Ex-PDP power minister Mohammed Wakil arrested by EFCC

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested a former Minister of State for Power, Mohammed Wakil. Wakil served as Minister of State for Power under the former administration of President Goodluck Jonathan. He was arrested in his residence in Abuja on Sunday, PRNigeria reports quoting an undisclosed source. Wakil will be…

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Negotiating With Bandits, never A Sign Of weakness or Failure – Zamfara Governor

Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle on Monday said negotiating with bandits is not a sign of failure. He disclosed this at the Government House in Gusau while receiving some repentant bandits who surrendered their weapons and embraced his administration’s peace deal. Governor Matawalle believes the only way to put a stop to the current insecurity…

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Sheikh Gumi Makes Case For Fulani-Herdsmen-Turned-Bandits

Islamic Cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has reiterated that Fulani herdsmen involved in banditry are victims of circumstance. Sheikh Gumi restated his position during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday. The cleric has previously advocated for the bandits to be granted amnesty after meeting them in the bush. “When I listened to them,…

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MASSOB secretariat in Imo burnt by Soldiers – Uwazuruike blames IPOB

The leader and founder of the Biafra Independent Movement/Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra ( BIM-MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, has condemned the invading and burning down of his group’s secretariat in Orlu Council Area of Imo State by soldiers. He also said that his members were not responsible for the alleged killing…

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