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The National Salaries Incomes and Wages Commission says it does not compute arrears of salaries, allowances and pensions of Federal Government workers. The Acting Chairman of the commission, Ekpo Nta, made the clarification in a statement in Abuja on Monday. Nta said the clarification became necessary as some unknown persons called and sent text messages to some workers and pensioners to contact an “unknown” person in the commission over salary arrears and the others. He said the text messages requested that the affected persons should meet the unknown person in the commission, who was purportedly with their files, compiling and…

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The police on Monday arraigned a 46-year-old man, Atinaro Opeyemi, who allegedly injured a woman with a broken bottle during a political party meeting. The defendant, who has no fixed address, is standing trial on a two-count charge of assault and breach of the peace before an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun State. He, however, pleaded not guilty. The prosecutor, Inspector Monica Ikebuilo, told the court that the defendant committed the offences on March 13 at 3:05pm on Olora Street in Ado-Ekiti. He alleged that the defendant possessed a broken beer bottle when a political party meeting was taking place…

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The Federal Government on Monday docked four civil servants and a businessman at the Federal High Court, Abuja over alleged cybercrime. The civil servants, Anthony Odo, Babatunde Oladipo, Samuel Enwerem and Joy Wright, were said to be employees of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, the Nigeria Space Research and Development Agency and IPPIS. The four, along with Joshua Omachonu, were arraigned on an 11-count charge bordering on cybercrime. In one of the counts, the defendants allegedly conspired to alter IPPIS platform of the Ministry of Agriculture by unlawfully computing and activating accounts of fictitious employees. They allegedly carried out the…

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The Convener of #EndSARS, Segun Awosanya, has urged the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to make public the findings of a panel set up to investigate the extortion of a UK-based Nigerian, Bankole Oni Ogunnowo, by some policemen. Awosanya, a popular social media influencer, on his Twitter handle made reference to Ogunnowo’s protracted case, which is yet to have a closure. The case, which involved UK and Nigerian police, had been investigated and rested by the UK Government, but their Nigerian counterpart had continued to pussy-foot on the case. Meanwhile, while the case lingers, different policemen, under the guise of…

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Nigeria-based Islamic rights group, Muslim Rights Concern, has been accused of collecting $200,000 from Boko Haram affiliate, Islamic State for West Africa Province, to destabilise the country. A former Intelligence Chief in Mali, San Louis Keita, made the allegation in Abidjan, the Cote d’Ivoire capital, at a news conference. Keita, who addressed the media on August 7, 2020, said the money was given to MURIC to recruit young Fulani men living in the South West of Nigeria to destabilise that part of the country. However, MURIC has refuted the allegation. The human rights group described the report as a wicked…

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The Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, has relieved the Commissioner for Works, Infrastructure and Transport, Prof. Raphael Afonja, of his appointment. The Governor, in a letter dated August 10, 2020 and signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Olubamiwo Adeosun, said the termination takes immediate effect. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Taiwo Adisa, quoted the letter, titled: “Termination of appointment,” as saying: “I wish to convey the approval of His Excellency, Governor Seyi Makinde, on the termination of your appointment as Honourable Commissioner, with immediate effect. “Consequent upon the above development, you are…

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Former Managing Director/CEO of Diamond Bank and Abia governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the 2015 and 2019 elections, Dr. Alex Otti met with the Chief Whip of the Senate, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu and former National Chairman of APGA, Chief Victor Umeh over the weekend. The outcome of the meeting held at the Arochukwu residence of the ex-banker, was not made public, but it was believed they had discussions on the planned defection of the Otti to the All Progressives Congress (APC). However, yesterday, Otti made public his intention to dump APGA which he helped…

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Seye Oyeleye is Director General of Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN), the organisation coordinating integrated development among the six Southwest states. In this interview with SEYE OLUMIDE, he speaks on issues of Southwest development, as well as why states’ governors should focus on regional integration. • Southwest Govs Should Separate Infrastructure From Social Development• COVID-19 Pandemic Affected Amotekun Timetable What is DAWN doing to reclaim the glory of Southwest in the golden era of First Republic when it was Western Region?As you rightly said, Western Nigeria used to be a single entity up until 1966 and 1967, when the…

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The Kwara Government, has lauded a consultant ophthalmologist, Dr Dupe Ademola-Popoola and the Ophthalmologist Society of Nigeria, Kwara chapter for their efforts in assisting an indigent blue-eyed woman, Mrs Risikat Abdulazeez. A statement by Dr Raji Razak, Commissioner for Health, on Monday, said that the ophthalmologist provided the template for the state government’s intervention in the plight of the blue-eyed woman and her children. Recalled that Mrs Abdulazeez and her children have blue eyes, a genetic mutation, but was later abandoned by her husband. The commissioner expressed the state government’s appreciation for the eye team’s prompt visit and assessment that…

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