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Melete tragedy and the loopholes Death of over 100 gallant Army   [ Update Vanguard ] By Oludayo Tade I pledge to Nigeria my country to be faithful, loyal and honest. To serve Nigeria with all my strength. To defend her Unity and uphold her Honour and Glory. So help me God.  – The Nigeria National Pledge THERE is no other way to describe the over 100 gallant men of the Nigerian Army who were deployed into the valley of death than honest, loyal and faithful heroes. In service of the fatherland, they were sent to the wilderness of Melete in North-East Nigeria where forest-backed Boko Haram terrorists creeped-in, fully armed with state- of -the-art modern weaponry.  How else can one describe the signing of enlistment form in which it is boldly written that you can die in the course of duty and you still go ahead with it? It was a sad day for the entirety of Nigeria, the Nigerian Army and the forces in the Northeastern part of the country ...

Fake Bank Alerts: Lady Narrates How She Was Duped Of N482K After Receing Fake Alert A Facebook user identified as Sandra Joe, has taken to the social networking platform to warn innocent Nigerians about how they welcome customers into their shops, adding that not everyone who walk into the shop wants to buy something, as some are looking for what to steal.  The young lady took to Rant HQ on Facebook to narrate how three well-dressed men came to dupe her in her store of a whooping N482,500.  According to her, these men walked into her shop and pretended that they wanted to buy 10 Infinix Hot6X. However, each of the phones cost N48,050 so they decided to make a transfer because they did not have cash.  The transaction was successful on their phone but when the sales rep went to the bank to withdraw the cash, the money did not reflect in her account, and she is left with paying the huge sum of money.  She shared a screenshot of the transaction ...

‘Constructive citizens’ engagement aiding good governance in South-West’ The 2018 review of citizens’ engagement with the government in the South-West states has shown an impressive result particularly in aiding good governance and ensuring service delivery to the people in the region. At the 2018 South-West Partners’ Reflection Session held in Ibadan, Oyo State, the representatives of the Civil Society Groups, private sector and the informal sector said constructive engagement with the executive and legislative arm of government yielded great results this year. The reflections session was facilitated by the Partnership to Engage, Reform and Learn, (PERL), a programme of the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID). The partners used the avenue to do thorough review of their engagement in 2018 in the areas of inclusion of citizens in government’s policy process, planning and budget in achieving service delivery and good governance. ...

Nigerian airports record 10.9m passengers, 163,646 aircraft movements in 9 months – FAAN The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) says a total of 10.9 million passengers passed through Nigerian airports in 163,646 aircraft movements between January and September. A statistics obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) from FAAN in Abuja on Thursday, revealed that the figure was an increase of 1.7 million passengers from 9.2 million passengers recorded during the same period in 2017, representing 15.5 per cent increase. There was also an increase of 23,094 from the 140,552 aircraft movement recorded during the same period in 2017, representing 16.4 per cent increase. Nnamdi Azikiwe Int’l Airport, Abuja It also revealed that 7.8 million domestic and 3.1 international passengers passed through the airports during the period. The data also showed that 130,996 domestic and 32,650 international flights were operated across the nation’s 22 air...

Mourinho Concedes Man Utd Incapable Of Living With Liverpool Manchester United’s Portuguese manager Jose Mourinho looks on during a training session at the Carrington Training complex in Manchester, north west England on the eve of their Champions league group stage football match against Valencia on December 11, 2018. Lindsey PARNABY / AFP Jose Mourinho hinted Manchester United’s players are simply not good enough to compete with Liverpool after being brushed aside 3-1 at Anfield on Sunday by the Premier League leaders. Mourinho claimed ahead of the game that Liverpool have had luck on their side this season, but while there was fortune in substitute Xherdan Shaqiri’s two deflected strikes in the final 17 minutes, the visitors did not deserve anything more than a fifth league defeat of the season. “The players gave everything and when they give everything I’m never upset with them. I have a good feeling towards them, they play in relation to their qualities, t...