Over 700 Boko Haram Members Surrender

The Director of Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Rabe Abubakar, has said that more 700 repentant Boko Haram insurgents in the North-East have surrendered to the military. Abubakar said this when he paid a courtesy call on the Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Mr Bayo
Onanuga, in Abuja on Thursday. According to him, a camp will be opened where the repentant insurgents will be kept “before the government decides on what to do with them’’.

The defence spokesman said the media had a very important role to play in mitigating the crisis befalling the country. He, therefore, called for synergy between the media and the military in mobilising and informing the citizenry about the crisis. “We have come to understand that the military cannot do it all alone. “It must enter into collaborative efforts and synergy in certain operations with the media, which we believe will go a long way to not just project our activities or operations, but at the same time play a role which nobody can do apart from you.

“Mobilising the citizens, informing them about what is happening and equally sensitising them. “The media has a very important role in mitigating the crisis that is befalling our nation. “We have many of the Boko Haram members, who surrendered as a result of our operations in Sambisa. “We have over 700 now and very soon we will open the camp in the North-East where we will be keeping them before the government decides on what to do with them.’

Comments

Security Alert; Bart Ransomware Bypasses Corporate Firewalls

A new ransomware variant has emerged that’s similar to widespread threats such as Dridex 220 and Locky Affid=3, but uses a security-evading technique that may allow it to attack organisations protected from other malware, according to computer security researchers. Ransomware has spread quickly in the last few months, as a number of payouts have attracted cyber-criminals to the technique.

Buhari Considers Hadiza Bala Usman As Head Of NPA

Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Chibuike Amaechi, has submitted Ms. Hadiza Bala Usman’s name to President Muhammadu Buhari to take over as the new managing director of NPA, says Reporter.Should Buhari approve the recommendation, Ms. Bala Usman, 40, will become the first female chief executive of a top tier federal government agency and of the NPA. She shall take over from Alhaji Habib Abdullahi, who was reinstated by Buhari in August 2015 as the managing director of NPA, after he had been shown the exit by former President Goodluck Jonathan in April 2015.

Yahoo Fails To Reveal Buyer, Suffers £332m Loss In Q2

Yahoo has failed to update investors on the sale of its core internet business as it revealed it suffered a £332 million loss in its second quarter. Instead, CEO Marissa Mayer said that “progress” has been made on its strategic alternatives but failed to define what that subjective term meant. Yahoo saw a rise in revenue to $1.3 billion (£1bn) in the second quarter, with mobile revenue growing from £252 million to $378 million (£287m).

Welcome to VinMike's Blog

Search This Blog