The Federal Government has yesterday disclosed it has uncovered the identity of 15 entities, including nine individuals and six Bureau De Change operators and firms, allegedly involved in terrorism financing in the country. This was revealed by the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU in a mail sent to Punch yesterday night, titled “Designation of Individuals and Entities for March 18, 2024.” The letter detailed that the Nigeria Sanctions Committee met on March 18, 2024, where specific individuals and entities were recommended for sanctioning depending on their level of involvement in terrorist financing. 

The Nigerian Correctional Service revealed that a total of 25,679 convicts have been sentenced to Non-Custodial Services in the Federal Capital Territory within five years.

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Tuesday, said the killers of about 16 military personnel in Delta State may be mercenaries and not Nigerians. Some armed men had on Thursday, March 14, attacked and killed 16 personnel of the Nigerian Army during a peace mission to Okuama Community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta. Addressing a debate on two merged motions by Senator Abdulaziz Yar'Adua, APC, Katsina Central, and Edeh Dafinone, APC, Delta Central, Akpabio opined that those who killed the soldiers may be mercenaries.

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has again denied the application to relocate the detained Biafra agitator, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from the custody of the Department State Services, DSS, to Kuje prison in Abuja. The presiding Justice Binta Nyako, is denying the Biafra agitator for the second time the application yesterday on the ground that the DSS custody has remained the most secured place for the detained IPOB self appointed leader. 

The military high command has slammed reports that troops went on a reprisal attack in Okuama community after they suffered the loss of 16 soldiers butchered by the community touts in Okuama community Delta State. Vigil360 has yesterday reported how the Nigerian Army while on a peace mission to Okuama community met their untimely death which included an army commander, two majors, one captain and 12 soldiers all lost their lives in the village savagely. 

President Bola Tinubu has directed that the killers of 16 military personnel in Okuama Community, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, must be brought to justice. This was released in a statement signed by the president yesterday describing the killing as “unprovoked” expressed “profound grief over the needless death of our gallant soldiers.” This followed the incident where 16 military personnel on duty were attacked and killed at one Okuama community, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta state last week.