1. NIGERIA’S ARMY CHIEF CHARGES COMMANDERS ON WAR ETHOS, KEY TO MILITARY OPERATIONS SUCCESS.
Globalnewsnetwork - The Chief Of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya has charged Commanders at all levels to intensify Warrior ethos and regimentation in the Nigerian Army towards creating bonds, cohesion and discipline required for successful military operations. The COAS made this known when he declared open a seminar on Intensifying Warrior Ethos and Regimentation in the Nigerian Army organized by the Department Of Transformation and Innovation Army at Headquarters 3 Division, Jos. The COAS said with the myriad of complex security challenges bedeviling the country and the enormous responsibility it brings, the Nigerian Army will continue to review its tactics and techniques in order to come up with strategies to overcome the country’s adversaries.
2. MNJTF IMPROVES EFFICIENCY IN OPERATIONS, CONDUCTS 2 DAY INDUCTION TRAINING FOR NEW MSOS.
SpyeTV - The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) in the last few weeks were aimed at improving synergy, efficiency in operations and to uplift the morale of troops towards the total defeat of the Boko Haram/ ISWAP terrorists in the Lake Chad Basin Area. Chief of Military Public Information, Lt Col Kamarudeen Adegoke made this known in a statement made available to SpyeTV News on the activities of the MNJTF for some weeks in Sector Area of Responsibility and the wider Lake Chad Basin region.
3. UN AGENCY SAYS NEARLY HALF OF WORLD’S TERROR VICTIMS ARE AFRICANS, WITH ORGANISED CRIME INCREASINGLY ENTRENCHED.
Globalnewsnetwork - The threat of terrorism and organised crime is becoming increasingly entrenched across Africa, the head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime told the Security Council on Thursday, warning that illegal trafficking is depriving millions of a decent livelihood. UNODC chief Ghada Waly said there were around 3,500 victims of terrorist acts in sub-Saharan Africa last year, nearly half of those recorded worldwide. The vast Sahel region in particular has become home to some of the most active and deadly terrorist groups, and it is essential to gain more understanding of the links between organised crime and terrorism, through rigorous data collection, she added.
4. 64 ARMED NOTORIOUS YOUTHS, DRESSED IN BLACK ARRESTED BY TROOPS IN ABUJA ON INDEPENDENCE DAY.
SpyeTV - The military on Thursday said, Guards Brigade troops raided Karshi hill and surrounding villages in Abuja Municipal Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, arrested 64 youths in black attires armed with 9 locally made guns. Director, Defence Media Operations Major General Danmadami disclosed this at the Defence Headquarters bi-weekly press briefing on troops activities and operational successes being recorded in the various operational theaters of the 6 geo-political zones of the Country.
5. KWARA KIDNAPPERS DEMAND N10M, SLEEP OFF, VICTIMS ESCAPE.
Barristerng.com - Two children who were abducted after gunmen killed their father, Alfa Tunde Aribidesi, at their residence at Gaa Osibi in the Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara State, have escaped from the den of their abductors. Tunde, a trader at Ojatuntun, Baboko, Ilorin, was killed on Thursday, September 29, 2022. His children, Jamiu (12) and Sambo (15), were taken away, as the kidnappers demanded N10m for their release. The two children, however, escaped on Sunday night after their abductors slept off in the forest.
6. INSECURITY WILL BE CURTAILED BEFORE THE END OF MY ADMINISTRATION- BUHARI.
SpyeTV - President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that insecurity, especially banditry and kidnapping, will be significantly curtailed before the end of his Administration. He said that the defence and internal security will continue to be accorded top priority in 2023. Buhari disclosed this today 7th October 2022, while presenting before the two chambers of the National Assembly, a record N20.51 trillion proposed budget for the 2023 financial year. The N20.51 trillion budget which is the highest so far in the nation’s history, is the last to be presented by the president before his tenure elapses.
7. DRAMA AS PICKPOCKET BREACHES TIGHT SECURITY, STEAL EX-VP NAMADI SAMBO’S PHONE IN ABUJA.
Intelregion.com - A pickpocket has allegedly stolen the mobile phone of a former Nigerian vice president, Namadi Sambo, at the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) Conference Center in Abuja. Senator Shehu Sani, a former federal lawmaker, who made this known on Thursday, October 6, 2022, said someone breached the tight security line and stole Sambo’s phone at the ongoing late Governor Solomon Lar’s book launch in Abuja. “It’s incredible that someone can breach the tight security line and steal the phone of the former VP Sambo at the ongoing late Governor Solomon Lar Book launch in Abuja,” Shehu wrote on his verified twitter handle.
8. REPS PROBE REFUSAL OF NIGERIAN MILITARY TO RE-INSTATE ILLEGALLY DISMISSED ARMY OFFICERS.
PRNigeria - The House of Representatives on Public Petitions has began the probe on the alleged refusal of the Nigerian military to re-instate Colonel Danladi Hassan, others who were compulsorily retired. It could be recalled that, Hassan and the 37 other officers were forced to retire from the army in June 2016. The officers affected include Nine Major Generals, 11 Brigadier Generals, Seven colonels and 11 Lieutenant Colonels. The National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja had in 2019 ordered the Nigerian Army authorities to reinstate Colonel Danladi Hassan.
9. AMMUNITIONS, CONTRABAND WORTH N600M INTERCEPTED IN SEPT – CUSTOMS .
Economicconfidential - The Nigeria Customs Service has disclosed that in the month of September it arrested five suspects, intercepted ammunitions and other contrabands worth Duty Paid Value of over N622m. The Acting Customs Area Controller in charge of the Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, of the service, Hussein Ejibunnu, while addressing journalists at the unit on Wednesday, said the unit also recovered N107m within the period under review. He said the unit intercepted imported bales of second hand clothing abandoned in an uncompleted building in Lagos.
10. DEFENCE ACADEMY HOLDS PASSING-OUT-PARADE FOR 69 REGULAR COURSE.
The Nigerian Defence Academy held its Passing Out Parade and Presidential Commissioning Ceremony of the 69 Regular Course in Afaka, Kaduna State, North-West Nigeria. Members of the 69 Regular Course comprise of the Nigerian Army, Navy and Air Force. The Minister of Defence Major General Bashir Salihi Magashi (rtd) who was on a working tour of the NDA prior to the graduation ceremony was given a pre-events briefing by the NDA Commandant Major General Ibrahim Manu on the 32nd Convocation Ceremony in honour of the Cadet 69 RC Postgraduate Students and Honourary Degree Awardees.
11. MILITARY FOILS TURJI BANDITS’ ATTACK AS 26 VILLAGERS DROWN WHILE FLEEING FROM TERRORISTS IN ZAMFARA.
PRNigeria - Nigerian troops on Wednesday repelled an attack by terrorists at Faru Village near their base in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State, PRNigeria reports. This is just as 21 children and five women have drowned in a river at Bukuyum Local Government. It was gathered that the deceased were fleeing an attack by terrorists, who invaded their communities, when the two boats conveying them across the river capsized. Meanwhile, the attack in Maradun, launched by bandits suspected to be loyal to the notorious Bello Turji had caused panic among residents of communities close to the military base.
12. GEN IRABOR SOLICITS SUPPORTS FOR PTSD, DEPOWA AT PTSD FOUNDATION LAYING CEREMONY.
Regentafricamedia - The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor, has solicited support for the Armed Forces Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Centre of the Defense and Police Officers’ Wives Association (DEPOWA). Irabor made the call at the ground-breaking and foundation stone laying ceremony of the PTSD Centre at the Muhammadu Buhari Cantonment Giri Abuja on Tuesday. He commended DEPOWA for the initiative considering the involvement of military personnel in protracted operations across the country and other parts of the world to restore peace and security.
13. NIGERIAN NAVY HAILS PRNIGERIA FOR CREDIBLE SECURITY REPORTAGE, SEEKS PARTNERSHIP.
PRNigeria - The Chief of Naval Staff, CNS, Vice admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo, has expressed delight over PRNigeria‘s ‘dispassionate reportage’ on the Nigerian military and the security sector, in extension. According to Gambo, PRNigeria has consistently remained the Number One news agency and go-to for credible media stories on the activities of military and other security services. He made this known through the spokesperson of the Nigerian Navy, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, who led staff of the Naval Information Directorate on a familiarization visit, to the Abuja Office of PRNigeria.
14. ILLEGAL PIPELINE: CDS, KYARI VISIT DELTA, BEGIN INVESTIGATON.
PUNCH - The Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Ltd., Mele Kyari, and the Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor on Friday declared that an extensive investigation will be conducted into the newly discovered illegal pipeline. The PUNCH reports that the illegal pipeline is attached by yet to be identified culprits to the Trans Escravos pipeline at Yokre Flow Station in Ogulagha oil field of Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State. This, according to them, is with a view to identifying the perpetrators and sanctioning them according to the provisions of the law.
15. HOUSE OF REPS APPROVES N8.4TRN BORROWING, N6.3TRN DEBT SERVICE AS BUHARI PRESENTS N19.76TRN 2023 BUDGET.
Intelregion - The House of Representatives, on Thursday, October 6, 2022. passed the 2023–2025 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper, which was earlier presented to the national assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari. The passage followed the consideration of the report of the Committee on Finance on the MTEF/FSP by the Committee of Supply. The House approved an aggregate FGN expenditure of N19.76tn, made up of total recurrent (non-debt) of N8.53tn; personnel costs (MDAs) of N827.8bn; capital expenditure (exclusive of transfers), N3.96tn; special intervention (recurrent) of N350bn; and special intervention (capital) of N7bn.
16. ONE MILLION BARRELS OF CRUDE STOLEN DAILY — AHMAD LAWAN.
Viewfinderng - The President of the Senate Ahmad Lawan says Nigeria loses one million barrels of crude oil daily to crude theft. He made the remarks at the presentation of the 2023 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Friday. Lawan said that the Nigerian economy was still challenged by a dearth of revenues and the situation was worsened recently, culminating in the loss of one million barrels of crude per day. He said: “Translated into monetary terms, our loss is monumental. The large scale and massive stealing of our oil are concerning as this reduces drastically, the revenues available to the government.
17. OGUN TANKER CHASED BY AGBERO EXPLODES, THREE KILLED, 12 VEHICLES BURNT.
Barristeng - Three people were on Thursday burnt to death in an accident involving a fuel tanker at the Toll Gate end of the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, Ogun State. Four others were injured and 12 vehicles burnt in the inferno, as goods worth millions of naira were destroyed. Correspondent, who visited the scene, gathered that the tanker driver, who was driving outward Lagos, sighted some money-seeking miscreants close to the Toll Gate and tried to avoid them.
18. MONARCH BLINDS TRADER FOR DANCING WITH QUEEN.
Gatekeepersnews - A traditional ruler in Ogun State, Nureni Oduwaye has allegedly left a trader blinded after he kicked his eye at the Moore Blessing Hotel, Ikenne, in the Sagamu Local Government Area of the State. Gatekeepers News reports that the victim, Wasiu Oduwole claimed he could no longer see with the eye. Oduwaye was said to have perpetrated the act after reportedly accusing Wasiu of dancing with his queen during a birthday celebration at the hotel. According to Punch Metro, the monarch, his queen, alongside other guests, were invited by the celebrant, identified simply as Iya Alaje.
19. AARE ONA KAKANFO INAUGURATES 7,000 SECURITY TEAM AS 25,000 AWAITS VERIFICATION.
Crimechannel - In the move to protect the territories of Southwestern states of the country, the Aare Onakakanfo of Yoruba land, Iba Gani Adams on Thursday, in Osun State, inaugurated 7,000 dependable security team among Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) members. Also, 25,000 members were penned down for verification exercise for the security team and members were drawn from all local government areas of the state.
20. THREE KILLED IN ATTACK ON DELTA EFCC OFFICIALS.
Delta State Government has called for calm after an attack on officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission by some youths suspected to be Internet fraudsters in the Ughelli area of Delta State, where three youths were allegedly killed and 12 trucks burnt. The youths in Ughelli on Tuesday carried out a protest over the alleged arrest of their members by EFCC officials which later turned bloody.