BIAFRA:Nigerian Army grants special promotion to 3,729 soldiers

 
BIAFRA NATION  NEWS  The Chief of Army Staff Tukur Buratai, has approved the release of special promotion for 3,729 troops of Operation Lafiya Dole who participated in Operation DEEP PUNCH II in Sambisa Forest.
The promotion, according to the spokesperson of the army, Texas Chukwu, in a statement Thursday is in recognition of their valour and uncommon commitment to duty during the operation.
A breakdown of the beneficiaries include 223 Staff Sergeants promoted to the rank of Warrant Officers, 511 Sergeants promoted to the rank of Staff Sergeants while 994 Corporals were promoted to the rank of Sergeants. Others are 1064 Lance Corporals promoted to the rank of Corporals while 932 Private soldiers were appointed Lance Corporals.
Operation Lafiya Dole is the army’s operation to defeat the Boko Haram in the North-east.

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IPOB:2019 election Fani Kayode reveals what Buhari allegedly plans to do with $1 billion

 

The PDP chieftain claimed that the said sum will be used to fund President Buhari’s 2019 re-election campaign.”Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has revealed real reasons the Federal Government approved $1 billion for the procurement of security equipment to fight Boko Haram insurgency.

According to him, the abducted Dapchi Girls was only stage-managed by the government to justify the release of the money so it could be diverted for re-election campaigns.
Fani on Twitter wrote: ” It is common knowledge, and I wrote it at the time, that Dapchi had one purpose:it was stage-managed by the govt. to justify the release of yet another $1 billion dollars to “fight Boko Haram.”
”Truth is the money will be used, not for Boko Haram, but to fund Buhari’s 2019 re-election campaign.”

BIAFRA:Nigerian Govt treated IPOB unjustly – Cardinal Onaiyekan

 
Speaking at his Abuja residence during an interactive session with a faith-based group, Catholic Singles Forum (CSF), the Archbishop said: “The federal government was quick to declare Biafra agitators as terrorists. But Fulani herdsmen are killing people today and similar action has not been taken against them.”

The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, yesterday decried how the Federal government handled the issue of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), lamenting that injustice was meted out on them.
He also faulted the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government’s adamancy in refusing to proscribe armed Fulani herdsmen as terrorists. 
“If something is not done about the security situation in the country, people will keep losing faith in the government and others might soon pick up arms to defend themselves,” he warned.
BIAFRA NATION recalls that the federal government last year proscribed IPOB following its declaration as a terrorist group. 

BIAFRA NATION:Man who slept with 13 female Politicians caught, now in custody

 
Benson Chacha was reportedly arrested in Tanzania following intelligence by both the Tanzanian and Kenyan security forces about his fraudulent activities.
When he appeared before the Kenyan court presided over by Senior Principal Magistrate, Christine Njagi on Tuesday, he was remanded into police custody. A Magistrate’s Court has remanded a 23-year-old suspected conman accused of having slept with more than 13 female members of the country’s parliament and used it as a ploy to extort money from them. According to reports, Benson Chacha engaged in the sexual encounter with the politicians and filmed them which he has been using to blackmail and demand huge sums of money from them. 
The court further ordered that his mental fitness be examined at Mathari Mental Hospital after his lawyer, Job Geresa claimed he was mentally unfit.
The suspect is currently being held in custody at the Kenyan Central Police Station pending the substantive hearing scheduled for April 9.

BIAFRA: News Buhari has no power to approve $1billion for arms – Senate

The Senate has reacted to President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval of $1 billion for the procurement of arms.
President Buhari had on Wednesday approved the release of $1 billion for the procurement of security equipment to be used in the fight against Boko Haram. terrorists 
Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Publicity, Senator Ben Murray- Bruce, PDP, Bayelsa East told Vanguard that the presidency cannot spend such amount of money until the National Assembly approved it.
Bruce said, “It has not been approved, it is simply the choice of words, the presidency or the executive cannot spend a single kobo on such a mission unless the National Assembly approves that. 
But the lawmakers had taken a swipe at the presidency, saying the sum could not be released without its approval.
The senate said the powers to approve such money does not belong to the President.
“It is only when the Senate or the National Assembly approves that, that the executive can go ahead to spend such money.
“The executive can only recommend and not to approve.”

IPOB:Another Nigerian Senator, Bukar Mustapha, is dead

 
Mr. Mustapha was President Muhammadu Buhari’s senator as he represented the president’s senatorial district. Bukar Mustapha, the senator representing Katsina North, is dead. 
He died after a brief illness on Wednesday, PREMIUM TIMES learnt.
The News Agency of Nigeria quotes Mr. Bukar’s elder brother, Umar Bukar, as confirming the news.
Mr. Bukar’s death is coming less than a week after the deputy majority leader of the House of Representatives, Umar Jibril, died after a protracted illness.
It also came about two weeks after another senator, Ali Wakili, passed away.

 The News Agency of Nigeria has clarified that Mr. Bukar’s death was confirmed by his elder brother.