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Herdsmen kill 10 in Benue community , burn houses

Suspected Fulani herdsmen have attacked and killed ten Tiv farmers in Tse- Adough, Iyaav district , near Jato Aka,Kwande Local Government area in Benue state .

The traditional ruler of the area, Mue Ter Ichnogo Chief Simon Baver, who confirmed the killing of his subjects also  said many houses have been set ablaze .

Chief Baver told The Nation on phone that Fulani herdsmen armed with sophisticated weapons stormed the farming community of Tse Adough at about 4 am .

DSS withdraws security details from Saraki, Dogara 

The Department of State Services (DSS) on Sunday recalled half of its operatives officially allocated to Senate President Bukola Saraki and the speaker House of Representatives,Yakubu Dogara.

This is coming ahead of Monday’s talks between Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and the nPDP team to be led by Dogara.

Saraki is also a member of nPDP, the faction that broke away from the PDP in 2013 to team up with APC for the 2015 elections.

There’s no way I could’ve been associated with armed robbery against my people –Saraki

Senate President, Bukola Saraki

The President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has faulted the Police claims that he has been indicted by some suspects arrested in connection with the April 2018 Offa bank robberies in which 30 persons were killed.

In a press release signed by his Special Adviser (Media and Publicity), Mr. Yusuph Olaniyonu, the Senate President mainteined that there is no how he could have been involved in armed robbery against his own people.

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Lagos: Ambode Pays N37.54bn Pension Arrear

Akinwunmi Ambode

The Lagos State Pension Commission (LASPEC) has said Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has paid a total of N37,546 billion to pensioners since 2015.

According to a statement by the Director-General of LASPEC, Mrs Folashade Onanuga, on Sunday in Lagos, the figure represented the total pension paid to 9,045 retirees of the state.

Kwara Governor replies police on allegations he, Saraki sponsored Offa robbery suspects

Kwara Governor replies police on allegations he, Saraki sponsored Offa robbery suspects
The Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, has refuted police allegations of sponsoring, funding, arming or otherwise supporting political thuggery.
The police in a statement on Sunday said some of the suspects involved in the Offa bank robbery, currently in detention, confessed to being sponsored by Mr Ahmed and Senate President Bukola Saraki.

Offa bank robbery: What suspects said to implicate Saraki – Police

Offa bank robbery: What suspects said to implicate Saraki – Police

The Nigeria Police Force has made known the reason it summoned Senate President Bukola Saraki to answer to allegations surrounding his links to the armed robbers who raided banks in Offa in April.

It said five principal suspects, among 15 others paraded in Abuja in connection to the Offa robbery, indicted the senate president in their statements.

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