. Lies uncovered As EFCC deepens probe of Kyari, 13 senior ex-NNPCL officials In $3bn refinery fraud The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested the recently sacked managing directors and some top officials of the Port Harcourt Refining Company, Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company, and Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company. The officials were arrested over alleged mismanagement of funds earmarked for the rehabilitation of the facilities. The total amount under investigation is $2,956,872,622.36. Findings by Saturday PUNCH showed that the EFCC is probing the sum of $1,559,239,084.36 allocated…
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Nigerian Army Reacts As Military Barracks’ Metering Generates ₦769.1m In 9 Months
. How We Overcome delayed fund disbursements that slowed early mobilization – De-Haryor CEO The Nigerian Army has reacted to the ongoing nationwide mass metering initiative across military barracks in Nigeria. Platforms Africa reports that the Federal Government of Nigeria and De-Haryor Global Services announced the mass metering initiative across military barracks, which, was considered a difficult terrain for billing and revenue collections. Inaugurated by the Minister of Power Adebayo Adelabu in March 2023 at the Ikeja Cantonment, Lagos, the metering scheme, is a special intervention project designed to improve…
Read MoreHow I Was Stopped From Saving Ex-Customs Officer Who Died During Wife’s Birthday – Medical Doctor
Dr Rasheed Olaniyi, a bosom friend of over four decades to the late Kunle Akinyele, who slumped and died during his wife’s 60th birthday celebration, tells The PUNCH’s GRACE EDEMA how he could have saved him, among other related issues You were a friend to Otunba Kunle Akinyele. Could you narrate what happened during his wife’s birthday? Yes, we were in church to celebrate his wife’s 60th birthday when he suddenly slumped. I’m a medical doctor, so I immediately attempted CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation or mouth-to-mouth resuscitation). 21 Ejaculations Per Month,…
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Helloooo, do you know any wife who will willingly let his husband outsource her duties? Even if it will kill us, we will lubricate and hang our legs to keep our staff in office. Yes, some women are strong; they can cope even with a daily dose. I was nicely, gently coming out of church, my Pastor’s sermon still running around my brain, when my phone notified me that a certain Deputy Inspector-General of Police had called me three times. That was strange. Usually I do the calling, almost…
Read More‘Over $220m Fine,’ Meta Threatens To Shut Down Facebook, Instagram In Nigeria
Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has warned that it may be forced to shut down the two social media platforms in Nigeria, following hefty regulatory fines and what it described as “unrealistic” demands from the authorities. The tech giant issued the warning in a court filing seen by the BBC. On July 19, 2024, the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) imposed a fine of $220 million on Meta, also the parent company of WhatsApp, for multiple data privacy violations. The case reportedly stemmed…
Read MoreHow, Why EFCC Detained Popular Influencer VeryDarkMan
Nigerian social media influencer Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, VDM, has been detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Abuja. Activist lawyer Deji Adeyanju, confirmed this in a post on his official Facebook page on Friday evening. Earlier reports suggested that Guaranty Trust Bank ordered VDM’s arrest following his criticism of the bank after alleged unauthorised transactions were made from his mother’s account. In an update, Adeyanju stated that a team of lawyers led by the “Head of our firm @Marvin_Omorogbe just met VDM’s friend, who…
Read MoreWizkid Was Local Star Before We Touched Him – Akon
Senegalese-American singer, Akon has revealed that he played a key role in the career success of Nigerian international Afrobeats star Wizkid. He claimed that the Starboy crooner was just a local musician before he signed him to his record label in 2008 and brushed him up. Speaking in a recent episode of the Bagfuel Brigade podcast, Akon also claimed that Afrobeats wouldn’t have been what it is today without him developing some artists in Nigeria and opening bigger markets for them in the late 2000s to 2010s. 21 Ejaculations Per…
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