FG to Review Military Rules of Engagement Tobi Soniyi in Abuja Acting President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday in Abuja said that government would progressively review the rules of engagement by the military and across the nation’s
security system, and take into considerations human rights issues. A statement issued yesterday by his spokesman, Mr. Laolu Akande said Osinbajo made the promise during a meeting with members of the United
Nations Security Council who are on a visit to the country. Osinbajo also said it was time for the international community to take another look at the international legal instruments and conventions governing warfare and
conflicts in the light of the very unconventional and brutal operations of terrorists and insurgents around the world. He said: ”We must, on a global scale, look again at how to deal with these new challenges. We need to look
at the governing conventions, what type of legal categories, recognition of law we should give them (to the perpetrators of terror and insurgents). “We need to re-examine how to deal with these individuals according to law.”
He said that the government’s Social Investment Programme (SIP) including the conditional cash transfer, the micro credit scheme and the N-Power Continued on page 10
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All is Set, Says Govt as Abuja Airport Closes at Midnight Today Police, air force provide air surveillance, security personnel, sniffer dogs to man Kaduna-Abuja Road Abuja runway renovation to cost N5bn, but only Ethiopian Airways will take a risk on Kaduna Train shuttle to be provided, helicopter flights to and from Minna Olawale Ajimotokan, Dele Ogbodo, Paul Obi in Abuja and Chinedu Eze in Lagos Air travellers to Abuja en route from Kaduna have nothing to fear about their safety, the federal government said yesterday, explaining that adequate security arrangements had been made to ensure seamless transit arrangements from the ancient
northern city to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Air traffic to Abuja are to be diverted to the Kaduna Airport from tomorrow, following the closure of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at midnight tomorrow for six weeks to pave the way for the rehabilitation of its runway. Air passengers, especially Continued on page 8
Former Adamawa Governor, Ngilari, Jailed Five Years for Corruption Sani Daji in Yola In the first high profile corruption ruling secured by the Muhammadu Buhari administration, a High Court in Yola, Adamawa State, yesterday sentenced a former governor of the state, James Bala Ngilari to five years
imprisonment without the option of fine. He was found guilty of corruption charges brought against him in September last year by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Continued on page 8
PEACE TRAIN BERTHS IN EDO... Plot to Truncate Lagos State's Take over THE L-R: Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II; acting President Yemi Osinbajo; Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu; and Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, during Osinbajo’s visit to Edo State as part of the federal government's peace talks with of National Stadium Uncovered... Page 13 stakeholders in the Niger Delta... yesterday