Newspaper of the Year
•Report on anti-Buhari posture unsettles Senate •EFCC grills ex-NIMASA DG, Chime’s Chief of Staff •Reps to IG: re-open Ige’s, Giwa’s, Rewane’s killings •No more division in House, say Dogara, Gbajabiamila •Nigeria’s widest circulating newspaper
VOL. 10, NO. 3292 FRIDAY, JULY 31, 2015
B
By Our Reporter
don for Lagos last night. The development came on the heels of a visit by members of the Ife Traditional Council to Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola at the Okefia Government House in Osogbo, the state capital. For the second day running, the chiefs, led by the Lowa of Ife, High Chief Joseph Ijaodola, dismissed the
P5 P7 P5
•www.thenationonlineng.net
TR UTH IN DEFENCE OF FREEDOM TRUTH
death of the Ooni as a rumour. The passing on of a frontline monarch in the mould of the Ooni is not announced until 30 days after his demise, a source said. At the meeting, which lasted for about 10 minutes, was the Council’s Secretary, Chief Adetoye Odewole and high-ranking government Continued on page 4
N150.00
Nigeria seeks neighbours’ help to fight terrorists
Ooni: Aregbesola, Ile-Ife chiefs hold talks ARRING the unforeseen, the remains of foremost monarch Oba Okunade Sijuwade, the Ooni of Ife, will be flown back home from London, this weekend, The Nation learnt yesterday. It was also learnt that Adetokunbo, the eldest son of the royal father, was billed to leave Lon-
P4
NEWS Page 11
CBN’s deadline for debtors expires
From Augustine Ehikioya, Yaounde
P
RESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari yesterday rounded off his two-day visit to Cameroon, urging Nigeria’s neighbours to join the anti-Boko Haram war. He said Nigeria and the neighbouring countries must stand together to defeat the terrorists. The President spoke at a dinner held in his honour at the Unity Palace in Yaounde to close his working visit to Cameroon. According to him, countries in the sub-region cannot af-
•The late Oba Sijuwade
Continued on page 4
•INSIDE: BANKS REJECT FOREIGN CURRENCY DEPOSITS P12 ACCESS BANK GETS NEW CHAIR P12
71 captives rescued as troops smash Boko Haram camps Why war was tough, by ex-CDS Badeh From Yusuf Alli and Gbade Ogunwale, Abuja
S
KINNY men and women. Frail old people and ailing young boys and girls. They were all excited to be free — thanks to troops who subdued two Boko Haram camps in Chuogori and Shantumari, Borno State. The seizure of the camps was spearheaded by troops from 21 Brigade and Nigerian Army Engineers. In Kashingeri, Wale, Kushingari and other camps, 151 Task Force Battalion troops rescued 71 civilians from the terrorists’ camps. Amid the success, the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, yesterday listed why the war had been tough. He said: •the military’s equipment was not enough; •some fifth columnists in the military and other security agencies were leaking operational plans to the insurgents; and •when the insurgency broke out in the Northeast, the military had been overstretched. The Acting Director of Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Kukasheka Usman, said troops dislodged insurgents from two camps yesterday and rescued 59 from three others. In a statement last night, Col. Usman said: “As part of efforts to rid Nigeria of WILL THE Boko Haram terrorists, CHIBOK troops of 21 Brigade and GIRLS EVER elements of Nigerian RETURN? Continued on page 4
?
•Two soldiers at one of the camps raided by troops ...yesterday PHOTOS: MILITARY
‘
I was waiting for death...they often threatened to kill us
’
•An underground hole where insurgents hide weapons •Some of the rescued people...yesterday
•POLITICS P10•BRAND P13 •AGRIC P16 •SPORTS P24 •INDUSTRY P47 •FOREIGN P60