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Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arrests Ogun chief, Oluomo
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Ogun State, Olakonle Olumu.
Olomo was arrested over allegations of financial crimes.
Online news source: The Daily Post
EFCC arrested the Speaker of the House of Representatives on Thursday morning at Murtala Muhammed Airport in Ikeja, Lagos State.
The speaker was chosen after a tip-off.
It was learned that the Speaker of Parliament is being questioned in the custody of the Agency.
However, DAILY POST’s efforts to confirm Oluomo’s arrest have proven to be a failure as an EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwajaren, refused to answer his calls and did not return a text message sent to him.
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Putin will not attend Gorbachev’s funeral – the Kremlin
On Thursday, a spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the Russian president will not attend the funeral of the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev due to scheduling problems.
“Farewell and funeral ceremonies will take place on September 3, but the president’s work schedule, unfortunately, will not allow him (to attend),” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
Online news source: Punch Online
Peskov said Putin offered his last regards to Gorbachev in hospital, where he died on Tuesday at the age of 91.
Russian state television showed a picture of Putin laying a bouquet of red roses near Gorbachev’s open coffin in a large empty hall, before stopping for a moment of silence.
Gorbachev’s funeral service will take place on Saturday in Moscow’s Column Hall, which was historically used for the funerals of high-ranking officials, including Joseph Stalin in 1953.
On the same day, Gorbachev will be buried at the prestigious Novodevichy cemetery in Moscow next to his wife Raisa, who died in 1999.
Peskov said that there will be “elements of a state funeral” for Gorbachev, including an honor guard, and the ceremony will be organized with state assistance.
Nigerian fighter jets killed 49 Boko Haram fighters in separate camps
At least 49 Boko Haram terrorists, also known as Ahlus Sunnah Group for Preaching and Jihad, were killed when two Super Tucano fighter jets bombed three terrorist hideouts in Sambisa Forest, Borno State.
It was collected that multiple airstrikes carried out by the Air Task Force, 50mindstion Hadin Kai on August 30 and 31, 2022, in terrorist camps in Gargash, Mina and Ghazwa in Bama Local Government Area.
Online news source: Sahara Reporters
Zakazula Mkama, a counterinsurgency expert and security analyst in Lake Chad, said the air strikes targeted a moving truck of terrorists in Gargash, killing all its occupants on August 30, 2022.
The sources indicated that the combat planes took another turn by attacking targets in another location in Mina, where they hit hideouts and neutralized a number of Boko Haram fighters, while others survived with gunshot wounds.
2023: Tinubu Miles before the Obi One-Man Show Politics – APC Group
With the 2023 general election looming, a group sponsored by the Progressive Clan said Labor Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obe poses no threat to his counterpart’s presidential ambition. All Progressives Conference (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Online news source: Online Leadership News
In a statement issued Wednesday in Abuja by its National Coordinator, Bayu Adidoso, the group described Obi as just a novice who could not make any progress in the upcoming 2023 presidential election.
The group described Obi as a skilled boxer who, without a coach, man cut, or even an agent in his corner, finds himself begging the referee for mercy before the bell even rings.
According to the group: “His political style of one-man show simply underscores the blatant absence of friends, colleagues, colleagues, or even reputable subordinates willing to testify about his perpetually unchecked accomplishments.
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