Thousands of members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Epe Division of Lagos State, on Thursday, staged a mega walk to express their support for the party’s Presidential Candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Governor Jide Sanwo-olu at a mega rally held in Epe. Addressing members of the party at the Epe Recreational Centre after a walk through major streets and roads in the metropolis, Hon. Ogunkelu Sylvester a.k.a Sketel urged people of the Constituency and party faithful to obtain their Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC), in order to be eligible to perform their civic duties during the 2023 general elections.…
Author: Soffiyyah Olamide
Two bankers, Agbo John Agama and Edoh Steve were today, Wednesday, January 11, 2023, convicted and sentenced to three years imprisonment by Justice Mojisola Olajuwon of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, for conspiracy, aiding and abetting N9.4 million. The convicts were prosecuted on one count charge by the Makurdi Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC. The charge reads, “That you, Agbo John Agama “M” and you Edoh Oga Steve “M” while being employees of Access Bank Plc Makurdi Branch and others now at large, on or about the 8th day of January, 2021 at…
Guaranty Trust Bank UK Limited (GTBank UK) has reached settlement with the FCA, accepting findings in relation to historical Anti-Money Laundering (AML) controls in its operations in the period October 2014 to July 2019.The Bank has cooperated fully with the FCA investigation and has agreed a penalty sum of GBP7,671,800, which has been calculated by reference to a proportion of the revenues of GTBank UK over the relevant period and includes a 30% discount for early settlement. The FCA’s investigation focused on GTBank UK’s AML controls and steps taken by GTBank UK to remediate these to ensure they operated in…
The legal team of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Borno State has declared that as far as they know, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has no candidate for Borno Central Senatorial District. In the course of the week, two High Court judgments have given position on the candidature of Hon. Mohammed Kumalia, the candidate of PDP for Borno Central. The High Court in Maiduguri disqualified as a candidate while an Abuja High Court restated him a day after. But a statement by the Legal team of the APC made available to the media on Wednesday, 11 January, 2023,…
Ukrainian government, who is still engaged in war with Russia, has expressed its readiness to establish grain hubs in Nigeria and other African countries even as it has donated about 25,000 tons of grains to Nigeria to boost bilateral ties. This was revealed on Wednesday, 11 January, 2023, when Ukrainian Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, Mykola Solskyi, led a delegation to a discussion with the Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama and the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Mohammad Abubakar in Abuja. Speaking during the meeting, Onyeama, who expressed sympathy to Ukraine over its ongoing war with…
All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has promised to make Enugu the manufacturing hub of Nigeria, saying the state has what it takes to be the economic powerhouse of the country. Speaking to party supporters at the presidential campaign rally in the state held at Michael Okpara Square on Wednesday, 11 January, 2023, Tinubu said not only is the state blessed with mineral resources, it has a friendly climate good for national prosperity. “Nothing will stop us if we are determined to make this state a regional hub of Nigeria’s manufacturing sector,” he said. Tinubu praised the…
The campaign trail of Governor ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo State moved to Surulere and Ogo-Oluwa Local Government Areas of the state, on Wednesday, 11 January, 2023 where he promised to prioritise the welfare of traditional rulers and also revive the Oko Fruit Processing Factory in order to create more jobs for the teeming youths of the axis. The Governor also told the people of the two councils how his administration was able to amicably resolve the sole ownership of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso (LAUTECH), noting that he would solve the boundary issues with Kwara and Osun in…
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has dismissed four personnel and demoted 14 officials for various act of indiscipline. A statement on Tuesday, 10 January, 2023, by the spokesman of the Service, Tony Akuneme said this was part of efforts to rid the Service of bad eggs and in furtherance of the Federal Government’s fight against corruption. The statement read in part, “As part of efforts to rid the Service of bad eggs and in furtherance of the Federal Government’s fight against corruption, the Nigeria Immigration Service has dismissed four personnel and demoted 14 others for various offences for which they…
The Governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Tuesday, 10 January, 2023, continued his re-election campaign with a visit to Ewekoro Local Government Area of the state, where he assured that the ongoing reconstruction of the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway would be completed within the next 18 months. The assurance came as the Governor commissioned the Itori township road in Ewekoro Local Government, while lamenting the deplorable state of the very-important road and the lukewarm attitude of the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing towards the road. This is coming on the heels of the Governor’s assurance that he will revisit…
It’s time for Atiku Abubakar, the 76 year-old presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party to come clean over two issues clouding his campaign: his health status and his scandalous confession of how he colluded with his former boss, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo to fleece the Nigerian treasury, using the special purpose vehicles after he became Vice-President in 1999. If Atiku has some modicum of honour, he ought to have stepped down from the race that he is bound to lose again, following the release of his audio clip, in which he provides a vivid explanation into the modus operandi of his…