{"id":359,"date":"2016-03-20T09:08:37","date_gmt":"2016-03-20T08:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsscreenng.wordpress.com\/?p=359"},"modified":"2016-03-20T09:08:37","modified_gmt":"2016-03-20T08:08:37","slug":"this-week-in-nigeria-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/this-week-in-nigeria-2\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-63\" src=\"http:\/\/newsscreenng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/nigerian-map.gif?w=300\" alt=\"nigerian-map\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This Week in Nigeria<\/p>\n<p>TWIN<\/p>\n<p>Monday 14<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 Saturday 19<sup>th<\/sup> March 2016<\/p>\n<p>Sunday 13<sup>th<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Nigerians condemn masterminds of Agatu massacre in Benue State, calling the Federal Government to bring culprits to book to forestall future occurrence.<\/p>\n<p>Monday 14<sup>th<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>President Muhammadu Buhari left Nigeria for Equatorial Guinea on an official visit to discuss the protection of the Niger Delta and other bilateral issues.<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Government directs security agencies to bring to book masterminds of the Agatu killings in Benue State.<\/p>\n<p>Court directs the release of aide to Col. Sambo Dasiki (Retd.)<\/p>\n<p>Bauchi government uncovers 19,000 ghost workers.<\/p>\n<p>Lagos government sacks top officials over Lekki building collapse.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday 15<sup>th<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>President Buhari condemns political killings in Rivers State.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday 16<sup>th<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Two female suicide bombers detonated bombs, killing about 24 people including themselves in a Borno village mosque.<\/p>\n<p>Former Chief of Defense Staff, Alex Badeh made an application against the jurisdiction of the court to hear the charges against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).<\/p>\n<p>Thursday 17<sup>th<\/sup><\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>Death toll from Wednesday suicide bombings in a Borno mosque rises.<\/p>\n<p>Killings in River State continue as a man was beheaded today and another individual abducted from same residence.<\/p>\n<p>Also in River State, an Army Major and two other soldiers were murdered when their vehicle ran into a suspected militants\u2019 ambush.<\/p>\n<p>Friday 18<sup>th<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatal Owoseni on Friday disclosed\u00a0that 11 trans-border armed robbers have been killed while ammunition\u00a0and other items were also recovered from them.<\/p>\n<p>The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and the\u00a0Economic and Financial Crimes Commission\u00a0(EFCC), gave details of how Senate\u00a0President, Bukola Saraki allegedly looted Kwara State while he served as the state\u2019s\u00a0governor between 2003 and 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 1\u00a0Division Nigeria Army, Major General Adeniyi\u00a0Oyebade, disclosed that in their\u00a0operations focusing on an anti-cattle rustling\u00a0and armed banditry within the North West zone, no fewer\u00a0than 35 armed bandits have been killed while\u00a038 of them have been arrested and handed\u00a0over to the police in the various states of their arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the River State re-run elections, the topmost contending\u00a0parties, the\u00a0 PDP and APC in the state, have continued to accuse each other of distributing fake military uniforms to different\u00a0parts of the State, in order to rig the\u00a0elections on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Another soldier was reportedly killed in an ambush in River State barely 24 hours to the re-run election.<\/p>\n<p>The remains of the late Minister of State (Labour), Mr. James Ocholi SAN, his wife and son were laid to rest in his home Dekina Local Government of Kogi State amidst tears.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday 19<sup>th<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>A two storey building located at No. 9, Alli close, Mile\u00a012, Lagos reportedly collapsed at 8:45am, killing a 47-year-old woman.<\/p>\n<p>Seven people, including an Immigration officer, were killed in River\u2019s re-run election.<\/p>\n<p>INEC postpones election in four Local Government Areas.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; This Week in Nigeria TWIN Monday 14th \u2013 Saturday 19th March 2016 Sunday 13th Nigerians condemn masterminds of Agatu massacre in Benue State, calling the Federal Government to bring culprits to book to forestall future occurrence. 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