Bail Remains Free, Ban On Road Blocks Still In Place- AIG

The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 6, Abubakar Marafa, has re-affirmed that bailing of suspects remain free.

Marafa said this in on Tuesday in Abakaliki when he visited the Ebonyi police command, which is one of the commands under the zone.

“There should not be any form of payment for bail as the Inspector-General of Police has mandated that this instruction should be carried to the latter,” he said.

According to the AIG, the ban on road blocks nationwide is still in place, as no police check point should be seen on the road.

Soldier Joins Kidnappers To Abduct Rivers Chief

An Army Lance Corporal, Abdul Yusuf, has been arrested alongside one other for the abduction of one Chief Samuel Iheanachor along Aba-Oyigbo Road in Rivers State.

Spokesman of Rivers State Police Command, DSP Omoni Nnamdi, disclosed this yesterday, saying the Lance Corporal of 2 Brigade, Port Harcourt, was caught driving an SUV belonging to the victim.

On interrogation, the soldier admitted that he and others abducted the victim and took him to a hideout in Andoni Local Government Area.

Israel’s Antiquities Chief Compares UNESCO To Islamic State

The director of the Israel Antiquities Authority on Wednesday slammed UNESCO for its resolution on Jerusalem holy sites, comparing the UN cultural body to Islamic State jihadists.

Speaking at the opening of the new IAA headquarters in Jerusalem, director Yisrael Hasson said the resolution adopted last week and confirmed on Tuesday put the UN organization in the same league as IS jihadists who have destroyed and looted hundreds of archaeological sites in Syria and Iraq to fund their “caliphate.”

Clinton Says Trump Would Be Putin’s ‘Puppet’

Democrat Hillary Clinton warned Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is rooting for Donald Trump in the race for the White House because the Republican would be his “puppet.”

In a ferocious debate exchange at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas, Clinton cited reports from US intelligence agencies that Russian cyber attacks had targeted her party and campaign, and demanded that Trump condemn them.

“They have hacked American websites, American accounts of private people, of institutions,” she declared at the third and last presidential debate of the campaign.

Two Nigerians Arrested For Allegedly Laundering N175m In Foreign Currencies

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested two persons for allegedly smuggling €325,640 and $30,000 (making a total of about N175 million) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.

Nicholas Edos and Prince Hallowell, returning from Austria and Greece respectively, were intercepted during an inward screening of passengers on a Turkish airline flight.

The NDLEA in a statement on Wednesday said the “suspected laundered money” was hidden inside envelopes and shoes. While Mr. Edos was caught with €279,190, Mr. Hallowell was found with €46,450 and $30,000.

But the suspects said they received the money from their Europe-based friends to give to their different families and relatives in Nigeria.

Declare Security Emergency In Southern Kaduna, Lawmakers Tell FG

The House of Representatives on Wednesday called on the Federal and Kaduna State Governments to declare security emergency in Southern Kaduna senatorial district following recent attacks allegedly by Fulani herdsmen.

The call followed a motion under matters of urgent national importance by Simon Arabor (PDP-Kaduna) and five others, which was unanimously adopted by members through a voice vote.

Leading debate on the motion, Mr. Arabor noted that since 2011, various communities in Southern Kaduna senatorial district had been consistently attacked allegedly by Fulani terrorists.

He added that the attacks resulted in deaths, injuries, loss of properties and displacement of the communities.

The lawmaker also noted that the suspected Fulani herdsmen had occupied some of the displaced communities.

He therefore urged the federal government to replicate what it did in Zamfara when it declared a security emergency at the wake of similar terrorist attacks, as well as set up a military strike force.

 

Senate Hires International Forensic Experts To Probe MTN

The Senate has begun investigation into the alleged repatriation of $13.9 billion by MTN with hiring of international forensic lawyers, accountants and other experts to assist in the investigation.

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions, Rufai Ibrahim, disclosed this while briefing journalists in Abuja on Tuesday.

Mr. Ibrahim said that the experts had arrived Nigeria and were already working with other local forensic experts to uncover any hidden details from the documents that had been submitted.

“The Senate sees this as very important, it is a weighty allegation and we are going to deal with a lot of documents spanning 16 years.