November 14, 2020

Report Policemen Evading Duty – Lagos CP Orders DPOs

November 14, 2020 3:04 pm

The Commissioner of Police in Lagos, Hakeem Odumosu, has warned officers and men of the Command against negligence, indolence and complacency.

He gave the warning on Friday in a statement by Police Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi.

Some policemen are yet to resume or have been working inadequately since the End SARS protests.

Odumosu declared that dereliction of duty will no longer be condoned.

The CP urged the personnel to rise up to the security challenges associated with ember months.

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Odumosu disclosed that he had read the riot …

700 Ex-military Officers Amputated, Dismissed Over Boko Haram

November 14, 2020 2:41 pm

No fewer than 700 ex-military personnel had their limbs amputated and eventually dismissed from the service due to the Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East. This was as the United States and Nigeria have opened discussions on how to tackle the threat posed by the Islamic State in Syria (ISIS) and its affiliate terrorist organisations in West Africa.

National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPD), which disclosed the state of the 700 ex-military personnel yesterday during its 2021 budget defence at the National Assembly, said that it had integrated the affected exsecurity personnel. The commission pleaded for an upward …

ASUU: FG Reveals Next Action If Lecturers Fail To Resume

November 14, 2020 2:40 pm

The Federal Government will consider ‘options’ to stop the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) from continuing its industrial action.

Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, spoke on a Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday.

‘There are so many options left. We have the labour laws and I have options left to me in the labour laws. I have other channels,’ he said.

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Ngige complained that the union was not considering the challenges their demands would create.

The minister said even if countries go to war, they eventually meet …

Fools In Politics Hardly Believe That Power Is Transient

November 14, 2020 2:33 pm

In these contemporary times, kingdoms, nations or countries are now being built with political strategy unlike in the medieval era, when unnecessary wars were fought and lives wasted. Today, such wars for political control or domination are seldom fought; instead well articulated diplomatic onslaughts are launched by superior powers to control and propagate imperialism in the developing countries but extremely rich with natural and human resources.

Whilst the Western and a few Arab and Asian countries had since left the ancient style of political control by incessant wars amongst themselves, Africa as a continent is still far from getting to …