Announcing the salary hikes, the president praised the courage and sacrifices of members of the armed forces confronting “the scourge of banditry, kidnapping and terrorism”. “The men and women who help to keep us safe in our homes must be supported and appreciated in the course of their duties to our nation,” he said in
Nigeria’s president has ordered a corruption investigation into allegations that a fictitious government agency was created within his own office, with public funding worth $950,000 (£700,000). According to the presidency, the letter from the president’s chief of staff creating the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) had been forged. Police have launched a manhunt for