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Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria officials at the Murtala Muhammed Airport Ikeja, Lagos State yesterday arrested a worker with one of the cleaning contractors at the airport, Tijani Owolabi, after $271,135 was found on him. FAAN officials say the money was found on Owolabi during a pat down at one of the screening points at ‘D’ Finger of the international terminal. Some of the foreign currency was found on the person of Mr. Owolabi while the rest was recovered from the sanitary bucket he was trying to pass through screening. It is believed that he was carrying the foreign currency to an accomplice at the sterile area of the terminal. He has been over to the police for interrogation and further investigation.

Former Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, says no anti-corruption agency in the country can probe him. He made this statement due to reports that Amechi along with some Gov were being probed by the Independent Corrupt Practices and related offences Commission, ICPC. However, Chief Tony Okocha, a former aide to Amaechi, said that the former governor was not afraid of ICPC or the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission as long as the probe was not a witch-hunt. Okocha, however, recalled that the ICPC and the EFCC had not vacated a court order stopping any of them from investigating any Rivers Government official and as such could not probe him. He stated: “I have always said that Amaechi is not afraid of the EFCC or the ICPC as long as such probe is not a witch-hunt. Again, there is a court order that the EFCC or other agency like it cannot probe any government official in the state. Wike is a beneficiary of that court order. “Until that court order i...

Above is the list of assets President Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo had before  May 29th .

Otto Perez Molina, 64, was sent to jail hours after tendering his resignation as president of Guatemala for his role in a multimillion-dollar customs fraud case. His vice president, Alejandro Maldonado, was sworn in as president on Thursday afternoon, after Congress voted to accept the resignation. He is the first president in Guatemalan history to resign over a corruption scandal.

Article by Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Buhari, Femi Adesina Some call it the Buhari bounce. Others describe it as the Buhari effect. Yet some others say it is the Buhari aura. One thing is however crystal clear. Things have not been the same in the past 100 days in Nigeria, since Muhammadu Buhari assumed the presidency. A new sheriff has truly come to town. Exactly 100 days ago, he climbed the podium at Eagle Square in Abuja and got inaugurated as president, 30 years after he had been toppled from power as military head of state. He promised to belong to nobody, and to belong to everybody. It is a pledge that still resonates loudly today, and will surely echo for a long time to come. On a day like this, you would expect a presidential spokesman to chronicle the achievements of his principal in office. He has turned stone to bread, slain the dragon, and climbed Mount Olympus in ten seconds. But that is not what I want to do. There are some intangib...

24 hours after President Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo declared their assets, Sen. Shehu Sani representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, has also declared his assets. According to a statement he released today September 4th, Senator Sani who has 2 wives and 6 children, says he has a total of N22 million in three bank accounts, owns two residential houses in Kaduna, two houses under lease in Kaduna, two uncompleted office apartments in Kaduna, one residential house in Abuja, one family inherited house in Kurfi, Katsina State, and one family inherited house in Minna, Niger State. He also added that he owns several cars, and bought N5million worth of shares in 2007 but which crashed in 2008. According to him, declaration of assets is a moral challenge to all public office holders.   "In line with moral example set by President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Osinbajo, and in conformity to the standard of transparent and exemplary leadership, and in s...

President Muhammadu Buhari and his deputy, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, have said the Code of Conduct Bureau is still verifying their assets forms. The President and his deputy said this in their reactions to the demand for their forms by the Peoples Democratic Party. Special Assistant to the President on Media, Mallam Garba Shehu, stated this in a text message he sent to our correspondent in Abuja on Friday. They said as soon as the verification was over, the forms would be made open to the public. Shehu said, “The contents of forms as submitted by the President and the Vice President are, as we said in that statement, still being vetted and whenever the process is complete, they will be made public. “PDP doesn’t have shame, neither does it have conscience. “If the officials did, they would have pressured their leaders, meaning President Goodluck Jonathan and VP Namadi Sambo, to declare their assets on leaving office as the law requires. “Nigerians ...

The Presidency has denied a report by online media house THE TRENT claiming that President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the closure of the Aso Rock Villa chapel on Sunday.  The Media house had written;   ''INTOLERANCE: President Buhari Orders Closure Of Aso Rock Villa Church'' President Muhammadu Buhari has moved against Christian religious activities within the precincts of the Aso Rock presidential villa, a source familiar with the matter has disclosed to The Trent. The Aso Rock Villa Chapel serves as the official church of Aso Rock where Christian activities inside the presidential villa are conducted. According to an eyewitness who spoke to The Trent on Thursday, September 3, 2015 on condition of anonymity, heavily armed men stormed the Aso Rock Chapel on Sunday, August 30, 2015 denying worshippers access to the church. “Normally, services begin by 7am at the church. But when we got there, we met armed security men who said we cannot enter...

The Secio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has commended the public declaration of assets by President Muhammadu Buhari and the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, adding that the gesture has set the tone for a culture of transparency in governance. SERAP, in a statement on Thursday by its Executive Director, Adetokunbo Mumuni, praised Buhari and Osinbajo for the gesture, saying they had demonstrated that transparency in governance is not a mirage. The group also expressed the hope that the public declaration of assets by the President and the Vice President would bring about the needed transformation in the institutional framework for fighting corruption in Nigeria, urging them to ensure that other top government officials and the ministers to be appointment take a cue from them. The statement read in part: “Today’s publication of asset declarations by President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, turns the page on trans...

The President and his Vice yesterday disclosed their assets and in the statement President Buhari said he had only one bank account, with the Union Bank. After that, Union bank has been trending topic on twitter.

Popular Ghanaian Actress Rose Mensah, a.k.a Kyeiwaa, has confirmed that she divorced her husband of four days after she found out he was married with kids. The man in question is Daniel Osei, the Kumasi-based Spare Parts dealer popularly known as American Man.He rented a crowd to attend the wedding and told his wife the pictures from the wedding were for a movie .The 52 year old actress confirmed the divorce in an interview with Accra-based Kasapa FM, “I have never liked married men. He was not truthful; so when i realized he had a wife, i decided to exit.”  She said she ignored claims of his infidelity because she thought they were untrue .She continued “I still gave him the benefit of doubt. I still did not want to believe it was true that he had a wife. I thought I was going to benefit from the negative PR. But it turned out days later that everything people were saying was the truth.”“He did not show any sign that he had a wife. We dated for a year. I trusted...

Donald Trump spoke to Rolling Stone about Kanye West announcing his run for the 2020 presidential campaign at the MTV Video Music Awards.He told Rolling Stone magazine "I was actually watching," the 2016 presidential candidate says, "I saw him do it. And I said, 'That's very interesting. I wonder who gave him that idea.'"He's actually a different kind of a person than people think," he says. "He's a nice guy. I hope to run against him some day." Trump also revealed at a press conference that Kanye loves him He goes around saying Trump is my all-time hero,'He says it to everybody.I've been a counter-puncher,' 'I only hit people when they hit me and Kanye West has been so great I would never say bad about him because he's never said not nice things about me.'

A war is brewing in the Mushin area of Lagos State after some suspected cultists dragged a motorist out of a commercial bus and buried him alive. PUNCH Metro learnt that the yet-to-be-identified victim was on his way to the Oyingbo area of the state.He was said to have been dragged out of the bus at the Total bus stop in the Mushin end of the Ikorodu Road. ADVERTISEMENT A witness, Jacob Amos, said the incident happened around 8pm on Wednesday, adding that policemen from the Alakara Police Division were alerted. He said,  “The man was in the bus when he was dragged out at Total bus stop. They brought him into Mushin and I immediately alerted the policemen from Alakara. “The police went to Adewusi Street, and searched the place for more than one hour, but they did not find anything. They patrolled the place and when they did not see anything, they left. “Around 10pm when everybody had gone home, they brought the man to the Railway Lin...

A conman who funded a playboy lifestyle by cheating pensioners out of their life savings broke down in tears after being jailed for seven years. Godwin Nwaofor, 36, kept a 'suckers list' of potential victims to send bogus letters saying they had won the Australian Lottery. The Nigerian national received around £1million from the scam and blew the money on luxury cars, gold jewellery and expensive champagne at top nightclubs in London. Nwaofor was a ‘willing and enthusiastic lieutenant’ to the mastermind of the con, another Nigerian, Frank Onyechonam, who was nicknamed ‘Fizzy’ for his love of vintage champagne.Onyeachonam was jailed eight years last year, after he was exposed as the chief player in the scam. He drove a Maserati and fired bubbly corks across exclusive private members clubs as he lived a life of fantastic luxury on his victim’s life savings. The scam started with a bogus letter to a vulnerable pensioner telling them they had won the Austr...

A housemaid, Blessing Edeh, has stabbed her boyfriend, Edet Ebong, to death in the Lekki area of Lagos State. The 24-year-old Uyo, Akwa Ibom State indigene, said Ebong died because he was jealous and suspicious of her, adding that she felt no remorse since it was “a case of two fighting”. PUNCH Metro  learnt that Edeh and Ebong had been dating for one year and six months.The 33-year-old truck driver was said to have moved into his girlfriend’s apartment on Falana Street, Ogombo, Lekki, after they both agreed to marry. However, on the fateful day, Ebong was said to have returned from work late in the night and told his lover to prepare food for him.The suspect allegedly abused him, leading to a scuffle between them. In the ensuing brawl, the suspect allegedly stabbed the victim in the stomach. He died in a hospital in the area. Edeh told P UNCH Metro  that she killed Ebong, saying the victim was drunk on the night of the incident. She said,  “O...

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, has condemned Thursday’s alleged invasion of the Akwa Ibom State Government House by armed men of the Department of State Services (DSS), calling for the immediate sack of the Director General of the agency, Alhaji Lawal Daura. Addressing a press conference in Ado-Ekiti on behalf of the governor today, Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka described the alleged invasion as part of the sinister plot by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to circumvent the will of the people of the South-South and South-East States controlled by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), using the DSS. He said; “To say the least, invasion of the Akwa Ibom State Government House on Thursday ordered by Daura, is a rape of democracy and invitation to chaos and anarchy. It is authoritarian, dictatorial and I condemn it strongly. “It is unfortunate that this is happening under President Buhari’s watch, and painful that Alha...

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, dismissed the perceived anti-corruption posture of the present administration as deceptive, saying the government is deliberating sweeping under the carpet grave allegations of corruption committed by those who helped it to power. Alleging that the administration’s “holier than thou” stance was a deceptive frame to hoodwink ordinary citizens, the opposition party said the government would not be taken serious until it had first purged itself by addressing the corrupt deeds of close associates of the administration. The PDP was immediately countered by the All Progressives Congress, APC, which described the allegations by the opposition party as rabble rousing and a rehash of previously unsubstantiated allegations. Affirming that the PDP is not averse to the fight against corruption, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, in a statement, said: “The onus lies on the APC-led Federal Government to wage ...

Forty-eight hours after a 40-foot container truck fell off the Ojuelegba Bridge along Funsho Williams Avenue , Lagos State, killing three persons, another incident had also occurred along the Ikorodu-Sagamu Expressway, on Friday. According to reports that no life was lost in this latest incident which occurred at Winners Bus Stop, located between Lagos State Polytechnic and Jubilee Estate in Ikorodu, Lagos State. The truck with a Lagos licence number plate , JJJ-933 XA, was said to be ascending a hill en-route Lagos road, Ikorodu, when it lost control and fell on its side. It fell across the entire breadth of the dual carriage way and prevented both motorists and other vehicles from using the major road. An eyewitness, simply identified as Kabiru, who lives few meters away from the scene, said “the accident happened at about 2.30 a.m on Friday. “We heard a loud noise and when we came to the scene, we saw that it was a container truck that had fallen. “We...

The South African High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Lulu Mnguni, on Friday lauded President Muhammadu Buhari’s ongoing efforts at fighting corruption. Mnguni in Lagos said that the president’s efforts would not only enhance Nigeria’s overall development, but would also positively reposition Africa’s image globally. The Envoy said that it was imperative for Nigerians to support Buhari’s administration’s ongoing effort at fighting corruption. “We strongly appreciate the role President Buhari in trying to play in creating an environment that is corruption-free in Nigeria. “Obviously, Buhari’s commitment to fighting corruption in the country will attract more investors and development to Nigeria. “We all need to know that it is no longer for self-serving but that the time has come for politicians to serve the people. “We all must know that Africa as a continent is always being condemned for our inability to fight corruption,’’ he said. Mnguni expressed op...

Prof. Attahiru Jega, Chairman, Governing Council, Plateau State University (PLASU), Bokkos on Thursday assumed work by inspecting some projects and presiding over the council’s meeting in Bokkos, near Jos. The projects inspected by the former INEC boss shortly after their inauguration by Gov. Simon Lalong, include the N114 million TETFund Lecture Halls and Office. Others are the N72 million Entrepreneurship Centre and the N69 million 250-capacity theatre. The university’s Acting Director of Works, Mr Aku Ayok, who took the council members round the projects, said most of the projects were TETFund’s with some completed while othersat near completion. The PLASU Vice Chancellor, Prof Doknan Sheni, said that the greatest challenge of the university was non-accreditation and funding. “A total of 319 of our students could not graduate last year due the issue of non-accreditation of our courses by NUC and we still have another set of 400 students in their final yea...

Former governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Fashola yesterday refused to make further comments about probity of his administration and various allegations levelled against him while he was in office. While reacting to a question during the 16th annual lecture of Bishop Mike Okonkwo tagged: “The Nigerian Political Class and The Citizens Quest for Good Governance”, Fashola, who was the guest speaker of the occasion said: “About accountability, I did not know how you expect me to announce on the pages of newspapers that it is not the real issue.” Describing participation as one of the critical components of democracy, the former governor urged Nigerians to contribute their quota towards good governance in the country, while he called on political leaders to constantly keep in touch with the changing needs of their citizens through polls, surveys and other scientific models of empiric information gathering before formulating or concluding on policies. In his words: ...

Remember the taxi driver who stripped naked to evade arrest by FRSC officials in Calabar?The Federal Road Safety Corps confirmed his arrest. The driver, identified as Ekpe Okpo Ekpeyong, would be made to undergo a psychiatric test before being prosecuted. The state sector commander of FRSC, Mr. Ikechukwu Igwe said.. “His name is Ekpe Okpo Ekpeyong and he gave his address as 8, Fuller Street in Calabar-South. Recall I gave the orders that the driver should be arrested and when he was stopped along the same Marian Road today (Wednesday), he was gentle and this time had his seat belt on. “My men demanded for his driving licence and he gave them but when he saw that he was about to be arrested, he took off his clothes and started behaving funny, but this time, he was overpowered by the officials on duty. His vehicle is in our office and he is undergoing investigation under our custody.”“His driving licence and vehicle particulars are not genuine. We will take him to the p...

Premium Times – Former President Goodluck Jonathan, his then defence minister, Aliyu Gusau, former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke and the immediate past Chief of Naval Staff, Usman Jubrin, an admiral, may soon have to answer questions on an alleged N2.4billion house boats rent scandal for the Nigerian Navy. An ongoing investigation into the conducts of officials of the immediate past administration indicate that Mr. Jonathan instructed Mrs. Alison-Maduekwe to release funds from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation to the defence chiefs to rent 13 House Boats to fight oil theft in the Niger Delta. The boats were hired for N2.4 billion, an amount experts believe is more than enough for the country to buy the boats outright. Authoritative security sources investigating alleged financial misdeeds of the Jonathan administration said their market surveys showed the boats rented for that princely sum could have been acquired for keeps at N100million each, ...