The Edo State Police Command has arrested a former banker, Gift Igbinosun, 35, for allegedly defrauding John Nnamdi and Obasogie Osagieduwa of over N14.9m. The police spokesperson in the state, Chidi Nwabuzor, said the suspect who was sacked by her employer, a commercial bank, two years ago defrauded the victims under the pretence of helping them to get new notes. He said the suspect was arrested on July 20 by operatives attached to the State Intelligence Bureau while acting on a complaint of alleged impersonation, conspiracy, advance fee fraud, obtaining money by false pretence, fraudulent conversion and stealing reported by…
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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Friday sent the list of nominees for his cabinet to the State House Assembly for screening and confirmation. The list sent to the Lagos State House of Assembly, contained 39 names, which is mixture of politicians and technocrats. While some of the immediate past Cabinet members returned, many did not return. The former Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso, his Budget and Economic Planning counterpart, Mr. Sam Egube, ex-Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi; ex-Special Adviser to the Governor on Works and Infrastructure, Engr. Aramide Adeyooye and his Education counterpart, Tokunbo…
General Overseer of Salvation Ministries, Pastor David Ibiyomie has revealed that he gives his wife N1 million monthly for ‘feeding’. The cleric made this known during a sermon while advising married women to be prudent with the money given to them. He recalled that he used to give his wife N600k per month for feeding and N500k – N600k for each service. However, because his house was big, he increased the feeding amount to N1 million per month. He said, “I used to give my wife N600k for feeding a month, then I use to give every service N500 to…
Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State has approved the assignment of portfolios to newly sworn-in Special Advisers in the state as listed below: Sir Festus AhonChief Press Secretary to the GovernorJuly 28, 2023.
Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has approved the recruitment of primary school teachers, clerical officers and watchmen in 22 local government council areas in the state. State Chairman, Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, ALGON, Hon. Victor Ebonka announced the approval while addressing journalists at the end of the State Joint Account Allocation Committee (JAAC) Meeting in Asaba on Friday. Ebonka said the approval was given at the JAAC meeting while recruitment will be based on individual local government needs assessment. He said: “At today’s JAAC meeting, His Excellency, Governor Sheriff Oborevwori gave approval for 22 out of…
She said, “For me, I always say that I have to play football for more than just playing it itself. The same way that I chose to join Leicester because of my hometown’s club. “With Nigeria, I wanted to uncover more of my heritage that I hadn’t delved into before because my dad is half-Nigerian and half-English. My grandad was born in Lagos. But I been brought up very British, so, I want to join the Nigerian team where I got to experience food like this, experience more of the culture, I guess..
Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu has expressed readiness to partner with the United Nations (UN) to address the role of women in public institutions. She stated this while receiving the UN resident and humanitarian coordinator in Nigeria, Matthias Schmale, and his team on a courtesy visit to her office at the state house, Abuja on Thursday. The wife of the President stated that she also hopes to pursue increased participation of women in economic matters, ending gender-based violence, child labor and the scourge of out of school children, in collaboration with various UN agencies. In his response, Mr. Matthias…
The victory of every contest is established by the celebration of the people. In every Electoral Contest, there are rules and regulations which made it impossible to cut corners where it is followed. As the 2023 election was held, the electorate played their role, INEC conducted the process and declared a winner, but today the Tribunal according to law have declared the actual winner in terms of process, law and people’s choice. The National Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Asaba had nullified the election of Mr. Ngozi Okolie of the Labour Party (LP) through the petition filed by the former…
Spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the just concluded general elections in Delta State, Olorogun Barr Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe, has rejected the offer of appointment as Executive Assistant on Communications to Delta State Governor, in the present dispensation. A reliable source close to the Communication Strategist, who preferred not to be named, confirmed that the State Governor, Elder Sheriff Francis Oborevwori, invited Latimore to Government House on July 9, and informed him that he has to retain his position as EA Communications. Latimore, according to the source, respectfully rejected the offer and urged the governor to consider their…
MULTI-giant telecommunication company, MTN, has been dragged to the Delta State Police Command for thorough investigation and prosecution for involving in cyber crime. On Wednesday, staff of MTN appeared before the Police at the Delta State Police Headquarters in respect of the case. According to sources within the Police, a lawyer F.T. ERULI-EDE, ESQ. had alleged that, the Managing Director of MTN, Karl Toriola, connived with some other officers of MTN, including the head of the Company’s Human Resources Reward Unit, and without lawful authority, intentionally and fraudulently deleted mail containing vital and relevant information from Mr Christopher Oyemike’s email…