"I will continue to fight crime with all my strength. We will not back down from the mission of guaranteeing peace and security to the people of our state," said Rio state Gov.
The United States Department of State is worried about Nigeria's inability to effectively secure and hold onto territories recaptured from Boko Haram terrorists despite the successes recorded by the Multi-National Joint TaskForce.
Men of Operation Zenda, a Joint TaskForce (JTF) attached to the Benue State Police Command have gunned down two notorious bandits and arrested another after engaging them in a gun duel.
"All people of good conscience will not forget in a hurry that Maina, who was given an assignment by the last administration of the PDP to superintend the now defunct Presidential TaskForce on Pension Reforms, dipped his hands into the jar
I will fight for my wife and my children -it's the promise I made with my life and one I intend to keep . I will defend them from the unrelenting attack of a weak man who thinks he can use money and power to cover for all of his crimes.
The chairman of the Presidential TaskForce (PTF) on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, speaking during Friday's briefing, urged Nigerians to collaborate withthe government in the effort to achieve
Their action was widely criticised as being against the position and advice of the presidential taskforce on Covid-19 and the Nigeria Centre Disease Control.
The army chief commended the Joint Military TaskForce, JTF, in the North-East for its operations in Lake Chad region, stating that the troops would be deployed to cap the recorded success.
President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Ayuba Wabba has lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for taking the bold step to order the immediate disengagement from service of Abdulrasheed Maina, a former Chairman of the Pension Reform TaskForce.
"In the fire fight that ensued, troops neutralised one bandit and recovered one AK 47 rifle loaded with quantity 30 of 7.62mm (Special) ammunition, one motorcycle and one techno phone while others escaped with gunshot wounds.
Other prominent members of thetaskforce include Director of Public Health-FMOH, representatives from the Federal Ministry of Information, the World Health Organization, WHO, the United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, USCDC, USAID, GAVI, the
Itse Sagay (SAN), and prominent lawyer, Femi Falana have called on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to arrest immediately the wanted ex-chairman of the defunct Presidential TaskForce on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina,
Motorists and passengers including soldiers and the Civilian Joint TaskForce (CJTF) at the weekend were ambushed by Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State.