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Diversion of funds: Businessman wants EFCC to investigate LUTH staff

Nov 16, 2020 topnews

A Lagos based businessman, Babatunde Saka and his company Ofly Global Resources Limited, in a suit filed before a Lagos High Court in South West Nigeria, are urging the court to compel Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC to investigate a staff of Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Saheed Ayinla Ogundare who trade under the name and style of SEADROF HOTELS &SUITES operating from Block2, Flat5, LUTH Staff Quarters Idi Araba, Mushin Lagos, for alleged diversion of funds of the Teaching hospital. Joined as co-defendants in the ensuing legal hostility,…

Born in 1996, employed in 1992; Reps to investigate 24-year-old deputy director

Nov 15, 2020 topnews

The House of Representatives expressed grave concerns over the inefficiencies in the operations of Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) and resolved to investigate a Deputy Director Accounts on Grade Level 16 who was born on January 8, 1996, but employed December 15, 1992, and promoted Deputy Director on January 1, 2019. This happened during the ongoing budget defence as lawmakers expressed the concern during the 2020 budget performance and 2021 budget defence on BPP. It also demanded the utilization of various subheads on N22.666 million spent on welfare packages, N17.912…

Prominent Lagos indigenes want NURTW activities dissolved

Nov 15, 2020Nov 15, 2020 topnews

Prominent Indigenes of Lagos, a group said to be advocating for the advancement of the State, has charged the Lagos State government to stop all taxes illegally collected by the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) on Lagos roads and give them to local councils, for maintenance of roads, provision of health services, infrastructure and other needs. In a statement signed by prominent indigenes of the state which include Chief Alaba Williams; the Ajiroba of Lagos, Bashorun Jaiye Randle; Dr. Ade Dosunmu and Convener, Chief Adesunbo Onitiri; they also…

PPMC hikes fuel price, petrol to sell at N167-N175 per litre

Nov 13, 2020 topnews

The Petroleum Products Marketing Company, one of the downstream subsidiaries of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC has hiked the price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS also known as petrol by N7.50 per litre to N155.17 per litre from N147.67 per litre previously. In a memo from the Manager Marketing of the PPMC, Tijani Ali, to the Executive Director, Commercial, EDC, of the PPMC, the NNPC subsidiary said the new price would come into effect from November 13, 2020. The ex-depot price is the amount at which the PPMC sells…

UNILAG VC Ogundipe resumes work after reinstatement

Nov 12, 2020 topnews

Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe who was reinstatement by the President Muhammadu Buhari after his sack by the University’s governing council has resumed work. Ogundipe was earlier asked to step aside pending the outcome of an investigation over allegations of infractions and gross misconduct. Ogundipe’s resumption was greeted with excitement as he was received by members of staff of UNILAG, including top management personnel, at the Senate Building foyer. He urged the workers to allow peace to reign in the institution. “Let us all be united.…

Covid-19 : Former President, Jerry Rawlings is dead

Nov 12, 2020 topnews

Nigerians in Canada carpet FG for freezing #EndSARS promoters’ accounts

Nov 12, 2020 topnews

A group known as Coalition of Nigerians in Canada (CONIC) has condemned the Federal Government’s decision to freeze the bank accounts of about 20 #EndSARS protesters. The group described the government’s action as obnoxious and a confirmation that it had resorted to intimidation and harassment of real and imaginary enemies. It threatened to call on the Canadian government to intervene and impose economic and diplomatic sanctions on the Nigerian government “if need be.” CONIC, in a statement signed by its coordinators, Yemi Adegbite, Kemi Amusan and Femi Boyede, expressed disappointment…

Abuja lawyer faces disciplinary committee for suing #EndSARS protesters

Nov 12, 2020 topnews

A prominent activist, Deji Adeyanju who was listed in a criminal complaint alongside 50 other popular artistes and comedians for their roles in their #EndSARS movement, has filed a complaint against the complaint (a lawyer), Kenechukwu Okeke. Okeke is has been brought before the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee for “acts unbecoming of a legal practitioner.” Following Adeyanju’s petition, the LPDC said, “Okeke of Gana Street, Maitama, Abuja, is required to answer to the allegations contained in the statement/affidavit which accompanies this application and that such order be made as the…

Gov. Sanwo-Olu to abolish pension for Tinubu, Fashola, Ambode, others

Nov 10, 2020 topnews

Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced his intention to Tuesday to repeal the Public Office Holder (Payment of Pension Law 2007), which provides for payment of pension and other entitlements to former Governors and their Deputies. He made this known while presenting the 2021 budget to the Lagos State House of Assembly. In his word, he said: “Mr. Speaker and Honourable Members of the House, in light of keeping the costs of governance low and to signal selflessness in public service, we will be sending a draft executive bill…

#EndSARS: Modupe Odele’s passport released, free to travel

Nov 9, 2020 topnews

One of the legal aides of the EndSARS protesters, Modupe Odele, today (Monday) announced that she has retrieved her international passport eight days after she was prevented from travelling out of Nigeria. In her tweet, she said: “Passport now picked up, No issues.” Odele, one of the backers to the protests against police brutality in Nigeria, was prevented from travelling out of the country on Sunday, November 2. Tagged #EndSARS protests, young Nigerians took to the streets for about two weeks to press home their demands for the scrapping of…