The minister of finance and coordinating minister of the economy, Wale Edun had responded to criticism over the federal government’s plan, to deploy N20trn of pension funds for infrastructure development in Nigeria.
Edun stated in the video message, uploaded by the ministry on X, that the federal government has no intention to “illegally” access the fund.
The defense headquarters on Thursday, declared an indigene of the republic of Niger, Halilu Buzu, wanted for terrorist activities, illegal arms supplies, illegal mining, and cattle rustling.
According to the defense headquarters, Bazu resides in a forest in Zamfara State and often escapes to Niger after his criminal activities in Nigeria.
The director of Army Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba, said the military is working with its counterparts from Niger to ensure the arrest of the terrorist. This is coming as a member representing Zurmi federal constituency Bello Hassan Shinkafi, raised the alarm that over 500 residents have been kidnapped by terrorist in Zamfara state.
The defense headquarters released a video on Thursday showing troops of the Nigerian army in high spirits and ready to defend Nigeria. In Yobe state, the government has launched a spiritual warfare against insurgents who destroy electricity towers connecting the state and Borno to the national grid. According to the Yola Electricity Distribution Company, the insurgents had been attacking electricity installations and plunging the state into darknes.
On Wednesday, the Governor of the state, Mai Mala Buni, led a team of Muslim clerics to the site of the towers, where they recited the Quran and asked God to punish the vandals should they approach the towers ever again.
Cows were also sacrificed for Allah to expose the insurgents attacking the towers and their sponsors. In the United Kingdom, a retired 74-year-old Ghanaian man, Nelson Shardey, who has lived in the country for 42 years, has been told that he is not a British citizen, and must live in the country for another decade, before he could be granted permanent residency by the Home Office. Shardey, had for many years assumed that he was officially seen as British, until his mother’s death in 2019 when he had to apply for a passport to attend her funeral in Ghana and the Home Office told him that he had no right to be in the country.
Shardey first arrived the United Kingdom in 1977, to study accountancy, on a student visa that also allowed him to work. He is now a retired newsagent and had paid taxes all his adult life, he also bought a house and has a mortgage, and was never questioned about his citizenship status.
Shardey had also performed jury service, and in 2007 was given a police award for bravery after tackling a robber who was attacking a delivery man with a baseball bat. Shardey is now taking the Home Office to court, his lawyer claims that the Home Office should have treated him as an exception because of the length of time he has been in the UK, and because of his bravery award and service to the community.
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