N2.5bn fraud: Court Discharges, Acquits Dariye’s Finance Commissioner, 3 Others

CorruptionLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaN2.5bn fraud: Court Discharges, Acquits Dariye’s Finance Commissioner, 3 Others

PilotnewsDecember 2, 2020

An Abuja High Court on Wednesday dismissed a N2.5bn fraud case preferred against Mr Emmanuel Agati, Plateau Finance Commissioner, under former governor, Sen. Joshua Dariye. Also discharged and acquitted were three other respondents in the 14-year-old case – Messrs Sham Damisa, Nuhu Madaki and Silas Vongbut, former Accountant General, Director of Treasury and Deputy Director, Inspectorate, respectively. Justice Adebukola Banjoko of Court V, Jabi who discharged and acquitted the quartet, said that the case lacked...

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Army Engages Religious Leaders On Insurgency Fight

MilitaryNational SecurityNewsReligionArmy Engages Religious Leaders On Insurgency Fight

PilotnewsDecember 2, 2020

The Nigerian Army says it will reinforce the role of religious leaders in the ongoing campaign against insurgency in the North East. In a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, the Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sagir Musa, said the Chaplain and Islamic Directorates of the Nigerian Army commenced effort to reinforce the campaign in 2019 when it organised the first edition of Spiritual Warfare seminar to engage religious/spiritual leaders from across the country. He...

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#EndSARS: FG Tackles UK Parliament Over Attack On Gowon

Foreign PolicyNational SecurityNewsNigeria#EndSARS: FG Tackles UK Parliament Over Attack On Gowon

PilotnewsDecember 1, 2020

The Federal Government has berated a UK parliamentarian, Tom Tugendhat, for accusing a former Nigerian leader, retired Gen. Yakubu Gowon, of stealing during a debate on the #EndSARS protest in the House of Commons. The government also rebuked the UK parliament for acting in an uninformed manner in recommending sanctions for Nigeria over the hoax massacre at the Lekki Toll Gate during the protest. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, at a...

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For the Third Time in 2020, Senate Asks Buhari to Fire Service Chiefs

MilitaryNational SecurityNewsNigeriaFor the Third Time in 2020, Senate Asks Buhari to Fire Service Chiefs

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 1, 2020

On Tuesday, the Senate asked President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the service chiefs as a result of their failure to secure the country. The Senate decision is the third time that it would be passed this year. The motion was moved by Kashim Shettima following their reaction to the recent killings of 43 rice farmers in Borno State by the Boko Haram insurgents. The legislators asked Buhari to replace the security chiefs with the new...

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The Service Chiefs Serve At The Pleasure of the President – Garba Shehu

National SecurityNewsNigeriaPoliticsThe Service Chiefs Serve At The Pleasure of the President – Garba Shehu

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 1, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, has dismissed the clamor for the sacking of service chiefs, saying it is ‘out of place.’ According to Shehu, it is prerogative on the President to appoint or sack any of the country’s service chiefs, adding that the President can keep the service chiefs as long as he is satisfied with their performance. The horrific killings of at least 43 rice farmers at...

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36 Governors To Meet Wednesday Over Insecurity

National SecurityNewsNigeria36 Governors To Meet Wednesday Over Insecurity

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)December 1, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent The 36 states governors are to hold a teleconference on Wednesday to evolve a new national security order that will ensure the safety of lives and property in the country. The Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) disclosed this in a statement by its Head, Media and Public Affairs, Mr Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo,  in Abuja. Bello-Barkindo said that the forum at its 22nd meeting would also be receiving zonal updates on the disbanded Special...

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Group Condemns Attack of Peaceful Protesters

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaGroup Condemns Attack of Peaceful Protesters

Beloved John (Staff Writer)December 1, 2020

The Crime Correspondent Association of Nigeria (CCAN), has condemned the extra judicial killings carried out by the security forces on defenceless #EndSARS protesters. In a statement, Hassan Zaggi, CCAN Chairman expressed distaste over the massacre of young, energetic and vibrant citizens. “The ugly incidents of gruesome killings and maiming of Nigerians in the Abuja city centre, Dutse Alhaji, a suburb in the FCT, Lagos and other parts of the country is worrisome. “We have even...

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Zabarmari Killings: Buhari Dispatches Delegation, Vows End to Terrorism

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNigeriaZabarmari Killings: Buhari Dispatches Delegation, Vows End to Terrorism

PilotnewsNovember 30, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday dispatched a high powered government delegation to Maiduguri to deliver a message of condolence and solidarity with the government and people of the state over the killing of 43 farm workers. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 43 farmers were murdered while unspecified numbers of others were unaccounted for when Boko Haram insurgents attacked rice fields at Koshebe village, near Zabarmari, on Friday. NAN gathered that nine...

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#EndSARS: Police Brutally Killed My 24 years- old Son, ‘’ I Paid Police N5,000 Bail-Fee’’ Victims Tells Adamawa Judicial Panel

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeNewsNigeria#EndSARS: Police Brutally Killed My 24 years- old Son, ‘’ I Paid Police N5,000 Bail-Fee’’ Victims Tells Adamawa Judicial Panel

PilotnewsNovember 30, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’ Aziz, Regional Correspondent As startling revelations continued to trail, a victim of police brutality, Mr. Nicks Kaino has told Adamawa  State Judicial Commission of Inquiry how police ‘ killed’  his son, Kane, aged 24 years, as another victim Yohanna Vandi accused the police of detaining him in a police cell with six others which caused  him to lose a contract of three hundred thousand naira (N300,000). In his submission, through a counsel,...

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Zabarmari: Zulum Leads Horrified Kinsmen to Bury 43 Farmers Killed By Boko Haram

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNigeriaZabarmari: Zulum Leads Horrified Kinsmen to Bury 43 Farmers Killed By Boko Haram

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)November 29, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent Governor of Borno State, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum was at Zabarmari early morning on Sunday, to lead kinsmen and other residents, still in shock, for the funeral of 43 farmers slaughtered by the Boko Haram insurgents. Though the victims lived in Zabarmari is a farming community in Jere local government area, famous for rice cultivation and local processing, they were attacked on Saturday, at Koshebe village, a place in Mafa...

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