On Tuesday, Nigeria’s attorney general of the federation and minister of justice, Abubakar Malami, said it was his foundations that shared 200 Mercedes and Toyota SUVs to long-term workers of the NGOs and not officials of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kebbi. In an interactive session with journalists on Tuesday in Birnin Kebbi, Mr Malami claimed the expensive vehicles were distributed by Khadi Malami and Khadimiyya for Justice and Development Initiative, non-governmental organizations he had been “associated with” over the years. “As a person with some associates, neither I nor a friend of mine shared any vehicle to any…
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Abidemi Rufai, the suspended aide of Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun state, has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, in a U.S. District Court in Tacoma. 45-year-old Rufai who admitted to using stolen identities to claim hundreds of thousands of dollars in pandemic-related unemployment benefits, has been in custody since his arrest at New York’s JFK airport in May 2021. A plea agreement revealed that since 2017, Abidemi Rufai unlawfully obtained the personal identifying information of more than 20,000 Americans to submit more than $2 million in claims for federally funded benefits under a variety of relief programs. The various agencies involved paid…
Governor of Ondo State and chairman of Southern Governors’ Forum, Rotimi Akeredolu, yesterday, said the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) must take a position on zoning, insisting that it is the turn of Southern Nigeria to produce the next president. There have been different agitations in the APC and major opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the 2023 presidency. The PDP had, yesterday, postponed its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting billed for today to, among other things, decide on whether or not the party would zone its presidential ticket. National Secretary of the party, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, in a fresh…
House of Representative Aspirant, Mr. Olumbe Akinkugbe celebrates Eid with Muslim faithful in Ondo Kingdom and across the country. Olumbe received a few clerics at his residence in Ondo thanked them for interceding for the country and Ondo kingdom in their prayers during the Ramadan. He also thanked them for their role and commitment to peaceful co-exsistence and nation building. Additionally, Olumbe urged the clerics to continue to pray for Ondo and Nigeria as a whole for the country to elect the right leaders and for these leaders to have the fear of God in their hearts. He also…
The incumbent lawmaker representing Idanre/Ifedore federal constituency of Ondo State, Hon. Tajudeen Adefisoye has felicitated the Muslim ummah in his constituency on the successful completion of 30 days Ramadan fast. The federal legislator expressed joy on the sufficiency of Allah’s grace over his fellow Muslim brothers and sisters across Idanre/Ifedore federal constituency in the last one month. He added that ability to have successfully completed the one month spiritual exercise in peace and good health was as a result of Allah’s grace. The Eid-el-Fitri message of Adefisoye was signed and released on Monday by his Special Adviser on Media and…
Eid-el Fitril: Oodua Youth Coalition Felicitate With Muslim Faithfuls, —Enjoined Them To Advance The Peculiarity Of The Holy Month To Everyday Dealings For the last thirty days have been dedicated by Muslim Ummah across the globe to spiritual reflection, self-improvement, fervent devotion and worship in obedience to the dictate of the Holy Quran, Oodua Youth Coalition felicitate with Muslims for the successful completion of the Ramadan fast. The hadiths of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) on Ramadan emphasized the need to reach out to the underprivileged, live in peace with one another, and abstain from sinful dealings that could spite the…
Ondo West and East House of Representatives Aspirant, Mr. Olumbe Akinkugbe has hailed Nigerian workers in commemoration of Workers Day. The Ondo-born technocrat turned politician congratulated Nigerian workers and said without their sweat and tears, the country would have no economy. Olumbe said “I have always argued that Nigeria’s greatest asset Is not its oil wells but its human capital. Without the average Nigerian worker, we would have no economy.” Olumbe also called for better working conditions for workers across the country noting that the harsh economic realities are putting pressure on the purchasing power of many workers. He said,…
In a glamorous celebration yesterday, Oprah Chioma Uzodimma, daughter of Governor Hope Uzodimma, exchanged marital vow with her heartthrob, Henry Ohaeri in Owerri, Imo State. The wedding which took place at the Maria Assumpta Catholic Cathedral, Owerri, was officiated by the Archbishop of Owerri Catholic Archdiocese, His Grace A. J. V. Obinna and witnessed by a mammoth crowd of dignitaries, associates, friends and well-wishers of the couple. It was a gathering of progressive Leaders as President Muhammadu Buhari was ably represented by the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osibanjo. Other special dignitaries who graced the occasion are the Senate President, Senator…
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has faulted the N100m presidential nomination form fee set by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), describing it as “immoral” since the country’s minimum is N30,000. Speaking on Channels TV, Falana said it was insensitive and illegal for the ruling party to fix its nomination forms at such an outrageous amount. Last week, APC fixed the price for its presidential nomination forms at N100m while the PDP pegged its presidential form fee at N40m. “Those outrageous nomination fees are immoral, insensitive, and illegal. Again, section 42 of the Nigerian constitution provides that nobody shall be…
A state High Court sitting in Makurdi, Benue State, on Thursday, discharged and acquitted a lecturer at the Benue State Polytechnic, Ugbokolo, Andrew Ogbuja, of the charges of rape and causing the death of a 13-year-old schoolgirl, Ochanya Ogbanje, in 2018. But in a separate case at the Federal High Court in Makurdi, the court convicted the lecturer’s wife, Felicia Ochiga-Ogbuja, for negligence in the rape of the deceased teenager. The lecturer and his son, Victor, who are both maternal relations of the deceased, were accused of raping her until she fell ill and died. Following the uproar that trailed…