Revealing Boko Haram Sponsors May Hinder Investigation – Malami

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNigeriaRevealing Boko Haram Sponsors May Hinder Investigation – Malami

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)September 23, 2021

NEW YORK — The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has defended the decision of the government not to name the sponsor of terrorists in Nigeria at the moment. The AGF said that this is imperative in order not to jeopardise investigations. The Minister said this while addressing journalists in New York, according to a statement by his Spokesman, Umar Gwandu, on Wednesday. The Federal Government has come under fire...

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8,000 Boko Haram Terrorists Surrendered

Boko HaramNational Security8,000 Boko Haram Terrorists Surrendered

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 22, 2021

MAIDUGURI — The Acting General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7 Division, Brig.-Gen. Abdulwahab Eyitayo, says more than 8,000 Boko Haram terrorists have so far surrendered to troops Eyitayo, who is also the Commander, Sector 1, Operation Hadin Kai, disclosed this during a visit by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu and a team of Defence Correspondents from Abuja on Tuesday, in Maiduguri. He said the terrorists surrendered from their enclaves in Sambisa Forests, as...

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CoronavirusLaw & JusticeNPHCDA, DSS Investigate Sales of Fake COVID Vaccination Cards

Beloved John (Staff Writer)September 21, 2021

ABUJA — The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), has urged Nigerians to report any unvaccinated person trying to procure a vaccination card. Faisal Shuaib, executive director of the NPHCDA, made this appeal at a briefing in Abuja on Tuesday. Shuaib stated that the agency is aware that some health workers are involved in the sale of fake COVID-19 vaccination cards and is working to ensure that they are brought to book. He noted that...

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FG is Uninterested in Naming and Shaming Terrorism Sponsors – Femi Adesina

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityPoliticsFG is Uninterested in Naming and Shaming Terrorism Sponsors – Femi Adesina

Beloved John (Staff Writer)September 21, 2021

ABUJA — Femi Adesina, the presidential spokesperson, has said that the naming and shaming sponsors of terrorism aren’t part of the federal government agenda. Adesina said this on Monday while speaking on the recent move by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), during an interview on Channels Television. Last week, the UAE had placed six Nigerians on its terror list. The UAE said this was an effort to target and disrupt networks associated with the financing...

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Sanwo-Olu Signs Anti-Open Grazing Bill Into Law, Joins Ogun, Ondo, Akwa Ibom, Rivers

BusinessLaw & JusticeSanwo-Olu Signs Anti-Open Grazing Bill Into Law, Joins Ogun, Ondo, Akwa Ibom, Rivers

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)September 21, 2021

LAGOS — The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has signed the bill prohibiting open grazing into law in the state. This comes barely a week after the governor assented to the State Value Added Tax Bill, empowering the state to collect VAT. Governor Sanwo-Olu’s assent to the bill also comes after some governors in the South, including Ogun, Ondo, Akwa Ibom, and Rivers signed the same law prohibiting open grazing. Members of the Lagos...

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Building Naval Base In Kano “An Example Of Putting A Square Peg In A Round Hole” – Edwin Clark

MilitaryNewsPoliticsBuilding Naval Base In Kano “An Example Of Putting A Square Peg In A Round Hole” – Edwin Clark

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)September 21, 2021

Elder statesman and foremost Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has lambasted the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Zubairu, over the Federal Government’s plan to establish a naval base in Kano State. In an open letter addressed to Zubairu on Monday, Clark decried the approval of a naval base in Kano, saying the move is one of the nepotistic actions by the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). It had earlier...

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Police Arrest Suspected Armed Robber in Ogun

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticePolice Arrest Suspected Armed Robber in Ogun

PilotnewsSeptember 18, 2021

SANGO-OTA, (OGUN STATE) — Police in Ogun on Saturday said that they have arrested a 21-year-old armed robbery suspect, Nnandi Omeka, while carrying out robbery operation at Sango-Ota area in Ogun. A police spokesman in Ogun, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Ota, Ogun. Oyeyemi said the suspect, who was arrested on September 14, following a distress call received by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Divisional Headquarters at...

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Sunday Igboho: FG to Appeal N20bn Damages Against DSS, Malami

Law & JusticeNewsSunday Igboho: FG to Appeal N20bn Damages Against DSS, Malami

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)September 18, 2021

IBADAN — The Federal Government has said it will appeal the judgment of an Oyo State High Court which has awarded the damages of N20 billion against the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, and the Department of State Service (DSS). Justice Ladiran Akintola who delivered the ruling described DSS’ action as “arbitrary aggression and prejudices” against Igboho. Akintola said the N20 billion will serve as exemplary and aggravated damages. But Malami in an interview...

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Sunday Igboho: FG to Appeal N20bn Damages Against DSS, Malami

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaSunday Igboho: FG to Appeal N20bn Damages Against DSS, Malami

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)September 18, 2021

ABUJA — The Federal Government has said it will appeal the judgment of an Oyo State High Court which has awarded the damages of N20 billion against the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, and the Department of State Service (DSS). Justice Ladiran Akintola who delivered the ruling described DSS’ action as “arbitrary aggression and prejudices” against Igboho. Akintola said the N20 billion will serve as exemplary and aggravated damages. But Malami in an interview...

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OPINION: Sit-at-Home Order: How Much Longer Can IPOB Directives Go Uncontested?

ColumnsNational SecurityOpinionPoliticsOPINION: Sit-at-Home Order: How Much Longer Can IPOB Directives Go Uncontested?

PilotnewsSeptember 17, 2021

There is now a generation of Igbo youths who have never experienced sound political leadership and the same group of youths is faced with disappearing opportunities amidst suffocating economic realities. The Indigenous People of Biafra – IPOB, led by Nnamdi Kanu who was arrested in Kenya and extradited to Nigeria to face alleged sundry charges bordering on terrorism, has apparently taken their agitation to the next level, as latest developments would suggest. Vocal on the...

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