PhotoNews | Senate President Bukola Saraki meets with Service Chiefs (03/02/2016)
PhotoNews | Senate President Bukola Saraki meets with Service Chiefs (03/02/2016)
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Court grants bail to 20 pro-Biafra protesters in Rivers State
Justice Uche Agomuo of the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has granted bail to twenty pro-Biafran protesters. The pro-Biafran agitators had been in detention since October last year... ....[DailyPost] »
Buhari is using arms I procured to fight insurgency – Jonathan
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has declared that the current administration was fighting the war against Boko Haram with the arms bought under his administration. He told France 24... ....[DailyPost] »
EFCC Detains Former Air Chief
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has continued to detain the immediate past Chief of Air Staff, Adesola Amosu who was arrested on January 27 by operatives... ....[Channels TV] »
Two policemen killed after responding to distress call in Aba
Unidentified gunmen suspected to be armed robbers, have reportedly killed two policemen attached to the Ogbor Hill Police Division in Aba, Abia State when they responded to a distress call... ....[DailyPost] »
$2.1b armsgate: EFCC seizes Dasuki’s, General’s houses
Agency takes over hotel, mansion, shopping mall Property believed to belong to former National Security Adviser (NSA) Sambo Dasuki was at the weekend confiscated... ....[The Nation] »
Herdsmen kill DPO, 40 others in Adamawa
No fewer than 40 persons including the Divisional Police Officer in-charge of Vunokilang Police Station in Girei Local Government Area of Adamawa State, CSP Okozie Okafor, were feared killed... ...[New Telegraph] »
Pipeline bombing: FG directs Ijaw communities to hand over suspects
THE PRESIDENCY, weekend, asked Ijaw communities in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State, not to entertain fear of bombardment by security agencies... ...[Vanguard News] »
Suspected Terrorists Attack Six Villages In Adamawa
It has been a deadly attack in Adamawa State as suspected Boko Haram militants raided five villages in Girei Local Government of Adamawa State, leaving at least 15 people dead... ....[Channels TV] »
Arms scandal: Military awaits EFCC action on 11 serving officers
There are indications that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has yet to send any communication to the military concerning 11 serving officers who are among those being probed... ....[The Punch] »
ARMS PROBE: I’ll open up next week, says Falae
NATIONAL Chairman of Social Democratic Party, SDP, Chief Olu Falae, yesterday, said he has fixed next week to adequately address his alleged involvement in the ongoing arms deal scandal... ...[Vanguard News] »
Gunmen Kill At Least Eight In Rivers
It was a bloody day for the people of Ula Upata and Ahoada East Local Government Areas of Rivers State as gunmen killed at least eight people. Reports revealed that the gunmen, numbering... ....[Channels TV] »
Declare your assets now – Buratai charges army officers
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai has directed all officers of the Nigerian Army who have not declared their assets to do so immediately. He gave the directive,... ....[DailyPost] »
$2.1b arms deals: Mu’azu, Dikko, Jonathan’s ex-aide may be declared wanted
Security agencies may declare former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chair Adamu Muazu, former Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Comptroller-General Abdullahi Dikko Inde and four others wanted.... ....[The Nation] »
Arms scandal: EFCC sends ex-service chiefs’ accounts to NFIU
There were indications on Monday that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission was collaborating with the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit on the monitoring of bank accounts... ....[The Punch] »
Saraki Orders Review of NASS Security
Chairman of the National Assembly and President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has directed a review of all security arrangements in the National Assembly to keep the institution abreast of the current challenges in the country, especially now that the Boko Haram insurgency has receded.. ...[Abubakar Bukola Saraki] »
Pro-Biafra Protest: Wike orders arrest of agitators
Governor Nyesom Wike has directed security agencies in the state to alert and arrest Biafran agitators who have resorted to illegal procession and assault of law abiding... ....[P.M. News] »
Army kills 14 Boko Haram members as sect attacks military base in Yobe
Boko Haram insurgents yesterday attacked the 120 Task Force Battalion of the Army at Goniri in Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe state. The insurgents appeared... ....[The Nation] »
Arms deal: Tension as Buhari orders probe of ex-CDS Badeh, two Air Chiefs, 15 others
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday gave the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) the green light to establish the scope of the culpability of the immediate past Chief... ....[The Nation] »