THE federal government has approved a princely N480.4 billion for the Southwest Development Commission (SWDC). Otunba Gbenga Daniel, Senator representing Ogun East and former Governor of Ogun State, made the disclosure in Lagos recently at a public function. The Commission, which was borne from a bill personally championed by Daniel …
Read More »
THE Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr Ola Olukayode has disclosed that the anti-graft Commission was closely monitoring the 2025 budget implementation by Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, towards ensuring that releases made to them are not stolen. He made the disclosure on Tuesday, April …
Read More »
THE former military Governor of Cross River and Akwa Ibom States, Major General Paul Ufuoma Omu (Rtd), has died. Newsextra24 reports that General Omu governed Cross River and Akwa Ibom States under the South-Eastern State. A statement from his family, signed by Oghenekome Ufuoma Omu on behalf of the family, said he died …
Read More »
A Chief Magistrate Court in Ifo, Ogun State, has sentenced Nigerian singer Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, to three months imprisonment for assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest. He was, however, given the option of a N30,000 fine. The court found Portable guilty of two charges from a …
Read More »
KEY stakeholders, including United Nations (UN) Women and Women Political Participation Partners Working Group are fine-tuning plans and drumming support for the passage of Special Seats Bill currently before the National Assembly. Speaking on Wednesday in Abuja at the Strategy Convention on Special Seats Bill – Opportunities and Challenges: Options …
Read More »
THE Court of Appeal in Calabar has affirmed the conviction and three-year prison sentence of Professor Peter Ogban, a university lecturer found guilty of manipulating election results during the 2019 general elections. Ogban, a professor of soil science at the University of Calabar, served as the returning officer for the …
Read More »
Emeka Okonkwo, popularly known as e-Money, was released on Tuesday night following hours of interrogation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged naira abuse and currency defacement. The businessman and socialite was arrested on Monday night at his residence in the Omole area of Lagos and taken …
Read More »
A General Court Martial (GCM) sitting at the Headquarters of 82 Division, Nigerian Army, Enugu, has sentenced a soldier, Pte Adamu Mohammed, to death by hanging for killing his girlfriend. The acting Deputy Director 82 Division Army Public Relations, Lt.-Col. Jonah Unuakhalu, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, April …
Read More »
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested popular Lagos socialite, Emeka Okonkwo Daniel, widely known as e-money, for allegedly violating currency regulations. Reports said that he was apprehended on Monday night at his residence in the Omole area of Lagos for spraying U.S. dollars at a public event, …
Read More »
CHIDINMA Ojukwu, the prime suspect in the murder of the chief executive officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, has told the court that police operatives forced her to take responsibility for the murder. She told Justice Yetunde Adesanya of the Lagos State High Court sitting at Tafa Balewa Square, on …
Read More »
