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As shared on facebook by the Defence Headquarters, The Troops of Operation LAFIA DOLE have successfully neutralised and killed some Boko Haram/ISWAP insurgents The Nigerian Army has said on Tuesday.


According to the Nigeria Army, the troops engaged the insurgents when they attempted to infiltrate their base at Mongonu on Tuseday, July 7, 2020.


“Gallant troops of Sector 3 OP LAFIYA DOLE neutralized and annihilated some Boko Haram Terrorists who attempted to infiltrate Mongonu at about 1100hrs, 7 July 2020.”

Source: https://insidenaija.com.ng/2020/07/07/army-neutralised-and-killed-some-boko-haram-iswap-insurgents-in-bornophoto/

knowhowk:
Shut our Airports and all Borders in February ,They Refused ,When they finally Lockdown they refused to give Palliatives to People .What do you Expect .To keep someone at home without food to eat is Hypocrisy of the highest order .If they gave enough Palliatives to Nigerians and people stay at home for a Months .it will not degerate to this Level .The Government is our Worst Enemy

Exactly what I thought then... But how about countries that do that and covid19 still enter them...


Lalasticala, mynd44, sissy3, dominique

Scientists have alerted the world about, another deadly novel virus(flu virus) resident in Chinese pigs and need to be monitored so that it will not become another pandemic.

Insidenaija gathered that Reuters reports study by the scientist, shows that the virus threat is not imminent.

The discovery was said to be made when when a crew of researchers stumbled on influenza virus found in pigs from the year 2011 to 2018.

According to the report, there is fear associated with the risk of the virus affecting Chinese regions where many live closely with farms, slaughterhouses, and wet markets.

Recall that in 2009, China restricted international flights so that the outbreak of avian H1N1 does not affect other countries.


source: https://insidenaija.com.ng/2020/06/30/scientists-discovers-another-deadly-virus-in-china/

Popular Nigerian actress Regina Daniels and Prince Ned Nwoko have welcomed their very first child together, a bouncing baby boy.

Although the couple have not officially come out to announce the welcoming of their child, Regina's brother took to his Instagram page to share the good news.

He wrote: “OFFICIALLY AN UNCLE YOU KNOW?
"Congratulations my diamond It’s a bouncing baby boy.
Iyanu ti sele.
@regina.daniels @regina.daniels
Gods the greatest.”



Regina and Ned got married in a traditional marriage ceremony in May 2019.

source: https://insidenaija.com.ng/2020/06/29/popular-nigerian-actress-regina-daniels-and-husband-ned-nwoko-welcome-their-first-child-together/

The federal government has debunked reports that the N-Power portal had been hacked. Rather, the government said the portal was not only secured but also that it had not been compromised in any way.

The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, in a statement, through its Deputy Director Information, Rhoda Iliya, disclosed this while talking to radio Nigeria correspondents on Sunday, June 28, 2020.

She said, more than one million applications were received from intending N-Power enrollees across the country in less than 48 hours.

She said, “Over one million applications have been received from across the Federation in less than 48 hours after the Honourable Minister, Sadiya Umar Farouq declared open the new N-Power Portal on the Ministry’s website.”

It called on all young Nigerians between the ages of 18 and 35 with or without formal education to apply for a slot in the new programme which it said, “would be very focused on agriculture.”

“The portal is open for Nigerians who meet the application criteria.”

In a statement released by the Ministry, on Monday, June 29, it was emphasised that, applicants information is secured.

The statement reads : “Inline with the ongoing N-POWER Batch C online application which commenced Friday, June 26, 2020, the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs Disaster Management and Social Development, hereby announces that over one million applications have been received from across the Federation in less than 48 hours after the Honourable Minister, Sadiya Umar Farouq declared open the new N-Power Portal on the Ministry’s website."

Rhoda explained that the ministry is aware of fake registration website created by fraudsters for false registration in other to defraud innocent Nigerians of their had earn monies.

She urged Batch C applicants to apply through the N-power official portal. www.npower.fmhds.gov.ng

Source: https://insidenaija.com.ng/2020/06/29/update-n-portal-has-not-been-hacked-applicants-information-are-secure-says-fg/

Adiola:
the only place Biafra is in trouble is in the skull of a Yoruba ewedu Muslim .I just pity Yoruba Christians they must be going through hell

why did you say so...

Golan007:
What do you mean they've lost focus?

Their focus was always money.

Ego, kala, fibre.

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has been warned by the Biafra Nations Youth League(BNYL), to halt his plan for the freedom of the Nndi-Igbo.

BNYL also charged leader of the Biafra Independence Movement(BIM), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike and former leader of the Niger Delta militant, Asari Dokubo, to drop their Biafra struggle.

Reacting to religious disagreement going on among the secessionist leaders, the group said, the leaders should unite or drop their struggles for the actualisation of Biafra, if they have lost their focus.

Kanu had sometime declared that some religions will not be allowed in the yet to be actualised Biafrian nation, which Uwazuruike and Dokubo kicked against.

Meanwhile, Ebuta Takon Akor who is the BNYL’s Director of Operations, Biafra Broadcasting Service, in a statement on Sunday, June 28, disclosed his group stand on the issues that have generated much controveres in the media.

Igbos are dominant by Christians and traditions whoshipers, therefore, Biafra will not be built on religion, and no one can change that, the group said.

Furthermore, the group explain that BNYL will not tolerate anyone who wants to impose his religion ideology in the struggle, saying that both Christians and the Jews have the same biblical believe apart from the way of worship and both will conflict the Biafran nation.

source: https://insidenaija.com.ng/2020/06/28/biafra-bnyl-warns-kanu-dokubo-and-uwazuruike-to-stop-struggle/

No fewer than 315 Nigerians will be airlifted from the United Kingdom to the Country today, the Nigerian in diaspora Commission(NIDCOM), has said.

According to NIDCOM, the Airpeace flight that will convey anonother batch of 315 Nigerians will depart Heathrow Airport, London today.

The flight is expected to depart at about 10:30 am and is expected to arrive in Nigeria at about 5 pm local time today Sunday 28th, June 2020.

Although the Federal government had lockdown all airports across the country, since the outbreak of corona virus pandemic, Nigerians in diaspora who are willing to come home can still come into the country through the airports.

country: https://insidenaija.com.ng/2020/06/28/315-nigerians-to-arrive-in-the-country-from-london-today/

cc: lalasticala, mynd44

The body of former governor of Oyo State, senator Abiola Ajimobi, has just landed in Ibadan, the state capital.

According to the guardian newspapers, the body landed in Ibadan on Sunday, June 28, it was transported from on of the private hospital in Lagos.

The former governor was said to have spent some weeks in intensive care before he gave up the ghost on June 25. He was aged 70.

His remains has been laid to rest today, may his gentle soul rest in perfect peace.

source: https://insidenaija.com.ng/2020/06/28/former-oyo-state-governor-body-landed-in-ibadan-to-laid-to-rest-today/

Vice president Yemi Osinbajo has on Friday, June 26, mourn former governor of Oyo state, Senator, Abiola Ajimobi, who died on June 25, 2020.

In his condolences message to Ajimobi's friend, family and Nigerians at large, Osinbajo, described him as man of many superlatives, great generosity, uncommon kindness and compassion, an incredible sense of humour, an intuitive bridge builder and a man full of life and joy.

Osinbajo and his wife Dolly pray for peace and comfort for the family of late senator at large.

Recall that the former governor passed away on June 25, at following healthy complications caused by the Corona virus disease. He was aged 70.


source: https://insidenaija.com.ng/2020/06/28/osinbajo-mourn-ajimobi-shared-adorable-pictures-they-took-together/

Osun state government has threatened fresh lockdown as state recorded 22 new cases of covid19, barely 24 hours after the discovery of 17 cases.

The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Rafiu Isamotu, who made this known in a press statement in Osogbo on Friday, June 26, threatened that government might be forced to impose another lockdown on the State if residents and citizens continue to flout the lockdown relaxation guidelines.

The Commissioner also revealed that 11 of the new cases were from the ongoing contact tracing within the Ede community, while the remaining are from the previous cases in Osogbo and its environs.

Isamotu added that the virus outbreak has not subsides, urged everyone to take precautionary measures to beat it community transmission.

He said, the total number of active cases in the state as at Friday 26, stands at 54. Total number confirmed cases is 106, out of which the State has successfully treated and discharged 47 patients while 5 deaths have been recorded.

In his words: “On Thursday, we announced the discovery of 17 new cases in our dear State.”

“Sadly, today again, we have 22 new cases. Considering where we are coming from, this is worrisome. We must, therefore, take responsibility. The battle against Coronavirus is not over yet.

“The virus is still very much with us. We must observe precautionary measures if we must avoid community transmission.

“With the latest development, the number of our active cases as at today, Friday, June 26, is 54. We have 106 confirmed cases, out of which the State has successfully treated and discharged 47 patients while five deaths have been recorded”.

Source: https://insidenaija.com.ng/2020/06/26/covid-19-update-osun-threatens-fresh-lockdown-as-state-records-22-new-cases/

There is no doubt that the novel corona virus disease ravaging different countries in world, in which Nigeria is not an exception is real, the death of one the prominent Nigeria politicians have proven that the disease is really in Nigeria.

The very first Nigeria politician was Chief of staff to president Mohammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari. He died of Corona virus on April 17, 2020. He contracted the virus on a trip he made to Germany early March.


The second person to die of the virus was Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District at the Upper Legislative Chamber of the National Assembly, Sikiru Adebayo Osinowo died of the novel Corona virus.

Senator Sikiru Adebayo, died in one of the Lagos isolation centers on the early hours of Monday, June 15, 2020, at the age of 64 after a protacted battle with the novel corona virus.


In the same vein, the immediate past governor of Oyo state, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, also died of the novel Corona virus.

Ajimobi died of the novel corona virus because of his health complications which was caused by his underlying health issues, normal for persons at his age.

He passed away at the First Cardiologist and Cardiovascular Consultants Hospital, Lagos, on Thursday June 25, 2020, at the age of 70.


It is therefore important that Nigerians adhere strictly to the precautionary rules of face mask wearing, regular hand washing(with water or alcohol based sanitizer) and observe social distancing order given by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control(NCDC) in other to beat corona virus in Nigeria.

source: https://insidenaija.com.ng/2020/06/25/coronavirus-see-the-list-of-nigeria-politicians-to-die-from-the-virus/

Ajimobi was announced dead a week after he passed away.

The America Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI) has commended the Economic Financial crime Commission (EFCC) for offering it assistance to it in the investigation and prosecution of six Nigerians involved in Business Email Compromise(BEC) and wire fraud in the United States of America.

United States Attorney, Joe Kelly and Special FBI Agent, Kristi Johnson, in a statement made available to the EFCC, commended the Commission for its “past and continued assistance in pursuing those that engage in Business Email Compromise and other fraud schemes".


The six Nigerians includes: Richard Izuchukwu Uzuh; Alex Afolabi Ogunshakin; Michael Olorunyomi; Felix Osilama Okpoh, Abiola Ayorinde Kayode and Nnamdi Orson Benson were indicted and sanctioned by the FBI for conducting elaborate fraud schemes involving alleged stealing of more than $6million from “individual victims and victim businesses both in Nebraska and other states”.


Source: https://insidenaija.com.ng/2020/06/23/fbi-commends-efcc-on-indictment-of-six-nigerians-for-cyber-crime/

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A part of Oba market in Beni city the Edo State Capital has been razzed by fire in the early hours of Monday, June 22, 2020.

According to market some readers the fire started in the midnight on Monday and destroyed goods worth millions of Naria.

Confirming the incident, the Zone K of the Fire service said, men of the zone Edo state command at about 1:00 am turned out to combact the fire at Oba market in Beni city with the help of the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Air force, NPDC and Uniben fire service.

The source and cause of the Fire outbreak at the market is yet to OK be known as at the time of filling this report.

source: https://insidenaija.com.ng/2020/06/23/part-of-oba-market-in-edo-state-has-been-razzed-by-fire-photo/

Operatives of the Anambra State Police Command has on June 22, paraded 24 people for cybercrime and other related offences.

The suspect arrested by the police operatives comprises of 23 males and one female.

According to the police Operatives, the suspects were arrested for; involvement and indictment in cases of romance and online dating scams, generating and deployment of fake bank alert, hacking and fraudulent transfer, and cyber stalking and impersonation of high-profile personality in Nigeria and worldwide.

Items recovered from them includes, 11 Laptop computers, 37 mobile phones, 11 SIM cards of different telecommunication networks, 5 international passport, 12 ATM cards, fake US dollar notes and quantities of dry leaves suspected to be marijuana.

Among the 23 suspects were 3 brothers, from the same parents. Notable among them is a-28-year-old Matthew Ushie, who graduated from Federal polytechnic Oko, he was arrested for running fake Frank Mba foundation bank account with FCMB and a facebook page, he used these two accounts to defraud innocent Nigerians of their had earned monies, under the pertext that the foundation is raising money to help vulnerable Nigerians during the covid19 pandemic.

According to the police, arrest of Henry Ushie in Anambra state on June 11, led to the arrest of his two brothers, Emmanuel and Matthew, whom the police had earlier lunch manhunt for.

Henry was arrested by IRT in 2017 for impersonating late Chief of Staff to the president, Aba Kyari, who was the Chairman IRT and defrauded Nigerians. He was charged to court but eventually granted bail and went back to the same crimes.

However, the inspector General of Police, Abubakar Adamu, assured Nigerians that the force will not relent in it efforts to ensure the country get rid of all forms of crimes and criminality including cybercrime.

He also urged everyone to redirect to positive utilization of cyberspace, cyber resources and social media and shun relative negative influences.




source: https://insidenaija.com.ng/2020/06/22/police-parades-24-suspects-who-defrauded-nigerians-of-covid19-relief-funds/

UMUAHIA-The Federal Government has been urged to jettison its proposal to disengage the N-Power beneficiaries.

Appealing a press briefing in Umuahia, National Chairman of Isun Multipurpose Cooperative Society, Sir Isaac Nkole, said the move would be counter -productive.
He said that the scheme had made tremendous impacts in some key sectors of the economy such as agriculture and education; stressing that any idea to discontinue the programme “is ill-advised and makes no economic sense.”


Nkole noted that several university graduates had been engaged in teaching primary school pupils through N-Power, a development, he explained, had improved the quality of education in primary schools especially in rural communities.

He further argued that disengaging the beneficiaries after giving them hope and little succour for about four years would not only worsen the unemployment situation in the country but lead to increase in crime wave as well as suicide cases.

In his words; ” The introduction of N-Power stands out as one of the best policies of the Federal Government under President Muhammadu Buhari. A lot of graduates have been engaged through the scheme.

Some of them are in N-Teach, N-Agro, N-Tax and N-build. I appeal to President Buhari not to listen to anyone advising him to disengage the beneficiary as being speculated that the programme will be stopped by the 26th of this month.


“The questions are; If you disengage these graduates that are helping to improve the quality of education in primary schools, where do you want them to go? Is it to the oversaturate labour market or the crime industry?”

Nkole, however, urged the President not to make the mistake of laying off N-Power beneficiaries because of the grave implications of such action.

He rather urged the President to look for a way of permanently absorbing the beneficiaries into full civil service.

Nkole whose cooperative is in charge of disbursing the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN Covid -19 loan to households and Small and Medium Enterprises, SMEs, in South East and South South geopolitical zones, applauded the President for the gesture.

Mr. Nkole who said the loan had seriously assisted several households recover from the harsh impacts of the covid -19 pandemic, disclosed that over 2000 persons had benefitted from the scheme in the zones.

Nkole who said Buhari’s administration had made appreciable efforts in the fight against poverty through some laudable programmes like Covid -19 loan, Trader Money, and N-Power, urged the President not to relent.

He promised that the Isun Cooperative Society as one of the accredited cooperative societies in the disbursement of the covid -19 loan, would ensure “it gets to the people in the grass roots equitably”.

“This is the first time the down trodden in society is getting interest -free federal loans without stress. It’s amazing and it has restored the hope of many homes today.”

Nkole who said beneficiaries in the household category got up to N500,000 per person payable after three years, advised them to invest the money wisely, noting that “it’s a loan and not grant”.

He hinted that disbursement for the SME category would soon commence, and commended Buhari for his commitment in eliminating poverty among Nigerians.




source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/06/fg-urged-not-to-disengage-n-power-beneficiaries/amp/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter&__twitter_impression=true