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Former Minister of Women Affairs of Nigeria, Aisha Jummai Al-Hassan, popularly known as Mama Taraba is dead. The ex-minister was said to have passed away at an undisclosed hospital in Cairo, Egypt.  She was  61 years old.  Al-Hassan was appointed the Minister of Women Affairs by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015. She, however, resigned her position on July 27, 2018 and thereafter dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the United Democratic Party (UDP) where she emerged as the party’s governorship candidate in the 2019 general elections in Taraba State. The ex-Minister however lost to the incumbent, Governor Darius Ishaku who ran for a second term in office under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Prior to her ministerial appointment, Al-Hassan was a former Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria representing the Taraba North Senatorial District under the PDP.

  Scam Alert: EFCC Not Offering N1m Reward to Yahoo Yahoo Informants EFCC Press Release Scam Alert: EFCC Not Offering N1m Reward to Yahoo Yahoo Informants The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission wishes to inform the general public that it has not issued any notice in the social media promising financial reward for anyone with information that could lead to the arrest of a Yahoo Boy. This clarification became necessary following phone calls by citizens wanting to cash in on notices in the social media by fraudsters promising a reward of One Million Naira (N1, 000,000) for friends, family and relatives of yahoo boys who hand them over to the EFCC. The promo with #Efcc and #beagoodcitizen states, “If you have a Yahoo Yahoo boy as Family, Friend or Relative, Kindly hand them over to us, and get a Massive reward of 1million naira.” The Commission wishes to state that this message is alien to the EFCC, and members of the public are enjoined to disregard them. Promoters of the has...

  A Ghanaian woman identified as Florence, has been bathed with a susbstance suspected to be acid by her husband.    Details of the incident are still sketchy, however, according to a report posted by Crime Check TV Ghana on Friday, May 7, the woman had moved to her father's house after her husband threw her out.    The suspect later went to meet his father-in-law in guise of asking for forgiveness but sneaked into the bathroom where his estranged wife was bathing and poured acid on her.  "You made it clear you don't love her. You throw her out. She moves to her daddy's house. You go to the daddy to beg for forgiveness only to enter into the bathroom where your wife is bathing to pour acid on her. Thank God the police has swiftly arrested him. This is so inhuman"  Crime Check TV Ghana wrote on Facebook. One more photo below.

  The attention of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has been drawn to unabated activities of some unscrupulous and fraudulent individuals masquerading as NAF recruitment agents. These agents fraudulently extort money from unsuspecting Nigerians under the guise of recruiting them into the NAF. They also go the extra length to perpetrate their nefarious activities by setting up fake websites, Facebook accounts and WhatsApp groups to lure unsuspecting applicants. Some of the existing fake platforms set up to swindle these applicants included but not limited to the following: “Nigeria Gallant Airforce”(WhatsApp/Facebook accounts), “Nigerian Air Force 2021/2022 recruitment” with account name, 'Ntugba God’s Time,'(Facebook account) and account details: Ecobank, 396001097. It is however saddening to note that in spite of series of repeated warnings and spirited efforts by the NAF over the years, to enlighten the public about the nefarious activities of these fraudsters, some people still...

  The Federal Government will focus on greater development of irrigation facilities in the country, and encourage more people into agriculture, President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged. He spoke Friday at State House, Abuja, during the 6th regular meeting with the Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC), led by Professor Doyin Salami. President Buhari said agriculture was a good way for the country to overcome economic challenges confronting it, stressing: “We need to go back to the land. Technology is doing away with petroleum, but we are lucky we have other resources; Gas, vast arable land, which we are not using enough.” The President was responding to disclosure by Prof Salami, in his presentation, that only 2% of land under cultivation is irrigated, recommending that apart from government efforts, incentives are needed for private people to enter the sector. On the security challenges, which PEAC said was having great repercussions on the economy, President Buhari charged ...

  By Editor The Nigeria Port Authority (NPA) cargo-bidding job has taken a new dimension as some concerned bidders have alleged that the management of the authority is abandoning due process in selecting successful bidders. Some of the bidders recently raised the alarm over alleged attempts by the management to manipulate the contracts. However, latest investigations revealed that despite the alarm, the management of the NPA is bent on going ahead with the process In one of its reactions through the General Manager, Procurement, Dandare Ahmed, the management of NPA confirmed that the committee did meet in a hotel concerning the contracts. But he said the meeting was to evaluate some of the bidders and come up with the lists of successful ones. “It’s true the committee has been meeting in a hotel to deliberate on the bids but the meeting was to evaluate the bidders. It is the practice of the procurement department to always use hotels for such evaluations because of the volume of wo...

President Buhari receives briefing from Presidential Economic Advisory Council in State House on 7th May 2021.More details later and more photos below.