The Federal Government (FG) through the Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has established a 13-man committee to conduct an analysis of the country’s borders with the view of strengthening the border security of Nigeria. The inauguration of the committee was done by the Minister during a presentation on border management and control by a consultant at his office in Abuja.
Niger Delta ex-war lords including His Royal Majesty, Dr Ateke Michael Tom, the Amanyanabo of Okochiri Kingdom and the Sekuro of Niger Delta, Asari Dokubo, Ajube Bibopori, (Gen. Shootaside) and Victor Ben Ebikabowei, (Gen. Boyloaf) met in Rivers state to deliberate on resolution to oil theft in the country. The former militant leaders and key stakeholders from the six states of the Niger Delta region met on Saturday at the Palace of King Ateke, Okochiri Kingdom, Okrika Local Government Area of Rivers State.
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, the south east socio-cultural group said its meeting with President Bola Tinubu to strategize on the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.
Troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued six kidnapped victims in Kaduna state while one bandit was neutralised in the course of its operation in the axis. The acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 1 Division Nigerian Army, Lt.-Col. Musa Yahaya, who confirmed the development in a statement issued in Kaduna, said that the victims were rescued on Friday. Yahaya revealed that the ongoing clearance operation by the troops of the division had continued to yield positive results.
The Department of State Services, DSS, has linked insecurity in the Southeast to criminality draped around Biafra agitation. Imo State Director of DSS, Wilcox Idaminabo, disclosed this during a one-day stakeholder’s roundtable organized by Centre for Transparency Advocacy (CTA) on the November 11 governorship election in Imo State.
A petrol-laden tanker exploded at the Iganmu bridge in Lagos on Thursday night. The Director of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service Adeseye Margaret, in a statement disclosed that the fire damaged about 11 vehicles.
