The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Makurdi Zonal Office on February 11, 2020 secured the conviction of one Otene Olafikwu for offence bordering on currency counterfeiting. He was on February 6, 2020 brought before Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon of a Federal High Court sitting in Makurdi, Benue State on a two-count charge alongside John Garba Aondohemba, Simon Atsen Gbagir and Janet Tyondugh for possessing and altering two counterfeit $50 bills. They had pleaded “not guilty” to the charges, but Olafikwu later approached the EFCC for a plea bargain, prompting him to change his plea to “guilty”. In view of his guilty plea, and…
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The Lead Visioner of Team Jandor project, Mr Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran has approved the appointment of Mrs. Khairat Ojikutu-Shokoya as the Director of Mobilization for the Team Jandor project. Mrs Ojikutu-Shokoya, a grassroots politician, has served as a member and secretary of caretaker Committee, as well as Special a Adviser on Planning, Budget and Statistics in Ojodu Local Council Development Area of Lagos state. Mrs. Khairat Ojikutu-Shokoya, a seasoned Chattered Accountant was until her appointment, the Cordinator of Alhaji Ojikutu led Support Group for Team Jandor. In the same vein, Eniola Opeyemi was appointed as Special Assistant on Media and…
L-R: Councillor, City of Brampton, Charmaine Williams; Mayor of Brampton, Canada, Mr. Patrick Brown andLagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Oluduring a courtesy visit to the Governor at Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja, on Tuesday, February 11, 2020. The ongoing infrastructural development programme of the Lagos State Government is a deliberate effort to make the State attractive to Diasporan investment, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said. Sanwo-Olu said there would be no point requesting Nigerians abroad to come back home to invest if the local business environment was not made to support their aspirations. The Governor disclosed this while receiving His Worship, Mr. Patrick…
The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has been drawn to a trending tweet from @TheRealDayne showing pictures purported to be the EFCC Port Harcourt Zonal Office Holding Cell. The Commission hereby states that the tweet is not just the imagination of its author, but a mischief and a calculated attempt to smear the hard-earned reputation of the Commission. Contrary to the fake pictures circulated by @TheRealDayne, the facility in Port Harcourt Zonal Office, like all other EFCC cells, boasts of a high degree of decency and therefore, cannot be the open dumping facility, surrounded by razor-wired walls, depicted in the picture that…
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today called on Federal and State Governments in Nigeria to make human security the focus of their cybersecurity initiatives, saying it is only by so doing that they can hope to win the unequivocal support of citizens and other stakeholders for efforts to make the internet safer and secure for all, irrespective of age, gender or social status. In a statement issued in Lagos by Mr John Gbadamosi, MRA’s Programme Officer, to commemorate this year’s edition of Safer Internet Day, the organization said: “The notion, which has been embraced by many governments, that cybersecurity can only…
•By Ademola Akanni, Abuja President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday, 11 February, 2020, led a high power delegation to the residence of the deceased Senator Ignatius Longjang on a condolence visit to the family. The Gazelle News.com can report that on the entourage of the Senate President are: the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege; the Senate Leader, Senator Yahaya Abdullahi; the Senate Deputy Chief Whip, Senator Sabi Abdullahi; and the Senate Deputy Minority Leader, Philip Aduda who are all principal officers. The Gazelle News.com learnt that the Senate President was out of Abuja when the incident occurred…
Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday swore-in another set of five Permanent Secretaries in the Civil Service of Oyo State, taking to 19 the number of Permanent Secretaries appointed since he assumed office in May 2019. The Governor, who called on the new permanent secretaries to see their appointments as a call to service, maintained that the appointments were based on merit and qualification. A statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, indicated that the swearing-in ceremony was held at the Executive Chamber of the Governor’s Office, Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan, quoting that…
The Government of Oyo State declared on Tuesday, 11 February, 2020, that members of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON) were deliberately frustrating the planned out-of-court settlement of the crisis rocking local governments in the state. Special Counsel to the State Governor, Chief Bolaji Ayorinde (SAN), who spoke on the stance of ALGON members in a statement on Tuesday, said that the sacked chairmen wrongly latched onto a script by the Attorney General of the Federation, which he said lacks foundation in law. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, quoted…
Tonight some contacts on WhatsApp have forwarded to me a video of a Channels news broadcast of some 400 Boko Haram members arrested in Abia State by the army. More than 20 folks have forwarded this to me under two hours. This clip was grim and it is capable of driving fear into anyone. From the clip one could wrongly conclude terrorists are about overrunning the country. Snippets of accompanying pieces, mostly fake, are circulating as well. One even claimed Nuhu Ribadu accused President Buhari of creating banditry and terrorism. I remember Nuhu came out two years ago in a…