W’Cup: Security beefed up ahead of Sunday’s final

The National Public Safety Secretariat of the Brazilian Ministry of Justice (Senasp/MJ) has announced security measures for Sunday’s final match of the 2014 FIFA World Cup match.

It said it would double the number of National Public Security Force troops on duty in Rio de Janeiro ahead of the final match.

The ministry, which is charged with troops deployment, said this was part of the integrated operational plan by the Brazilian ministries of Justice and Defence for states hosting World Cup matches.

Teams constituted by the National Public Security Force are also on standby in Brazil’s capital, Brasília, for prompt deployment to Rio de Janeiro if necessary.

The troops are to patrol a number of roads in Rio de Janeiro.

These include Linha Amarela and Linha Vermelha, Lagoa da Barra highway, Niemeyer Avenue, Paulo de Frontin bypass, Rebouças Tunnel and Francisco Bicalho Avenue.

Public security initiatives are also planned for subway stations in co-ordination with the Brazilian Federal Highway Police.

Stations to be patrolled include Praça Cardeal Arcoverde, Siqueira Campos, Cantagalo, Central do Brasil, Copacabana, Saens Peña, São Francisco Xavier, Carioca and Cidade Nova.

Co-ordinator of the security operations in Rio de Janeiro, Lt. Col. Américo Gaia, said security efforts are planned to focus mostly on ostensible policing activities at strategic points in the city.

He said, “Actions were also planned under the Pacificadora II (Pacifier II) Operation, including all-round policing of the Santo Amaro community.

“This is in addition to social inclusion activities and occupational practices offered by 108 firefighters from the National Public Security Forces.”

He added that outside of Rio de Janeiro, the National Public Security Force would also reinforce preventive security operations in Natal (Rio Grande do Norte) and Cuiabá (Mato Grosso).

This was where state governors have requested the support of federal troops.

He said, “In addition to direct support in these three state capitals, the National Public Security troops will operate in partnership with the Brazilian Federal Highway Police in six states.

“The states are Rio Grande do Sul, Paraná, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Bahia and Rio de Janeiro.”

Chibok girls: Jonathan, not the problem, says Abati

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Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, has said it is unfair for anybody to see President Goodluck Jonathan as the problem in the case of  the over 200 schoolgirls abducted in Chibok, Borno State about three months ago.

He said the attempt to ignore the issues and paint Jonathan as the problem had resulted in  deliberate mischief fueled by ignorance and sponsored propaganda.

Abati made his position known in an opinion titled ‘Nigeria’s offensive against Boko Haram Charges of a do-nothing strategy are misconceived’ published by Washington Times.

Abati however admitted that the concern that had been expressed over the abduction of the girlswas legitimate and understandable.

“What is not fair, and which stands out in many of the criticisms directed at the Nigerian government, is the attempt to ignore the issues and argue that President Goodluck Jonathan is the problem.

“This attempt to turn the matter of the abducted girls into a referendum on the Jonathan administration has resulted in a complete misreading of the situation and much deliberate mischief fueled by ignorance and sponsored propaganda,” he wrote.

The presidential spokesman said the most popular misconception was  the notion that the Jonathan administration had consciously adopted a “do-nothing” strategy, and that the government only responded and considered international partnership necessary after pressure was mounted on it to do something.

He recalled that the Boko Haram threat dated back to 2002 and had become a bigger menace, and a full-scale terrorist movement by the time Jonathan assumed office in 2010.

He said the sect’s elements and their international allies had carved out enclaves in the northeast of the country by hosting their flags and threatening to destabilise the government and impose an Islamic state.

During the past four years, Abati said Jonathan had taken proactive steps to combat terrorism, including military, political and social actions.

Jonathan heads to Accra for ECOWAS summit

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President Goodluck Jonathan left the country on Wednesday for Accra to participate in the Summit of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government scheduled to open in the Ghanaian capital on Thursday.

This is contained in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Reuben Abati.

The statement said that Jonathan and other Heads of State and Government attending the summit would consider and adopt the 2014 Interim Report of the President of the ECOWAS Commission, Mr Kadre Ouedraogo.

It stated that the participants will also deliberate on the report of the 72nd Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Council of Ministers.

According to the statement, the two-day summit will equally discuss the report of the 32nd Session of the regional body’s Mediation and Security Council.

The president is accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Aminu Wali; the Minister of Finance, Mrs Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr Olusegun Aganga.

He is expected back to Nigeria at the end of the summit on Friday, the statement said.

S. Africa’s ANC slams Israel’s ‘barbaric’ Gaza onslaught

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“The state of Israel has turned the occupied territories of Palestine into permanent death camps,” said the ANC.

South Africa’s ruling party on Thursday denounced Israel’s ongoing onslaught on the Gaza Strip, urging South Africans to protest the Israeli attacks and show solidarity with the Palestinian people.

“The African National Congress (ANC) condemns in the strongest terms the barbaric attacks on the defenseless Palestinian people of Gaza,” ANC Deputy Secretary-General Jessie Duarte said in a statement.

At least 81 Palestinians, including several women and children, have been killed in Israeli airstrikes since Monday.

According to Palestinian security sources, Israeli warplanes have conducted more than 770 airstrikes against targets in Gaza over the same period.

Israel says its military offensive – dubbed “Operation Protective Edge” – is aimed at ending rocket fire from Gaza.

“The state of Israel has turned the occupied territories of Palestine into permanent death camps,” said the ANC.

“As we move towards the month of August and are reminded of the atrocities of Nazi Germany, surely we must ask the people of Israel has the term ‘lest we forget’ lost it meaning?”

South Africa’s ruling party also condemned the “senseless” killing last month of three Israeli settlers in the West Bank.

“But for the state of Israel, the notion of ‘an eye for an eye’ has become perpetual massacre with merciless revenge, which has lasted for more than 60 years. It is time to stop the killing,” it asserted.

Describing the Gaza Strip as “the world’s largest open-air prison,” the ANC demanded an end to the “illegal Israeli occupation and collective Israeli punishment of the Palestinians.”

“The collective punishment and illegal siege of the Palestinian people of Gaza must immediately end,” the party insisted.

The ANC went on to urge all South Africans, regardless of their ethnic and religious backgrounds, to protest against Israel’s deadly offensive and show solidarity with the people of Gaza.

“Apartheid South Africa’s wanton killing of our people during the 1980s led to its isolation; it would seem that Israel is taking a similar path of isolation by embarking on these attacks,” it said.

“We are unequivocal in our support for the Palestinian people in their struggle for self-determination and unapologetic in our view that the Palestinians are the victims and the oppressed in the conflict with Israel,” the ANC added

Fayose distributes 14,000 bags of rice to Muslims

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Ekiti State Governor-elect, Mr. Ayo Fayose, has distributed no fewer than 14,500 branded 5kg bags of rice to Muslim faithfuls across the state.

Fayose, who distributed some of the rice at Ado Ekiti Central Mosque and Ansarudeen Central Mosque said the gesture was in the spirit of Ramadan.

Speaking through the Deputy Governor-elect, Dr. Olusola Eleka, he said the bags of rice would be distributed simultaneously across the 16 local government areas in the state.

Elega said, “You know the Governor-elect is a man of the people and he so much has the love of the people at heart.

“He is doing this to demonstrate his love for the people and to identify with them especially during this season of Ramadan.”

Elega who appreciated the people for their massive vote for the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate assured that the incoming government would deliver on the promises made during the campaign.

He urged Muslims in the state to use the opportunity of the month to pray for the country and Ekiti state.

According to him, the peace being experienced in the state is as a result of the prayers of both Muslim and Christians.

“The governor-elect appreciates your prayers for him, this state and the country at large and I urge you not to relent especially now that a new government is on the way,” he said.

Elega pleaded for harmonious relationship among all religious groups saying without peace, no useful development could take place.

Receiving the commodities, President, Ekiti State League of Imams and Alfas, Alhaji Jamiu Kewulere, thanked the incoming governor for the gesture.

He assured that Muslims in the state would not relent in their prayers for the state.http://www.loverytmedia.com/fayose-distributes-14000-bags-of-rice-to-muslims/

Three Female Undercover Operatives Of Boko Haram Arrested by Millitary

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In the aftermath of the failed suicide bombing attempt on a military facility by a female terrorist who blew herself up in Gombe recently, troops have arrested three suspected female terrorists who have been secretly recruiting ladies into the female wing of the terrorists group. The suspects, Hafsat Usman Bako, Zainab Idris and Aisha Abubakar were intercepted while travelling to Madagali from where they were to transit to the forest to reunite with their cohorts.

Investigations revealed that the suspects, led by Hafsat Bako, have the mission to recruit members into the female wing as well as conduct espionage for the group. Hafsat’s link with the terrorists group had earlier been a subject of investigation in 2012, when security agents on a manhunt for one Usman Bako, her husband who was identified as a terrorist, stormed their residence in Jimeta.  This resulted in the discovery of an AK 47 rifle and 2 loaded magazines.   Though Usman Bako later died in an encounter with troops in Sokoto where he had relocated to continue his terrorist activities, Hafsat continued with the terror group specializing in surreptitious recruitment of members into their fold.

The arrested trio suspects were luring ladies especially widows and young girls by enticing them with male suitors who are mainly members of their terror group for marriage. Before their arrest, they were on a mission to take additional briefing from the leadership of the terror group.

The trio has been operating together as members of the intelligence team of the group.   Their arrest has yielded information still being verified by security agencies.

Breaking News! Soldiers go wild in Lagos disrupt BRT operation

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Soldiers are presently clamping down on BRT  buses around the Fadeyi area of Lagos following an early morning accident in which a BRT  bus allegedly killed a soldier.

Witnesses told sunnewsonline.com that the soldier who was not identified was riding a bicycle to work when the BRT bus knocked him down.

The witness said immediately an alert was sent to other soldiers at the Abalti Barrack , other soldiers responded angrily  and hard on other BRT buses.

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