December 2020

Former Pension Boss, Maina Sentenced To 61 Years Imprisonment

Intelligence Operatives Arrest Maina In Niger Republic

December 1, 2020 10:33 am

Operatives of Nigeria intelligence service and anti-corruption agents, Monday evening, arrested Abdulrasheed Maina in Niger Republic.

A top intelligence officer told Newsmen that the arrest was made on an existing mutual relationship and security agreement between the two countries.

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The former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT) is facing a 12-count money laundering charge filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

According to the EFCC, Maina used his firm to launder about N2billion.

He allegedly used part of the proceeds to acquire properties in …

Ethiopia Targets TPLF Leaders After Taking Region’s Capital

December 1, 2020 7:04 am

Ethiopian President Abiy Ahmed has on Monday revealed that Ethiopian federal forces are currently tracking Tigray region’s dissident leaders who had fled west of the regional capital after weeks of fighting and would ‘attack’ them soon.

This is made known in a wide-ranging four-hour address to MPs where Abiy Ahmed recounted personal tales of alleged TPLF aggression and claimed there had been no civilian casualties in the three weeks of conflict.

The international red Committee of the Red Cross has reported that hospitals in the regional capital, Mekele were flooded by trauma patients. AFP Has also shown a picture of …

Buhari Is A Coward - Activist Aisha Yesufu

Buhari Is A Parasite – Aisha Yesuf

December 1, 2020 7:04 am

Nigerian activist, Aisha Yesufu on Sunday reprimanded President Muhammadu Buhari over the appalling security situation of the country, describing him as having zero use.

She was reacting to the killing of no less than 43 farmers by Boko Haram terrorists in a farming community in Borno State.

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In a series of tweets, the activist said Buhari’s only achievement was to keep Nigerians down. She called on all Nigerians to unite and fight so that they do not become the next victims of the President’s incompetence.

She tweeted, ‘Human beings like

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Islamic State Terrorists Resume Attack in Iraq, Hits A Refinery

December 1, 2020 7:02 am

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a rocket that hit a small oil refinery in northern Iraq on Sunday, causing a fire at a fuel storage tank and forcing a complete shutdown of operations after the blaze spread to a nearby pipeline network, two refinery officials said.

This is coming as US President Trump is due to leave office in less the two months. The group’s activities have been put to a check since Donald Trump took office in 2016.

Islamic State took to the group’s official channel to post a sketchy statement claiming responsibility for attacking the Siniya refinery. …