Month: June 2023

EFCC Arraigns Two Bankers For N20m Theft

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Tuesday, arraigned two bankers, Freeman Jacob and Umar Abdullahi before Justice Simon Akpah Amobeda of the Federal High Court, Kano on a three-count charge of conspiracy and stealing. The commission also arraigned two others – Ahmed Bashir and Abdulhakim Musa (aka Gandu) for working with the duo in 2020. According to the commission, the defendants allegedly conspired among themselves to produce an ATM card in the name of one Alhaji Sani Muntari. READ ALSO: N18m Tax: ‘What I don’t Have, I Can’t Give,’…

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N18m Tax: ‘What I don’t Have, I Can’t Give,’ Iyabo Ojo Dares Sanwo-Olu

ADEOLA YUSUF

    We’re Counting Days, Pay Your N18m Tax In 7 Days or Go To Jail, Lagos Orders Actress   Lagos State Government has told Nollywood actress Iyabo Ojo to pay a total sum of N18,640,092.00 as personal income tax within seven days. According to Lagos government, Iyabo Ojo has a tax liability of N7,376,000.00 for the year 2022 and an outstanding liability of N11,264,092 for 2021 income year. The actress was given a 7 days ultimatum to pay up of face consequences. READ ALSO: They Took His Car., Dumped…

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They Took His Car, Dumped His Corpse; Prof Heading Home Killed in Ibadan

ADEOLA YUSUF

Details emerged on how the University of Ibadan don was killed in the Moniya area of West Africa’s biggest city     The Oyo State Police Command has confirmed the murder of Prof. Opeyemi Ajewole of University of Ibadan by gunmen. Platforms Africa reports that Ajewole, a Professor of Social and Environmental Forestry at the University of Ibadan (UI), was killed on Monday. READ ALSO:UNILAG Confirms Student’s Killing, Condoles With Family Pastor Sentenced to Death for Killing Choir Mistress He Impregnated 3 Days Per Week: Kwara Reduces Workdays For Civil…

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Infrastructure to Process Innovation: How EKEDC is Building a World-Class Utility Company

ADEOLA YUSUF

Building a world-class utility company could be a herculean task, demanding a consistent commitment to sustained optimal performance. This is more so when dealing with an operating environment and industry fraught with multiple challenges. The Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) is defying the odds, systematically creating a multi-pronged model of growth that is both sustainable and replicable. Through its strategic growth model of simultaneous development of hard and soft infrastructure, EKEDC has continued to plot an upward mobility trajectory in Nigeria’s energy sector. Its multi-faceted growth model includes timely acquisition…

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Nigeria’s Chukwueze Wins Best African Player In La Liga

ADEOLA YUSUF

Samuel Chukwueze has won the La Liga Best African Player for the 2022/2023 season following a great campaign with Villarreal. Chukwueze played 37 matches this season, starting 27 of them, and scored six league goals with a brace against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium on April 8, 2023. “Samu is now enjoying his well-deserved award, after being voted by more than 30,000 fans and 26 journalists from the continent, ahead of other top African players such as Yassine Bono, Iñaki Williams, and Youssef En-Nesyri, among others,” Villarreal wrote…

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UNILAG Confirms Student’s Killing, Condoles With Family

ADEOLA YUSUF

The University of Lagos on Tuesday morning confirmed the killing of a 200-level student of the Department of Metallurgical and Material Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Adekunle Agboola, who was shot outside the University premises on Saturday while trying to retrieve his mate’s phone from robbers. In a condolence message to the bereaved signed by the UNILAG Principal Assistant Registrar, Communication Unit, Adejoke Alaga-Ibraheem, the institution expressed sadness over the incident, stating that the police are investigating the case. The release read, “It was with heavy heart, that the Management of…

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Pastor Sentenced to Death for Killing Choir Mistress He Impregnated

ADEOLA YUSUF

General Overseer of Altar of Solution and Healing Assembly also found guilty of killing her choir mistress’ friend and her daughter, Court rules   A State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt. South-South Nigeria, has sentenced the General Overseer, Altar of Solution and Healing Assembly in Oyigbo Local Government Area of the state, Pastor Chidiebere Okoroafor, to death for killing three persons, including his choir mistress, who he impregnated. Trial judge, Justice S. Benson, in his judgment in the murder trial delivered on Monday, said the evidence and confessional statement…

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UNILAG Undergraduate Shot Dead By Robbers Over Stolen Phone

ADEOLA YUSUF

A 23-year-old undergraduate of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, identified as Adekunle, has shot dead while trying to recover a stolen phone from a armed robber. According to reports, the UNILAG undergraduate was shot dead by some unknown gunmen at Harvey Road, Moore Road Junction, in the Yaba area of the state on Saturday. It was gathered that Adekunle and his school mate identified as Opeyemi boarded a shuttle bus from Yaba to UNILAG and while in the vehicle, a man, who was hanging at the back of the bus,…

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BREAKING: We’re Not Doing Again, NLC Suspends Planned Strike

ADEOLA YUSUF

Why we did it, agreed to resume talk with Tinubu June 19 – Ajaero   The Nigerian Labour Congress, on Monday, confirmed that it will no longer proceed with its nationwide strike planned for Wednesday. The decision was part of resolutions announced by the Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila and confirmed by the President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, after a nearly six-hour meeting between the Federal Government and the organised labour at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Monday’s engagement is the third in a series of meetings…

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3 Days Per Week: Kwara Reduces Workdays For Civil Servants

ADEOLA YUSUF

Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Monday, met with labour leaders in the state on the recent removal of fuel subsidy. According to a statement issued by the state’s Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Rafiu Ajakaye, on Monday, the governor stated that the subsidy removal was done to prevent further economic damage. To reduce the impact of the subsidy removal on their salaries, the governor approved an immediate reduction in work days for state civil servants to three days from five days. The statement partly read, “Kwara State Governor…

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