Tension As Boko Haram Attack Military Base, Tension As Gunmen Attack Again

 

A Nigerian military base in Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State has been reportedly attacked by armed persons suspected to be members of Boko Haram.

 

 

 

Source: Channel Television

 

 

 

Residents told Channels Television that the terrorists drove into Katarko village in 10 gun trucks and attacked the military formation, where they engaged the security operatives at the base in a heavy shooting.

 

 

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The residents were forced to run into the nearby bushes for safety but a military source said the troops repelled the attack.

 

Tension As Gunmen Attack Police Headquarters in Ebonyu

 

 

 

Sunday dawn shootout between gunmen and police operatives at the divisional headquarters in Unwana, Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi has resulted in at least one death and many gun injury.

 

 

 

Source: People Gazette

 

Spokesperson of the command, Loveth Odah, said the police killed one of the gunmen and recovered two AK-47 rifles and other incriminating items when the hoodlums attacked the station.

 

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“At 3:00 a.m. today, 24th October 2021, yet-to-be-identified gunmen numbering about 35 attacked Unwana Divisional Headquarters in Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.

 

Rivers not fighting FG over tax collection, says Wike

 

 

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers says the state is not fighting the Federal Government or any of its agencies over collection of Value Added Tax (VAT) as being insinuated in some quarters.

 

 

Source: Vanguard Newspaper

 

Speaking on Sunday in Abuja at a public lecture entitled: “Taxing Powers in a Federal System” to mark the 60th birthday of Mr Ahmed Raji, (SAN) Wike said that state was only trying to pursue what was right and legitimate within the armbits of the constitution.

 

 

Police repel IPOB attack on Unwana-Afikpo Division, kill 1 attacker

 

The Police Command in Ebonyi on Sunday repelled an attack by suspected IPOB insurgents on its divisional headquarters in Unwana, Afikpo North Local Government area of the state.

 

 

Source: Daily Nigerian

 

The spokesperson for the command, DSP Loveth Odah, in a statement in Abakaliki that the police killed one of the gunmen and recovered two AK-47 rifles and other incriminating items when the hoodlums attacked the station on Sunday.

 

Police nab 3 suspected kidnappers in Kogi, recover arms

 

The Police in Kogi have arrested three suspects believed to belong to a gang of kidnappers terrorising motorists on Itobe-Anyigba highway.

 

 

Source: Daily Nigerian

 

They are Danlami Shuaibu, Kabiru Amodu and Adejoh Tijani all of Adumu village in Ofu Local Government suspected to be responsible for series of kidnappings in the area.

 

A statement signed by William Ovye Aya, spokesman for the command, on Saturday, in Lokoja, said that the suspects were arrested by Police operatives attached to Itobe Division in Ajaokuta Area Command.

 

Buhari To Float CBN’s ENaira Monday

 

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday launch the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), called eNaira, marking the formal start of the operation of the digital version of the Nigerian Naira (NGN).

 

 

Source: Daily Trust

 

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had said the e-Naira which was to be floated on October 1, was shifted due to the Independence anniversary.

 

A statement from CBN’s Director, Corporate Communications, Mr Osita Nwanisobi on Sunday said the launch of the eNaira was a product of intense research by the apex bank to ease transactions process for Nigerians.

 

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