Provide answers to 1 billion dollars Withdrawn to purchase arms, Wike tells FG

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has asked the Federal Government to provide answers to the $1 billion dollars that was withdrawn from the Excess Crude Account to purchase arms for the fight against insecurity. Speaking during a recent interview on Channels Television’s Newsnight which aired on Monday, the governor asked President Muhammadu Buhari to hold officials accountable for their actions. The National Economic Council had on December 15, 2017 agreed to utilise $1billion from Nigeria’s excess crude account to tackle Boko Haram insurgency and other security challenges. The meeting which was chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo had the 36

Bandits Abduct Miyetti Allah Chairman In Kogi

Unknown gunmen have kidnapped the Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in Kogi state, Wakili Damina. According to the state secretary of MACBAN, Adamu Abubakar, Damina was abducted on April 30 by some armed men dressed in army camouflage. He noted that witnesses said the abductors, numbering about eight, came in a white bus around 12 noon to forcefully take away the chairman from his house at Chikara village, Kogi Local Government Area. Abubakar said he was informed of the incident about an hour later by the younger brother of Damina, who claimed he witnessed

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Bauchi Governor cries out over influx of suspected terrorists into four LGs

The Bauchi State Government has raised an alarm on the influx of suspected Boko Haram insurgents in four local government areas of the state that share border with Geidam, Yobe State, which was recently attacked and taken over by the insurgents. The Secretary to the Bauchi State Government, Sabiu Baba, said this at a press conference after an emergency Security Council Meeting at the Government House, Bauchi, on Monday and presided over by Governor Bala Mohammed. He said, “We look into the attack by Boko Haram in Geidam (Yobe State) and and the implications for Bauchi State. “Bauchi State shares

Alleged camping of 3,000 Fulanis at Okitipupa Army Barracks fake news – Army

* Vows to summon Ondo lawyer to explain his source Nigerian Army has described as fake news the news of about 3,000 Fulani men allegedly taking shelter inside the Okitipupa Army Barrack in the Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State. Starnews Nigeria had reported that a legal practitioner, Barr Wale Odusola, had on Sunday alleged in an open letter on his Facebook personal page that over 3,000 Hausas/Fulani are allegedly occupying land belonging to the Okitipupa Army Barrack in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State. Odusola stated this barely 24 hours after the state government returned 45 northern

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