The Code of Conduct Bureau says four deputy local government chairmen, councillors, supervisors and some personal aides to Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State will be prosecuted if they fail to regularise their assets declaration forms. The Coordinator of the CCB in Enugu State, Lucy Ijetta, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Enugu. Ijetta said: “I have forwarded the first batch of names of the affected political office holders and I am about to send the second batch to CCB headquarters in Abuja. “One year after assumption of office, four deputy local government…
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After committing one of the “biggest blunders in banking history,” Citibank won’t be allowed to recover the almost half a billion dollars it accidentally wired to Revlon’s lenders, a US District Court judge ruled.Citibank, which was acting as Revlon’s loan agent, meant to send about $8 million in interest payments to the cosmetic company’s lenders. Instead, Citibank accidentally wired almost 100 times that amount, including $175 million to a hedge fund. In all, Citi (C) accidentally sent $900 million to Revlon’s lenders. Some lenders did return the money, but others did not. Citibank filed a lawsuit in August seeking the return of its funds, but it…
Members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are plotting the removal of National Chairman Uche Secondus owing to lack of confidence in his ability to lead the party to victory in 2023, The Nation has learnt. The plot gathered steam on Tuesday during a meeting of the PDP NWC. Sources at the meeting said many of the NWC members, during the tension-soaked meeting pushed for removal of Secondus, who has been having a running battle to remain in office. A very reliable source at the meeting disclosed that the NWC members were unhappy…
Ekiti State Government has ordered roadside traders in Ado Ekiti, theState capital, to relocate to approved markets. In a statement made available to newsmen in Ado Ekiti, the StateCommissioner for Information and Values Orientation, Hon. Akin Omoleexplained that the directive was for the safety of the people fromavoidable accidents, improved hygiene in market places and toforestall preventable outbreak of diseases. Stressing that roadside trading is detrimental to the safety of bothsellers and buyers as well as constitutes environmental nuisance,Omole added that the practice also works against the collective plansof the State for urban renewal and development. He highlighted the disadvantages…
The Chief of Staff to the Ekiti State Governor, Hon. Biodun Omoleyehas called for self-development amongst youths in the State to enhancetheir potentials and position them for future greatness. Hon. Omoleye, who made the call in Ado Ekiti duringa parley with representatives of youth bodies in theState, explained that the meeting was organized to allow a jointreview of the past and project for the future. Omoleye stressed the need for youths to champion a new course for thefuture in order to achieve a distinct result different fromthe usual results arising from using same methods over and overagain. He also emphasized…
Some Nigerians on social media have berated the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, for using the verified Twitter handle of the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture to discuss the controversies surrounding the ongoing membership registration of the All Progressives Congress. The minister had used the official Twitter handle of the federal ministry to state his position on the party’s registration on Monday. In a thread, the minister demanded that the party’s registration should be cancelled in Kwara State, where he hails from. There is a leadership crisis in Kwara APC, with Lai Mohammad leading one of the factions against…
The Senate on Tuesday mandated it Committee on Health to investigate the procedures for certification on quality and safety of Cosmetics and propose a way forward for accountability. The upper chamber also directed the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to rise up to its duty of regulating importation, formulation and sale of cosmetics within Nigeria. It further directed NAFDAC to maintain a products database, showing name and address of manufacturers and ingredients list. The upper chamber mandated NAFDAC to embark on sensitization and awareness campaign on the ills of harmful substances in the country. It…
The Niger State Government on Tuesday started the demolition of illegal structures on roads in Minna, the state capital. The Acting General Manager, Niger State Urban Development Board, Muhammed Bawa, told newsmen in Minna that the exercise, which started from the state capital, would extend to other urban cities in the state. He said the demolition of the illegal structures on the roads was to make for the Right of Way, which was part of the statutory functions of his board. Bawa said: “The development control is a routine activity, which we started last week. “It is an ongoing thing…
In a move to finding a lasting solution to incessant clashes between farmers and herders in Southwest, four governors from Northern Nigeria were in Ogun State on Tuesday to meet with their counterparts in the region, including traditional rulers, representatives of farmers and herders. The Northern governors were Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state, Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi State; Abubakar Bello, Niger State and Bello Matawalle, Zamfara State. The meeting was hosted by Dapo Abiodun, Governor of Ogun State in Abeokuta, the state capital. It was also attended by Rotimi Akeredolu, Governor Ondo State governor who is also the Chairman of…
Despite the efforts of President Muhammadu Buhari in the fight against corruption, statistics have shown that he has made little progress in over five years. Hence, the need to bring onboard a young and exceptional go-getter, Abdulrasheed Bawa as Chairman of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Just recently, Nigeria dropped to 149 on Transparency International’s 2020 Corruption Perception Index, as against 146th it stood in 2019, the worst ranking received by Africa’s largest the country in recent time. This means that Nigeria is two steps worse off than she was in 2018 when she scored 27 points to place…
