Nigerian security forces are actively identifying and pursuing individuals who finance terrorism within the country and across international networks, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Christopher Musa confirmed.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today, General Musa detailed the complexity of the operation, citing legal challenges and the global nature of terror funding.
He explained that while local operatives move money through methods like daily remittances from motorcycle businesses, some funds originate from abroad, requiring international cooperation.
General Musa praised the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) for its critical role in uncovering these financial trails, confirming that arrests have been made.
He stated that the Attorney-General and the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, are deeply involved in the effort.
The CDS also confirmed that agencies like the DSS and NIA are monitoring potential political actors who may be fueling insecurity to undermine the government.
While work is ongoing to identify them, he emphasized the need for judicial reforms, including special courts and harsher punishments, to expedite terrorism prosecutions.
Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.
Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.
He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.
Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).
He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.
He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.
Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.
