DSS FOILS TERRORISTS PLOT; SEIZES 21 AK-47 RIFLES, 4 PKT MACHINE GUNS IN SOKOTO.(PHOTO).

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 DSS FOILS TERRORISTS PLOT; SEIZES 21 AK-47 RIFLES, 4 PKT MACHINE GUNS IN SOKOTO The Department of State Services, DSS, says it has intercepted a major weapon shipment from Niger Republic in Sokoto State, recovering 21 AK-47 rifles, four PKT machine guns and 825 magazines. In a statement, The operation in Dawakawa, Goronyo Local Government Area, followed sustained intelligence surveillance targeting suspected arms traffickers. The Service also reports increased use of female couriers to transport weapons, with fourteen women arrested between February 2025 and November 2026 across several states. The latest arrest in Zamfara involves a suspected female courier, found with twelve grenades and two ammunition belts. The DSS says it will sustain intelligence-led operations to dismantle illegal arm networks and prosecute those involved.
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GROUP PETITIONS BENUE GOVERNOR OVER ALLEGED ILLEGALITIES AT BOARD OF INTERNAL REVENUE.(PHOTO).

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GROUP PETITIONS BENUE GOVERNOR OVER ALLEGED ILLEGALITIES AT BOARD OF INTERNAL REVENUE


28th July, 2023

A group known as Benue Advocate for Good Governance (BAGG) has petitioned the Benue state Governor, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia, alleging illegalities at the states’ Board of Internal Revenue (BIR).

In an open letter jointly signed by Tersoo Abagi and Inelagwu Adakole on behalf of the organisation, the group said, “We The Benue Advocate For Good Governance wish to convey to you the unwholesome illegal activities going on at the board of internal revenue services under the watchful eyes of the acting chairman and some other key officials in your government who are bent on sabotaging your efforts towards building the Benue of our dreams.”

 According to the petition, “We discovered with great dismay that touts are still collecting revenue on behalf of BIRS office with connivance of some BIRS staff. We also discovered that receipts are been reprinted and sold with the money going to private pockets. This is going on especially at Zaki Biam, Katsina-ala, Ugba and Vandeikya check points.

“We also discovered with great dismay that one Sonter Biam is the arrow man in charge of collecting this illegal monies, the aforementioned Sonter has never been a staff of the board of internal revenue therefore he has no justification to be involved in tax collection.” 

The implications of this unwholesome activities, BAGG said, cannot be over emphasized as it has negative impact on the state image and the eruption of leakages, high level diversion of state revenue into private pockets resulting to a decline of revenue generation for the state. Judging from the dilapidated income of the state at a time we are in dare need of funds to function any act of revenue diversion and sabotage should be totally discouraged and frowned at.

The group therefore recommended that, “There should be a holistic overhaul of the board of internal revenue services. The governor as a matter of urgency shop for a competent, reliable and dependable resource personality who is vast in forensic auditing and has a considerable knowledge of modern techniques of revenue generation as a possible replacement. 

“On the whole therefore, the generality of state development is hinged on here internal generated revenue base therefore the display of incompetence by the acting chairman should be replaced with immediate effect for the overall good of the state.”

They urged the governor to compare what the acting chairman has so far generated since assumption of office as the acting chairman and “see for yourself if we are being irrational here.”

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