Fowler Responds to EFCC Invitation Over Fraud Allegations Against Alpha Beta

CorruptionLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaFowler Responds to EFCC Invitation Over Fraud Allegations Against Alpha Beta

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)November 3, 2020

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has invited the former Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Babatunde Fowler, for interrogation over the ₦100 billion tax evasion allegations levelled against a tax firm, Alfa Beta Consulting. Fowler, who was also a former boss of the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service, responded to an invitation from the EFCC on Monday. A former Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Alpha Beta Consulting, Dapo Apara,...

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Nigeria Minister of Youth and Sport Defends FG Insistence on Regulating the Social Media

National SecurityNewsNigeriaNigeria Minister of Youth and Sport Defends FG Insistence on Regulating the Social Media

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)November 3, 2020

Nigeria Minister of Youth and Sport Development, Sunday Dare, has said that the Federal Government had the option of shutting down the social media space during the #EndSARS protests but chose not to do so. Dare, who said this on Monday while featuring on Channels Television’s programme, Sunrise Daily, said the government did that to give room for freedom of expression. He said other countries had taken certain measures to regulate the cyber space but...

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DSS Pledges Sustenance of Peace In Bauchi

National SecurityNewsNigeriaDSS Pledges Sustenance of Peace In Bauchi

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 3, 2020

The Bauchi State Command of the Department of Security Services (DSS) has reassured of its unflinching support for the Sustenance of peace and security of the state. The State Director of Service, Alhaji Umar Abdullahi Yeldu gave the assurance while speaking at a town hall meeting on the engagement of youths and communities on security issues organized by the state government held at Multipurpose Indoor Sports Hall, Bauchi. Yeldu who described the conduct of the...

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Hoodlums In Military Uniform Might Be Responsible For Lekki Shooting – Malami

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaHoodlums In Military Uniform Might Be Responsible For Lekki Shooting – Malami

Beloved John (Staff Writer)November 3, 2020

The attorney-general of the federation (AGF), has said there is a likelihood that hoodlums wearing military fatigues are responsible for the massacre of protesters at Lekki tollgate in Lagos state. Malami said it was “pre-emptive” to conclude that there had even been shootings, adding that “hoodlums” may have been hired to create a scene. While addressing journalists on Monday in Abuja, the AGF said investigation is underway to ascertain what truly happened at the Lekki...

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Like Odi and Zaki Biam, Like Oyigbo, Rivers State

Law & JusticeNigeriaSpecial ReportLike Odi and Zaki Biam, Like Oyigbo, Rivers State

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)November 2, 2020

Special Report by Ebuka Onyekwelu In the past few days, Oyigbo in Rivers State has been in the news on a daily, for among others things, military occupation and summary execution of residents by members of the Nigerian Army. In so many places, what is happening in Oyigbo has been given ethnic colouration as Igbo people are said to have been the target of the massacre. Basically, the information circulating about the Oyigbo situation is...

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Minister Urges Youth to Embrace Dialogue

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaPeopleMinister Urges Youth to Embrace Dialogue

PilotnewsNovember 2, 2020

The Minister of Youth and Sport Development, Mr. Sunday Dare, has appealed to the youth to embrace dialogue in order to move the country forward. Dare said this on Sunday in Abuja at the maiden edition of the National Youth Day celebration with the theme ” Invest in the Youth, Secure Our Future”. He said that with the protests the country had witnessed in the past three weeks, there could be no better time than...

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Abuja Road Users Beg Traffic Officers to Return to Work

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaAbuja Road Users Beg Traffic Officers to Return to Work

PilotnewsNovember 1, 2020

Following renewed traffic gridlocks on Abuja roads, road users have appealed to all officers handling traffic management in the territory to return to the roads to ensure seamless movement. The President, Road Users Development Network of Nigeria, Dr John Uket, made the plea in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sideline of one-day national dialogue on traffic management held in Abuja. He observed that the renewed bad traffic situations in...

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Stakeholders Decry Effect of EndSARS Protest On Education

EducationLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaStakeholders Decry Effect of EndSARS Protest On Education

PilotnewsNovember 1, 2020

Stakeholders in the education sector say they are worried about the effect of the #EndSARS protest on the sector, coming a few weeks after schools started resuming following months of inactivity. Some of them, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja, expressed worry that the children were back home shortly after resumption from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) era. They said that the incessant closure of schools was hindering progress in...

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#EndSARS Demands: Anglican Archbishop Urges Youths to Give Government Time to Respond

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaReligion#EndSARS Demands: Anglican Archbishop Urges Youths to Give Government Time to Respond

PilotnewsNovember 1, 2020

The Anglican Archbishop of Owerri, Imo, Most Rev. Dr David Onuoha, has urged Nigerian youths to shun violence and give the government time to respond to their demands that necessitated the #EndSARS protests. Onuoha made the call on Sunday on the heels of protest by some Nigerians demanding an end to police brutality and the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). He said that the protest presented Nigerian youths as resourceful and intelligent with...

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Police In Adamawa Commences Prosecution Of Looters, Arraign 66

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaPolice In Adamawa Commences Prosecution Of Looters, Arraign 66

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 31, 2020

Adamawa state Police Command Friday arraigned 66 of the 238 persons arrested in connection with looting, stealing and vandalizing government and public properties across the state this week. Among the suspects, four were women including a nursing mother and underage children. Twenty two of the suspects were arraigned at the Magistrate court Four Yola, while the remaining were arraigned at the Magistrate Court Two Yola. None documentation of the case files stalled the hearing, but...

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