The Nigerian Senate has launched an investigation into allegations that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is funding terrorism in Nigeria. This follows claims made by Perry Scott, a member of the U.S. parliament.Leading the charge, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume, representing Borno South, raised the issue under an Order of Urgent National Security. He emphasized that the claims are too serious to ignore, given the havoc wreaked by terrorist...

Drama played out on Tuesday at the Senate Committee on Public Accounts as the Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG Suleiman Abdul was interrogated over 3,907 missing assault rifles, many of which were AK-47.The AIG, who represented the Inspector General of Police, listened with rapt attention when the representative of the Auditor General for the Federation read the 2019 Audit Query where it was disclosed that “as at January 2020, a total of 3,907 assault rifl...

The Senate came down heavily on the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, at the National Assembly complex over 3,907 missing assault rifles, as revealed in the 2020 report by the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation, AuGF.The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun, apologised to the Senate Committee on Public Accounts for failing to honour previous invitations to explain queries raised against the police regarding alleged financial infractions in the 20...