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Court Orders Emefiele To Forfeit $1.42m Corrupt Proceeds
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered the final forfeiture of $1.426 million linked to the embattled former Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, governor, Godwin Emefiele. Justice Ayokunle Faji of the High Court gave the verdict of the final forfeiture of the funds to the Federal Government. The forfeiture followed an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission...
Abia CAN Rejects Gov. Otti’s Signpost Tax, Urges Policy Reversal
Abia State Chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has expressed strong disapproval over the state government's policy requiring churches to pay taxes on their signposts, ABN TV reports. In a letter addressed to Governor Dr. Alex Otti, CAN described Abia as "God's Own State" and noted that it's the only state in the federation imposing this tax on...
Fuel Subsidy: Tinubu About To Face National Resistance – Sowore
Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, has claimed that President Bola Tinubu is likely to face a public backlash over his "thoughtless petrol subsidy policy." Sowore claimed in a tweet on Sunday that "Tinubu was driven by impunity when he bragged that he would remove subsidy whether people protested or not." The announcement follows the confusion and...
7,395 Women Injected Contraceptives To Prevent Pregnancies – Cross River Govt
At least 7,395 young women are officially known to have been injected with Self-Injectable birth control methods in order to prevent unwanted pregnancies in parts of Cross River State. Director of family planning programme in the state ministry of health, Mrs Lucy Bassey Enakirerhi confirmed this figure at an event organised in collaboration with Society for Family Health and Children’s...
Fresh Trouble For Tinubu Over Certificates Forgery As Lawyer Initiate Fresh Suit
Barely 24 hours after he flagged off his 2023 presidential election campaign, candidate of the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, is facing fresh suits that are seeking his prosecution for allegedly lying on oath. A constitutional lawyer, Mr. Mike Enahoro-Ebah, has entered direct criminal complaints against him, before an Abuja Chief Magistrate Court sitting at Wuse Zone 6. The...
Aggrieved Akwa Ibom Youths Barricade INEC Office, Demand REC’s Removal
Over 1,000 youths under the aegis of the Coalition of Political Parties in Akwa Ibom State, on Wednesday, barricaded the Secretariat of the Independent National Electoral Commission in the state, demanding the immediate removal of the Resident Electo...
53,836 Inmates Awaiting Trial Nationwide, Says Nigerian Correctional Service
The Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, says 53,836 inmates in the 253 correctional centres across the country are awaiting trial as of December 18. The spokesperson of the service, Assistant Controller of Corrections (ACC) Abubakar Umar made this revelation to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday. Umar said the summary of the inmates across the country by conviction and those on the awaiting...
Magu Reacts To Malami’s Accusations, Says “No Blackmail Can Stop Me”
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has stated that no amount of blackmail can deter him from fighting corruption in Nigeria. Magu, an award-winning anti-corruption Czar, on Thursday, disclosed that those stealing Nigeria’s money must be stopped. Addressing a delegation of the Nigerian Union of Journalists in Abuja, He said; “Those stealing, embezzling, hiding and carrying...
Plateau 2022 Budget: Lalong Allocates N100m For Furnishing Of His Guest House
The Plateau State Government is to spend the sum of N100,000,000.00 only to furnish the Simon Lalong Guest House as against the sum Of N88,000,000.00 only budgeted to run the affairs of the State Ministry of Tourism, Culture, and Hospitality which has the potential to generate high IGR for the State. This is even as conflicting figures are quoted as...
Yobe Assembly Passes 8 Bills, 10 Resolutions In One Year
Yobe State House of Assembly says it has passed eight out of 10 bills it received, 10 resolutions, as well as petitions within one year. The Speaker of the House, Rt Honourable Chiroma Buba Mashio disclosed this while speaking at a one year anniversary celebration of the 8th Assembly held at the chambers of the House. Mashio said some of the...
