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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Friday held an anti-corruption rally in Lagos to boost awareness of the fight against corruption. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the rally began at the EFCC office, Awolowo Road Ikoyi and moved to Obalende through Tafawa Balewa Square and back to EFCC office. Mr Olu Olukoyede, the Commission’s Secretary, who led the rally, said the essence was to deepen the awareness level of Nigeria’s anti-corruption crusade. He commended the NYSC for its support toward the success of the rally. According to him,…
Nollywood Actress, Mercy Aigbe, has advised single ladies dating married men to quit the relationship for their own good. The single mum of two gave the advice in a video clip on her Instagram page as her Valentine’s day message to lovers. ”If you are a side chic to a married man, Girl, you are better to be cashing out. “Secure the bag, get that dough, get that money because that man is not yours. Sis, he is not yours. “He belongs to another woman, so please, it had better be worth it. “Do not go and collect chocolate and…
By Ayo Oye, ABUJA Senator Douye Diri and Lawrence Ewhruojakpo of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have been declared winners and duly elected Governor and Deputy Governor of Bayelsa state respectively. The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, made the declaration Friday in Abuja while addressing a press conference on the outcome of the Supreme Court judgment on the Bayelsa governorship election on Thursday. Prompt News reports that Supreme Court had on Thursday, nullified the November 16, 2019 election that produced David Lyon as Bayelsa Governor-Elect because his running mate, Biobarakuma Degi-Eremieoyo, presented fake certificates to…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has urged residents to ensure that waterways are not littered and abused adding that a quick fix of waterways is at this point, very necessary. Represented by the Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde at the launch of the waterways cleanup campaign by the Lagos State Waterways Authority, LASWA at the Cowrie centre in Ikoyi, Sanwo-Olu said his administration will employ water transportation as a way to unlock traffic gridlocks across the State and make Lagosians more productive. The Governor said adherence to the campaign messages would reduce accidents on waterways, ensure the free…
The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service(LIRS) on Friday announced that it had closed 16 companies in the state over alleged failure to remit about N126.19m consumption tax. The organization’s Director of Legal Services, Mr Seyi Alade, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the companies’ tax liabilities were from 2014 to 2016. Alade, who spoke with NAN during LIRS state-wide tax law enforcement exercise, added that the companies were audited for the periods, but had not made the payments to the State Government. According to him, the 16 companies have been closed down and prohibited from operation…
National Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC) Adams Oshiomhole has faulted the Supreme Court judgment declaring the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Douye Diri as new Governor-elect in Bayelsa. Oshiomhole said this at a news conference in Abuja on Thursday while reacting to the apex court judgment. He said the court would have borrowed a similar case that nullified the governorship election in Bauchi. “In 1999, there was a similar case in Bauchi involving Gov. Adamu Muazu. “The court found out that the running mate was not qualified for whatever reason to contest that election and accordingly the supreme court…
The Senate of the University of Port Harcourt (UniPort) has expelled eight students over alleged misconduct bordering on plagiarism, extortion and examination malpractices. Dr Williams Wodi, the Deputy Registrar (Information), confirmed the development in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) in Port Harcourt on Friday. He said the decision to sack the students was taken during the 449 meetings of the Senate of the university. “The students were expelled after a separate investigation established cases of gross misconduct against them. They were summarily expelled to serve as a deterrent to others. “Four of the students…
A 31-year-old chef, Innocent Etim, defendant in a defilement case on Tuesday told an FCT High Court, Nyanya, that the alleged victim was ”now rightfully married to me”. The police charged Etim with two counts bordering on defilement. Etim who testified as a witness in his defence, told the court that the girl he was accused of defiling is now married to him. ”I have met all the marriage rites as required by the tradition to marry the girl. “She delivered a baby boy on Oct. 18, 2019 and we had the church dedication too” “I did not touch her…
The Muslim Community of Oyo State has declared that Operation Amotekun will be a breeding place for anarchy rather than ensuring sustainable peace in the South West. In a statement signed by the chairman of the community, Alhaji Ishaq Kunle Sanni and Secretary, Alhaji Murisiku Abidemi Siyanbade, said there is Christianization in the Amotekun Agenda. The community particularly frowned at the marginalization of Muslims in the appointments of top Amotekun officials named so far. The statement reads in part: “An ethnic militia such as Amotekun initiative is a breeding place for anarchy. It is an anathema to sustainable peace and…
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says the death of the music legend, Sir Victor Olaiya, is a great loss to the creative industry in particular and the entire country in general. In a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday, the Minister said Sir Olaiya’s death, even at a ripe old age, came as a rude shock. He described the late music icon as “a legend of his time, whose music signposted a great epoch in the history of Nigeria”.” Sir Victor Olaiya was not just a musician but a great patriot, hence it was not a…