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According to a statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Saturday, the committee will work with the U.S Government, INTERPOL and other stakeholders to ensure all updates are properly implemented.

Not long after that, the same man that gave this woman N500 then wanted to buy a bottled water, and the hawker had to run to catch up with us because the man wanted to give him N100 and he had to collect his N50 change first before handing him the N100. The scenario touched me!

“Chinasa is a vulcanizer, based in Onitsha, Anambra State. He returned home as usual and the following day, he went with his mother to the farm. When they returned from the farm, he was seen sharpening a machete on that fateful evening, which he later used to carry out the barbaric act.

Power bike or sports bike is an extremely dangerous toy in the hands of sons and daughters of the elite. Yes it is an elite game because a power bike can cost between 2-5Million. Even second hand cost up to 700,000.

He said:” The Governor handed to us the keys of official cars that belong to members of the State Assembly. This is how it should be and we are very grateful to him for providing such leadership and ensuring that members’ walfare are always given priority.

“Finally, while commending efforts of our security volunteers and security forces stationed in our area, we are calling on all citizens and residents of Birnin-Gwari local area to be extra vigilant and expose those informants that connive with kidnappers in our respective communities.”

To fear? We chased retreating BH fighters not realising they were sucking us into an ambush, by the time we realised it, we were pinned down. We called for air support while we held our ground. Over 2 hrs of gunfire & no backup meanwhile the closest air assets were not up to
30 minutes away by air. The CDS at that time could order combat helos to go evacuate his immediate family because he had intelligence his village would be overrun by insurgents. Much to learn from an NSA that arranged the purchase of drones that crashed on their maiden flight?

The tragedy that occurred on the way to Gwoza was said to have been committed by Boko Haram members on the road from Maiduguri through Gwoza to Adamawa state.

“In order to clear ambiguity and to set the record straight, on the 25/12/2019 at the residence of Emeka Eze ‘m’ of Umuokwu village Alor, a DSS personnel whose identity is yet unknown attached to a VIP allegedly fired gun shot at a cow in a bid to stop it from escaping but the bullet missed target and allegedly hit one Nnaemaka Nnabuenyi (a domestic staff of the said engineer) popularly known as Onyeocha and the victim died on the spot. The incident was not reported to police.

“In another encounter at Fadama Village, the criminals’ flag hoisted on a tree was captured and immediately lowered after the troops had effectively subdued the criminal insurgents with superior fire power forcing them to flee in disarray.

Confirming the incident to newsmen, the Spokesman of Kebbi state police command, DSP Nafiu Abubakar, says the bandits came into the communities from Zamfara state and rustled many cows, and later shot two people to death before disappearing into the forest before the arrival of security operatives.

Registration for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination (UTME) will start on January 13 and end on February 17, the Registrar of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has said.