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December 15, 2021

December 15, 2021 IFMNEWS

House Of Reps Approve Buhari’s Request For $5.8bn Loan, $10m Grant

The House of Representatives has approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s loan request of 5.8 billion dollars and grant of $10 million.

The loans are to be sourced from the World Bank, Islamic Development Bank, China Exim bank, Chinese Africa Development Fund, and International Fund for Agricultural Development.

In approving the loan, the House asked that the terms and conditions of the loan from the funding agencies be forwarded to the National Assembly for proper execution and commendation.

The House Committee on Aids, Loans and Debt Management, had presented its report through the Chairman, Rep. Ahmed Safana (APC-Katsina).

Military Begins Rehabilitation Of Fresh 559 Ex-Boko Haram Fighters

The Military High Command has revealed that at least 559 former members of Boko Haram fighters are currently undergoing rehabilitation under one of its programmes being handled by Operation Safe Corridor (OPSC) called Radicalisation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DRR) in Gombe State.

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor, who disclosed this at Defence headquarters, Abuja, dismissed reports claiming that some of the over 1,000 rehabilitated ex-Boko Haram fighters have been recruited into the Nigerian military.

There had been concerns in some quarters over alleged recruitment of rehabilitated former fighters into the military and paramilitary agencies but the military has consistently described the concerns as “unfounded”, saying there are stringent safeguards put in place to prevent such.

Irabor, who was represented at the meeting by the Chief of Defence Training and Operations, Maj.-Gen. Adeyemi Yekini, maintained that none of such former fighters would as well be recruited into any of the sister security services in the country.

National Security Adviser Lists Three Islamic Sponsors Of Terror Groups In Nigeria

The Department of State Services has raised alarm that certain groups and individuals intend to cause a breakdown of law and order in the country.

The Service said it has also observed that some persons who are desperately seeking power are sponsoring wrong information to mislead citizens and overheat the polity.

It said already, such persons are exploiting and politicizing the issue of insecurity in parts of the country for pecuniary and other selfish reasons.

Addressing reporters at the DSS headquarters, Spokesman of the Service, Dr. Peter Afunanya, said they want to use the situation to cause divisions among citizens, seek cheap popularity and present the country as ungovernable.

In his reaction, a security expert, Dr. Kabiru Adamu said it was right for the DSS to raise alarm but also expect it to advise Nigerians on what to do in order not to fall a victim.

DSS, Police Force Protesters Off The Streets Of Katsina Over Insecurity

Operatives of the Department of State Services and the Police have dispersed protesters who trooped to the streets of Katsina to register their grievances over the spate of killings in the state and other parts country.

The protesters, who wielded placards, had converged on Kofar Soro roundabout, emir’s palace.

Before the arrival of the security operatives, Comrade Bishir Dauda Unguwa, the National Secretary of Muryar Talaka, one of the conveners of the protest, said the protest was to draw the attention of government “to take the right steps towards addressing the degenerating challenge of insecurity in the north and the country as a whole.

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House Of Reps Approve Buhari’s Request For $5.8bn Loan, $10m Grant

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