By Abimbola Ogunnaike The House of Representatives on Tuesday, 19 March, 2024 passed the N1.28 trillion proposed Federal Capital Territory (FCT) budget for the 2024 fiscal year. The budget was passed after the bill was presented for consideration by the Chairman, House Committee on FCT, Rep. Mukhtar Betara (APC, Borno) on Tuesday, 19 March, 2024. Presenting the bill, Betara said, “The House do receive the Report of the Committees on Federal Capital Territory and Federal Capital Territory Area Councils and Ancillary Matters on a Bill for an Act to Authorise the issue from the Federal Capital Territory Administration’s Statutory Revenue…
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By Abimbola Ogunnaike The protest by tricycle and motorcycle riders in the Asaba and Okpanam areas of Delta State has turned bloody. It was gathered that as morning of Tuesday, 19 March, 2024, deaths recorded as a result of the protest has risen to four. The chairman of the Building Material Market, Okpanam, and one of the okada riders, who were said to have been hit by police stray bullet during the protest on Monday, 18 March, 2024, died early hours of Tuesday. The commercial motorcyclists, during their protest on Monday, had said they were protesting the untimely death of…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The House of Representatives Committee on Anti-Malaria, HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis on Tuesday, 19 March, 2024 summoned the Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Mohammed Pate, and the Permanent Secretary, Daju Kachollom, to appear before it within the next 72 hours over allegations of misuse of $300 million meant to tackle malaria since 2021. This is just as the committee threatened to order the arrest of the permanent secretary, Kachallom Daju, if she fails to honour the summons, having failed to appear before it after three invitations. The duo are also expected to answer questions on allegations of…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Tragedy has hit Nollywood again as producer, Ikechukwu Nnadi, popularly known as Andy Best, is reportedly dead. Nnadi, who was said to be battling with a prolonged ailment, was confirmed dead at a private clinic in Owerri, the Imo State capital, on Tuesday, 19 March, 2024 Confirming the death of the movie producer, the convener of the Best of Nollywood awards, Mr Seun Oloketuyi, wrote in an Instagram post that Nnadi is late. “Andy Best, a top Nollywood producer and marketer, is dead. He died in an Owerri hospital today,” he wrote. Until his death, he was…
Authorities of the Nigeria Police Force have commenced investigation to unravel the whereabouts of the Editor of FirstNews, Segun Olatunji, who was abducted from his Lagos home on Friday, 15 March, 2024. Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi disclosed this on Tuesday, 19 March, 2024, in Abuja while responding to inquiry on what the police is doing to secure the release of the vetetan journalist. The Force PRO said they will reach out to the military (army) to first ascertain if he is in their custody since there are wide speculation in the media suggesting that he was arrested by…
Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Tuesday, 19 March, 2024, rescued three seriously injured accident victims at Anthony Service Lane inward Town Planning Way, Lagos. The Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA, Mr. Adebayo Taofiq confirmed that the three rescued accident victims were passengers inside one of the Volkswagen Commercial bus involved in the accident. Preliminary investigations revealed that a Volvo 6-tyre truck (T-17138LA) while on a high speed lost control as a result of a brake failure and rammed into a Nissan Car (LSD 497 EY) and 2 Volkswagen commercial buses (EKY 129 XT…
The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, March 18, 2024, secured the conviction and sentencing of one Iliyasu Garba and Joseph Ude before Justice K.O. Ogundare of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos for offences bordering on counterfeiting and possession of counterfeit currency. They were arraigned alongside one Benjamin Opara on a five-count charge bordering on counterfeiting and possession of counterfeit currency. One of the counts reads: “That you, Benjamin Opara, Iliyasu Garba and Joseph Ude on or about the 10th November, 2023 in Lagos within the jurisdiction of the Federal…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Coalition for Dialogue on Africa (CoDA) are to strengthen their cooperation agreement towards tackling the Illicit Financial Flows and providing support for the Common African Position on Asset Recovery (CAPAR). The Chairman of the ICPC, Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, SAN, made this known on Tuesday, 19 March, 2024 during the visit of the Executive Director of CoDA and Head of the Secretariat of the African Union High-Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows, Mrs. Souad Aden-Osman, to his office. The ICPC Chairman said, “The Commission will continue to work…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Theleader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has stated that there is a conspiracy for him to die in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). Kanu stated this on Tuesday, 19 March, 2024 Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court Abuja, on Tuesday, after he was denied bail by the court. Kanu also denied that he is behind the violence in the southeastern part of the country just as he vowed that those behind the violence, in the name of being IPOB members, would not be spared. The IPOB leader,…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Army Troops from Combat Team 3 stationed in Maraban Maigora, Katsina State, on Monday,18 March, 2024 rescued 10 women and 6 minors who had been held captive by bandits since 3rd February, 2024. A source from the military disclosed that the victims were rescued during a routine patrol at the Rimi community after being held by the hoodlums for 46 days. The rescued victims were among the 54 women abducted along the Gamji-Dandume road in early February 2024.Following their rescue on Monday, the women and children were handed over to the Chairman of Sabuwa LGA, who in…