Operatives of the Abuja Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested five suspected internet fraudsters. The suspects: Emeto Jude Ikenna, Miracle Temple, Victor Onyekachi, Silver Matthew Kingsley and Promise Emmanuel, were arrested in the early hours of Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at their hideouts, room C9, Ibanu Suite, Mabushi and F01 Kubwa, Abuja. Items recovered from them include one Toyota Camry, one Laptop and mobile phones. The suspects will be charge to court as soon as investigations are concluded.
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Massey Street Children Hospital – the century old secondary health facility on the Lagos Island and a birthplace of prominent Lagosians – is now to be upgraded and relocated to a convenient site. The single-storey 85-bed paediatrics facility, established in 1914, is currently overstretched to meet the care demands of children because of the increasing number of patients it receives daily; the inadequacy prompted the State Government’s move to upgrade the hospital in order to meet the needs of the residents. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday, 28 April, 2021 performed the ceremonial ground-breaking for the reconstruction of the hospital…
Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday, 28 April, 2021 declared that Nigeria needs personalities like the out-going President of the Nigerian Baptist Convention, Reverend Dr. Samson Olasupo Ayokunle, who are keen on speaking truth to power always. The governor stated this at the Baptist International Conference Centre, Lufuwape, on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State, during the occasion of the end of tenure and appreciation service for Rev. Dr Samson Olasupo Ayokunle and Pastor Mrs. Toyin Ayokunle, as the President of the Nigeria Baptist Convention. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, indicated that…
The Senate has approved the sum of N216.646 billion as expenditure for the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) for the 2021 fiscal year. This was just as the upper chamber gave its approval for the service to review upward, its revenue target from N5.076 trillion proposed for the year 2020 to N7.61 trillion in 2021. The approval came on Wednesday, following the consideration of a report by the Senate Committee on Finance. Chairman of the Committee, Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola (APC, Lagos West), in his presentation, said the Federal Inland Revenue Service proposed a total revenue…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Benin Zonal Office, through its intelligence gathering operation code-named ‘Erinle,’ today Wednesday April 28, 2021 arrested 34 alleged internet fraudsters in Owo, Ondo State. Those arrested are: Adesuyan Ayoola, Oyesanmi Shola, Adegbole Victor, Osagie Ekiende, Akinayomide James, Okunade Jamilu, Omotoso Oluwaseyi, David Oluwatobi, Ahmed Rilwan, Saheed Odunayo, Olorunfemi Emmanuel, Obakpolor Tommy, Emmanuel Ibe, Temiloluwa Joshua, Victor Benjamin, Akinwale Oluwaseun and Ogunboye Dotun.Others are: Adeniyi Femi, Obademi Samson, Oladunjoye Teniola, Eze Raphael, Samson Fadugbagbe, Oguntimehin Bamidele, Moshood Kazeem, Oniye Damilare, Balogun Mayowa, Obadapo Wale, Ese Stephen, Atakili Pelumi, Adesumo Fatai Olalekan, Demi…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has assured residents of the State that his administration will continue to ensure that all Lagosians have access to quality healthcare irrespective of their socio-economic status. He gave the commitment on Wednesday, 28 April, 2021 during the commissioning of Blood Transfusion Service Office, Oxygen Plant and Oxygen Triage Centre and ground-breaking of Doctors’ 24-unit staff quarters at Gbagada General Hospital in Lagos. Governor Sanwo-Olu said the three critical health facilities and state-of-the-art equipment are vital projects that will scale up his administration’s most recent achievements in the health sector to further enhance healthcare…
The Senate, on Wednesday, 28 April 2021 passed two bills to establish two Federal Universities in Kogi State. They are the Federal University of Education, Ankpa, and the Federal University of Agriculture, Kabba. The passage of the bills seeking to establish both Universities followed the consideration of two separate reports by the Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND. Vice Chairman of the Committee, Senator Betty Apiafi (PDP, Rivers West), in her presentation on behalf of the Chairman, Baba Kaita Ahmad (APC, Katsina North), said the establishment of the Federal University of Education, Ankpa, became imperative in view…
Governor ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has declared that the bad governance and maladministration of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will not extend beyond 2023, as, according to him, Nigerians have become tired of the party and would kick it out of power at the polls. Governor Makinde, who stated this on Wednesday, 28 April, 2021 during the inauguration of the South-West PDP Zonal Executives, held at the Government House, Agodi, Ibadan, said that the redemption of the country has begun from the South-West geopolitical zone. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Taiwo…
By Caleb Olorunmaiye Congratulations on starting your Business. Like millions of small businesses in this country and around the world, you are the backbone of the economy. And while businesses like yours are referred to as ‘small business’ or ‘small and medium scale enterprises’, your business is practically the center of your world and is indeed a big business to you. Therefore it is important to have a great deal of financial planning for your business because you cannot afford for it to fail. If this is not your first time starting a business, you will admit that…
The Board of First Bank at its meeting on Wednesday, 28 April, 2021 approved the appointment of Mr Gbenga Shobo, currently Deputy Managing Director, as Managing Director designate of the bank. This decision is subject to all regulatory approvals. Shobo succeeds Sola Adeduntan, who will be leaving the bank in accordance with the bank’s term limit for its Chief Executives, after successfully leading the bank since January 2016. These decisions take effect from today, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. Details later…