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Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, has charged troops of Operation Sahel Sanity to deal with bandits and other criminals ruthlessly. Buratai reiterated this when he visited the Army Super Camp Four, Faskari, Katsina State, which is the operational base of the troops in the North-West. Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai. Daily Post He said the army was ever determined to fish out and kill bandits, who have been terrorising the people until the country was completely rid of banditry. Buratai appealed to the general public to stop shielding suspected criminals, saying they would one day turn against the very people shielding them. He said, “Criminals are within the very people seeking for protection and they have cousins, sisters, brothers and other relatives because they are not falling from the skies. The sooner people stop shielding these criminals, the better we get all the security c

A barber, who identified himself as Otighan Sam, has accused a policeman attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Rivers State of breaking into his house on Friday around 12 midnight, destroying his properties, and stealing his N280,000. The incident happened at No 23 Nnewi Street, Mile 1 Diobu, Port Harcourt, a report by PUNCH said. Sam said he managed to escape when the policeman first broke into his neighbour’s house demanding to be shown his (Sam’s) apartment as he cocked his gun. The barber said he saw the SARS officer with two rifles; a pistol and an AK47, adding that he was accompanied by two armed men. Sam said the policeman was probably after him because he had earlier refused to pay for drinks he (policeman) and some of his friends consumed at a bar. He said, “A SARS officer armed with a pistol and an AK47, accompanied by two boys with machetes came to my house around 12 midnight, broke into my neighbours’ house and started beating him and asking where my roo

About 94 Nigerians students studying in the foreign countries under the Niger Delta Development Commission scholarship scheme have accused the agency of deliberately refusing to pay them. Recall that after agitation and protests from the students in the United Kingdom, President Muhammadu Buhari ordered that the NDDC pay all the students. The commission paid arrears of 2016 and 2019 sets with the 2018 scholarship beneficiaries — 40 PHD and 54 MSC – left out. The commission’s head of Corporate Affairs, Charles Odili, said the NDCC was verifying the status of the students and will pay them. Odili on Friday described the students as “hirelings, most of whom are masquerading as the commission’s scholars”, adding that they were part of a campaign orchestrated by powerful individuals against the agency. Reacting, the students condemned the statement by Odili, saying the NDDC could verify their scholarship status on their portal, which is accessible by the management. They accuse

The Coalition for Revolution has called for a slash in the benefit and allowances of politicians in Nigeria. CORE also lamented the unequal distribution of wealth in Nigeria, positing that politicians were deliberately impoverishing the masses. The group condemned the latest increase in the price of petrol and electricity tariff. In a statement jointly signed by Baba Aye and Gbenga Komolafe, Co-conveners of CORE, the group held that the country refused to pay N30,000 minimum but pay millions to politicians monthly. CORE said, “Nigerian lawmakers are the richest anywhere in the world. 109 senators receive N47bn and 360 members of the house of representatives on their own part receive N108bn every year as their monthly emoluments!  “The presidency collects N241.8bn annually as security vote. Governors, local government chairmen and many other executives also collect security votes.  “On top of all these, they still enrich themselves through corruption. According to EFCC, HED

A former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission has been ordered by a Federal High Court in Lagos to forfeit the sum of N250m to the Nigerian Government. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission disclosed this in a statement, adding that Justice R.M Aikawa gave the order. The name of the former MD and contractor was, however, not mentioned. The EFCC said the order followed an application for final forfeiture of the fund by the Lagos Zonal Office of the agency after it found out that the fund was suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activity. The commission also said the contractor with the NDDC received the funds for a purported contract and transferred N250m suspected as kickbacks to a real estate company for the acquisition of a property in favour of the former MD of the NDDC. Joined as respondents are Diamond Head Ventures and Dev. Company Ltd. In granting the interim forfeiture order, the judge directed interested parties to show cause why the