Ahead of the anniversary of the Armed Forces Remembrance Day on Saturday, 15th January, 2022, the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Lucky Irabor has declared that the military’s unflinching loyalty and subordination to democratic tenets in the Country should eliminate any doubt in the minds of Nigerians that democracy has come to stay. Irabor made the statement during an interview on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme. “Today, I believe that Nigerians are no longer in doubt as to the subordination of the military to the democratic rule which has been sustained since 1999. I believe that no one is in doubt that democracy has come to stay, I believe that no one is in doubt ay longer that the current military leadership, and of course, since democratisation in 1999, that the military is well focused to perform its constitutional roles.”

Senator representing Borno south at the National Assembly, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume has slammed the report by some section of the media that “Boko Haram raided police mobile Training school at Gwoza and abducted some policemen.
Ndume, who is the Chairman Senate Committee on Army, and somebody who hails from the said Local Government, Gwoza, in Borno state described the news as ‘fake’, an act of mischief-makers. There was a report alleging that dozens of Police officers were abducted from a Police Mobile training School after the terrorist Boko Haram raided the school located at Limankara Village, a suburb located 20km away from Gwoza town.

The Federal Government (FG) has inaugurated the governing board of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha performed the inauguration on behalf of the federal government on Thursday in Abuja.

The Police in Delta State have confirmed that three persons including two children have died after a storey building collapsed at Okpanam road, Asaba the state capital. The church Salvation Ministries were having their evening service on Tuesday, when the incident occurred. Police spokesperson DSP Bright Edafe, said as at yesterday night when the incident happened, 18 persons have been rescued out of the building and three people are critically injured but as at Wednesday morning three persons where confirmed dead.