Boko Haram: UNIMAID Suffer another Suicide Bombing attack

Security operatives have dealt with three deadly suicide bombers who attacked a hostel at the University of Maiduguri on Friday.

Three male suicide bombers on Friday attacked the students’ hostel of the University of Maiduguri. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the attack was, however, repelled by security operatives at the University.

 

An eye witness, who pleaded anonymity, said the suicide bombers attacked the new male hostel block (A) of the institution. He said the attackers entered the hostel in spite of the trenches dug to fortify the security of the school. He said two of the bombers detonated their explosives and blew up themselves.

 

According to him, the third one was shot down by security men while trying to flee the scene of the attack.

“The attack came at a time when students are on vacation. Only the suicide bombers were killed but they caused damage to the building,” he eye witness said.

 

The Public Relations Officer of the Borno Police Command, ASP Victor Isuzu, confirmed the incident. Isuzu, however, said the command had neutralised two suicide bombers before they entered the university. He said security men shot dead the bombers before they crossed the university’s fence.

 

He said the command had deployed additional personnel to beef up security at the institution.

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#ChangeBeginsWithBuhari as President Medical Vacation in the UK Clocks 63 Days

Today makes it 63 days that President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress jetted out of Nigeria for a follow-up medical treatment in London, United Kingdom. 


On the 7th of May, 2017, President Muhammadu Buhari - a former military dictator transmitted a letter to the National Assembly to officially transfer his political power to his deputy, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo as he embarked on an indefinite medical leave to London.

 

Today makes it 60 days that President Buhari has left the shores of this country without an official explanation about his state of health to Nigerians. The nature of Buhari's ailment remains unknown as the alternative media has alleged that the 74 year old is battling with Crohn's disease as well as cancer and the toll of old age.

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There are rumours that Buhari is bed-ridden with his voice impaired thereby making him unfit to govern Nigeria. Some political hawks reportedly arranged with Buhari so send an audio message to Nigerians on the 25th of June, 2017 during the Eid al-Fitr celebration by the Muslims in Nigeria.

 

Buhari's audio message was delivered in Hausa language belonging to the dominant ethnic group thereby dividing Nigeria faster than the secessionist advocacies of the Biafra separatists and the coalition of Arewa Youth groups.

 

As the former soldier remains 'Missing in Action' for about two months due to health issues, his popularity has continued to dminish. Its not sure if he will run for office in the 2019 presidential election. Its also uncertain if Nigerians will vote for an elderly and sickly leader despite his integrity claims.

 

Tori News political correspondent, Osayimwen Osahon George has consistently condemned the secrecy Buhari's health is shrouded in as Nigerians deserve to know his well-being.

 

It remains unclear when the Fulani native will be returning to Nigeria as the poor masses lament on the 'long distance relationship' between Nigerians and their leader especially during a period of political, security and economic turbulence.

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France President, Macron in Mali for diplomatic push on Sahel anti-jihad force

French President Emmanuel Macron, making a lightning visit to Mali, on Sunday threw his weight behind a planned Sahel force to fight jihadists but told countries their efforts had to bear fruit.

The so-called "G5 Sahel" countries -- Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger -- have pledged to set up a joint force to combat the wave of Islamist bombings, shootings and kidnappings south of the Sahara.

Macron, joining the heads of state in the Malian capital Bamako for a special summit, hailed the initiative as "a dynamic, a groundswell which France is proud to back".

But, he said, "it will be up to you and your armed forces to demonstrate that the G5 can be effective, while respecting humanitarian conventions. The results have to be there to convince your partners."

Based in Sevare in central Mali, the 5,000-strong G5 Sahel force aims to bolster 12,000 UN peacekeepers and France's own 4,000-member Operation Barkhane, which is operating in the region.

Macron is also looking to extra backing from Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and the United States -- which already has a drone base in Niger -- beyond a pledge of 50 million euros ($57 million) made by the European Union, a sum he described as "the start of a long-term commitment".

Serge Michailof, a researcher at the Paris-based IRIS institute, described the EU contribution as "a joke" given the EU's "very deep pockets" and the poverty of the Sahel countries.

"This force is going to cost $300-400 million (262-350 million euros) at the very least," he told AFP. Malian Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop gave a figure of $450 million.

Chadian President Idriss Deby has said his country cannot afford to mobilise large numbers of troops simultaneously for the UN peacekeeping mission and also in the new force.

Deby and Macron are due to meet on the margins of the Bamako summit to discuss the financial issue, according to the French presidency. Chad's military is widely viewed as the strongest of the five Sahel nations.

Al-Qaeda's Mali branch, meanwhile, offered a reminder of the jihadists' threat, with the release of a proof-of-life video of six foreign hostages.

The clip posted Saturday by Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen, also known as the Group to Support Islam and Muslims, includes elderly Australian surgeon Arthur Kenneth Elliott and Frenchwoman Sophie Petronin.

Phased rollout

Macron visited Gao in northern Mali in May, his first foreign visit as president outside Europe, and promised that French troops would remain "until the day there is no more Islamic terrorism in the region".

France intervened to chase out jihadists linked to Al-Qaedawho had overtaken key northern cities in Mali in 2013.

That mission evolved into the current Barkhane deployment launched in 2014 with an expanded mandate for counter-terror operations across the Sahel.

The new Sahel force will support national armies trying to catch jihadists across porous frontiers, and will work closely with Barkhane.

Operations across Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali, all hit with frequent jihadist attacks, will be coordinated with French troops, a source in the French presidency told AFP earlier this week, while help would be given to set up command centres.

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Nigerian Troops Kill 5 Suspected Boko Haram Terrorists

Troops waging war against Boko Haram have killed five suspected terrorists in Mussini village, Borno State.

The Boko Haram sect members were shot when they tried to steal some food items from the village.

According to Daily Post, troops of 3 Battalion, 22 Brigade ambushed the sect members after receiving a tip-off.

The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, in a statement, said “Weapons recovered from the insurgents were one AK-47 rifle, one AK-47 magazine, three rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, 27 bicycles, 10 machetes and one dagger.”

Meanwhile, four female suicide bombers detonated their bombs after they were detected by vigilante members at a border town near Cameroon.

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