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By Kamil Opeyemi The Nigerian Army has on Monday revealed the identities of its men who were murdered in Okuoma community at the weekend. NPO Reports that 12 soldiers, led by a commander, two Majors and Captain and others were murdered when youths of the community allegedly laid ambush for them while they were in a peace mission near the community. The fallen heroes are: LT COL AH ALI FSS psc MNIM CM Commanding Officer 181 Amphibious Battalion Nigerian Army Maj SD Shafa (N/13976) Maj DE Obi (N/14395) Capt U Zakari (N/16348) 93NA/36/12974 SSgt Yahaya Saidu 10NA/65/7274 Cpl Yahaya Danbaba…
By Halimah Olamide Minister of the FCT Nyesom Wike on Monday requested for permission to spend security votes the same way governors of the 46 states of the Federation do. Wike spoke on Monday when he appeared before the House of Representatives to defend his ministry’s budget. His ministry is to spend a sum of N1.1trn. Wike said he needs to have enough funds to deal with the security situation in Abuja and IT’s satellite towns. “As a governor, my director of SSS can meet me and say ‘We need to carry out an operation this night’. We need N30…
By Halimah Olamide The Nigerian Army on Monday accused the people of Okuoma community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta state of engaging in propaganda. The army said the community’s propaganda would not prevent the fishing out of the alleged killers within the community. In a statement released by the Army, the force said all propaganda of the last few days have confirmed that the murder of 12 soldiers was a community-orchestrated affair. “Regrettably, the community complicit in this dastardly act has resorted to media propaganda and shenanigans, rather than engage in a positive effort to fish out…
Agency Report The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, re-arraigned former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s Chairman, Bello Mohammed, at a Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja. Mohammed was re-arraigned before Justice Peter Lifu on a four-count charge bordering on his alleged role in the diversion of funds meant for the procurement of arms through the office of the ex-National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki. He was arraigned alongside his company, Bam Projects and Properties Ltd, for alleged criminal breach of trust and money laundering. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Dasuki served as NSA during former…
By Yetunde Yekini-Oropo A popular Nigerian actor Amaechi Muonagor, has repeated his appeal to Nigerians to save his life. Muonagor is bedridden over kidney failure and diabetes. A video of the actor who is known for his comic roles in Nollywood showed him on his sick bed with a man who spoke mostly in Igbo language saying the actor cannot speak well to convey his pains. When he spoke, he was barely audible indicating he is at a very critical stage of his sickness. According to the man in the video, Muonagor needs to travel to India for…
By Halimah Olumide There is relief as the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Monday announced that the voice and data services affected by the cable cuts have been restored. NCC’s Director of Public Affairs, Dr Reuben Muoka, stated this in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja. In the statement made available to the NPO Reports, Muoka said that services were restored, following its disruption on March 14, which affected data and voice services due to cuts in undersea fibre optics on the coasts of Cote d’Ivoire and Senegal. “We are pleased to announce that services have now been…
Agency Reports Activities at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife in Osun, and Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA), were on Monday paralysed as workers complied with the directive to embark on seven-day warning strike. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the seven-day nationwide warning strike was declared by the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU). The institutions’ branches of SSANU and NASU in compliance with directive of its national bodies locked the main gates preventing entry and exit of vehicles on the campuses. The bodies had declared a nationwide warning…
Kamil Opeyemi President Bola Tinubu on Monday presented the All Progressives Congress (APC) flag to the candidate of the party for the Edo governorship poll, Senator Monday Okpebholo, and his running mate, Honourable Dennis Idahosa. While presenting the flag, the president assured that APC is on the path to victory. President Tinubu expressed the optimism on Monday in Abuja during the presentation of the party’s flag to the Edo gubernatorial candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo, and his running mate, Honourable Dennis Idahosa. Addressing a gathering of party stalwarts led by the National Chairman of the APC, Dr. Abdullahi…
By Halimah Olamide Governor of Delta state, Sheriff Oborevwori, Monday afternoon visited the Okuoma community where soldiers were killed at the weekend. The governor’s visit was to assess the situation of things especially after the reprisal which had led to burning of some houses and demolition of many others. President Bola Tinubu had on Sunday given the Chief of Defence Staff the go-ahead to fish out the killers at all cost. As at the time of filing this report, no statement had been made as the governor went into the a meeting the leader of the Joint Military Task Force…
By Halimah Olamide Terrorists have kidnapped another set of victims in Kaduna state. This time around, they kidnapped 87 persons at the Kajuru Train station community in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. NPO Reports gathered that the attackers stormed the village around 10pm on Sunday carting away food items from some shops. The attack came amidst worries over the fate of over 280 pupils of a public school abducted in Kaduna last week. It has also come just two days after 15 women and a man were abducted in the Dogon-Noma community of the same local government. Kidnappers,…