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vice president personally conveyed his profound sympathy to the Chief of Ganye, Alhaji Umaru Adamu Sanda, over the tragic loss of lives and property that accompanied the terrorist attacks

Kalu was reported to have blamed the security agencies for the recent series of bomb attacks in the northern part of the country, alleging that their target was to keep attracting funding from the government

Abubakar made the call in Kaduna, Kaduna State at the annual meeting of the Central Council of the Jama’atul Nasril Islam

Chalker said the country now has several competitors, even in the oil sector

Claasen said the postponement was to enable Okah’s new legal team, led by Gerrit Miller, the time to get itself familiar with the notes left by the former defence team that withdrew from the case

It was learnt that the policemen were either shot dead or burnt in the police station that was set ablaze when the gunmen attacked Birnin Gwari in the midnight on Wednesday

There is also a lot of concern that the country’s intelligence is porous, decrepit, shallow and ill-equipped to deal with these challenges. But the major answer to these kinds of acts is community vigilance as done in the United States and Europe

He said that MEND would issue a statement soon stating its position on the conviction of Okah for terrorism

MEND, in a statement, described the implication of Okah in the alleged bombing as political, saying that it was his refusal to do the bidding of government officials in Nigeria’s seat of power that led to his conviction

According to Justice kolawole, Section 40(B) of the Criminal Code Act provides that any person who becomes an accessory to treason or becomes aware of the commission of treason and did not give evidence to the President, a State Governor or a peace officer, in order to prevent the commission of the crime, is liable to treason and sentenced to life in prison

Keyamo, who is Okah’s counsel in the criminal case against him in Nigeria, described the conviction of Okah by the South African court as politically motivated

Speaking after reviewing recent terrorism-related events in Algeria and Northern Mali with the new British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Andrew John Pocock, President Jonathan said that the whole world clearly needed to unite and do much more than is presently being done to contain terrorism with its very negative impact on global peace and security

Jonathan, who spoke at a New Year Service on Tuesday, said that the country’s security agencies have risen to the challenge posed by terrorists

However, if the need arises to engage in any operation, it will be required to get additional approvals from the US secretary of defence

Speaking during a courtesy visit on Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, the Sultan said terrorism, robbery, kidnapping and other criminal activities are not restricted to a particular religion or region of the country

The gunmen, suspected to be members of dreaded sect, Boko Haram, engaged policemen on duty at the SARS headquarters in a shootout reported to have lasted several hours.

Thus there is virtual and actual commonsense in regional reasoning at taming terrorism, to make our world a safer haven for all to live in and for mankind to progress and develop, undisturbed and unhindered

Speaking on Monday at the opening of the Regional Conference on Counter-Terrorism in Abuja, President Goodluck Jonathan said a number of measures are being put in place to strengthen the country’s security outfits against terrorism, which is a relatively new phenomenon in the country

Justice Kolawole, at the resumed hearing of the case on Monday, was miffed by the failure of the prosecution to call in any of the listed witnesses to testify against Ndume

These twin challenges, which have resulted unfortunately to loss of lives and property, have also led to loss of telecommunications equipment and an attendant degeneration of quality of service