President Muhammadu Buhari has set a deadline of Tuesday, September 15, 2015 for full compliance with his directive that all revenue due to the Federal Government or any of its agencies must be paid into the Treasury Single Account (TSA) or designated accounts maintained and operated in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), except otherwise expressly approved. A circular issued ... Read More »
Two London-based Nigerian conmen, Godwin Nwaofor and Frank Onyechonam involved in defrauding mainly American pensioners, informing them they had won the Australian Lottery, through bogus letters, have met their waterloo. Daily Mail reports that Nwaofor who had cheated pensioners out of £5m life savings had a ‘suckers list’ of target victims to send his bogus letters to. The letters were sent ... Read More »
Amid fears that a government policy of feeding primary school pupils in the country will impose a huge financial burden on the Buhari administration, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said on Wednesday that the policy will attract investment to the tune of N980 billion. The vice president also said the school feeding programme will bring create jobs, and raise food production ... Read More »
Today, Thursday 3rd of September, 2015, wasn’t a pleasant one for Abubakar Mohammed as he was sentenced by a Jos Chief Magistrates’ Court to one month imprisonment for impersonating as a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The Magistrate, Mr Tijanni Zololo handed down the sentence after Mohammed pleaded guilty to the crime and begged the court for ... Read More »
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Solomon Arase, has directed all police commands and formations to stop the use of commercial vehicles for operations and patrol duties. This is contained in a statement issued by the Force’s Public Relations Officer, Olabisi Kolawole, acting Assistant Commissioner of Police, in Abuja on Thursday. The statement said that the directive had been ... Read More »
Kola Popson Former Super Eagles coach, Adegboye Onigbinde, has expressed his support for the ex-Nigerian International footballer and one time Super Eagles’ Captain, Segun Odegbami, in his quest to become the next FIFA President, wishing him all the best. It would be recalled that on Tuesday, Odegbami had confirmed his interest in the race to succeed the incumbent FIFA President, ... Read More »
By Kola Popson “Brother, please stop giving me fish, teach me how to fish,” Chucks, a young man of age twenty seven, said to his immediate elder brother, Emma who would be thirty years next week. Emma, an affluent young man, looked at his brother in bewilderment and said rhetorically, “What are you talking about? Aside the fact that I ... Read More »
The Executive Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayo Fayose, has exonerated the 31 workers who came late to work on Monday, just as he held a meeting with public servants to discuss whether the state should take the bailout funds being planned for states by the Federal Government. Speaking at the meeting in Ado-Ekiti, on Wednesday, the governor also expressed ... Read More »
There is a strong indication that the rift between former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, and Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Seriake Dickson, may have ended. It was learnt on Wednesday that Mrs. Jonathan had announced her decision to bury the hatchet with Dickson and directed all her loyalists in the state to work selflessly for the Peoples Democratic Party ... Read More »
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