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.. Says Trillions Saved Have Vanished Into ‘Fake Ministries, Fake Agencies’ .. Challenges FG To account For Trillions Realised From Subsidy Removal Daud Olatunji Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has defended the removal of fuel subsidy, insisting that the policy itself was not the problem but the Federal Government’s handling of the trillions of naira saved from its implementation. Obi said critics were not opposed to subsidy removal but to what he described as the failure of President Bola Tinubu’s administration to transparently invest the proceeds in critical sectors capable of improving the lives of Nigerians. Speaking…

Zainab Abioye A 25-year-old woman, Erdoo Ugede, has been arrested by the police for allegedly killing the two-month-old son of her husband’s alleged mistress in Gwer East Local Government Area of Benue State. The incident, which has thrown the Ankyoov community in Ikyogbaji Council Ward into mourning, reportedly occurred after the suspect allegedly invited the child’s mother and the infant to live with her in her matrimonial home. Residents said the suspect, who is said to have no child of her own, was aware that the baby had been fathered by her husband with another woman but insisted that the…

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the final forfeiture of 52 terrace and maisonette housing units in the Lekki area of Lagos State to the Federal Government after ruling that the properties were proceeds of unlawful activities. Justice Alexander Owoeye delivered the judgment while granting an application filed by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The anti-graft agency disclosed on Saturday that the properties, located at Mercyville Estate, Covenant Way, off New Road, Ilasan, Lekki, were recovered from Fielddreams Limited, Ifeanyi Nweke and Amex Savings and Loans Limited. The EFCC said…

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has secured a final court order forfeiting ₦941,994,079.86 traced to suspected ghost workers uncovered in the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System. The anti-graft agency disclosed on Saturday that Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja granted the final forfeiture order, transferring the funds, believed to be proceeds of unlawful activities, to the Federal Government. According to the commission, the forfeiture followed an ex parte application filed before the court after investigations uncovered a widespread payroll fraud involving fictitious public servants across several Ministries, Departments and Agencies. A…

Grace Adeleke Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have repelled an attempted attack by suspected Islamic State West Africa Province fighters on a military base in Borno State, killing several insurgents after fierce fighting that claimed the life of a soldier. The military said the attack occurred at the Forward Operating Base in Logomani, Ngala Local Government Area, where the terrorists attempted to overrun the position. The Media Information Officer of Operation Hadin Kai, Capt. Mohammed Goni, disclosed in a statement on Saturday that the insurgents initially breached part of the base’s defensive perimeter before troops regrouped and launched a successful…

Suliat Lawal The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday imposed a N140 million cost on the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party led by former Senate President Adolphus Wabara for filing what it described as a frivolous suit over the party’s leadership crisis. The court also ordered the plaintiffs’ counsel, Chief Chris Uche (SAN), to personally pay N10 million for instituting the action, warning against the growing trend of filing meritless cases on matters relating to the internal affairs of political parties. Justice Salim Ibrahim, who delivered the judgment, held that the monetary sanctions were in line…

Ayomide Awe Troops of the Nigerian Army have dismantled a suspected illegal bunkering site in the Orile area of Lagos State, arresting six suspects and recovering suspected illegally refined petroleum products as well as vehicles allegedly used for the illicit operation. The operation, carried out by troops of the 65 Battalion of the 81 Division on July 16, followed what the Army described as credible intelligence on the activities of suspected economic saboteurs operating in the area. The Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 81 Division, Lt. Col. Musa Yahaya, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. According to him,…

The African Democratic Congress has called on President Bola Tinubu to reverse his economic policies or resign from office, accusing his administration of worsening poverty and hardship across the country. The opposition party said the latest figures indicating that about 139 million Nigerians, representing roughly 60 per cent of the population, live below the national poverty line, showed that the Federal Government’s economic reforms had failed to improve citizens’ living conditions. In a statement issued on Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC said the administration’s celebrated gains in revenue generation, foreign reserves and other macroeconomic indicators…

The National Emergency Management Agency has urged residents of flood-prone communities across Nigeria to immediately relocate to safer and higher locations, warning that ignoring early flood alerts could lead to avoidable deaths and massive destruction of property. The Director-General of NEMA, Zubaida Umar, gave the warning in a statement issued on Saturday as heavy rainfall continues across several parts of the country, raising fears of severe flooding during the peak of the rainy season. Umar advised vulnerable communities to activate flood preparedness measures and strictly comply with advisories issued by relevant government agencies. She said, “The current period of heightened…

PR Primus Limited, a public relations consultancy and promoter of the Your Image PR programme on Ogun State Television, has appointed three prominent academics and professionals into its administrative team as part of efforts to strengthen public relations scholarship and professional practice in Nigeria. The newly appointed administrators are Prof. Dele Odunlami, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye; legal practitioner and public relations expert, Barrister Karibi George; and Dr. Joshua Suleiman of Babcock University. The appointments were announced by the Managing Director of PR Primus Limited and Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Public…