The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Director-General (DG), Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim has acknowledged that the Federal Government in line with the new National Minimum Wage has approved N33,000 allowance for Corps members. The NYSC-DG revealed this while speaking to Corps members at the NYSC Bauchi State Secretariat during his working visit to the State. In a press statement posted on the official Facebook page of NYSC, the DG explained: “provision had been made for the new allowance in the year 2020 Budget, adding that payment would commence as soon as funds are released by the appropriate authorities.” Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim also cautioned Corps members to be security-conscious and counseled against unconfirmed reports, news mongering  and negative usage of the Social Media. Corps members were also advised to avoid unauthorized journey .

                       Daniel Olukoya Daniel Olukoya, the senior pastor of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, has rebuffed claims that MFM denomination  has the highest number of  single  ladies in Nigeria. Olukoya said this while answering to reports that he has banned members of his  church  from wedding  Christians from other ministries. In a statement declared publicly  by his representative Collins Edomaruse, the man of God contested that for the past 10 years, his  church  through its singles programme, Gen 218, has conducted over 150,000  weddings  and that he encourages his members to wed anyone either within or outside his  church.   “We encourage and actively support all spinsters and bachelors regardless of denomination, to build their relationships on biblical standards. We strongly advise all our single...

                              CSP. Francis Osagie Erhabor Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), Francis Osagie Erhabor, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of D Division Itam, Uyo, Akwa Ibom state . The Police officer is reported to have never taken a bribe in his 29 years of active service. CSP Erhabor was appointed as the Pipeline Commander by the PPMC with an allowance of N37, 500. In 2019 he was seduced and bribed N6m to bend the rules but he rejected the offer. CSP Francis Erhabor, Divisional Police Officer of Itam, Akwa Ibom State, who rejected a N6m bribe has been named as winner of 2019 Integrity Icon award. The Integrity Icon Summit and Award organised by Accountability Lab in partnership with Luminate, MacArthur and Ford Foundation, is a global campaign powered by citizens in search of honest government officials. CSP Erhabor was nominated alongside four other finalists for th...

                    Ayoola Babalola Human rights lawyer, Mr Inibehe Effiong, says the Department of State Services has arrested his client who is also a campus news paper editor, Ayoola Babalola, for allegedly publishing articles critical of the President ,Muhammadu Buhari , and All Progressives Congress big shot, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. In the article, it was stated that the Buhari regime did not want Nigeria to be good. In a second article titled, “Will EFCC investigate Chief Bola Tinubu?” it was mentioned that the EFCC may not act on the petition it received as regards the alleged cash-laden bullion vans seen in Tinubu’s Lagos home on the eve of the 2019 general elections. In a third article written by Femi Adeyeye in October 2019 titled, “Sowore, An Equal Opportunity Offender”, the newspaper wrote glowingly of  Sahara Reporters  Publisher, Omoyele Sowore, who was at the time being detained by the DSS for all...

                              Muhammed Babandede The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) on Saturday January 25, announced that it blocked the trafficking of nine girls through the Muritala Muhammed Airport in Lagos to Lebanon, Cairo, Dubai and India. In a statement released by NIS’ spokesman Sunday James,  the girls who were set to board Ethiopian, Peace, Egypt and East Airlines were screwed up  after not being able to provide any information about their prospective employers or the nature of their jobs in the countries they were going to.   On further questioning, two of the girls said they were "going to hustle" in Dubai while the remaining girls claimed they were going to India for “medical treatment without referrals.”  Sunday James said;    “ The confessed they were going for hustle in Dubai. Another three, of the girls, claimed they were g...

                       Major General Hakeem Otiki The Federal High Court, Abuja on Wednesday ordered an interim forfeiture of $376,120 allegedly connected to Major General Hakeem Otiki. This followed an ex parte application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu ordered the commission to publish the court order in a national daily to enable any one interested in the money to appear and show cause why it should not be permanently forfeited to the Federal Government. The judge gave any interested person 14 days from the date of publication to show cause. She then adjourned till February 24 for hearing. Otiki is facing charges before the Army court martial in respect of the funds. The EFCC alleged that Otiki detailed some soldiers to provide escort from Sokoto to Kaduna for one Alhaji Ado Aliyu, a bureau de change operator, but  the five  soldiers  absconded with a large amo...

                                President Donald Trump An Iranian lawmaker from Kerman province precisely, has placed a $3 million reward on President Trump’s head.  Ahmad Hamzeh made the declaration Tuesday during a speech to parliament in Tehran, although it’s unclear whether it has any support from Iran’s top leaders, Reuters reported, citing the ISNA news agency. “On behalf of the people of Kerman province, we will pay a $3 million reward in cash to whoever kills Trump,” Hamzeh was quoted as saying.  Hamzeh also addressed Iran’s nuclear program, declaring that “if we had nuclear weapons today, we would be protected from threats.” “We should put the production of long-range missiles capable of carrying unconventional warheads on our agenda,” ISNA quoted him as saying. “This is our natural right.” The statements came after Britain, France, and Germany an...

                              Rev Lawan Andimi The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) chairman in Michika local government area of Adamawa State, Rev Lawan Andimi, has been killed by his abductors. Andimi was abducted by Boko Haram on January 2 when the  mutineers attacked   the community. In the process, kidnapped the Reverend. Confirming the killing of the abducted CAN Chairman, the Catholic Bishop of Yola Diocese, Bishop Dami Mamza said  the murder of the clergy is gruesome and unfortunate. Bishop Mamza who made the disclosure in an interview with some news writers in Yola the Adamawa state capital said the insurgents had demanded for two million euros but still went ahead to execute the Pastor. According to the Bishop, the killing was unfolded to them by their contact. He added that another pastor was abducted and killed almost the same time with the abducted Pastor from Mi...

The E conomic and Financial Crimes Commission [EFCC] on Monday prosecuted Aisha Alkali Wakil alias Mama Boko Haram, and two other persons before a Maiduguri High Court on a five-count charge of conspiracy and dishonesty. Aisha is the Chief Executive Officer of Complete Care and Aid Foundation. She was arraigned alongside Tahir Saidu Daura and Prince Lawal Shoyade, before Justice Aisha Kumalia of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on an amended five-count charge. Investigation by the EFCC reveals that, the defendants sometime in 2018 conspired and falsely presented to one Mohammad Umar Mohammed, purported contracts for installation and servicing of 10 pieces of Chison 600A, 2009 version deluxe ultra sound system and the supply of white beans through their non-governmental organisation (Complete Care and Aid Foundation). The Prosecutor, Benjamin Manji, said the three persons and one Saidu Mukhtar (at large) sometime between June and August 2018 at Maiduguri, Borno State,...

                           Ohimai Amaize M Ohimai Amaize, 35, a former AIT  Television presenter who fled Nigeria last year, has been granted asylum in the United States of America, He fled   Abuja in June 2019 following claims he was being pursued by Nigerian security agents with intention to arraign him for treason. The alleged conspiracy was from a showdown between the government and AIT and its trendy morning show, ‘Kakaaki Social’. The Nigerian broadcast stations regulator, NBC, shut down the station for about 24 hours, alleging multiple infractions on federal guidelines for broadcasters. Although the station was reopened following a court order, its headquarters in Abuja was surrounded by armed officers from the State Security Service, SSS. Mr Amaize criticised the guidelines as not logical and suppresive. He fled for his life to New York on June 11, alleging threats to his safe...

National  President General of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore,  has implored the federal government to arrest south-west leaders in charge of Amotekun, a regional security outfit.  Answering to  questions in an interview with The Sun,   Bello Bodejo, national president of the association, said the outfit is a plot against the Fulani ethnic group. On Wednesday, the group had asked south-west governors to disband the network after Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), had  declared it illegal . “They should not only ban it, but should arrest the leaders of this group. Like I said earlier, nobody or group has more security intelligence than the Police. The Army is doing enough; the DSS is also doing enough, likewise the Civil Defence,” the newspaper quoted Bodejo as saying. “They are just doing all these things in order to stop the Fulani from coming into their area;  it is just a hidden agenda to prevent the Fulani herdsmen ...

                       Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Iran's supreme leader was very aggressive in a rare public sermon on Friday, calling the United States an "arrogant power" and thousands of shouting worshipers that God's backing had allowed his country to "slap the face" of the United States.   While delivering his first sermon in Tehran in eight years, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the mass funerals for Iran’s top general killed in a U.S. airstrike earlier this month reveal that the Iranian people support the Islamic Republic. Khamenei said the strike dealt a “blow to America’s image” as a superpower He said the “cowardly” killing of General Soleimani took out the most effective commander in the battle against ISIS. In response, Iran launched a barrage of ballistic missiles targeting U.S. troops in Iran, in which no U.S. troops were killed but lately confirmed that Eleven  U.S.  military personnel require...

Miss Adeboye Oyindamola ,  trafficked to Lebanon is asking the Federal Government of Nigeria to save her from domestic servitude in a video message sent to Citizen - AY.   Few days after the viral story of a 23-year old Nigerian Lady, Omolola Ajayi, trafficked to Lebanon and liberated by the Nigerian government, another Woman, Gloria Bright was rescued from the Middle East where she was a house help. Watch the video here    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ4nZuneASE According to Miss Adeboye's statement:  HELP ME TO LEAVE LEBANON I DONT WANT TO DIE. My name is Adeboye Oyindamola. I am from Owode Yewa, Ogun state. I am in Lebanon and wants to return home because I have become very ill but my employer and agents have refused me to go home unless I pay $2000 of which I do not have any wages paid to me.

In 2017, at the age of 55, Sunny was reportedly granted leave to remain in the UK, BBC reports.        After his asylum was rejected, Sunny reportedly found himself on the streets where the London buses became a shelter for him. His favourite spot on the buses was said to be at the back of the lower deck. He reportedly travelled light, carrying a small tote bag, to avoid the taint of homelessness during the day. Describing the sitting arrangement on the buses, Sunny was quoted as saying the lower deck was the preserve of reasonable people, of families and of the elderly while the back seats were not just for the head rest but for peace of mind. According to him, two hours of proper sleep across an entire night was “an achievement”. “For more than two decades after his asylum application was rejected, Sunny found a safe haven aboard the buses that zigzag across London at night,” the report said. “It was a church minister, a woman of unwavering g...

                             T he South West governors The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum  (SMBLF) has advised the South West governors to brush off the directive of the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami on Amotekun security outfit. The minister had declared the newly South West security group as illegal but the association said the minister lack the power to go against the state governors' conclusion. The statement was signed by Yinka Odumakin, South West; Gen CRU Iherike, South East; Senator Bassey Henshaw South South and Dr Isuwa Dogo, Middle Belt. SMBLF leaders stated: “The attention of the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum(SMBLF) has been drawn  to the illegal diktat by the Attorney – General of the Federation, Mr Abubakar Malami(SAN) declaring Amotekun, the South West security (not military or Police) outfit illegal. “We con...

                                        Omolola Ajayi A Nigerian woman trafficked to Lebanon, Omolola Ajayi, has been liberated and now in the custody of Nigerian embassy in Beirut. The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), in a WhatsApp message, said Ms. Ajayi would be return to Nigeria soon. “ She is now happily in the hands of the Nigerian Ambassador in Beirut, received warmly and happy to be in safe hands. She will be home soon by God’s grace,” the message read. Ajayi, 23, a single mother from Osun State, was fraudulently recruited as a teacher but sold as a domestic slave in Lebanon. Her video, in which she pleaded for assistance to be rescued, went viral on social media. In the video, Ajayi asserted that her employer had tried  several timed to abuse her. “My plan was to be teaching pupils English Language in Lebanon. On getting here, the person that brought me sei...