-Punch Olaleye Aluko A lawyer, Adeyemi Akintoye, is currently receiving treatment from a hospital in the Yaba area of Lagos State after two soldiers allegedly brutalised him for “walking slowly on the road.” PUNCH Metro learnt that one of the soldiers, identified as Uko Obasi, from the Tailoring Department of the Ordinance Barracks, […]
Air Force Chief’s wife, Amosu, returns stolen N381m to FG Rtd. Air-Marshal-Adesola-Amosu source: theeagleonline.com.ng advertisement undefined TOP HEADLINES Nigerian man kills ex-wife, commits suicide in US Air Force Chief’s wife, Amosu, returns stolen N381m to FG Nollywood expresses shock, mourns Mike Odiachi How Murtala’s brashness cost him his life – […]
I was not arrested, General Wiwa insists Former director of military intelligence, General Letam Wiwa, has again, restated that he was never arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In response to a story entitled “Ex-DMI, General Wiwa, arrested,” which was published in Daily Sun of Monday, February 15, 2015, Major General Letam […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has recovered N84m from the immediate past Director of Finance and Budget of the Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore O. O. Gbadebo, The PUNCH has learnt. A reliable source in the EFCC told one of our correspondents on Sunday that investigations revealed that the money was diverted from the […]
By Soni Daniel, Regional Editor, North & Kingsley Omonobi ABUJA—The Nigerian Airforce High Command stepped up its anti-corruption war, yesterday, with the removal of officers, including Air Officers Commanding, AOCs, fingered in the $2.1billion arms scandal and appointed new officers to replace them. As a result, Vanguard gathered that about four senior officers, Air Vice […]
-Punch The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has seized houses and other properties belonging to the immediate past Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu (retd.), and other senior military officers worth N5bn. Our correspondent learnt on Wednesday that the properties, which were seized in the Ikoyi, Ikeja GRA and Badagry areas of […]
•Says Obasanjo wrong on Chibok schoolgirls By Chris Iwarah The military has denied the claim by Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed that troops combating Boko Haram insurgents in the North-East were doing so with substandard weapons purchased by the Jonathan administration. This is even as the authorities said hopes of rescuing the […]
Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai has said the army cannot investigate roles played by ex-army chiefs and other senior officers in the ongoing $2.1billion arms deal scandal because, as retired personnel, they fall beyond the purview of the army. Buratai, who responded to questions from the House of Representatives Committee on Army […]
Nigeria’s brutal, deadly, ugly officer cadets At a time when the Nigerian military is struggling with relentless accusations of human rights violations both from home and from international human rights groups, such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, a group of the military’s officer cadet in training somewhere in Nigeria might have dealt the […]
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