Army update in Benue State

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UPDATE ON SITUATION IN KONSHISHA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF BENUE STATE
The attention of the Defence Headquarters is drawn to numerous publications in the media and other online blogs reporting massive killing and destruction of houses and other property by the military in Konshisha LGA of Benue State. The Defence Headquarters which has oversight responsibility for Operation WHIRL STROKE deployed to maintain peace in Benue, Nasarawa and Taraba States, has deemed it necessary to refute these spurious allegations and put the records straight. 
There have been incessant cases of communal clashes in recent times between the people of Konshisha and Oju over boundary demarcation. As part of efforts to resolve the crisis, the Benue State Government held series of meetings with stakeholders from both local governments with a view to arriving at amicable solution to the problem. Appreciable progress has been made and a final date fixed for all stakeholders to meet in the disputed areas to fully demarcate the boundary so that peace could reign. Trouble however started on the eve of the final meeting during Easter holiday, with reports that fresh fighting has broken out in the area. 
All along, 72 Special Forces Battalion has troops deployed on the Oju side of the boundary and troops of the Battalion were on their way to replenish their colleagues on 5 April 2021, when they were attacked by armed bandits at Bonta in Konshisha. The troops who were under command of a Captain were seized at a checkpoint mounted by the so called “Bonta Boys” and taken into Konshisha forest where they were all brutally murdered. Not satisfied with killing the soldiers, the bandits proceeded to burn all the eleven soldiers and their officer beyond recognition while their weapons and ammunition were carted away.  Military reinforcements were dispatched to Bonta the following morning. Unfortunately, the reinforcement also came under attack from close to 500 armed youths who by this time had fully occupied Bonta. The sheer number of youths involved in the attacks suggests that the armed bandits cannot be from Bonta alone, but were joined by bandits from other parts of Konshisha LGA. The military repelled the attack after more than 4 hours of intense fighting during which military helicopter provided close air support to ground troops. Ten armed bandits were killed during the fight with the rifle of one of the Killed in action soldiers recovered from the bandits who fell casualty during the exchange of fire.
 The Defence Headquarters wish to put it on record that apart from this initial 10 bandits, there are no other civilian casualties recorded in any part of Konshisha till date. We therefore challenge anybody from Konshisha to present to the public the 200, 70 or 30 dead bodies of innocent persons, male, female or children killed by troops in Konshisha. There was never a massacre as being touted by some mischief makers.
The remnants of the armed bandits that escaped from Bonta withdrew into neighbouring villages where they kept on attacking troops as they continued with the search operation through Bonta into other parts of Konshisha. Knowing the implications of killing troops in cold blood, most of the villagers fled their homes which were then occupied by armed bandits who kept firing at troops from the settlements as they advanced into Konshisha. Troops repelled the attacks and destroyed the houses and other buildings which the criminals used as hideout for the attacks. The use of abandoned settlements by armed bandits to attack troops is popular with insurgents. The aim is to draw military fire into the dwellings and then turn round to blame soldiers for the destruction. This is common guerilla tactics armed bandit designed to whip up public sentiment against security forces and this is what played out in Konshisha. This accounts for some of the burnt houses being reported in the press. Some of the phones of the dead soldiers were also tracked to some of the settlements. We should therefore blame the armed bandits for the destruction since they used these settlements as hideout for attacks. It will be wrong to blame soldiers who are in Konshisha on legitimate duties when some of them were murdered in cold blood. Some of the buildings being paraded today were actually burnt during earlier communal clashes between Konshisha and Oju, all of which the sponsors of the mayhem are now blaming on the military.
Finally, the Defence Headquarters wishes to state that soldiers deployed to Konshisha displayed commendable restraints by adhering to the rules of engagement in the face of unprovoked attacks and therefore deserve accolades.  In addition to the return of all carted away weapons, the local leaders of Konshisha must bring the main actors responsible for the mayhem to security forces to face justice. They must also surrender all other weapons in their possession. The military will not tolerate the jungle justice attitude and dastardly acts leading to the gruesome murder of patriotic soldiers on legitimate duty to keep the peace. We look forward to working with the Benue State Government in its promise to support security forces in fishing out those fomenting trouble in Konshisha. Once again, there is no massacre in Konshisha and the stories making the rounds are fabricated by bandits and their sponsors to smear the military after murdering troops in cold blood.
ONYEMA NWACHUKWUBrigadier GeneralActing Director Defence Information9 April 2021

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JAMB INFORMATION in pidgin

JAMB 2021 registration date, UTME accredited centres and oda tins you need to know about dis year exam. 

JAMB na di join bodi wey dey set exam for people wey wan go university for Nigeria. 

Di Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) registration no dey start on 8 April 2020 again. Di Public Relations Officer of di examination join-body, Fabian Benjamin confam dis tori to BBC Pidgin say dem still dey put somethings in place to make di registration process dey smooth as soon as dem start. "Wetin we do na to speculate say we go start di registration on di 8 of April, dat no be di advert roll-out. Na only di advert fit tok di process and how you go go about dis year registration. E get process wey we dey do and We still dey test run di system." Oga Fabian add say one of di important process for dis year JAMB registration na di introduction of di use of NIN for all candidates. "We no go only use NIN for di sake of NIN but we go pull student data from di central federal government database. Dis na part of di reason why we never rollout so candidates no go dey stranded running here and there. We dey cross di Ts and dot di Is". He tok. Responding to wen di registration go start, Oga Fabian say: "Next week dey sacrosanct, nothing wey no go let us start next week." Wetin you suppose know about 2021 UTME JAMB registration For dis year registration, di National Identity Card registration na mandatory requirement for pipo wey wan register. Earlier in di year, Nigeria government bin make am compulsory for all Nigerians wey be mobile phone user to register and get dia NIN and update dia SIM or dem go block dia line. Di University Matriculation Exam join-body say before any student start di registration exercise, dem must get dia NIN. Di Registrar of JAMB, Ishaq Oloyede tok dis one for virtual meeting wit owners of Computer Based Test centres say di use of NIN for registration come from Nigeria Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu and di reason na to also checkmate security issues for Nigeria. "Na for security reasons; for our small level e go help to avoid impersonation but bigger picture of insecurity for di kontri dey and we know say many of dis problems wey we get na because we get identification problem, we no fit identify every citizen..." Im also tok say candidates must make use of accessible SIM cards for UTME registration. Im add say JAMB dey do tok-tok wit di minister of Communication and Digital Economy to grant conditional waiver to almost 20 percent of candidates wey no get SIM card. JAMB also release di list of of accredited centres wia candidates go fit collect registration forms.

 See list of accredited centres for 2021 UTME registration for Lagos, 

oda centres LAGOS ADAMSPRING CBT. 9,OWOSENI STR.IJANIKIN STATION B/STOP, LAGOS STATE 

AL-MIYZAN SCHOOLS CBT CENTRE .AL-MIYZAN CLOSE ADAMS ESTATE IKOTUN , LAGOS STATE BAFUTO INSTITUTE OF MGT & INFORMATION TECH.62, IKOTUN ISOLO ROAD ILE-IWE B/STOP EGBE, LAGOS STATE BALAD PRIVATE SCHOOLS CBT CENTRE. 1,OBAFEMI STR. OFF ISAWO ROAD NEAR FCMB (ORIOKUTA JUNCTION) AGRIC IKORODU, LAGOS STATE 

BESTGIFT COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOLS CBT CENTRE .218,MULAK AVENUE IJEGUN IKOTUN, LAGOS STATE 

BRAINBUILDERS CBT CENTRE .148,IDIMU ROAD SELIAT B/STOP EGBEDA , LAGOS STATE BRAINPOINT COLLEGE,98 ONDO STREET, BY OKOBABA,EBUTE METTA, LAGOS STATE CAREER BUILDERS ACADEMY. 2,CAREER AVENUE CELE B/STOP IJANIKIN LAGOS,LAGOS STATE CERTIFIED INSTITUTION OF SHIPPING. CISN B/STOP NEAR MAGBON BADAGRY, LAGOS STATE CHRISTY CALEB INT'L COLLEGE.1/3 REMI OLOWOOKPERE STR. NNPC B/STOP EJIGBO , LAGOS STATE "CIFMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND CLASSIC INT'L SCHOOLS CBT CENTRE .29,AFOLABI STR.ORI -OKE B/STOP EJIGBO , LAGOS STATE 

CLOUDEDGE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED,KM 5 ADDO ROAD, SKID BUS STOP, OKE IRA NLA, AJAH, LAGOS STATE COMMAND SECONDARY SCHOOL CBT CENTRE IPAJA , LAGOS STATE CONNECTION COMPUTER TRAINING INSTITUTE. 1, CONNECTION STR. CELE NICA B/STOP OJO, LAGOS STATE DALEWARE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, 31-33 BODE THOMAS ROAD,OFF SHYLLON STREET, PALM GROVE, LAGOS STATE 

DATFORT INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS LTD CBT CENTRE.BAKARE ESTATE OFF ABEOKUTA EXP.WAY HAMADIYA B/STOP ABULE EGBA LAGOS STATE 

DIFAS COLLEGE. AKEEB ADEWUNMI STR. BEHIND FARM SETTLEMENT PRIMARY SCHL. ODOGUNYAN IKORODU LAGOS STATE DOMINION HERITAGE SCHOOLS CBT CENTRE.10, MOJISOLA ALAPINI STR.IJEGUN IKOTUN, LAGOS STATE 

DONUM CHRISTI . 007-013 SOJI OLAGUNJU STR.OFF ALPHA BEACH ROAD IGBO EFON LEKKI LAGOS STATE ELIHANS CBT .5/7 FATAI TOMORI STR.IGBO OLOMU VIA OGIJO, LAGOS STATE 

EGROUP OF SCHOOLS .9/11 ADEBAYO STR.OFF AMULE OLAYEMI ROAD MAKINDE B/STOP ASIPA AYOBO LAGOS STATE ETC NIGERIA LIMITED,229 IKORODU ROAD ILUPEJU CENTRE 1, LAGOS, LAGOS STATE ETC NIGERIA LIMITED,229 IKORODU ROAD ILUPEJU CENTRE 2 LAGOS, LAGOS STATE FARYDHAK CONCEPTS, 100, TOKUNBO STR. LAGOS ISLAND, LAGOS STATE

 FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL),ST.FINBARRS COLLEGE ROAD,AKOKA, LAGOS STATE FIRST OPTION PRIVATE SCHOOLS. KM42,LEKKI EXPRESSWAY ABIJO, LAGOS STATE 

FLORIN HIGH SCHOOL.22/25 OLUTIMEHIN STR. OFF AJIBOYE STR. EJIGBO LAGOS STATE GOD'S POWER INT'L COLLEGE. 10, AJAYI CRESCENT BY AJAYI B/STOP OKE ARO LAGOS STATE GRAND SCHOOLS CBT CENTRE .2/4/6 OLAOLUWA STR. ALONG SANTA MARIA STR.OFF ISUTI ROAD EGAN LAGOS STATE HOMAT SCHOOL OF BASIC STUDIES . 111, OBA OMOLAJA OGUNLEWE WAY IGBOGBO ROAD NEAR IGBE JUNCTION IKORODU LAGOS STATE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES (GRACE HOUSE) 2,IWAYA ROAD,ONIKE,SABO OPP ONIKE GIRLS JNR HIGH SCHOOL, LAGOS STATE HUNTSVILLE TECHNOLOGY LIMTED 4,AYANBOYE STREET,FARAMOBI AJIKE BY GTB,ANTHONY, LAGOS STATE IKE OLUWA COMPREHENSIVE COLLEGE CBT CENTRE.14-16 TUNDE GBADEGESIN STR. OKERUBE IJEGUN LAGOS STATE INSTITUTE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CRIMINOLOGY ADMINSTRATION. 7TH AVE. OPPOSITR K CLOSE /ALAKIGA B/STOP FESTAC TOWN LAGOS STATE ISLAND COMPUTER COLLEGE LIMITED. CRANE SCHOOL,6, ADENUGA CLOSE OPPOSITE SAFEWAY B/STOP SANGOTEDO LEKKI EXPRESSWAY LAGOS STATE JAMB ZONAL OFFICE, 11 OJORA ROAD, IKOYI LAGOS STATE (REGISTRATION ONLY) KNOWLEDGE WARE TECHNOLOGIES.87,ITIRE ROAD,BESIDE WEMA BANK,LAWANSON, SURULERE, LAGOS STATE LAGOOZ SCHOOLS, 21 SOMOYE STR. MULERO B/STOP NEAR NYSC CAMP IYANA IPAJA ORILE AGEGE LAGOS STATE LAGOS STATE POLYTECHNIC.SHAGAMU ROAD IKORODU LAGOS LASU CBT 18. LASU MAIN CAMPUS (102101|) OJO LAGOS STATE LINAR LIMITED COMPUTER INSTITUTE.KM 9,ISHERI LASU EXPRESSWAY O'MARK B/STOP IGANDO, LAGOS STATE LUFEM SYSTEMS LTD .31,DORCAS MOROLAHUN STR.EGBATEDO EMMANUEL B/STOP OLD OKO OBA AGEGE LAGOS STATE MALICOMP COMPUTERS,17 ADESOLA AKANDE,OFF OYEMEKUN STREET,IFAKO IJAIYE, LAGOS STATE MASSINO COMPUTER CBT .35, ASSEMBLY HALL ROAD BY LIMCA B/STOP ITOGA BADAGRY, LAGOS STATE MEMKAD SCHOOLS CBT CENTRE .10/12 SULE STR.SULE B/STOP IJEGUN LAGOS STATE MERITLAND CBT .20 MERITLAND STR.IGBOROSUN BADAGRY, LAGOS STATE MICHAEL OTEDOLA COLLEGE OF PRIMARY EDUCATION( CTR I). KM 7,EPE-IJEBU-ODE ROAD NOFORIJA EPE LAGOS MICHAEL OTEDOLA COLLEGE OF PRIMARY EDUCATION( CTR II). KM 7,EPE-IJEBU-ODE ROAD NOFORIJA EPE LAGOS MICTEC INTERNATIONAL CBT CENTRE 23-29 EMMANUEL STREET,OGUDU,OJOTA, LAGOS STATE MOUNT GILGAL KONSULT LTD (EDUCATIONAL).53 EGBEDA IDIMU ROAD LAGOS STATE NEW OCEAN COMPRE. HIGH SCHOOL CBT CENTRE.70/72 ALHAJA RAOD MEGIDA B/STOP OPPOSITE ANCHOR UNIVERSITY LAGOS STATE PERFECT ANGELS CBT CENTRE .12, MOSES OBEYA CLOSE OFF SOCIAL CLUB ROAD NEW OKO OBA LAGOS STATE RELIANCE S& T .292A LAGOS IKORO ROAD OGOLONTO B/STOP, LAGOS STATE RISING SUN HIGH SCHOOL . 16, OKONJI STR. CELE B/STOP AGODO -EGBE, LAGOS STATE SHOMS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS,73,IGI OLUGBIN STREET,LADI-LAK,BARIGA, LAGOS STATE STATO COMPUTER INSTITUTE. 38,IGBO-ELERIN ROAD BESIDE JIDSNA FILLING STATION LAGOS SUBLIME COLLEGE COMPUTER CENTRE, 6 BAKERY STREET, CELE NICA BUS STOP, OKOKO, OJO, LAGOS STATE SWEET VALLEY EDUCATIONAL SERVICES .MIKE ANISON CLOSE OFF AYENI STR. 2ND JUNCTION GOVERNOR'S ROAD IKOTUN LAGOS STATE TANIKEM COLLEGE.72, HARRISON SOLAJA STR.OFF AGO PALACE WAY BY DOMINIO OKOTA LAGOS. THE 11-30 HALL (FORMERLY OGUNLADE SERVICES AND SOLUTION ) .EBUTE IGBOGBO ROAD,SOLEBO JUNCTION IKORODU,LAGOS TIMEON KAIROS EDUCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL INSTITUTE.326, ABEOKUTA EXP.WAY SUPER CELE B/STOP ABULE EGBA LAGOS STATE TOLLYWOOD COLLEGE, KM43 LEKKI-EPE EXPRESSWAY, OPPOSITE JONAITH HOTEL, BEFORE BLENCO, SANGOTEDO, LAGOS STATE TOPVILLE COLLEGE, 400 ISAWO ROAD, OKE-OKO, AGRIC, IKORODU, LAGOS STATE UNIVERSAL WHITEHALL COLLEGE,32/34 DADDY SALVAGE STREET,FAGBA BUS STOP IJU ROAD,IFAKO IJAYE, LAGOS STATE VALUE PLACE COLLEGE CBT CENTRE . DUPEOLU STR.OLD LASISI BAMIGBADE STR. OPPOSITE IDIMU POLICE STATION PIPELINE B/STOP IDIMU LAGOS STATE VANILLA OPTION CBT CENTRE.15,CANDOS ROAD BY ORISUN JUNCTION OFF AMULE ROAD AYOBO LAGOS STATE WAEC TESTING AND TRAINING CENTRE CTR 1, 60,IJAIYE ROAD ADJACENT EXCELLENCE HOTEL, OGBA, LAGOS STATE WAEC TESTING AND TRAINING CENTRE CTR 2, 60, IJAIYE ROAD ADJACENT EXELLENCE HOTEL, OGBA, LAGOS STATE "WEST AFRICAN EXAMINATION COUNCIL, WESTHILLS HIGH SCHOOL, 1 PLEASANT STREET, IKORODU, LAGOS STATE 

WINSFORD COMPREHENSIVE COLLEGE CBT, 8/9 AWOPEJU CLOSE, NEAR FOURSQUARE CHURCH, BASHORUN, IGBOGBO, IKORODU, LAGOS STATE WISDOM HOUSE CBT,26,YAYA ABATAN, OGBA,LAGOS CTR 1 , LAGOS STATE WISDOM HOUSE CBT,8,MUYIWACLOSE, OFF AJAYI ROAD,OGBA, CTR 2 LAGOS STATE YABA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY,YABA,LAGOS CTR1 LAGOS STATE YEOLAN CBT CENTRE, PLOT 24-26 OMOTAYO AKINBO STREET, ALEMU BUS STOP, KETU, IJANIKIN, LAGOS STATE 

ZEEKAY SCHOOLS, 2 HOME OF GRACE ESTATE, AGBEDE, AGRIC, IKORODU, LAGOS STATE Di full list of di accredited centres dey ontop Jamb website.