By Kingsley Nwezeh
The Nigerian Navy yesterday exonerated itself from the loss of 200,000 barrels of crude oil to pipeline vandalisation and illegal refineries, even as it blamed the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for the loss.
It said 577 illegal refineries were deactivated since 2020 across the Niger Delta region by it.
At a briefing to commence the 64th anniversary celebrations of the Nigerian Navy in Abuja, the Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo, placed the situation on the doorstep of the NNPC, which he said bordered on procedural gaps within the national oil company.
Gambo, who was represented by the Chief of Policy and Plans of the navy, Rear Admiral Christian Ezekobe, blamed the loss of such quantity of crude to the inactions of the NNPC.
AMISOM presents relief items to the Federal Government of Somalia
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Mogadishu, 19 May 2021 – The African Union Mission in Somalia, AMISOM, has presented food and non-food relief items to the Federal Government of Somalia. The items sourced through the Humanitarian Liaison Unit of AMISOM will support Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), affected by floods in AMISOM’s Areas of Responsibility, AoR.
At a short ceremony at the AMISOM Sector I Headquarters, the Head of AMISOM and SRCC, Ambassador Francisco Madeira, handed over the items to the Somalia Federal Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Hon. Khadija Mohamed Diriye.
Ambassador Madeira said food insecurity is likely to worsen across Somalia because of localized floods, below-average rainfall, and worsening desert locust infestation.
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It is the belief of the COAS that the complete defeat of insurgency is a process that requires the participation of the entire nation using all elements of national power.
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This is the third name the operation has attracted since inception.
Tukur Buratai, immediate past army chief, had in 2015 changed the name from operation Zaman Lafiya to operation Lafiya Dole Buratai had said the decision signaled his determination to attain peace by force in the north-east.
Lafiya Dole means ‘peace by force’.
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But Mohammed Yerima, the army spokesperson, in a statement on Friday, said the renaming to Hadin Kai, which means ‘cooperation’, is in line with the vision of Ibrahim Attahiru, chief of army staff, of having “a Nigerian Army that is repositioned to professionally defeat all adversaries in a joint environment”.