for Boko Haram? Is he the president of
Nigeria? This is a ridiculous request and it amounts to some kind of
insult. A security issue of this magnitude is being turned into a light
matter.”
Request meant to entrap Buhari—Sagay
For constitutional lawyer, Professor Itse Sagay, the request by the
president is meant to entrap the former Head of State. Sagay, said: “Is
Buhari their representative? Is he the one sponsoring them? I don’t
think that is fair. There is no indication whatsoever that Buhari has a
link with Boko Haram. The request is meant to entrap Buhari and so, I
don’t think it is fair.”
Jonathan should be tolerant— Afenifere
On its part, Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere enjoined President Jonathan to be tolerant. In a telephone chat with Vanguard,
National Publicity Secretary of the group, Mr Yinka Odumakin said: “It
is for us to appreciate that the nation is faced with a serious crisis
that may consume everybody and therefore, we must find a way to solve
the problem.
Jonathan should vacate office if… — Junaid Mohammed
In his reaction to the face-off, SecondRepublic lawmaker, Dr Junaid
Mohammed, said if the President cannot stand the heat, he should vacate
office. Mohammed, in a telephone chat said: “As far as I am concerned,
the truth should not be subordinate to anybody’s view and people must
surely express their views and opinion on daily basis. So if Mr
President cannot stand the heat, he should throw in the towel because
whether he likes it or not, he should expect to be criticised.”
Boko Haram not Jonathan’s creation –Austin Opara
Former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Austin
Opara said: “It is wrong for General Buhari to say Boko Haram is the
creation of President Jonathan’s government. It is absolutely wrong for
Buhari to accuse Mr President because we all live in this country and we
all know Boko Haram did not start with this government.”
FG will offer amnesty if… — Maku
In a related development, Minister of Information Mr. Labaran Maku
said the amnesty being canvassed for Boko Haram could only be
considered when the group opens up for dialogue and negotiation,
insisting that amnesty could not be the first option when nobody had
come out to discuss with the Federal Government.Mr. Maku who stated this in a live programme on Channels Television explained that amnesty is usually an outcome of discussions and negotiations, whereby those being offered amnesty would accept it in principle with conditions attached.
According to him, nowhere in the world was amnesty offered unconditionally to a group that did not even come out to negotiate with the government.
“Amnesty could be part of the solution but can only come out of the process of dialogue and negotiations but offering it unconditionally is not known. How does the President and Commander-in-Chief announce amnesty without prior conversation, without prior negotiation, without agreeing on anything, what it would mean is that the President has given up and that’s a complete abdication,” he said.
He called on Nigerians, especially the political class not to politicize the call for amnesty but to treat it as an urgent matter of national security.
“Nigerians should not over-politicize this issue. People continue to compare it with the Niger-Delta. We must not forget that amnesty in the Niger-Delta came after a series of discussions and negotiations led by leaders of the Niger Delta Region and the combatants in the creeks.
“It was after negotiations reached a certain point and there were commitments that the issue of amnesty came up. It was not just offered without condition and negotiation, so I think politicians should allow this matter to be taken as a security and national issue and those looking for votes in 2015 should not unduly over-politicize this issue of amnesty,” he stated.
Bomb Explodes In Kano
Eyewitnesses said a bomb exploded on Zoo Road near a local pharmacy triggering panic in the area. However, a JTF source said there was no casualty recorded and that troops have already sealed the area.
Thursday, 4 April 2013
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yau talata ne aka shiga rana ta uku ta gasar karatun Al-kur'ani mai
girma karo na ashirin da tara da aka saba gabatarwa shekara-shekara a
Jamhuriyar Musulunci Ta Iran, tare da halartan mahaddata, makaranta, da
masu tafsirin Al-kur'ani daga kasashen musulmi daban daban......
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Na duniya.
A bana ana gabatar da wannan gasar ne a babban dakin taro na Milad Tower wani babban gini dake tsakiyar birnin Tehran.
Bayan
kammala gasar mahalarta suna kai ziyara ta musamman ga jagoran juyin
juya hali na Musulunci Ayatullah Sayyid Ali Khamenei inda yake gabatar
da jawabi gare su.
Ga wata
tsaraba da muka kalato na wasu hotunan yadda wannan gasar take gudana a
halin da ake ciki a Tehran babban birnin kasar ta Iran.
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Count Me Out Of Plot Against APC – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan today denied the
allegation that he is involved in a clandestine move to deny the merger
of several opposition political parties.
The response follows a story in the LEADERSHIP newspaper edition of today which claimed that Mr. Jonathan directed that the planned merger of some political parties should be frustrated and that some state governors have been put on 24 hour surveillance in that regard.
The presidential spokesman described the claim as false and mischievous, and that it runs against common sense in view of the presidents credentials as a “democrat” who has refused to interfere in the activities of other political parties and INEC.
While noting that the publication attributed its story to "presidential villa insiders", Okupe asserted that the President does not give unlawful directives and has nothing to fear about the proposed merger that will necessitate him planning anything against the business interest of opposition figures as claimed by the newspaper.
Okupe also frowned at the claim that the president was planning to raise the pump price of petroleum products when the same president has provided enough funds for fuel subsidy in the 2013 budget and recently stated unequivocally that he has no plans to increase fuel price or remove fuel subsidy.
He admonished journalists to avoid playing into the hands of “mischievous politicians” whose desire is to blackmail the president and score cheap political points at the expense of stability of the country.
At a press conference in Lagos on March 19, President Goodluck Jonathan indicated his readiness to raise gas prices again, but would first “discuss” with the public the easiest way to do so.
“We cannot continue to waste resources meant for a greater number of Nigerians to subsidize the affluent middle class, who are the main beneficiaries,” he said on that occasion.
In response, “OccupyNigeria” activists said they were ready to respond whenever Jonathan made such a move.
So far, Mr. Jonathan has failed to implement several reports dealing with corruption in the oil sector, and has maintained in office Petroleum Minister Diezani Allison-Madueke and other officials who have been repeatedly accused of corruption, self-enrichment and manipulation.
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