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ONE of the ambassadorial nominees, who retired as the Chief of Defence Intelligence, Air Vice Marshal Muhammad Usman (retd.), said on Thursday that his office had intelligence report that Boko Haram insurgents would kidnap Dapchi girls.
Over 200 schoolgirls were abducted by the terrorists in Dapchi, Yobe State, in February 2018.
Usman, who appeared for screening before the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs on Thursday as an ambassadorial nominee, said the military got wind of the development.
He said, “There was an intelligence report on Dapchi before it occurred. We saw indicators building up but it was not managed properly.
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Concerns over insecurity in the country reached a feverish point yesterday as bandits launched another attack in Niger State.
Yesterday’s attack took place in Magami, Kokki and Kurebi communities in Gurmana ward of Shiroro Local Government Council of the state. Five persons were killed and 40 abducted in the operation, which lasted for hours. It came few hours after bandits attacked and abducted students and teachers from Government Science College, Kagara in the state. The state government released names of students, teachers, non-teaching workers as well as families members abducted during the attack on February 17. The list is made up of three teachers, two non-teaching employees, 27 studen
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Insurgency may persist for 20 years, Buratai warns Alao Abiodun
By Sanni Onogu, Abuja
Insurgency may continue in the country for another 20 years, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai (rtd) said on Thursday.
He said the military alone cannot win the war, unless civil leadership provided economic and social solutions.
Buratai’s former boss Gen. Abayomi Olonisakin (rtd) said the forest reserves had become a haven for criminals – a place from which they launch attacks on people because the vast forests were unprotected.
The ex-military chiefs spoke when they appeared before the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs for screening as non-career ambassadors. The two of them along with former Chief of Air Staff , Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, former Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas and former Chief of Defence Intelligence, Air Vice Marshal Mohammed Sani Usman, were nominated by President Muhammadu Buhari after their retirement.
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Senate begins screening of Buratai, others behind closed door
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THE Senate has begun the screening of the immediate past Service Chiefs behind closed door
The former Service Chiefs appeared today for screening as non-career ambassadorial nominees, just as they arrived the National Assembly complex at exactly 11.32 am.
Upon their arrival, they went straight to the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Babajide Omoworare who immediately led them to the hearing room.
When it was 12 o’clock, the time the screening was to start, the Chairman of Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Senator Adamu Muhammad Bulkachuwa, APC, Bauchi North ordered for an executive session with the members of the committee who were present in their good numbers.