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WOMAN WHO TORE HUSBAND’S PASSPORT MAY FACE PROSECUTION The woman who tore her husband’s international passport on arrival at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos on Saturday might face prosecution, sources told Daily Trust yesterday. The couple with their three children arrived from Italy aboard a Royal Air Maroc flight, causing a drama that set the social media …

DSS, IMMIGRATION PLACE EX-EL-RUFAI ADVISER ON WATCH-LIST OVER N11BN PROJECT SCANDAL The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has summoned a former Special Adviser to Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, Jimi Lawal, over an alleged phoney Light Rail Project valued at N11 billion. Lawal was invited for questioning but failed to appear, prompting the ICPC to request …

t   The Federal Government and state governors have agreed to delay the implementation of financial autonomy for Local Governments until October.This decision was made due to concerns about salary payments and the overall functioning of these local councils.However, as of July 2024, Local Governments were still not receiving their funds directly. At a meeting of the Federation Allocation Account …

EDO GOVT FUMES AFTER SHAIBU RESUMES AS DEPUTY GOVERNOR The reinstated Deputy Governor of Edo State, Comrade Philip Shaibu, has resumed duty after the Federal High Court judgement which nullified his impeachment by the Edo State House of Assembly. Shaibu in a video posted on his X handle on Monday also directed his staff yet to resume work since his …

DESPITE EVIDENCE, POLICE CLAIM NO CASUALTY IN KANO DURING PROTESTS There was no single death recorded in Kano State during the #EndBadGovernance protest, the police.has claimed. Commissioner of Police in Kano, Salman-Dogo Garba, said this during a press conference where suspects were paraded on Monday. He said, “Going by the records, so far, we are not aware of any casualties …

NYSC COMES HARD ON UNICAL, CANCELS 101 CERTIFICATES OF GRADUATES OVER FRAUDULENT MOBILIZATION The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has accused University of Calabar of having fraudulently mobilised 101 graduates for the national service during the 2021, 2022 and 2023 NYSC Service Years. In a statement signed by the management of the scheme, 99 persons were graduates while two were …

ARTHUR EZE’S ATLAS ORANTO PETROLEUM EXPANDS TO VENEZUELA Atlas Oranto Petroleum International Limited (AOPI), made up of Atlas Petroleum International Limited and Oranto Petroleum International Limited, an oil & gas firm with specialisation in oil drilling, has expanded its global reach with the signing of oil prospecting agreement in Venezuela. Chairman of Oranto Petroleum Limited, Prince Arthur Eze, who recently …

NO TO PALLIATIVE GOVERNANCE – VANGUARD EDITORIAL There is a Chinese proverb which is very popular among contemporary economists and leaders: “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for life”. The path a government chooses in its economic policy making and implementation tells much about its …

WOMAN WHO TORE HUSBAND’S PASSPORT DARES HIM TO OPEN UP ON CAUSE OF THEIR FEUD The woman who tore her husband’s international passport at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos has dared him to narrate what led to her action. The footage, which captured the woman tearing her husband’s Nigerian Standard Passport shortly after they arrived at the …

YOU HAVE HAD ENOUGH FROM THE SYSTEM UNDER BUHARI – FG TELLS DANGOTE An International Business Ideation Specialist, Light Shedrack has alleged that the Federal Government was signaling to Aliko Dangote that he had already benefited extensively from the system under the previous administration. In a television interview, Shedrack stated that the Federal Government was expecting Dangote to reinvest more …