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Opinion

Defamation debate: Between Afe Babalola and Dele Farotimi

The allegations at the center of the Babalola-Farotimi controversy are serious. Reports indicate that Farotimi accused Babalola of corrupt activities…
LG Electronics Nigeria achieves significant milestones, receiving accolades from prestigious organizations and publications in 2024

Metro

LG electronics Nigeria bags awards in innovation

On September 26, the company was honoured at the Media Consortium Conference and Awards, held at the Lagos Chamber of…
Kogi Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project (Kogi L-PRES) begins move to rehabilitate nine livestock markets in the state.

News

Kogi L-PRES to rehabilitate 9 livestock markets

The project is part of the commitment of Kogi State Government, under the leadership of Ahmed Usman Ododo to improve…
Ex-Kogi governor, Yahaya Bello threatens to sue a news website over a report that he would reveal how Bola Tinubu became president in court.

Headlines

Yahaya Bello fumes, threatens to sue website over report on Tinubu

We, however, wish to stress here that even those that the hatchet job executors are trying to confuse know that…
Gov. Hyacinth Alia launches 5000-personnel Benue State Civil Protection Guards (BSCPG) and a Joint Security Task Force to tackle insecurity

News

Alia inaugurates security outfit, donates 100 vehicles, 600 motorcycles

The governor during the ceremony in Makurdi announced the donation of 100 Hilux security vans and 600 special combatant motorcycles…
Police arrest native doctor, Veror Orduen and driver, Aondoaver Viaga, in Benue State over alleged theft of a company's truck.

Metro

Benue native doctor, driver nabbed over alleged theft of truck

Yabnet said that the Benue State Police Command on Dec. 11 received information that a driver with CHEC Construction Company,…
Nze Fidelis Chukwu emerges President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide at General Assembly meeting of the socio-political organization

News

Nze Chukwu emerges President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo

The election of Imo born Nze Chukwu was announced in a communique issued at the end of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo…
Former Reps Speaker Yakubu Dogara says President Bola Tinubu is leader who is prepared to lead with unbridled courage even at personal cost.

News, Top Stories

Dogara: Abandoning Tinubu’s reforms because ‘things are hard’ would be cowardice

By Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja A former speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has described President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as…
NNPC Ltd. takes its ongoing Sensitization Programme to Taraba State, where drivers and park operators show interest in use of CNG

News

Drivers, park operators excited by CNG as NNPC takes stakeholders’ sensitization to Taraba

TSTC Park Manager, Abdullahi Musa while commending the company for the CNG initiative however appealed that the product be made…
Türkiye calls on the U.S., Israel and Iran to cease the exchange of hostilities in their conflict, which began on Saturday.

World News

Turkiye to reopen embassy in Syria for 1st time since 2012

In an interview with Türkiye’s NTV television Fidan said a newly appointed interim charge d’affaires had left for Damascus on…
.France’s judiciary issues an arrest warrant for ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad on suspicion of complicity in war crimes

World News

Germany’s Merz seeks stricter border control to prevent Assad loyalists from immigrating

Current Chancellor Olaf Scholz, a Social Democrat, had previously repeated that well-integrated Syrians in Germany would not be sent back.
CDS Christopher Musa warns troops of Operation FASAN YAMMA against indiscipline, complacency in combating security in the North-west region.

News

Nigeria’s security challenges complex, require multi-dimensional approach – CDS

CDS Musa said, “The College has over the years remained committed to providing world-class training for tactical and operational level…
Vice-President Kashim Shettima highlights efforts by President Tinubu’s administration to confront challenges of Nigeria's federal system

News

Science, technology keys for national growth, development – Shettima

Shettima said this on Friday at the 48th Convocation Lecture of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, titled “From Campus to Career:…
Nigerian Army says troops of its special brigade kill scores of Lukurawa bandits, destroy about 22 of their camps in Sokoto and Kebbi states

News

Army destroys 22 Lakurawa camps, recover arms in Sokoto, Kebbi

The Theatre Commander of Operation FANSAN YAMMA, Maj.- Gen. Oluyinka Soyele, disclosed this on Friday in Sokoto. Soleye who spoke…
Nigeria's First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, inaugurates ‘Alternative High School for Girls constructed by the RHI in Osogbo, Osun State.

Education

Tinubu inaugurates alternative school for girls in Osun, donates N50m

“Today’s inauguration marks the fulfilment of the commitment I made during the launch of the Organisation of African First Ladies…
NANs says FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, will meet with its leaders as well as chairmen of area councils, and NUT over ongoing teachers' strike

Politics

Wike, one of the most loyal leaders of our party – PDP Deputy National Chairman

He added that the former Rivers State Governor who is now a Minister under the administration of the All Progressives…
Labour Party, (LP) says it will go to court to declare seats of its six members in the House of Representatives who defected to APC vacant

Politics

Labour Party drags Reps to court over defection

Six Labour Party's Reps in the House of Representatives had defected to the APC in the past two weeks.
SMEDAN boss, Charles Odii unveils plans by the agency to collaborate with a firm to convert 100,000 vehicles to use of CNG in 18 months

Business

SMEDAN, firm target 100,000 CNG vehicle conversions to support SMEs

Odii who revealed said this at the unveiling of a CNG Conversion and Training Center on Friday in Abuja said…
Housing and Urban Development Minister, Ahmed Dangiwa, urges all the occupiers of FG’s lands and houses in Lagos to pay their ground rent

News

Minister orders occupiers of FG’s lands, houses in Lagos to pay ground rent

Dangiwa said that the Ministry of Housing under the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu, had resolved to restore…
Seven people arrested for internet fraud have been jailed in Asaba and Benin after they pleaded guilty to charges filed against them by EFCC.

News

Seven jailed for internet fraud in Asaba, Benin

Spokesperson for the EFCC, Dele Oyewale in a statement identified that suspects as: Precious Okeleke, Austine Iwuner, Saint Felix, Ododo…
FRSC says two students were killed in a ghastly accident involving two trucks and two tricycles along Felele road, Lokoja, Kogi State

Metro

Two students killed as truck loses control, rams into tricycles in Kogi

An eye witness said the accident occurred about 10 am. He said it included a female student of FUL, and…
Burkina Faso

Metro

Gunmen kill man at popular Benin nightclub

P Moses Yamu, Public Relations Officer of the Police Command in Edo said that investigations into the incident were ongoing.…
Police

News

Anambra father arrested over death of 7-year-old son in soakaway pit

The spokesperson for the Anambra Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said Bassey was arrested for alleged lack of care and…
Ebonyi governor, Francis Nwifuru, suspends two of his commissioners for alleged “dereliction of duties” with immediate effect.

News

Nwifuru brightens Christmas for Ebonyi workers with N150,000 bonus

Nwifuru announced the bonus for worker at a State banquet organised in honor of the visiting British Deputy High Commissioner…
Police say middle-aged woman and her two children lost their lives in a fire incident at Rainbow Street, Ondo West LGA of Ondo State

News

Husband, wife die in Kano inferno

Kano State Fire Service confirmed the death of a husband and wife in the fire incident in their home in…
Information Minister, Mohammed Idris, appeals to state governments not to dissolve or downgrade their Ministries of Information

News

‘Don’t scrap or downgrade your Ministries of Information,’ Minister appeals to state govts

Idris appealed for a change of heart while stressing that the ministries are not just administrative bodies but key drivers…
Lt. Changfe Maigari emerges first female pilot of Nigerian Navy (NN) after completing basic pilot training and fulfilling all requirements.

Headlines

Lt. Changfe Maigari emerges first female Nigerian Navy aircraft pilot

She was presented with the ‘Pilot Wing’ award during the 2024 Nigerian Navy Ceremonial Sunset at the Naval Training Command…
President Bola Tinubu approves appointment of Sylvester Nwakuche as the Acting Controller General, Nigerian Correctional Service(NCoS)

Headlines, News

Tinubu appoints Sylvester Nwakuche as Ag. NCoS CG

Tinubu charged Nwakuche to bring his wealth of experience to bear in his new capacity and ensuring the continued transformation…
'I gave birth to my first child at 14', – Shina Peters

Entertainment

Shina Peters: I’ve won many souls for Christ through my music

According to him, this was why God directed that he should be ordained a Bishop at Cherubim and Seraphim Church…
officer with Zenith Bank, Maitama Branch, testified as Prosecution Witness Four (PW4) under subpoena. He gave a detailed account of massive cash withdrawals allegedly carried out between 2016 and 2023, using multiple bank instruments and channels. Led in evidence by prosecuting counsel, Kemi Pinheiro, SAN, Dada said the records he presented were among seven sets of documents submitted in compliance with a subpoena addressed to the bank’s Managing Director. The subpoena was admitted as Exhibit 20, while related documents covering account holders and corporate entities were admitted as Exhibits 21 through 24C. Among the accounts examined were those belonging to Adamu Jagafa Ishaya, Whales Oil and Gas, Jimeda Properties Nigeria Limited, Alyeshua Solutions, and notably, the Kogi State Government House’s Administration Account. Focusing on the Kogi State Government House’s Administration Account, Pinheiro highlighted a pattern of cash withdrawals that blatantly violated the Central Bank of Nigeria’s, CBN, cashless policy. According to Dada, the CBN had placed cash withdrawal limits at ₦500,000 for individuals and ₦5,000,000 for corporate or government entities during the relevant period. Exceeding these limits attracted surcharges. Dada testified that between January 30 and February 1, 2018, a total of ₦697,267,000 was withdrawn in ₦10 million tranches through cheques issued in the name of one Abdulsalami Hudu. Then, on February 2, 2018, an additional ₦99,573,000 was withdrawn in similar tranches and several other withdrawals totalling N1.09bn within three days The prosecution also revealed that on February 1, 2018, a transfer of ₦3,325,000 was made from the same Kogi Government account to one Ali Bello. Dada further disclosed that this pattern of suspicious transactions continued in subsequent years. On May 6, May 11, and May 19, 2022, the same account received ₦100 million on each date from the Kogi State Statutory Revenue Account. These inflows were immediately followed by multiple cash withdrawals in ₦10 million tranches, primarily by Abdulsalami Hudu and another named beneficiary, Alhassan Omakoji. Referring to pages 395 to 401 of the account statement, the witness confirmed that almost every credit inflow was followed by immediate debits via cheque withdrawals made out to the same individuals, sometimes on the same day. Dada further narrated that on September 7, 2023, the account recorded 11 cash withdrawals of ₦10 million each, far above the ₦5 million limit, attracting a surcharge of ₦500,000 per transaction. This resulted in a total surcharge of ₦4,750,000 for that day alone. In another instance, on January 20, 2018, the account received 10 separate credits from the Kogi State Statutory Account totaling over ₦697 million. These were again followed by a series of ₦10 million withdrawals issued to Hudu and others. On January 31, Hudu alone reportedly collected ₦347,267,000 in 36 separate cash withdrawals. Pinheiro also tendered the account opening documents from pages 2 to 23 of Exhibit 22A, and the bank statement from pages 24 to 413, with the earliest transaction dating back to February 12, 2016. Dada described the six standard columns on the statement, date posted, value date, transaction description, debit, credit, and balance, and explained various transaction types, including NEFT and NIP transfers. Although the defence team, led by J.B. Daudu, SAN, earlier objected to the admissibility of some documents but chose to reserve their arguments till a later date. Justice Emeka Nwite admitted all documents and marked them accordingly. The matter was thereafter adjourned to Friday, June 27, 2025, for cross-examination and continuation of trial.

News

Alleged ₦80.2bn fraud: How Yahaya Bello begged court before getting bail

One of the charges read: “That you, Yahaya Adoza Bello, Ali Bello, Dauda Suleiman, and Abdulsalam Hudu (still at large),…
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