Breaking News in Nigeria Today Tuesday 6th September 2022
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Tuesday 6th September 2022 on some of the nation newspapers .
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Insecurity: Why Buhari is against use of mercenaries – FG
President Muhammadu Buhari is against engaging mercenaries to tackle the security challenges facing the country because he believes the security forces will rise to the occasion to restore calm, the Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed said this at a press conference in Abuja Monday. The Minister of Defence Major General Bashir Salihi Magashi
Nigeria bleeding from paucity of funds, Reps
The House of Representatives has said the country is bleeding due to a paucity of funds. The Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Finance, Saidu Abdullahi made this declaration at a session with the Midstream, Downstream Petroleum Authority (NMDPRA) at the 2023-2025 Medium Term Expenditure Framework/Fiscal Strategy Paper with ministries departments and agencies in Abuja
DSS, DIA, others move to stop terrorists’ networks, financing
The Department of State Services (DSS), Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA), Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) and other agencies have moved to disrupt terrorists’ networks as part of the strategy to check money laundering and terrorism financing. This was the high point of a two-day workshop at the headquarters of the DSS in Abuja Monday. The
Nigeria has 75,601 inmates in prisons nationwide -Aregbesola
*Says 75 per cent of inmates, awaiting trial The Federal Government has disclosed that a total of 75,601 inmates, including 1,271 military detainees, are currently behind bars in different custodial centres across the country. This figure includes 74,044 males and 1,557 females. Of this figure, only 19,064 (representing 25 per cent) are convicts. The rest
NSCDC CG: I’ll make scapegoats out of personnel involved in extortion
The Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr. Ahmed Audi, has warned personnel against extortion, saying: “I will make scapegoats out of these bad elements within the system to serve as a deterrent to others like them.” The warning followed a viral video of a civil defence operative allegedly extorting an
Alleged Money Laundering: EFCC fails to arraign Ogun Speaker, others
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday failed to arraign the Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo, over his alleged involvement in conspiracy, forgery and stealing. This development is contrary to the widely spread information that Oluomo would be arraigned before a Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos
2023: Buhari to commission Second Niger Bridge this year
As a means to improve its campaign base, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Campaign Council has said that President Muhammadu Buhari would commission the Second Niger Bridge this year. The APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) accused the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of not doing anything in its 16
Telecoms: FG suspends proposed 5% excise duty
The Federal Government has on Monday suspended the proposed five per cent excise duty on telecommunications services. The announcement was made by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof Isa Pantami. Pantami said the decision to suspend the tax was arrived at by stakeholders, asserting that the telecommunications sector already has challenges of multiple
Kuje Prison Attack: Reps vow to unravel culprits
The House of Representatives Monday assured that it would do everything within its power to get to the root of the attack on Kuje Maximum Correctional Centre by suspected terrorists on July 5 this year. Chairman of the House Committee on National Security and Intelligence and Lead Chairman of the House Joint Committee on the
LSSTF Board member, Ogunsan, bags NAOSNP Man of the Year Award
Chairman of Executive Trainers Limited, Dr. Ayo Ogunsan has been nominated as “Man of the Year” by the National Association of Online Security News Publishers (NAOSNP). The conference and award ceremony which will hold on Wednesday, September 21, 2022 under the Chairmanship of former Governor of Ogun State and respected media guru, Chief Segun
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