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Nigerians have started reacting to the picture of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, sitting on the throne of the Olugbon of Orile Igbon in Oyo State, Oba Francis Alao Akinbola. The picture, which was first posted on X on Friday by the RCCG Public Relations Department, has since gathered different reactions from social media users. While some netizens condemn the cleric for sitting on the monarch’s throne, others blame the king for permitting Adeboye to sit on the exalted stool. Reposting the photo on X on Sunday, an X user,…

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike has voiced concerns over the ongoing agitation in Rivers State during a thanksgiving ceremony for George Kelly Alabo. He sought to address the nature of the agitation and dispel the notion that it is solely centered on the Ijaw community. Wike emphasized that such perspectives lacked a comprehensive understanding of the political complexities in Rivers State. During his address, Wike revealed that both he and Governor Sim Fubara received instructions from the President regarding the agitation. However, Wike asserted that the Governor did not adhere to the guidance provided by the…

In a circular to deposit money banks, merchant banks, switches, mobile money operators, and other financial institutions, financial institutions that are not permitted to hold money (non-deposit financial institutions) are to be removed to the list of NIBSS Instant Payment (NIP) Outwards System. The non-deposit institutions listed are switches, payment solution service providers (PSSPs) and super agents It said that while they can process outward transfers as inflows to banks, they are not to receive inflows as their licenses do not permit them to hold customers’ funds. This means PSSPs such as Flutterwave and Paystack, which are payment gateways,…

Jim Obazee, President Bola Tinubu’s special investigator trawling the books of the Central Bank of Nigeria, has accused Ibrahim Gambari and Zainab Ahmed of involvement in mismanaging over N17 trillion in public funds in connivance with Godwin Emefiele. The two officials, who served respectively as chief of staff and finance minister under former President Muhammadu Buhari, were blamed for a series of questionable use of ways and means instrument of the CBN that left the country unable to account for N17.3 trillion. “Stealing of public funds through advances to government, otherwise known as ways and means, constitutes a criminal…

The Lagos State Government has close down the popular Quilox Restaurant Bar Night Club located in Victoria Island over safety and other environmental infractions. Officials of the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) and the Lagos State Safety Commission (LSC) made this disclosure on their official X handle on Sunday. According to LASEPA, both agencies have warned social centres to ensure that their operations do not affect the safety and wellbeing of other citizens and vowed to sanction any of such erring. LASEPA added that Quilox Restaurant Bar Night Club had been found in non-compliance with essential environmental regulations…

Former Sokoto state governor and Presidential candidate of the Democratic Peoples Party (DPP), Attahiru Bafarawa, has posited that Nigerians will never forgive President Bola Tinubu if he fails to probe the former Buhari administration. According to Bafarawa, against the multifarous corruption that is being unearthed now, Buhari, during his campaign, told Nigerians that he was the most sincere, honest, and cleanest person among others. “The most important thing Mr President should know is that he inherited a problem, and he should not ignore it. President Bola Tinubu is not the cause of what Nigerians are currently facing now. Former President…

Former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, who is now in the United Kingdom, has acknowledged that she embezzled money from Nigeria. Confessing her deeds during a recent press briefing in London, Madueke alleged that she had entrusted nine billion Dollars to the incumbent Governor of Zamfara State. Recall that Madueke served as petroleum minister under the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan. The Port Harcourt-born is understood to have fled the country to the United Kingdom out of fear of being arrested by Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Diezani, who is said to be battling cancer,…

Winners Emerge In PRIFGLA Maiden Scholarship/Debate Competition For Secondary Schools In South South From Kenechukwu Obiajuru, Yenagoa Winners have emerged in the maiden scholarship/debate competition for secondary schools in the South South zone organized by the Pastor Reuben Initiative for Good Leadership and Accountability, PRIFGLA. Peter Purity of B.B Academy emerged as the winner, followed by Otiotio Glory of Belary Schools who emerged as the 1st runner up while Ovie Douglas of Botimiebi Model Academy emerged as the 2nd runner up out of 30 students that participated in the competition. Ambassador Ayi Matthew Excel, Coordinator of  Pastor Reuben Initiative Secondary…

Popular Nigerian actor and filmmaker Azeez Ololade Ijaduade is presently fighting for his life after being shot by a police officer in Iperu, Ogun State. The incident occurred on Saturday night. Details of the shooting are still emerging, but according to a midnight Instagram story posted by Ijaduade’s colleague, Abiodun Adebanjo (@iamabiodunadebanjo), the actor was shot by a police officer. He said that Ijaduade is currently receiving treatment at Babcock University Teaching Hospital. “Please we need help in Iperu,” the story read. “My director, Azeez Ijaduade, @kingzeez1, was shot by a Nigeria Police personnel. He is presently at Babcock…

After President Bola Tinubu intervened in the seismic crises that rocked oil-rich Rivers State last week, one thing and two people unraveled. By their unraveling, pretentious veils were lifted off their faces. They were, the president himself, the nature of Nigeria’s presidential democracy and the governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara. Nigerians saw the piece of paper that emanated from the Tinubu intervention as reeking of the proverbial partiality of one entrusted with the task of deploying their incisors to halve a piece of meat, the one called the “af’eyinpin’ran”. Let me break into granules who the Yoruba af’eyinpin’ran…