President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that the days of bandits, kidnappers and insurgents are numbered, insisting his administration will subdue them wherever they are in the country.
He gave the indication on Saturday in his address at the fourth convocation of the Federal University, Dutsin-ma, Katsina State.
The President, who is the Visitor to the university, said the war against bandits and kidnappers involved a lot of covert operations.
He said the current war against banditry and other forms of criminality would be won “not in the far future.”
Buhari, who was represented at the event by a former Kano State Deputy Governor, Prof. Hafiz Abubakar, said, “I want to reassure the people of Katsina State and indeed all the other states of the federation that the climate of fear being orchestrated by bandits, kidnappers and insurgents would soon come to an end.
“We are bent on subduing the situation and creating the environment for the lawful citizens to go about their legitimate businesses without fear or molestation.”
Buhari also challenged universities in the country to come up with new strategies for generating revenue internally, pointing out that funding the institutions had posed a challenge.
He said, “The high cost of funding university activities cannot be borne by government alone. In this regard, I want to urge and encourage our universities to look inwards for more constructive ways of generating internal revenue through research that will attract research grants, establishment of consultancy services, poultry and fisheries farms, hotels, animal husbandry, partnering with the private sector.”
Meanwhile, the Chief of the Defence Staff, Gen Abayomi Olonisakin, has urged postgraduates in the country to focus their researches on the security challenges facing Nigeria and the possible ways out.
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Olonisakin stated this, according to a statement on Saturday, while receiving some postgraduate students of Peace, Conflict and Strategic Studies of the Nile University of Nigeria at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja.
The students were on a study tour of military establishments and institutions within the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
The CDS, who was represented by the Director of Monitoring and Evaluation, Air Vice Marshal Bello Garba, said the findings of their researches would facilitate tackling the security challenges and aid security agencies in combating the contemporary security threats.
The statement by acting Director, Defence Information, Col Onyema Nwachukwu, partly read, “The leader of the delegation, Prof. Gani Yorom, said the visit was aimed at acquainting the postgraduate students with key variables of the Defence and Strategic Studies, as well as broadening their knowledge and horizon on the structure and operational activities of the Armed Forces of Nigeria.”
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An Israeli court Sunday convicted the wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of fraudulently using state funds for meals, under a plea bargain which saw her admit to lesser charges.
While the ruling cut short a high-profile trial, the Netanyahu family’s legal woes are far from over: the veteran premier himself faces possible indictment for bribery, fraud and breach of trust in the coming months.
In a deal approved by judge Avital Chen at Jerusalem magistrates’ court, Sara Netanyahu was found guilty of exploiting the mistake of another person.
She was also fined 10,000 shekels ($2,800) and ordered to reimburse the state a further 45,000 shekels.
“The deal reached between the sides is worthy and appropriately reflects the deeds and their severity on the criminal level,” Chen said in his ruling.
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The 60-year-old, a high-profile presence at her husband’s side throughout his long tenure in office, was initially charged in June 2018 with fraud and breach of trust for buying catered meals despite the presence of a cook at the PM’s official residence.
The amended indictment, approved Sunday, dropped the graft charges.
In a small room at the Jerusalem magistrates’ court, packed with journalists, Netanyahu told the judge she was aware of the charges.
Her lawyer and a prosecutor then requested that the court accept the deal.
“As in every plea bargain, each side makes concessions, sometimes hard concessions,” prosecutor Erez Padan said.
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“It is right and proper for the public interest to bring this case to an end.”
-‘A real heroine’-
Netanyahu’s attorney Yossi Cohen told the court his client had already been heavily punished by the media.
“Four years of ugly leaks and denigrations” constituted “inhuman punishment”, he said.
“No other person could have withstood this, this lady is made of steel,” Cohen added.
Netanyahu has a reputation for finding legal loopholes to receive state funding for her household’s relatively high expenses.
The original charges accused her of paying $100,000 (85,000 euros) for hundreds of meals from a variety of well-known Jerusalem businesses while falsely declaring there were no cooks available at the residence.
The caterers included an Italian restaurant, a Middle Eastern grill joint and a Sushi house.
Sara Netanyahu is also being sued by a former cleaner who claims the premier’s wife mistreated her.
In 2016 a court awarded some $47,000 in damages to a former housekeeper who accused her of repeated workplace abuse in a similar case.
Separately, Benjamin Netanyahu is facing possible indictment for bribery, fraud and breach of trust in the months ahead.
He is reportedly seeking legislation that would result in him being granted immunity.
However, he was unable to form a coalition following an April general election, and Israel is now gearing up for September polls.
In a Facebook post late Saturday, he declared his wife a “real heroine” who was “a punching bag for the media.”
(AFP)
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