Senator Abdullahi Adamu (APC, Nasarawa) has reacted to claims that he is plotting the removal of the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, and the rest of the leadership. Senator Obinna Ogba made this allegation during plenary on Thursday, providing evidence in the form of a voice recording. However, in a …
Read More »FIRS Threatens to Sell Properties of Defaulting Tax Payers
Babatunde Fowler The Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr. Babatunde Fowler, has said the federal government is processing court documents that will allow it sell properties of companies which have been evading taxes. Speaking last Wednesday night on The Core, a Channels Television programme hosted by …
Read More »Why senators are solidly behind Saraki — Sen Sabi Abdullahi
Senator Sabi Aliyu Abdullahi, APC, Niger North, is the chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs; vice chairman, Senate Services Committee, and member, Committees on Appropriations; Agriculture and Rural Development; Power, Steel Development and Metallurgy. In this interview, he spoke on what the Senate would do if President Muhammadu …
Read More »Customer battles Sterling Bank over N219m fraud
A microfinance institution, OHHA Microfinance Bank Limited, has accused Sterling Bank Plc of defrauding it of N219 million it deposited with the bank. The accusation was made in a letter to Sterling Bank by OHHA Microfinance Bank’s lawyers, Festus Keyamo Chambers. Dated 20 February and jointly signed by Messrs B.I …
Read More »Finally, SEC Gives Deloitte Go Ahead on Forensic Audit of Oando
Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun Several months after the forensic audit of Oando Plc was suspended owing to lawsuits and the alleged interference by the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Tuesday disclosed that it has directed the accounting firm of Deloitte to proceed …
Read More »Distribution of of PVCs begins mid May, says INEC
Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the distribution of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to their owners will begin by middle of May. The Ebonyi INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Prof. Godswill Obioma disclosed at a strategic security interactive …
Read More »Lagos APC kicks against tenure elongation for Odigie-Oyegun, others
Oyegun The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has kicked against the elongation of tenure of the party’s national and state executives, saying it is against the country’s and party’s constitutions. This runs contrary to the position initially adopted by the State Chapter when its Chairman, Chief Henry …
Read More »Civil Society Coalition honours K1 as UN Ambassador
King Wasiu Ayinde Olasunkanmi Marshal popularly known as K1 De Ultimate was yesterday the 6th of March 2018 decorated with yet another honor as UN-SDG Ambassador by the Civil Society Coalition on Sustainable Development, (CSCSD) Ogun chapter at the International Stakeholders’ Conference on SDG. The event which took place at the …
Read More »Police promotes Dolapo Badmos, Bode Ojajuni, 412 Others
Dolapo Badmus The Police Service Commission (PSC) has announced the promotion of 414 Senior Police Officers, including the Ekiti State deputy commissioner of police, Mr Dasuki Galadanchi (CP), former Lagos police spokesman and Principal Staff Officer to the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Olubode Ojajuni (ACP) and Zone …
Read More »Heritage Bank extends campaign for agric value chain to Lagos-Kano Summit
Heritage Bank Plc, Nigeria’s Most Innovative Banking Services Provider, has taken its campaign for concerted efforts for the growth of agribusiness and commerce in Nigeria to another level as it wants the bilateral agreement signed by Lagos and Kano States to provide for a Commodity Exchange. The two states signed …
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