The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, has sacked the General Manager of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Bolaji Oreagba. In his place, the governor has appointed Bakare-Oki Olalekan as the acting general manager of LASTMA. Bakare-Oki’s appointment is with immediate effect. Giving reasons for the dismissal of Oreagba, Permanent Secretary Ministry…
Operatives of the Makurdi Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested five alleged internet fraudsters in the Makurdi metropolis, Benue State. This was made known on Thursday in a post on the anti-graft agency X handle. The statement said they were arrested on Thursday following credible intelligence on their…
There is now a scarcity of the naira notes across the country despite the announcement by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) that the old naira notes are still considered legal tender. Recall that the CBN had affirmed that it has enough currency notes in the market and, hence, no need for panic withdrawals…
Former President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed why Nigerians once laughed at him. Opening up on his struggles while in power, Buhari said Nigerians laughed at him because he had no money while trying to become president. Buhari, however, said God saved him through the Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs. He spoke during an interview with…
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Maitama has granted bail to former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. He was granted bail in the sum of N300 million. In a ruling on Wednesday, Justice Hamza Muazu held that Emefiele should produce two sureties, who must have landed…
According to the man who was tearful as he shared his story, he studied Banking and Finance in London, but his downfall began after he had a dream where he was flying like an eagle in the skies. The man shared the pathetic story during a recent programme with a popular Ibadan-based journalist, Oriyomi…
President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, has pleaded with politicians to stop putting the judiciary under undue pressure while determining political matters. She made the appeal in her goodwill message at the fifth criminal law review conference, organised by the Rule of law Development Foundation (ROLDF), in Abuja, yesterday. Dongban-Mensem, while…
A Nigerian tenant, Ikechukwu, has gone online to seek advice as his landlord intends to evict him because he occupied all the compound space with his three cars. Mr Atanda Olatunji, a human rights activist took to his social media page to share the man’s plight with netizens. The embattled tenant, Ikechukwu who lamented…
Former President Muhammadu Buhari says he did his best as Nigeria’s leader for all eight years. The immediate past president in his first interview since handing over the reins of the nation’s leadership to President Bola Tinubu in May, said he would let people be the judge on whether his time as president “was…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has disclosed how the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), lost a local government election in Ogun State back in 1998 because he refused to endorse plans to bribe the police and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) personnel. Speaking at a high-level consultation in Abeokuta on ‘Rethinking Western Liberal Democracy in Africa,’…