Army Destroys 2000 Cartons Of Boko Haram Fish

The Nigeria Army, 7 Division on Friday in Maiduguri burnt over 2000 cartons of smoked fish and meat seized from Boko Haram insurgents.

According to Col Tukur Gusau, spokesman, 7 Division, Nigerian Army, Maiduguri, the fish which has an estimated market value of 50 million naira was seized from the insurgents at various locations in Borno State.

While supervising the burning of the fish at the outskirts of Maiduguri, Col Gusau said the products were stolen from fishermen and traders in the state. He noted that the militants usually sold the goods at ridiculously low prices to fund their terrorist activities.

Col Gusau said that with their supply channels cut off, Boko Haram insurgents have now resorted to the use of donkeys for their terror attacks.

He also asked the public to continue to support the military with useful information about the insurgents, noting that the end of Boko Haram was in sight.

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DSS Sacks 45 Directors

The Department of State Services, DSS has announced the dismissal of 45 directors of the agency, including the immediate past spokesperson and Deputy Director, Ms Marylin Ogar.

Marylin Ogar was demoted and transferred to the north east two months ago following President Buhari's nullification of the promotion exercise done in the twilight of the Jonathan administration.

Her travails may not be unconnected with her perceived partisanship in the run up to the last general elections.

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Buhari, Osinbajo Make Assets Public

President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo have declared their assets to the public. While Buhari has less than N30,000,000.00 in his account, Osinbajo declared that he had N94m, $900,000 and £19,000 in his bank accounts at the time he was sworn into office.

The documents showed that President Buhari has seven houses, two of them mud houses. Two of the houses are in Kaduna, three in his native Daura and one each in Kano and Abuja. Of the three houses in Daura, two are mud houses, one inherited from his late sister and the other from his late father. He also has one undeveloped plot of land each in Portharcourt and Kano.

The president also owns a ranch and farmlands. He has 270 cattle, five horses, 25 sheep, some birds and a number of economic trees.

Buhari is said to also have a fleet of cars, two of which he bought by himself. The rest were given to him by well wishers and the Federal Government for being a former head of state.

According to the assets declaration documents, Vice President Osinbajo has four houses, three in Lagos and one in England.

Of the Vice President's Lagos houses, one is his 4-bedroom residence in Victoria Garden City. The second is a 3-bedroom flat at 2 Mosley Road, Ikoyi while the third is a  2-bedroom flat at RCCG Redemption Camp along Lagos - Ibadan expressway.

Osinbajo also has a 2 bedroom house in Bedford, England. He also has shareholdings in seven companies including MTN Nigeria and the law firm, Simmons Cooper.

Osinbajo's cars include one Toyota Prado, one Infinity SUV and a Mercedes Benz.

It is believed that the assets declaration documents will be placed at the disposal of the public as soon as the Code of Conduct Bureau is done with the verification.

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Inmates Escape From Sokoto Remand Home

Thirteen inmates have escaped from the Sokoto Remand Home. The head of the remand center, Alhaji Dahiru Lawal told newsmen on Thursday that the inmates escape was due to the poor state of the facilities at the home.

Lawal said that in the last couple of years, many inmates have escaped from the juvenile prison.

He spoke in Sokoto while receiving gifts for the centre from an NGO, Housewives Development Initiative. He appealed to the Sokoto state government to carry out a comprehensive repair of the dilapidated infrastructure at the center which serves as a reformatory facility for convicted juveniles.

He stressed that urgent repairs were needed at the home to enable the workers carry out their duties effectively.

According to Lawal, the inmates that escaped recently bored a hole under the window of their cell. He said that seven of the thirteen escapees were rearrested while two others later turned themselves in. The remaining four are still at large.

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Nigerian Businessman Dies Selling Kidney In Malaysia

A 28 year-old Nigerian identified as Chukwudi has died in Malaysia after selling one of his kidneys.

News sources have it that the  Nigerian businessman had sold his organ to a kidney patient for six million naira. In what has become a popular business for many young Nigerians in Malaysia, Chukwudi had decided to make some quick money by cashing in on the trend.

Although the recipient of Chukwudi's kidney had a successful transplant, the young Nigerian developed complications from which he died after the surgery.

A Malaysia based Nigerian businessman who knew the deceased said he tried to dissuade him from going ahead with the deal, but he was too far bent on pocketing the six million naira on offer.

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Brekete Family To Sink Boreholes For IDPs

Brekete Family Reality Show is to drill four boreholes at Internally Displaced Persons, IDP camps across the North East of Nigeria.

The pledge was made on Wednesday 26 August 2015 in Abuja, during an interactive radio program in which Brekete Family Show hosted Brig - Gen Rogers Nicholas, Chief of Army Civil and Military Affairs.

Big-Gen Nicholas called for the cooperation of civilians and corporate organizations in rebuilding the areas ravaged by warfare so that the IDPs could return to their normal lives. He said that a lot of amenities, worship centers, schools and health centers had been destroyed by the insurgents and would need rebuilding.

He called on good spirited Nigerians to come forward for cooperation with the Nigerian Army to return the war ravaged areas to normalcy.

As Brekete Family's response to the appeal by the military, the president and founder of the show, Ordinary Ahmed Isa pledged to drill four boreholes at the IDP camps in Mubi, Yola and Damaturu. He also appealed to corporate organizations to show that they are socially responsible corporate citizens by helping the IDPs.

Big-Gen Nicholas gave the number on which he can be contacted by those who wish to partner with the Army in helping the IDPs as +234 08034036932.

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Happy Days For Abuja Police As Enforcement Of Ban On Unpainted Taxis Begins

The past few weeks have seen the police in Abuja doing brisk business arresting operators of unregistered cabs in the city.

To fight the rising wave of one chance crime in the city, the Inspector General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase had recently issued an order for the enforcement of the ban on the operations of unlicensed taxi cabs.

Following this directive, the police now routinely arrest those who use cars hitherto registered for private use for carrying passengers. They are usually made to part with huge sums of money before being let go.

Julius Berger roundabout appears to be one of the favorite hunting grounds for the police. A lot of taxi cabs, licensed and unlicensed converge there every day to pick passengers to various parts of the city.

As nightfall approaches, the police would descend on the place and arrest as many of the unlicensed cabs as possible. They are taken to the police station nearby, where their tires are immediately deflated.

Then the extortion begins. You are told how much to pay, failing which your car would be handed over to the Department of Road Services popularly known as VIO the next day. You are told that once in the custody of the VIO, your car would be licensed and painted in official taxi color after which you would be compelled to pick the bill before it is released to you.

As you realize you don't want your car painted in taxi colors against your will, you are forced to beg the police for mercy. That is when the extortion begins.

A source who recently fell victim to this kind of extortion narrated his ordeal to Abujacitynews.

According to him, the police arrested him while picking passengers at Julius Berger roundabout in his private car. He was taken to the nearby police station where his tires were quickly deflated.

His plea that he was just looking for a little money to buy bread for the kids fell on deaf ears. He was asked to pay a bribe of eighty thousand naira if he wanted to go home with his car that night.

When it became obvious that he could not afford eighty thousand, they brought their demand down to fifty thousand.
When that too wasn't forthcoming, they came down to thirty thousand.

The man said he called his wife and neighbors but by midnight, all they could raise was fifteen thousand naira. By this time, it was clear that he couldn't do more than 15k.

So, where was he to go from there? Well, "luckily" for him, the officers of the law decided to accept what he had and let him go with his car.

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