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Nigerian Army, Capable Of Containing Insurgents – COAS

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May 10, 2023

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The Chief of Army Staff, Lieut:-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, on Tuesday, said that the Nigerian Army is capable of containing insurgents and other criminals in the country.

He stated this in Bauchi during the combat training and exhibition of firing power of both the Infantry and the Armoured corps of the Nigerian Army.

Represented by Maj:-Gen. Suleiman Idris, the Dean of Faculty, Operation Research, Nigerian Army Heritage and Furure Centre, Abuja, Yahaya said that the importance of training of army personnel could not be overemphasised.

“For the insurgents and other criminals, we assure you that the Nigerian Army is capable of containing them.

“We will do everything possible as we are doing to contain and provide protection to loyal citizens of this great nation.

“The Infantry and the Armoured corps are the ones in the battle forefront all the time. So, we have to help in achieving some level of professionalism, level of training for us to achieve great synergy, for us to have the desired requirements, that’s the essence of this training.

“This training is organised yearly between the Infantry and the Armoured corps and we will continue to train together and of course with other support and logistic arms.

“This is important so as to continue to be the professional Nigerian army that we are and to continue to provide protection to loyal citizens of Nigeria,” he said.

The army boss, who reiterated that the essence of the one-week training was to further improve on the capacity and professionalism of the army personnel, expressed satisfaction with the performance seen during the training.

The Chief of Army Staff also commissioner the Nigerian Army Armour School Driving circuit and Tan Maneuver Area where exhibition of combat equipment such as drones, armour tanks, combat trucks, among others were displayed.

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JUST IN: US Lawmakers Order Investigation Of Shell, Eni For Allegedly Bribing Nigeria’s Ex-President Jonathan, Others

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May 9, 2024

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The United States House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services has asked the Department of Justice, DOJ, to reopen the Foreign Corruption Practice Act into Shell and Eni’s 2011 purchase of the rights to Oil Prospecting Licence, OPL, 245, one of Nigeria’s most lucrative oilfields.

The lawmakers said evidence available implicated Shell and Eni for bribing some Nigerian government officials, including former President Goodluck Jonathan, to the tune of $1.1 billion.

According to the lawmakers: “Available evidence implicates both companies in a scheme that resulted in the payment of $1.1billion in bribes to Nigerian government officials, including then President Goodluck Jonathan.

“Shell and Eni, both registered with the US Security and Exchange Commission, continue to profit from the deal in violation of FCPA.”

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BREAKING: Rivers Assembly Clerk Disowns Pro-Fubara Faction, Insists Amaewhule Is Speaker

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May 9, 2024

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The clerk of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Emeka Amadi, has disowned the pro-Governor Sim Fubara’s faction of the Assembly.

Amadi insisted that the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly remains Martin Amaewhule.

The clerk said the three members of the assembly loyal to Fubara—Hon. Victor Oko Jumbo, Hon. Sokari Goodboy Sokari and Hon. Adolphus Orubimie Timothy—were suspended on October 30, 2023, and they cannot lay claim to be officers of the House.

On Thursday, some lawmakers appointed Jumbo as the new Speaker of the Assembly.

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Suspension Of Enigies: Court Grants Benin Monarch’s Prayer To Join BTC

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May 9, 2024

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An Edo State High Court sitting in Benin has granted the prayer of Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, to include Benin Traditional Council as a defendant in a suit between him and some suspended Enigie (Dukes) in Benin kingdom.

Justice Peter Akhihiero granted the Benin monarch’s prayer at the resumed hearing of the suit on Thursday.

The suspended Enigie that took the Oba of Benin to court are Professor Gregory Akenzua, Enigie of Evbuobanosa, Chief Edomwonyi Ogiegbaen, Egbaen Siluko Dukedoms in Benin Kingdom, on behalf of others.

The suspended Enigies are challenging their suspension by the Oba of Benin at the Edo State High Court.

In the suit, the plaintiffs argued that only the state governor can remove them from their positions.

In his ruling, Justice Peter Akhihiero granted the Oba of Benin’s prayer to include the Benin Traditional Council as the 3rd defendant in the suit marked, B/250os/2023, while Oba Ewuare II and Edo State Government, are the 1st and 2nd defendants, respectively.

Akhihiero, however, urged the defendants’ counsel not to worry about the timing, insisting that “the race is not for the swift, or the battle for the strong”.

“If they were bringing in the Traditional Council as necessary, I don’t see this as a problem since you people have brought the Oba to court.

“I don’t think I can shut down any party. Let them come in and file their processes,” he added.

He, however, adjourned the case to July 15, 2024.