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Army Redeploys Senior Officers, Makes New Appointments

December 16, 2019 2:16 pm

Following the recent promotion of some senior officers, the Nigerian Army has released the postings and appointments of the officers to various military formations across the country.

Colonel Sagir Musa, Acting Director Army Public Relations in a statement issued on Monday indicated that, the posting which was approved by the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen TY Buratai is a routine exercise carried out to reinvigorate the system for greater professional effectiveness and efficiency.

Part of the statement reads…

“The highlight of the posting includes the appointment of Maj Gen EO Ogunkale from Command Army Record Lokoja to Defence Headquarters …

Access Bank Offers Free Banking Services To Senior Citizens

November 28, 2019 3:49 am

Access Bank Plc has introduced ‘Evergreen account’ targeted at Nigerians aged 60 and above. It is a special account designed and packaged to provide senior citizens offering free financial and lifestyle services.

A statement quoted the bank’s Executive Director, Retail Banking, Mr. Victor Etuokwu, to have said: “Our senior citizens are very important to us especially those who are pensioners, as well as potential and existing retirees. We have designed an exceptional product to reward them for their significant contribution and accommodate their financial needs.”

The Access Bank Evergreen …

Nigerian senior government official charged with forgery

July 7, 2019 12:14 am

The federal government has charged a Director of Protocol in the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, Maikudi Haruna, with forgery and international passport racketeering.

Haruna appeared before a Federal High Court in Abuja on a three-count charge brought against him by the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS).

He was charged with “conspiracy,” “making false statement for the purpose of procuring Nigeria passport,” and engaging in “forgery.”

The prosecution, led by the Head of Prosecution, NIS, Collins Obilor, alleged that Haruna forged the official identity card of his ministry and signature of the Minister on a letter he issued to a …

Mobile money agent rapes co-worker to death in Ogun

How I was abducted, raped in Rivers, by senior lecturer

May 10, 2019 5:57 pm

A female senior lecturer (name withheld) in one of the tertiary institutions in Rivers State has given graphic details of her ordeals in the hands of kidnappers.

She recounted how she was raped in the forest of Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers and miraculously escaped from the kidnappers’ den.

Amid tears, she told her horrific story on Friday at the 6 Division of Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt shortly after the Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Aminu Iliyasu, handed over the three men who confessed to have kidnapped her to SARS.

The victim, who was accompanied by her husband …