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I’ll Be In Ondo, The State Is Important To Us – Oshiomhole
Former National Chairman, All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomhole says he will be in Ondo State for Saturday’s governorship poll. He predicted that Governor Rotimi Akeredolu would win the election. According to Oshiomhole, Edo election had come and gone, but that Ondo poll was more important to the APC right now. He said by the special grace of God, Akeredolu would win...
“SARS Has Gone Beyond Reforms”, Desmond Elliot Backs #ENDSARS
The member representing Surulere Constituency in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Desmond Elliot believes brutality by men of the Special Anti-Robbery (SARS) is beyond reforms. Desmond said this on Friday while addressing #EndSARSProtesters at the Lagos Assembly complex in Ikeja. “It has gone beyond having hotlines or doing reforms. As the Deputy Speaker rightly said, we really need to look...
I Made With Your Support, Okonjo-Iweala Thanks Nigerians
Former Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has appreciated Nigerians for supporting her bid for the job of director-general of the World Trade Organisation. Okonjo-Iweala, who made to the third and final stage of the selection process on Thursday, said she could not have made it without the prayers and support of all Nigerians. Reacting via her verified Twitter handle, she wrote, “Happy...
Harassment: PSC Vows To Deal With Erring SARS Officers, Releases Helplines
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has warned officers of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and other units of the police to desist from harassment of citizens and unprofessional conducts or be dealt with. This is following what the Commission called the recent public outcry on the brazen abuse of office by personnel of both the Federal and State Anti Robbery Squads...
We Don’t Need Any Financial Assistance To Build Anambra Airport, Obiano Tells FG
Ahead of the April 2021 proposed opening of Anambra International Cargo Airport, the Executive Governor of Anambra State, His Excellency, Chief Dr. Willie Obiano, has boasted that the state is not in lack of the financial resources to complete the airport. Speaking during his visit to the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, yesterday, Governor Obiano, also revealed that when completed,...
Magu: Internal Crisis Hits Ayo Salami-led Presidential Probe Panel
Ahead of the expected submission of its final report this week, the Ayo Salami probe panel is battling internal divisions over the inquiry into Ibrahim Magu’s stewardship at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), sources in the know have informed TheCable. Some members of the panel are not in agreement with Salami’s leadership style and one of them confronted...
Tinubu, Others Accused Of Fraud, Tax Evasion, Money Laundering
Dapo Apara, a Nigerian chartered accountant, has accused a former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu; a consulting firm, Alpha-beta, and a former commissioner in the state, Akin Doherty, of money laundering, fraud, tax evasion, and sundry corrupt practices. Mr Apara, in writ of summons deposed to at a Lagos high court, claimed that Mr Tinubu and Alpha-beta reneged on...
“We’ll Launch Radio Biafra In Daura” – IPOB Tells Buhari
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Thursday dared the federal government led by President Muhammadu Buhari, to stop them from launching Radio Biafra in Daura, the home town of the President. Their challenge came barely twenty-four hours the federal government approved N654 million for the deployment of a hybrid spectrum monitoring system that would target illegal frequencies in the southern...
Senate Orders Investigation Into Excessive Bank Charges
The Senate on Wednesday at plenary directed its Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions to investigate complaints of Nigerians on illicit and excessive bank charges by commercial banks on customers’ accounts. It also directed the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to look into the complaints of Nigerians and review the charges on their bank accounts. The resolutions of Senate...
FEC Approves $3.02bn For Reconstruction Of Port Harcourt-Maiduguri Rail Line
The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri Eastern Narrow Gauge. The cost of the project was put at $ 3 . 02 bn. The decision was taken at the weekly meeting of the council presided over by the President, Muhammadu Buhari. Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, disclosed this to State House correspondents at the...
