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Why 100,000 companies may lose CAC registration — Registrar Registrar of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Alhaji Garba Abubakar, has said that the agency has listed 100,000 companies to be delisted from the Commission’s register for not publishing returns to the government. He made this known on Thursday in Kano while addressing members of the Civil Society, the Media and other Security Agencies on the use of Beneficial Ownership Register initiatives According to him, “The law is clear on the procedures, insisting that any company not filing its returns is considered not in operation or inactive and is liable to be struck out”. Alhaji Abubakar however disclosed that the names of the affected companies will soon be published on the Commission’s website and that they will be given four weeks within which to respond, failure of which, they will be struck off the CAC data. He further added that after the first 100,000 companies are delisted, another batch of no fewer than 100,000 de...

PRESS RELEASE  27TH JULY, 2023 The editors, CRIME BULLETIN WE WILL NOT RELENT IN FIGHTING CRIMES CP MM AUWAL  Tasks police operatives on Intelligence gathering Seeks community engagement  _Criminal Conspiracy, Thug and Thuggery and Causing Grievous Hurt and Attempt to Commit an Offence to-wit Culpable Homicide.  On Saturday 22nd  of  July 2023 at about 1830hrs, Police operatives attached to ‘C’ Divisional  Headquarters while on a visibility policing patrol identified and raided a blackspot located at Sabon Layi, a suburb of Bauchi metropolis which led to the arrest of one Muhammad Abdullahi alias Luwawu ‘m’ of the same address. He has been on the Police watch list since 2021 for alleged Criminal Conspiracy, thug and thuggery, causing grievous hurt and Attempt to Commit an Offence to wit Culpable Homicide. Sometimes in 2021, the suspect criminally conspired with Sani Danfada ‘m’, Manu Maidawa and two others now at large, all of the same address, while a...

7 DIVISION CHAPTER OF NAOWA CONDUCTED A SUCCESSFUL HANDING/TAKING OVER CEREMONY Mrs Fibishola Abubakar, the Outgoing Chairperson of 7 Division Nigerian Army Officers Wives Association (NAOWA), warmly congratulated Mrs. Amina Peter Malla as the new Chairperson and expressed her heartfelt appreciation for the unending support and cooperation from the 7 Division NAOWA members and NASWA Women during her tenure at the handing and taking over ceremony at 7Division NAOWA Headquarters, Maimalari Cantonment, Maiduguri, Borno State.  She affirmed that she was sure that more support would be given by the incoming Chairperson and the NAOWA President, Mrs Maria Lagbaja . During the ceremony, Mrs Abubakar highlighted her achievements, which included the Flag off of a keke NAPEP Shuttle project with 3 brand new tricyles to ease transportation challenges faced in the Cantonment which was hoped would be consolidated upon. She also proposed and successfully initiated the land for a permanent skil...

UK-based Nigerian Doctor Loses Custody Of Son After Flogging Him With Belt A Nigerian doctor based in the United Kingdom has lost custody of his 16-year-old son to the government after flogging him with a belt. This was revealed by a child rights advocate known as pepstalk1 on her Instagram page on Wednesday. She narrated that the Nigerian doctor flogged his son after he caught him and his friends invited over to study together watching an inappropriate video. His friends reportedly informed the police and told them that while the father was beating his son with a belt, the doctor repeatedly said, "Is this how you want to become a doctor?" In the video, she could be seen in front of the court where the case was being held while giving an account of the case. She said, "In court, the 16-year-old told the court that his father always flogs him and is forcing him to choose a career he doesn’t want. "After listening to the boy’s testimony, the court ordered that the boy...

 Former Aviation Minister Sirika Land in DSS Custody Over Nigeria Air Launch Former aviation minister Hadi Sirika has reportedly landed in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) over the recent “launch” of Nigeria Air. The questioning comes after the acting managing director of Nigeria Air, Captain Dapo Olumide, revealed that the plane that was unveiled as Nigeria Air was a chartered aircraft from Ethiopian Airlines. Olumide told the Senate Committee on Aviation that the aircraft was used to unveil the Nigeria Air logo but that it was not yet operational. The “launch” of Nigeria Air was widely criticised as a scam.  

Higher Education Reform: Governor Inuwa Inaugurates Visitation Panels Gombe State Governor,  Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, CON has inaugurated visitation panels to state's institutions of higher learning to assess their condition and recommend ways for improvement. Speaking during the inauguration at the Government House, Governor Inuwa said the step was meant to ensure accountability in management of the instructions and improved access to higher education in the state. He said, "the decision to constitute these panels is borne out of my firm desire to ensure efficient and transparent management of our tertiary institutions, thus fostering accountability and improving access to higher education in Gombe State". The governor noted that the move became imperative for the institutions to improve and meet the needs of both students and the state for a qualified and competitive manpower in the rapidly-changing economy. He charged members of the visitation panels to conduct a thorou...

FG urges Nigerians to consider bicycles for transportation The Federal Ministry of Transportation has encouraged Nigerians to consider bicycles as alternative means of commuting. Vanguard reports that the Director, Road Transport and Mass Transit Administration, Musa Ibrahim, stated this at a one-day stakeholders sensitization meeting held in Abuja. According to the report, Ibrahim said the idea is to enhance and heighten the importance of cycling in Nigeria as it will obviously lead to a drop in road crash incidences. Ibrahim noted that the stakeholders sensitisation meeting is in consonance with the World Bicycle Day that is marked annually on June 3 through a United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution. According to the Director, the World Bicycle Day recognises “The uniqueness, longevity and versatility of the bicycle as a simple, affordable, reliable, clean and environmentally fit sustainable means of transport, fostering environmental stewardship and health” hence the Unite...

Seven Women Who Made Tinubu's Ministerial List And Their States Of Origin Of the ministerial list President Bola Ahmed Tinubu forwarded to the Senate, only Seven women made it. The list consists of 28 prominent Nigerians, including former governors and serving and former members of the Senate and House of Representatives. This means twenty-five percent of the nominees are women, while 75 percent are men. The women are: Betta Edu (Cross River) Doris Aniche Uzoka (Imo) Hannatu Musawa (Katsina) Nkiru Onyeojiocha (Abia) Stella Okotete (Delta) Uju Kennedy Ohaneye (Anambra) Iman Suleiman Ibrahim (Nasarawa) However, 11 states were left out of the ministerial list sent to the Senate. The omitted states include Adamawa, Bayelsa, Gombe, Kano, Kebbi, Kogi, Plateau, Lagos, Osun, Yobe, and Zamfara. According to the Senate President, a supplementary ministerial list will be sent to the parliament in due time.  

Tinubu to send second batch of ministerial nominees to senate soon – Gbajabiamila Femi Gbajabiamila, the Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, has admitted that the current administration may create new ministries from the existing ones. The former Speaker of the House of Representatives disclosed this while addressing State House correspondents on Thursday in Abuja. Gbajabiamila submitted the ministerial list to the National Assembly on Thursday, and it was read by current Senate President Godswill Akpabio. “Mr President intends to separate portfolios or restructure the ministries in such a way that you might be hearing of new ministries that were not standalone ministries before. So the process continues,” Gbajabiamila said.  

I give my wife N1m monthly for feeding--- Pastor Ibiyeomie  Pastor David Ibiyeomie has caused a frenzy on social media after exposing the amount he gives his wife N1m monthly for only feeding. The pastor made the disclosure during a recent sermon while advising married women on the need to be prudent with the money given to them. Pastor David Ibiyeomie, the General Overseer of Salvation Ministries stated that he used to give his wife N600k for feeding every month and N500k to N600k for every service. However, he later increased the feeding amount to N1 million per month, while noting the size of his house and his large family. “I used to give my wife N600k for feeding a month, then I use to give every service N500 to 600k per service when I was giving her N600k per month. “Then I shifted to N1 million per month, my house is big. All women who are not prudent, please be prudent. Don’t tell me your husband is rich so you waste money. If with all the wealth I have my wife can use 1 mi...

Niger’s army backs military coup Niger’s army command on Thursday declared support for a coup instigated the previous day by soldiers of the presidential guard, saying its priority was to avoid destabilising the country. In a statement signed by the army chief of staff, it said to “preserve the physical integrity” of the president and his family and avoid “a deadly confrontation that could create a bloodbath and affect the security of the population.’’ Also, in a video communique, a man identified as Colonel-Major Amadou Abdramane and flanked by several apparent soldiers, announced, “We have decided to put an end to the regime that you know,” citing a deteriorating security situation in the country and “poor economic and social governance.” President Mohamed Bazoum and Foreign Minister Hassoumi Massoudou earlier urged democratic forces in the country to resist the power grab, as Western officials said the status of the coup attempt was unclear. The soldiers said in a late-night televis...

 Anger as NDLEA operatives shoot two dead during Lagos raid Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have allegedly shot dead two persons including one Gafar Yusuf, in the Idioro area of Mushin, Lagos State. Magic FM gathered that the NDLEA operatives stormed the community around 10pm on Wednesday to raid a drug den when they started shooting sporadically in a bid to achieve their aim. While engaging in the act, it was learnt that stray bullets from the operatives, shooting sporadically to scare hoodlums attempting to scuttle their plan in the community, killed the victims. A resident, who gave his name simply as Olasunkanmi, while lamenting over the development, questioned the operatives for shooting sporadically in a residential area, adding that the bullets hit Yusuf’s head and the yet-to-be-identified victim’s chest. He noted that the victims died on the spot, adding that people in the community had been enraged by the development. Olasunkanmi said, “We are not sa...

Ministerial list: Tinubu rewarded vultures for playing Judas – Shehu Sani Shehu Sani, a former Senator from Kaduna State, has alleged that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu rewarded ‘some vultures’ for playing Judas in the last general elections. Shehu Sani disclosed this on Thursday on his official Twitter handle while reacting to Tinubu’s Ministerial list. Magic FM had reported that Senate President Godswill Akpabio read Tinubu’s ministerial list at the plenary on Thursday, which contained the names of former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai, his Rivers State counterpart, Nyesom Wike, and 26 other nominees. Sani described some of the nominees as serpents with a known history of betrayal. “The Ministerial list; The President embraced some Serpents with a known history of treachery and rewarded some vultures for playing the Judas. Appeasing a snake in a palace doesn’t spare the King”, Sani tweeted.  

YouTube Billionaire! A Nigerian pastor has emerged as the highest-earning content creator on YouTube. The Pastor who has over one million followers on the platform cashes out millions of naira daily from YouTube. In one day, YouTube paid him over N21 million for his Sunday service live streaming! His total earnings on the platform run into billions. Is this grace or pure ingenuity? One person commented: “What the best way to create content, through prayer and the word of God”

FEDERAL MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT          PRESS RELEASE FG FLAGS OFF FREE VACCINATION AGAINST ANTHRAX TO ENSURE SAFETY OF LIVESTOCK AND HUMAN Federal Government in Collaboration with Relevant Stakeholders has flagged off free vaccination against anthrax to ensure safety of livestock as well as prevent the spread of the disease to unaffected animals and human. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Ernest Afolabi Umakhihe was represented by the Deputy Director Veterinary and Pests Control Services, Dr. Abdulkareem Durosinlorun who was at the Emir’s palace with his team in sympathy over the unfortunate diagnosis of Anthrax disease in Niger State recently. He noted that anthrax an infectious zoonosis disease, caused by bacteria affects both domestic and wild animals and can also affect human especially those working closely with infected animals. To mitigate the effect therefore, Federal Government ...

Nigeria’s Lai Mohammed appointed Special Advisor to UNWTO Secretary General The immediate past Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism of Nigeria, Lai Mohammed has been appointed as Special Advisor to the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Secretary General, Zurab Pololikashvili. The announcement of the appointment was made during the opening session of the 66th UNWTO Commission for Africa (CAF) currently underway in Mauritius.  Mohammed brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to his new task having consistently played instrumental roles in the affairs of the world tourism body for the past seven years. He led the organisation of the 61st UNWTO CAF Meetings in Nigeria in 2018 and the maiden UNWTO Global Conference on Linking Tourism, Culture and Creative Industries in Lagos last year. He is expected to help Pololikashvili pursue his objective of making Africa a key region for the global tourism economy through his Agenda for Africa programme. Accepting the n...

Press Statement Agro Export 'll Boost Nigeria's Forex, Strengthen Naira - BPSR DG The export of agricultural commodities such as cocoa, cashew, sesame seeds, palm oil, and other tropical products presents a tremendous opportunity to earn foreign exchange and strengthen our national currency, the naira. This is according to the Director General of the Bureau of Public Service Reforms, BPSR, Dasuki Ibrahim Arabi, who spoke at the July edition of the Bureau's lunch-time seminar, in Abuja. He said: "Additionally, we have seen a rise in demand for non-traditional agricultural products, including processed and value-added goods.  "Embracing technological advancements and promoting agro-processing industries will not only enhance the quality of our exports but also enable us to access higher-value markets worldwide". Themed, "Reform Measures the Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has put in place to Diversify the Economy: Challenges and Way Forward," ...

FG RECEIVES JUNIOR GYMNASTS, COMMENDS THEM FOR PODIUM PERFORMANCES The Federal Government has commended the junior Gymnasts for their excellent performances that led to the harvest of medals for the country at the just concluded World Gymnastics Championship held in the Republic of Malta The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Sports and Youth Development, Alhaji Ismaila Abubakar who gave the commendation today in his office when he received the young gymnasts who came to present the medals won at the Tournament to him, applauded them for achieving podium performances, clinching 23 medals (8 gold, 8 silver, and 7 bronze) in different categories of the game. He commended the Ministry's officials, Gymnastics Federation of Nigeria as well as the technical crew for their commitment to ensuring the successes recorded at the event. The Permanent Secretary assured that the Ministry will put all necessary administrative machinery on ground in order to provide the nation's athlet...

Enugwu Ukwu Monarch Lauds Soludo's Agricultural Ingenuity Michael Ezenwata The traditional ruler of Enugwu Ukwu Igwe Ralph Ekpe has eulogized governor Chukwuma Soludo for his zeal to promote Agriculture in the state. The royal father made the commendation after the traditional "Ikpo ji' festival in Enugwu Ukwu. According to Igwe Ekpe,the distribution of palm seedlings and coconut seedlings to his community and others in the state is a sine qua non towards enhancing the economic growth of the state and putting food on the tables of the people. He described the traditional " Ikpo ji' festival which was performed last Saturday at the Nkwo Enugwu Ukwu market as an occasion which marks the display of the new yam tubers by the designated "Ozo Mkpu'titled chief with the sanctification process which follows it. After the distribution of the new yam tubers by the Ozo Mkpu to all the villages in the community and their kin in diaspora,Igwe Ekpe explained that the...

𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 Anambra State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Afam Ben Obidike has cautioned health workers in public health facilities against extorting patients seeking medical attention in government owned hospitals. Dr. Obidike gave the warning when the member of his ministry’s monitoring team disguised as a patient and was asked to pay for another consultation fee even though he showed them the first evidence of payment during his first visit. The Commissioner who stormed the Center after receiving debriefing from the disguised patient, addressed the staff-members at the hospital that the administration of Gov. Charles Soludo is only interested in people having access to affordable and quality care. Dr. Obidike said that the monitoring team members are at times disguised as patients and has helped his ministry to have firsthand information on the activities happening across government...

RE: POLICE UNIFORM: COMEDIAN ABDULGAFAR ABIOLA, AKA "CUTE ABIOLA’S" CONTEMPTUOUS ACT IS CRIMINAL, PUNISHABLE In as much as the law grants Nigerians the right to enjoy their fundamental human rights, the same law prohibits an individual, under whatever guise, from rubbishing the police institution or grossly violating its provisions with regards to the use of uniforms.  We, therefore, vehemently condemn the contemptuous act displayed by comedian Abdulgafar Abiola, popularly known as "Cute Abiola," in two recent skits posted on his social media handles on 20th and 24th July, 2023. The skits in question show a highly disrespectful and derogatory portrayal of the police uniform, an action that is in direct violation of Section 251 of the Criminal Code and Section 133 of the Penal Code Law. Such acts are not only offensive but also undermine the integrity and dignity of the men and women who wear the uniform in service to the nation. Abdulgafar Abiola will be investigate...

DSS re-arresting Emefiele not illegal, says Bauchi legal practitioner A Bauchi Based lawyer, Barrister Alkassim Mohammed, has said that the re-arrest of suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele by the Department of State Services (DSS) at the premises of the Federal High Court, Lagos, was legal. The DSS arraigned Emefele on a two-count on a two-count charge of terrorism and illegal possession of firearms. An earlier attempt by officials of the Nigerian Correctional Services Centre (NCoS) into custody as ordered by the court led to a clash between officials of the DSS and the NCoS. While several legal practitioners and civil society organisations condemned the action of the DSS in re-arresting Emefiele, the Bauchi-based lawyer argued that the DSS did not break any law of the land. “In my opinion as a lawyer and private practitioner who reside in Bauchi, the DSS is an establishment of the law with specific functions and responsibilities under the Nation...