Daudawa: I cannot say. When there is an encounter, you cannot determine how many people are killed since ammunition has no control. In this exclusive interview with Daily Trust, Auwal Daudawa recounts how he picked up arms and why he decided to lay down his arms. His name suddenly shot into the public reckoning when he was unmasked as ...
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Amnesty For Bandits: Gumi Locks Horns with Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum
It stated that “the country for almost six years has been soaking in all manners of lopsidedness and nepotism” The statement further asks if “the injustices Nigeria has done to the North is so much for the bandits to do what they are doing to the rest of us and for Buhari to be looking the other way.” Pegasus ...
Read More »Kadaria Ahmed Sends A Message To Nigerian Media
“I don’t know at which point we decided that a focus on ethnic profiling despite the repeated warnings about where this leads, would be a good idea” Kadaria Ahmed It is with a heavy heart, worry about Nigeria and a sense of impending doom that I am sending this message to my colleagues in the media. Let me begin ...
Read More »A Citation of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, DG World Trade Organization
Dr. Okonjo-Iweala is married to neurosurgeon Dr. Ikemba Iweala. They have four children and three grandchildren. Biography of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (as seen on WTO’s website) Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is a global finance expert, an economist and an international development professional with over 30 years of experience working in Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America and North America. Currently, Dr. Okonjo-Iweala ...
Read More »Coming: The Fulani Army of Occupation? By Bola Bolawole
Paul Unongo added his own twist to the country’s macabre insecurity dance when he asked that Buhari deploy soldiers to protect Northerners in the South! Remember that soldiers were recently reported to have escorted Fulani herders into some troubled areas of Oyo and Ogun states to forcibly feed their cattle. Pegasus Report While thousands of citizens were being slaughtered ...
Read More »CBN Mandates Banks to Open Dollar Accounts For Customers
“This development ensures that all international money transfers will be successfully processed even if senders enter Naira account details for transactions. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has mandated commercial banks to open new dollar account with offshore lenders for receiving international money transfers according to a report by the Nation. The directive was disclosed by WorldRemit- an International ...
Read More »Economy: Nigeria Exits Recession, Records Positive GDP of 0.11% in Q4 2020
“The performance appeared to have signaled an exit from the second recession” Source: Villa Updates Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 0.11 percent (year-on-year) in real terms in the fourth quarter of 2020 (Q4 2020), representing the first positive quarterly growth in the last three quarters, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The performance appeared to ...
Read More »Criminal Cartels On The Let Loose By Olusegun Adeniyi
“A lot of these Fulani marauders are from Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso,” said a security source. By Olusegun Adeniyi Following a tip-off in July 2016, the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) arrested an obscure fruit seller under a bridge in Zaria, Kaduna State. Investigations revealed the man to be a high-ranking Boko Haram operative who coordinated ...
Read More »Afenifere Condemns Shasha Crisis
Pa Olabiyi Durojaiye described the incident as “one major security breach too many…” Pegasus Report Afenifere Egbe Ilosiwaju Yoruba has condemned in strong terms the recent breakdown of law and order which led to the loss of lives and properties as well as a loss of trust and a sense of community among the hitherto peaceful residents of Shasha, ...
Read More »Myth: What Is Black About Black Friday?
The 1980s brought the mythology of Black Friday as we know it today. While the phrases in black and in the red are used in the business world to describe profits and losses, this explanation for one of the busiest shopping days of the year only came about in the 1980s Pegasus Report After Thanksgiving meals come Black Friday ...
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