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Kidnapping: Lagos recruits military-trained guards for schools.

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Lagos— in a bid to tackle kidnapping in schools, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has disclosed that the state government is recruiting military trained personnel as guards for public schools in the state.
The move, according to Ambode yesterday, was to strengthen security in public primary and secondary schools in Lagos State. Vanguard gathered that 5, 000 youths from the 57 Local Governments and Local Council Development Areas, LCDA, have been trained in military tactics and formations.
The governor disclosed this while reacting to the plea by the Chairman of the Nigerian Legion, Colonel Fola Akande (retd) at the launching of the 2017 Armed Forces remembrance emblem Appeal, themed ‘Appreciating the resilience of the Armed Forces,’ held at the banquet hall of the Lagos House, Ikeja.
Though he didn’t disclose the number of personnels to be employed, but said “As part of keeping the public schools safe, we will engage majority of these trained young men.”
Within this year, two kidnap cases were recorded in schools located in eastern part of the state. Ambode noted that the state government would also increase the donation to the Nigerian legion, which was often used to cater for widows of falling soldiers, aged military officers and others, to N5 million and that two Hilux Van, will be donated to the legion for surveillance.
The governor, however, urged residents of Lagos to donate generously in the remembrance of the fallen and for the welfare of their widows, especially during this Yuletide season. Earlier, Akande disclosed to Vanguard that 5, 000 youths have been trained on military formations, to provide adequate security within the state.
He said: “We have trained able-bodied young men and women for six months on security duties. The training is completed and the trainees are waiting for deployment to schools across the state.”
On the fund, the chairman explained that the money donated last year by the state government was used to procure bags of rice, textile materials and others items for the widows and aged military officers in the state

Militants hit pipeline in Delta, ‘shoot 4 guards’.

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Suspected Niger Delta militants have blown up a crude oil pipeline in Warri, Delta state, according to Punch.

The newspaper quoted a community leader as saying the attackers shot four guards before hitting the facility, which  was undergoing repairs after it had been previously bombed.

This is the second known attack in the region after Niger Delta stakeholders held a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja.

The leader said the guards “escaped by the skin of their teeth”.

“Unfortunately, only the dynamite on the barge exploded and immediately sank into the water. As I speak to you, the military are at the scene of the incident trying to dismantle the other dynamites, ” the community was quoted to have said.

Punch said an army official, who preferred anonymity, confirmed the incident.

“We heard the shots in the middle of the night, but as you know, we do not patrol the area at night, so there was nothing we could do,” he said.

For peace to return, the militants in the region had given the president a 16 point framework, including, better welfare and an increased allocation of resources from the region.

Guards Suspended After Mugabe’s Fall

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Up to 27 members of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s security team have reportedly been suspended after failing to help him as he fell at Harare’s main airport.

Sources told The Standard newspaper that the guards were handed their suspension letters on Friday, two days after Mugabe’s tumble, which resulted in a series of memes.

However, a spokesperson in the presidency denied the reports about the suspensions. An official told the newspaper Mugabe’s fall was a serious incident and many departments are being investigated.

The Zimbabwe government has tried to downplay the incident, insisting that Mugabe managed to break his fall and blaming the slip-up on a hump in the carpet, Sapa reported.

Credit: News24