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President Buhari Has Orders Removal of Military Check Points

The change has started now that the general has moved to his official resident, President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the removal of all military check points nationwide and has directed that police should take control of internal security. Will Mararaba Nyanyan residents heave a sigh of relief now? lets hope so! Addressing State House correspondents after‎ a meeting between the president and service chiefs, the Permanent Secretary in the ministry of defence, Alhaji Ismail Aliyu said the president directed the security chiefs to liaise with the Police on taking over internal security. According to the Permanent Secretary, the meeting with the security chiefs was to give them the opportunity to brief the president on the implementations of recent decisions reached on the fight against insurgency. He also said that the military high command briefed the president on the relocation of the command centre to ‎Maiduguri as directed by the president on the day of his inauguration.

Breaking news: Court frees ex-Bank PHB boss Atuche

EFCC VS BANK PHB: A High Court in Lagos on Monday has dismissed the N25.7billion criminal charge against the former Managing Director of Bank PHB, Mr. Francis Atuche, and others. He was set free alongside his wife, Elizabeth and a former Chief Financial Officer of Bank PHB, Mr. Ugo Anyanwu. The three persons were prosecuted by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly stealing N25.7 billion from the bank. In a ruling delivered by the presiding judge, Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo, the court held that it is duty bound to comply with the decisions of Court of Appeal in the appeal of Okey Nwosu and Erastus Akingbola. The judge noted that though the prosecution, in its submission, was right to say that count one to ten of the charge was anchored on stealing which falls within the purview of State High Court. However, the judge maintained that the prosecution did not make any submission to as whether count 11 to 27 have any nexus with shares and stocks. “The case on all, ...

New case of Xenophobia attacks in South Africa

The babaric south africans are still not done with their xenophobic attacks, as Nigerian Union in South Africa on Tuesday reported a new xenophobic attacks against Nigerians and other foreigners in Sternkopf, Namakwa Municipality, Northern Cape Province of South Africa, While speaking with the President of the Union, Mr Ikechukwu Anyene, toldnewsmen in Pretoria, South Africa, that the Northern Cape Province Chapter Chairman of the Union reported the incident to its National Secretariat. ‘’ The National Secretariat of Nigeria Union has received report of xenophobic attacks from Mr Kennedy Osagie, the Northern Cape Province chapter chairman of the union. ‘’ The report indicated that South Africans attacked Nigerians. “ Two cars belonging to Nigerians have been reportedly burnt and they have been going from house to house looting and destroying their property,’’ he said. Anyene, who said that there were 20 Nigerians living in the affected community, added that none had been repor...

Nigeria Military to take over Aso Rock’s Strike Force

President  Muhammadu Buhari gearing up to relocate to Aso rock, as a result, arrangements have been concluded for the Nigerian military to take over the activities of the Strike Force, The PUNCH has learnt.