UK to support Nigeria with N67bn yearly

 The ​United Kingdom (UK) has pledged to support Nigeria’s effort towards ensuring stability and development with a commitment worth £218 million (N67 billion).

 The country’s minister for Africa, Grant Shapps, said on arrival in Abuja on his maiden visit to Nigeria that the two countries would work together to increase the nation’s prosperity in the areas of trade and security.

 He said the UK government would provide a comprehensive package of support to Nigeria, by expanding military training and intelligence cooperation.

 According to him, the UK would also assist Nigeria on anti-corruption capacity building and investigative support, and an annual development programme worth £218 million (about N67 billion).

 He said the country would also contribute to the increasing prosperity at the heart of a thriving trade relationship worth £6.1 billion per year (about N1.8 trillion).

 He praised the UK’s close relationship with Nigeria and set out how the two countries would work together to increase prosperity, trade and security.

National Security Adviser sacks all 12 directors in his office

The National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Mongonu (retd), has sacked all the 12 directors in his office. According to reports, the sacked directors are those who worked with the immediate past National Security Adviser, Dasuki. The directors of the various departments sacked are Departments of Internal Security, Defence Affairs, Communication, Economic Intelligence, Special Duties and Counter-terrorism Centre,  Departments of Lawful Interception, Behavioural Analysis, Policy and Strategy, External Security, Administration and Finance and Presidential Communication Command and Control Centre.