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The Nigerian Army has accepted to assist the Nigerian Correctional Service in giving refresher training to its armed squad personnel. This is sequel to the increasing spate of invasion of custodial centres by armed hoodlums and the consequent jailbreaks. The acting Controller-General of Corrections, John Mrabure had, in a letter to the Chief of Army Staff, requested assistance in training …

Mr Attahiru says the engagement of the retirees is part of a plan to reposition the army to professionally defeat all internal and external adversaries. The Nigerian Army says it has begun to engage some of its retirees to assist in tackling the rising insecurity in the country. The Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru, a lieutenant general, said this on Tuesday, …

Mr Rochas Okorocha, a former governor of Imo State, was still with the EFCC as of 8:24 p.m. on Tuesday. Sam Onwuemeodo, the media aide to the former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has confirmed that Mr Okorocha was being quizzed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja. PREMIUM TIMES exclusively reported Tuesday’s arrest of Mr Okorocha by the EFCC …

…as a sponsor of the bill in House of Reps seeks association’s input to religious discrimination Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN have said no to a bill seeking to prohibit and prevent religious discrimination against adherents and practitioners of different faiths and beliefs in Nigeria. The Association said that the bill is eventually passed into law will cause chaos, confusion, …

Suspected members of Boko Haram on Tuesday evening invaded Damasak, the headquarters of Mobbar local government area of troubled Borno state and wreaked havoc without confrontation. This time around, the armed insurgents razed down the Divisional Police Command, schools, shops and residential houses as they hoist their flags in strategic locations. Last Sunday, a group of insurgents invaded Damasak and …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Tuesday arrested the former Imo state governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, over alleged money laundering. Okorocha was arrested at his office in Abuja. Confirming the arrest, the spokesperson for the commission, Wilson Uwujaren, told Vanguard that the news was true. “Okorocha has been arrested by our men”, he said in a telephone chat. VANGUARD

…IPOB rejects new security network, says anyone joining EbubeAgu to spy on ESN should prepare to meet his ancestors …EbubeAgu’ll be backed by law – Ikpeazu …ESN is social media outfit, only south-east govs can set up security group …CSOs back regional security outfits as cover for defenceless Nigerians …Caution govs over abuse of operations South-East governors and the Indigenous …

Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki, has said that the country is in huge financial trouble. He disclosed this at the state transition committee stakeholders’ engagement. Obaseki noted that the Federal Government printed about N50-N60 billion to share in March. “When we got FAAC for March, the federal government printed additional N50-N60 billion to top-up for us to share,” he said. …

A few days after South African retail giants Shoprite decided to pull its operations out of Nigeria, the country was further hit by Twitter’s decision to site its African headquarters in Ghana. In his reaction to the news, Chief Olumide Aderinokun expressed his concern and he has concluded that the business policies of the APC-led government are not favouring anyone …

• FG can’t force governors to enforce financial autonomy – Plateau gov • NGF plans talks with judiciary workers to end JUSUN’s eight-day strike The Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, on Tuesday said state governors were not opposed to financial autonomy for the judiciary and the legislature. Lalong, who stated this in an interview with the Nigeria Governors’ Forum press …