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Nigerian Troops Killed Over 1,000 Boko Haram Insurgents In Six weeks – Buratai
Tukur Buratai, chief of army staff, says troops have killed 1, 015 Boko Haram insurgents in the past six weeks. The military, in the past weeks, has continued to launch offensives on the insurgents. In a luncheon organised by Operation Lafiya Dole on Sunday, Buratai said a total of 84 high ranking members of Boko Haram logistics and informants were arrested...
We Don’t Have Money To Import Food – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria no longer has money to import food owing to the impact of COVID-19 on the nation’s economy. While speaking with journalists during the Eid celebrations at the statehouse on Sunday, the president described the impact of the virus as “frightening”. He said the pandemic has affected both the developed and the developing countries. Read Also: Biafra: We...
Biafra: We Are Not Bothered By Activities Of Saboteurs – Nnamdi Kanu
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Sunday said he and his pro-Biafra group are not bothered by the activities of saboteurs and traitors working against the Biafra realization. Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, in a statement made available through IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, said that to him and IPOB, the treachery and...
EFCC Convicts Babatunde Rufai, “Wear It All” Boutique Owner For Fraud
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos has convicted and sentenced one Babatunde Rufai, also known as Richard Abben, to nine months in prison for internet fraud. The convict, Babatunde Rufai, who is the owner and promoter of “Wear It All Boutique” in Lekki, Lagos, was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,...
Dr. Ogunji Served Our State Meritoriously, Loyal Party Man — Abia Speaker
Tributes have continued to pour in following the death Abia State Commissioner for Environment, Dr. Solomon Ogunji late Saturday night. The latest came from the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Chinedum Orji who described the late Commissioner as his friend. While stating that he received the news of Dr. Ogunji's death with shock, the Speaker described him...
Post COVID-19: Help Us Develop Blueprint, Ikpeazu Begs New Economic Advisory C’tee
The Abia state governor, Okezie Ikpeazu has inaugurated the State Post COVID-19 Economic Advisory Council with a charge to them to develop a blueprint for the state to manage its economy beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. The Governor told the members of the Council, at an online meeting on Friday, to take into consideration the shocks generated by the pandemic and...
Nigerians Evading Tax On Foreign Properties Will Be Prosecuted – AGF, Malami
Abubakar Malami, the attorney-general of the federation (AGF) has announced that the federal government will henceforth prosecute anyone found guilty of evading payment of tax on foreign properties. ABN TV reports that Malami who advised defaulters to take advantage of the voluntary offshore assets regularisation scheme (VOARS) to declare and regularise their assets, added that any bank or intermediary that is...
President Buhari Signs Bill On Financial Autonomy Of State Legislature, Judiciary
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law, Executive Order No. 10 of 2020 for the implementation of Financial Autonomy of State Legislature and State Judiciary Order, 2020. ABN TV reports that This was disclosed in a statement issued by Dr Umar Jibrilu Gwandu, Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and made available...
Soldier, Others Who Kidnapped & Killed Imo Undergraduate Over N800k Arrested, Paraded
A soldier and other suspects have confessed to killing a 22-year-old undergraduate, Micah Isiah, after collecting N800,000 in his account, so that “our image will not be dented.” Our correspondent learnt that Isiah was an undergraduate student of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri. One of the suspects, Ifeanyi Nwaiwu of the Nigerian Army School of Military Engineering, Makurdi, Benue State,...
Captured Boko Haram Insurgents Are Quarantined, Given Face Masks – Defence Headquarters
The Nigerian Defence Headquarters has shared some of the measures it has instituted to curb the spread of Coronavirus in the fight against terrorism. ABN TV reports that Speaking at a media briefing in Abuja, Coordinator of defence media operations, John Enenche said captured Boko Haram members are provided with face masks and also quarantined to curb the spread of...
