On February 20, 2020, the deadly COVID-19 was confirmed in Nigeria. The frenzy that greeted the discovery led to procurement fraud cases across several Nigerian states. The corruption was strengthened mainly by the existence of COVID-19 emergency guidelines which had no specific deadlines. In Nigeria, the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) registers small, medium, and large companies. However, states like Ekiti under the immediate past governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, awarded contracts running into millions of naira to organisations that could not be found on the CAC’s portal. Dataphyte’s investigations found serious violations of procurement guidelines and award of contracts to suspicious companies under Fayemi.…
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The Presidency has said it was unaware of the purported decision of President Muhammadu Buhari granting study leave to the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, said this while reacting to inquiries from Daily Trust on Sunday. He said his position as reported by another national paper on Saturday morning had not changed. The presidential spokesman had earlier said: “If the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has been granted study leave supposedly by President Muhammadu Buhari, this…
Popular Nollywood actor, Murphy Afolabi has reportedly passed away at 49. Reports have it that he died from injuries incurred when he slipped and fell in the bathroom in his home. His colleague in the Yoruba movie industry, Tunde Ola-Yusuf, confirmed the unfortunate incident on his Facebook page on Sunday. Sharing a picture of the deceased actor, Ola-Yusuf wrote; “Rest in peace… May God give the family and close associates the fortitude to bear the loss.” “Goodnight Murphy Afolabi”, he added. This comes less than 24 hours after the news filtered out about the death of a popular Nollywood actor,…
With air strikes in Khartoum, Darfur, and other cities of Sudan resuming just hours after the ceasefire, one would only wonder what next to expect in the conflict-torn country. The current conflict in Sudan which started on April 15 is the result of the lingering rivalry between two Generals, Sudanese President, Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and his Deputy, Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo. The quarrel dates back to 2021 after al-Burhan overthrew the joint military-civilian government which ousted Sudanese long-serving President, Omar al-Bashir in 2019. Since then, al-Burhan head of the Sudanese Armed Forces and former Chairman, Sudan Transition Sovereignty Council…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has declared Wednesday 3 May 2023, a public holiday to enable the people give the President-Elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a rousing welcome. The President-Elect during his two day visit to Rivers State is scheduled to commission the Rumuola/Rumuokwuta Flyover on Wednesday. On Thursday, he will commission the ultra-modern Magistrates’ Court Complex. Both monuments are in Port Harcourt. Governor Wike, in a broadcast on Tuesday said during Tinubu’s presidential campaign visit to Rivers State, he had indicated intention to have him commission some strategic projects in the State after the general elections. He said a…
The 36 states governors are to meet President Muhammadu Buhari to discuss with him on the need to present new revenue formular to the 9th National Assembly for passage into law before the end of his administration. Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, disclosed this while speaking with newsmen after the forum’s meeting on Wednesday in Abuja. Tambuwal said that the governors discussed issues that bordered on national, sub-national, democracy and good governance, including the need for timely release of the collected stamp duties warehoused in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for disbursement.…
Governor Oyebanji joined 35 other colleagues at the valedictory meeting of the Nigeria Governors Forum ( NGF) in Abuja on Wednesday.
The Federal Government College (FGC) Kadunahas alleged plots by the state government to acquire parts of the school’s land “illegally.” On April 17, the Kaduna state government, through its ministry of urban planning and development agency (KASUPDA), wrote a letter to the school’s principal. In the letter, the agency informed the college of the state government’s plan to excise non-utilized land along the stretch of the River Kaduna over “security reasons”. But at a briefing in Lagos on Sunday, the association condemned the move and described it as a violation of the federal land use act. In a statement signed by…
When Dr. Kayode Fayemi was riding high as the governor of Ekiti State and Chairman of Nigeria’s Governors’ Forum, the name of Asiwaju Tinubu and his presidential ambition became an anathema around him and his supporters in the state. The situation birthed the infamous APC Tokan tokan populated by members of the party who were in support of the presidential ambition of Fayemi while those rooting for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu were ostracized. It is noteworthy that during Asiwaju’s tour of Ekiti pre APC presidential election primary, not a single member of the Paul Omotoso led APC Exco was…
Nigerian software engineer and co-founder of online payment platform Paystack, Shola Akinlade, has ventured into European football space after completing the purchase of Danish second division club Aarhus Fremad, Peoples Gazette can confirm. “We have looked at the date correctly, and yes – it is good enough Aarhus Fremad has closed an agreement today, which means a new owner in the club. We are very much looking forward to the collaboration and eagerly await what the future brings us,” the club’s statement read. According to the report gathered by Peoples Gazette, Mr Akinlade, who is based in the United States…
