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  “Today as you read this, and sadly enough, how many important monuments in the Niger Delta have been named posthumously in honour of Isaac Adaka Boro – the hero of all heroes of the Niger Delta? In my heart of hearts, and recognition of excellence and fair play, one of the Government Houses in either of the four states ...

  “Perhaps, to Bello, his arraignment was a moment to savour and bask in the frenzy of journalists and EFCC’s operatives scrambling to capture and record his every posture and every gesture as evidence and for prime-time broadcast and publication in the mainstream and online media” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | DECEMBER 2, 2024 In my November 18, 2024, article entitled, ...

  “The derivation component (20%) has been a subject of contention for years. Lagos State, for example, collects the highest VAT not necessarily because more VAT-generating transactions occur there but because most major companies have their headquarters in Lagos. As a result, they pay VAT from activities conducted nationwide directly in Lagos—the Headquarters Effect” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | DECEMBER 1, ...

  “The so-called conspiracy was an indirect one. It was an in-house conspiracy of the Bretton Woods Institutions (IMF and World Bank) to sabotage Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited (ASCL) taking advantage of the ignorance of top Ministry executives, who knew very little of the nuances of crude steel production” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | NOVEMBER 26, 2024 Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited ...

  “The agreement is understood to be based on UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended the war between Hezbollah and Israel in 2006” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | NOVEMBER 26, 2024 Israel and Hezbollah have agreed a ceasefire to take effect from 2:00 am GMT tomorrow after months of bitter fighting and stalled negotiations. The decision comes after Israel’s security ...

  “The Brit was paraded in front of the cameras today where he gave his name as James Scott Rhys Anderson. Anderson – or possibly Andersen – claimed he served in the British Army from 2019 to 2023” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | NOVEMBER 25, 2024 A British soldier is allegedly being held by Putin’s forces after being captured while he ...

  “The Serbian president, whose country was the subject of an extensive NATO bombing campaign in 1999, referred to Russia’s updated nuclear doctrine, which was approved by Putin on November 19. The document allows Moscow to treat an attack by a non-nuclear state, backed by a nuclear power, as equivalent to direct nuclear aggression” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | NOVEMBER 25, ...

  “The Kremlin suggested this week it was ‘entitled’ to fire upon ‘the military targets of those countries that allow their weapons to be used against our facilities’ in a thinly-veiled threat to the West, after the US gave its support for Kyiv using ATACMS missiles against Russian and North Korean forces in Russia” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | NOVEMBER 25, ...

  “Meanwhile, the pro-Putin Telegram channel Rybar claimed that Anashkin had uncessceraily killed hundreds of men after he sent them to the frontline poorly prepared and ill-equipped for the battle” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | NOVEMBER 25, 2024 A general in Russia has been fired after he was accused of faking reports of battleground successes in Ukraine. Colonel General Gennady Anashkin ...

  “From my rough estimate, we saw 300 vehicles in three hours. This should mean at least 600 offenders in one day. An average of N40k per person translates to N24m in one day. Many others pay N70k. If you add up N24m in one month, the gross is N720m. We should not forget that this is just at one ...