Kidnap Of The Wife Of The CBN Governor; Two Soldiers Arrested In Connection

In the week that was, all media platforms was buzzing with the news of the abduction and subsequent release of the wife of the CBN governor Margaret Emefiele along Benin-Agbor Road on September 29, 2016,alongside four others including her security aide. Sequel to the swift response of the Nigerian security operatives, two Army officers allegedly involved in the kidnap has been arrested.
The suspected Army officers,identified as Musa Maidabara, a corporal and Edwin George attached to the 322 Artillery Regiment and 371 Artillery Regiment respectively in Maiduguri were nabbed with about 15 million Naira in cash among other valuables.

A source revelead that Officer Maidabara was nabbed along Benin-Asaba Road as he visited his brother, also a soldier, at 14 Field Engineer Regiment, Onitsha, Anambra State, with in whose custody he left the hefy sums and valuables and from whom they were later recovered by the operatives. In a similar development officer George was apprenended at his hometown in Otukpo, Benue state.

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Aisha Abubakar Minister seeks U.S. support to attract investors into Nigeria

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Hajiya Aisha Abubakar, the Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, has called on the U.S. to support Nigeria to attract more investors into the country. Abubakar made the call when the officials of Nigerian- American Chamber of Commerce paid her a courtesy visit in Abuja on Friday. ``America is a world leader in terms of investment and we will need your support in assuring investors that Nigeria is open and safe for business,’’ she said. Abubakar said there has been a lot of improvement in the relationship between the two countries in the last one year. She added that the country has put in place strategies to improve on its ranking on doing business. ``I thank you for the support in the area of doing business because as a result the easy of doing business committee has been constituted by President Muhammadu Buhari,’’ Abubakar said. She thanked the group for inviting and sensitising the ministry on the forthcoming U.S.-Nigeria Finance conference coming up in October. Abu...
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