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Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, has ordered troops involved in counter-insurgency operations in the North-East to swiftly ready themselves to war mode. According to Peoples Gazette, Buratai lamented a slack in personnel performance that had prolonged the war. Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai. An internal army correspondence seen by the newspaper, titled: “COAS Special Order-01 Change to War Mode,” also directed soldiers deployed in ‘Operation Lafiya Doleé a special anti-terrorism combat squad to treat all individuals in the troubled region as Boko Haram suspects until properly identified. “All persons must be treated as suspects unless fully identified and cleared especially in isolated, high threat areas, when on clearance operations and check point duties. “We are not in peacekeeping operations, internal security operations or deterrence actions. This is real war fighting,” the November 20, 2020, directive s

Dr Nasir Aminu Every human alive should be grateful to live in this twenty-first century—a century that has freed humans from slavery, tyranny, and all other forms of medieval imperfections. We should also be grateful to our democratic system and the existing arms of government for creating limited powers to individuals. The subjective attempt by Governor El-rufai to use his, final thirty months, of executive power to change the customs of the Kaduna State traditional institutions is worrying. Thus, it is imperative to seek the help of both the Judiciary and the legislative arm of government to intervene. The consequences of any change in the traditional institution will not be disclosed until after his government has departed. At the coronation ceremony of the Emir of Zazzau, the Governor reiterated that he is proposing a change to the laws of the State’s traditional institutions. He had highlighted thisearlier at the State Assembly when he presented the 2021 budget too. I hav

Ibrahim Magu Lawyer to suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, Wahab Shittu, has denied media reports that his client shunned an invitation of the Code of Conduct Bureau. The CCB had invited Magu via a letter with reference number CCB/HQ/II&M/007/2093 dated November 2, 2020.  Ibrahim Magu He was asked to appear before the anti-corruption agency on November 17, 2020. The suspended EFCC boss was asked to come along with acknowledged copies of all asset declaration forms since joining the public service as well as his payslips and land documents. It was, however, reported that Magu failed to honour the request of the CCB but wrote a letter instead explaining that he would not be able to do so. In a statement on Sunday, Shittu said he had written two letters to the Chairman of the CBB, intimating him about the inability of Magu to have access to the relevant documents as required by the CCB. He said, “Our attention has been

Rivers Governor Wike The Rivers State Government has directed security agencies to arrest any trader, who displays goods around the Rumuokoro Flyover with effect from Monday, November 23, 2020. In a statement on Sunday by Kelvin Ebiri, Special Assistant to Governor Nyesom Wike on Media, said security agencies have also been directed to confiscate goods of erring traders. Rivers Governor Wike “The Rivers State Government hereby warns that any trader, who flouts this directive will be prosecuted according to relevant sections of the Rivers State Street Trading, Illegal Markets and Motor Parks (Prohibition) Law 2019,” the statement reads.   Politics News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/3lV5Pxj via EDUPEDIA

Late Phillip Tetari Shekwo Philip Shekwo, Chairman of Nasarawa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, who was found dead on Sunday after being kidnapped by bandits on Saturday, once hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for ‘defeating’ insecurity in the country. Shekwo was kidnapped on Saturday at his residence along Dunamis Church, Bukan Sidi in Lafia, capital of Nasarawa. Late Phillip Tetari Shekwo KokoTV See Also Insecurity Bandits Kill Abducted Nasarawa APC Chairman 0 Comments 1 Hour Ago During a 2018 thanksiginng in his honour in Toto Local Government Area of the state, Shekwo said killings around the country attributed to bandits and herdsmen were corruption fighting back and an attempt to discredit President Buhari. He said at the time, “If not because God in His infinite mercy decided to bring Buhari to power at the time He did, the country would have been in a serious mess by now. “The President is sincerely fighting corruption; corruption is respon

A team of drunk policemen on Saturday night in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, shot dead a young man named Olaoye Abayomi. Abayomi was with his friend, Idris Adebayo, at Queens Court Hotel along Ado-Ikere Road when the police officers attached to a retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police arrived the scene with a vehicle carrying “PF 600 – WSH” number plate and started misbehaving under the influence of alcohol. They allegedly threatened to kill some of the guests and opened fire all of a sudden.  In the process, stray bullet hit Abayomi, killing him instantly. The development caused pandemonium in the area, forcing guests to scamper for safety while those, who sustained gunshot injuries were rushed to Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti. Spokesperson for the police in the state, Sunday Abutu, confirmed the incident, adding that the command had commenced investigation into the matter. He said the policemen fingered in the shooting had been arrested and deta

Dr Onyema Ogbuagbu Dr Onyema Ogbuagbu, a Nigerian doctor, has been identified as a key figure in the research that led United States pharmaceutical company, Pfizer, to develop the first effective COVID-19 vaccine. Speaking in an interview with ABC News on the vaccine, he said although doses will be unavailable to everyone at first, massive distribution was expected to take off in the first quarter of 2021. Dr Onyema Ogbuagbu Pfizer said it would launch a pilot in four states in the United States but there have been concerns as the vaccine needs to be stored at -94 degrees Fahrenheit (-70 degree Celsius), a challenge Ogbuagbu said would be overcome soon. Ogbuagbu is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Infectious Disease Specialist at Yale School of Medicine, who graduated in 2003 from the University of Calabar with a degree in medicine.   See Also PUBLIC HEALTH Pfizer Reports 95 Per Cent Efficacy Of New COVID-19 Vaccine After Final Analysis, Declares It Safe For Use

Gunmen suspected to be bandits have released nine students of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, kidnapped last Sunday after N1m was paid as ransom for each of them. The students were travelling to Lagos for a programme at the Nigerian French Language Village in Badagry when they were kidnapped along the Abuja-Kaduna Highway. One of the students, Dickson Oko, who escaped with a gunshot wound, said the kidnappers had contacted families of the students demanding N30m ransom on each student.  The kidnappers, however, reduced their demand to N1m for each student. “Yes, my daughter had been released, yesterday, they told me to bring N5m but after series of bargaining, they said I should pay N1m which I did. “They also demanded for some drinks and cartons of milk from each parents. They then described a place for us in Dutse, Jigawa State, that was where we dropped the money,” a parent of one of the students told SaharaReporters. CRIME Education News AddThis :  Original Author

The body of Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Nasarawa State, Philip Shekwo, was on Sunday discovered, a day after he was abducted by gunmen suspected to be bandits. SaharaReporters recall that Shekwo was kidnapped late Saturday night by the gunmen, who invaded his residence along Dunamis Church, Bukan Sidi in Lafia. See Also CRIME Bandits Kidnap Nasarawa APC Chairman 0 Comments 3 Hours Ago They were said to have exchanged gunfire with the victim’s security detail before whisking him away. Spokesperson for the police in the state, ASP Ramhan Nansel, confirmed the incident to SaharaReporters. He said, “Yes, he is dead, his corpse has been removed and taken to the morgue for post mortem examination and investigation has began to unravel the cause of the incident.”   Insecurity Politics News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/2HoNCcA vi

A coalition of international anti-corruption groups has urged a World Bank affiliated group against scuttling Nigeria’s bid to successfully prosecute illicit funds associated with the controversial OPL 245. In a petition to the Chairman, International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, David Malpass, the groups raised critical issues concerning ICSID lack of diligence in dealing with serious corruption cases in Nigeria, warning that the posture of the ICSID may have far reaching consequences across the global anti-corruption campaign especially as it affects oil giants.  The petition was signed by Olanrewaju Suraju for Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre); Bart-Jaap Verbeek for SOMO; Simon Taylor, Global Witness; Luca Manes, Re-Common; and Nicholas Hildyard, for The Corner House.      The anti-corruption groups had helped opened up a can of worms involving several criminal deals associated with the OPL245 while raising the alarm that s

Gunmen suspected to be armed bandits have kidnapped the Nasarawa State Chairman of the All progressive Congress, Phillip Tetari Shekwo. Shekwo was kidnapped on Saturday at his residence along Dunamis Church, Bukan Sidi in Lafia. Commissioner of Police in the state, Bola Longe, confirmed the incident. Longe said security agencies had already swung into action in search of the APC chairman.   CRIME Insecurity Politics News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/39jiDKP via EDUPEDIA

File Photo Boko Haram terrorists on Saturday again ambushed an advance team of Borno State governor, Babagana Zulum, at Ja’alta along Gajiram to Monguno Road, killing seven soldiers and members of Civilian-JTF, security sources told SaharaReporters. The insurgents attacked the convoy on their way to Baga in Kukawa Local Government Area as a security detail to Zulum, who is is spending two days with other government officials in the town to distribute food items to newly resettled displaced persons. File Photo Sources said the governor had earlier flown by helicopter to the town with some top government officials. “We were attacked by the gunmen who came with about six trucks and seven motorcycles. We engaged them but they have already destabilised. “We had no option than to abort the trip and returned back to Maiduguri with corpses of the deceased. About seven people died immediately but two of my colleagues (soldiers) died from gunshot injuries when we got back to Maidugur