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FG Begins Payment Of Increased Police Salary January

16Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Finance, News, Nigeria, Security

FG Begins Payment Of Increased Police Salary January

The Federal Executive Council has approved 20 per cent upward review of the salaries of the Nigeria Police Force personnel with effect from January 2022. The Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi, disclosed this to State House Correspondents at the end of the virtual Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday. The minister explained that the increased remuneration was a result of the demands of youths during the #EndSARS protests that rocked the country in October 2020. Part of the demands made by the protesters was the upward review of the salaries and increased welfare for police personnel. Dingyadi added that the approval aligned with the President’s promise to enhance ...

Nnamdi Kanu Gets VIP Treatment From Our Facility, DSS Denies IPoB Allegations

14Dec

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Biafra, News, Nigeria, Security

Nnamdi Kanu Gets VIP Treatment From Our Facility, DSS Denies IPoB Allegations

The Department of State Services has boasted that detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, is being given a very Important Person treatment in its custody contrary to claims by the leadership of the group that he is being denied basic needs. The Public Relations Officer of the DSS, Dr. Peter Afunanya, made the clarification at a world press conference in Abuja on Tuesday. Afunanya said contrary to IPoB’s claims, Kanu is being given all that he needs and has never been denied change of clothes and practice of Jewish religion. Afunanya said: “On IPOB and the alleged ill-treatment of its detained leader, the Service has, without any fear of contradiction, applied restraint in making public statements over the matter. The reason is simply because it avoids...

Katsina State Commissioner for Science and Technology, Assassinated

10Dec

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

Katsina State Commissioner for Science and Technology, Assassinated

Katsina State Commissioner for Science and Technology, Dr Rabe Nasir, has been assassinated. It was gathered that he was gunned down at his residence in Fatima Shema Estate in Katsina metropolis. A source who confirmed to newsmen the incident said, “Late Nasir was shot after Asr prayer in his residence here in Fatima Shema Estate.” Late Nasir was the Special Advisor to Governor Masari on Science and Technology before he was eventually appointed a commissioner. Dr Nasir was educated at the University of Abuja, University of Kansas Lawrence, Bayero University Kano, and Government Secondary School Giwa, Kaduna State. See Also: Kogi State Commissioner for Environment Escapes Kidnap Attempt He worked with the Department of State Security (DSS) and Economic and Financial Crimes Com...

EFCC Charges Kenneth Minimah, Others With ₦13 Billion Fraud

9Dec

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Corruption, News, Nigeria, Security, Terrorism

EFCC Charges Kenneth Minimah, Others With ₦13 Billion Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has charged Kenneth Minimah, a former Chief of Army Staff, with fraud involving alleged misappropriation of N13 billion meant for arms purchase. Mr Minimah was charged alongside an erstwhile Chief of Accounts and Budget of the Nigerian Army, A. O. Adetayo, a major-general, and the former Director, Finance and Accounts of the Nigerian Army, R. I. Odi, a brigadier-general, at the Federal Capital Territory High in Abuja. It would be recalled that a former Chief of Air Staff, Alex Badeh, a former Chief of Air Staff, who rose to become the Chief of Defence Staff, was charged with money laundering. He was on trial until he was killed in an ambush in December 2018. Report of investigation The EFCC said it had received a report by ...

I’ll No Longer Mediate For Bandits— Sheikh Gumi

9Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

I’ll No Longer Mediate For Bandits— Sheikh Gumi

Controversial Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, says he has quit mediating for armed bandits following their declaration as terrorists by the court. Gumi had visited bandits in the forests in Zamfara and Niger states, taken medical services to them and has been urging the Nigerian government to grant them a general amnesty as was done for militants in the Niger Delta. Before he started his campaign, the Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, and his counterparts in Katsina, Aminu Masari, had engaged bandits in their state in dialogue. But after the approach failed to end the menace, the governors endorsed military actions against the bandits. Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai and his Niger State counterpart, Abubakar Sani, have consistently opposed negotiating with the outlaws. ...

Nigerian Army Chief Laments That Some ‘Repentant’ Terrorists Have Ulterior Motives

9Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

Nigerian Army Chief Laments That Some ‘Repentant’ Terrorists Have Ulterior Motives

The Nigerian Army has said though thousands of terrorists and their families have laid down arms in the North-East, some of them have ulterior motives. The Theatre Commander of Operation Hadin Kai, Maj.-Gen. Christopher Musa, disclosed that 20,000 insurgents and their families had laid down their weapons but some of the ‘repentant’ terrorists are not sincere. The commander, who spoke on the sidelines of the Chief of Army Staff Conference in Abuja, added that another challenge the military has is that the insurgents use civilians as cover, making it more difficult for soldiers to kill them, the Nation reports. He said: “We have over 20,000 combatants and their families surrendered. This tells you there is something we are doing right. What we do with them after surrendering is our ...

Bandits Abduct 36 Residents In Kaduna Community In Fresh Attacks

7Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

Bandits Abduct 36 Residents In Kaduna Community In Fresh Attacks

Bandits have again invaded Jangali Bagoma in the Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna State and kidnapped 36 persons. The incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday and yesterday. According to Leadership, Malam Abubakar Mohammed, who is a resident of Birnin Gwari disclosed this to journalists in Kaduna. He said, “The bandits attacked the community yesterday and this morning (Monday) and kidnapped the villagers, including women and children. “They didn’t kill anybody during the attacks. We are still gathering the figures of the people they kidnapped today (Monday)”. Read Also: Gunmen Abduct Two Policemen, Attack Lawmaker In Ebonyi He lamented that the bandits attacked the community twice within 24 hours, a situation he described as heartbreaking. It would be...

Declare Miyetti Allah As Terrorists, They Have Bandits As Members — Governor Ortom Tells Buhari

3Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Fulani Herdsmen, News, Nigeria, Security, Terrorism

Declare Miyetti Allah As Terrorists, They Have Bandits As Members — Governor Ortom Tells Buhari

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has urged the Federal Government to declare Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN and Fulani Nationality Movement, FUNAM as terrorist organisations. SaharaReporters had reported last week that a Federal High Court sitting in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, outlawed the activities of groups linked to banditry and declared their activities as acts of terrorism. Read Also: Miyetti Allah Sect Vows To Arrest Gov Ortom When He Leaves Power The court had asked President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to publish the proscription order in the official gazette and two national dailies. Speaking on Friday in Makurdi, Ortom said the bandits being mentioned were mostly from Miyetti Allah Ka...

Gunmen Abduct Two Policemen, Attack Lawmaker In Ebonyi

30Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

Gunmen Abduct Two Policemen, Attack Lawmaker In Ebonyi

The lawmaker, representing Ohaukwu North constituency in the Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Chinedu Awo, has been attacked by gunmen on his way to his hometown Effium Community in the Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state. The Ebonyi State Police Command’s spokesman, DSP Loveth Odah, told journalists in Abakaliki on Monday that two police personnel were also abducted during the attack. The policemen were in the company of the lawmaker, when they were abducted on Sunday. The spokesperson noted that on November 28, 2021, at about 2pm, Awo accompanied police operatives who were returning from investigation activities in connection with the three missing engineers, abducted in the same area on November 3. Read Also: Gunmen Attack University Of Abuja Staff Quarters, Abduct Pro...

Kogi State Commissioner for Environment Escapes Kidnap Attempt

29Nov

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

Kogi State Commissioner for Environment Escapes Kidnap Attempt

Kogi State Commissioner for Environment, Chief Victor Adewale Omofaiye on Sunday escaped Kidnap attempt between Oke-Ijumu and Iyara in Ijumu Local Government Area. The incident according to an eyewitness who pleaded anonymity occurred at about 5 pm while on his way from his hometown, Ekinrin Adde where he attended some ceremonies. He noted that an unspecified number of travelers were also kidnapped in the attack. The Commissioner told a Reporter at the state-owned radio station that yet to be identified gunmen numbering 20 surrounded him with guns. See Also: Army Will Engage In War Against Bandits – Farouk Yahaya Omofaiye explained that it took the quick Intervention of his orderly who whisked him away but he sustained gunshot on his leg. The Olu Adde of Ekinrin, Oba Anth...