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Borno NUJ advises government on workable timeline for reintegrating surrendered terrorists
Borno NUJ advises government on workable timeline for reintegrating surrendered terrorists
The Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ Borno State Council has called on the Federal and state governments to draw a workable timeline that will be acceptable to the people in its plan to reintegrate surrendered Boko Haram fighters across communities in North-east Nigeria.
The union also observed that it would be in the interest of all citizens for the military to interrogate the surrendered fighters to provide information on how to recover weapons they had used in fighting the government.
The Borno State NUJ stated this during the interactive session stakeholders security Operatives held in Maiduguri, the state capital.
NUJ also said an adequate reconciliation process should be initiated at the community level involving traditional, religious and opinion leaders as well as government officials before the reintegration of surrendered fighters.
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A memorandum jointly signed by the NUJ State Chairman, Comrade Bulama Talba and State Secretary, Comrade Ibrahim Mohammed, further, said there was the need for the federal government to overhaul the de-radicalisation process to focus on the ideological and reorientation, adding that there is the need also to extend the deradicalization programme to one year to adequately monitor them.
The submission also stated that all the surrendered Boko Haram fighters should be accepted in good faith in line with religious injunctions to forgive war adversaries as stipulated in the Holy Quran without option of refusal as commanded to the Holy Prophet of Islam Muhammad peace and blessings of Allah be upon him
“They should be allowed to choose where to live and work or coexist such as their former neighbourhoods where everybody knows everybody’s dealings everyday and make it a law to punish anyone that harms those that have surrendered”.
“The children of the former fighters must be enrolled in public schools as a condition to show true surrender to the tenets of civil society and cut the chain of saying western education is forbidden”.
“A regular meeting of key stakeholders on review of the reintegration process should be adopted alongside constant mobilisation of the citizenry should be applied for mobilisation of the citizenry in every step of implementation of the reintegration process in collaboration with the press to make it a people oriented programme”. The Union observed.
ISWAP Terrorists Kill Hunters’ Leader in Borno
By: Zagazola Makama
Suspected ISWAP terrorists have killed the chairman of the hunters’ group in Garjang village, Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State.
Sources told Zagazola Makama that the incident occurred at about 5 a.m. on Sunday.
The victim, identified as Habu Dala, 53, was abducted from his home by the terrorists, who took him through Mulharam to Forfot villages in Damboa LGA.
Villagers mobilised in search of Dala and later found his corpse bearing gunshot wounds.
Troops of Operation HADIN KAI, members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), and the hunters’ group visited the scene.
The remains were evacuated to the General Hospital, Damboa, where he was certified dead and later released to his family for burial in accordance with Islamic rites.
ISWAP Terrorists Kill Hunters’ Leader in Borno
Nine Injured in Kwali Farmers–Herders Clash
By: Zagazola Makama
Nine persons sustained machete injuries in a clash between Bassa farmers and Fulani herders in Gomoni Village, Kwali Area Council of the FCT.
Sources told Zagazola Makama that the fight, which broke out on Aug. 9 at about 3:30 p.m., followed alleged destruction of melon and maize farms belonging to the Bassa community by cattle.
It was gathered that the Nigeria army troops
along with joint team of operatives, and vigilantes were deployed to the scene following a distress call.
Six Bassa and three Fulani victims with varying degrees of machete cuts were taken to Rhema Foundation Hospital, Kwali, for treatment.
Authorities confirmed that the situation had been brought under control and normalcy restored, while investigation was ongoing.
Nine Injured in Kwali Farmers–Herders Clash
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VP Shettima Attends Wedding Fatiha Of Aisha Shehu Aliyu and Muhammad Jalal Babangida Aliyu
VP Shettima Attends Wedding Fatiha Of Aisha Shehu Aliyu and Muhammad Jalal Babangida Aliyu
By: Our Reporter
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Saturday attended the wedding fatiha of Aisha, daughter of Shehu Aliyu, an Executive Director with First Bank of Nigeria, and Muhammad Jalal, son of former Niger State Governor, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, Talban Minna, at the National Mosque, Abuja.
The solemnisation, led by the Chief Imam of the National Mosque, Dr. Muhammad Kabir Adam, alongside other Imams, featured prayers for the couple’s blessings.
Vice President Shettima stood in for the bride, while Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu represented the groom, culminating in the presentation of the dowry and the formal tying of the marital knot.
The event was graced by prominent dignitaries, including former Vice President Namadi Sambo, former Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido, Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, former Kaduna State Governor Ahmed Makarfi, former Minister of Special Duties Kabiru Turaki, Katsina State Deputy Governor Faruk Lawal Jobe, the Emir of Borgu, Niger State, Muhammad Sani Dantoro among many others.
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