The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Babatunde Fowler, former chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), over an alleged N5bn fraud perpetrated under his watch. MERIDIAN SPY confirmed Fowler who is a close ally of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is currently being interrogated at the Lagos office of the EFCC. More details soon.
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Humanity is all inclusive. There are no higher or lesser humans. We all breathe the same air. Whether doctor, lawyer, journalist, police or soldier; we are all humans first, and as such we are entitled to the natural right to exist, to live. When this right is breached – even if it concerns our ‘’enemy’’ – we must all stand up against the violator and condemn the abomination. We cease being human when we selectively outrage against transgressions. Every breach of the human code must be condemned. The right to live is eternal; hence any innocent soul lost to violence…
Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information, has said the Federal Government do not intend to shut down social media in the country but will only regulate it in order to prevent it from becoming “a purveyor of fake news and hate speech”. Mohammed stated this during a solidarity visit to Vintage Press Limited, the publishers of The Nation newspapers and Sporting Life, following the October 21, 2020 attack on the organisation’s corporate headquarters by hoodlums who hijacked the #ENDSARS protests. He said the attack which was “clearly premeditated and intended to silence the voice of the nation” was not just an attack on Vintage…
The United States forces say they have rescued an American citizen who is being held hostage in northern Nigeria, The Cable reports. In a statement, Jonathan Hoffman, the Pentagon spokesman, said the rescue operation was conducted on Saturday morning. The American was reportedly abducted in Niger Republic on Tuesday and subsequently moved to Nigeria. “U.S. forces conducted a hostage rescue operation during the early hours of 31 October in Northern Nigeria to recover an American citizen held hostage by a group of armed men,” the statement quoted by CNN read. “This American citizen is safe and is now in the care of…
Ahead of the 2023 presidential election in the country, plans are being made by the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, a apex Igbo socio-cultural group, and some leaders church to hold street rallies to campaign for a president of Igbo extraction. Having fixed December 27 for the street rallies and campaign, they also said they have also concluded arrangements to write President Muhammadu Buhari, the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to notify them of the need to zone the 2023 presidency to the region. According to Sahara Reporters, they said the rallies would be held…
Ahmed Zakari, special adviser to the president on infrastructure, says the implementation of the new electricity tariff by electricity distribution companies (DisCos) will resume next week, The Cable reports. The DisCos began implementation of a new service-based reflective tariff (SRT) structure nationwide on September 1 after receiving approval from President Muhammadu Buhari. However, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) protested the new tariff and called for a nationwide strike. After a meeting with the federal government a few hours to the protest on Monday, the NLC and TUC suspended the proposed strike after brokering an agreement to halt the electricity…
Few hours after saying Nigerian youth “are high on drugs all the time”, Nigerians have exposed how Mojisola Alli-Macaulay, member representing Amuwo-Odofin 1 at the Lagos State House of Assembly, used COVID-19 palliatives as birthday gifts, Sahara Reporters reports. Nigerian politicians, who hijacked the distribution of palliatives to Nigerians during the lockdown, diverted it for personal use and distribution to their cronies and party members. Speaking at the floor of the Assembly, Alli-Macaulay said most of the youth are high on drugs and that is part of the problem that led to the destruction and vandalisation of properties in the…
Desmond Elliot, a Nollywood actor who is representing Surulere constituency in the Lagos state house of assembly, says there’ll be no Nigeria in five years if the vices of social media aren’t tackled, The Cable reports. The film star had earlier denied claims by Harvey Olufumilayo, a Twitter influencer, that he pushed for a bill to regulate social media — sparking controversy on Twitter. But on Thursday, a video of Elliot speaking at a recent plenary — where he addressed the vices of social media — surfaced and went viral on the microblogging platform. In the video, the lawmaker reacted to the unrest…
Femi Adesina, Presidential Media Aide, says poverty was not responsible for the widespread looting of public and private property witnessed in some parts of the country but due to the chaos that trailed the ENDSARS protests. Adesina said the crisis that followed the protest gave opportunity for the looters to carry out their actions. The Presidential Media Aide stated this when he featured on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme, on Thursday, monitored by The Cable. “Criminality is criminality. Would it justify armed robbery because the man was poor? Would you justify armed robbery because the man didn’t have money?”…
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu Governor Jide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos state, has told the world that, He does not know who deployed soldiers to the streets of Lagos.He does not know who gave them orders to go to the Lekki Toll Gate.He does not know why they shot anyone.He does not know who gave them orders to shoot anyone. He may well be telling the truth but if he is why did he not step out immediately and go to the scene of the shooting to protect his people? Why did he not act like a man? Why did he not call…
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a former finance minister, has been elected as the new Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO). More details soon.
The Network for Best Practice and Integrity in Leadership (NEBPRIL) has condemned the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) for placing a fine on Channels TV, African Independent Television (AIT) and Arise Television for “unprofessional coverage” of the ENDSARS protest. The group said the fine by the commission was an attempt to “muzzle free press and cow the media from informing the public about the goings-on in the society and to chiefly hold the government accountable to the people”. This was contained in a statement issued by Victor Afam Ogene, the group chairman and a former member of the house of representatives,…