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The Nigeria Police,  on Sunday , detained the National Commandant of Peace Corps of Nigeria, Amb. (Dr.) Dickson Akoh. Akoh, who had just arrived Abuja from where he has been receiving traditional treatment for ulcer and pile, decided to turn himself in, at the FCT Command of the Nigeria police, after been told that the police were looking for him. A source at the Commandant headquarters disclosed that, Akoh arrived at about  5.40pm , where he had a meeting with the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of CID, officer in charge of the SARS and DC of SARS. No reason has been given for this latest arrest as Journalists were turned back by the Police at CID Headquarters, saying the DC CID just stepped out of office. The Officers of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) also fired gunshots on the air to dispatch Journalists who had besieged the office where Akoh is being held. Addressing newsmen on the development, the Corps Public Relations Officer, Patriot...

Senate President Bukola Saraki has claimed that the Senate did not reject the acting Chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, because of a damning report issued by the Department of State Services which questioned Magu’s integrity. Saraki said this in an interview with TVC News in Morocco where he attended an African summit on climate change and food security. The Senate President was reacting to a claim by a former Senate Majority Leader, Ali Ndume, who said last week that it was hypocritical of the Senate to allow Saraki to continue in office because he was in court to defend corruption allegations. Ndume had argued that the Senate should not have rejected Magu based on unproven allegations. Saraki said, “You are jumping into conclusion that he (Magu) was rejected because of the accusation. I don’t think there was anywhere we said he was rejected based on accusations. “We have nominees that come all the time with different issues. Two weeks ago, we screened...

Policemen in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State,  on Friday  brutalised and detained a woman, Mrs. Toyin Adeyeye, her two month-old baby, Heritage and her younger brother, Adeniyi Dada, for allegedly refusing to give bribe at a police checkpoint. It was learnt that about five policemen descended on them and beat them mercilessly before taking them to New Iyin Police Station where the beating continued. The incident happened at the checkpoint in front of Ekiti Pavilion, a few metres from the residence of the Commissioner of Police, Abdullah Chafe. Mrs. Adeyeye returned from the United States of America 10 days earlier where she was delivered of the baby. The police also impounded the black Kia Picanto car with registration number LAGOS FKJ 221 EE in which they were. Speaking with reporters  on Saturday , the woman’s husband, Mr. Akanni Adeyeye, decried the alleged brutality meted out to his wife with lacerations on her body and bruises on the face. ...

A single mother, Ayobami Ojo, who reportedly prepared a native charm, which she used to steal from people, has been arrested after the charm failed her. The Oyo State-born woman was arrested where she used the charm to steal from a shop owner, Mrs Olatade Olubukola at 18 Mufutau Adeyemi Street, Orelope in Idimu area of Lagos. Ms. Ojo who had reportedly used the charm to steal from more than 30 victims, as usual went to Olubukola demanding that she should give her the sum of N13,000, though Olubukola gave her the money, but when Ms. Ojo was walking away thinking that her charm has worked, Olubukola confronted her. She reportedly attempted to escape by invoking her charm to silent Olubukola, but the charm failed her. This made the shop owner to raise an alarm which attracted the neighbours who apprehended the suspect . She was handed over to the police at Idimu division where she confessed that she had been using charm to steal from people but she did not know ...

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, the founder and CEO of Dangote Cement, the continent’s largest cement producer is worth more than American President and business mogul Donald Trump and Celebrity businesswoman Oprah Winfrey. Mr Dangote, who has vast investment interests in cement, sugar, flour and beverages was the first black man to attain a position among the world’s 25 richest people in 2014. An analysis carefully given drawn from the Forbes 2017 list, Mr. Dangote who is reputed to be the leader among 40 richest people in both Nigeria and Africa has a net worth of $11.7 billion which is almost twice as much as the recently elected American president’s ($3.7 billion) and Oprah’s ($3 billion). However, it could be said that his net worth could have been much higher but for the recent drop in fortune that has seen him drop down on the list to 115th with a current net worth of $11.7 billion. Despite a nearly $5 billion drop in his net worth for the second year in a r...

This is terrible mehn! Prophet Godwin Emmanuel, the founder and head pastor of a Benin-based pentecostal church, Love Fire Ministry, has been assassinated by unknown gunmen. The deceased cleric who was also known as Prophet Speed, and was said to have founded the church about 11 months ago, was shot dead  on Sunday  night along Oko Central road, off Airport road, Benin, Edo state.  While speaking to PM News, head of media of the church, Festus Edema, who narrated the incident, said that the pastor was on his way to distribute food items to members of the church who are in need and to drop one of his members at Oko Central road, when he was shot dead by yet to be identified gunmen.  Edema explained that the assassins pretended to be pushing their car that broke down. “The man of God stopped for them to pass so that he can have his way. He never knew that they were the people who came to attack him. So they shot him in the chest and stomach....

Fresh revelation yesterday suggested that the Air Force personnel, Aircraft Man (ACM) Kalu who gunned down his female colleague and lover for allegedly cheating on him, had planned his action well ahead.  The accused, Kalu had on sunday  morning pulled the trigger of his service gun on his girlfriend, Aircraft Woman (ACW) Oladipupo Solape at their quarters in the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Tactical Air Command in Makurdi when he allegedly found her with another man.  Daily Trust gathered from witnesses at the NAF base that the lover boy and his deceased girlfriend were course mates at the Air Force training camp and that both began their soldiering career just in January this year.  It was learnt that Kalu, an Igbo man and his now deceased Yoruba lover had related as two inseparable lovebirds to the admiration of those who knew them until suspicion heightened in the mind of the accused that she was cheating on him with a male youth corps member....

The things happening in few churches today is enough for some to lose faith, but you need to remember that even Jesus was betrayed by one of his own. Don't allow the actions of a few men confuse you, serve your creator for it is an individual race. Any pastor who who's doing right or wrong will get his reward. That's it. According to Sapele Oghenek, members of Anglican Church Boyo Road, Sapele staged a protest on Sunday against their Bishop Erifeta over corruption, abuse of public fund, marrying two wives and more... The protesters, especially women, appealed to Primate Okoh to remove the Bishop of Sapele Anglican Church over the allegations levelled against him.

The Kaduna State House of Assembly has debunked speculations going on in the social media of plans to impeach the state Governor, Nasir El-Rufai. A statement signed by the chairman, House committee on Information, Nuhu Goro Shadalafiya described the report as false, malicious and fabricated lies. According to the statement, “The message is to the effect that some members of the Kaduna House of Assembly met over the weekend on the possible impeachment of Governor El-rufai over what the lawmakers termed as impeachment offences.” It emphasized that there had never been a time when the house commenced any process of impeaching the Governor. While warning perpetrators to desist from further acts or face the wrath of the law, the House stressed that, “The Kaduna state House of Assembly has totally disassociated itself from the speculation.”

President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the National Assembly seeking for another $500 million Eurobond to finance capital projects in the 2016 Budget. This was revealed on Wednesday during the Senate plenary. Senate had earlier in the year approved a $1 billion Eurobond requested by Buhari, also for the financing of the 2016 Budget. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, had  requested for the same amount  while Buhari was away on vacation. Details later..

Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has vowed to continue fighting corruption whether he is confirmed head of the anti-graft agency or not. The Senate on Wednesday rejected the nomination of Magu, anchoring its reason on a report from the Department of State Services (DSS). Magu was said to have ‘failed integrity test.’ But speaking with members of some civil society organization in Abuja shortly after his rejection, Magu said the rejection had not changed his priority to fight corruption. “My priority is to fight corruption. My non-confirmation has not changed anything I will work until the last day whether confirmation or no confirmation,” Magu said. “The greatest violation against human right is crime against the society and the humanity… everybody has a duty and responsibility to fight corruption, and I also have a responsibility. I assure you that we will fight to finish”, he added. He sai...

The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, on Wednesday, refused to confirm Mr. Ibrahim Magu as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). President Muhammadu Buhari had late last year submitted the name of Mr. Magu to the Senate, for confirmation as substantive Chairman of EFCC, having served in acting capacity since November, 2015. President Buhari, however, resubmitted Magu’s name on the 23rd of January, 2017, after consulting with the leadership of the Senate. The Senate however, turned down his confirmation, citing security reports as reason why it would not go ahead to confirm Magu. While answering questions from the Senators on the allegations preferred against him by the security agencies, Magu said he was arrested and detained by the Nigerian Police for over 2 weeks, over the allegation that he was carrying official files and documents. “I was locked longer than necessary for over 2 weeks, I was detained with armed robbers at ...

The Senate on Wednesday declared that its rejection of the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, means that the anti-graft boss has lost his capacity to remain in office. This was disclosed by the Senate spokesman, Abdulahi Sabi, after plenary on Wednesday afternoon. He insisted that the report of the Department of State Services, DSS, was adopted by the Senate. Sabi said no one who failed such integrity test would be confirmed by the Senate. “The rejection of Magu by the Senate signifies that he cannot continue in acting capacity.‎ “We did not confirm him. He failed the integrity test”, he said. Sabi said some senators who were backing Magu’s confirmation backed out because of his poor performance during plenary.

Omega Fire Ministries has accused Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai of masterminding the recent series of spurious allegations of infidelity against its General Overseer, Apostle Johnson Suleman. In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday, the church, through its spokesman and Communications Manager, Phrank Shaibu, stated that facts and available intelligence incontrovertibly pointed to the Kaduna Governor as the mastermind of the allegations. According to him, El-Rufai decided to sponsor the allegations as a strategy to silence Apostle Suleiman and to take revenge for the latter’s famed audacity of standing against the persecution and killing of Christians in Southern Kaduna. “It is clear that Mallam Nasir El-Rufai is the mastermind of these allegations. The masquerade has been unveiled and is now dancing naked in the market Square. We don’t need to look any further for the source of the smoke,” he stated. Shaibu contended that apart from the initial suspi...

Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has approved the appointment of 63 aides to various offices in his administration. A statement on Tuesday by the Secretary to the State Government, Dr. Mrs. Ayoade Folashade Arike, in Lokoja, said the appointments were effective from 1st of April, 2017. The rationale for the additional appointees at the state level, the statement explained, is to “plug identified gaps in service delivery, fill key positions with the right people and to broaden inclusiveness in governance by bringing people from more communities on board.” It said in addition to the 54 Senior Special Assistants appointed, nine Special Assistants to the Governor as Federal Constituency Supervisors for the GYB Connect Programme has also been approved. The statement said the appointment is to recognise and encourage outstanding contributions to the New Direction Agenda. It added that the nine Special Assistants will also act as direct liaisons between the present administ...