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BUK hosts ECOWAS Parliamentarians, eulogises Senator Barau
BUK hosts ECOWAS Parliamentarians, eulogises Senator Barau
By: Michael Mike
The management of the Bayero University Kano (BUK) on Thursday hosted members of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) at the new site of the institution.
The parliamentarians’ visit to the university was part of the activities lined up for the Second Extraordinary Session of the Sixth Legislature of the Parliament holding in Kano.
The Vice Chancellor of the university, Professor Sagir Adamu Abbas and other management of the institution received the parliamentarians at the Abubakar Rasheed Senate Building.
During the visit, Professor Abbas commended the parliamentarians for the visit, saying “this is the first time that we will be receiving the entire ECOWAS Parliament.”
Describing Senator Barau as a politician par excellence, he enumerated the several interventions of the lawmaker in the university, adding that he has contributed immensely to the institution’s development.
“He has contributed immensely to the development of BUK. He is a politician par excellence. To my knowledge, he has impacted positively on the lives of the people he is representing. Apart from paying for school fees for students, he has attracted projects to the school,” he said.
He listed the projects to include a four-story building, over 20 kilometres of road, streetlights, and a laboratory, among others.
He called on the parliamentarians to facilitate the collaboration of universities in the subregion to address the developmental challenges facing the member states.
“We need the political intervention to collaborate with other universities in the subregion in the area of research for the development of member states,” he said.
The First Deputy Speaker of ECOWAS Parliament and the Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin, explained that the second extraordinary session of the ECOWAS Parliament was brought to Kano to get the assembly closer to the masses.
” The parliament of the entire West Africa is now in Kano and now in BUK because of the importance of the institution not only to Kano but the entire country,” he said.
Describing education as the bedrock of society, he said any society without a sound educational system is doomed.
Senator Barau, while commending the university’s management for the transformation in the institution, said the ECOWAS Parliament will support the university in addressing some of the challenges.
The Fourth Deputy Speaker of ECOWAS Parliament, Billay Tunkara, extolled the virtues of Senator Barau and thanked the university for conferring an honorary doctorate on the Deputy President of the Senate recently.
BUK hosts ECOWAS Parliamentarians, eulogises Senator Barau
Troops rescue two kidnapped victims in Benue
By: Zagazola Makama
Troops of Sector 1 under Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) have rescued two kidnapped victims in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State.
Security sources said the incident occurred at about 3:50 a.m. on April 15 when troops deployed at Kyado responded to a distress call on kidnapping activities in the area.
According to the sources, the troops swiftly moved to the scene, prompting the kidnappers to abandon their victims and flee.
The sources added that the troops successfully rescued the two victims and reunited them with their families.
Security operations have been intensified in the area to track down the fleeing suspects and prevent further incidents.
Troops rescue two kidnapped victims in Benue
Troops arrest bandit kingpin’s Deputy, wife in Gombe following intelligence operation
By: Zagazola Makama
Troops have arrested the second-in-command to a notorious bandit kingpin, Kachalla Auta, alongside his wife in Gombe State following an intelligence-led tracking operation across multiple locations.
Sources said the suspects, identified as Bala, popularly known as “Pakapaka,” and his wife, Zulaha Bala, were intercepted after fleeing from Dajin Madam Forest in Plateau State.
According to the sources, the arrests were the result of sustained intelligence surveillance and coordinated ground tracking by security operatives targeting fleeing members of the criminal network.
The suspects are currently in custody and undergoing interrogation to determine their level of involvement in the group’s activities and possible connections with other cells operating within and outside the region.
In a related development, troops conducted follow-up patrols around Bayar village in the Duguri axis after intelligence indicated that the main bandit kingpin had fled into the area.
However, no contact was made during the search operation.
Security sources said troops have continued to dominate the general area with sustained patrols aimed at denying criminal elements freedom of movement and disrupting their operational networks across Plateau, Taraba, and adjoining states.
Troops arrest bandit kingpin’s Deputy, wife in Gombe following intelligence operation
Troops rescue 12 kidnapped victims, arrest kingpin’s aides in Plateau–Taraba forest operations
By: Zagazola Makama
Troops conducting ongoing clearance operations under Operation Wutan Daji have rescued 12 kidnapped victims and arrested key associates of a fleeing bandit leader during coordinated offensives across forested areas linking Plateau and Taraba States.
A military source said the operations, carried out on April 15 and 16, involved troops of the 33 Artillery Brigade in conjunction with an Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) tactical team.
According to the source, the operations were conducted in the Dajin Madam and Kumbodoro forest axis, spanning parts of Plateau and Taraba States.
The source said the sustained offensive led to the recovery of 12 kidnapped victims who escaped from their captors during the pressure mounted by troops.
The victims were subsequently taken into custody for profiling before being moved to an Internally Displaced Persons facility in Fukuk.
Troops also recovered a Dane gun, a fabricated AK-47 rifle and a power bank during the operation.
Troops rescue 12 kidnapped victims, arrest kingpin’s aides in Plateau–Taraba forest operations
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