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Bandits Kidnap Four Nursing Mothers In Birnin Gwari

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As the military onslaught continues in some parts of Northwest Bandits have again attacked the Birnin Gwari area of Kaduna State.

According to a statement released by Barrister Salisu Haruna chairman of BEPU

Barrister Salisu Haruna said after relative calm along Birnin-Gwari-Funtua road with the sustained onslaught by security forces, we regret to inform the general public of an attack at Mando village a distance of five kilometers from Birnin-Gwari town.

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In the latest incident, armed bandits attack Mando shortly after midnight around 1.30 am and abducted eighteen people including four nursing mothers.

 

The armed bandits struck with a house to house search has taken grains and other food items and property whose value is yet to be quantified.

The eighteen people abducted include four nursing mothers with their babies and tenable men to the bush.

We are calling on the security personnel particularly the Airforce Field Base Birnin-Gwari that is just three kilometers from Mando and the governments to be more proactive in protecting lives and property.

We equally urged our citizens to assist in reporting suspicious elements and their collaborators.

 

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Fubara’s Whereabouts Unknown As Military Moves Trucks Into Rivers Govt House

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The movement of Governor Siminalayi Fubara was unknown on Tuesday night when the military moved trucks into Rivers Government House in Port Harcourt.

The trucks were placed within and outside the Government House on the first night of the State of emergency declared by President Bola Tinubu.

Tinubu declared emergency rule amid the attacks on oil installations in Rivers State.

Some militants groups had threatened to blow up pipelines if the Rivers House of Assembly impeach Fubara.

However, hours after the lawmakers served the governor with notice of alleged misconduct, the militants carried out their threat.

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Breaking :President Bola Tinubu has declared a state of emergency in Rivers state,Removes Democratic Structures

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The president made the announcement on Tuesday in a nationwide broadcast over the political crisis and instability in the state.

Tinubu said Siminalayi Fubara, governor of the state; his deputy, Ngozi Odu; and all members of the Rivers assembly are “hereby suspended for an initial period of six months”.

“Having soberly reflected on and evaluated the political situation in Rivers State and the Governor and Deputy Governor of Rivers State having failed to make a request to me as President to issue this proclamation as required by section 305(5) of the 1999 Constitution as amended, it has become inevitably compelling for me to invoke the provision of section 305 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as amended, to declare a state of emergency in Rivers State with effect from today, 18th March, 2025 and I so do,” the president said.

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Tinubu meets with service chiefs in Aso Rock

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President Bola Tinubu is currently holding a high-level meeting with the service chiefs at the State House.

Among those in attendance are Christopher Musa, chief of defence staff; Olufemi Oluyede, chief of army staff; Emmanuel Ogalla, chief of naval staff; Hassan Abubakar, chief of air staff; and Kayode Egbetokun, inspector-general of police.

Also present are Nuhu Ribadu, national security adviser; Oluwatosin Ajayi, director-general of the State Security Service; and Muhammed Muhammed, director-general of the National Intelligence Agency.

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