By Abimbola Ogunnaike President Bola Tinubu has approved the conversion of the Federal College of Dental Technology and Therapy, Enugu, to a full-fledged University of Allied Health Sciences. Special adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, made this disclosure, saying the development was part of his dedicated efforts to build robust human resources for the health and social welfare sectors. The statement clarified that the Federal College of Dental Technology and Therapy in Enugu will now be known as the Federal University of Allied Health Sciences, Enugu, and will be domiciled under the Federal Ministry of Health…
Author: Olamide Obayemi
The Supreme Court of Nigeria, Abuja has reserved judgment till June 7, 2024 the final forfeiture suit of N1,222,384,857.84 (One Billion, Two Hundred and Twenty Two Million, Three Hundred and Eighty Four Thousand, Eight Hundred and Fifty Seven Naira, Eighty Four Kobo) brought before it by Melrose General Services Limited. The appellant is challenging the judgment of the Court of Appeal ordering the forfeiture of the money to the Federal Government of Nigeria, being proceeds of an unlawful activity in the Paris Club fund involving Melrose General Services Limited. At the resumed session of the court on Thursday, March 14,…
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has charged Civil Society Organizations, CSOs, across the country to be more committed to the fight against corruption, describing them as critical stakeholders in the anti-graft war. He gave the charge in Lagos on Thursday, March 14, 202 in an interactive meeting with the management and members of the Eagle Crime Awareness & Prevention Initiative, ECAPI. The EFCC’s boss, who spoke through the Lagos Zonal Commander of the EFCC, Assistant Commander of the EFCC, ACE1 Michael Wetcas emphasized the need for stronger collaboration with every stakeholder in…
Operatives of the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 57 suspected internet fraudsters in Benin City. The suspects were arrested on Thursday, March 14, 2024 at different locations in Benin City following actionable intelligence on their suspected involvement in internet-related offences. Items recovered from them include 12 exotic cars – four Mercedes-Benz GLK, two Mercedes Benz C300, one Mercedes-Benz 350, four Lexus ES350, one Lexus RX330, laptops and phones They would be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.
The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, SAN, has pledged to work in synergy with the Voice of Nigeria (VON) to expand anti-corruption sensitisation to every ‘nook and cranny’ in Nigeria. He made this known when the Director-General of VON, Malam Jibrin Baba Ndace led a team of the organisation’s management staff to ICPC headquarters on a courtesy visit. Welcoming the visiting party, Dr. Aliyu stressed that public enlightenment was a core pillar of the ‘preventive mandate’ of the Commission. He further mentioned that he had long held a desire…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Two days after the resignation of Senator Abdul Ningi, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmaker from Bauchi Central Senatorial District as Chairman of Northern Senators’ Forum (NSF), Senator Abdulaziz Musa Yar’Adua of the All Progressives Congress (APC), lawmaker representing Katsina Central Senatorial District, was appointed new Chairman of the Forum on Thursday, 14 March, 2024. Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio read the letter announcing Yar’Adua as the new Chairman of the Forum at the plenary session on Thursday, 14 March, 2024. Senator Tahir Mungono from Borno North Senatorial District was also named spokesperson of the Forum. He replaced Senator Sumaila…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, March 14, 2024 dragged former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja for alleged N84billion money laundering offences, alongside his nephew Ali Bello, Dauda Sulaiman and Abdulsalam Hudu. The EFCC is prosecuting the quartet on an amended 17-count charge of money laundering, breach of trust and misappropriation of fund to tune of N84.062 billion. To make way for Yahaya Bello’s inclusion in the trial, prosecution counsel Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN, informed the court of an application before it for the amendment of the charges against the defendants, dated February 5, 2024, and filed the same day. He then prayed that the…
The Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mele Kyari, has informed that the Port Harcourt refinery is scheduled to begin operations within the next two weeks. During his appearance before the Senate ad-hoc committee that was investigating the Nigerian Refineries’ Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) Projects, Kyari stated that more than 450,000 barrels of oil were stored at the Port Harcourt refinery. He said, “We are serving this country with honour and dignity. And we will make sure that the promises we make on the rehabilitation of this refineries will take place. “We did a mechanical completion of the…
The Supreme Court has set aside an earlier ruling of the Court of Appeal, which set aside the inspection Order granted the Candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) by the Governorship election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja. The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal had, on November 25, 2023, granted an Exparte Order, allowing the Social Democratic Party and its candidate in the 11th November, 2023 Governorship election to carry out forensic examination of all the Bimordal Voters Accreditation system (BVAS) used in the Governorship election, among other sundry reliefs. A three-man panel of justices of the Court of Appeal, led…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr. Temitope Ilori to serve as the Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) for an initial term of four years. Dr Ilori is the daughter of former Interim National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande and served as the Commissioner for Health in the first term of Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola as Governor of Osun State. Dr. Ilori is a senior lecturer in the Department of Community Medicine at the University of Ibadan, and a consultant family physician at the University College Hospital,…