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Buhari signs Finance Bill into law
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has signed the finance bill into law. He made this known via his Twitter handle on Monday. “I am pleased to announce that this morning I signed into law the Finance Bill, 2019,” he tweeted. He said the Finance Bill would support the implementation of the 2020 Appropriation Bill. He added, “This is the first time,...
FG orders cinemas to stop showing Banky W’s movie
The National Film and Video Censors Board has ordered cinemas nationwide to stop showing a recently released movie, titled, Sugar Rush. The NVFCB, Executive Director, Addedayo Thomas, however, told The PUNCH that the movie was not suspended because of some scenes found to portray the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission as an incompetent organisation. The film, which has reportedly grossed about...
Alleged N1.4bn fraud: Court adjourns trial of NBA president
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday adjourned until Feb. 11, the continuation of the trial of the president of the Nigerian Bar Association, Paul Usoro, charged with N1.4billion fraud. Usoro is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission before Justice Rilwan Aikawa on 10 counts. Usoro was first arraigned before Justice Muslim Hassan in December 2018 but...
EFCC has frozen Shehu Sani’s accounts – Aide
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has frozen the bank accounts of ex-lawmaker, Shehu Sani, according to his spokesman. This is just as the former Kaduna-Central lawmaker’s detention has entered the 14th day. In a statement on Sunday, Suleiman Ahmed, Senior Special Adviser to Sani, said the EFCC was not being sincere over the investigation of his principal. The EFCC had on...
Cobbler rapes graduate, shares nude video with friends
A 25-year-old cobbler, Olamide Babayemi, has been arrested for raping a 22-year-old Microbiology graduate and sharing the victim’s nude video with his friends. Babayemi was alleged to have invited the victim, whom he claimed was his girlfriend, to come and collect the phone she asked him to buy in Mowe, Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State. The suspect was reported...
BREAKING: Governor Bala Mohammed hospitalised in London
Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Muhammed has been hospitalized in London for an undisclosed illness. A statement signed by Senior Special Assistant on Media to the Governor, Mukhtar Gidado and made available to newsmen yesterday in Bauchi, quoted a special message sent to the people of the state by the governor from his hospital bed in London ahead of...
Travel agent arraigned over alleged N1.2m Canadian visa fraud
A travel agent, Adeyemi Aladetoyinbo, 42, on Tuesday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly obtaining N1.2 million to secure a Canadian visa for his client but failed to do so. Aladetoyinbo, who resides in Mushin area of Lagos State, is standing trial on a three-count of obtaining money under false pretences, breach of peace and theft. The defendant...
Man dies after drinking herbal mixture
The Osun State Police Command on Monday said it had commenced investigations into the circumstances surrounding the death of one Mutiu Adekunle, who died after drinking a herbal mixture. Adekunle’s death occurred on Sunday around 11.15 pm at a hospital where he was rushed to, having developed complications after drinking a herbal mixture given to him by one Alfa Nureni...
Oshiomhole no longer APC national chairman – NWC member
A member of the National Working Committees (NWC) member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has just told newsmen at the national secretariat of the party that Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, is no longer the national chairman of the party based on a ‘subsisting’ court order. The party chieftain said he was working on a petition to the Director-General of...
Buhari names former DSS boss, Gadzama, as NISS Chairman
Former Director-General, State Security Service, Afakirya A Gadzama, is now Chairman of the Governing Board of the National Institute for Security Studies (NISS). His new appointment was conveyed in a letter from the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation dated January 2, 2020. According to the letter, the appointment was approved by President Muhammadu Buhari with effect...
