The military has neutralized armed bandits on the Kaduna-Abuja and Kaduna-Zaria Roads in the early hours of Sunday, 29th November and early hours of Monday, 30th November 2020. Many bandits were killed during the encounter. Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, gave details of the encounter, in a statement. At Kwanar Tsintsiya axis of Kaduna-Zaria Road, Igabi local government, troops of 4 Battalion Nigerian Army overpowered the armed bandits that were shooting at motorists plying the route. One of the bandits was neutralized while several escaped with bullet wounds. Furthermore, the troops rescued 39 persons traveling…
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The Defence Headquarters (DHQ), on Monday, says the military authorities are restrategising to combat terrorism in Borno and other north-east states. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj. Gen. John Enenche made this known on Monday while featuring on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme. He also said the coronavirus pandemic is affecting the production and delivery of equipment including Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) vital for military surveillance operations in the North-East part of the country. Enenche was reacting to the massacre of at least 43 rice farmers in the Zabarmari area of Borno. Enenche said, “my own conceptualisation and definition of…
The estimated 25 million Nigerians that will benefit from the Federal Government’s Solar Home Systems that commences this week will be expected to pay about N4,000 monthly, the Presidency has said. The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday titled “25m Nigerians to own five million solar systems at N4,000 monthly.” Akande was giving further insight into earlier reports that the Federal Government would commence the process of installation of five million solar home systems in underserved and off-grid communities across the country. The installation is in…
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has revealed that the sports ministry rejected a bill of N81m to cut the grass at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja. Dare revealed this in a tweet on Sunday. The minister explained that fund was not available, adding that there would be an outcry if Nigerians were told that N81m was used to cut grass. He tweeted, “The ministry was given a bill. The ministry did not accept. It will be detrimental to spend such an amount and it can be better invested. “If we tell Nigerians we used…
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has said that the agreement between the United States of America and the Federal Government for the supply of 12 A-29 Super Tucano aircraft is still intact. It was reported that the agreement for the supply of the aircraft, which were already paid for, was under threat due to bad runway at the 407 Air Combat Training Group (407 ACTG), Kainji. But Director of Public Relations & Information, Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, in a statement, dismissed the reports as incorrect, adding that the US Government has assured of its commitment to deliver…
Nigerian-American diplomat, Mr Adewale ‘Wally’ Adeyemo, is set to be announced as the Deputy Treasury Secretary of the United States of America by the President-elect, Joe Biden. The position is equivalent to Deputy Minister of Finance. Reports available to The Boss suggests that Adeyemo will be working under former Federal Reserve Chair, Janet Yellen, who is set to be the next US Secretary of Treasury. Adeyemo, a Nigerian-born attorney and former senior international economic adviser during the Obama administration, who is currently the President of the Obama Foundation, previously served as the first Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economics from 2015-2016, and Deputy…
The Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Rt Hon. Bamidele Oloyeloogun, and three members of the state Assembly have been summoned by the State High Court to show course why they should not be jailed for disobedience to the court’s order. Three other members of the assembly who risk jail terms include the Clerk of the Assembly, Parliamentary Secretary, Prince Abayomi Akinruntan, and the Deputy Majority Leader, Oladiji Olamide Adesanmi. Recall that the Court presided over by Justice Ademola Bola had ordered the reinstatement of four members of the Assembly who were suspended over their refusal to sign…
The ruling All Progressives Congress APC has convened an emergency meeting of its National Executive Committee NEC apparently to evaluate the performance of its Caretaker/Extraordinary National Convention Planning Committee and possibly extend its six-month mandate which ends by December 25. Spokesman of the party, Yekini Nabena in a late-Sunday statement said the meeting which is slated for December 5 would hold virtually and would be coordinated from the Presidential Villa. The statement reads; “An emergency meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been scheduled for Tuesday, 8th December, 2020. “In a formal invitation…
BORNO State Governor Babagana Zulum on Sunday traveled to Zabarmari, where he joined hundreds of villagers in the funeral prayers and burial of the 43 farmers killed on their farmlands on Saturday by Boko Haram. During the funeral, Zulum, was told by the villagers that they believed that the death toll was higher as some of their kinsmen and women were still missing. “Your Excellency, as you have seen here, 43 bodies were buried, but others have not been retrieved from the scene of the incident. Nobody can tell you the exact number of people killed. Some of the victims…
Saturday’s killing of rice farmers at Kwashebe by Boko Haram insurgents in the Jere Local Government Area of Borno State attracted strong condemnations from eminent Nigerians and groups on Sunday. The AFP had on Saturday reported that the insurgents attacked Kwashebe and killed no fewer than 43 rice farmers. The terrorists were reported to have tied up the farmers, who were working on rice fields, before slitting their throats. Although a member of the state Civilian Joint Task Force, Babakura Kolo, who assisted some of the survivors, put the number of people killed at 43, the United Nations on Sunday…