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        Given the nature of contemporary warfare and the changing roles of militaries across the world, the Armed Forces of Nigeria must evolve with speed and urgency in dealing with emerging threats and challenges of nation-building especially asymmetric warfare, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Prof Osinbajo at the combined Nigeria Defense Academy Passing Out Parade of the cadets of the 64 Regular Course of the Army, Navy and Air Force, the 65 Regular Course of the Navy and Air Force, and the Short Service Course 44 of the Army, in Kaduna where he represented President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday. He said: ``the world has changed a great deal, today we speak of non-State Actors and of asymmetric warfare, and are confronted by enemies whose identities are as nebulous as their motivations.’’ According to him, ``this swift evolution in suicide bombings is a perfect illustration of the nature of the threats that nations face today – unpredictable, asymmetric, constan

      The police and some members of the Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Corps (LNSC) have arrested 16 secondary school students suspected to be cultists terrorising members of the public with dangerous weapons in the state. The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Olosan Police Station, CSP Adekunle Omisankin, who confirmed the arrest on Sunday, said all the suspects belonged to the ”Gang Star’’ cult. Omisankin said the suspects claimed to have been in existence since 2013 operating as students, stressing that they were between 17 years and 18 years old. “One student-suspect was brought to our station by LNSC on Friday. Our investigation led to the arrest of 10 other students, including a female student,” Omisankin said. The spokesman for the Lagos Neighborhood Safety Corps, Mr Adewale Afolabi, said that they had also arrested a JSS3 student, who was allegedly terrorising members of the public with dangerous weapons such as knives and machetes. Afolabi said that the

                      Even as he has attained fame and become a celeb, not many people would know that Dancehall singer, Patoranking, had been in the music business for over a decade. Interestingly, the young man has seen the other side of life in his quest to climb the stardom ladder. While speaking on a programme on  Cool FM,  Lagos, the singer revealed that at a point in his life, he travelled to Ghana in search of greener pastures only to end up sleeping on the streets. “Nigerians are very powerful people and if they like your song, you are likely to be a success in Africa. There was a point in my life that I travelled to Ghana in search of greener pastures but I ended up trekking and sleeping on the streets. I decided to come back to Nigeria. Then I released ‘Alubarika’ and ‘Girlie O.’ Both songs were a hit and in no time, I was invited to perform in Ghana, Kumasi Stadium to be precise. When they came to pick me, I counted the number of cars and it was 13. I was very surpri

     Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State,Dangote and others yesterday Saturday joined other dignitaries and well wishers to celebrate the Chairman, Governing Council of the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Mrs. Mosun Bello Olusoga when she celebrated her 60th birthday in Lagos.Dare Art-Alade also performed at the event.More photos below.

      Senator Ben Murray-Bruce took to his social media few hours ago to write '' It is a fallacy to say Nigeria is too big to fail. Bigness is not the yardstick for success. Let us stop relying on being big and start relying on being smart! The smart thing for a giant that is fighting it hard to make progress to do is to identify what is holding it back and fix it. Restructuring is Nigeria's only hope!''.

      HE MADE THIS APPEAL YESTERDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER 2017 WHILE ACQUAINTING THE PRESS AND THE PUBLIC ON THE SITUATION OF THINGS IN THE STATE. You will recall that between 10th and 14th September, 2017, a group of IPOB members armed with Petrol Bomb and other offensive weapons, without reasonable and justifiable cause, attacked and burnt down Ariaria Police Division, Aba. They burnt down one Police vehicle and two exhibit vehicles parked at the Division and attacked Police Officers at the Division with dangerous weapons. In the process, some of the Police personnel were seriously injured. One of them, an ASP, who was among those seriously injured, was rushed to the Living Word Hospital where he was admitted. The Doctors battled in vain to save his life. He has died as a result of the injuries sustained. The hoodlums also carted away three (3) Pump action Rifles, ammunition and destroyed other Police security materials. However, the Police arrested seven (7) of the IPOB members. They w

       The Lagos State Government has completed the construction of the first ever high-powered DNA Forensic Laboratory in Nigeria, the State’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Adeniji Kazeem has disclosed. The State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode had last year approved the construction of the DNA forensic lab as part of the criminal justice sector reforms designed to solve crime through technology and fulfil an unmet need for DNA profiling which is a unique forensic technique that is now being used all over the world. Speaking at a press briefing held at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre in Alausa, Ikeja to announce activities lined up by the State Government to commemorate the 2017 United Nations International Day of Peace, Kazeem said skeletal work had already commenced in the lab known as the Lagos State DNA Forensics Centre (LSDFC), and that it would be formerly commissioned in coming weeks. Kazeem, who was represented at the briefing by the State’s Solic

     The EFCC has returned the sum of N36, 186,12.00 (Thirty Six Million, One Hundred and Eighty-Six Thousand, Twelve Naira) to Mrs Ifeoma Chukwuogo, Proprietress of Jephtah International School, East-West Road, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The money was recovered by the EFCC from three suspected fraudsters who allegedly diverted the school's money for their private uses.   The suspects: Cyril Ameh Idakwoji, a sta ff of Access Bank plc who was the Account Officer of the school, Boma Obama Chisom, who posed as the Customer Relations Officer of the bank and Aderemi Adebayo Moses another accomplice who prints fake documents, allegedly diverted a sum of over N37,000,000( Thirty-seven Million Naira only) belonging to the school and thereby threw it into financial difficulties.More photos below.

     She took to her social media to post this photo of herself above with the caption '' #ad   I really don't know what I would do without my LuMee   Do you have yours yet? I know I'm still on the iPhone 6, but I just ordered the 8 & thank god we have cases to fit!   Lumee.com ''.One more photo below.

       L-R: Ambassador of France to Nigeria, Mr Denys Gauer, Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa; and French Consul. General, Lagos, Laurent Polonceaux during Gauer's visit to Obasa in Lagos on Friday: L-R: Protocol officer to the Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly (LSHA), Mrs Adenike Ajibosin; member LSHA, Hon. Tunde Buraimoh; Ambassador of France to Nigeria, Mr Denys Gauer, Speaker, LSHA, Rt.  Hon. Mudashiru Obasa; French Consul. General, Lagos, Laurent Polonceaux; and another LSHA member, Hon. Saka Fafunmi. L-R: Member, Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Tunde Buraimoh; Ambassador of France to Nigeria, Mr Denys Gauer; Speaker, LSHA, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa; French Consul. General, Lagos, Laurent Polonceaux; another LSHA member, Hon. Saka Fafunmi; and clerk of the house, Mr Azeez Sanni. Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa presenting gift to Ambassador of France to Nigeria, Mr Denys Gauer.More photos below.