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About 50 masked persons, armed with different weapons including guns, cutlasses, and axes have reportedly attacked residents and business owners in Agbaakin community, close to Mowe, in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State. City Round gathered that during the two-day raid, the hoodlums destroyed property in the community, attacked passersby and broke into homes and shops to dispossess the occupants of their valuables. According to the aggrieved members of the community, the armed men also took advantage of the tension created during the attacks to rape housewives…

Amid the brewed mix of fear and optimism ahead of tomorrow’s governorship election in Anambra State, the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) last night cancelled the one-week sit-at-home order it issued across the Southeast. IPOB said it called off the order after consultations with elders, traditional and religious leaders from the region. The group’s Director of Media and Publicity, Emma Powerful, made this disclosure in a statement. He stated that it is not IPOB’s intention to add to the pains of the people it claims to fight for since…

Federal Government has begun the process for the valuation of property belonging to several politically exposed persons, including the embattled former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. According to sources, Diezani property located in highbrow Banana Island Foreshore Estate, Ikoyi, Lagos, include 18 flats and six penthouses located at Building 3, Block B, Bella Vista, Plot 1, Zone N, Federal Government Layout. Other notable properties listed include those belonging to the late Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, whose houses in the Wuse 2 and Maitama high-end…

Sterling One Foundation has announced its partnership with First Exploration & Petroleum Development Company to adopt two beaches for 2 years each. This is in commemoration of World Cleanup Day. The adoption aims to build capacity and create jobs for women and youth in the coastal communities through education on proper waste recycling and weekly sanitation activities on the beaches. Speaking on the partnership, the General Manager, Corporate Services or First E&P, Mr. Emmanuel Etomi, said “FIRST E&P is wholeheartedly committed to carbon footprint reduction, environmental conservation, and protection. The…

Femi Fani-Kayode, controversial politician and a former minister of Aviation, who formally defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Thursday, saying he was led by the Spirit of God in his decision to join the ruling party. Mr. Fani-Kayode stated this when he was presented to President Muhammadu Buhari by the Chairman, Caretaker Committee of the APC, and governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni on Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The controversial politician further noted that he joined the APC to help for the unity of the country, adding that…

Hakeem Odumosu, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police has instructed that the Denton Divisional Police Officer in the Ebute Metta area of Lagos State, CSP Adegoke Atilade, be redeployed immediately. Atilade’s redeployment followed a PUNCH Metro story about his alleged office escapade with a 29-year-old woman, Jennifer Madueke, which led to his missing service pistol. The incident had happened on Friday, August 27, 2021. In a statement on Friday, the Command’s spokesman, Adekunle Ajisebutu, said the Commissioner of Police in the state, Hakeem Odumosu, has ordered a thorough probe into the case.…

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has signed in law a bill empowering the state government to collect Value Added Tax (VAT) in the State. The state commissioner for information and strategy Gbenga Omotosho in a statement said the governor signed the “bill for a law to impose and charge VAT on certain goods and services” in Lagos State. “By this act, the Bill has now become a Law,” Omotosho said. Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday passed the state’s Value Added Tax (VAT) bill into law. The Assembly…

Usman Kyari, younger brother of embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari, on Saturday deleted pictures of himself posing with several luxury vehicles or in apartments on his Instagram handle. A check on his profile on Sunday morning showed there was not a single photo or even video left. “No posts yet. When Usman Kyari posts, you’ll see their photos and videos here,” a terse note on the page read. This comes after pictures of his lavish lifestyle on the social media platform began to circulate this week. Before…

FEDERAL Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has awarded contracts for the procurement of souvenirs and non-security documents worth N5.5 billion between January and July 2021. According to documents available to Nigerian Tribune, FIRS management under the leadership of its Executive Chairman, Muhammad Nami awarded N2.211 billion contracts within the period and another N3 billion for non-security documents. Incidentally, many of the contracts were split supposedly to beat federal procurement regulations. Documents showed, for instance, that on March 18, 2021, 39 different vouchers totalling N311.0 million were raised for the procurement of…

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says it is left for the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, to decide whether or not to prosecute the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye; the Founder and General Superintendent of Deeper Christian Life Ministry Worldwide, Pastor William Kumuyi for violating the Twitter ban by the Federal Government. Both Adeboye and Kumuyi, in tweets on Monday, had said their churches are present in hundreds of countries all over the world and…

Evelyn, wife of the Founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua, popularly known as T.B. Joshua, has given details of how her husband died. Evelyn spoke with select journalists on Sunday. She said her husband spent about three hours in prayers before the last service on the mountain and was looking very healthy, adding that he never showed any sign of illness or worry and that his main concern was about the prayer line they offered to Indians against the COVID-19 pandemic. She added: “Afterward,…

Aisha Jummai Alhassan, a former minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, has died at a hospital in Cairo, Egypt. Nationa Infinity learnt that Mama Taraba, as she is fondly called, died at age 61 of a yet to be disclosed ailment on Friday afternoon. She was appointed minister in 2015 by President Muhammadu Buhari to represent Taraba State after losing the 2015 governorship election to the incumbent Darius Ishaku. She resigned as the minister on July 27, 2018 after the ruling APC screening committee disqualified her from the 2019…

The Lagos State House of Assembly has approved N4.4bn for the procurement of vehicles for official use by ministries, departments and agencies. According to a statement on Thursday, the fund would be used to procure official vehicles for principal officers in the state public service. The assembly had received three letters from the Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget seeking approval of the House to grant the request of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to procure vehicles for official use by various MDAs. The request was committed to the House Committee on…

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has presented a proposal of N339bn as the 2021 Appropriation Bill before the members of the State House of Assembly. The budget proposal comprises N162bn for recurrent expenditure and N177bn for various capital projects for the next fiscal year. The governor christened it “Budget of Recovery and Sustainability” hinged on the ISEYA mantra of his administration. He allocated a sum of N119bn as Internally Generated Revenues with N59bn expected from the federation account, while capital receipt was fixed at N142bn comprising internal and external…

Today’s Woman, a magazine of choice for the woman of style and purpose and her family has joined forces with Sterling One Foundation to help create awareness all over the world for its Health Worker’s Fund initiative using Giving.ng, a reputable crowd-funding platform.As part of its annual giving month social initiatives, the magazine has chosen to support the Sterling One Foundation Health Workers Fund project. In a post from her website, the magazine mentions the reasons for the partnership as acknowledging the fact that there is a need to fight…

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has approved the full reopening of churches and mosques in the state. Sanwo-olu announced this during a briefing in Lagos on Saturday. The governor said mosques can hold their prayers five times daily while churches can also commence weekly services. The governor had on Friday, August 7 allowed mosques and churches to commence their Friday and Sunday services only. He, however, warned that the safety protocols released by the government must be strictly adhered to. He said: “As regards our places of worship, we…

The acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Prof Kemebradikumo Pondei, fainted on Monday during an investigative hearing at the National Assembly. Pondei collapsed where he was seated as members of the House Committee on NDDC grilled him. The committee had grilled him for about 45 minutes before he passed out. Pondei has been rushed out of the Conference Room 231, venue of the investigative hearing on illegal spending and mismanagement of funds in the commission. The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, however, stayed behind.

Information available has revealed that the Delta State government under Senator Ifeanyi Okowa may have been entangled in horrid abuses of the state’s finances. A whooping sum of N43,457,922.83 million have been expended on the renovation and electrical maintenance of the VVIP guest house situated in the State Government House, Asaba, an investigation has unveiled. As contained in a document under file No. GHA.183/TI/150&151 of the state government, the renovation and electrical maintenance works of the VVIP Guest House, Asaba designed for contract through the selective tendering Process, was handled by one of the close…

A former beauty queen, Helen Prest-Ajayi, says there is no need to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of her husband and Managing Director of First Foundation Medical Centre, Lagos, Dr Tosin Ajayi. Helen told PUNCH Metro her position through her lawyer, Abiodun Owonikoko (SAN), on Saturday. Five children of the deceased had through their lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), written to the Chief Justice of Lagos State demanding a coroner’s inquest into the circumstances surrounding their father’s death. A family friend, who spoke on behalf of the children, had told PUNCH Metro that…

Lagos, April 15, 2020 – Ecobank Nigeria is encouraging unbanked and underbanked Nigerians which include artisans such as mechanics, carpenters, electricians, small scale retailers, transporters and others who depend on daily earning for survival, to open bank accounts instantly simply by dialling the bank’s USSD code*326#. According to the bank, owning bank accounts will enable them to save easily and access microloans (Xpress Loan). This will also enable them easily receive monetary support from friends and family members as the need arises, especially during the period of the COVID-19 lockdown, while maintaining…

South-West governors and the apex Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere,  on Wednesday differed on the All Progressives Congress leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s  position on the Western Nigerian Security Network, Operation Amotekun. The governors commended the former Lagos State governor and promised to look into the  issues he raised, but  Afenifere hit  Tinubu hard, saying his statement lacked substance. After almost three weeks of silence on the launching of Amotekun, Tinubu on Wednesday made his position known on the security outfit, which was launched by the South-West governors in Ibadan on January…

Ex-Senate President, Bukola Saraki, is embattled as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had filed a fresh process in the Federal High Court, Lagos, seeking an interim order for the forfeiture of his home in Ilorin, Kwara State. According to a statement by his media aide, Yusuph Olaniyonu, he said, “Just like the previous one, which  the anti-graft agency made by filing a similar order  in the same court on Saraki’s Ikoyi House, it is a clear abuse of the court process.” He maintained that the action of the EFCC was…

The Court of Appeal sitting in Ado Ekiti has upheld the election of Sen. Olubunmi Adetumbi of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who won the Ekiti North Senatorial District seat. The News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) reports that the three-man appellate court dismissed the appeal filed by Sen. Duro Faseyi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Faseyi had appealed the verdict of the election petition tribunal that upheld the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) declaration of Adetumbi as winner of the Ekiti North Senatorial seat in Feb. 23 National Assembly…

Popular musician, Azeez Fashola, aka Naira Marley, on Tuesday, begged Nigerians on Twitter to provide him with contacts of President Muhammadu Buhari and national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu. “Who’s got Tinubu or Buhari’s contact number pls?” Fashola posted on the microblogging website at about 3:29 pm.

This November, industry leaders, style connoisseurs and fashion enthusiasts from across the globe will converge in Lagos, Nigeria for the 4th edition of the GTBank Fashion Weekend. Holding Saturday the 9th and Sunday the 10th of November 2019 at the GTCentre, Plot 1, Water Corporation Drive, Oniru, the 2-day event will put a spotlight on Africa’s emerging fashion industry whilst showcasing the talent and creativity of indigenous small businesses in the fashion space. Since 2016, the GTBank Fashion Weekend has been at the forefront of promoting enterprise in Africa’s rapidly…

President Muhammadu Buhari has given an indication that he is not going to name the person who will succeed him in office in 2023 on completion of his second term. Buhari responded on Tuesday to a request by the Progressive in Academics, who called on him to groom younger Nigerians to succeed him. Receiving members of the group at the State House, Abuja, Buhari noted that dabbling into the issue of succession would only create problems for his administration. The President rather lectured the group, saying that to become a…

The House of Representatives chamber erupted in massive as news filtered in, that Senator Ahmad Lawan has been elected Senate President. The members-elect had been waiting for the conclusion of the Senate president and deputy Senate president elections before the Clerk to the National Assembly, Mr Mohammed Sani-Omolori would move to the House for the speakership and deputy speakership elections. Several members-elect moved to where Mr Femi Gbajabiamila and Mr Idris Wase, candidates of the All Progressives Congress for Speaker and Deputy Speaker respectively, were seated to congratulate them on…

A 40-year-old man, Reggies Chiyanike, is now battling for his life after he took car battery water upon discovering his wife with a lover. It was reported that this is the second time that Chiyanike was consuming battery water after discovering his wife’s infidelity. According to iHarare, Chiyanike’s wife cheating is well known to family and friends. A relative of Chiyanike, who declined to be named said, “The wife is unfazed by the countless suicide threats by the husband and continues to cheat. In fact, her cheating has become more…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has charged the Managing Director of Heritage Bank, Ifiesimama Sekibo, before the Federal High Court in Lagos for an alleged fraud of N605,321,051.05. Joined with Sekibo in the charge sheet marked FHC/C/95C/18 is a company, Greame Properties Limited. The EFCC, in the first count, alleged that Sekibo, on July 29, 2016, “while being a bank employee, to wit: Managing Director of Heritage Bank, acquired the sum of N180m beyond your legitimate income through Greame Properties Limited, a company owned by you. The EFCC prosecutor,…