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Today, in the absence of President Bola Tinubu, who is currently in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, Vice President Kashim Shettima is expected to release white pigeons in commemoration of this year’s Armed Forces Remembrance Day.
But beyond the symbolic annual ritual of remembering the sacrifices of serving soldiers and fallen heroes, the armed forces hierarchy has been urged to do all that is possible to de-escalate the insecurity in the country and intensify its counter-terrorism efforts by decisively dismantling operations of Boko Haram and the Islamic State of West Africa Province.
The…
Source: Guardian Newspaper