Day: December 2, 2018

Terrorism: Pentagon in $44m weapon deal for Nigeria, others

Emmanuel Ojora

      As part of an agreement to assist in ending terrorism in the country, Pentagon has paid over $44 million to General Dynamics-OTS to provide Hydra rockets to Nigeria, Afghanistan, Australia, Lebanon and the Philippines, the Department of Defense said. Hydra rockets are lightweight weapons designed for use against point and area targets. They are fired from seven and 19 tube launchers that are mounted on aircraft such as the US Army’s Apache helicopter and the US Air Force F-16 combat jet.   General Dynamics-OTS provides advanced, technology-led…

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Nigerian Immigration Service splashes N36bn on debts

Alade Jones

…as private firms suck agency’s revenue Alade Jones The projection by Nigerian Immigration Service to generate N40 billion in the last financial year hit a brick wall as it could only muster about N35.73 billion locally and $27.26 million from its foreign missions. According to the financial details obtained by New Telegraph, the agency, within the period, also incurred expenses in excess of N36 billion, being payments mostly made to service providers. The breakdown also revealed a decrease of about 4.5 per cent compared with the over N50 billion in…

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