PRAY FOR PEACE IN NIGERIA, SANWO-OLU URGES INTENDING PILGRIMS. (PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 PRAY FOR PEACE IN NIGERIA, SANWO-OLU URGES INTENDING PILGRIMS Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has charged the Intending Pilgrims embarking on the 2026 holy pilgrimage exercise to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to actively participate in the prayer sessions for the prosperity of Lagos State and Nigeria. Governor Sanwo-Olu gave the charge during a one-day seminar held at the Lagos Television De-Blue Roof Ikeja for the 2026 Hajj Intending Pilgrims, organised by the Lagos State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board. The Governor, represented by the Commissioner for Home Affairs, Mr Ibrahim Layode, said that the Hajj exercise revolves around intermittent prayer sessions and the pilgrims should use the opportunity to pray for the State and Nigeria at large fervently. "Let me congratulate all our intending pilgrims. You are among the few that Allah has chosen this year to answer His call to the Holy Land. Hajj is the fifth pillar of Islam, and it is a journey of faith, humility, and to...

CHAD PLANS TO SEND 800 SECURITY PERSONNEL TO HAITI, OFFICIAL SAYS. (PHOTO).


 Chad plans to send 800 security personnel to Haiti, official says


Chad intends to deploy 800 police officers and gendarmes to Haiti this year to participate in an international force ​to help Haiti's police fight powerful armed gangs, a ‌senior Chadian police official told Reuters.


The Chadian forces are expected to arrive by June after receiving training from "European and American partners", said the official, who ​requested anonymity because he was not authorised to speak ​to the media.


Dominican Republic Foreign Minister Roberto Alvarez said this week ⁠that the U.N.-backed Gang Suppression Force would reach its full ​capacity of 5,500 by October and that Kenyan police who deployed ​to Haiti under an earlier model of the force should withdraw gradually.


Alvarez, who spoke after a meeting with U.S. officials, said the forces from Chad ​were being trained in the U.S., though a State Department spokesperson ​denied that.


"We thank the Government of Chad for their pledged contribution to the ‌Gang ⁠Suppression Force... Chadian troops are not training in the United States," the spokesperson said.


The Gang Suppression Force was introduced as a larger successor to the Kenyan-led Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission, but no significant deployments have arrived since its ⁠approval last September.


The force is currently made up of mostly Kenyan police, as well as smaller numbers from a handful of countries in Central America and ⁠the Caribbean.


Chad told the United Nations in October 2023 that it was willing to contribute troops and police to the MSS, without specifying ⁠numbers ​or a timeline.


At the time, the U.N. ​also received similar pledges from Benin and Bangladesh.


None have so far deployed.

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