President Bola Tinubu has announced the approval of salary increment for military personnel in Nigeria.

Tinubu made the announcement during an interfaith breaking of fast with Service Chiefs at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

He assured that the welfare and accommodation challenges of military personnel will be adequately taken care of by his administration.

According to Tinubu: “The interfaith breaking of fast together is a reflection of the diversity of our nation, but God has ordained this period to coincide with one another for self integration, self actualization, and the interfaith base is very laudable that we can celebrate breaking bread together.

“I have listened to COAS and recent approvals given to the Army is well placed. My duty is to thank all of you on behalf of a grateful nation, knowing fully well that many times you are without your families, some are facing attacks from banditry and terrorists.

“We will work hard together, whether in the office or in the medical section, you have been working to serve the country and protecting our sovereignty.

“This nation will always be grateful to you and your sufferings will not be in vain, I can assure you.

“We reflect our diversity, which is the hallmark of progress and solidarity of our country. I’m so grateful to all of you, particularly the leadership of the Armed Forces, you have worked so hard to keep this country from marauders and I assure you that we will do everything possible and collectively to ensure that you have no regrets.

“Your welfare, accommodation and many other opportunities that should be extended to your families will take first priority in our decisions.”

An X user has sparked conversation online after sharing confusion about their genotype.

In the post, the user wrote: “My Dad is AA and my Mom is also AA but I’m AS. Can someone make this make sense to me, please.”

The question quickly drew reactions from other users who tried to explain how genotype inheritance works.

Many pointed out that if both parents are truly AA, a child would typically also be AA, since both parents can only pass the “A” gene.

Some users suggested that the situation could be due to an earlier testing error or that one of the parents might not have been accurately tested.

Others advised the user to consider repeating the genotype test in a reliable laboratory to confirm the result.

A 34-year-old Nigerian man, Adepoju Babtunde Salako, has been sentenced to 78 months in prison in the United States after pleading guilty to wire fra¥d conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy.

The sentencing was announced on March 4, 2026, by the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado.

As part of his plea agreement, Salako, who lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, also agreed to plead guilty to seven additional counts of wire fra¥d in Alaska. He was further ordered to pay $2,581,002.50 in restitution to victims.

According to court documents, Salako was part of a criminal network that stole more than $5 million in funds from U.S. COVID-19 relief programs in 2021. The schemes targeted the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program, and over 30 state unemployment benefit systems.

Investigators said Salako and two accomplices used stolen identities to fra¥dulently obtain PPP loans and unemployment benefits while submitting fake applications for EIDL loans.

In another scheme, co-conspirators, mostly based in Nigeria, used stolen identities and manipulated romance sc+m victims to obtain government funds.

Authorities said Salako acted as the key contact in the United States, receiving money from victims and government agencies before laundering the proceeds to China and Nigeria. He reportedly took about 25 percent as his commission.

U.S. Attorney Peter McNeilly said Salako and his associates exploited innocent people and defra¥ded American taxpayers of millions of dollars.

Officials from the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation also described him as the U.S.-based operative for an international criminal network.