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By Femi Alabi An Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court, on Thursday, ordered the detention in Ado-Ekiti Correctional centre of a 45-year-old man, Tajudeen Olaleye, over alleged murder. The defendant, whose address was not provided, is being prosecuteď on a charge of murder. The Police prosecutor, Yomi Osuolale, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on March 10 in Otun-Ekiti. He said that the defendant allegedly murdered one Mrs Rasaki Taibat during a fight Osuolale said that there was a fight between the defendant and someone in the neighborhood, the deceased tried to mediate, but in the process, the defendant…

By Femi Alabi Ogun State Government on Thursday dismissed an online recruitment advert purported to have emanated from the state’s Civil Service Commission as fake. Permanent Secretary, Ogun Civil Service Commission, Mrs Roseline Jacobs, in a statement described the online advert as a ruse and did not emanate from the Commission. The online advertisement had called on prospective applicants to apply for various vacancies in the state’s civil service. Jacobs advised members of the public to disregard the recruitment advert, stressing that it was mischief perpetrated by unscrupulous individuals bent on maligning the state government

By Femi Alabi Members of the Northern Governors’ Forum have gone into closed door meeting with the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu and Service Chiefs in Abuja. The meeting, holding in the Office of the National Security Adviser, opened at about 2pm, and may not be unconnected with the recent mass abduction of students and other citizens in the region. Recalls that terrorists had on March 7, abducted 287 students from a primary and secondary school in Kuriga, Kaduna State, while 112 Internally Displaced Persons in Gamboru Ngala, Borno were also abducted by terrorists. The abduction of 15 Quranic school…

By Femi Alabi The Police Command in Kano has handed over about N9.9 million wrongly transferred to a POS operator, to the rightful owner in Dawanau Grain International market in Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of the state. The Police in a statement by the Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Kiyawa in Kano on Thursday, said a Point Of Sale POS Operator reported to the Police that he realised that one of his customers who is yet to be identified, wrongly transferred N10 million instead of N10,000. Kiyawa explained that on receipt of the report, the Commissioner of Police, Usaini…

By Femi Alabi The Group Managing Director, NNPCL, Melee Kyari has revealed that no fewer than 9000 infractions on the nations pipeline was recorded in one year. He said the corporation had deactivated 6,465 illegal refineries, while 4,876 illegal connections to a pipeline were removed out of the 5,570 that were discovered between 2022 till date. Kyari made this revelation during a meeting with the House of Representatives special Committee on oil theft in Abuja. He said, “Some of the scale of the infraction that we see is unbelievable. We are not able to deal with it. When you remove…

By Femi Alabi A Former Lagos State Chairman, National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Rafiu Akanni Olohunwa has described the publication referring to him as the current chairman of NURTW as misleading and an attempt by mischievous elements to cause uproar in Lagos. In a statement signed and issued by him on Thursday, Olohunwa distanced himself from a malicious publication. He said: “Let me state emphatically that under no circumstance did I, Comrade Rafiu Akanni Olohunwa, authorise, approve or partake in such misleading publication. “As a law abiding comrade of NURTW who understands the extant law, due process…

By Femi Alabi The last might not have been heard from Senator representing Bauchi Central, Abdul Ningi, as he said, no one can control the can of worms that he has opened in the Senate. Ningi also alleged that the Senate is making attempts to arrest him over his allegation of padding in the 2024 appropriation budget to the tune of N3.7 trillion. Ningi disclosed this in an interview monitored on Arise Television. He said, “I have opened this can of worms. Neither they nor I will be able to control it. “That is why I said I know…

By Halimah Olamide Heirs Technologies on Wednesday named Mr. Obong Idiong as its Chief Executive Officer. According to a statement made available to the NPO Reports. Idiong brings “considerable experience in the technology sector” and a visionary approach to this role. Idiong had served as the MD/CEO at Africa Prudential Plc, where he reportedly spearheaded the digital transformation of its registrar services and repositioned the company as an agile and technology-driven organisation. “Idiong has held a series of senior management roles, including at the United Bank for Africa Plc and Heirs Holdings Limited. “Heirs Technologies, a subsidiary of Heirs Holdings,…

By Femi Alabi Nigeria Customs Service, Sokoto/Zamfara Command has authorized the release of seized fifteen trucks laden with grains back to their rightful owners. The President had directed that the trucks be returned to the owners to enhance food security. Customs Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Abubakar in a statement said that the Customs Area Controller, Comptroller, Kamal Mohammed, during the handover ceremony held at the Command Headquarters in Sokoto, urged the traders to reciprocate President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s magnanimity by ensuring that the grains are promptly sold within Nigerian markets. Customs however noted that it will collaborate with the…

By Femi Alabi BudgIT, a Nigeria civil tech organisation has said that the 2024 budget practice goes against one of the core principle of public budgeting which instructs that all expenditure breakdown be presented in the same budget document. The Organization said its findings on Senator Ningi’s allegations of N3.7 trillion budget padding for 2024 budget shows that a breakdown of N25.4tn was provided for the budgets of the Ministries, Departments and Agencies BudgIT on its X handle noted that while the comprehensive budget breakdown of some agencies was excluded from the budget that was passed does not mean…