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Federal government of Nigeria has imposed a mandatory annual levy for organisations employing expat workers. They will be required to pay $15,000 (£12,000) for a director and $10,000 for other categories. The aim is to encourage foreign companies to employ more Nigerians.

A pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God identified as Emmanuel Orekoya has been arraigned for allegedly r+ping & impregnating his 17- year-old daughter The defendant was arraigned before the Ikeja S+d¥al Offences & Domestic Vi+lend£ Court on February 27, 2024 The Lagos State Government slammed two counts of unlawful s+d¥al intercourse & s+d¥al a§salute on the suspect According to the state’s prosecution counsel, Abimbola Abolade, the defendant committed the offences in 2017 at Jacob Adeleye Street, Odoeran, Itire area. She added that the suspect s+d¥ally a§saulted the victim, by inserting his finger inside her vag+na & inserting his p+nis inside her mouth She said that Orekoya’s offences were contrary to Section 137 of the criminal law of Lagos State 2015. The defendant however pleaded not guilty to the charges, prompting Justice Soladoye to adjourn the case until April 17, 2024 for the commencement of trial.

President Bola Tinubu has ordered the full implementation of the Stephen Oronsaye report.⁣ The Oronsaye report proposed a leaner government by merging some agencies and scrapping many others. The president’s decision was announced by a presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, in a post on X. “Twelve years after the Steve Oronsaye panel submitted its report on restructuring and rationalizing Federal government parastatals and agencies and a white paper issued two years after, President Tinubu and the Federal Executive Council today decided to implement the report,” Mr Onanuga wrote. “Many agencies will be scrapped and many others will be merged, to pave way to a leaner government,” he said. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, also disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the FEC meeting, presided over by President Bola Tinubu, at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja. The minister explained that with the adoption of th...

The Chairman of Geometric Power Group, Professor Barth Nnaji, has explained that his passion to contribute to industrial development in Igbo land in a manner that would accelerate rapid development of Nigeria was the major influence behind the decision to locate the Geometric Power Plant in Aba. Nnaji, who was Nigeria’s former Minister of Power, disclosed this at the leadership colloquium on, “Igbo Leadership and Development,” that was convened recently. He said: “I am passionate about the rapid development of Nigeria, starting with Ala Igbo because of the structural problems it has faced since the end of the Nigerian Civil War in 1970 and also because of its enormous technological and economic potential. “Geometric Power Limited is making its contribution to help reclaim the old economic days of the Great Zik of Africa, Dr. M.I. Okpara and many others. Once Geometric Power addresses the electricity challenge in nine out of 17 local government areas in Abia State fully, not even the sk...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is considering raising the minimum capital requirements for Bureau De Change (BDC) operators to N2 billion for Tier 1 licenses and N500 million for Tier 2 licenses. It was previously N35 million for a general license. The updated regulations encompass numerous modifications to the guidelines governing BDC activities within the nation. Once approved, these updated guidelines will come into effect on a date determined by the CBN. Tier 1 operators must maintain a minimum share capital of N2 billion and also submit a Mandatory Caution Deposit of N200 million. The fee for application is N1 million, while the license fee amounts to N5 million. In Tier 2, operators are required to possess a minimum share capital of N500 million and maintain a Mandatory Caution Deposit of N50 million. The application fee is N250,000, while the license fee amounts to N2 million. The central bank also mentioned that the specified minimum capital requirement for BDCs, along with ...

President Bola Tinubu declared on Thursday his government would not go back on the ongoing reforms in the country. The current administration has come under severe criticism over the removal of fuel subsidy and measures aimed at strengthening the naira which many have identified as the causes of the current economic hardship in the country. The president, according to a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, spoke when a delegation from the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) led by CCA’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Florizelle Liser, visited him at the State House, Abuja. Tinubu told the delegation he would not relent until his vision for Nigeria was achieved, adding that his administration would implement necessary economic reforms to facilitate business growth and create investment opportunities that support the growing population. He said: “I am happy that the Council is interested in various segments of Nigeria’s economy. We are righ...

Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Dr. Olayemi Cardoso, on Thursday, begged Nigerians to be patient, as the management of the apex bank is doing everything possible to ensure that the Naira is strengthened. Cardoso said this at the Be patient, CBN working to strengthen Naira – Cardoso begs Nigerians Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Dr. Olayemi Cardoso, on Thursday, begged Nigerians to be patient, as the management of the apex bank is doing everything possible to ensure that the Naira is strengthened. Cardoso said this at the 2024 public lecture entitled: ‘Recent Developments in a Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market: Issues, Options and Way Forward’, organised by the Nigerian Economic Society, NES, at the CBN Centre of Excellence Hall, University of Ibadan. The CBN governor, who was represented at the event by Dr. Usman Opanachi of the Department of Monetary Policy, CBN said: “Anytime the Naira is on trial, the CBN is also on trial. We are working day and night to address t...

“My Best Friend Betrayed Me” — Man’s Revenge Confession Sparks Outrage My best friend slept with my wife, I revenged and dated his teenage daughter who is now pregnant for me I'm a man aged 35. I discovered that my long time best friend was dating my wife. I have all the evidence . She is 25 years old. We got married and had a white weeding last year in April. My best friend is 45. My friend of over 15 years has been seeing my wife behind my back. I found out about it last year December. My good friend was always exchanging messages and n**de pictures with my wife on Whats App. I hacked my wife’s phone and that's how i discovered what was happening between them . I don't want to lie guys this broke my heart. I trusted my friend and took him as my own brother. When i found out i decided not to ask them. Instead I made a decision to act as if i don't know anything. I wanted to revenge. My feelings towards my wife changed. I just started acting up and i no longer treat her...

Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command have arrested seven notorious kidnappers in Abuja, recovering N9 million ransom. The police commissioner in FCT, CP Benneth Igweh, while parading the suspects at the command on Wednesday, said the wanted kidnappers were arrested by operatives of the Utako police division led by CSP Victor Godfrey in a coordinated operation at Tudun – Wada Lugbe and Pyakasa area of Trademore. He gave the names of the wanted kidnappers as Usman Muazu from Kwali, FCT, Aliyu Mohammed, from Pumpomare area of Borno state, Awwal Dahiru, who hails from Gwagwalada area council of the FCT, Rabi Sani, from Safana, Katsina state and Madina Abubakar, from Gulu, Lapai local government area of Niger state. Others are, Jonah Elimelech from Kauru, Kaduna state, Saminu Idris, from also from Kauru, Kaduna state and Mariji Iliya from Mangu, Plateau state. According to him, the suspects were linked to high profile kidnapping cases in FCT and its environs, say...

Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar-led Northern Traditional Council, has warned that rising poverty, hunger and insecurity in the country will force people to revolt against President Bola Tinubu’s government very soon, Peoples Gazette is reporting. “It is getting to a level that traditional leaders could no longer pacify the people from revolting against government and political leaders that are supposed to find solutions to their lingering socio-economic plight,” Mr Sa’ad said. “We have reached that level, people are very agitated, people are hungry, they are angry, but they still believe there are people who can talk to them, they believe in some of their Governors, some other traditional rulers and some of their religious leaders, fortunately some of us double as traditional and religious leaders.”

In my office, I receive more than 1,000 letters and mails every month. All these letters and mails pass through my hands. I stay awake almost all nights reading and responding. After my promotion, I had to move into a new office and take over some special duties in addition to my schedule of duties. In the new office, I saw letters that were dumped somewhere. No one has touched or open the letters nor read the letters I wondered how the letters got there. The envelopes used for the letters were very dusty. About nineteen letters from the same person. It has same name. Same phone number. Same address. Same request. And same handwriting. When our cleaners wanted to dispose them, I stopped him and requested him to bring them to me. I opened and read one. It was a letter written to the accounts and finance department of our company by a labourer in November 2019. The letter was a request. The worker was humbly requesting the head of accounts department to pay him, his salary that he is cri...

BREAKING: Around 60 members of the Federal House of Representatives are presently endeavoring to propose adjustments to the 1999 Constitution in order to facilitate a transition from the existing presidential system to the parliamentary system of government. Under the leadership of Wale Raji, a legislator representing Lagos State in the All Progressives Congress, the lawmakers recognized the importance of reducing government expenses and engaging in meaningful policy discussions, among other factors. As a result, they called for a reinstatement of the parliamentary system.

President Bola Tinubu has made a request to the Senate to approve Yemi Cardoso as the chairman of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria. The upcoming MPC, led by Cardoso, is scheduled to convene its initial policy meeting on February 26 and 27.  This development was announced through a letter written by Tinubu to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, which was read during the plenary session on Wednesday, February 14, 2024. The letter constituting the Monetary Policy Committee, read, “In accordance with the provisions of Section 12 of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act 2007, I am pleased to present for confirmation by the Senate the appointments of the under-listed 12 persons as chairman and members of Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria. “Olayemi Cardoso, CBN governor, chairman; Muhammad Sani Abdullahi, CBN deputy governor, member, Bala M. Bello, CBN deputy Governor (member), Emem Usoro, CBN deputy governor (member), Philip Ikeazor, CBN ...

The NBA President, Yakubu Maikyau (SAN), in an email to lawyers of the Nigerian Bar Association on Tuesday by 11:34 pm, titled “The Purported ETIP Agreement on Legal Services between the Government of Nigeria and the United Kingdom,” asserted that the association was not consulted before such step was taken. He said, “My attention was drawn to the news-making round on a number of media platforms on the alleged signing of the Enhanced Trade Investment Partnership Agreement, between the governments of Nigeria and the United Kingdom. It was reported that this agreement seeks to enable cooperation between the two countries in areas such as financial and legal services. More bewildering is the stated provision that will allow lawyers from the United Kingdom to practice in Nigeria. Understandably, this news has generated tremendous disquiet within and outside the legal profession in Nigeria. “The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment was reported to have expressed delight over what she ...

$6.2m Fraud: Buhari’s Signature on Withdrawal from CBN Fake- Boss Mustapha The Second Prosecution Witness, PW2, in the ongoing trial of former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, Boss Gida Mustapha, on Tuesday February 13, 2024 told Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Maitama, Abuja, that neither   former President Muhammadu Buhari  nor himself raised a memo directing the apex bank to pay the sum of $6,230,000 (Six Million, Two Hundred and Thirty Thousand Dollars) in cash for international election observers in the last 2023 general election.   Mustapha told the court he never came across anything about the transaction while he was serving as the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and till he left office. “My Lord, all through my years in service at my capacity, I  never came across such a document. Having served for five years, seven months, I can say this document did not emanate from the off...

The Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy- Ohanenye, has offered a reward of N2 million for information leading to the capture of a suspected child abuser in Anambra State named Adachukwu Okafor. The woman who is said to be a practicing lawyer was reported to have used a hot knife on the body and private parts of a 10-year old girl who was living with her  family as a house help. She said: “Please Nigerians, go out there and search for this woman and hand her over to the police. The Federal Ministry of Women Affairs is offering the sum of N2 million to anybody that will lay hands on this woman and hand her over to us through the police. “We need this woman urgently because this girl is in pain and has been in the hospital. It could be your child or anybody’s relation. Let’s not fold our hands. There’s N2,000,000 for anybody that will give necessary information to the ministry. “It is a barrister that committed such a heinous crime against that girl, a house help and this happened ...

Muslims Don't Insult Their Clerics, Rapper Odumodublvck Tells Christians Criticising Pastor Adeboye Nigerian rapper, Tochukwu Ojogwu, well known as Odumodublvck, has condemned the criticisms directed at the General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye.  This was disclosed in a tweet he posted on his X handle on Monday.  Odumodublvck noted that Muslims don’t insult their clerics the way Christians do.  He wrote, "Pastor Adeboye never insulted no one on this app.  “You do not see Muslims come out to insult their clerics. Then later we complain that our religion is being stepped on.  "Even based on age wise, una no fit follow una papa talk the way una dey follow Adeboye talk. And he senior una papa and mama.  “That’s why I never rated you on this app. Una double standards choke.”

Benue State, the nation’s food basket, is trapped in an endless crisis. Residents of over 200 villages now find themselves targeted on a daily basis by heavily armed herdsmen, reportedly cloaked in military camouflage. DAILY POST gathered that over the past three months, the toll has been staggering, with over 500 lives allegedly lost within three local government areas in Benue South Senatorial District, known as Idoma land. Villages in Otukpo, Apa and Agatu LGAs are bearing the brunt, with reports of marauders butchering several locals, leaving many homes completely burnt down and numerous residents still missing. The perpetrators, however, remain elusive, with no one claiming responsibility for the heinous attacks, though locals point fingers at ‘Fulani herdsmen.’ Bloodbath returns to Agatu Agatu, which enjoyed relative peace in recent years, has once again been visited with bloodbath, extending to neighbouring communities and local government areas like Apa and Otukpo. The latest w...

BREAKING: Wigwe, wife, son, Abimbola Ogunbanjo in chopper crash  Herbert Wigwe, the group chief executive officer of Access Holdings Plc, was involved in a helicopter crash in the United States, on Friday, TheCable understands. Wigwe, his wife and son were in the helicopter when it crashed in California near the Nevada border, as well as Abimbola Ogunbanjo, the former group chairman of Nigerian Exchange Group Plc (NGX Group). Six passengers were onboard, however, no survivors found so far.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will be present at the Stade Alassane Ouattara in Abidjan to support the Super Eagles against Ivory Coast in the final of the 2023 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) on Sunday, February 11. The President of the Confederation of African Football, Dr. Patrice Motsepe, disclosed this on Friday, February 9, while speaking at a press conference after meeting with CAF Member Associations’ Presidents ahead of the AFCON final. Motsepe replying a journalist who asked him when Africa could host the FIFA World Cup again after South Africa did for the first time in 2010,  said President Tinubu will be in Abidjan on Sunday. “Nigeria must put in a bid. The Nigerian president (Bola Tinubu) is coming to watch the final on Sunday. I will have a conversation with him about it.” he said. Recall that on Wednesday, February 7, Vice President Kashim Shettima saw the Super Eagles beat South Africa 4-2 on penalties in the semi-final of AFCON 2023.

Sports: A report has emerge from the telegraph A blue card is to be introduced to football as sin-bin trials get set to take place in the sport. That is according to the Telegraph, who reveal that the game’s lawmakers, International Football Association Board (Ifab), has signed off on the new card, that would be the first since the debut of the yellow and red card at the 1970 World Cup. The move, which will be announced on Friday, by Ifab is part of sin-bin protocols, which will see players removed from the pitch for 10 minutes if they commit a cynical foul or show dissent towards a match official. A cynical foul will be deemed one that prevents a promising attack. Two blue cards, like current yellows, will add up to a red card, while a combination of blue and yellow will also lead to dismissal. Initial testing will not take place in the professional game, in case further refinement is needed, but elite trials could begin as soon as this summer according to the report.

Edo Gubernatorial Election: Aspirant Alleges Plot To Use Uzodimma To Impose Idahosa As Apc Guber Candidate. An aspirant for the ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the September 21 2024 Gubernatorial Election in Edo state, Dr. Blessing Agbomhere has sounded the alarm over what he described as a plot by the leader of the party in the State, Senator Adams Oshiomhole to foist House of Representatives member, Dennis Idahosa, as the party's standard bearer in the election.... According to him, Oshiomhole intended to use undemocratic means, having realized that members of the Party in Edo were prepared to reject Idahosa and elect an unblemished candidate who could win the governorship seat for the party.

Dating A Nigeria Lady "go be like Police and Thief" - Timaya Explains Why he  can’t date a Nigerian girl  According to him, he does not have a problem with Nigerian men or girls, but noted that he could not date a Nigerian lady currently. Speaking in a recent interview with The Beat 99.9 FM, Lagos, Timaya said: “If I am a Nigerian girl, I will not date a Nigerian man. Myself right now, I can’t date a Nigerian girl. My current lover is not Nigerian. “I can’t date a Nigerian lady because we have the same foundation; the same upbringing. The relationship go be like police and thief. The relationship will be too toxic. We go dey lie for each other too much. We won’t even have peace .”

President Bola Tinubu government has said yesterday it was considering importation of food as a critical option on the table to halt the high cost of items in the country in order to ameliorate the sufferings of Nigerians. In the interim, the government has ordered the immediate release of 102,000 metric tonnes of rice and maize from national grain reserve. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents after a meeting of the Special Presidential Committee on Emergency Food Intervention at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said the President has directed that food would be made available, no matter whatever it will take. The decision came after three days of deliberation by the committee, in reaction to the protests by Nigerians over high cost of food and other economic challenges. The minister also said the government would mete out appropriate sanctions on food hoarders adding that emergency situations re...

An Enugu State High Court has sentenced Chiamaka Ifezue to d£ath by hanging for the m¥rder of a 27-year-old makeup artist, Ijeoma Nneke.  The court presided over by Honourable Justice Kenneth Okpe, in a two-hour judgement on Wednesday, February 7, 2024, found the accused, Chiamaka Ifezue, guilty of k!!ling the victim by forcing her to drink a p@isonous substance.  Recall that Ijeoma went missing after leaving home for a job on November 11, 2020.  Her mutilated c@rpse was later found around Maryland in Enugu metropolis on November 16.  Ifezue and her brother, Chukwuemeka, were arrested and arraigned before the court on a two-count charge bordering on conspiracy and m¥rder in 202.  They were accused of forcing Nneke to drink a p@isonous substance that caused her death. The suspects allegedly dumped her body in the Maryland axis of the Enugu metropolis and poured a corrosive substance suspected to be acid on it During the trial, Justice Okpe discharged Chukwuemeka ...

She narrated: “This was 15th December 2023. I went to collect my posting letter. While I was going there I hit my leg against a stone and I felt it was normal. Though the pain was intense as at when I hit it and I cried. “Later I went to the bank to collect my ATM to the account NYSC open for me and I started feeling pain in my right leg. That’s when stroke happened to me. “Before I knew it it was getting worse to the extent I could not stand. They had to help me to the car. The woman said maybe I dislocated an ankle. “So I headed to the bone doctor that was taking care of me during the stroke period when it was very intense. “I got here and you will not believe it. The man said he sent the leg pain through the stone that I hit my leg on so I can pay him his remaining N50,000. “Guy! I was shocked but I was still pained because I was the one that didn’t pay him his remaining money but guys this happens for real.”

The Federal Government said members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) are no longer posted to states deemed unsafe in the wake of worsening security conditions in the country. Several corps members have been abducted in some parts of the country during their one-year mandatory national service, raising fears about the sustainability of the scheme. But the Minister of Youth Jamila Ibrahim says the scheme has taken steps to secure NYSC members including posting them only to safe states. “As an immediate intervention of the government and the NYSC as an agency, we have actually stopped posting corps members to the very unsafe states,” Jamila said on Channels Television’s current affairs show Sunday Politics. “We have been doing it. We have been doing it in the past. There are states we have not been posting corps members to to ensure their safety,” she added. According to her, the security of corps members requires collaboration with other agencies of government. “When it comes t...

Fiery Enugu priest, Rev Fr Ejike Mbaka, on Sunday, tackled the President Bola Tibubu administration over the level of insecurity and hardship in Nigeria. Mbaka, who said there were many obstacles on Tinubu’s way to becoming the president, including the Naira redesign policy, said he succeeded by an act of providence. He, however, said the president was yet to exhibit political will towards solving the country’s problems. He singled out corruption in the oil sector, which he said was under a certain cabal, but regretted that President Tinubu was yet to go against them. The charismatic priest said these while delivering a homily at his Adoration Ministry in Emene, Enugu State. He asked the President to wake up, stressing that God was watching him. “Mr President, you can do it; to fix Nigeria is not difficult if the leader has the will power. “I know that this one will make national news but let it be. “What is happening in the oil sector? How many barrels are being produced and how many ...

Reports indicate the assailants hijacked two commercial vehicles in Inele Eteke Ogugu new road and made way with the vehicles and the passengers  The commercial vehicles belonging to God is God and ABC Transport left Lagos enroute to Abuja before it was ambushed. The Police in Kogi State say the DPO, Local Vigilantes and Hunters have been in the bushes in an effort to rescue the victims.  The police command has also deployed additional Tactical Squad comprising  Quick Response Unit, Police Mobile Force, Couter-Terrorism Unit, on the rescue mission. Its unclear how many passengers were on the vehicle at the time of the incident.

Gunshots were fired by the Police to disperse residents of Minna, the Niger State capital, who were protesting against the rising cost of living. As early as 7am on Monday, a group of women blocked Minna-Bida Road at the popular Kpakungu roundabout to express their grievances over the rising cost of food items. They were later joined by men, who stopped vehicles from moving. Efforts by the police to control the crowd almost resulted in violence as protesters asked police to leave, forcing the police to fire several shots in the air. One of the youths, Ibrahim Gana, said rice was sold at the cost of N2,000 per mudu at Minna markets while maize was N1, 000 per measure. “The Federal Government needs to take action to reduce the hardship being faced by the poor Nigerians. Things are becoming unbearable,” he said. Spokesperson of the Niger State Police Command, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, could not be reached as at the time of filing this report. Daily Trust had reported how citizens across Nigeria ...