2023: Military Is Constantly Under Pressure To Compromise Election – CDS

The Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Gen. Lucky Irabor, has revealed that the security agencies in the country are constantly under pressure to compromise elections. The Army chief made this revelation today during a 61st session of the Ministerial Media Briefing organized by the presidential Communications Team at the state House Abuja. He, therefore, called on Nigerians to confide in the military that they would continue to be neutral in all election matters in the country.

Police Extricate Three Abuja Kidnap Victims

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has revealed the disentanglement of three victims from their abductors, following the attack and abduction of some individuals by suspected bandits in Arab Road Extension 2, Kubwa district of Abuja in the late hours of 6th December 2022.
FCT Police spokesperson, DSP Josephine Adeh, who confirmed these in a statement on Wednesday, said: “Preliminary investigations however revealed that at about 1930hrs (7:30 pm) of December 6, 2022, some armed criminals came into the Kubwa Relocation Estate, shot two victims, one Oshodi and another Abdulwahab (both other names unknown).

Proceeds of Crime: FG Recovers Over N120Bn

The Federal Government (FG) stated that it had recovered over N120 billion from the proceeds of crime, following the implementation of the Proceeds of Crime (Recovery and Management) Act (POCA), 2022 which was signed by President Muhammadu Buhari on May 12, 2022, along with the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Bill, 2022 and the Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Bill, 2022. This was disclosed on Wednesday in Abuja by Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture during the 8th edition of the ‘PMB Administration Scorecard Series (2015-2023).

Sit-At-Home: We Will Henceforth Resist Order In South-East – Ohaneze Youth

The Apex Igbo socio-cultural Organisation, Ohaneze Ndigbo youth council Worldwide has called on their people in the region to henceforth resist the reign of terror by the militant wing of the IPOB as it was no longer fashionable. The organization made the call today after a declaration of sit-at-home by Simon Ekpa, popularly known as Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) disciple. Reacting to Mr. Ekpa’s order today in Abuja, the National President of the Ohaneze Youth Council Worldwide, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, said, “It was now clear that Ekpa was being sponsored by enemies of Igboland.