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Scores of anti-corruption activists are currently demonstrating in front of the Department of State Services office in Kaduna State in solidarity with Muhammad Mahdi Shehu, a businessman who petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over alleged multi-billion naira fraud by the Katsina State Government. Mahdi, who exposed a N52bn security vote fraud in Katsina State, is currently being quizzed by operatives of the DSS in Kaduna. See Also Corruption DSS Invites Activist For Exposing Multi-billion Naira Fraud In Katsina 0 Comments 14 Hours Ago SaharaReporters gathered that the invitation comes a few hours after a closed-door meeting between the Director-General of the DSS, Yusuf Magaji Bichi, and Secretary to the Government of Katsina State, Mustapha Inuwa. Shehu in July petitioned the EFCC to investigate Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State for alleged misappropriation and misapplication of over N52bn spent as security vote in the state from June 20...

Some internally displaced persons in Banki area of Bama Local Government Area in Borno State on Monday embarked on a protest over failure of the authorities to supply them with food items. The affected persons, who say they have been left to deal with severe hunger, destroyed cars and other valuables around the community to drive home their frustration as they demonstrated on Monday. Sahara Reporters Media “They are currently protesting seriously that they are hungry. They have destroyed cars and properties. It is very serious,” a resident of the area told SaharaReporters. ACTIVISM Insurgency Breaking News News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/2DY6qxB via EDUPEDIA

Ali Ndume Senator Ali Ndume, lawmaker representing Borno-South at the National Assembly and Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, has again kicked against the amnesty granted to Boko Haram members.   Senator Ndume made the declaration while speaking with newsmen at the weekend in Abuja. He insisted that extending state pardon to erstwhile members of the terror group when the war against their activities was still ongoing would not bring the required lasting peace. Ali Ndume He said, “Majority of Nigerians are against the way that the Operation Safe Corridor is being conducted. It is wrong to be granting amnesty to repentant terrorists when the war is still far from being over. The war must be over before we start doing that. The military could open up the corridor, allow everybody to enter and start profiling them and keep them somewhere as prisoners of war and train them. After the war, they could be reconciled with the victims of their unfortunate actions. “That is wha...

Tope Akinyode, a Nigerian rights lawyer, has threatened to sue the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for parading members of the public arrested on suspicion of financial impropriety.  The EFCC currently parades suspect of alleged crimes before charging them to court.  The anti-graft agency does not, however, parade many high profile politicians arrested on suspicion of fraud and misappropriation of public funds. Akinyode on Sunday described the parade, which usually sees suspects holding placards while they are photographed by the press as illegal and overreaching with no legitimacy in the Nigerian judiciary. His tweets reads, “ALERT: This misguided Tweet from EFCC doesn’t represent the position of the law in Nigeria. “It is illegal for security operatives to parade innocent citizens. A suspect (even if caught at the scene of crime) is innocent unless convicted by court. “Media and public parade of suspects have no legitimacy under the Nigerian judicature....

File Photo Armed Fulani herdsmen have invaded another village in the Christian-dominated Southern Kaduna axis of Kaduna State, burning two persons to death in their homes. Cecilia Ishaya, a 62-year-old widow and mother of six children, was set ablaze in her home alongside Iliya Sunday, a 56-year-old man, who was also burnt alive in his residence. He is survived by eight children. According to a statement by the Southern Kaduna People’s Union, the attacks took place in the early hours of Friday in Manyi-Mashin Village under Zamandabo ward, Atyap Chiefdom, Zangon Kataf Local Government Area.  File Photo Google The militia group burnt almost all houses in the village and looted valuables in the process. Men of the Nigerian Army’s Operation Safe Heaven responded, however, the militia fled before their arrival. It adds, “This was after Fulani militia on the 8th September 2020 lay ambush for three Atyap youth from Atakmawei village in same,  Zamandabo Ward in Atyap Chi...