Nigerian arrested with N1bn cash in Niger; Nigerien customs reject Nigeria’s request for seized cash

 The police in neighbouring Niger Republic have arrested a Nigerian carrying 4.6m Euros (N1.05bn) in cash. The man was arrested at the Diori Hamani Airport in Niamey, the capital of Niger, en route Dubai in the United Arab Emirate.

 The Nigerien police said they suspected that the man was fleeing with the money in order to avoid being caught by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, who has been prosecuting an anti-corruption campaign since assumption of office on May 29.

 They also expressed worry that there had been an upsurge in the number of Nigerians trafficking huge sums of money in cash through the neighbouring country.

 The police in Niger are already working on the suspicion that the money traffickers have accomplices in the country.

Materials used by Boko Haram are sold in shops owned by by Nigerians - Ex Chief of Naval Staff says

Immediate past Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) Vice Admiral Usman Jibrin says that some of the materials used by Boko Haram members to make the devices they use in their various attacks are sold by Nigerians and in Nigerian shops.

According to The Nation, he said this while speaking to reporters after his pulling out ceremony at the Naval Base, Apapa in Lagos yesterday August 12th.

15 Boko Haram Fighters Killed in Niger

Fifteen Boko Haram fighters were killed and 20 others arrested by Defence and Security Forces (FDS) during clashes that occurred in Diffa region of Niger near the Nigerian border, defence ministry announces.

A statement revealed on Thursday in Niamey that FDS launched ground and air operations in the area, in retaliation to the attack carried out on June 17, in Gueskerou commune by the Islamist sect, killing 38 civilians.

Mustapha Ledru, Spokesman for Niger’s Defence ministry, said that 15 terrorists had been killed, 20 others arrested, one armoured vehicle recovered and 20 motorcycles destroyed during the latest army operation.