Rights group alleges plot to thwart Boko Haram war
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted chances of scattered rainfall and thunderstorm activities over most parts of the country today.
NiMet’s Weather Outlook by its Central Forecast Office (CFO) yesterday predicted prospects of rains over the central cities like Yola, Jalingo, Mambilla Plateau, Lokoja, Markurdi, Jos, Kaduna and Bauchi during the morning hours.
It predicted cloudy morning over the remaining parts and prospects of scattered thunderstorms later in the day with day and night temperatures of 26 to 33 and 15 to 23 degrees Celsius respectively.
The agency predicted that Northern cities would experience partly cloudy to cloudy conditions in the morning hours.
It also predicted prospects of A human rights group has alleged plot by foreign agents to thwart the country’s war against insurgency through fictitious reports in the media to undermine troops fighting the Boko Haram group.
The group under the aegis of Coalition on Conflict Resolution and Human Rights in Nigeria accused some foreign news agencies of projecting the activities of Boko Haram terrorists that are false for hidden agenda.
National President of the group, Maxwell Gowon in a press conference yesterday said the group was aware that Nigeria’s Defence Minister Mansur Dan Ali told Reuters last month that “The country scattered thunderstorm over the northeast, Kano, Maiduguri and Dutse in the afternoon with day and night temperatures of 34 to 36 and 21 to 24 degrees Celsius respectively.
According to NiMet, Southern cities will experience rains over Enugu, Obudu, Ogoja, Calabar, Uyo, Eket, Ikom and Yenegoa with cloudy conditions over the remaining parts during the morning hours.
“These conditions are likely to persist later in the day with chances of thunderstorms over most places on the inlands while rains will prevail over the coastal axis.
“Day and night temperature values are expected to be in the range of 28 to 32 and 20 to 23 degrees Celsius respectively over the southern region,” NiMet predicted. (NAN) has been stable for the past three years,” but the same news agency decided to paint a picture of gloom and doom, of deserting troops and thousands killed.
“The case of Gudumbali is an example of the mischief that Reuters has continued to perpetuate with fanfare. While it’s stated that Gudumbali is under the firm control of Boko Haram terrorists, the same Gudumbali is where the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai visited some days ago to boost the morale of the troops stationed there. One then wonders if it is a possibility or a strange coincidence, and or a figment of the imagination of Reuters”, he said.