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NSA releases national security strategy
Olaleye Aluko, Abuja The Office of the National Security Adviser, Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno (retd.), on Monday, released the 2019 National Security Strategy document to tackle the emerging problems of Boko Haram’s alliance with the Islamic State West African Province. The NSA noted that the strategy document, which replaced the 2014 document, would serve as a
EFCC probes N200bn fraud in Zamfara
Adeniyi Olugbemi, Sokoto The Sokoto zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is currently investigating over sixty cases in Zamfara State. It has also been gathered that the EFCC has handed over to the state government 53 tricycles recovered from a contractor. The Sokoto zonal head of the commission, Abdullahi Lawal, while handing
New techs overtake Internet providers as multi-billion naira infrastructure rots
The inability to keep up with new communications technologies in the past 20 years has led to the demise of hundreds of private companies. IFE OGUNFUWA examines the trend A woman in her mid-30s carefully arranged fresh vegetables on a table. She was standing directly under a massive telecommunication tower that was several meters tall,
Fleeing NSCDC commandant to forfeit 60 houses –ICPC
Olufemi Atoyebi, Abuja A Deputy Commandant with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Ms Adenike Ishola, is on the run after the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission secured an order to seize her vast property in Abuja. In a statement posted on the website of the commission on Monday, the ICPC
APC dismisses report of Nnamani’s planned defection
Raphael Ede, Enugu The Enugu State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress on Monday dismissed a media report that a former President of the Senate, Ken Nnamani, had concluded plans to defect to the Peoples Democratic Party. It described the report as a figment of the writer’s imagination. An online medium, African Examine, had reported
EFCC fetes man who sells sachet water in corporate wear
Sodiq Oyeleke The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday celebrated a young man, who hawks sachet water wearing suit, Micheal Iloduba. While announcing Iloduba as its “#YoungNLegit Pick of the Week” on Twitter, the anti-graft agency described him as a “determined guy.” EFCC tweeted, “Meet Michael Iloduba @AuthenticMiche3, the guy who dresses in corporate
Stop forcing girls into early marriage — Bauchi Emir
Armstrong Bakam, Bauchi The Emir of Bauchi, Dr Rilwanu Adamu, has warned parents against pushing girls into early or forced marriage. He argued that such a practice portended grave danger for the would-be young mothers. He gave the warning at the graduation of 448 girls who were trained in life skills by the Bauchi State
I wonder how Soyinka combs his hair/hairs
Akeem Lasisi Soyinka has white hair or hairs? Grammarians say ‘hair’ can be singular or plural. In other words, it can be countable and uncountable. As a result, one is sometimes confronted with having to make a choice as is reflected in the title above, as it relates to Soyinka’s hair or Soyinka’s hairs. The
*-for-marks-women-demand-background-checks-on-lecturers/ S**-for-marks: Women demand background checks on lecturers
Friday Olokor, Abuja Participants at a national dialogue on s** for marks in tertiary institutions have recommended that background checks on prospective lecturers should be conducted to stem the tide of sexual harassment in Nigerian schools. The participants called for an overhaul of the academic structure, which grants lecturers arbitrary power over the academic welfare
Nigeria has lost $400bn to foreign havens, says Malami
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja Nigeria has lost over $400bn to offshore havens, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, said on Monday. According to a statement by his Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Dr Umar Gwandu, Malami said the money lost to illicit financial flows was “stolen and expatriated
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