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The Nigerian Army has condemned and threatened to sue those involved in sharing the graphic pictures of personnel who paid the supreme price in the cause of defending and protecting the country from its adversaries on social media. In a statement by the Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima, “This act is not only unpatriotic but very insensitive and utterly reprehensible”. According to him, the Nigerian Army considers this despicable and unpatriotic act totally unacceptable and will henceforth take legal actions to protect troops who die in action from being ridiculed on social media or any platform.…

India’s coronavirus death toll crossed 200,000 Wednesday as a relentless wave of new cases swamped hospitals and sent desperate families out into the streets of the capital in search of oxygen supplies and medicine. Infection and death rates are soaring in the vast country of 1.3 billion, in contrast with the United States and some European nations taking tentative steps back towards normal life. The virus has now killed more than 3.1 million people worldwide, with India driving the latest surge, recording 360,000 new infections (a global record) and over 3,000 deaths on Wednesday. In the capital New Delhi, car…

Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says the Commission has dragged about 2,000 corporate entities into the country’s tax net. He made this known on Tuesday in Abuja while responding to questions from journalists at the end of a capacity building for ICPC investigators on investigating Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) held at the corporate headquarters of the Commission. Prof. Owasanoye disclosed that the 2,000 corporate entities were uncovered by investigations undertaken by the Commission, and their names have been forwarded to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) for profiling. “Some of…

The Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested one Adeshina Lukman for an alleged case of obtaining money by false pretence and stealing to the tune of $10,000. Adeshina was arrested on April 14, 2021 in the Ipaja/Ayobo area of Lagos, following a complaint received by the Commission from one Isa Abdulhamid Mohammed. Mohammed, in his petition, alleged that one Bashir Haruna Isa, a Bureau De Change operator, sometime in March 2020, approached him with an offer to sell $10,000, while he (Mohammed) would pay the Naira equivalent of the dollars to him. He…

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has assured that President Muhammadu Buhari would not extend his tenure in 2023. Tinubu said Buhari would not spend “one hour beyond his tenure” in office. He disclosed this while addressing journalists yesterday in Abuja. According to Tinubu, Buhari would respect the country’s Constitution at the end of his tenure in 2023. He said: “We cannot interject politics and assumptions into everything. We have a nation to build; we have a baton to pass. “You can depend on Buhari that he will not spend one hour beyond his…

The Kaduna State government, on Tuesday, condemned the recent killing of some students of Greenfield University abducted by bandits in the State. In a statement by Muyiwa Adekeye, the governor’s media adviser, he said the ruthless resort of the kidnappers to murdering young persons was part of their effort to blackmail the government of Kaduna State under the leadership of Malam Nasir El-Rufai. According to Adekeye, the bandits were also engaging in such an action to compel the State government to abandon its ‘no ransom, no negotiation’ policy. Last week, bandits kidnapped scores of Greenfield University and demanded a ransom…

Chelsea produced a composed performance to secure a fully deserved draw and a crucial away goal to put themselves in a promising position after their Champions League semi-final first leg against Real Madrid. Chelsea over-ran Madrid in the early stages and should have taken the lead when Timo Werner shot straight at keeper Thibaut Courtois from only six yards – but they were ahead after only 14 minutes when Christian Pulisic kept his cool to steer home a clever finish. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xuZJiaNMiI] Real were on the ropes but danger man Karim Benzema, who had glanced the outside of an upright…

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on Tuesday said Channels Television has apologised over its violation of the broadcasting code. NBC’s Director of Public Affairs, Mrs Franca Aiyetan, said this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Tuesday in Abuja. Aiyetan explained that the commission’s letter to the TV station was a regulatory instrument to check the excesses of the station called “the bridge letter“. She said that the intent of the letter was neither to close down nor sanction the station, rather it was meant to draw the station’s attention to its breach of the broadcasting…

The House of Representatives has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a State of Emergency on security challenges facing the country. This was contained in a resolution read by Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila at the end of a four-hour executive session on Tuesday in Abuja. Gbajabiamila condemned the attacks on security agents and formations across the country, while sympathizing with the families of those who lost their loved ones. He urged Nigeria Police Force to put in place modalities for the recruitment of new personnel into the force, adding that the current number of policemen in the country was inadequate. Gbajabiamila…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is set to establish a fully- integrated Chemical Laboratory in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, to combat the scourge of illegal oil bunkering in the Zone. This was disclosed by the Port Harcourt Zonal Head of the Commission, Chief Detective Superintendent (CDS) Aliyu Naibi on Tuesday, April 27, 2021 in Port Harcourt, while hosting the executives of the Petroleum Products Retail Outlet Owners Association of Nigeria, PETROAN, System 2E Eastern Zone, who paid him a Courtesy Visit. According to him, the issue of illegal oil bunkering is rampant in the Niger Delta region of…