The Association of Corporate & Marketing Communications Professionals in Banks in Nigeria (ACAMB) has announced the burial details, for the Access Holdings’ deceased media manager, Abdul Imoyo. 7 Imoyo, who also served as the association’s Publicity Secretary, burial was slated for 18th of January , 2024. He died on December 17, 2023, after a brief illness at First Cardiology, Ikoyi, Lagos, after a brief illness, is set to commence with a service of songs at Harbour Point Event Center, 4 Wilmot Point Road, Victoria Island, Lagos on January 17. This is to be followed by a funeral service on…
Author: meridianspy
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has said the recent steps taken by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the anti-graft crusade shows that he has adequate political will to deal with errant officials no matter how highly placed. Speaking on Tuesday in a meeting with the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Dr Musa Adamu Aliyu, SAN, Olukoyede said President Tinubu has by his recent actions given the anti-corruption agencies the required encouragement to work towards ridding the nation of corruption. In an apparent reference to…
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has commended President Bola Tinubu on the suspension of the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu. In a statement by his Special Assistant, Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, on Tuesday, Atiku noted that the suspension of the minister was commendable but not enough. Recall that President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, directed the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, to investigate all financial transactions involving the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. Edu came under criticism after a leaked memo on December 20,…
Niger Coup: Military Tribunal Releases President Bazoum’s Wife, So Salem Bazoum, son of Niger’s ousted President, Mohamed Bazoum, has been released, the country’s military tribunal announced. The 22-year-old was arrested and detained alongside his parents by putschists who overthrew his father in a coup last July. According to Aljazeera, the younger Bazoum was released provisionally by the tribunal. It did not say anything about the fate of the president. Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, commending the release said “It is a logical step in bringing normalcy back to the country and the region in general.” Tuggar, also the…
President Bola Tinubu has slashed by 60 per cent the travel expenditure of government officials in his administration. Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this to State House Correspondents on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. According to him, the decision was part of cost-cutting measures of the Presidency. He said that the decision will affect the office of the President, Vice President, First Lady, Ministers and heads of agencies. He said, “Tinubu has directed that all state entourages be drastically reduced. This is not a request. It is a directive. The office of the president and staff will be…
Dangote Petroleum Refinery says it has received the sixth one million barrels of crude oil required for the commencement of operations.
Supreme Court to Rule on Kano, Lagos Guber Tussle on Frida The Supreme Court will this week hear 21 appeals arising from the disputes over the March 18, 2023 governorship elections. In its schedule for the week, the cases on Ebonyi, Plateau, Delta, Adamawa, Abia, Ogun, Cross River and Akwa Ibom states will be heard between today and Thursday. Politics Digest learnt that the apex court may deliver judgments in the post-election governorship appeals on Kano, Lagos and others on Friday. According to the court’s schedule sighted last night, the court will adjudicate today on an appeal by the candidate…
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja has ordered that Professor Cyril Ndifon, the suspended Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), be remanded at the Kuje Centre of the Nigerian Correctional Service pending the conclusion of his bail application. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) had on Monday, arraigned Ndifon in court on four (4) counts charge over an alleged sexual misconduct against some of his students. In a sta The Professor of Law however pleaded not guilty when the charges were read to him. Counsel to the defendant, Okon Efut…
Globacom phone calls to MTN lines could be cut off soon over unpaid debts, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) warned Monday. The regulatory body announced plans to partially disconnect Globacom due to its failure to settle interconnect charges owed to MTN. “Globacom was notified of the application made by MTN and was given the opportunity to comment and state its case. “The Commission, having examined the application and circumstances surrounding the indebtedness, determined that Globacom does not have sufficient or justifiable reason for non-payment of the interconnect charges,” the statement partly read. The NCC revealed that at the expiration…
Minister of Information and National Orientation Addresses Circulating Narratives on Payments made by Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs Mohammed Idris, the Honorable Minister of Information and National Orientation of Nigeria, issues this statement to address the widespread information circulating regarding the use of public funds by the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation._ The Ministry of Information and National Orientation acknowledges the concerns raised by the public regarding the alleged payment of funds into a private account by the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. We are aware of the narratives circulating widely and wish to assure Nigerians that…
Tinubu Suspends Embattled Humanitarian Minister, Mandates EFCC Prob In line with his avowed commitment to uphold the highest standards of integrity, transparency, and accountability in the management of the commonwealth of Nigerians, President Bola Tinubu suspends the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu, from office with immediate effect. The President further directs the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to conduct a thorough investigation into all aspects of the financial transactions involving the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, as well as one or more agencies thereunder. The suspended…
Two kung fu coaches were handed death sentences in China on Monday, following their arrest last year for a 1997 poisoning that killed seven children, a court said. The men planted rat poison in food at a martial arts school in China’s eastern Anhui Province due to a business conflict with its boss, and then evaded prosecution for nearly 26 years. Defendants Fu Zejie and Zhu Zulin were each “sentenced to death for the crime of poisoning” by the Intermediate People’s Court in the city of Ma’anshan, according to an online statement. The court said that in “around 1994”,…