Ogun Hospital Medical Director, Musa-Olomu Dragged To Court Over Alleged Age Falsification
Nigeria, has filed a case against the Medical Director of the Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Prof Adewale Musa-Olomu, at the Federal High Court, Abeokuta, over alleged age falsification. The summon, with suit number FHC/AB/CS/100, was filed before the court on September 20th, 2021. The petitioner alleged that the Musa-Olomu deliberately falsified his date of birth. The group also wondered why Musa-Olomu's appointment was renewed after he was indicted for age falsification, gross misconduct, and abuse of office by the board of the medical centre. SaharaReporters gathered that the indicted Medical Director took over the reins of leadership
Push APC out to save Nigeria, PDP begs
The Peoples Democratic Party has begged Nigerians to help it to regain power and push the All Progressives Congress “out of power”. Governor of Adamawa State and chairman of the party’s convention committee, Ahmadu Fintiri, made the call while welcoming delegates and party officials to its 2021 convention on Saturday in Abuja. “We have to take back our country as we have always done. We have to save Nigeria; if we could force the country out of the clutches of the military, we can do this huge task. “We can push the people who do not know the true
Ex-Senate President, Anyim Under Corruption Probe, Declares To Run For 2023 Presidency
and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim, has said that he will contest the Presidency in 2023 whether the Peoples Democratic Party zones it to the South-East region or not. Anyim was recently grilled by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for several hours in connection with the fund which was traced to a company in which he was a director. The former Secretary to the Government of the Federation in an interview with journalists on Saturday said that the PDP’s national convention would signal the commencement of political activities in the party, adding
FG extends NIN-SIM linkage deadline
The Federal Government has extended the deadline for NIN-SIM data verification to the end of 2021. This was contained in a joint statement signed by the Director of Public Affairs of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, and the Head, Corporate Communications at Nigeria Identity Management Commission, Mr Kayode Adegoke issued on Saturday. The statement was titled ‘Stakeholders Applaud the NIN-SIM Verification Exercise as FG Urges Citizens and Legal Residents to Enrol Before the End of the Year.’ According to the statement, the extension was due to appeals by the Mobile Network Operators and other industry stakeholders, seeking an
Old students of Stella Maris College spent N14m to renovate school in Ondo
By Aderemi Bamgbose In a bid to restore their alma mater to its past glory, alumni of Stella Maris College (SMC), Okitipupa, Ondo State, has spent N14 million on renovation of dilapidated infrastructures in the school. Handing over the project to the school on behalf of “SMC Revamp Group” on Saturday, the Coordinator, Dr Dapo Iwala, said that two blocks of eight classrooms were renovated by the group. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the eight classrooms were renovated with complete re-roofing, plastering, painting and furniture. NAN recalls that the group had on Sept. 25 innaugurated 17 renovated
Anambra poll: APGA candidate sacked by court for Soludo joins APC
A former candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance for the November 6 Anambra Governorship Election, Chukwuma Umeoji, has defected to the All Progressives Congress, a week to the poll. Umeoji, who is the current member of the House of Representatives representing Aguata Federal Constituency in Anambra State, was recently sacked by a Court decision after his name had been listed by the Independent National Electoral Commission as APGA’s candidate. The court then ordered INEC to replace Umeoji with Professor Charles Soludo, a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, as the validly elected candidate of APGA for
Breaking: We did not carry out any operation in Justice Odili’s home – EFCC October 29, 2021
Following report that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, carried out operation in Justice Odili’s home, Head Media & Publicity, of the commission, Wilson Uwujaren, Friday night condemned the report, noting that none of the officers of the commission carried out operation in Justice Odili’s home. According to an Online media not (Vanguard), the commission officers were said to have gone to the judge’s home to execute a search warrant as part of investigations into her husband, Peter Odili, who is a former Governor of Rivers State. In his statement titled: “EFCC Did Not Carry Out Any Operation
Recurrent takes N90bn as Kogi budgets N145bn for 2022
The Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, has presented a budget of N145.89bn for the 2022 fiscal year to the state house of assembly. The proposed budget tagged ‘Budget of Accelerated Result’ was presented to the State House of Assembly for consideration on Thursday during the plenary session. The governor said, “The COVID-19 pandemic has yet to relax its painful grip on the collective jugular of the nations of the world. The socioeconomic ravages of the disease are showing no signs of significant abatement.” According to Bello, the budget is divided into recurrent expenditure of N90.1bn and capital expenditure of
Those You Trust Are Misleading You, Dalung Tells Buhari
A former Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Solomon Dalung, has said his former boss, President Muhammadu Buhari, is having image crisis because those he trusts are not doing enough. Dalung, who served as minister from 2015 to 2019, in a post on his verified Facebook page, urged the president to act swiftly to rescue his legacy. He also advised him to know that his integrity alone could not save the country if the people he appointed to serve were doing something differently. Part of the post reads, “If everybody is honestly doing their own part of the responsibility,
Court revokes FG’s search warrant after five-hour siege to Justice Odili’s Abuja home
A Chief Magistrates’ Court has revoked a search warrant granted to the Joint Panel Recovery unit of the Federal Ministry of Justice to search the home of Supreme Court Justice Mary Odili. The panel, which comprises the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the Nigeria Police Force and the Ministry of Justice, had obtained a search warrant from the magistrates’ court after a whistleblower, Aliyu Umar, claimed to have observed illegal activities going on at No. 9, Imo Street, Maitama, Abuja. Umar’s affidavit dated October 13, 2021, read in part, “I have observed some illegal activities going on in those
