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How Oyetola Took N18bn Loan After Losing Election, Left N407.32bn Debt – Adeleke
The Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke has disclosed that the state is indebted to the tune of 407.32 billion naira, including N76 billion debts on salaries and pension. Adeleke said his predecessor, Gboyega Oyetola took a N18.04 Billion FGN Bridge Finance Facility loan after the July 16th, 2022 election which Oyetola lost and that there is no information on...
Sen. Kalu Commiserates With Lagos State Over Demise Nigeria’s Ambassador To Spain, Seriki
Former Governor of Abia State and Chief Whip of the Senate, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu has commiserated with the government and people of Lagos state over the passing of Nigeria's Ambassador to Spain, Chief Ademola Seriki. Describing the former Minister of State for Defence as a complete gentleman and consummate politician, Kalu stressed that the deceased made invaluable contributions to...
My Predecessor, Oyetola Took N18bn Loan After Losing Election – Adeleke
The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has disclosed that his predecessor, Gboyega Oyetola, took N18 billion loan after he lost the July 16th, 2022 Osun governorship election. This is as he also revealed that the state is indebted to the tune of N407.32 billion as of November 30th, 2022. Adeleke disclosed this on Thursday during a meeting with Osun State Traditional...
EFCC Responsible For My Detention In UK — Ekweremadu
The embattled former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, on Thursday, accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, of being responsible for his continued detention in the United Kingdom, UK. Ekweremadu, who is currently facing trial in the UK over an allegation that he brought one David Ukpo into the country for the purpose of harvesting his organ, in fresh...
Nigeria’s Envoy To Spain Demola Seriki Is Dead
Nigeria’s ambassador to Spain, Demola Seriki, is dead. The Lagos politician was said to have died in Madrid, Spain. He was aged 63. His death was announced in a notice signed by his children on Thursday. The notice said that he died in Madrid, Spain in the early hours of the day. READ ALSO: US-Africa Leaders Summit: Buhari Holds Strategic Meeting With Joe Biden (PHOTOS) “It is with...
After 5 Days Sit-At-Home, Simon Ekpa Vows No Election In South East
Simon Ekpa, the self-acclaimed disciple of the Indigenous People of Biafra leader, Nnamdi Kanu, has officially ended the five-day sit-at-home order in the South-East region of Nigeria. Ekpa in a video posted on YouTube on Wednesday night, announced the end of the five-day sit-at-home order, terming it “historic and successful” for Biafraland. Also in a new development, our correspondent noticed that...
School Feeding Programme: We Feed 9.9 Million Pupils Daily, To Include Another 5m — FG
The Federal Government, yesterday, explained that 9.9 million children are currently being fed nationwide, under the National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme, NHGSFP. Speaking in Akure during the disbursement of money to poor and vulnerable individuals in Ondo State, under the Grant for Vulnerable Groups Programme, GVG, a component of its National Social Investment Programme, NSIP, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs,...
US-Africa Leaders Summit: Buhari Holds Strategic Meeting With Joe Biden (PHOTOS)
President Muhammadu Buhari met with the United States President Joe Biden in Washington DC on Wednesday. Photos shared by the Presidency show Buhari in a meeting with Biden and the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the White House on the sidelines of the US-Africa Leader’s Summit. Buhari departed from Abuja on Sunday to join other African leaders for the...
Man Appears In Court For Allegedly Stealing Bullion Van Containing N100m Cash In Ebonyi
A magistrates’ court sitting in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, yesterday granted bail to a man accused of stealing N100 million contained in a bullion van belonging to a bank. The police accused the defendant, Ikechukwu Moses Nwankwo, of conspiring with others on the run to commit the offence on November 18 at Ogoja Road, Abakaliki. The police prosecutor, Sergeant Obi...
I’ve Done My Best For Nigeria, Says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari says he has done his best for Nigeria. He said this in Washington while welcoming the Secretary-General of the Abu Dhabi Forum, Sheikh Al-Mahfoudh Bin Bayyah and his deputy, Pastor Bob Roberts of the US who came on a visit to him. “We are big in size and population, facing many challenges, but in many areas, we are...
