Aisha Buhari promise to support female medical workers

Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, has promised to support the Medical Women’s Association of Nigeria in their efforts aimed at enhancing the health and well being of Nigerians.

According to a statement on Saturday by her Director (Media), Zakari Yau Nadabo, the President’s wife spoke when the members of the association’s Executive visited her at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

She noted that members of association were very critical to the desire to ensure good health and well being of every Nigerian because of their diverse backgrounds in the medical profession

The President’s wife noted with interest the activities of the association in humanitarian services and said her Future Assured Programme was open for collaboration with the medical women to address the challenges confronting women and children .

In her remark, the National President of the Association, Dr. Echendu Adinma, was said to have solicited for partnership with the Future Assured initiative in addressing various health challenges of Nigerians in difficult and crisis areas among others .

She also decorated Mrs. Buhari as the association’s Grand Matron.

She appealed for support to ensure the emergence of one of their members contesting the post of President of International Medical Women Association coming this month in Vienna Austria.

Mastermind of deceptive to overthrow Buhari arrested

The Department of State Services has arrested one Jones Abari, aka Gen. Akotebe Darikoro, for the alleged mastermind of a hoaxed plan to overthrow President Muhammad Buhari by the military.

A statement issued by an official of the service, Mr Tony Opuiyo, in Abuja on Saturday said Abari was arrested in Yenagoa on July 21.

Opuiyo described the suspect as the leader of the Joint Revolutionary Council of the Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force.

He said that Abari had confessed to other criminal activities which included a threat to launch missile attacks on selected targets in Abuja and Aso Rock.

Others include writing threat messages to the management of the Nigeria Agip Oil Company and the Shell Petroleum Development Company demanding for N500m and N250m respectively.

He said that the suspect also masterminded the vandalism of NAOC trunk line in Ogboinbiri, Southern Ijaw and bombing of SPDC oil pipeline.

In another development, the DSS said it had arrested a suspected terrorist, Bulama Ramat, at the Jabi Motor Park, FCT, on July 21.

He said that prior to his arrest, Ramat was planning to attack the Federal Capital Territory and its environs in collaboration with other elements of an extremist cell of the Boko Haram group.

Opuiyo said that the service also made other arrests within the month of July in Enugu, Ondo, Jos, Kaduna, Yenagoa, Port Harcourt and Kano states.

The service urged all citizens and residents to remain vigilant and report all suspicious persons, parcels or vehicles to the nearest security formation.

“Members of the public are further called upon to see our societal and individual safety as our collective responsibility,” he said.

He advised the public to support security and law enforcement agencies with critical information that would assist in providing a safe environment for all to carry out their legitimate businesses.

Munich shooting: Buhari offer to help Germany fight terrorism

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday expressed shock and horror at the shootings which recently rocked Munich, Germany.

According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President sent his condolences on behalf of the Federal Government to the families and friends of the victims.

He assured the German government that his government is ready to assist in anyway possible to defeat planners and executors of such crimes.

The statement read, “On behalf of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Buhari sends his most sincere condolences to the families and friends of victims of the barbaric act.

“The President says it is quite unfortunate and inconceivable that the forces of evil do not relent on their activities, but expresses confidence that with the unanimity of purpose from all forces around the world, the workers and perpetrators of these evil acts will not prevail.

“The President also assures the people of Germany that Nigerians as a people are standing with them at this time and are ready to assist in any way to defeat the planners and executors of such crimes.”

Train crushes lafarge truck,injures two in ogun

A cargo train on Friday crushed a truck belonging to Lafarge Cement and a Toyota Camry.

The accident occurred at a railway crossing at Kila, a border town between Ogun and Oyo States.

The train was said to have ran into the two vehicles at the level- crossing line, causing damage to them and injuring the occupants.

The Lafarge truck with number plate BDG 287 XE was loaded with cement.  Sources said the truck was travelling out of Abeokuta while the Toyota Camry with number plate RSH306KM was on his way to Abekuta.

The drivers of the truck and the Toyota Camry sustained minor injuries. They were said to be recuperating in a hospital in Ibadan.

The Public Relations Officer of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi, said that the incident was caused by the driver of the train, who failed to hoot while approaching the level-crossing line at Kila.

He said, “We got information that the accident was caused by the driver of the cargo train who failed to give the usual warning signal by hooting while approaching a railway level-crossing line.

“Both the driver of the Lafarge truck and the Toyota Camry were injured and they were said to have taken to an unnamed hospital in Ibadan.”

Akinbiyi said the accident led to a gridlock in this axis.