FG extradites man to US to face fraud charges

A Nigerian, Alex Afolabi Ogunshakin, has been extradited to the United States to answer for charges of fraud after topping the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s, FBI, Cyber’s Most Wanted List for $6,000,000 [N4,654,500,000] fraud, Acting U.S. Attorney Susan Lehr announced last Tuesday, Oct. 10. Ogunshakin is alleged to have participated in a business email compromise, BEC, scheme from January 2015 to September 2016. According to the FBI, he and his co-conspirators defrauded over 70 businesses...

The world knows you’re a forger, Atiku tells Tinubu

Atiku Abubaka, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections, has tackled President Bola Tinubu over comments that his (Atiku’s) certificate, saying that the world knows that Tinubu is a forger. Paul Ibe, Media Adviser to Atiku Abubakar in a press statement on Sunday said, “The world has come to the inevitable conclusion that Bola A. Tinubu is a confirmed forger-in-chief on account of his serial forgeries and lies...

The Federal Government has approved the adoption of the National Sports Industry Policy (NSIP) for full implementation. John Owan Enoh, Minister of Sports Development who stated this on Saturday in Abuja at a news conference, said the document provides an opportunity for corporate and private sector participation in the development of sports in the country. Enoh said the NSIP approved in the last administration has been hung for implementation in the current government to boost...

Anambra wins best local government service commission in adoption of ICT

The Anambra State Local Government Service Commission has won the best state local government commission in the adoption of Information Communication Technology (ICT). According to reports made available to journalists on Friday, the award ceremony was organised by the Bureau of Public Service Reforms of the Presidency under the auspices of Nigeria GOVTECH Public Service Awards, took place at the International Convention Centre, Abuja. The Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Community Affairs, Mr. Tony-Collins...

Senator Ifeanyi Ubah Confirms Move to APC

The senator representing Anambra South senatorial district, Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah, has joined the All Progressives Congress – APC. This very move is considered in many quarters as a very strategic, though unexpected one, for some reasons, might change a lot of political permutations in Anambra and the Southeast in the coming weeks ahead. Only yesterday, the senator was seen in a photograph with some of his Anambra brothers in Abuja the nation’s capital, in what...

Ifeanyi Ubah parts with YPP  over “irreconcilable differences” and joins APC

Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah has on Thursday announced his decision to defect from the Young Progressive Party (YPP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ubah, who made his decision known in a letter read by President of Senate, Godswill Akpabio at plenary said that he decided to join the APC because of some irreconcilable differences in the YPP. He said, “I am writing to formally notify and inform you that due to irreconcilable differences, I have...

Kogi Guber: Gov. Bello assures APC will win on strength of structure, achievements

Warns against ethnic sentiment Says party membership cuts across ethnic groups Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has assured that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will win the November 11 governorship election on the strength of the party’s structure and achievements and not ethnic sentiment. Bello noted the fact that ethnic politics has no place in the state, stressing that those pursuing any agenda aside from that which would benefit the entire state are enemies of...

Daniel Bwala says Olukoyede’s appointment as EFCC chairman is unlawful, illegal

Daniel Bwala, a lawyer and spokesperson of the Atiku Abubakar presidential campaign council during the 2023 presidential election has reacted to the appointment of Ola Olukoyede as the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), describing it as unlawful and illegal. He stated via his X account that the appointment fails to meet the provision of the Section 2 of EFCC Act. Bwala noted among other things, that the new EFCC Chairman is...

Alake enumerates  role of solid minerals in diversifying economy

Mr. Dele Alake, the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, yesterday enumerated the role solid minerals play in diversifying the nation’s economy and employment generation opportunities. The Minister made the disclosure at the second press conference, marking the preparations for the 8th Edition of the Nigeria Mining Week, 2023. Alake noted that beneath Nigeria’s soil lie vast mineral resources that harbor tremendous potential for growth and prosperity, stressing that the potential extends not only to the nation but also to...

Soludo’s Wife Launches Sanitary Pad Banks In Over 400 Anambra Secondary Schools

Anambra Governor’s wife and founder of Healthy Living with Nonye Soludo Initiative, Mrs Nonye Soludo has launched healthy living sanitary pad banks in over four hundred secondary schools in Anambra State where the healthy living school clubs are currently operating. The governor’s wife made the announcement when she hosted female secondary school students at the Governor’s Lodge, Awawbia at an event to mark this year’s International Day of the Girl Child. According to Mrs Soludo,...

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