fake recruitment on internet - Nigerian Army warns public

Nigerian Army fake recruitment on internet

The Nigerian Army on Wednesday said its attention had been drawn to the activities of a syndicate extorting money from unsuspecting members of the public under the guise of enlisting them into the army.

This is contained in a statement issued by the Acting Director of army Public Relations, Col Sani Usman in Abuja.

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Buhari to review Amnesty International report on military torture

Buhari to review Amnesty International report on military torture

President Muhammadu Buhari has acknowledges receipt of the Amnesty International report on Nigeria titled “Nigeria: Stories of horror in their own words.”

The Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity, to the President, Garba Shehu, said in a news release in Niamey, Niger Republic on Wednesday that Mr President had received the report which he observed contained many disturbing allegations .

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Buhari expected to keep oil portfolio for himself in new Nigeria cabinet

President Muhammadu Buhari is likely to keep the oil portfolio for himself in the new Nigerian cabinet, rather than trust anyone else with the source of most of Nigeria's revenue and traditional fount of corruption, associates say.

Nigeria’s oil sector is so dirty that nobody’s hands

are clean enough to do the “surgical changes” needed, one long-standing associate told Reuters on condition of anonymity because the cabinet decision is still under wraps.

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ISIS considers Nigeria as a weapon to Fight U.S. ; says country’s Army “collapsed”

\ISIS, the jihadist group in Syria, Iraq and Libya, has claimed it could purchase a nuclear device and transport same to the United States, through a network of countries including Nigeria, up to Mexico.

In its latest propaganda magazine, Dabiq, published two weeks ago, the group said the plan is workable the same way banned drugs are transported through West Africa to Western countries, saying it could even be easier with the presence of Boko Haram, the Nigeria-based group that recently pledged allegiance to ISIS.

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Nigerians Back Buhari’s Move To Take Over Petroleum Ministry Job

Some Nigerians this morning threw their weight behind the plan by President Muhammadu Buhari to be in charge of Ministry of Petroleum in order to tackle the alleged corruption in the petroleum sector.

Many of them, including the former President of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People, MOSOP, Mr. Ledum Mitee, as well as former governor of the old Kaduna State, Balarabe Musa, agreed that the petroleum sector needed serious purging but said whatever is done must be in the overall interest of Nigerians.

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Asari Dokubo (Niger Delta), joined forces with Biafra to form Sovereign State of Biafra

Asari Dokubo (Niger Delta), joined Biafra-MASSOB team to actualise struggle.

The Biafra struggle has  received a boost as the Niger Delta Volunteer Force (NDVF) led by Alhaji Asari Dokubo, joined forces with the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) to actualise the dream.

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