Justice Mojisola Dada of an Ikeja Special Offences Court has remanded an oil marketer, Adeleke Fayose, for alleged N66.5 million oil fraud on Thursday. The defendant, was dragged before the court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, alongside his company, Brooks and Knight International Limited. They are standing trial on a three-count charge bordering on obtaining money under false pretences and stealing. Fayose, however, denied the charges. Following his arraignment, the judge ordered that he be kept at Ikoyi Correctional Centre pending hearing and determination of his bail application. She adjourned the case until December 19 for hearing…
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Facts have emerged on how a defendant, Chidinma Ojukwu standing trial for the killing of the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga transfered N5million from the deceased’s account. In continuation of evidence by the investigating officer DSP Olusegun Bamidele, before Justice Yetunde Adesanya of the Lagos State High Court on Thursday, he narrated how Chidinma transferred the money on June 15, 2021 from Usifo Ataga’s account to another account (it was on Tuesday, the day she said she stabbed Ataga for demanding for more sex in her video confessional statement). Leading the ninth prosecution witness, the Deputy Director of…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has applauded the move by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to redesign and reissue higher denominations of the Nigerian currency, the Naira. Speaking at a press briefing on Wednesday, October 26, 2022, the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele announced that the apex bank had obtained the approval of President Muhammadu Buhari to resign and issue new N200, N500 and N1000 notes that shall come into circulation by the 15th of December, 2022. Reacting to the development, the Executive Chairman of the EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa described the move by the apex bank as “a…
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has introduced newly designed notes. This was announced by Governor of the CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele on Wednesday at the CBN headquarters in Abuja. According to Mr. Emefiele, the circulation of the new notes will begin from December 15, 2022 and the old notes would remain valid until January 31, 2023. He advised all holders of the old notes to begin to return them immediately. Those notes affected are ₦200, ₦500 and ₦1,000. The apex bank also suspended charges on cash deposits.
Are you a Nigerian looking out to vote for someone with a tested track-record, competence and capacity in the 2023 presidential election? This podcast could be of assistance to you. It is the fifth edition of the “BAT Moment with Festus Keyamo series.” In this edition, the Director, Public Affairs and Chief Spokesperson of the Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, took his time to explain why Nigerians must trust the All Progressives Congress, APC’s Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s recently unveiled Action Plan with the transformation of Nigeria. Keyamo also used the podcast to give a graphic illustration of how…
The Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, PCC, has called on Governor Godwin Obaseki to apologise to the people of Edo State, the people of the Southern region and Nigerians as a whole, following his recent insensitive and reckless statement. The PCC’s call is coming just as Governor Obaseki hinted Nigerians that the country would ‘Break Up’ if the All Progressives Congress, APC’s Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, wins the 2023 presidential election. In a swift reaction to Obaseki’s statement, Director, Public Affairs and Chief Spokesperson of the Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, said the APC was shocked by the…
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Lagos State Government has advised all waterfront residents of highbrow Ikoyi, Lekki, Victoria Island, coastal areas of Epe and Badagry to be wary of back flow due to the high tide in the Lagos lagoon. This is as the State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tunji Bello, explained that the latest advisory had become necessary due to the high tide of the Lagos Lagoon. It stated in a statement issued on Monday that the high tide of the lagoon has made it difficult for storm run-off from the various channels to discharge effectively into the lagoon which may…
The Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, PCC, has reminded the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, of why Nigerians considered and dismissed it, as an unserious and broken opposition party. The Tinubu/Shettima PCC made the assertion in a statement by its Director, Public Affairs and Chief Spokesperson, Festus Keyamo, following the PDP’s latest press release signed by Chief Dele Momodu that attacked the personality of its Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. According to Keyamo, the PDP’s press release attests to its crass unseriousness, and its attempt to pooh-pooh the All Progressives Congress, APC’s Action Plan that ended up as a joke. Keyamo…
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has raised alarm over the circulation of suspected counterfeit antibiotic drug, Augmentin 625mg tablets in the country. The Agency is advising the public to be vigilant and watch out for the counterfeited Augmentin 625mg tablets in circulation. The said drug according to NAFDAC failed short of the labeling requirements. It added that it has no inscription “manufactured by” is written on the label -only the address. The counterfeit product manufactured date is April 2021, with batch No.: 562626 and display expiry date of April 2024 while it also claimed…