Today's Headlines:No hiding place, Tinubu Will be exposed—Phrank Shaibu, Coup: Asari Dokubo declares tinubu's obedience
No hiding place for Tinubu, he’ll be exposed – Atiku’s aide
Phrank Shaibu, the Special Assistant on Public Communications to the 2023 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has said there is no hiding place for President Bola Tinubu over his certificate scandal.
Source: Daily Post Nigeria
Shaibu disclosed that Atiku is determined to expose Tinubu for not having a certificate. He noted that Tinubu’s academic records from primary school till university remained questionable. In a statement, he said Tinubu’s failure to identify a single former classmate, hence his educational qualification is questionable.
According to Shaibu: “In the last week, Nigerians have been watching the ongoing ministerial screening at the Senate where nominees have been made to reveal their primary, secondary, and university history. Some of the ministerial nominees were even classmates with the senators screening them.
Coup: Asari Dokubo declares tinubu’s obedience
Alhaji Asari Mujahid Dokubo recently stated in a live broadcast that he and his private military group will obey the president if instructed to travel to the Republic of Niger.
Source: Daily Post Nigeria
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu doesn’t have a personal grudge against the Niger Republic, according to Alhaji Asari Mujahid Dokubo. The reality is that he must follow the rules of the agreement he signed as chairman of ECOWAS. However, if he gives the order for me and my soldiers to travel to the Niger Republic, we will do so and return triumphant. They aren’t a good match for us.
The chief of the Kalabari kingdom continued, “I want everyone to know today that what I have is not a private army but a private military company that provides security if contracted.” Last but not least, private military firms are present everywhere, Alhaji Asari Mujahid Dokubo added. In America, there is Blackwater, and in Russia, there is Wagner Private Military. South Africa, in my opinion, is the nation with the most private military corporations in existence today.
Oil Theft: NAF airstrikes destroy boats, tanks with stolen crude oil in Niger Delta
Nigerian Airforce fighter aircraft of the air component, tion Delta Safe have bombed and destroyed 3 boats sighted tapping crude oil from a pipeline at a dispensing site, west of Bonny Island and South of Port Harcourt, in Rivers State.
Source: Vanguard
Director of NAF Public Relations, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet who made this known said the air strikes and destruction were carried out on Saturday, August 5, 2023. He said, “These are not the best of times for oil thieves and their accomplices in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria as the Air Component of tion Delta Safe (OPDS) continues to strike at the heart of their activities.
“One of such operations occurred on Saturday 5 August 2023 at about 4 Nautical Miles South-East of Bille, a riverine area located west of Bonny Island and South of Port Harcourt, in Rivers State. “The air strikes became necessary after 3 boats were sighted tapping crude oil from a pipeline. “Consequently, the boats were engaged and destroyed by the aircraft.
BRICS summit to focus on Africa, without Macron
A BRICS summit in Johannesburg this month will seek to enhance the five-nation grouping’s trade ties with Africa, host South Africa said on Monday.
Source: Vanguard
The continent has emerged as a renewed diplomatic battleground, with the West, Russia, and China vying for influence amid heightened competition for minerals and international divisions fostered by the war in Ukraine. The heads of Brazil, China, India, and South Africa plus Russia’s top diplomat will gather on August 22-24 under the theme “BRICS and Africa”, according to South Africa’s Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor.
“Our theme reflects our belief in the benefits a partnership with Africa can bring to BRICS,” Pandor told a press conference. BRICS, an acronym for its member countries, sees itself as a counterweight to Western economic domination. Talks will also focus on drumming up investments across the continent, Pandor said, adding representatives from other African countries will be in attendance.
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