Our drones are watching Boko Haram activities in Sambisa Forest - Airforce

The Director of Public Relations of the Nigeria Air Force, Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa, has said that the military has deployed Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, also known as drones in its fight against Boko Haram.

He told Channels Television in an interview that drones have helped the Air Force to understand the movement pattern of the terrorists and determine how to counter them.

"UAVs have the capability to be airborne for up to eleven hours and they are quite cheap to maintain. So, we have been able to employ the UAV to a great extent to carry out reconnaissance and surveillance basically for intelligence gathering on the activities of the Boko Haram,” he said.

Famuyiwa also said that the Air Force has identified the possible location of the Chibok girls in Sambisa forest.

He said that the Air Force's latest bombings at Sambisa have avoided areas where the girls are suspected to be located.

“We have no fears that the girls are not there because that particular location has been under surveillance for quite a while and we suspected maybe it's a kind of ammunition depot or maybe a workshop that they are using as their logistics place," he said.

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We are searching for Tompolo - Police Chief

Following the issuance of two warrants for the arrest of ex-warlord Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo, the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase has declared that his men are on the trail of the fugitive and will arrest him if found.

“We are looking for Tompolo and my men are on his trail. We will arrest him anywhere we sight him,” he said.

The former militant leader was charged to court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on 40 counts of money laundering and corruption.

He has however refused to appear in court to defend himself.

Also facing the same charges is a former Director General of the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Mr Patrick Akpobolokemi.

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CCT begins trial of Saraki on March 10

Following the refusal of the Supreme Court to stop Senate President, Bukola Saraki's trial for alleged false declaration of assets, the Code of Conduct Tribunal will begin his trial on March 10.

Saraki's appeal was thrown out by the Supreme Court on February 5 and will be defending himself against 13 criminal charges bordering on corruption.

The 7-man panel of judges headed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Mohamed, had in a unanimous judgement, ruled that Saraki has a case to answer.

The apex court upheld the earlier verdict of the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal which okayed the Senate President's prosecution at the CCT.

Already, the CCT panel headed by Justice Danladi Umar, has served hearing notices on all parties to the case.

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Compassionate suicide bomber who refused to kill

Last Tuesday, she put on her suicide vest laden with explosives and along with two other girls headed for the Internally Displaced Persons camp in Dikwa, Borno State, ready to inflict maximum damage.

But at the last minute, while her two colleagues were bombing the lives out of some 58 persons at the Dikwa IDP camp, she changed her mind and ripped away her suicide vest.

According to Civilian JTF member Modu Awami, the 14 years old would be suicide bomber changed her mind because she became scared to kill.

She has instead volunteered to supply information on other planned bombings by Boko Haram.

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N45.9b Fraud : EFCC Declares Tompolo Wanted

Ex-Militant leader and Niger Delta warlord, Government Ekpemukpolo aka Tompolo has been declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

In an advertorial published on Thursday and signed by its Head of Media and Publicity, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, the EFCC said that Tompolo is wanted over a N45.9b fraud and as a result of two successive bench warrants issued against him by a Federal High Court in Lagos.

The advertorial reads in part; “The general public is hereby notified that Government Ekpemupolo (a.k.a. Tompolo), whose photograph appears above, is wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in relation to the offence of conspiracy, illegal diversion of the sum of N34,000,000,000.00 and N11,900,000,000.00 belonging to the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency.”

The last bench warrant by Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court, Lagos directed all security agencies to produce the suspect before him on February 19.

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In Abuja even hawkers wear suits

Photos: Meet a Nigerian man who wears suit to hawk tiger nut from a wheelbarrow http://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2016/02/photos-meet-nigerian-man-who-wears-suit.html

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Why Oliseh shouldn't have been appointed - Onigbinde

'He shouldn't have been appointed at all'- Onigbinde blasts Sunday Oliseh and NFF in new interview http://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2016/02/he-shouldnt-have-been-appointed-at-all.html

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