Commandant tasks AFCSC students on security challenges
The Commandant, Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC) Jaji, AVM Lawal Shittu-Alao, has challenged students of the college to come up with sound strategies to address the recurring security challenges in the country.
Speaking during a lecture session organised by the college for students of Course 40/2018 in Kaduna, Alao said, “You have to start thinking outside the box, we want you at the end of this course, with all the lectures you received, to be able to come up with strategies on how to turn around the security challenges in the country.
“Let us continue to ponder on strategies we will use to combat the security challenges facing the country,” he said.
A guest lecturer, Dr. Ona Ekhomu, said 50 per cent of Africans under the age of 19 remained vulnerable to terrorism.
Ekhomu, who is a Sociology lecturer at the University of Lagos, in his lecture noted that high population, poverty and illiteracy were fueling insurgency in Nigeria and other parts of Africa. Dickson S. Adama, Jos
The Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria in Northern Nigeria, Reverend Yakubu Pam, has called for peaceful coexistence between Christians and Muslims, saying peace is the bedrock of any society and the Northern region is in dare need of peace. In a Sallah message, Pam urged the Muslim community in the 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory to reflect on the lessons of the Ramadan and show love for their fellow northern brothers as they celebrate this year’s Eid-El-Fitri.
He said religious festivities such as the Sallah often calls for sober reflections and it was a time to offer prayers and show love to one another.
“We call on all citizens of Nigeria living in the northern part of the country to live in peace and in harmony with one another and be given their fundamental rights as citizens. Nigerians should also be allowed to practice their religion peacefully and truthfully no matter where one resides and what one professes,” he said.