It is time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Nigerias stability and unity is threatened by internal tension, conflict and corruption, from the boko haram insurgency in the north to violent militancy in the south and separatist aspirations in the east. Amid all this turmoil, how effective in securing the country is the Nigerian Army . My guest is army chief Lieutenant General tukur yusuf buratai. Are his forces playing a constructive or destructive role, as nigeria tries to keep a lid on its problems . General tukur yusuf buratai, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen. General tukur yusuf buratai, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen. A couple of years ago your president , new president , set you a Clear Mission to eradicate boko haram. He said it could be done within months. It would be fair to say, would it not, that you have failed in that mission . We have not failed. We have achieved that particular mandate, as at that time. We were appointed on the 10th of
It is time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Nigerias stability and unity is threatened by internal tension, conflict and corruption, from the boko haram insurgency in the north to violent militancy in the south and separatist aspirations in the east. Amid all this turmoil, how effective in securing the country is the Nigerian Army . My guest is army chief Lieutenant General tukur yusuf buratai. Are his forces playing a constructive or destructive role, as nigeria tries to keep a lid on its problems . General tukur yusuf buratai, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen. General tukur yusuf buratai, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen. A couple of years ago your president , new president , set you a Clear Mission to eradicate boko haram. He said it could be done within months. It would be fair to say, would it not, that you have failed in that mission . We have not failed. We have achieved that particular mandate, as at that time. We were appointed on the 10th of
A check on your world headlines. Russia says its unacceptable for ships carrying grain to pass through a black sea corridor, and it wont guarantee the safety of the vessels. It comes days after moscow suspended participation in a deal brokerage biter, kia and the un, but 12 ships loaded with more than 350000. 00 tons of grain still left ukraines black seaports. On monday, its the most grain moved in a single day since july. Our diplomatic editor james bays reports for more than 3 months, this corridor through the black sea has been a humanitarian lifeline. The un says about 9000000 tons of grain has been transported and it says, despite russia suspending its participation after the cranium drone attack on its fleet, the scheme will continue. They have suspended, they havent withdrawn, they have suspended, and they havent terminated. And the difference is the difference is very, very simple. The difference is that as parties to that black c grain initiative, they are still bound by it.
Decades since world war 2. Now long address, he accused the west of inciting the war and ukraine and said he had no regrets. Christine also denied that moscow was preparing to use Nuclear Weapons and accused the west of using them as blackmail. She wouldnt be sh, new raising you recruit korea and michel the purpose of todays foster are Nuclear Threats, and the possible use of Nuclear Weapons is very primitive. I have already said that this effort dictated by western countries, federal joke, their attempt to put pressure on all participants in International Communication include in neutral or friendly countries and in nothing. And they are looking for additional arguments in order to convince our friends or neutral states that we all need to stand together against russia. Russia has suffered setbacks on the battlefield in recent weeks. Ukrainian forces are pushing towards the strategic situ hassan in the south, which is under russian control. Moscow appointed authorities have fled along
Hello, and marian noisy in london, a main story this hour. The u. K is new Prime Minister is she soon . Ac is officially taken office and vowed to fix the mistakes of his short lived predecessor. Soon ac is making appointments to his cabinet. Jeremy hunt will continue as finance minister while so while a brave men will return as home secretary, the new Prime Minister is one of the difficult decisions to come, but promised to make them with compassion. I will place economic stability. Im confidence at the heart of this governments agenda. This will mean difficult decisions to come. That you saw me during cove, it doing everything i could to protect people and businesses with schemes like furlough. There are always limits more so now than ever. But i promise you this, i will bring that same compassion to the challenges we face to day. Alan fisher has more or less now from downing street. I think his prime task will be to make sure that people are buying into his idea of how to take the c