The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, has revealed that endemic corruption in the Nigerian public sector is systemic. He also noted that saints would be contaminated if brought into the Nigerian public sector. Olukoyede made the development known on Tuesday while fielding questions from journalists at the EFCC headquarters, Jabi,…
The Director, Justice, Development and Peace Initiative of the Catholic Diocese of Ekiti, Rev. Fr Emmanuel Akingbade, has urged the federal and state governments to hearken to the needs of persons with disabilities with a view to respecting their constitutional rights and promoting inclusivity. Akingbade said that the needs of the PWDs, as shown in…
•EFCC gets order to freeze 300 accounts, says one account transacted $15bn illegally •Naira would have crashed massively if 300 accounts were not frozen – Chairman The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission may prosecute 300 forex racketeers trading on a peer-to-peer platform outside the financial regulations. The EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, who gave this indication…
The Oyo West Local Government Area of Oyo State has named the defunct Western Nigeria Tobacco Company Road in Oyo town after the late Prince Akee Obayanritan Ladigbolu, father of a cleric and chairman, Oyo Metropolitan Development Association, Archbishop Ayo Ladigbolu. The naming of the road after the cleric’s father, according to the LG, was…
As primary and secondary schools in the country resume for the third term, the Commander of the National Safe Schools Response Coordination Centre, Hammed Abodunrin, says the centre aims to register 50,000 schools for the Safe Schools Initiative. Abodunrin, who spoke to , said the centre would be deploying desk officers to 50,000 schools to…
The Bauchi State Government has reiterated its commitment to ensuring adequate welfare of intending pilgrims. The Secretary to the State Government Barrister Ibrahim Mohammed Kashim made this known at a two-day workshop organised for local government Hajj officers, facilitators of Bita centers, religious organisations, and other Hajj stakeholders in the state. Kashim assured that pilgrims…
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has appealed for the support of the Federal Government to revive irrigation farming in the state as life gradually gets back to normal following years of insurgency. The governor implored the Federal Government to explore the possibility of recharging Lake Chad with internal water bodies to enhance irrigation farming….
The Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, has disclosed that the use of Automatic Number Plate Recognition cameras helped traffic officers record over 850,000 violations in the state. “The usage of the ANPR to capture other related traffic offences e.g. vehicle moving against traffic; the ANPR captured 856,680 violations from January 2023 to March…
A human rights group, The Initiative for Equal Rights, has raised the alarm about the activities of a group identified as Kito, which allegedly uses online platforms to perpetuate criminal activities, including kidnapping, across the country. The group, in a statement made available to the PUNCH on Monday, alleged that the Kito group specialised in kidnapping, assault,…
Cabinet members have opposed the suspension of the monarch of the Yoruba community in Sokoto State, Alhaji Abdulfatai Coker. The cabinet members passed a vote of confidence in Coker, saying he had done nothing wrong to justify his suspension from office as the Sarikin Yorubawa of Sokoto. reports that the Yoruba Community Council in Sokoto…
The United States government says it has committed $15m to the Community Initiatives to Promote Peace programme in northern Nigeria and the Middle Belt over the past five years. It added that the programme had trained over 46,000 community members in crucial skills such as dispute resolution and early warning response across six states –…
AN Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan has granted an order of mandatory injunction setting aside the selection and appointment of the Onifiditi of Fiditi, Oba Oyeleye Sakirudeen. The suit, marked IHOY/59/2013, was between the applicants, namely Samuel Ogunkunle and Bayo Oyewale and Oba Oyelere Sakirudeen, Ademola Akande, Depo Oguntoyin, Kunle Oniyitan, who are…