FOUR FAKE SOLDIERS PARADED IN LAGOS.

Four fake soldiers identified as John Izunwanne, 25, John Otu, 23, Richard Acha, 22, and Simon Anthony, 39, who were arrested at various times along Mile 2 road, Idi-Araba and Agege area in Lagos state, were paraded by the state Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni at the force headquarters in Ikeja yesterday October 29th.

When interrogated, one of the suspects, 39 year old Simon Anthony, said he decided to wear the military uniform to secure free transportation from his base in Adamawa to Lagos state.

“I was dismissed in January 2014 for falling out from duty. I am from Adamawa state. I wanted to use the uniform to travel to Lagos because I had no transport money. But unfortunately, I was arrested by soldiers,” he told the Nation.

SARAKI HEADS TO THE SUPREME COURT.

Nigeria’s Senate President, Bukola Saraki has stated that he will head to the Supreme Court in search of justice after a Court of Appeal ruled against him.

Saraki’s position was conveyed by his lead lawyer, Mohammed Mogaji. He revealed that Senator Saraki would file a further appeal at the Supreme Court.

Saraki wanted the appellate court stop his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, where he has been charged on 13-counts with false asset declaration.

CYBERCRIME FROM NIGERIA HITS $9.3BN ANNUALLY.

Cyber-crime originating from Nigeria is worth $9.3 billion yearly, President of Cyber Security Association of Nigeria (CSEAN), Mr. Remi Afon, has said.

He spoke in a statement in Abuja on the planned launch of CSEAN in Lagos and award of certificates to new members.

Afon said although there were no available statistics on volume of malware being generated from the country, “based on research by Palo Alto Networks in 2014 and fire eye 2015, activities of cyber criminals in Nigeria is now shifting from phishing emails to actual exploit through malware”

FIVE DEPUTY COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF CUSTOMS SIMULTANEOUSLY RETIRE VOLUNTARILY.

Five senior Customs chiefs yesterday threw in the towel. They voluntarily opted to retire according to highly placed sources in the organisation.

The Deputy Comptrollers General John Atte (Finance, Administration and Technical Service) ; Adewuyi Akinade (Tariff and Trade) ; Tahir Musa (Enforcement, Investigation and Inspection; Chukwuma Nwosu and Mera IM, reportedly wrote a joint letter of voluntary disengagement through the Comptroller General of Customs Col. Hameeed Ali, to The Chairman, Nigerian Customs Service Board.

LOOMING DANGER IN LAGOS.

To deny that since the inception of this new administration there has been a prevalence of criminal activities in the state and fail to call on the Lagos State government to do right by the people, is to play purposeless politics with the lives of Lagosians.

With the recent killing of the Managing Director of the Lekki Free Trade Zone, Mr. Tajudeen Disu, when Ibeju-Lekki villagers clashed with mobile policemen over an alleged “forceful take-over” of their land by the state government, there has been a reinforcement of the claim that Lagos has once again relapsed to the times of lawlessness and insecurity. Nothing highlights this assumption clearer than the quick succession of intense criminal activities, which have despoiled the relative peace and calm inherited from the last administration.

THE TEMPTATIONS OF BIAFRA.

Do not be deceived, every Igbo man is a Biafran, irrespective of where he was born and grew up on this earth, whether he fought and witnessed the Nigerian civil war or not. He may not even know what Biafra is all about, and may not believe in the concept or idea of Biafra, but God knows why he was created an Igbo man.

Although as an individual, he may know his purpose, vision and mission on earth, he would be incomplete until he discovers his role as an Igbo man. A man who does not know his identity irrespective of his status in society needs help, and   many Igbos need help in this regard.

I was in Biafra as a 12-year-old during the civil war, and saw war fronts, the refugee camps, feeding, research and production centers, etc. I saw deaths, hunger, kwashiorkor, oppression by the soldiers on both sides of the war; intrigues: Biafrans killing Biafrans. But I found myself weeping uncontrollably the day it was announced that we lost the war because no one likes defeat, not even a child. Biafra was defeated in January 1970; so when you mention it now, some are tempted to avoid it, postpone the topic, kill it, suppress it, while others want to speak and stand by it.

BIAFRA, OODUA AND THE 7TH LESSON - REUBEN ABATI.

Democracy does not necessarily translate into the disappearance of crises and dilemmas, (even trilemmas, quadrilemmas or more) in a country, either developed, developing or perhaps evolutionary.

Built into the fabric of the right to choose is also the right to make mistakes and so, across Africa at this moment, in Nigeria, Tanzania, Cote d’Ivoire, Burundi, Guinea Conakry, Rwanda, the lessons are being driven home, as elections are being held or have been held or will be held, that even as democracy spreads within the continent, the tension between stabilization and consolidation, trade offs and efficiency, pessimism and optimism, ethnocentrism and nationalism, remains a major concern.

N1.4TN PENALTY IS TOO HUGE TO BEAR - MTN CRIES OUT AT NCC'S PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO DISCONNECT UNREGISTERED SIM.

Three days after Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC slammed a N1.4 trillion penalty on MTN Nigeria for failure to disconnect customers with unregistered SIM cards, Parent company MTN group has cried out that the fine was too extreme, even as it continues to engage the regulator on how to resolve the issue.

MTN Group noted with dismay that Nigerian Communications Commission refused to listen to its plea to reconsider its stand on the penalty slammed on its Nigerian arm last week.

According to a report, MTN Nigeria spokeswoman, Chineze Gbenga-Oluwatoye, had said in an e-mailed response, that “recommendations were put forward with respect to the non-commensurable nature of the fine but the Nigerian Communications Commission did not accept recommendations that the fine of 200,000 Naira ($1,005) per SIM was too heavy.”

HOW DID LUTH CONSULTANT "DR. HESTIA IDIODI-THOMAS" DIE????

How did Dr. Hestia Idiodi-Thomas die?

This is the million-dollar question  the police, Lagos State government, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) where she was a consultant, and the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, are battling to answer.    While there are speculations that her death was a case of domestic violence, there is a school that  believes  it was suicide.

COURT OF APPEAL DISMISSES BUKOLA SARAKI'S SUIT, PAVES WAY FOR CORRUPTION TRIAL.

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed an appeal by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, seeking to quash corruption charges brought by the Code of Conduct Bureau against him.

The appeal court ruled Friday, upholding the authority of the Code of Conduct Tribunal to try Mr. Saraki.

Mr. Saraki is facing a 13-count charge of alleged false declaration of assets and corruption. He denies the charges.

OLISEH INVITES IHEANACHO, MARTINS AND 22 OTHERS TO BATTLE SWAZILAND.

Coach Sunday Oliseh has invited Manchester City striker, Kelechi Iheanacho, for the Super Eagles’ 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying fixture against Swaziland.

With Iheanacho’s inclusion, the list of invitees now has 24 names, including in-form USA–based Obafemi Martins and six home–based professionals.

Oliseh had maintained that invitation to the Eagles would be based on current form and ability.

SENATE CONFIRMS AMAECHI & OTHERS AS PDP SENATORS STAGE WALKOUT.

The Nigerian Senate has confirmed former Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Amaechi as minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

PDP senators, however, staged a walk out in protest of the confirmation of Amaechi. The Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, led the walk-out.

Things came to a head after the Chairman of the Committee on Ethics and Privileges, Senator Samuel Anyanwu presented the report on the petition against the former governor. 

KELECHI IHEANACHO SHINES IN HIS FIRST COMPETITIVE START FOR MANCHESTER CITY.

The Capital One Cup, very much the poor relation within the hierarchy of competitions available to English clubs, has in recent history been used by clubs to rotate their squad of players, not only allowing fringe players vital minutes but used as an opportunity to blood promising younger players.

Manuel Pellegrini though is not a manager keen to relegate the competition to the status of second-class citizen, mindful of the fact that this was the first trophy he landed in England.

He also appears to be a proponent of taking each game as it comes (rather than it being mere lip service), being an opportunity rather than a burden on a bloated fixture list.

NIGERIAN ARMY RELEASES PICTURES OF 100 WANTED BOKO HARAM TERRORIST.

Nigerian army has released pictures of members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect. Members of the public with useful information about the terorists are implored to help the army capture this killers.

(Highlights) Nigeria 6-0 Australia - #U17WC

NIG 6 AUS 0

COURT JAILS SECURITY GUARD FOR RAPING NINE YEAR OLD GIRL. #SAYNOTORAPE.

An Akure Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday sentenced a security guard, Onoja Abel, to five years imprisonment for raping a nine-year-old girl.

The Chief Magistrate, Victoria Bob-Manuel, sentenced the convict after he pleaded guilty of rape and assault.

“Having admitted and found guilty of two offences, the accused is hereby sentenced to five years imprisonment for unlawful carnal knowledge of the girl.

MEET THE 26-YR-OLD LADY GENIUS WHO BROKE THE NIGERIAN LAW SCHOOL RECORD.

A genius, Fatima Bombom Sani, made history on Wednesday, 21 October 2015 when she was honoured with standing ovation by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Mahmud Mohammed, other members of the Body of Benchers (BOB) and the Council of Legal Education (CLE), other dignitaries and the new wigs (her colleagues just called to Bar) according to DailyTrust.

Fatima broke existing record in the Nigeria Law School by bagging nine separate awards compared to existing record of seven awards ever received at the Call to Bar of Nigerian Law School.

THE ILE IFE AND YORUBA OF MY DREAMS- BY OONI OF IFE ELECT ADEYEYE OGUNWUSI.

I have a story to tell the world   and most importantly the people of  Ile-Ife.  About 40 years ago, I was born into the Giesi Ruling House, Ojaja Royal Compound in the ancient city of Ile-Ife.

From birth, my life has been a journey; one that I embarked on, saddled with great conscientiousness when I became a responsible father at the age of 19, which shaped and groomed me for greater challenges ahead.

To cater for my family as a young father, I became very enterprising with the knack of building something out of nothing. This certainly increased my temperament for being successful in all my endeavours, as well as towing the right path as a responsible father.

THE ELECTION NULLIFICATION IS A GANG-UP AGAINST ME.

Governor Nyesom Wike has described the nullification of his election by the Election Petition Tribunal as a gang up against him and the people of the state arguing that the the judiciary was setting a dangerous precedent in the country with the way it had gone about elections in Rivers state.

Special Adviser to the governor on media and publicity, Mr Opunabo Nko-Tariah in a statement yesterday in Port Harcourt alleged that there had been  effort to wrestle power from Governor Wike through the back door, adding that legal steps will be taken to defend the mandates of the people displayed in the April 11 general election.

“What is going on right now can best be described as judicial gang-up against Governor Wike, nay, the people of Rivers State. It is an affront on democracy and a blight disregard for the will of the people as evinced in the April 11 general elections.

I DID NOT GET OIL CONTRACT FROM JONATHAN - CHIEF EDWIN CLARK.

Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, has dismissed insinuations that he betrayed former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, by reportedly saying that the ex-President lacked the political will to fight corruption, noting that he was maliciously misconstrued.

Clark, who was criticised by some associates of the former President over the statement, also denounced claims that his decision to quit partisan politics was provoked by the ex-President’s defeat at the polls.

In a 3,902-word letter, the former Minister of Information exonerated himself from the various allegations of betrayal levelled against him, adding that close associates of the former President and some party leaders sold Jonathan out.