Author: Opalim Lifted

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s in-law, Dr. John Abebe, was sentenced to seven years in prison for laundering and forgery by Justice Mojisola Dada of an Ikeja Special Offences Court. In lieu of imprisonment, Justice Dada offered the convict a N50 million fine to be paid within 30 days. The trial judge issued the verdict after determining that the prosecution had proven its case beyond a reasonable doubt and convicted him accordingly. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) charged Abebe, the late former First Lady Stella Obasanjo’s younger brother, with forgery. The prosecution led by Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN) arraigned the…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. (NNPCL) has revealed that the amount spent as a subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, has surpassed N400 billion per month. Mr. Mele Kyari, Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPCL, made the announcement on Friday in Abuja during the ongoing Final Cutover to NNPC Ltd. from being a corporation. Kyari explained that NNPCL spent about N202 per litre of petrol consumed across the country as a subsidy. He also stated that the NNPCL pumped approximately 65 million litres of PMS into the market daily to keep the country wet. Kyari…

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has stated that vulnerable Lagosians who are heavily impacted by the current naira and fuel scarcity will be given food to alleviate the hardship they are currently experiencing. Sanwo-Olu stated this on Saturday during a live conference on the crises that are causing chaos throughout the country. The governor stated that his administration is working hard to provide palliative measures to alleviate the burden on vulnerable Lagosians. “We have also since commenced the distribution of food packs, to the most vulnerable citizens, the people most impacted by this disruption in the supply of cash.…

The social media platform announced on Friday that only paid subscribers will be able to use text messages as a two-factor authentication (2FA) method to secure their accounts. “Only Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to use text messages as their two-factor authentication method after March 20,” the company tweeted. Two-factor authentication, which is intended to increase account security, necessitates the use of a second authentication method in addition to a password. Twitter supports two-factor authentication via text message, authentication app, and security key. The company believes phone-number-based 2FA is being abused by “bad actors,” according to a blog post…

Three people were killed in a well at a construction site in the Owode area of Ede, Osun State, on Friday. Adebayo Oluwasina, 46, Lateef Adediran, 22, and Waliu Adediran, 31, died while attempting to recover a bucket that had fallen into a well. An anonymous resident of Owode Ede’s Alaro Onigbin community said Waliu and Lateef were bricklayers employed by Adebayo at his construction site. He said at the commencement of the day’s work, a bucket being used to draw water fell in within the construction site and one of the two bricklayers went in search of it but…

The South-East Council of Traditional Rulers has implored its subjects and all South-East residents to disregard any sit-at-home order and vote in large numbers for their preferred candidates. This was stated in a communiqué released on Friday at the conclusion of the first 2023 Executive Committee Meeting of the South-East Council of Traditional Rulers (SECTR) at the Old Eastern Nigeria House of Chiefs in Enugu. The meeting deliberated on the role of traditional institutions in ensuring peace and security in the South-East, particularly in the run-up to the General Elections, according to the communiqué, and made a number of decisions.…

The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) charged the Federal Government on Friday with investigating massive crude oil theft in the country. The party’s National Chairman, Alhaji Falalu Bello, stated this at a press conference in Abuja. According to Bello, Nigeria is losing billions of dollars in oil revenue due to illegal bunkering and vandalism of crude oil pipelines. “The massive crude oil theft of over 600,000 barrels a day is what we are begging President Muhammadu Buhari to address before he leaves office in May. “Yes, Mr. President, three months is not long enough for you to thoroughly investigate and deal…

On Friday, the Central Bank of Nigeria confused depositors by issuing contradictory orders on the deposit of old N1,000 and N500 naira notes. The conflicting orders came from media reports based on anonymous briefings from senior bank officials, a memo reportedly given to commercial banks, and an official statement issued by the bank, all within six hours. The ensuing confusion lasted until Friday evening when depositors thronged and overflowed CBN offices across the country in an attempt to deposit N500 and N1,000 notes. An anonymous senior official of the apex bank informed one of our correspondents early Friday morning that…

Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, Chief of Army Staff (COAS), has warned criminals and thugs to stay away from election processes. Yahaya issued the warning during the inauguration of the Army War College Nigeria (AWCN) Course 7/2023 and the college’s Inaugural Lecture on Friday in Abuja. He assured Nigerians that the officers and soldiers of the Nigerian army would be loyal to the President, Commander-in-Chief, and the Federal Republic of Nigeria Constitution in order to protect its integrity. “As we move towards the 2023 general elections, I want to assure the nation of the commitment of the Nigerian army along with the…

The Federal Government and the United States signed an agreement on Thursday in Abuja to repatriate 954,807.40 dollars in looted assets recovered from former Bayelsa Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who was represented by Mrs. Beatrice Jedy-Agba, the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, said the agreement was consistent with President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption campaign. Malami stated that the expected sum has already been approved by the president for the implementation of a health center project for the benefit of the people of Bayelsa. He stated that the project will be overseen by Civil…