April 2019

NFVCB officials now SPY Policemen to fight piracy

Breaking: Two arrested for selling three siblings for ₦.5m

April 24, 2019 9:28 am

Men of the Edo State Police Command have arrested two men, Kenneth Ofeke and Stephen Obi, who sold three siblings for N500, 000 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

Names of the siblings were given as Wisdom, Kenneth and Sunny.

They were said to have been taken from Edo State and sold in Port Harcourt to a woman who later resold them to other persons in Lagos State.

The police are yet to determine whether the children are still alive.

Kenneth, aged 26, claimed that he led his supposed girlfriend to sell the children because they were unwell and he could
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Sudan protesters plan ‘million march’ for civil rule

April 24, 2019 9:24 am
Sudanese protest leaders Wednesday mounted pressure on the country’s military council by calling for a million people to march to demand power be handed over to a civilian administration.

“We are calling for a million (people to) march on Thursday,” said Ahmed al-Rabia, a senior leader of the Sudanese Professionals Association, the umbrella group that launched protests against deposed president Omar al-Bashir in December.

In a separate statement, the SPA said the march calls for “civilian rule” in Sudan, the central demand of protesters since the army ousted Bashir on April 11.

The demonstrations began in the central town of

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Police arraign two for allegedly stealing bags of biscuits

NIPCO sues staff for ₦17.7m fuel theft

April 24, 2019 9:15 am

A logistics officer of Nigerian Independent Petroleum Company (NIPCO) Plc, Mairiga Umar, who allegedly stole four trucks of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) valued at N17.7million, was Wednesday brought before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court I. Lagos.

Umar, 48, was arraigned by the police on a one-count charge of theft before Mrs Oluwatoyin Oghere.

Prosecuting Sergeant Modupe Olaluwoye alleged that Umar committed the offence in September 2018, at NIPCO office, Apapa, Lagos.

The court heard that the defendant allegedly stole four trucks laden with 132,000 litres of PMS valued at N17.7 million from the company while he was in its employment.…

Nnamdi Kanu’s facts prove that Buhari was not Nigerian

April 23, 2019 8:42 pm

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has come up with a fresh claim about the true nationality of President Muhmmadu Buhari.

Kanu, in his broadcast from the United Kingdom at the weekend, said that neither “dead” Muhammadu Buhari, nor “his replacement” Jibril al Sudani, is qualified to contest for Nigeria’s presidential election.

Nnamdi Kanu argued that being born on Nigerian soil was not enough to qualify one as a Nigerian citizen by birth, unless the parents, grandparents of such person is also born in Nigeria.

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Nigeria Customs speaks on applicants’ challenges on portal

April 23, 2019 8:25 pm

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has said that complains of applicants arising from recruitment portal have been resolved.

The NSC Public Relations Officer, Joseph Attah, disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday.

NAN reports that NCS opened its portal on Wednesday, April 17, for the recruitment of 3,200 officers and men to the service.

Attah said the complaints were mainly on non-capturing of some institutions attended by applicants in the portal system and that had been resolved.

“Some institutions were not earlier captured by the portal system, when our attention was drawn …

Aso Villa lambastes Rev. Fr Mamza for critising Jubril

April 23, 2019 8:14 pm

The Presidency on Monday lambasted  the Catholic Bishop of Yola Diocese, Rt. Rev. Fr. Stephen Mamza, who had  truthfully described Jubril  Al-Sudani, Late President Muhammadu Buhari’s impostor as ”sleeping on duty as Commander-in-Chief.”

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Video: Pastor Bakare declares self Nigeria’s next President

Bakare prays for Jubril to appoint the best people as aides

April 22, 2019 9:06 pm

Latter Rain Assembly Serving Overseer Tunde Bakare raises a prayer request, which is for Jubril Al-Sudani, Late President Muhammadu Buhari’s impostor to appoint the best, brightest and fittest into the APC led administration as he takes oath on May 29 to continue the second term in office.

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Two die, 10 injured in accident on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

April 22, 2019 8:30 pm
Two persons were confirmed dead while 10 others sustained injuries in an accident involving a Mazda bus at Danliti Ayetoro area on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway .Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Spokesperson, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta on Monday.

Akinbiyi explained that the accident occurred around 11am, saying that it was caused by excessive speeding which led to loss of control.

He noted that the commercial bus with registration number DDA 729 XA , after losing control, hit a culvert and summersaulted, adding that the driver and the bus conductor

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US top court to weigh in on gay, transgender rights

April 22, 2019 12:23 pm
The nation’s highest court is considering three related cases, one involving a funeral home worker who was fired after telling her employer she was a transgender woman and would be wearing women’s clothing at work.

In the other two cases, gay workers said they were fired by their employers because of their sexual orientation.

The court will decide whether the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which bans discrimination in the workplace

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Base your criticism on facts, Saraki replies Tinubu

April 22, 2019 12:15 pm

Senate President Bukola Saraki has charged the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to dwell on facts in his criticism of the leadership of the Senate.

Tinubu had, in a statement on Monday, defended his role in aligning with the APC in the choice of preferred candidates for the leadership of the two chambers of the federal legislature in the emerging Ninth Assembly.

The APC chieftain also knocked the leadership of the Senate for working at cross purposes with President Muhammadu Buhari on key government policies, particularly, the processing of the annual budget.

But Saraki, …

US imposes sanctions on Iranian oil marketers

April 22, 2019 12:04 pm
The Trump administration has announced it will no longer exempt any countries from US sanctions if they continue to buy Iranian oil, increasing economic pressure on the Middle Eastern country.

The White House is stepping up pressure on Iran in a move that primarily affects the five remaining major importers – China and India, and the US treaty allies Japan, South Korea and Turkey.

President Donald Trump made the decision as part of the “maximum pressure” campaign on Iran, although Turkey and China have already criticised the administration.

The move aims to eliminate all of Iran’s revenue from oil exports, …

Atiku’s 66 grounds of appeal against tribunal verdict

Incessant killings: Atiku calls on FG to tighten security

April 22, 2019 7:51 am

Following the alarming increase in insecurity across the country, the defeated presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the just concluded election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has called on the federal government to put an end to its empty rhetorics and take urgent action to stem insecurity.

The former vice-president made the call Monday in a statement he personally signed, where he lamented that when the punishment for crimes are not forthcoming, criminals are emboldened to commit even worse crimes.

He stressed the need to keep Nigeria safe for Nigerians and foreigners, noting that as long as there is
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