The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has said that Nigeria’s money is in wrong hands. He said this during the January Thanksgiving Service/First Sunday in 2024 with the theme: “Supernatural Enlargement” held at RCCG Head Quarter, Throne of Grace Parish, Ebutte Metta. Adeboye added that wealth would change hands in the country. …
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to promptly and thoroughly probe the alleged payment by the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Betta Edu of N585.2 million meant for disbursement to vulnerable people in Akwa Ibom, …
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His Excellency, (Lt.Gen.Rtd) Ambassador Tukur Yusufu Buratai CFR, has been conferred with a top traditional title, Ochiagha Dike Eji Ogu- Aguleri by His Royal Majesty, Dr. Mike Idigo V. Igwe of Aguleri Kingdom during the 124th Annual Ovala Aguleri fiesta on Saturday, January 6th, 2024. The chieftaincy title which means the brave warrior that leads his troops to battle was …
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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have uncovered a consignment of illicit drugs (Colos) concealed in boxing kits on New Year’s Day at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. This was made known in a statement shared on the agency’s official X page by the Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday. Sharing photos and a …
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) has donated a N200,000 voucher to a lady identified as ‘Mummy Zee’ after some netizens mocked her for waking up to cook for her husband at 4:50 a.m. The lady, in an earlier post on X, tweeted: “I’ve always been too lazy to wake up and get his lunch ready. But the day …
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The body of the late governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, arrived in Nigeria from Germany on Friday. The body was received by family and friends while the governor of Lagos state, Ogun state, and Osun sent their representatives. Akeredolu, aged 67, passed away on December 27 morning while undergoing treatment for prostate cancer in a German hospital.
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The National Cybercrime Center of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has arrested three persons alleged to be behind the popular microblogging platform, Gistlover. The suspects were arrested in connection with a case of alleged conspiracy, cyberstalking, and threat to life. In a statement released by the spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the suspects, namely Adebukola Kolapo, …
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The Lagos State House of Assembly on Friday passed a total of N2,267,976,120,869 as the 2024 budget size of the State at a plenary session presided over by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa. The budget representing 58 percent Capital Expenditure and 42 percent Recurrent Expenditure was approved following a unanimous voice vote by all the lawmakers present at the …
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Operatives from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) are conducting a search at the Lagos head office of the Dangote Group. The focus of the investigation is on forex allocations to the company during the tenure of Godwin Emefiele as the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). According to the report, Dele Oyewale, the EFCC spokesman, …
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by Opeyemi Disaster looms on the coastal belt of Lagos as Land Spectators swoop on the sprawling estates and luxurious neighbourhoods dotting the panoramic expanse of Ikoyi. Consequently, residents panic against the backdrop of the distortion of the city’s master plan by land speculators working in cahoots with estate developers. The latter flagrantly spurn the policies and programmes of the …
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