The Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, arraigned Adegoke Johnson Adebayo, Ayodele Elijah Olubunmi Sunday and Adelowo Waheed Adewole, before Justice Ladiran Akintola of the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan for alleged N83,500,000 loan fraud. A statement by the spokesperson of the commission, Wilson Uwujaren made available to ASHENEWSONLINE said the suspects, who are staff of Osun State Environmental Protection Commission, and president, secretary and treasurer of the Commission’s staff cooperative society, respectively, allegedly diverted the sum, obtained as loan for the cooperative members. The EFCC preferred a 10-count charge, bordering on conspiracy,…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Chief of Party, North East Regional Initiative (NERI), Mr Olivier Girard, has announced the rounding up of its six years programme interventions in insurgency affected states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa. The programme, which involved interventions in education, health, women empowerment among others, is being funded by US Agency for International Development (USAID) and British Government. Announcing the rounding up at closing ceremony on Wednesday in Maiduguri, Girard said that within the past six years, NERI carried out 254 activities in Borno alone. “USAID has asked us to close down our programme in the Northeast. This was not an…
By Tina George, Minna Former governor of Niger state, Dr Mu’azu Aliyu has commended President Muhammadu Buhari’s incentive package for teachers in Nigeria. In a statement he signed and made available to ASHENEWSONLINE on Tuesday, Aliyu said that the gesture is heart-warming and would be a recognition of the role of the teachers as moulders of the character of individual citizens. “The package was a superb morale booster, a cause for joy and laughter as well as for pride to all teachers and lovers of the teaching profession.” The former governor urged state governments to ensure that the implementation of…
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, on Monday congratulated the new Emir of Zazzau, Alhaji Ahmed Bamalli, urging him to focus on confidence-building efforts in his domain. Abubakar gave the advice in a statement issued by his Media Adviser, Mr Paul Ibe, in Abuja. The former vice president expressed delight in the appointment of Bamalli, who succeeds the late Emir Shehu Idris, who reigned for 45 years before joining his ancestors in September. He described Bamalli as one of the youngest traditional rulers in recent years and a well traveled diplomat of ambassadorial pedigree.”Although the shoes of the late Emir are…
The bond issue is part of a suite of interventions the Bank has rolled out to strengthen African countries’ responses to the health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) was selected in a poll of bond market players as the best issuer in 2020 of a COVID-19 bond for its $3 billion dollar-denominated Fight COVID-19 social bond issued on March 27, 2020. The winners of the GlobalCapital Bond Awards 2020 were announced on 30 September at a ceremony held virtually for the first time in 12 years. GlobalCapital is a leading source of information…
A Christian Cleric and President Uma Ukpai Evangelistic Association, Rev. Uma Ukpai, has expressed displeasure with those agitating for the state of Biafra in the country. Ukpai expressed his displeasure during interaction with newsmen in Uyo on Wednesday to assess the state of the nation’s 60years of independence. He said those championing the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra, and the Indigenous people of Biafra were not sincere to the country. According to him, any one agitating for Biafra at this point goes to show the level of his or her ignorance. “There will always be differences…
In 1879, French polymath Gustave Le Bon wrote that even in “the most intelligent races” there “are a large number of women whose brains are closer in size to those of gorillas than to the most developed male brains”. He continued his insult with: “This inferiority is so obvious that no one can contest it for a moment; only its degree is worth discussion.” Today we have moved on, right? But whenever we attempt to explain the under-representation of women in science, debunked myths seem to sneak back into the debate in different guises – no matter how often they are challenged.…
The Senate on Wednesday at plenary directed its Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions to investigate complaints of Nigerians on illicit and excessive bank charges by commercial banks on customers’ accounts. It also directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to look into the complaints of Nigerians and review the charges on their bank accounts. The resolutions of Senate, were sequel to a motion by Sen. Abba Moro (PDP-Benue South) on urgent need to investigate and review illicit and excessive charges by Nigerian banks on customers’ accounts. Moro, while presenting the motion, said there have been several complaints…
Prof. Adesoji Adesugba, the Managing Director , Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) says the organisation is working toward establishing a special economic zone for solid minerals. Adesugba made this known when officials of the Nigeria Chamber of Mines paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja. According to him, the initiative is part of Federal Government’s poise to revamp the mining sector to enable it contribute more to national income. He said that plans were underway for the establishment of four special economic zones in Lagos, Gombe, Kwara and Kastina with special consideration for solid minerals. “These special economic zones…
The Police Service Commission, PSC, says it will sanction deviant personnel of the Nigerian Police Force found wanting in the wanton abuse of office. This followed the recent public outcry on the abuse of office by personnel of both the Federal and State Anti Robbery Squads, FSARS, and other special Units attached to the office of the Inspector General of Police, IGP, and the seeming lack or absence of supervision by relevant supervisory authorities. A statement by the Spokesperson of the Commission, Mr Ikechukwu Ani made available to ASHENEWSONLINE on Wednesday, said “the Commission has also noted recent efforts by…