Year: 2021

My arrest By the Police was Malicious; Army Officer tells panel

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A retired army officer, Mohammed Labaran, today November 23rd, 2021 disclosed before a fact finding Panel that his arrest by personell of the Nigerian Police was Malicious. Making this known before the Independent Investigative Panel on the defunct SARS and other units of the Nigerian Police Force on alleged human rights violations sitting in Abuja, Labaran refutted the assertion by the Police that his arrest was made in good faith. In the matter which bothered on alleged unlawful arrest and detention; Torture, inhuman and degrading treatment, denial of right to…

COAS reiterates commitment to end insecurity ….. As Gov Sani Bello urges citizens to support Nigerian Military

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The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen. Faruk Yahaya has reiterated the commitment of the Nigerian Army towards improving the security situation in the country. Lt. Gen.Yahaya made this known when he paid courtesy visit on Governor Abubakar Sani Bello at the Government House Minna, the state capital. He said,the Nigeria Army was already training some of its troops to beef up security and to improve its manpower. The COAS explained that he was in the State for a conference,and as part of his operational visit to military formations…

Amnesty For Nnamdi Kanu By Reuben Abati

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  In a recent interview witArise TV, the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami,SAN had indicated that the Federal Government of Nigeria may consider a. political solution to the matters involving Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples Organisation of Biafra (IPOB) and Sunday Igboho, the self-determination, Yoruba Nation activist, currently in custody and on trial in Benin Republic. But only if an approach in that direction was proposed to the Federal Government. It is therefore not surprising that within two weeks after this declaration, a delegation…

Davido AIRTIME/ DATA GIVEAWAY : NCC warns telecom consumers

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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has discovered while undertaking online social listening that an ostensibly syndicated group is on the prowl to swindle unsuspecting members of the public, particularly millions of Nigerian telecom consumers, by capitalising on the generosity of David Adedeji Adeleke, widely known as Davido. The Nigerian-American music star, songwriter and producer recently announced he would donate 250 million naira to various orphanage homes across Nigeria. Exploiting Davido’s benevolence, a group of scammers rolled out an advertorial titled “Davido Airtime and Data Giveaway”, which went viral, claiming that…

20 Years of Digital Revolution: NCC rakes in more Awards for its Regulatory Effectiveness

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The trove of garlands for the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for its role in enhancing digital transformation in Nigeria, has swelled with new awards conferred from an array of stakeholders. It is two decades since the NCC midwifed the birth of Global System of Mobile Communications (GSM), to herald a new era of public communication in Nigeria. The new awards were conferred on the Commission and its Management at different fora organised to commemorate 20 years of revolutionary digital communication in Nigeria. Besides the serial honour attending the celebrations of…

Four African Apps emerge winners in Huawei’s Apps UP 2021 Competition

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Huawei has announced the winners of the 2021 edition of the Huawei HMS App Innovation Contest (Apps UP), with four African Apps being recognised and celebrated among the 18 winners. South African Coresthetics walked away with one of the Best App Awards in the Middle East and Africa region, along with $15,000 in prize money. UniAPS bagged an Excellent Student Award, with $5,000 prize money, while Droppa and Secura received Honourable Mention Awards, which each come with $3,000 prize money. Ahmad Abugosh, an Apps UP MEA judge and Director of…

Hon Akande-Sadipe empowers constituents, trains hundreds in vocational skills

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No fewer than three hundred (300) small scale entrepreneurs have benefitted from vocational training, while 15 cars 35 laptops and over One Hundred and Sixty-five (165) vocational equipment were distributed by the lawmaker representing Oluyole Federal constituency, Hon.Tolulope Akande-Sadipe on Sunday, November 21, 2021 in Ibadan. The lawmaker facilitated several vocational skills and economic enhancement programmes, which commenced on November 15, 2021, for members of her constituency. The programs included indigenous fabric production (Tie and Dye) practical in Abeokuta; Aso oke production in Oyo town and Aquatic Agriculture fish rearing…

IIP-SARS commends AIG Bala Ciroma, urges him to do more.

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Chair may of the ongoing investigative panel on the defunct Special Anti Robbery Squad and other units of the Nigerian Police Force sitting in Abuja, today 22nd Novermber,2021 commended the efforts of the AIG zonal headquarters, Wuse zone 7,AIG Bala Ciroma. While extolling the sacrifices made by the AIG Bala Ciroma in the case of alleged threat to life of one Mohammed Dan Asabe and one Mrs Kate who were allegedly shot by the Police, Justice Suleiman Galadima however reiterated that more still needed to be done in compensating the…

IIP-SARS: Police Officer alleges assault while on open defecation in Durumi, Abuja

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A Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Cornelius Agbo told the IIP-SARS how he escaped from the assault of six men who allegedly hit his head repeatedly while he defecated in a nearby bush at Durumi, Abuja sometimes in 2013. DSP Agbo made this statement in respect of a petition filed by Tony Duchi and seven (7) other complainants from Southern Kaduna, Kaduna state, alleged that the police unlawfully tortured, detained and imprisoned them based on ethnic origin. Though the police had before now made allegations of conspiracy, assault and theft…