The Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Prof. Fatima Waziri-Azi has warned communities against interfering in criminal prosecution of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV), insisting that cases of rape and incense are no go area for family and community leaders. Waziri-Azi also threatened that parents may be prosecuted as accomplices in cases of rape and incense if they should cover up for the violators of the children and wards. The NAPTIP boss lamented that many cases of rape and incense were prematurely dropped due to pressures from families and communities which…
Author: Khadijah Olowode
The Executive Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has called on Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, across the country to strengthen their existing relationships with the Commission in the fight against economic and financial crimes.The Chairman stated this during an interactive session with members of CSOs in Edo State at the Benin Zonal Command of the Commission. The Chairman who spoke through Ag. Zonal Director, ACE I Effa Imoh Okim, noted that CSOs were pivotal in combating the menace of corruption in Nigeria. “Let’s work together in tackling the menace of corruption. I want us to…
Some stakeholders in the philanthropy business in Africa have put together a conference to advance the development of the continent through philanthropy efforts. The Programme Coordinator of the Fifth African Philanthropy Conference, Briggs Bomba, who disclosed this on Wednesday in Senegal, said the conference would facilitate progressive dialogue and action within the field of African philanthropy. Bomba, who is also the Programme Director, TrustAfrica, stated that the conference would be held at the Elephant Hills Resort in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe from 29th July to 2nd August, 2024. This year’s conference, according to him, is being convened under the theme “The…
The Government of Japan has announced the 2024 spring Conferment of Decorations on Foreign Nationals, with Prof James Chukwuma Ogbonna, the former Deputy Vice Chancellor at University of Nigeria, Nsukka being one of the recipients. Ogbonna who is a former Professor of Microbiology at the same university, according to a statement, was nominated in recognition of his contributions to promoting academic exchange and mutual understanding between Japan and Nigeria in the field of agriculture. He would be given the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon. The summary of Ogbonna’s contributions, according to the statement, include Inter-University…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The National Legal Adviser of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdulkarim Kana, has disclosed that only the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) has the power to suspend its National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje. Kana spoke Monday, 6 May, 2024 on Channels Television’s Politics Today. He was reacting to the recent controversial suspension of Ganduje, by different factional excos of his ward. The two factions of the Ganduje ward had suspended the membership of Ganduje, for alleged corruption among other offenses, during his tenure as governor of Kano. However, the State Working Committee of the APC in Kano swiftly…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Operatives of the Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos, have arrested a 37-year-old fake medical doctor with suspected forged certificates. The Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of the zone, Olatoye Durosinmi, confirmed the arrest on Tuesday, 7 May, 2024 while parading the suspect before newsmen in Lagos. According to Durosinmi, operatives of the Zonal Anti-Piracy Unit arrested the suspect, who claimed to be the Managing Director of Skylink Medical Centre in Ikorodu. “Based on the intelligence gathered by the command through members of the Elepe community concerning the activities of the suspect, a team of detectives,…
Shell exclusively paid a total of $1.09 billion in corporate taxes and royalties to the Government of Nigeria last year through the operations of The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC) and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company of Nigeria Ltd (SNEPCo.) The figures, announced in the just published 2023 Shell Briefing Notes, show that SPDC paid $442 million, while SNEPCo remitted $649 million. Similar payments made by the two companies in 2022 amounted to $1.36 billion. “These payments are Shell exclusive and do not include those made by our partners,” said SPDC Managing Director and Country Chair,…
In a surprising turn of events, Aminu Yunusa, a key witness in the case of kidney harvesting against Alliance Hospital, its Medical Director, Dr. Christopher Otabor, and two others, disowned the statement tendered in court by the prosecution witness from NAPTIP. During cross-examination by the defense counsel, Bar. Afam Osigwe SAN, Yunusa denied ownership of the statement, claiming he neither deposed to it nor signed it by thumbprinting. The witness’s testimony further unraveled as he contradicted himself on crucial points, including his place of origin and the circumstances surrounding his alleged agreement to donate his kidney. Yunusa claimed to be…
The Federal Government of Nigeria is aware of attempts by Binance to launder its impaired image as an organisation that does not play by the rules and laws guiding business conduct in sovereign nations. In a blog post that has now been published by many international media organisations, in an apparent well-coordinated public relations effort, Binance Chief Executive Officer Richard Teng made false allegations of bribery against unidentified Nigerian government officials who he claimed demanded $150m in cryptocurrency payments to resolve the ongoing criminal investigation against the company. This claim by Binance CEO lacks any iota of substance. It is…
Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) in partnership with the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) are to train a million girls in Nigeria on education skills through the UNICEF’s program, Girls’ Education Skills and Partnership (GESP). The college is expected to empower 5,000 girls in Lagos State to boost access to skills and economic opportunities for adolescent girls and young women, supporting them to become employable, entrepreneurial and better skilled in information communication technology (ICT). The Rector, Yaba College of Technology, Dr. Engr. Ibraheem Abdul disclosed this at the opening ceremony of a five-day course design workshop on Girls…