Army To Free 2 Boko Haram Bomb Experts After Rehabilitation
Over 1,000 Boko Haram members and their families have surrendered to troops in the past week.
Army To Free 2 Boko Haram Bomb Experts After Rehabilitation
Two senior Boko Haram commanders and hundreds of fighters who have surrendered to the military have been promised rehabilitation and reintegration back into the society.
The army distributed new clothes, food items, groceries and toiletries to the surrendered terrorists and their families.
Terrorist Boko Haram fighters who surrendered to Nigerian soldiers last weekend, held aloft placards afterwards begging Nigerians for forgiveness.
“The chief bomb expert of the terrorists group known as Musa Adamu a.k.a Mala Musa Abuja and his second in command Usman Adamu a.k.a Abu Darda along with their families and followers have finally surrendered to the troops of operation HADIN KAI in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State” Army spokesperson, Onyema Nwachukwu says.
Some of the surrendered terrorists held placards with the inscriptions: ‘Nigerians please forgive us’; ‘Borno State remains the home of peace’; ‘Fight terrorism, embrace peace’ etc.
[04:59, 8/10/2021] Akham Papa: Unmarried men, women responsible for spike in HIV infections — NACA
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has said that a recent study carried out by the agency has shown that unmarried men and women make up the highest number of persons infected with HIV infections in the country.
Disclosing this to newsmen at a media parley on Monday, August 9, the Director-General of NACA, Dr. Gambo Aliyu, said the study has also shown that women who have never been married contributed more to the HIV infections than men in the country.
Aliyu said while never-married individuals contributed to 64 percent of new HIV infections in the country, new infections among female s*x workers (FSW) and men who have s*x with men (MSM) make up 91 percent of all new infections among adults.
“The younger generation who are never married are not using prevention.
They don’t listen or want to have anything to do with HIV services. If we can reach them and connect them, we can come closer to reducing the pandemic.
The never married population is the largest source of new infections and is mostly between the ages of 17 to 34 for females and 19 to 31 for men. Special efforts are needed to be made to reach this population in schools, workplaces, gathering spots and through the social media,” he said.
