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The recent accusation by Theophilus Y. Danjuma, a one-time minister of Defence in the country that the military collude with bandits to kill Nigerians has sparked row in different quarters. While many people have reviled the elder statesman, others have hailed the veteran war hero for making the statement. During the maiden convocation ceremony of Taraba State University on Saturday, March 24, 2018, Lt. General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma (retired), the former Chief of Army Staff  categorically asserted that the Armed Forces of Nigeria were colluding with militias and other criminal elements to kill Nigerians, and called onTaraba people to take…

Two policemen from Akwa Ibom Police Command were among the 17 suspected cultists arraigned before Uyo High Court on a two-count charge of terrorism and unlawful possession of firearms. The police officers were Sergeant Aniekan Etok attached to a member of Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly and Corporal Utibe Anthony attached to Ibom International Airport. Others are 400-level student of Banking and Finance, Ndikpongke-Abasi Udo; a 300-level student of Philosophy, Akpan UduakAbasi Moses; a 300-level student of Political Science and Public Administration from University of Uyo (UNIUYO); Sixtus Sylvanus Umanah, graduate of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Hilary Enobong…

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors and some of their counterparts in All Progressives Congress (APC) have quietly thrown their weight behind the move by the National Assembly to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto on the Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 2018, which is proposing, among others, to alter the sequence of elections in the country, A highly placed source in the National Assembly who said he had spoken to many of the governors, especially those seeking a second term in office, have given their tactical support surreptitiously to the amendment of the Electoral Act. Buhari recently vetoed the Electoral Amendment Bill on…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has apologised to Nigerians for the several mistakes it made as ruling party for 16 years and begged for forgiveness. The party ruled the country from 1999 to 2015. Speaking on the theme, “Nation Building: Resetting the agenda,” Uche Secondus, National chairman of the party, pledged the readiness of the PDP to learn from its mistakes arguing that regardless of what the party failed to do, experience remains the best teacher. Secondus, who stated this at a public discourse on contemporary politics and governance in Nigeria, organised by the PDP in Abuja, said the party…

Akwa Ibom State is among the five states in the country that recorded growth decline in internally generated revenue at the end of 2017 as contained in National Bureau of Statistics report released on Friday. Anambra, Bauchi, Osun and Taraba states also recorded growth decline in IGR, although NBS did not state the exact figures recorded by these states including Akwa Ibom. In the report, the National Bureau of Statistics stated that 31states generated a total amount of N931.23 billion during the fiscal period, which shows an increase of N100 billion over the N831.19 billion recorded in 2016. The NBS…

Hope of Nigerians who lost billions of naira in MMM (Mavrodi Mundial Moneybox) Pyramid Scheme has dimmed following the unexpected demise of Sergei Mavrodi, its Russian founder and businessman. In December 2016, Nigerians who put their hard-earned money in the MMM Ponzi Scheme gnashed teeth following a loss estimated at N18 billion. According to Russian media, Mavrodi, whose MMM pyramid scheme deprived millions of Russians their savings in the 1990s, died of a heart attack. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported, Monday, that the 62-year-old was rushed to the hospital late on March 25 with pain in his chest and died…

The University of Lagos, UNILAG, has announced plans to establish conventional and standard locally-built refineries to boost the nation’s refinery capacity. Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, the Vice-Chancellor of the institution, who spoke at the 1st Annual General Meeting, AGM, and 2nd Alumni Lecture of the UNILAG Faculty of Engineering Alumni Association, said “Committee has been set up to under-study the process from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.” Ogundipe explained that the students of the school would be exposed to refining process as an institution that produced graduates in Chemical Engineering. “If you go to some of the universities in Texas, when their…

For five years, a 54-year-old house agent has successfully trounced trained lawyers in the various courts despite the fact he was not a legal practitioner in Lagos. P.M.EXPRESS reports that Mr. Isaac Anifowoshe, the father of five was among the criminal suspects arrested and paraded by the Lagos Commissioner of Police, CP Edgal Imohimi at the State Command, Ikeja. Anifowoshe popularly known as the D-Law was said to have run into trouble after he defeated one trained lawyer over a civil matter at the court and the lawyer instigated the police to investigate if Anifowoshe was actually a lawyer. It…

A 35-year-old commercial driver, suspected to have raped an undergraduate of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile- Ife, Osun state, weekend, vowed to harm anyone who rapes any of his daughters. Waheed Yusuf, the father of three with two wives, and paraded by the Ondo state police command fingered “Satan” for his devilish act of raping a 28-year-old undergraduate. He said he would “deal ruthlessly” with anyone, who does same to any of his daughters. When asked what he would do if anyone rapes her daughter, he flared up saying” I will not take it lightly; I will not only harm the…

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and the Nigeria Inter-bank Settlement System, NIBSS, have unveiled regulatory sandbox to facilitate digital innovation by financial technology companies. Tagged “Financial Industry Sandbox”, the initiative will be managed by the newly created Financial Service Innovators Association of Nigeria (FSI), under the supervision of the CBN and NIBSS. Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of the launching of the, Mr. Musa Jimoh, Deputy Director, Banking and Payment System Department, CBN, said that the objective of the sandbox is to empower fintecs to come up with innovative digital products that will enhance achievement of financial inclusion…