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      The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Air Task Force (ATF) for Operation DIRAN MIKIYA, on 15 and 18 August 2018, successfully degraded several identified hideouts of a notorious armed bandit kingpin. The attacks, which were executed in support of ground troops in Sector 2 of Operation SHARAN DAJI, were planned based on credible intelligence that the kingpin and his g roup of armed bandits were using an abandoned primary school in SHAMASHALE as well as some makeshift settlements in nearby RUGU Forest in the Eastern part of ZAMFARA State as bases for their operations. The attack at SHAMASHALE was conducted on 15 August 2018, following further confirmatory Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions that revealed the presence of several armed bandits in the area. Accordingly, the ATF dispatched 2 combat helicopters to attack the location. During the attack, some bandits carrying sophisticated high caliber weapons were seen trying to flee the area. Some were on motorcycle

       The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has been drawn to a news report entitled, Magu's Chief of Staff Under Investigation for Bribery and Unalwful Enrichment, which was published by online news platforms, First Weekly Magazine, and Nigeriannewsdirect, alleging that Mr. Ola Olukoyede, Chief of Staff to Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman EFCC, is under investigation for alleged corruption. The publicat ions purports that Mr. Olukoyede defrauded some prominent "Nigerian(sic)...under the guise of assisting (sic) to curry (sic) from his boss, Ibrahim Magu." It went on to list an unnamed former Nigerian State governor and a prominent Chief from the southwest among his alleged victims. The latter, the publications claimed, lost N100m to the Chief of Staff! The salacious claims continued with the strange revelation that EFCC "discovered a mind-boggling amount of money in his personal accounts", which supposedly forced the Vice Presi

       The Lagos State Government has said that the 3rd Mainland Bridge will be temporarily shut down for four days starting from midnight of August 23 to midnight of August 26, 2018 for Investigative Maintenance Test to be carried out. The State’s Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Mr Ade Akinsanya, who disclosed this in a statement, said the decision was taken after due consultation with the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing. The four-day closure, according to Akinsanya, will enable the contractors assess the true state of the bridge after which works would commence by the end of the year or early in 2019. It would be recalled that the Federal Government had earlier announced plans to shut the bridge in July, but had to be shelved after due consultation with the State Government and wide deliberations with other stakeholders, who expressed concern about the indiscriminate parking of articulated vehicles on other alternative routes which would have adver

       She flaunts her Vogue magazine cover on Instagram with the caption '' Photographer:  @emmasummerton . Interview:  @mrarnaut . Stylist:  @annakatsanis Fashion director:  @katieellentrotter . Hair:  @kimblehaircare . Makeup:  @officialsheiks  .More photos below.

      THE Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in   Nigeria   has described former Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN). Mr   Kofi Annan   as a statesmen and father of African humanitarianism. In a tribute to Annan who died Saturday at the age of 80, EFF Nigeria noted while in-charge of the UN his commitment to peace-building was second to none. The tribute issued by group coordinator, Comr. Marvis Enoma Iyamu further described Annan's demise on Saturday as a sad loss to humanity as a whole. "We the members of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Nigeria chapter wish to express our grief on the passing on to glory of a great African icon and leader KOFI ANAN "We are not just in grief but we give God thanks for a life well lived, not just as the Secretary General of the United nations but also as an elder statesman and a pan africanist, as a national leader you ensured at all times that the former Gold coast (GHANA) had and still has enough peace and polit

       President   Muhammadu Buhari   on Saturday transmitted a letter to the National Assembly informing them of his resumption of duties as president. Garba Shehu, the president’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, confirmed this in a statement in Abuja on Saturday. According to Mr Shehu, the transmission of the letter to the two arms of the legislature — the Senate and the House of Representatives — followed the completion of his 10-day working leave. Mr Buhari said: “In compliance with Section 145 of the 1999 constitution (as amended), I write to intimate the Senate, the House of Representatives that I have resumed my functions as the President of the Federal Republic of  Nigeria  with effect from today, Saturday, 18th August, 2018, after my vacation. “Please accept, Distinguished Senate President, Hon. Speaker, House of Representatives, the assurances of my highest consideration.” Meanwhile, Mr Buhari has assured Nigerians that he would not spare anyone

    The Kano State Government has spent the sum of N275 million on youths empowerment, the state Governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, has said. Ganduje stated this in Kano on Saturday during the flag-off of its newly introduced cash transfer disbursement to 8, 800 youths at the Government House, Kano. According to him, the gesture was to enable the beneficiaries to start their own businesses in order to become self-reliant. “The programme is driven by the need to encourage our youths to be self-employed and to establish their own businesses. “A total of 8,800 youths drawn from across the 44 local governments of the state will benefit from the empowerment and each of them will receive N20,000. “Another set of 6, 600 comprising women only will also benefit from the programme and each of them will get N15,000,” Ganduje said. The governor said that the empowerment programme introduced by the state government had reduced youth restiveness, criminal activities and other anti-

      As the World commemorates this year's Humanitarian Day, Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom calls on the United Nations, other international bodies and civil society organisations to remember the over 500, 000 Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs in Benue State. The Governor describes as significant, the theme of the 2018 World Humanitarian Day which is 'Not a Target' and expresses sadness that the people of his state  have become targets of armed herdsmen attacks in gross violation of global conventions on the right to life and human dignity. He says the humanitarian crisis occasioned by armed herdmen attacks in the last eight months have overstretched lean resources of the state. Governor Ortom recounts that hundreds of lives have been lost, homes, schools, churches and health centres destroyed with over 180,000 people in eight Internally Displaced Persons, IDP camps and over 500,000 displaced people either living with relatives or in uncompleted buildings ac

       President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja from London after a 10 working day vacation in London.He returned yesterday Saturday evening where he was greeted by Kogi State governor,the Inspector General of Police,his Media Aides etc.More photos below