Day: January 14, 2025

‘Special Civil Servants,’ How Perm Sec., Directors Stole N1.2bn Revenue

Abibat Babalola

‘Their names, their faces, and how they Diverted billion,’ EFCC releases identities, sins of the ‘special’ civil servants + PHOTOS The operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested five officials of the Katsina State Board of Internal Revenue over alleged diversion of N1,294,337,676.53 belonging to the state government.8 Platforms Africa reports that the arrested revenue officials are Rabiu Abdullahi, Sanusi Mohammed Yaro, Ibrahim M. Kofar Soro, Ibrahim Aliyu, and Nura Lawal Kofar Sauri. The EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, disclosed that the revenue officials were arrested following…

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‘No More N910/Litre,’ Depot Owners Hike Petrol Price

Abibat Babalola

The Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol would likely cost more as depot owners have increased prices by about 4.74 per cent. This follows the recent increase of crude oil prices, including Nigeria’s Bonny Light to $80 per barrel this week from $73 per barrel last week. READ ALSO: ‘Perpetual Lateness, Gross Misconduct,’ 7 ‘Sins’ That Ended Obasa’s 10-Year Reign Why I Stoop to Greet Emir of Ilorin, Timi of Edeland Reacts To Viral Video Lagos Assembly Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa Impeached Japa: Nigerians Face Massive Schengen Visa Rejection…

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‘Perpetual Lateness, Gross Misconduct,’ 7 ‘Sins’ That Ended Obasa’s 10-Year Reign

Gbenga Adeoti

  . Lagos Lawmakers give reasons ex-Speaker, who banned journalists from covering the activities of the assembly for over two years ago, got the boots + what Governor Sanwo-Olu got to do with it   Lagos lawmakers have listed perpetual lateness to legislative sections and meetings, highhandedness and inciting members against each other as some of the ‘sins’ over which Mudashiru Obasa was impeached as Speaker of the state assembly Recall that members of the Lagos State House of Assembly, on Monday, impeached the embattled Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, representing Agege,…

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Why I Stoop to Greet Emir of Ilorin, Timi of Edeland Reacts To Viral Video

Gbenga Adeoti

Read-for-yourself statement from the Osun first class traditional ruler’s palace on what ‘really transpired in Ilorin at the wedding of Sheik Sulaiman Faruq Onikijipa’s son’   Top Yoruba monarch, Timi of Edeland, Oba Dr. Munirudeen Adesola Lawal, has given reasons he stoop to greet the Emir of Ilorin as the video of pleasantries exchange between the two monarchs has gone viral. In the video, the Osun first class traditional ruler was recorded on bended knees, exchanging pleasantries with his host, Emir Sulu Gambari during a wedding reception between Emir daughter…

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Man City Manager Guardiola, Wife Separate After 30 Years Together

Ganiyu Amodu

According to reports from Spain, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola and his spouse, Serra, have parted ways after three decades together in a “completely amicable” separation. Reports indicating that the couple, who got married near Barcelona in 2014, have now ended their relationship were initially shared by the Spanish publication Sport. The couple first crossed paths in 1994 and have three children: Maria, 24, Marius, 22, and Valentina, 17. Various reports in Spain suggest that Serra resided full-time in Barcelona, while Guardiola has remained in Manchester. Serra, a journalist and…

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Lagos First Female Speaker, Eight Things To Know About Mojisola Meranda

Ganiyu Amodu

On Monday, the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa was removed by his once loyal members and replaced with his Deputy, Mojisola Lasbat Meranda. Who is Mojisola Lasbat Meranda? 1. She represents Apapa 1 state constituency. Taking her oath of office, Meranda said: “I affirm that I will be faithful as the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly; 2. Between 2007 and 2008, she worked in the oil and gas industry with Cirrus Nigeria Limited as a procurement manager. 3. She returned to politics…

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