President Buhari Approves Committee To Review Grazing Reserves Across 25 States

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday, approved the recommendations of a committee to review “with dispatch” 368 grazing sites across 25 states in the country “to determine the levels of encroachment.” The president’s directive followed his approval of the recommendations of a committee chaired by the Chief of Staff the President, Ibrahim Gambari. The Official Spokesperson to President Buhari, Garba Shehu made this known in a statement issued on Thursday. Members of the committee include the governor of Kebbi State and Vice-chairman, National Food Security Council, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu; governor of Ebonyi State and chairman of NEC Sub-Committee for National Livestock Transformation Plan, David Umahi; Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu; Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono; Minister of Environment, Dr. Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar, and deputy chief of staff, Ade Ipaye.

Zamfara Bandits Release Video Threatening To Kill Abducted Students And Staff Of College Of Agriculture

The kidnappers of the 15 students and four staff members of Zamfara State College of Agriculture and Animal Sciences (CAAS) Bakura, in a video posted on Wednesday, have threatened to kill all their hostages within the next 24 hours if ransom is not paid. In the 30 seconds video clip, one of the victims who spoke in Hausa language is heard pleading on the state government to come to their aid, while the bandits seen wielding AK 47 rifles stood behind them. The victim said they are faced with the threat of death from their abductors and they will be killed if the government does not act in the next 24 hours. He said they even took them to where they deposited the corpses of those kidnapped in Yarkofoji community. While he was speaking, one of the bandits, brandishing his AK 47 gun, kept saying “Yes, see it here we mean it. Everyone should see it here. It’s not a lie. Yes, we mean it.” In the video, the students and some of the female staff can be seen squatting and blindfolded with the armed evil-doers surrounding them.

President Buhari Presides Over National Security Council Meeting

President of the federation Muhammadu Buhari presides over a crucial security meeting in Aso rock with all the nation's security chiefs and relevant cabinet Ministers in attendance. Recall the president's spokesman Femi Adesina in a statement released on Tuesday 17th August 2021 that the president has slated a meeting for Thursday 19th August 2021 with security head-on plans to bring a decisive end to security challenges afflicting the nation and also to discuss successes achieved in the renewed onslaught against national threat across the country.

ISWAP Commanders Apprehensive Over Massive Surrender Of Fighters – Nigerian Army

The Nigerian Army has exposed confusion and apprehension within the camp of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists following the recent massive surrender of Boko Haram fighters. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, in Abuja, stressed the diminished strength of the terrorists, which has led them to desperately resort to cheap propangada to portray the group as if it is still a potent force in the North East. The statement exposed that the terrorists are overwhelmed with palpable fear and are making desperate efforts to halt the ongoing surrendering of their fighters from the Tumbus and Sambisa axis, which had drastically dwindled their overall fighting efficiency. Mr Nwachukwu said their confusion was further worsened by the Aug. 14 surrender of the terrorists in droves, with their families, to lay down their arms and surrender at Mafa Local Government Area in Borno state.