The Ogun State House of AsseAssembly on Tuesday, 24 December, 2024, passed the year 2025 Appropriation Bill of N1,054,542,020,147 presented to it by the State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, exactly 20 days ago. The passed bill has a slight adjustments in the recurrent expenditures of about 21 agencies, just as the capital expenditures of five agencies were also slightly adjusted, alongside the revenue targets of two agencies. The passage of the Appropriation Bill followed the presentation of the report of the House Committee on Finance and Appropriation by its Chairman, Hon. Musefiu Lamidi, who thereafter moved the motion for its…
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By Tunde Akanni PhD In perfect confirmation of the Islamic perception of indecent people who lack shame and are always ready to act out their recklessness, the propagandists are again at work. They wanted to skew the information about the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, such that the leadership that is just berthing is bedeviled? In what worse manner could the immediacy and virality of online information be optimally exploited for deceit and ironically for matters relating to the deen of Islam? The alleged sleaze, so saddening, of the immediate past NAHCON leadership was rather too humongous and too…
The four bloggers standing trial for the alleged blackmailing of Guaranty Trust Holding Company and its Group Chief Executive Officer, Segun Agbaje, have been denied bail because one of them, Precious Eze, was accused of being a serial offender. Justice Ayokunle Faji of the Federal High Court in Lagos who denied them bail, ordered an accelerated trial of the four bloggers. Apart from Eze, others dragged before Justice Faji by the Special Fraud Unit of the Nigeria Police Force are: Olawale Rotimi, Rowland Olonishuwa, and Seun Odunlami. They are facing a 10 count amended charge for allegedly publishing false information…
Ahead of October 24, 2024, when Nigerians hoped that the Kogi State former Governor, Yahaya Bello, would appear before the court over corruption allegations, there are indications that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) may be going after some aides who served under the administration between 2016 and 2024. The aim behind the planned investigations and possibly arrest, as gathered, was to aid the anti-graft agency’s moves to file more charges against the former governor on his eight years tenure in the state. These former aides including those serving under the current administration in the state, were said to…
By Bola BOLAWOLE The face-off between the anti-corruption agency – the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) – and the immediate past civilian governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Adoza Bello, is a sad reminder of how weak and easily manipulated institutions are here. It also showcases the crawling stage of our democratic governance. The ongoing Fourth Republic is the longest stretch of civilian rule we have had since our flag Independence from the British colonial predators on October 1, 1960; which 64th anniversary was marked yesterday. The creation of the EFCC and its sister-organisation, the Independent Corrupt Practices (and related…
President Bola Tinubu has expressed relief at the news of the strings of successful operations against security threats in the north-west by troops of the Nigerian military. The President expressed this via a statement on Saturday, 14 September, 2024 by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. Tinubu stated that the success of the operations gives further assurance that the nation’s security operatives are up to the task of ensuring the peace and security of the nation. Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji, on Thursday, 12 September, 2024, neutralised a wanted bandit leader, Halilu Sububu, who had been unleashing…
Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc has released its Audited Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements for the period ended June 30, 2024, to the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX) and London Stock Exchange (LSE). The Group reported profit before tax of ₦1.004 trillion, becoming the first Nigerian financial institution to cross the ₦1 trillion mark in profit. This milestone figure represents an increase of 206.6% over ₦327.4 billion recorded in the corresponding period ended June 2023. The Group’s loan book (net) Increased by 25.5% from ₦2.48 trillion recorded as at December 2023 to ₦3.11 trillion in June 2024, while deposit liabilities grew…
Ogun State Governor and Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has sympathized with his Borno State counterpart, Prof. Babagana Zulum and the people of the state over the incident of flood that recently ravaged Maiduguri, the state capital. The Governor, in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Strategy, Hon. Kayode Akinmade, said the ravaging flood has caused a serious humanitarian crisis in the state, which requires urgent support from all Nigerians. He said while natural disasters of that nature were inevitable, a prompt response like that of the government of Borno and the…