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ABUJA — Barely a year in office, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has come under the searchlight of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, following allegation he caused the transfer of the state’s cash amounting to N4.29 billion from banks to unknown recipients. This came as the immediate past Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Alhaji Abdullahi Dikko Inde, was also arrested by the EFCC for questioning over alleged fraud and abuse of office. On the strength of the three petitions fired by insiders in Benue State government, the EFCC has already swung into action by questioning some persons close to the government in relation to the cash transfers. Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/06/efcc-probes-ortom-n4-29bn-transfer/ ABUJA — Barely a year in office, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has come under the searchlight of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, following allegation he caused the transfer of the state’...

British politician Jo Cox died in a street attack on Thursday, a brazen and startling assault in a country where attacks on politicians are extremely rare and the slaying of a lawmaker is without parallel in recent history. Described as a rising star of the opposition Labour Party, the 41-year-old is the first British lawmaker to be killed in office since Conservative MP Ian Gow was assassinated by the IRA in a 1990 car bombing.   Cox was shot and stabbed in Birstall, near Leeds in northern England, the Press Association news service reported, citing eyewitnesses.   She died as a result of her injuries. She had just finished a regular public meeting with constituents and came out of the meeting on her own. British politicians at her level are rarely if ever accompanied a security detail.   Her colleagues took the news of the death hard.   Alison McGovern, a Labour Party politician, praised Cox’s influence and cited her role as a leading campaigner seeki...

Iraqi forces have retaken the main government compound in Fallujah, top commanders said, a breakthrough in the nearly four–week-old offensive against the Islamic State (IS) group's bastion. The elite federal forces met limited resistance from IS fighters, who are redeploying on the western outskirts of the city, the commanders told AFP. "The counter-terrorism service and the rapid response forces have retaken the government compound in the centre of Fallujah," said the operation's overall commander, Lieutenant General Abdulwahab al-Saadi. Raed Shaker Jawdat, Iraq's federal police chief, confirmed the advance. "The liberation of the government compound, which is the main landmark in the city, symbolises the restoration of the state's authority" in Fallujah, he said. The Government lost control of Fallujah in 2014, months before IS took second city Mosul and swept across large parts of the country. Fallujah, which lies just 50 kilometres we...