THE AREWA CONSULTATIVE FORUM HAS CONDEMNED THE RECENT ATTACKS ON DEFENCELESS COMMUNITIES IN PLATEAU STATE, RESULTING IN SCORES OF DEATHS, INCLUDING CHILDREN.(PHOTO)..

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  The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has voiced deep sorrow over the recent wave of terrifying attacks by terror groups on defenseless communities in Plateau State, which claimed numerous lives, including those of children, in a tragic escalation of violence. In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Tukur Muhammad-Baba, the ACF called on the Federal Government to fulfill its constitutional duty to safeguard the lives and property of Nigerians. The forum stressed the urgent need to halt the recurring attacks and killings not only in Plateau State but also across the Northern region and other parts of the country. The ACF urged the government to declare a state of security emergency in vulnerable, banditry-plagued areas and to implement robust early-warning and early-response mechanisms, involving local community members to prevent further bloodshed. "The killing spree on the Plateau must be stopped immediately, and peace must return to the State," the stateme...

NAMIBIA'S PRESIDENT 'HAGE GEINGAB' DIES AT 82.(PHOTO).


 Hage Geingab, Namibiaā€™s President, Dies at 82


Namibiaā€™s  President, Hage Geingob, has passed on at the age of 82, a presidential release said on Sunday.


The statement signed by the Acting President, Nangolo Mbumba, said: ā€œIt is with utmost sadness and regret that I inform you that our beloved Dr. Hage G. Geingob, the President of the Republic of Namibia has passed on today.ā€


Geingob who had been in the US briefly for ā€œtreatment therapyā€ for cancerous cells died late Saturday, a few days after he returned to continue receiving treatment in Namibia.


He was reported to have died at Lady Pohamba Hospital with his wife and his children by his side.


The statement by the Acting President further read: ā€œHis (Late Pesidentā€™s) medical team, as I informed the nation only yesterday, has been trying its utmost best to ensure that our President recovers. Regrettably, notwithstanding the teamā€™s spirited effort to save his life, sadly, fellow Namibians, President Geingob passed on.ā€


Mbumba described the presidentā€™s passing as the loss of a ā€œdistinguished servant of the people, a liberation struggle icon, the chief architect of our constitution and the pillar of the Namibian house.ā€


He advised Namibians to remain calm while the government attends to all necessary state arrangements, preparations and other protocols.


Before his demise, the 82-year-old president who also served for 12 years as prime minister, had a record of health complications that preceded his election as Namibiaā€™s third president in 2014.


In 2013, he underwent brain surgery, and the following year he revealed that he had survived prostate cancer.


Last year, Geingob announced he had undergone aortic surgery in neighbouring South Africa.


Namibia, a former German colony that gained independence from South Africa in 1990, is scheduled to hold presidential and parliamentary elections in November, this year.

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