Month: August 2021

PLATEAU ATTACK: AMF condemns killing of Muslim travellers , calls for swift justice

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The Abuja Muslim Forum has expressed a huge and rude shock over the grim news of the massacre that occurred on Saturday 14th August 2021, where 22 innocent muslims were killed and another 14 injured at Rukuba, Jos, by Irigwe Christian militants. The forum therefore called for swift justice against the perpetrators of the ignoble crime. “The report making round that Governors of Plateau State where the crime was committed and Ekiti State the ancestral home of the victims described the attack as mistaken identity is most unfortunate. We are…

Sokoto and Jos Massacre: Muslim Media demands probe, punishment of offenders

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The Muslims Media Practitioners of Nigeria (MMPN) has frown at the deliberate killings of innocent Muslims over the weekend in both Jos, Plateau and Sokoto states.The media association called on federal government to set up an investigative panel to unravel the rationale for criminal attacks on Muslims by some alleged Christian militias in Plateau and Sokoto states. In a statement by Abdur-Rahman Balogun, President of Muslim Media Practitioners of Nigeria in Abuja on Sunday, the group condemned the wicked killings of both Muslims in Sokoto and Jos. It was reported…

Oyetola commiserates with Amitolu over mother’s death

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The Governor of the State of Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola, has commiserated with the Field Commander of the State Amotekun Corps, Comrade Amitolu Shittu, over the death of his mother, Alhaja Aishat Shittu. The matriarch of Shittu’s dynasty died yesternight, at the age of 94. Governor Oyetola, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Ismail Omipidan, described the death of Amitolu’s mother as a big loss not only to the children but the entire family and loved ones of the deceased. According to the Governor, the late Alhaja Shittu was a…

JOS MASSACRE : MURIC calls for immediate arrest,prosecution of perpetrators

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The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has called for the immediate rounding up of all members of the Christian militia group who allegedly killed Twenty two (22) unarmed Muslim travellers at Rukaba, Jos, Plateau State on Saturday, 14th August, 2021. MURIC made the call in a statement issued on Saturday evening 14th August, 2021. The group commended the swift response of security agents that led to the arrest of six of the attackers at the scene The group in a statement which was signed by the group’s director, Professor Ishaq Akintola said:…

PLATEAU ATTACKS: Police arrest 20 suspects , rescue 33 victims, as IGP orders coordinated response to protect citizens

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The Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba has ordered the immediate deployment of Police Intervention Team to Plateau State to carry out on-the-spot assessment and ensure enhanced, coordinated response to protect the community and boost public confidence in the affected area(s) of the State. The deployment followed the unfortunate attack on innocent citizens in Rukuba Community in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State on Saturday 14th, August, 2021. The Police Intervention Team is led by DIG Sanusi N. Lemu, the Deputy Inspector General of Police in…

NSCIA condemns Jos massacre,urges Muslims to remain calm

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The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has condemned the massacre of a group of innocent Muslims who were returning from Bauchi to Akure, Ondo State, on Saturday. While affirming the statements of their Excellencies, the Governors of Plateau and Ondo States that it was a case of mistaken identity and not particularly intended for the Muslims, the Council appealed to all Muslims to be calm and nobody should take laws into his or her hands. The Council reemphasized that no human life deserved to be wasted on any…

RIVERS NUJ ELECTION: Food for Thought By: Susan Serekara-Nwikhana, NAWOJ chairperson, Rivers

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Good morning, great colleagues. I can no longer keep quite in the face of what is currently playing out in Rivers NUJ. As a woman leader in NUJ and a peace maker, I have the responsibility of ensuring peace in my union. But that can only be done if we are all bold to speak out the truth. You would all recall my first Press Release that sued for peace in the Rivers NUJ election which some people considered to be too early. I told them No, that I was…

Nigerian Army commissions renovated block of classrooms in Aniocha North

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The Nigerian Army (NA) has commissioned a renovated block of 5 classrooms and fenced the entire Saint Pius Xth Grammar School at Aniocha North Local Government Area (LGA) of Delta State, as part of the non-kinetic effort of military operations to ensure cordial relations with host communities where the military operate. The Chief of Army Staff Lt. General Faruk Yahaya represented at the occasion by the General Officer Commanding 6 Division NA/ Commander Land Component Operation Delta Safe Major General Sani Gambo stated that the project was aimed at providing…

UI VC,Prof Adebola Ekanola becomes Fellows of Nigerian Academy of Letters

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The Nigerian Academy of Letters (NAL), has conferred its prestigious Fellowship on Prof. Adebola Babatunde Ekanola, the Acting Vice-Chancellor, University of Ibadan, alongside other eminent scholars in different categories, stressed that “his conferment is based on his profound scholarship and not because he is the Acting Vice-Chancellor, University of Ibadan.” He was admitted to the NAL’s College of Fellowship at the Twenty-Second and Twenty-Third (Combined) Convocation and Investiture of New Fellows at the J.F. Ade Ajayi Auditorium, University of Lagos, Akoka, Yaba, Lagos, on Thursday, 12 August, 2021 in a…

Osun APC: Give peace a chance, Oyetola tells party members …. urges security operatives to take charge

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Governor of the State of Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola, has again appealed to the members of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in the State to give peace a chance and allow the ongoing appeal process run its full course. He also condemned what he termed the “unruly behavior” exhibited by some aggrieved members of the party at the APC Secretariat in Osogbo, stated that no sane society would condone any act of lawlessness. The governor therefore directed security operatives to take charge of the party secretariat to prevent any further…