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Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami has explained that the delay in the final retrieval of the £4.2 million Ibori loot from the United Kingdom (UK) was as a result of some logistic challenges currently being addressed. The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ms. Catriona Laing, announced on March 9, this year, at a meeting with the AGF, that her country has concluded plans to return the money recovered from friends and family members of the former governor of Delta State, James Ibori to Nigeria. Laing, who said the return of the £4.2 million…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has apprehended Abel Godwin Idio, a 400 level undergraduate of Federal University of Technology, Minna, for retailing psychotropic substances with the aid of his textbooks. Following a tip off, Idio was picked up after the NDLEA operatives discovered two strong variants of cannabis, Arizona and loud, concealed in his textbooks. This was contained in a statement by NDLEA Director of Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi on Monday. “He was arrested in Gidan Kwano within the vicinity of the university,” he said. NDLEA will go after supermarkets that sell drugged cookies – Marwa While confirming…

Bauchi State Government has raised the alarm over infiltration of four local government areas by suspected Boko Haram members following the vandalisation of a telecommunication mast in Gamawa. It said the influx of people from neighboring Yobe where a recent attack was carried out by Boko Haram in Geidam community might have made the affected communities vulnerable to attacks by the terrorists. Addressing newsmen at the Government House Bauchi on Monday shortly after a security meeting between the Governor and head of security agencies, Secretary to the State Government Alhaji Sabiu Baba said five people have been arrested in connection…

A student of Imo State University (IMSU), Owerri, Kingsley Chiwueze, has been found dead, five days after he went missing. Chiwueze, a 300-level law student, was declared missing on Monday and his phone lines were switched off. He was said to be actively involved in student union politics, and two weeks ago declared his intention to run for senate president of National Association of Imo State Students (NAISS). President, Student Union Government of IMSU, Arinze Oguike, who confirmed the development yesterday, said Chiwueze’s body was found in the morgue of Umuguma General Hospital, Owerri. IPOB not behind South East attacks…

An attack by Boko Haram terrorists has left some residents killed in Ajiri town in Borno State, north-east Nigeria. The Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima, confirmed the attack on the town in a statement on Monday, but he did not give the actual number of locals killed by the terrorists. He noted that insurgents on a criminal mission carried out the attack on Ajiri in Konduga Local Government Area (LGA) of the state on Sunday. Yerima added that the terrorists burned nine houses in parts of the town before they were engaged by the troops of…

Fiery Catholic Priest, Reverend Father Ejike Mbaka, has explained why he took three ‘contractors’ to see President Muhammadu Buhari. Mbaka, the founder of Adoration Ministry, disclosed this during a sermon at the Ministry in Enugu. He was reacting to a statement by Garba Shehu, President Buhari’s spokesperson that his recent attack against the government is because Federal Government denied him the contracts he lobbied for. The presidency accused Father Mbaka of lobbying the President’s favour by bringing three contractors during his (Mbaka’s) visit to Aso Rock. But Mbaka described the accusation against him as laughable and childish as the three…

Tech billionaire Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda have announced their divorce after 27 years of marriage. “After a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our relationship, we have made the decision to end our marriage,” a statement on Bill Gates official Twitter handle posted on Monday evening read. The couple founded their philanthropic organisation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, together in 2000. “We have raised three incredible children and built a foundation that works all over the world to enable all people to lead healthy, productive lives. “We continue to share a belief in…

The Insight by Lateef Adewole The magnitude of the recent happenings across the country and the response from “the presidency” to them reminds me of what happened in the United States of America (USA) some weeks ago and the response to the incident by their own “presidency” as well. A killer, Robert Aaron Long, 21, had attacked some Spas in Atlanta and its outskirts. He killed eight people and injured one. This happened in Asian-American communities. The victims included six Asian women. What did the US “presidency” do? They flew all the way to condole with the people of those communities.…

*Microsoft President: We believe in the future of Nigeria *Plan with global tech firm will equip 5 Million Nigerians with digital skills in 3 years *Internet Connection also for under-served communities in 6 geopolitical zone *Project, on its own, to create 27,000 jobs Leveraging Microsoft’s experience in the utilization of technology as an enabler for the delivery of public and social good, the Buhari administration is partnering with the tech giant to accelerate Nigeria’s certain advance towards a more digital economy in line with the Economic Sustainability Plan. In a dual announcement today by both the Federal Government and Microsoft…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of a National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW) to be domiciled in the Office of the National Security Adviser. The NCCSALW replaces the defunct Presidential Committee on Small Arms and Light Weapons and shall serve as the institutional mechanism for policy guidance, research and monitoring of all aspects of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) in Nigeria. This decision is part of ongoing restructuring of Nigeria’s security architecture to address emerging threats and strengthen regional mechanism for the control, prevention and regulation of SALW. The impact of…