Month: April 2018

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal office, on Saturday, April 7, 2018, arrested four suspected Internet fraudsters. The suspects are: Ale Daniel, Tunde Badmus, Adams Tunde Adedeji and Ajiboye Gbenga. The quartet who were arrested in the Lekki area of Lagos State for various offences bordering on cyber crimes and money laundering; their arrest followed intelligence report received by the Commission about their activities alleging that they living flamboyantly without known sources of income. Items recovered from them, include exotic cars and charms. Speaking on the renewed…

Cross River State Governor, Prof Ben Ayade, Tuesday, wept profusely at the state executive council chambers whilst signing the historic 2018 budget of N1.3 trillion into law. The governor who had asked that the budget be committed to God, broke down in tears as the prayer was being said by Rev. Fr Bob Etta, the Special Adviser on Religious Matters. Signing the budget tagged, Budget of kinetic Crystallisation, Ayade maintained that “the state must create a new vista, prospect, horizon and income pattern that will define us by what we…

The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General TY Buratai has Charged the various commands of the Nigerian Army especially “Operation Lafiya Dole “ to sustain the numerous successes being recorded by the Army across board on daily basis. The Army Chief stated this in a speech at the ongoing Chief of Army Staff Conference in Abuja. Buratai while calling on troops to desist from hobnobbing with politicians ahead of the 2019 general elections, said the Army is putting in place a robust procurement and operational plan to preserve and promote…

President Muhammadu Monday in Abuja declared his intention to seek re-election in 2019. President Buhari made the declaration at a closed-door meeting of the National Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The President said he was responding to the clamour by Nigerians to recontest in 2019, adding that he wanted to give NEC the honour of notifying them first. Shortly before making the declaration, the President presented a speech on the report submitted by the APC National Executive Technical Committee. His remarks: REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI,…

The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the recent stage-managed political endorsement by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Buhari Presidency, by procuring individuals who masqueraded as religious leaders, as hypocritical and disgusting signs of desperation. It said the Buhari Presidency’s hiring of supposed Arewa Pastors was a second attempt to orchestrate fake endorsements ahead of the 2019 election, recalling the recent Martin Luther King Jr. saga PDP said both procured endorsements, which had turned out to be fake, are, to say the least, despicable and betray the…

Cross River State member of parliament in the House of Representatives, representing Ogoja/Yala federal constituency, Hon Jarigbe Agom on Saturday empowered 240 students with disbursement of Bursary. Hon Agom, who is also the deputy chairman House Committee on Tertiary Education had two weeks ago inaugurated an 8-man Bursary committee headed by Barr Leo Aggrey with the mandate to identify eligible and authentic students of Ogoja/Yala LGA. The committee was given two weeks to conclude the assignment and report back for immediate disbursement to beneficiaries. According to the lawmaker, students form…