Two men, Matthew Olaposi and Babatunde Bayo, on Thursday appeared before an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court for allegedly forging an international passport and belonging to a cult. Olaposi, 25, and Bayo, 24, are facing a five-count charge bordering on conspiracy, forgery, breach of peace and cultism. They, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges. The Prosecutor, Insp. Sunday Osanyintuyi, told the court that the defendants committed the offences on Sept.10 at 10:30a.m. at Opa area, Ile-Ife. Osanyintuyi said that the defendants forged an international passport bearing Alhamed Ola Ruth to facilitate internet scam. He said that the defendants forged a document…
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The Defence Headquarters says the military in its operations has intensified the fight against crude oil theft, pipeline vandalism and illegal oil bunkering in the South South zone with significant successes. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, who said this while giving the weekly updates on military operations across the country on Thursday in Abuja, said the efforts would be sustained. Enenche said that between Sept. 2 and Sept. 9, the military in its ongoing onslaught against sabotage of the nation’s economy, arrested smugglers and destroyed several illegal refineries. “Within the period under review, Nigerian Navy Ship VICTORY patrol…
The Minister of State for Power, Mr Goddy Agba says the Federal Government plans to spend 2.3 billion dollars in the first phase of the Presidential Power Initiative (PPI) project, aimed at increasing the nation’s power transmission capacity to 7,000MW. The Minister disclosed this during the Nigerian Energy Forum (NEF 2020) Webinar in Lagos, tagged “Energy Solution for Sustainable Recovery” on Thursday. According to Agba, the various interventions are grouped into phases with the near term objective being to increase the transmission capacity from the current level of just over 5,000MW to 7,000MW. “The PPI is structured into various three phases,…
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), on Thursday signed an agreement with the Jaiz Bank Plc, for a Hajj Savings Scheme in the country. NAHCON Executive Chairman, Alhaji Zikrullahi Hassan, said this while signing the agreement designed to fast-track the implementation of the scheme. Hassan explained that scheme was enshrined in NAHCON Establishment Act, 2006 as a contributory payment scheme for prospective Muslim faithful wishing to undertake Holy Pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. He said that the agreement was a step towards securing the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s license for the operation of the scheme as a full fledged…
From a peak of over 1,380 COVID-19 confirmed cases in July to just 358 positive cases in August, Oyo State has witnessed a dramatic drop in number of new cases in a single month, an official said on Thursday. The State Coordinator, Emergency Operation Center on COVID-19, Dr Taiwo Ladipo, said in Ibadan that the number of new infections plummeted within only a month. But experts are of the opinion that the decline in cases may be partly due to insufficient testing. Ladipo, spoke at a virtual lecture organised by the Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria (MDCAN), University…
Some electricity consumers across the country, on Thursday, claimed that the electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) were not adhering to the terms of the new tariff regime they were implementing. The customers, in an engagement with the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on its official Twitter account, described the new tarriff being implemented by the DisCos as exploitative. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the DisCos had announced the implementation of the new Service Reflective Tariff Plan (SRT) across their franchise areas from Sept. 1. The DisCos said the classes of customers had been categorised into five bands, with bands…
Mr Temitope Erinomo, a prosecution witness, told the Federal High Court, Abujaon Thursday that Malabu Oil and Gas Limited and six other companies charged with fraud in the Oil Prospecting Lease 245 transactions, violated money laundering laws. Erinomo, is the Principal Compliance Officer at the Special Control Unit against Money Laundering in the Federal Ministry of Trade and Investments. Testifying on Thursday as the first prosecution witness in the money laundering charge brought against Malabu Oil and Aliyu Abubakar, a businessman, Erinomo told the court that Malabu oil was registered as a consultancy firm. Other defendants in the suit are…
The Niger State Government has dismissed 80 civil servants for allegedly placing themselves on salaries above their current status. Hajiya Salamatu Abubakar, the state Head of Service, who disclosed this during a press conference in Minna, said that their dismissal was approved by the state Executive Council at its meeting on Thursday. The Head of Service explained that those affected were uncovered by the salary committee earlier set up by the state Governor, Sani Bello. Abubakar added that the officers placed themselves on allowances above their current status and entitlement. She said the report of the committee was submitted to…
Israel will hold first trials of a COVID-19 vaccine with 100 volunteers, Sheba Medical Centre in central Israel said on Thursday. The trials are scheduled to begin in October at Sheba hospital and Hadassah Medical Centre in Jerusalem, both selected for the task because they have large centres for clinical trials. The vaccine, developed by Israel’s governmental Institute for Biological Research (IIBR), is based on another virus that is not harmful to humans. One component of this virus has been replaced by a component of the novel coronavirus, which is responsible for its binding to human cells. The body’s immune…
Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp on Thursday said he was not concerned by his side’s lack of transfer activity as against what other clubs like Chelsea were doing. Frank Lampard’s Chelsea have spent nearly 200 million pounds (260 million dollars) on at least four players. These are Kai Havertz from Leverkusen (71 million), Timo Werner from Leipzig (45 million), Hakim Ziyech (33 million) and Ben Chilwell from Leicester (50 million). Klopp added that they (Liverpool) have only signed Kostas Tsimikas for 11.7 million pounds because the “uncertainty” of coronavirus is “less important for some.” “We cannot change that overnight and say…