President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that his administration was committed to securing the released of the remaining Dapchi schoolgirl, Leah Sharibu who is still in Boko Haram captivity over her alleged refusal to denounce Christianity. The president gave the assurance in a statement issued to newsmen in Abuja by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu.
The Benue State government on Thursday said there was fresh Fulani herdsmen attack on Umenger community in Guma Local Government Area of the State. The disclosure was contained in a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Samuel Ortom, Terver Akase.
The statement read in part;
Members of 21st Century Youths and Agitators with Conscience, an umbrella body for ex-Niger Delkta Militants have berated the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers, RNDA and other groups in the region over their threat to cause mayhem in 30days if the President Buhari fails to reinstate Brig. Gen. Paul Boroh (rtd) as chairman, Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP.
John Yusuf, one of the six federal civil servants facing prosecution for allegedly stealing N32.8 billion of police pension fund has gotten a respectable punishment for his offence as the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, sentenced him to six years imprisonment with a fine of N22.9billion.
The court gave the ruling on Wednesday, five years after Yusuf was convicted and sentenced to an aggregate fine of N750, 000 by a Federal Capital Territory High Court presided over by Justice Abubakar Talba, a development which sparked national and international outrage.
Spokesman for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Wilson Uwujaren, revealed this in a statement dated March 21, 2018.
UNICEF says schools in Nigeria should be safe spaces and students protected at all times. It made the call in a statement on the return of girls abducted from a school in Dapchi, Yobe, state, north east Nigeria. UNICEF Nigeria, Country Representative Mohamed Malick Fall, says UNICEF is delighted that the girls abducted on 19 February 2018 were returned to their families.
The Defence Headquarters has refuted the claims by Amnesty International (AI) that the Nigerian military failed to prevent the abduction of 110 schoolgirls in Yobe State despite being warned.
The Nigerian Army on Tuesday said this claim by Amnesty International is outright falsehood and misleading.
“It is pertinent to state that most of their narratives are outright falsehood and a calculated attempt to whip up sentiments and mislead unsuspecting Nigerians. To demoralise friendly nations and people collaborating with security forces to end the forces of evil in the North-East,” they said.
