The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 re-arraigned Peter Hena, former Coordinating Director of Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS and eight other officers of the agency before Justice Toyin Bolaji Adegoke of the Federal High Court, Abuja. The others are Mohammed Bello Auta (Director of Finance), Amina Sidi (Finance and Account Department), Umar Aliyu Aduka (Internal Audit), Mbura Mustapha (Deputy Manager), Obi Okeke Malachy (Services Group), Obaje Napoleon Adofu (Head of Budget), Udo-Inyang Effiong Alfred (Officer II) and Benjamin Jiya (Assistant Director) . Their re-arraignment followed the transfer of the former trail judge, Justice Ijeoma…
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An Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court, on Wednesday, ordered the remand of a 64-year-old man, Durodola Kayode, in the correctional centre in Ado-Ekiti for allegedly raping his step-mother. The defendant, whose address was not provided, is being tried for rape. The Prosecutor, Insp Adejare Elijah, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on June 13 at Ayetoro-Ekiti. According to him, the offence contravenes Section 358 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012. He urged the court to remand the defendant in the correctional centre, pending legal advice from the Office of Director of Public Prosecution (DPP). The plea…
Ekiti State Sexual Assault Referral Centre, also known as Moremi Clinic, says it has attended to 139 cases within one year of its establishment. The Centre Coordinator, Mrs Rita Ilevbare, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Ado-Ekiti. She said that out of the cases, the youngest client was six months old while the oldest was 85 years old. Ilevbare said that the centre was established on June 23, 2020, following the state of emergency declared on gender-based violence (GBV) by Nigeria Governors’ Forum, under the leadership of Ekiti Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi. “Moremi…
The Tax Appeal Tribunal, Abuja on Wednesday, ordered a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr Joseph Daudu, SAN, to pay the sum of N.248.5 million to Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), being his tax assessments. The sum which comprised N176,565,016.74 as value added tax (VAT) from 2010-2017 and N71,987,564.52 as withholding tax (WHT) from 2010-2017, formed the grand total. The appellant, Daudu, had challenged an alleged N1.2 billion tax error in his taxation allegedly carried out by FIRS, by filing an appeal before the Tribunal. The Tribunal in addition made an order on the issue of Daudu’s residency in regards to his…
The Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mr Kashifu Inuwa, said that Nigeria would lead other African countries in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Blockchain technology. He said this would lead to the economic diversification of the continent. Inuwa made the assertion on Wednesday at the virtual Digital Africa Conference and Exhibition 2021 where he spoke on “Building a New Africa with AI and Blockchain.” He said that with the growing population of the continent and the dwindling oil revenue, especially in Nigeria, there was need to harness other areas to diversify the economy. According to him, emerging…
The Nigerian Army has dismissed Sheikh Ahmad Gumi’s allegation that its personnel were colliding with bandits who had been responsible for various crimes and atrocities against Nigerians and the Nigerian state. It said while the military is receptive to constructive criticism, it should not be perceived as gateway for derogatory comments that have the potential to embolden criminals. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu who reacted to Gumi’s allegations on ARISE TV Morning Show on Wednesday.t According to him, the Army remained a symbol of national unity that had discharged its…
The Senate, on Wednesday at plenary, passed a bill to establish the Federal University of Medicine and Medical Sciences in Abeokuta in Ogun. The Senate also passed a bill to establish the Federal College of Education, Gwoza in Borno. The passage of the bills was sequel to the consideration of two reports by the Committee on Health and Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND. Sen. Umar Sadiq, who presented the report on behalf of the Committee on Health, said that the establishment of the Federal University of Medicine and Medical Sciences was hinged on the need to create more access to higher…
The bill for supplementary budget to authorise the issuance of N895,842,465,917 from the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federation has scaled second reading in the Senate. This followed the presentation of the lead debate by the Senate Leader, Sen. Yahaya Abdullahi, during plenary on Wednesday. President Muhammadu Buhari had on Tuesday requested Senate’s consideration and approval of the supplementary budget to help fight insecurity and purchase vaccines in tackling COVID-19 pandemic. Leading the debate, Abdullahi said that out of the figure, N173,445,506,664 was for Recurrent (non-debt) Expenditure, while N722,396,959,253 was for contribution to the Development Fund for Capital Expenditure for…
The RegenFARM UK has used satellite data to produce an Artificial Intelligence generated design to plot a regenerative agroforestry system in Nigeria. The milestone, first of its kind in Nigeria, according to a statement by the spokesperson of Dantata Foods and Allied Products Limited, Mr Sanusi Bature, will booming regenerative agriculture sector. He said, “Using P.A. Yeomans ‘key-point’ and ‘key-line’ principles, a landscape scale design, including cultivation lines on contour, multi-species tree planting, and water storage infrastructure was produced in the UK for use in Nigeria. “In 45oC heat, the design was ground truthed this week on the 450ha Bebeji…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the deployment of retired Chief of Defence Staff, Abayomi Olonisakin and retired Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai to Benin Republic and Cameroon, respectively. A statement by the information officer of the Ministry, Mr Kimiebi Ebienfa on Wednesday, said the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama presented letters of credence to the ex-service chiefs. “The Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs, H.E. Geoffrey Onyeama today 22 June 2021, presented Letters of Credence to the Ambassador-Designate of Nigeria to the Republic of Cameroon, General Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin (Retired) and the Ambassador-Designate of Nigeria to the Republic of…