Author: Vincent Osuwo

The Federal Government on Monday arraigned in absentia Ladi Adebutu, the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate in the 2023 gubernatorial election in Ogun State, for suspected vote-buying. Adebutu was arraigned along with five other people in front of an Ogun State High Court in Abeokuta. According to reports, the All Progressives Congress, through its Ogun State Chairman, Yemi Sanusi, petitioned the Inspector General of Police about the claim. The State Criminal Investigations Department in Eleweran, Abeokuta, is said to have investigated the accusation. Court stops Kano authorities, Police from arresting Ganduje Adebutu, along with Messers Ogunbona Hammed, Tiamiyu Waliu, Egunsola Owolabi, Sanni…

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has extended the due date for companies to file their 2023 Company Income Tax. Companies that were unable to file their company Income Tax reports for the 2023 year of assessment (YOA), which were due on the 30th of June 2023, have been permitted until the 31st of August 2023 to do so. In a Public Notice signed Mr. Muhammad Nami, the Executive Chairman of the FIRS, the FIRS stated that it had received numerous calls from companies requesting for the extension of time to submit their Company Income Tax (CIT) returns as they…

A Digbolukolu local Security Outfit member identified as Ezekiel, alias Baba Malu, has reportedly been tortured to death by his colleagues at the premises of the Langbasa Health Centre in Lagos State’s Ajah district. According to reports, personnel of the Eti-Osa East Local Council Development Area’s security outfit accused Ezekiel of snatching a phone during an event in the community on Monday, June 26, 2023. To chastise him, the leader of the security outfit, Olaide Taofik, allegedly instructed members of the outfit to tie Ezekiel up and beat him up in the security organization’s guardroom on the premises of the…

No fewer than seven people, including an eight-month-old baby, have reportedly been killed in an attack by gunmen in the Farin Lamba community of Vwang District of Jos South Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau State. According to reports, the attack occurred on Sunday night at about 9:45 p.m. Rwang Tengwong, the National Publicity Secretary of Berom Youth Moulders, stated that the attackers arrived in the community when many of its residents had gone to bed. Fresh attack leaves 12 dead in Mangu, Mutfwang imposes 24-hour curfew The gunmen, who were said to be moving in a vehicle, opened fire…

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has condemned the list of nominees of commissioners by Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State. This is coming after the governor submitted the list of commissioner nominees and aides to the state House of Assembly. The Osun House of Assembly on Friday received the list of nominees for commissioners and special advisers from Adeleke. Twenty-five persons were nominated by the governor, among whom are two members of former governor Rauf Aregbesola’s cabinet— Kolapo Alimi and Biyi Odunlade. Nigerians witnessed the ugliest phase of corruption under Buhari – Kukah On Monday, in a statement signed by…

The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Bishop Matthew Kukah, has stated that Nigeria had the worst period of corruption during President Muhammadu Buhari’s government. The renowned clergyman stated this in his speech at the 60th call to bar anniversary celebration of legal luminary Aare Afe Babalola in Ado Ekiti. The spiritual leader, who noted that the Buhari administration was not the first to introduce corruption in Nigeria, however, emphasized that his administration exacerbated it morally and financially. He said, “We have seen the worst phase of corruption in Nigeria. Femi Falana, my friend here, will speak about that…

The Lagos State Taskforce, in its bid to rid the state of indiscriminate display and sale of goods on highways, road sides, and streets, carried out a raid across various parts of the metropolis today. The operations, which were supervised by the Chairman of the Agency, CSP Shola Jejeloye, were in adherence to the ban on street trading imposed by the State Government. Jejeloye revealed that multiple notifications were delivered to traders and even to those at the Oshodi train track, where the Agency conducted a sensitization on the 23rd of May 2023 to stop the traders from returning to…

Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has announced the ban on metal scavenging in Borno State after he had a spot assessment of the discovery of a large number of metal scraps believed to be parts of the government’s property. Federal Government set to shut down online banks harassing debtors The governor, who was on a site tour of projects, came across large quantities of metal scraps, a substantial number of which were believed to be property belonging to federal authorities and the Borno State Government. Speaking with journalists, the governor noted that in the last few years, about a thousand people…

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has stated that it will delist any lending application that harasses clients and has asked Google to permanently remove such apps from its app store. This according to the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), is in response to the continued harassment and defamation Nigerians receive from these digital lenders. It is also a new measure implemented by the Federal Government in a bid to protect Nigerian borrowers from the activities of these digital lenders. The FCCPC required loan applicants to register with it earlier this year. So far, the commission has…

The Federal Government will release N174 million to 28 tertiary institutions through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund for the acquisition of furniture, books, and ICT equipment. The Education Support Services of TETFund highlighted in a document that it had previously disbursed N1.6bn to 44 institutions for the acquisition of the same resources. The N174m will be available in the second part of 2023. Kefas declares free education in Taraba According to reports, the Department of Education Support Services was established to administer and implement some of the TETFund’s academic content-based intervention programs in the country’s public tertiary institutions. According to…