Day: September 16, 2022

N1.8bn Fraud Charge: How Lagos Businessmen Won EFCC In Court

Ganiyu Amodu

An Ikeja Special Offences Court, Lagos on Friday discharged and acquitted two businessmen, Ogbor Eliot and Kelvin Chris, of a N1.8 billion fraud allegation brought against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo cleared Ogbor and Chris of the entire five-count charge bordering on conspiracy, obtaining money under false pretence, conspiracy and forgery, after a nearly four-year trial. The judge held that the EFCC failed to establish any element of criminality against the defendants, adding that the transaction which led to the charge was of…

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Single Mum Who Graduated With First-Class Goes Back To Hawking Snacks

Ganiyu Amodu

Ghanaian single mother, Priscilla Akwagu, who persevered through daunting challenges, including hawking buffloaf, popularly known as ‘bofrot’, to get a university degree has returned to the street hawking after her national service. She obtained a first-class degree from the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), despite all the hustle she had to grapple with to finance her education alongside caring for her child, a feat which was widely celebrated. READ ALSO: Nigerian Police Authorities Pocket Officers’ Six Month-Salary Arrears – Report BREAKING: Normalisation Committee To Run NFF Affairs We Are Willing…

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Nigerian Police Authorities Pocket Officers’ Six Month-Salary Arrears – Report

Ganiyu Amodu

The Police authorities, after an exclusive story published by Platforms Africa last November, announced increament in the take home for men of the force.   Some policemen across the country have expressed their displeasure over how the leadership of the Nigeria Police Force refused to pay up the six months’ arrears of the new salary structure approved by President Muhammadu Buhari for the force since 2021. The Police authorities, after an exclusive story published by Platforms Africa last November, announced increament in the take home for men of the force.…

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BREAKING: Normalisation Committee To Run NFF Affairs

ADEOLA YUSUF

There are strong indications that a Normalisation Committee will run the affairs of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) when the tenure of the present Executive Board expires on September 30 if the court injunction slammed on the federation is not vacated before the date of the NFF Elective Congress in Benin City, Edo state. The NFF Congress had at the last Annual General Assembly (AGM) in Lagos last month fixed September 30 as the date for the election into the Executive Board from where the new President, two Vice Presidents and…

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We Are Willing To Call Off Strike – ASUU

ADEOLA YUSUF

The President, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke has said that the union is wiling to end its seven-month old strike. Osodeke, however, said this could only be achieved if concrete agreements were reached with the Federal Government. Osodeke gave the assurance in Abuja on Thursday at a National Town Hall Meeting on Tertiary Education tagged: ‘ The Locked Gates of our Citadels -A National Emergency.’ READ ALSO NCAA Suspends Azman Air Over Failure To Remit N1.2bn Ticket Sales Charge 2023: INEC Debunks CUPP’s Claim On Register…

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NCAA Suspends Azman Air Over Failure To Remit N1.2bn Ticket Sales Charge

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), has suspended the Air Transport Licence (ATL) of Azman Air for failure to remit N1.2 billion Ticket Sales Charge (TSC) from passengers. The Director-General of NCAA, Capt. Musa Nuhu, made this known in a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday. Nuhu explained that the airline was suspended for failure to also submit security clearance for the renewal of its ATL, which expired in April 2021. READ ALSO 2023: INEC Debunks CUPP’s Claim On Register Of Voters Buhari Appoints Interim Administrator For Amnesty Program Court…

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2023: INEC Debunks CUPP’s Claim On Register Of Voters

ADEOLA YUSUF

Nigeria’s electoral umpire, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has debunked the accusation of hanky panky levelled against the Commission by the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) on the Register of Voters for the 2023 general elections. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Barrister Festus Okoye in a press statement made available to journalists in Abuja has absolved the Commission of any under hand deal. The statement titled: Further Update On The Cleaning Up Of The Voters’ Register read in parts: “The attention of the Commission…

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Buhari Appoints Interim Administrator For Amnesty Program

ADEOLA YUSUF

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Major General Barry Tariye Ndiomu (retd) as Interim Administrator of the Amnesty Program. The appointee hails from Odoni in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, and was admitted to the Nigerian Defence Academy as part of 29th Regular Combatant Course. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in 1983. He held several command and staff appointments in the course of his successful military career. He retired in December 2017. READ ALSO Court Stops Sports Minister, Pinnick From Conducting NFF Executive Election Alaafin: Ex-Bishop…

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Court Stops Sports Minister, Pinnick From Conducting NFF Executive Election

ADEOLA YUSUF

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, restrained the Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare, and President, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnickfrom conducting the NFF executive election scheduled for Sept. 30 in Edo. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling on an ex-parte motion moved by counsel for the claimants, Celsus Ukpong, ordered the the minister, Mr Pinnik or any person, acting on their instruction, to maintain a status quo pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice for interlocutory injunction. “Counsel for the claimants informed the…

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Alaafin: Ex-Bishop Appears for Screening, Raises Questions

Gbenga Adeoti

84 year-old Ayo Ladigbolu queries numbers of contenders, N200,000 payment as race for Alaafin stool hots up   An eighty-four year-old retired bishop of the Methodist Church Nigeria, Ayo Ladigbolu, is among the contestants for the vacant position of the Alaafin of Oyo who was billed to appear for screening before kingmakers on Thursday, The PUNCH reports. The kingmakers had earlier shortlisted 86 princes who have shown interest. They have since been taking turns to appear for screening. READ ALSO: Sango Worshipers Takeover Alaafin’s Corpse after Muslim Prayers Baba Keji:…

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