Kano 2019: How to ensure peaceful elections - Emir Sanusi

- Emir Muhammad Sanusi II has suggested ways a
violence free election can be achieved
- The Emir urged the Kano state governor to address
political leaders in the state
- According to Sanusi II such move will help develop a
framework for a peaceful election in 2019

The Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi ll, has
called on the Kano state governor, Abdullahi
Ganduje to address political leaders in the state.
Sanusi said a meeting of political leaders should
be called by the governor to help develop a
framework for peaceful election in the state in
2019, premium Times reports.
Speaking on Sunday, June 17, at the Hawan
Nassarawa Durbar, the Emir appealed to the
governor to invite all political stakeholders over

conducting a violence free election.
He said: “We have a single request to the governor on
security. We are appealing to governor to invite all state
chairmen of political parties to work out how to conduct
violence-free elections.
“People should also understand that calling politicians
under one umbrella for the purpose of putting things in
good shape doesn’t mean calling people to switch over to
other political parties. This is not what we are saying. We
only need people with good character to be piloting the
conduct and affairs of our political parties,” the Emir
said.
Sanusi also called for vigilance and healthy
lifestyle as a means to ending drug abuse in the
state.
In his response, Ganduje said the state
government would partner with the media in
Kano, especially radio and television stations to
work against hate speeches in political

programmes.
The governor said: “We are putting in place an effective
mechanism to check unwanted political behaviours. That is
why we have in the pipeline a plan to include media
practitioners, especially from radio and television stations
to see how they can help our society through cleansing all
media contents against hate speeches.”
“We will continue doing our best in curtailing such hate
speeches that are not good but detrimental to democratic

development.

Gani Adams calls for South-West security summit to tackle herdsmen attacks

Adams says governors in south-west have not tackled
the killer herdsmen menace well apart from Ekiti
governor Ayodele Fayose
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- He disagrees that the killers are the traditional
Fulani herdsmen that Yorubas have known for ages,
saying the intruders are trained militants
- He notes that stakeholders in the South-West are
watching the killer herdsmen's attacks closely and
strongly believe they are planned and not just random

he Aare Ona Kankanfo of Yorubaland Gani
Adams has revealed plans to call for a security
summit for all stakeholders in the South-Western
part of Nigeria in order to tackle herdsmen
invasion.
Adams told Nigerian Tribune in an interview that
he has suggested writing letters for a gathering
of stakeholders to fashion out a strategy to keep
intruders out of Yoruba communities.
The leader of the Oodua Peoples Congress said
the activities of the herdsmen across the country
is raising some suspicions and the South-West
has not taken enough actions against them

except in Ekiti.

He noted that state governors in the region have
to act fast because they have a mandate from the
people to protect.their lives and properties.
"We are studying the political situation of the country and
then if you don’t forget after I was installed, the Fulani
herdsmen became more rampant in the South-West. So, I
had to issue a statement regarding that, calling the
president’s attention to it and the situation came down
drastically.
"But for about few weeks now, we have had some incidents,
especially when some herdsmen waylaid people on the way,
killing them and I have had some calls from key
stakeholders. I told them the issue of security is a sensitive
one and that if it is not properly coordinated, there will be
trouble."
He added: "You are calling me as Aare Onakakanfo, but I
cannot be involved in any community security without the
involvement and support of the government of that state. It
has to be highly coordinated so that you don’t run yourself

into troubles.
Every community is with its own culture and mode of
operations. They also have their security modus operandi. I
cannot stay in Lagos and just dictate the way it should go.
It is only when I have their cooperation and they need my
attention on the basis of supporting them.
"I suggested that I will write letters to all the governors and
chairmen of Council of Obas in each state and some
stakeholders for a South-West security summit, which will
fashion out the ways of solving the problem of intruders in

our communities."

2019: Orji Kalu shuns bossom friend Lamido for President Buhari

-Orji Kalu says he will vote for President Buhari in
2019 over his close friend and PDP aspirant Sule
Lamido
- The former Abia governor said he could not 'worship
2 gods at the same' and will choose Buhari instead
- He also accused his friend of not telling him about
his presidential ambition while President Buhari did

Former Jigawa state governor and presidential
aspirant of the PDP Sule Lamido has lost the
valuable support of his bossom friend, former
Abia state governor Orji Uzor Kalu, to President
Muhammadu Buhari.
Nigerian Tribune reports that Orji Kalu who paid
a visit to Jigawa state at the weekend told his
good friend that while he cherishes their
relationship, his vote was for President Buhari.
“Although Alhaji Sule Lamido happens to be my bosom
friend and an aspirant for Nigeria’s president in PDP, I told
him I won’t vote for him against president Muhammad

Buhari.
“President Buhari is my presidential candidate that I will
support and vote for in 2019 because he is my party
member and informed me about his ambition. My friend
Lamido did not inform me.
“Alhaji Sule Lamido is my good friend, the difference in
political parties will never affect our relationship. As you
can see, we ate, we drank together and we joked, " Orji
said after meeting Lamido behind closed doors.
On its part, Premium Times quoted Kalu as
saying: “We are good friends but I can’t worship two
gods at the same time. You didn’t even inform me formally
that you are contesting the way President Buhari informed

me.
don’t have anything against Sule Lamido. As you can see,
I’m here with him at his house eating and relaxing. If not
because of the dinner arranged for me at Dutse, I could

have slept here in his house.”

Saved but still suffering, Aquarius migrants head for Spain

Saved from death at sea but
denied a place to land by Italy, the 629
migrants rescued by the charity ship Aquarius
have endured an additional 700 nautical mile-
trip to Spain that one of the rescuers blamed
on “idiotic” politics.


Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, head
of the far-right League party, who denied the
Aquarius a safe harbour, said on Thursday
the migrants had no right “to decide where to
start and end their cruise”.
Having spent 20 hours in overcrowded rubber
dinghies before being rescued after leaving
the coast of Libya, and then a week on the
Aquarius with an uncertain future, 4-metre
(13 ft) waves added to the migrants’ misery
overnight, Max Avis, the deputy search-and-
rescue chief on the ship, told Reuters.
“The nurse was giving a vomit bag to a
woman as she was breastfeeding her baby,”
Avis said.
“We have the most vulnerable of the
vulnerable on the ship right now, and instead
of being taken care of and supported, they’re
being used ... for some idiotic exercise of
political influence.”
The Aquarius incident has given Italy’s new
government a chance to assert its anti-
migration credentials and has drawn both
criticism and support from neighbouring
countries in the European Union, which has
failed to find an EU-wide solution to the
challenge of huge numbers of people fleeing
to Europe.
There are 51 women and 10 children among
the migrants, most of whom sleep on deck.
Apart from seasickness, many have burns
from a mix of fuel and seawater, and medics
on the Aquarius treated a man whose finger
was partially amputated in Libya.
One of the rubber boats broke apart in the
middle of the night-time rescue, Avis said. It
was discovered only on Friday that two young
men were missing, probably drowned. Many
others had to be resuscitated after being
pulled from the sea.
“We pulled out people who had drowned.
Literally they were sitting like a foetus under
water and we just grabbed them and pulled
them in. The medic was doing resuscitations
and we just threw more and more people on
top of the people he was resuscitating ... This
went on for six hours,” Avis said.
“We ran out of life-jackets. We started taking
life-jackets off of people as they climbed up
(into the rescue boat) and throwing them to
people falling into the water.”
To transport all 629 people to Spain safely,
Italy is using two of its vessels in a convoy
with the Aquarius, run by a Franco-German
charity, which has 106 on board. The
migrants are due to disembark in the port of
Valencia on Sunday, eight days after being
rescued and nine after setting out from Libya.
Meanwhile on Friday, Italy’s coastguard was
recovering another 500 migrants, Transport
Minister Danilo Toninelli said.
“No one can say we are shrugging off our
duties, or that we are racist and xenophobic,”
Toninelli said in a statement. “Italy has
always been and remains on the front line

when it comes to saving lives at sea.”

Spain brings back free healthcare for illegal migrants

Spain’s new socialist
government promised on Friday it would
restore free healthcare for undocumented
migrants, a right removed by the former
administration as part of cost-cutting.

According to international newsnow from Spain news
The move is the latest migrant-friendly
initiative by the government of Pedro
Sanchez, who offered on Monday to take in a
rescue ship that was drifting in the
Mediterranean sea with 629 migrants on
board. Italy and Malta had refused to let it
dock.
The government will draw up a draft law
with the proposal, it said, which must be
approved by parliament. Although the
Socialists have a minority of 84 seats in the
350-member assembly, most parties back the
proposal and it seemed certain to be
approved.
“Healthcare is a right and the protection of
health is essential,” government
spokeswoman Isabel Celaa told a news
conference.
Spain offers universal healthcare to its
citizens. The former center-right government
of Mariano Rajoy withdrew the right to
general healthcare for undocumented
migrants in 2012 as part of a program of
spending cuts.
The government later reinstated some rights
like access to emergency healthcare in 2015,
but fell short of returning full coverage to an
estimated 800,000 people residing in Spain
without papers.
Spain receives a tiny percentage of the total
asylum claims in Europe, and of those
received it accepts fewer than the EU average,
according to the Spanish Commission for
Refugees.
However, the EU border agency expects illegal
migration will rise again in 2018, potentially
turning migration into a more pressing issue
for Sanchez.
Reporting By Rodrigo de Miguel; Writing by
Sonya Dowsett; Editing by Richard Balmforth

Historic: Touro Synagogue, the oldest synagogue building in America, has been home to more than one

Who Owns Nation’s Oldest
Synagogue? Supreme Fight
Looms.

The legal fight over ownership of the

country’s oldest synagogue is headed to the U.S. Supreme

Court.

The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last week denied a

petition filed by Congregation Jeshuat Israel, which worships

in the historic synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, for a

rehearing of a ruling from August that said it was a tenant of

the building.

That ruling by a three-judge panel found that New York’s

Shearith Israel, which was founded in 1654, is the rightful

owner of the Touro Synagogue, which was built in 1763.

Jeshuat Israel will appeal, according to its lawyer, Gary

Naftalis.

It is the latest development in a years-long property dispute

between Jeshuat Israel and Shearith Israel, the nation’s oldest

congregation.

The appeals court ruling by Justice David Souter, a former

U.S. Supreme Court justice, also grants the Manhattan

congregation ownership of some of Touro’s possessions.

“We will seek review by the United States Supreme Court to

continue our fight to preserve the Touro Synagogue,” Naftalis

wrote in an email to JTA. He said that Jeshuat Israel is the

only congregation that has prayed at Touro for over a century.

But Louis Solomon, the board chairman of Shearith Israel and

its lawyer in the case against Jeshuat Israel, said the “Court’s

decision reaffirms the need, for the good of American Jewry

and people of faith everywhere, to put this divisive matter

behind us.”

Spanish State Becomes First To Adopt BDS Policy

From the international newsnow from Spain news

For the first time in Spain, the parliament of one of

the states that comprise the kingdom voted to endorse the

Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel.

The vote last month by the Parliament of the Chartered

Community of Navarre in Spain’s north was passed thanks to

the support of representatives of all the parties represented in

parliament except the center-right Popular Party, the ACOM

pro-Israel advocacy wrote in a statement Friday.

The motion passed on May 21 says the parliament of Navarre

calls on the central government to “support any initiative

promoted by the international BDS campaign.” It also calls on

Spain to “suspend its ties with Israel “until that country ceases

its policy of criminal repression of the Palestinian population.”

The motion went on to condemn Israel for “murdering”

dozens of Palestinians in May. The condemnation is a

reference to Hamas-organized riots along the border with

Israel, which featured hundreds of firebombs and attempt to

break the fence into Israel. Of 61 people killed in the riots on

May 14, 50 were Hamas members, according to one senior

member of that organization.

The Navarre motion does mentions neither Hamas, violence

along the border nor Israel’s right to defend itself. ACOM

condemned it as discriminatory. In recent years, ACOM

actions have led to the scrapping, annulment or suspension of

24 motions to boycott Israel by Spanish municipalities. Courts

throughout the kingdom have declared such motions

discriminatory and unconstitutional.

Alyssa Fisher is a news writer at the Forward. Email her at

fisher@forward.com , or follow her on Twitter at @alyssalfisher

We Asked Catalans If They'll Be Supporting Spain at the World Cup

"I want Spain to lose so that the
government can't politicise their success."

Over 24 hours in July of 2010, the streets of
Barcelona were full of flag-waving angry
protesters, who – following Spain's 1-0 victory
over the Netherlands in the World Cup final –
soon turned into happy fans waving flags. At
the time, the basic idea of an independent
Catalan seemed as much of a pipe dream as
Spain being crowned "FIFA World
Champions". As the recently removed Spanish
prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, likes to say, "I
like Catalans because they like to do things."
Between the 10th and 11th of July, 2010,
Catalans did many things.
Firstly, on the 10th, more than a million
Catalans demonstrated in Barcelona against a
constitutional court's decision to reject a law
that would have given Catalonia more
autonomy – legislation that was supported by
74 percent of voters. Under the motto, "We
are a nation, we should decide," Catalonia
experienced what many now consider to be
its first major independence demonstration in
modern history.
A day later, Spain won its first ever World
Cup. In Soccer City, Johannesburg, the
Barcelona midfielder Andrés Iniesta scored
the winning goal in the 116th minute to beat
the Netherlands. Massive celebrations broke
out across Spain, but also back in Barcelona –
the largest Catalan city – where thousands of
people had gathered to watch the final. Plaza
Espanya square was filled with Spanish flags,
replacing the independence flags from a day
earlier. Car horns blared in celebration for
hours, as people partied in the streets until

the morning.
Eight years later, the Spanish team will try to
repeat their success at Russia 2018. But a lot
has changed since then, especially in
Catalonia, where the push for independence
became violent on the 1st of October, 2017,
when Catalonia's regional government held a
referendum on autonomy – a vote that the
Spanish government and a Spanish court
ruled unconstitutional. To stop the vote,
Spanish riot police closed off polling stations
and used batons and rubber bullets to prevent
voters from casting their ballots. By the end of
the day, 844 people and 33 officers had been
treated for their injuries.
Since then, separatist politicians have been
imprisoned, while Carles Puigdemont – who
was the region's leader at the time of the
referendum – was forced to flee the country.
And now, amid all this distrust and
resentment, another World Cup has kicked
off, where rampant nationalism pretty much
drives the entire tournament. But in Catalonia
at least, many are struggling to forgive and
forget.
I spoke to four Catalans to understand
whether, after the events of the past year,
they can actually bring themselves to support

their own country.
Javi, 30, is a Barcelona fan. Last October, he
witnessed the police's brutality firsthand
when they stormed the school building he
was voting in and tried to take the ballot
boxes.
He has always felt a bit indifferent towards
the Spanish national team, but this time
there's clarity in his emotions: Javi's
supporting Argentina because of Barcelona
star Lionel Messi. "If these were normal times,
I wouldn't really care that much about
whether Spain won or lost," he tells me. "But
this time I want them to lose so that the
government can't politicise their success."
The importance of football to the people of
Catalonia goes beyond sport, Javi adds. This is
epitomised by Barcelona's famous motto: "Més
que un club" (More than a club). "Barça has
always been more than a club, and Catalonia
has always been more than a region," he says.

"We're a country that is not a country."
Unlike Javi, Antonio will celebrate every
single Spanish goal. The 57-year-old is part of
a generation of Spanish fans who remember
when the phrase "We're playing like never
before, we're losing like always," was a
common chant among La Roja fans. But
Spain's luck seemed to change when they
lifted the European Championship in 2008,
and then the World Cup two years later. "I
was so happy in 2010," Antonio says. "But I
can understand why some Catalans were not
so up for celebrating."
Antonio did not vote in the independence
referendum, but he thinks the Spanish and
Catalan government are equally to blame for
everything that has followed. "Both sides have
made mistakes," he tells me. "And now all
that's left is anger."
Carlota, 28, is happy to watch the World Cup
as a neutral, only stretching to support the
occasional underdog. She didn't really care
much either way for Spain's big win in 2010,
but was surprised by the number of people
who celebrated it wildly in Barcelona. "I
wasn't very comfortable with the amount of
fans who rushed to the streets to wave their

Spanish flags," she says.
Carlota voted in the referendum and admits
that what happened that day has made it
hard for her to actively support Spain. "I feel
torn, because it would be nice if Spain won,
but I don't think I can bring myself to
celebrate it, not after the way the Spanish
government has treated us," she says.
The players can't get away from the politics of
this, either. "I think someone who is pro-
independence could play for the national
team," said Barcelona and Spain's Gerard
Piqué in a press conference shortly after the
referendum. Piqué has long been a vocal
defender of Catalonia's right to decide. The
defender voted in October, and afterwards
was highly critical of the police. For his
trouble, he's now constantly booed by a
section of Spanish fans when he plays for his
country.
Like Piqué, Luis not only voted in the
referendum, but also wants Spain to win the
World Cup. "I was in the Plaza Espanya with
my colleagues when Spain became world
champions," he smiles. "We celebrated by
drinking out of home-made cups shaped like a
trophy and jumping into the city's Montjuic
fountain. It was an amazing night."
According to a 2017 survey by the Centre for
Opinion Studies, Luis is one of the 55 percent
of Catalans who support the Spanish national
team. But from that, 67 percent would switch
to supporting a Catalan team if it existed. "If
one day we become independent, I will
happily continue cheering Spain on, but I'd
also support the Catalan side," Luis adds.
But until that happens, Catalans like Luis,
Carlotta, Antonio, Javi and even Gerard Piqué
will see where their hearts take them, one
tournament at a time. Then again, I guess
nobody can know for sure how they will react
to a World Cup-winning goal scored deep in
injury time.
"During the World Cup, they will put up a
giant screen in Barcelona, and some people
will celebrate Spain and others won't," Luis
tells me. "But the most important thing is that
there's peace."

I was denied access to late MKO Abiola - Al-Mustapha

The chief security officer to the late military head of
state, Sani Abacha, Hamza Al-Mustapha speaking on
the death of M.K.O Abiola, acclaimed winner of the
June 12, 1993 election called human rights lawyer,
Femi Falana, a liar.

According to Naija news 

NAIJ.com gathered that Al-Mustaphah during a
programme People, Politics and Power on AIT
said leaders of NADECO went to the Presidential
Villa, Abuja to collect millions of dollars, barely
24 hours after Abiola’s death.
He said: “If Abiola was alive, he would have been
one of my witnesses which I know won’t have
happened, we should be looking at the larger
issues. The questions is why should Abiola be
killed and why should they be angry that I’m

asking these questions?
Al-Mustapha alleged that the late MKO Abiola
was killed on July 8, 1998 at Aguda house and
that money withdrawn from the Central Bank of
Nigeria on July 9 in Dollars, Pounds and Naira
was shared delibartely, adding that the money
was delivered straight to the villa.
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In 2017, the human rights lawyer called Al-
Mustapha a “pathological liar” for claiming that
he had tapes of how the presumed winner of the
June 12, 1993 presidential election, was
murdered.
Falana said the former CSO was trying to act as
if he was nice to Abiola even when he made sure
the latter was kept in detention.
Falana added that Al-Mustapha was feeling
guilty conscience over the death of the wife of
Abiola, Kudirat following the confessions of
Sergeant Jabila Rogers at the Oputa Panel that he
was ordered by Al-Mustapha to kill her.

Cristiano Ronaldo to pay £16.5m fine after tax fraud case

Cristiano Ronaldo has been ordered to pay £16.5m
for his tax fraud case to be closed
- The Real Madrid star is said to have agreed to accept
a two-year suspended prison sentence
- Ronaldo will lead Portugal against Spain in their first
match at the 2018 World Cup

Real Madrid and Portugal international Cristiano
Ronaldo is now said to have agreed to pay
£16.5m fine after tax fraud case for a two-year
jail term to be suspended.
Since the superstar was accused of tax fraud by
the Spanish authority, Ronaldo has been seeking
an agreement with all the bodies concerned.
Last year after the accusation, Ronaldo was said
to have offered around £12.9m, but was rejected
by the government.
And according to the latest report by UK Sun,
Cristiano Ronaldo has admitted four charges of
fraud and will pay mega amount to the Spanish
authority.
The latest development means Cristiano Ronaldo
can now put the issue behind him and focus on
his campaign with Portugal at the 2018 FIFA
World Cup.
He is expected to lead Portugal against Spain in
their Group B opener on Friday night, July 15, at

the 2018 FIFA World Cup championship.

Just in: Evans’ lawyer withdraws from kidnap case

The lawyer representing Chukwudumeme
Onwuamadike (popularly known as Evans) has
withdrawn his representation from all criminal
charges against his client.

Premium Times reports that Olukoya Ogungbeje
said his decision to withdraw as counsel to
Evans were “for personal reasons.”
He said: “For the avoidance of doubt, we wish to state
categorically that we have fought a good fight this far
despite repeated and sustained threats to my life and my

defence
lawyers.


I dare say we have no regrets whatsoever having
conducted the criminal
far.”
adthisdegokthisdegothisdegthisdethisdthis had reported that a
member of the Inspector General of Police
Intelligence Response Team, Insp. Idowu Haruna,
narrated at an Ikeja high court how
Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, used
a soldier as a decoy in his high profile criminal
activities in Lagos.
Haruna, a policeman with 14-years experience,
made the revelation at the ongoing trial of Evans
and his co-defendant, Victor Aduba, on four-
counts of kidnapping and unlawful possession of
firearms.

We pray you will continue to tolerate us as your children - NASS to Buhari

Nigeria's National Assembly has pledged their loyalty
to President Muhammadu Buhari
- The National Assembly says it would keep supporting
the vision of the Buhari administration for a greater
Nigeria
- Going further, the National Assembly claimed that no
administration since 1999 has received more
cooperation from the legislature like President Buhari

The National Assembly on Friday pledged its
loyalty and commitment to President
Muhammadu Buhari and prayed that God would
bless him with additional tolerance for him to
continue to tolerate its members as his children.
The Senate President Bukola Saraki made the
pledge when representatives of residents of the
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) paid Sallah
homage to the President at his official residence
in the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Saraki, who was represented by deputy senate
leader, Sen. Bala ibn Na’allah, said the National
Assembly would keep supporting the vision of
the Buhari administration for a greater Nigeria.
According to him, no administration since 1999
has received more cooperation from the
legislature like President Buhari.
“Mr president, I have the authority of each and every
member of the Senate and the House of representatives to
wish you a blessed Eid-el-Fitr in 2018 which we are
celebrating today
“And I have the authority of each and every one of us to
equally pledge our loyalty and commitment to work with
you for the betterment of this country and to wish you more
strength; to wish you more health and most importantly Mr
president to add additional degree of tolerance for you so
that you tolerate us as your children.
“Mr president let me seize this opportunity to say, for the
record, that from 1999, when we started our democratic
experience, to date no president and I repeat, `no president
and I say for the third term `no president has received the
amount of cooperation from the National Assembly like
you contrary to what is outside there,’’ he said.
The senator also thanked the president, on
behalf of the National Assembly, over his
decision to revisit and address the unresolved
issue of June 12, 1993 presidential election,
which was presumably won by late MKO Abiola.
President Buhari had on June 6 in a statement
declared that henceforth, June 12, be observed as
Democracy Day in Nigeria and that some heroes
of democracy be given national honours.
The president fulfilled this promise on Tuesday
when he conferred on late MKO Abiola the Grand
Commander of the Federal Republic
(Posthumous), Alhaji Baba Gana Kingibe and late
Gani Fawehinmi were also conferred with Grand
Commander of the Order of the Niger.
“May I on behalf of the Senate and the House of
Representatives again thank you for that bold steps you
have taken in addressing the unresolved issue of the June
12.
”You might have underestimated the effects of that singular
act. But I will tell you sir, you have achieved more than 75
per cent of what South Africa did with the Truth and
Reconciliation Committee with this singular act.
”You may not understand sir, but I’m sure in near future
you will understand the value of that singular act.
“Along that line, may I on behalf of the National Assembly
implore our religious leaders to begin to think along the line
of uniting this country.
“God has brought together, we do not have any alternative,
as far as we are concern we should continue to live as
brothers and sisters,’’ he said.
Responding, President Buhari called on all
Nigerians to work towards salvaging the nation
from the shackles of past wrongs by sharing in
the collective vision for a greater Nigeria and

contributing individually to realise the goal.

Governor Yari of Zamfara resigns role as chief security officer

Zamfara state governor has dropped his
responsibility as chief security officer of the state
- He said this was as a result of his inability to control
security machinery in his state
- The governor lamented that it was disheartening that
killings in the state had continued in spite of the
President Muhammadu Buhari’s order

Governor Abdul’aziz Yari of Zamfara state said
he had dropped his responsibility as chief
security officer of the state as he had no control
over security machinery in the state.
Speaking to newsmen in Talata-Mafara on
Friday, June 15, Yari said that his decision
stemmed from the seeming helplessness of the
state government and the people over recurring

killings in the state
He deplored the prevailing situation where as the
chief security officer of the state, he could not
take decisions on strategies for protecting the
state and its people, and had it implemented.
“We have been facing serious security challenges over the
years, but in spite of being governor and chief security
officer of the state, I cannot direct security officers on what
to do nor sanction them when they err.
“As chief security officer, the nomenclature in just a name,”
he said.
The governor lamented that it was disheartening
that killings in the state had continued in spite of
the President Muhammadu Buhari’s order to
security agencies to end the incessant blood-
letting across the country.
According to him, since the president’s order, the
killings have not stopped. In a week there were
attacks in this state which claimed over 30 lives.
He said that the state government was spending
huge amount of its resources on security but to
no avail.
Yari, therefore, urged people of the state to be
more faithful to God and embark on special
prayers over the challenges facing the state.
He also appealed to them to be patient and
continue to cooperate with the government and
security agencies as steps were being taken to
address the challenges.
“We cannot keep quiet while our people are being killed
daily. We are going to cooperate with all stakeholders to
bring the situation to an end,” he added.

Governor Yari of Zamfara resigns role as chief security officer

Zamfara state governor has dropped his
responsibility as chief security officer of the state
- He said this was as a result of his inability to control
security machinery in his state
- The governor lamented that it was disheartening that
killings in the state had continued in spite of the
President Muhammadu Buhari’s order

Governor Abdul’aziz Yari of Zamfara state said
he had dropped his responsibility as chief
security officer of the state as he had no control
over security machinery in the state.
Speaking to newsmen in Talata-Mafara on
Friday, June 15, Yari said that his decision
stemmed from the seeming helplessness of the
state government and the people over recurring

killings in the state
He deplored the prevailing situation where as the
chief security officer of the state, he could not
take decisions on strategies for protecting the
state and its people, and had it implemented.
“We have been facing serious security challenges over the
years, but in spite of being governor and chief security
officer of the state, I cannot direct security officers on what
to do nor sanction them when they err.
“As chief security officer, the nomenclature in just a name,”
he said.
The governor lamented that it was disheartening
that killings in the state had continued in spite of
the President Muhammadu Buhari’s order to
security agencies to end the incessant blood-
letting across the country.
According to him, since the president’s order, the
killings have not stopped. In a week there were
attacks in this state which claimed over 30 lives.
He said that the state government was spending
huge amount of its resources on security but to
no avail.
Yari, therefore, urged people of the state to be
more faithful to God and embark on special
prayers over the challenges facing the state.
He also appealed to them to be patient and
continue to cooperate with the government and
security agencies as steps were being taken to
address the challenges.
“We cannot keep quiet while our people are being killed
daily. We are going to cooperate with all stakeholders to
bring the situation to an end,” he added.

Governor Yari of Zamfara resigns role as chief security officer

Zamfara state governor has dropped his
responsibility as chief security officer of the state
- He said this was as a result of his inability to control
security machinery in his state
- The governor lamented that it was disheartening that
killings in the state had continued in spite of the
President Muhammadu Buhari’s order

Governor Abdul’aziz Yari of Zamfara state said
he had dropped his responsibility as chief
security officer of the state as he had no control
over security machinery in the state.
Speaking to newsmen in Talata-Mafara on
Friday, June 15, Yari said that his decision
stemmed from the seeming helplessness of the
state government and the people over recurring

killings in the state
He deplored the prevailing situation where as the
chief security officer of the state, he could not
take decisions on strategies for protecting the
state and its people, and had it implemented.
“We have been facing serious security challenges over the
years, but in spite of being governor and chief security
officer of the state, I cannot direct security officers on what
to do nor sanction them when they err.
“As chief security officer, the nomenclature in just a name,”
he said.
The governor lamented that it was disheartening
that killings in the state had continued in spite of
the President Muhammadu Buhari’s order to
security agencies to end the incessant blood-
letting across the country.
According to him, since the president’s order, the
killings have not stopped. In a week there were
attacks in this state which claimed over 30 lives.
He said that the state government was spending
huge amount of its resources on security but to
no avail.
Yari, therefore, urged people of the state to be
more faithful to God and embark on special
prayers over the challenges facing the state.
He also appealed to them to be patient and
continue to cooperate with the government and
security agencies as steps were being taken to
address the challenges.
“We cannot keep quiet while our people are being killed
daily. We are going to cooperate with all stakeholders to
bring the situation to an end,” he added.

Governor Yari of Zamfara resigns role as chief security officer

Zamfara state governor has dropped his
responsibility as chief security officer of the state
- He said this was as a result of his inability to control
security machinery in his state
- The governor lamented that it was disheartening that
killings in the state had continued in spite of the
President Muhammadu Buhari’s order

Governor Abdul’aziz Yari of Zamfara state said
he had dropped his responsibility as chief
security officer of the state as he had no control
over security machinery in the state.
Speaking to newsmen in Talata-Mafara on
Friday, June 15, Yari said that his decision
stemmed from the seeming helplessness of the
state government and the people over recurring

killings in the state
He deplored the prevailing situation where as the
chief security officer of the state, he could not
take decisions on strategies for protecting the
state and its people, and had it implemented.
“We have been facing serious security challenges over the
years, but in spite of being governor and chief security
officer of the state, I cannot direct security officers on what
to do nor sanction them when they err.
“As chief security officer, the nomenclature in just a name,”
he said.
The governor lamented that it was disheartening
that killings in the state had continued in spite of
the President Muhammadu Buhari’s order to
security agencies to end the incessant blood-
letting across the country.
According to him, since the president’s order, the
killings have not stopped. In a week there were
attacks in this state which claimed over 30 lives.
He said that the state government was spending
huge amount of its resources on security but to
no avail.
Yari, therefore, urged people of the state to be
more faithful to God and embark on special
prayers over the challenges facing the state.
He also appealed to them to be patient and
continue to cooperate with the government and
security agencies as steps were being taken to
address the challenges.
“We cannot keep quiet while our people are being killed
daily. We are going to cooperate with all stakeholders to
bring the situation to an end,” he added.

Governor Yari of Zamfara resigns role as chief security officer

Zamfara state governor has dropped his
responsibility as chief security officer of the state
- He said this was as a result of his inability to control
security machinery in his state
- The governor lamented that it was disheartening that
killings in the state had continued in spite of the
President Muhammadu Buhari’s order

Governor Abdul’aziz Yari of Zamfara state said
he had dropped his responsibility as chief
security officer of the state as he had no control
over security machinery in the state.
Speaking to newsmen in Talata-Mafara on
Friday, June 15, Yari said that his decision
stemmed from the seeming helplessness of the
state government and the people over recurring

killings in the state
He deplored the prevailing situation where as the
chief security officer of the state, he could not
take decisions on strategies for protecting the
state and its people, and had it implemented.
“We have been facing serious security challenges over the
years, but in spite of being governor and chief security
officer of the state, I cannot direct security officers on what
to do nor sanction them when they err.
“As chief security officer, the nomenclature in just a name,”
he said.
The governor lamented that it was disheartening
that killings in the state had continued in spite of
the President Muhammadu Buhari’s order to
security agencies to end the incessant blood-
letting across the country.
According to him, since the president’s order, the
killings have not stopped. In a week there were
attacks in this state which claimed over 30 lives.
He said that the state government was spending
huge amount of its resources on security but to
no avail.
Yari, therefore, urged people of the state to be
more faithful to God and embark on special
prayers over the challenges facing the state.
He also appealed to them to be patient and
continue to cooperate with the government and
security agencies as steps were being taken to
address the challenges.
“We cannot keep quiet while our people are being killed
daily. We are going to cooperate with all stakeholders to
bring the situation to an end,” he added.

Governor Yari of Zamfara resigns role as chief security officer

Zamfara state governor has dropped his
responsibility as chief security officer of the state
- He said this was as a result of his inability to control
security machinery in his state
- The governor lamented that it was disheartening that
killings in the state had continued in spite of the
President Muhammadu Buhari’s order

Governor Abdul’aziz Yari of Zamfara state said
he had dropped his responsibility as chief
security officer of the state as he had no control
over security machinery in the state.
Speaking to newsmen in Talata-Mafara on
Friday, June 15, Yari said that his decision
stemmed from the seeming helplessness of the
state government and the people over recurring

killings in the state
He deplored the prevailing situation where as the
chief security officer of the state, he could not
take decisions on strategies for protecting the
state and its people, and had it implemented.
“We have been facing serious security challenges over the
years, but in spite of being governor and chief security
officer of the state, I cannot direct security officers on what
to do nor sanction them when they err.
“As chief security officer, the nomenclature in just a name,”
he said.
The governor lamented that it was disheartening
that killings in the state had continued in spite of
the President Muhammadu Buhari’s order to
security agencies to end the incessant blood-
letting across the country.
According to him, since the president’s order, the
killings have not stopped. In a week there were
attacks in this state which claimed over 30 lives.
He said that the state government was spending
huge amount of its resources on security but to
no avail.
Yari, therefore, urged people of the state to be
more faithful to God and embark on special
prayers over the challenges facing the state.
He also appealed to them to be patient and
continue to cooperate with the government and
security agencies as steps were being taken to
address the challenges.
“We cannot keep quiet while our people are being killed
daily. We are going to cooperate with all stakeholders to
bring the situation to an end,” he added.

Governor Yari of Zamfara resigns role as chief security officer

Zamfara state governor has dropped his
responsibility as chief security officer of the state
- He said this was as a result of his inability to control
security machinery in his state
- The governor lamented that it was disheartening that
killings in the state had continued in spite of the
President Muhammadu Buhari’s order

Governor Abdul’aziz Yari of Zamfara state said
he had dropped his responsibility as chief
security officer of the state as he had no control
over security machinery in the state.
Speaking to newsmen in Talata-Mafara on
Friday, June 15, Yari said that his decision
stemmed from the seeming helplessness of the
state government and the people over recurring

killings in the state
He deplored the prevailing situation where as the
chief security officer of the state, he could not
take decisions on strategies for protecting the
state and its people, and had it implemented.
“We have been facing serious security challenges over the
years, but in spite of being governor and chief security
officer of the state, I cannot direct security officers on what
to do nor sanction them when they err.
“As chief security officer, the nomenclature in just a name,”
he said.
The governor lamented that it was disheartening
that killings in the state had continued in spite of
the President Muhammadu Buhari’s order to
security agencies to end the incessant blood-
letting across the country.
According to him, since the president’s order, the
killings have not stopped. In a week there were
attacks in this state which claimed over 30 lives.
He said that the state government was spending
huge amount of its resources on security but to
no avail.
Yari, therefore, urged people of the state to be
more faithful to God and embark on special
prayers over the challenges facing the state.
He also appealed to them to be patient and
continue to cooperate with the government and
security agencies as steps were being taken to
address the challenges.
“We cannot keep quiet while our people are being killed
daily. We are going to cooperate with all stakeholders to
bring the situation to an end,” he added.

Israeli Foreign Ministry said to send out very skeptical paper on Trump-Kim meet

Document reportedly distributed to diplomatic
missions and PMO warns of 'significant'
concessions made by US president, says 'many' in
Japan, South Korea, US Congress are doubtful


A classified document written and distributed by
the Israeli Foreign Ministry after the historic
summit between US President Donald Trump and
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore
reportedly raises skepticism about the result of
the talks and concern over several concessions
made by the US president.
“Regardless of the smiles in the summit, many in
Japan, South Korea and the US Congress doubt
that North Korea is sincere in its intentions,” the
document said, Channel 10 reported Thursday.
Despite Israeli officials, including Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu, praising the summit as an
“important step” in denuclearizing North Korea,
the reported document said there were
“significant gaps” between the United States’
tough stances before the meeting and parts of the
agreement signed Tuesday by Trump and Kim.
The document was said to have been sent
Wednesday to Israeli diplomatic missions around
the world, as well as to senior Foreign Ministry
officials and the Prime Minister’s Office.
“Our assessment is that regardless of President
Trump’s statements about quick changes that are
expected in North Korean policy, the road to real
and substantive change, if it ever happens, will
be long and slow,” the ministry’s researchers
wrote, according to Axios .
“There are significant gaps between the
American declarations before the summit
regarding the need for a ‘complete, verifiable and
irreversible denuclearization,’ and the joint
statement’s language which only included a
‘complete denuclearization’ of North Korea,” the
document continued.
Another Trump concession pointed out in the
reported document was his commitment to halt
joint military drills with South Korea, in
exchange for China stopping joint exercises with
North Korea — an arrangement said to have
been opposed by the US before the summit.
Netanyahu on Tuesday hailed
the summit, linking it to the
US leader’s “tough stance” on
Iran.
“I congratulate US President
Donald Trump for the historic
summit in Singapore,”
Netanyahu said in a
statement. “It is an important
step in the effort to
denuclearize the Korean
Peninsula.”
“President Trump also takes a
tough stance against Iran’s
attempt to arm itself with
nuclear weapons, as well as
against its aggression in the
Middle East. This is leaving its
mark on the Iranian
economy,” he continued,
referring to Trump’s
withdrawal from the
landmark 2015 pact last
month.
“Trump’s policy is an important development for
Israel, the region and the entire world,”
Netanyahu added.
Trump and Kim held the unprecedented meeting
in Singapore, after which they signed a joint
document praised by both leaders.
The summit — unthinkable only months ago —
comes after the two nuclear-armed foes appeared
on the verge of conflict late last year as their
leaders slung personal insults at each other and

North Korea conducted nuclear and missile tests.