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Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, has charged troops of Operation Sahel Sanity to deal with bandits and other criminals ruthlessly. Buratai reiterated this when he visited the Army Super Camp Four, Faskari, Katsina State, which is the operational base of the troops in the North-West. Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai. Daily Post He said the army was ever determined to fish out and kill bandits, who have been terrorising the people until the country was completely rid of banditry. Buratai appealed to the general public to stop shielding suspected criminals, saying they would one day turn against the very people shielding them. He said, “Criminals are within the very people seeking for protection and they have cousins, sisters, brothers and other relatives because they are not falling from the skies. The sooner people stop shielding these criminals, the better we get all the security c...

A barber, who identified himself as Otighan Sam, has accused a policeman attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Rivers State of breaking into his house on Friday around 12 midnight, destroying his properties, and stealing his N280,000. The incident happened at No 23 Nnewi Street, Mile 1 Diobu, Port Harcourt, a report by PUNCH said. Sam said he managed to escape when the policeman first broke into his neighbour’s house demanding to be shown his (Sam’s) apartment as he cocked his gun. The barber said he saw the SARS officer with two rifles; a pistol and an AK47, adding that he was accompanied by two armed men. Sam said the policeman was probably after him because he had earlier refused to pay for drinks he (policeman) and some of his friends consumed at a bar. He said, “A SARS officer armed with a pistol and an AK47, accompanied by two boys with machetes came to my house around 12 midnight, broke into my neighbours’ house and started beating him and asking where my roo...

About 94 Nigerians students studying in the foreign countries under the Niger Delta Development Commission scholarship scheme have accused the agency of deliberately refusing to pay them. Recall that after agitation and protests from the students in the United Kingdom, President Muhammadu Buhari ordered that the NDDC pay all the students. The commission paid arrears of 2016 and 2019 sets with the 2018 scholarship beneficiaries — 40 PHD and 54 MSC – left out. The commission’s head of Corporate Affairs, Charles Odili, said the NDCC was verifying the status of the students and will pay them. Odili on Friday described the students as “hirelings, most of whom are masquerading as the commission’s scholars”, adding that they were part of a campaign orchestrated by powerful individuals against the agency. Reacting, the students condemned the statement by Odili, saying the NDDC could verify their scholarship status on their portal, which is accessible by the management. They accuse...

The Coalition for Revolution has called for a slash in the benefit and allowances of politicians in Nigeria. CORE also lamented the unequal distribution of wealth in Nigeria, positing that politicians were deliberately impoverishing the masses. The group condemned the latest increase in the price of petrol and electricity tariff. In a statement jointly signed by Baba Aye and Gbenga Komolafe, Co-conveners of CORE, the group held that the country refused to pay N30,000 minimum but pay millions to politicians monthly. CORE said, “Nigerian lawmakers are the richest anywhere in the world. 109 senators receive N47bn and 360 members of the house of representatives on their own part receive N108bn every year as their monthly emoluments!  “The presidency collects N241.8bn annually as security vote. Governors, local government chairmen and many other executives also collect security votes.  “On top of all these, they still enrich themselves through corruption. According to ...

A former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission has been ordered by a Federal High Court in Lagos to forfeit the sum of N250m to the Nigerian Government. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission disclosed this in a statement, adding that Justice R.M Aikawa gave the order. The name of the former MD and contractor was, however, not mentioned. The EFCC said the order followed an application for final forfeiture of the fund by the Lagos Zonal Office of the agency after it found out that the fund was suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activity. The commission also said the contractor with the NDDC received the funds for a purported contract and transferred N250m suspected as kickbacks to a real estate company for the acquisition of a property in favour of the former MD of the NDDC. Joined as respondents are Diamond Head Ventures and Dev. Company Ltd. In granting the interim forfeiture order, the judge directed interested parties to show cause why the ...

Nigeria’s National Assembly has postponed its resumption to September 29. The lawmakers embarked on eight weeks of recess that is to elapse on September 15. The lawmakers have now added two weeks to their recess. Ojo Olatunde Amos, Acting Clerk to the National Assembly, announced this on Saturday. He said, “This is to inform all distinguished senators and honourable members of the National Assembly that the resumption of plenary sessions earlier scheduled  for Tuesday, 15th September, 2020 is hereby rescheduled for Tuesday 29th September, 2020. “We regret any inconveniences caused by this change of date.”  The recess by the lawmakers had generated uproar with rights activists frowning at the timing of the recess. The Convener, Free Nigerian Movement, Raphael Adebayo, told SaharaReporters that the lawmakers were entitled to go on recess as enshrined in their standing rules but described it as untimely. He said the lawmakers ought to have considered some significa...

A notorious Kidnapper and armed robbers in Rivers State, Honest Digbara widely known as Bobisky, has been arrested by the police in the state. The hoodlum, who had been on the police watchlist and declared wanted by the state government with a bounty of N30m on his head was said to have been arrested on Saturday, sparking wild jubilation among residents of the state. Digbara was arrested during a sting operation by the Rivers Police Command in Korokoro community under Tai Local Government Area of the state. Bobisky was linked to a lot of crimes in many parts of the state before he was arrested. CRIME Police News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/2FfcjY8 via EDUPEDIA

The Peoples Democratic Party members in the House of Representatives have sued the National Broadcasting Commission and Abubakar Malami, Attorney-General of the Federation, over the recently amended broadcasting code. Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture; was also named as defendant in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1136/2020, according to PUNCH. The suit was reportedly filed by one Francis Obalim, who deposed a 15-paragraph affidavit and a written address on behalf of the PDP lawmakers. The code was launched in Lagos on August 4 despite opposition by stakeholders in the industry. The PDP also on August 7, 2020, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, faulted the reviewed code especially where violators are liable to a fine of N5m as against the previous fine of N500,000. Some of the amendments to the code are the restriction of exclusive contents on platforms and broadcast content having 75 per cent input from Nigerians. In the suit...

The social investment program created by the Federal Government in 2016 with the primary aim of reducing poverty is gradually experiencing a downturn. From delay in inhumane stipends that can’t meet daily obligations of the volunteers to undefined or uncertain exit package plan for the N-Power beneficiaries among others. On the 24th February, 2020, Ogun State N-Power beneficiaries trooped to the streets on a two day protest to drive to the seat of government their demand for basic human rights or economic security and certainty.  After four years and two years of hardwork, endurance, commitment, dedication, endurance and service to primary and secondary school pupils and students, health centers and farmlands by Batch A and B respectively, the government whose serial negligence in rewarding values thrown this nation into instability, is at it again talking disengagement of volunteers. A system that economically segregates the child of the nobody is creating a society divide...

Olusegun Obansanjo Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has said that Nigeria was fast drifting into a ‘failed and badly divided state’ under President Muhammadu Buhari. This, he said, were products of recent “mismanagement of diversity and socio-economic development of our country”. According to Daily Trust, Obasanjo spoke while delivering a paper titled “Moving Nigeria Away From Tipping Over’ at a consultative dialogue in Abuja. Olusegun Obansanjo Breaking Times The dialogue took place between September 9 and 10. He, however, called for concerted efforts of all stakeholders towards “moving Nigeria from tipping over”. He said, “Old fault lines that were disappearing have opened up in greater fissures and with drums of hatred, disintegration and separation and accompanying choruses being heard loud and clear almost everywhere. “I do appreciate that you all feel sad and embarrassed as most of us feel as Nigerians with the situation we find ourselves in. Today, Ni...

It happened on 14th April, 2014. The sad news broke out and the nation was taken aback, the international community was remorseful, something unprecedented  happened in Nigeria. Parents were grieving, everyone with good conscience was thinking “what if it had happened to me?”. You must be wondering what exactly was it that happened and caught everyone unaware? Yes, it is as you guessed, 276 secondary school girls were kidnapped in broad daylight by the deadly Boko Haram members in Borno State, the Chibok girls. Can I honestly ask you “if anyone with good faith, sanity, conscience and commitment to the security and prosperity of this nation not be sober about such enormous catastrophe?”. Having sobered, should such an individual still continue to comfortably be at peace sitting at the helm of affairs of a nation in distress? In 2015, we yearned for a more competent leader, we wanted any other person to lead us but Goodluck Jonathan – ostensibly in lust of a messiah. The sloga...

Nigeria on the map. You must have come across a phrase which says, “The world is a global village”.  This is a phrase which is most likely thrown around during discussions in regard to business as it refers to how much the world has opened up, with boundaries removed, making trade and communications between people in different countries easier.  Therefore what is globalisation? It can be referred to as a process where people, companies, and governments from different nations interact and integrate through international trade and investments has effects on the environment, culture, political systems, economic development and on the human physical well-being in societies around the world. We are more connected to everyone and anyone around the world. Globalisation is not a simple phenomenon nor a uniform process rather, it is a process that is complex and multifaceted. Due to globalisation, global interdependence has increased rapidly.  Globalisation has made commun...