President Bola Tinubu has approved a salary increase of between 30 and 80 per cent for personnel of Nigeria’s Armed Forces.

By Hassan Taiye

A legal practitioner and human rights advocate, Hamza D. Dantani, Esq., has called on security agencies across the country to emulate the Department of State Services (DSS) by compensating innocent Nigerians who are wrongly arrested, unlawfully detained or harmed during security operations.

A coordinated intelligence-driven operation by the Department of State Services (DSS) has reportedly led to the killing of more than 60 suspected bandits, including a notorious kingpin, during a major security operation in Bakori Local Government Area of Katsina State.

A sensitive Department of State Services intelligence report that warned of planned attacks by suspected Boko Haram terrorists and bandits in portions of Adamawa and Borno states has been leaked, prompting the Nigerian Army to launch an investigation. According to the findings, top officers of the 232 Battalion in Yola, Adamawa State, have launched an internal investigation to determine who disseminated the private security document that the DSS had initially delivered to warn the military of approaching threats.

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday disclosed that the Federal Government refused to negotiate with or pay ransom to the militants who abducted pupils and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State in May, insisting that the victims were rescued through an intelligence-led military operation after 56 days in captivity.

Arise News anchor Reuben Abati has called on the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs Didi Esther Walson-Jack, to resign following her admission that due diligence was not adequately carried out in the process that led to the recognition of the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC).