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      L - R; President Muhammadu Buhari, SGF Mr. Boss Mustapha, chief of Staff Mallam Abba Kyari, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Okechukwu Enelamah, Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma and CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele during the signing of agreements between Afreximbank, BOI and NSIA with the Nigeria Special Economic Zones Investment Company (NSEZCOM) and it’s Strategic Investment Partners held at the Council Chambers, State House in Abuja. PHOTO; SUNDAY AGHAEZE. FEB 8, 2019.More photos below.

       The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abuja zonal office has arrested 10 suspected internet fraudsters, following intelligence report of their suspicious activities. The suspects are, Triumph Chikwendu Madumere, Success Chukwumazu Obasi, Jamila Shuaibu, Bright Idumwonyi Osaigboko and Obasi Wisdom. Others are Idemudia Emmanuel, Sandra Alang, Stanley Ohiaeri, Samuel Tochukwu and Ikechukwu David Ohiaeri. They were arrested at Karu and Mpape settlements of Abuja, on February 7, 2019. Items recovered from them include, three Mercedes Benz cars, five laptop computers, 10 handsets, ATM cards and other incriminating documents. They will soon be charged to court.More photos below.

        In accordance with the provision of Section 154(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended), President Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded to the Senate for confirmation, the names of thirty (30) nominees as Chairman and Commissioners of the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission. The names  were conveyed in a letter signed by the President to the Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, asking for expeditious consideration and confirmation of the appointments. Below are the names, states of origin and positions of the nominees respectively. S/N STATE NAME POSITION 1. Ebonyi Engr. Elias Mbam Chairman 2. Abia Chris Alozie Akomas Commissioner 3. Akwa Ibom Ayang Sunday Okon Commissioner 4. Anambra Chima Philip Okafor Commissioner 5. Bauchi Prof. Isa B. Mohammed Commissioner 6. Benue Samuel Adaa Maagbe Commissioner 7. Cross River Ntufam Eyo N...

          In continuation of Ex EGWU-EKE III in 6 Division Area of Responsibility (AOR), troops of 29 Battalion Port Harcourt on 5th February 2019 clamped down on suspected armed robbers/kidnappers in Ukpelede community, Ahoada West Local Government Area (LGA) of Rivers State. The sting operation was conducted following an intelligence report on the criminal activities of armed robbers and kidnappers in Ahoada West and along the ever busy East-West Road and its environs which has recently disrupted free flow of activities in the general area. The suspected kidnappers who on sighting the troops fired frantically and scampered for their lives were pursued by the gallant troops. Consequently, one of the kidnappers was gunned down while others fled into the nearby bush. Items recovered during the operation include; One Motorcycle, Twelve live Cartridges, One cult-like Axe, One Cutlass, Two Masks and One Nokia phone. Four civilian victims were also rescued in...

      CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has led a delegation of senior Nigerian Air Force (NAF) officers on a visit to Azerbaijan to seek strategic partnership in capacity building and development of Nigeria's military industrial complex with a view to further boosting NAF’s operational effectiveness in the fight against insurgency and other forms of crimi nality in the country. The visit, which took place from 5 - 8 February 2019, was on the invitation of the Azerbaijani Deputy Minister of Defence and Commander of the Azerbaijan Air Force (AzAF), Lieutenant General Ramiz Tahirov, who, along with other senior officers from AzAF, hosted the CAS and conducted him on a tour of facilities at the Gala Air Base and the Aviation Repair Factory located in Nasosna Air Base, where the AzAF carries out up to 4th Line Maintenance of aircraft in its inventory. One of the immediate benefits of the visit is the acceptance by the AzAF to provide simulator training slots for NAF pilots...

       Following the apprehension that has greeted the scheduled visit of President Muhammadu Buhari for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential rally on Saturday, the Lagos State Government on Friday allayed fears of residents assuring that there would be no road closures as earlier announced. Briefing journalists at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre in Alausa, the State’s Commissioner for Transportation, Mr Ladi Lawanson said the earlier statement announcing diversion and road closure had been reviewed, adding that residents were free to go about their businesses. Lawanson, who is also a member of the transport sub-committee for the Presidential visit and the APC rally, said Lagosians should jettison an earlier announcement by the committee to the effect that there would be road closures. He said: “Lagosians have been very apprehensive that there will be traffic gridlock and we got a lot of feedbacks that we intend to grind Lagos to a halt. People are...

     According to the magazine '' All good reunions should involve an abundance of laughter and tears, and there were certainly both recently when EW reunited the cast of the 1997 blockbuster   My Best Friend’s Wedding   in Los Angeles. Star Julia Roberts, 51, and her titular BFF Dermot Mulroney, 55 (close pals in real life), arrived together and immediately wanted to get down to business. “Let’s go see Cameron,” Roberts exclaimed excitedly while dragging Mulroney by the arm. Then came the laughter. Roberts and Cameron Diaz, 46, have, arguably, two of the best laughs in Hollywood, and their joy echoed throughout the photo studio. It only got more giggly when costar Rupert Everett, 59 — who played George, Roberts’ character’s gay wingman — arrived. The group’s buzzy, infectious energy is part of what has cemented  Wedding ’s status as a  rom-com classic . “People come up to me and just say, “My Best Friend’s Wedding!” and I’m like, “Aww,” says Dia...

      Justice Mojisola Olatoregun of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos has adjourned the trial of a former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, to March 18, 2019. Fayose was arraigned alongside his company, Spotless Investment Limited, on October 22, 2018, on an 11-count charge bordering on fraud and money laundering to the tune of over N2.2 billion. He is facing trial in connection with the sums of N1.299 billion and $5.3 million out of the N4.65 billion slush funds allegedly shared by the then National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd). The court had adjourned to today, February 7, 2019, for continuation of the cross-examination of a prosecution witness, Musiliu Obanikoro, a former Minister of State for Defence. However, the prosecuting counsel, Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, told the court that he was informed earlier today that Obanikoro, who is the fifth prosecution witness, PW5, had been admitted to a hospital. He said: “My lord, I ca...

     According to Ken Chukwudi,who shared this two photos yesterday with the caption '' Their was another round of suspected cult killings in Awka yesterday, as about six (6) people were said to have bee n killed in total at the Amikwo part of the inner city, mostly inhabited by locals and tenants. Around 9:00pm yesterday, most shops around the Amaenyi precinct of the city were closed, as what looked like rapid gunshots were heard, as street became instantly empty of people except for few. Awka and some part of Anambra state have become death ground for young youths, due to perceived cult war amongst the different cult groups, which the young seem to take pleasure in joining and swearing allegiance to and a permanent perceived mis-understanding existing among them. The Commissioner of Police, Garba Umar posting and replacement by another, seem to give the void for the resurgence of cult war amongst the young''.One more photo below.

     According to the magazine'' When Cardi B visits her favorite nail salon in the Bronx, she enters through a raggedy hallway covered with a rug emblazoned with the image of a $100 bill. The salon, which overlooks a bustling avenue of pizza shops, sports-gear superstores, and boutiques with weaves in 70 colors, is a temple to money, excess, and sexiness, symbolized in the application of nails that look like diamond-encrusted Buck knives. Portraits of two icons of pulchritude hang on the walls—namely, Marilyn Monroe and the very 2019 version of Marilyn: Cardi. With a posse that includes her dad, her half-sister, her half-brother, and two Drogosize bodyguards whose names I don’t catch but imagine to be Bulwark and Spear, Cardi, 26, heads toward a private side room. She surrenders her hands and feet to Jenny Bui, her sharp-tongued nail tech of more than half a decade, even back when she didn’t have the money to move out of this borough. A tiny, makeup-less sprite in magen...