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Lagos Assemly Plans Obasa’s Fraud Probe On Resumption
The Lagos State House of Assembly is expecting the former Speaker Mudashiru Obasa to return to the House before deciding on the course of action, which may include an investigation. The spokesperson for the House, Olukayode Ogundipe, disclosed this in an exclusive interview with The PUNCH on Monday at the Assembly complex in Alausa, Ikeja. Ogundipe said, “On the other allegations against him,...
Saudi Arabia Says It’ll Permit Sale Of Alcohol To Non-Muslim Diplomats
Saudi Arabia plans to allow the sale of alcohol to non-Muslim diplomats for the first time, two sources familiar with the plan told AFP on Wednesday. Alcohol “will be sold to non-Muslim diplomats” who previously had to import alcohol via a diplomatic pouch, one of the sources said. Prohibition has been the law of the land in Saudi Arabia since 1952,...
EFCC Apprehend Fraudster Buying Bank Accounts
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission's agents detained Olawole Sunday, a suspected online scammer who allegedly bought people's bank account information in order to commit financial crimes. A statement on Monday by the EFCC’s head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, said Sunday’s fraudulent scheme involved recruiting young individuals to open multiple bank accounts. Oyewale alleged that Sunday paid them between...
Gbajabiamila Not Remote-Controlling Tinubu, Says House Of Reps Member
A member of the House of Representatives, Yusuf Gadgi, says it is not correct that Femi Gbajabiamila, the Chief of Staff (CoS) to President Bola Tinubu, is remote-controlling his principal. Gadgi, who represents Pankshin/Kanke/ Federal Constituency of Plateau State, made this known on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Tuesday. Detractors of the CoS had criticised him for controlling the affairs...
Rep. Benjamin Kalu Receives Pastoral Blessings As Methodist Church Prays For Him
The Member representing Bende Federal Constituency, Rep. Benjamin Kalu on Sunday worshipped at Dodos Memorial Methodist Church Uzuakoli Diocese where he received blessings from the Diocesan Bishop, Rt. Rev. Dr. James Anyanwu. Rep. Kalu also took the second Bible reading during the worship. Addressing the congregation, he expressed gratitude to God for keeping him strong in delivering his mandate as...
Our ACCP Hub Aiming to Adopt Strategic Communication in Reducing Corruption — NIPR President
The President of Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Dr. Ike Neliaku says the Institute's Anti-Corruption and Consumer Protection (ACCP) Hub is targeted at adopting strategic communication to reduce incidences of corruption across public and private sector in the country. Speaking on recently in Abuja at the inauguration of the Hub, the NIPR President while commending the efforts of anti-corruption...
Pension Fraud Suspect In Abia Delivers In Custody, Baby Seized By Authorities
Miriam Azubuike, a civil servant who was detained in 2024 on suspicion of embezzling Abia State pension funds, gave birth to a boy. The accused person, who has been in prison custody, delivered her baby in a government-owned hospital. DAILY POST gathered that the Abia State government reportedly took care of the medical bills of her delivery and some other post-delivery...
May 29 Inauguration: Niger Govt Unveils 5-Day Programme
The Niger State Government has officially released a 5-day programme of events for the inauguration of the Governor of the State, Rt. Hon. Umar Mohammed Bago, and his Deputy, Comrade Yakubu Garba. In a statement issued by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Ahmed Ibrahim Matane, the 5-day events will hold from May 24th to May 29th, 2023 with...
Gov Mohammed Approves Recruitment Of 1,684 Workers
Bauchi State governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed has approved the recruitment of 1,684 secondary school teachers, extension workers, and staff of the state-owned Aminu Saleh College of Education, Azare. This was disclosed to journalists in Bauchi by the State Head of Civil Service, Alhaji Yahuza Adamu Haruna, adding that the approval followed the lifting of the embargo of employment into...
Face Insecurity In Our Region, Let Ohanaeze Negotiate For VP Slot, Others, Igbo Youths Tell Politicians
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo youth wing has warned politicians from the area to consider the present security situation in the South East as more paramount than lobbying to be nominated as running mates to presidential can...
