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Akinola Ajibola Updated April 22, 2021 There will be a lot of trouble for Nigeria and all other countries sharing borders with Chad if the security in the West African country escalates, Major General Bashir Magashi has said. Magashi, who is the Minister of Defence, made the remark on Thursday at the continued special weekly ministerial briefing held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the nation’s capital. He was reacting to the recent happenings in Chad following the death of President Idriss Deby who died of injuries he sustained while fighting rebels in the north of the Sahel country. (FILE) The general view in N’djamena on April 21, 2021. (Photo by Djimet WICHE / AFP) ....
ADVERTISEMENT The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Ibrahim Attahiru, on Sunday, assured that the war against insurgency would soon come to a successful end. Mr Attahiru, who gave the assurance in Damaturu, Yobe, while addressing troops of Sector 2 of Operation Lafiya Dole, commended the troops for their recent gains in neutralising insurgents. “I’m very pleased; your commanders have told me what you have done collectively, as part of ‘Operation ‘Tura Takai Bango’, how you have pushed the Boko Haram insurgents. “We are so proud of you, and I believe that in the second phase of that operation, you will do more. I’m sure you will go out there and push them so hard and bring this entire insurgency to an end,” the COAS said. ....
Daily Post Nigeria He passed away on late Monday after a brief illness. Justice Ighodalo was the number three in the hierarchy of 31 judges in the state. NAN reports that his demise stalled all cases in the courts, as other judges, magistrates and presidents adjourned. Edo NBA Publicity Secretary, Ogaga Emoghwanre, said the association was in a mourning mood. “He was a renowned judge with an unflinching determination to always impact knowledge on one and all. ‘’We will greatly miss him. He was a jurist of no mean repute,” his statement read. Edo Chief Judge, Justice Esther Edigin, held a meeting with the judges and later paid a condolence visit to Ighodalo’s family at Boundary Road in GRA, Benin. ....
Daily Post Nigeria Published In attendance were Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, elders and prominent figures from the two states. Former governors of Borno State, Ashiek Jarma and Senator Kashim Shettima, Shehu of Borno, Abubakar Ibn Al-Amin Elkanemi and Emir of Fika, Abali Ibn Muhammadu Idrissa were present. It was gathered that the meeting deliberated ways to sustain recent gains made by the military in the fight against Boko Haram in the Northeast. It also discussed resettlement of internally displaced persons to communities and villages now safe. The delegation also raised the rehabilitation and reconstruction of major federal roads in Borno and Yobe. ....
Boko Haram commanders, Abul-Bas, Ibn Habib killed Published Troops took them out in an operation at Banki Junction road around Pulka axis in Borno State. Abul-Bas and Ibn Habib belonged to the Shekau faction of Boko Haram, with bases in Sambisa forest and environs. The duo and several other top terrorists have been on intelligence agencies’ watchlist for months. Abul-Bas and Ibn Habib their bodyguards and other fighters were annihilated in an ambush at a location between Vuria and Guja settlements. A military intelligence officer disclosed that troops recovered one GPMG, several AK-47 rifles, belt of ammunition containing rounds of 7.62mm, motorcycles and mobile phones. ....