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  This morning, the Governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun presented the Appropriation Bill for the Year 2021, tagged "Budget of Recovery and Sustainability" at the Ogun State House of Assembly, following inputs from stakeholders across the three Senatorial Districts in the State. On the Appropriation Bill, Aggregate Expenditure for the State Government is Three Hundred and Thirty-Nine Billion Naira (N339B), with the Recurrent of One Hundred and Sixty-Two Billion Naira (N162B) and Capital of One Hundred and Seventy-Seven Billion Naira (N177B). Governor Abiodun stated that the Budget will provide suitable grounds for recovery from the obvious economic challenges of the current fiscal year, while ensuring that our local economy remains sustainable, going forward. #BuildingOurFutureTogether #ISEYA #OgunState +6

  The Lagos State Government has extended financial support to parents of two sets of quadruplets as a way of complementing the cost of taking care of the children. The Commissioner for Youth and Social Development, Mr. Segun Dawodu, presented undisclosed sums of money to the families of Mrs. Ibeh Maureen Anayo (Nee Anyaegbu) and Mrs. Abosede Akinola to alleviate any financial strain they encounter in giving adequate care to the newborn babies. “This gesture is not a one-off thing by the Ministry. This is what we do from time to time. We just cannot afford to close our eyes to people who have found themselves in a challenging situation such as this. It is our responsibility to look for a way to help them and by so doing, the people will know that the government is there for them always”, Dawodu stated. He advised the parents of the quadruplets to continue to take care of the children, adding that the State Government will ensure that they receive the best of care and further necess...

  Photo news: ''NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TRADITIONAL RULERS OF NIGERIA PAY SOLIDARITY VISIT TO GOVERNOR BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU AT LAGOS HOUSE, MARINA, ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2020''.More details later. +4

  Following the arrest of former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrashid Abdullahi Maina in Niamey, Niger Republic, the Nigeria Police Force is perfecting extradition processes of the fugitive to Nigeria to enable him face trial in pending criminal proceedings against him. Abdulrashid Maina, who was declared wanted by a court of competent jurisdiction, was arrested last night, 30th November, 2020 through the collaborative efforts of the operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, INTERPOL NCB, Abuja and their Nigerien counterpart. He is currently in a detention facility in Niger Republic awaiting the completion of the extradition processes. The Force assures the citizens, that there shall be no hiding place for any suspect, no matter how highly placed. DCP FRANK MBA FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER FORCE HEADQUARTERS ABUJA.

  Justice Agatha Okeke of the Federal High Court, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, on Monday, November 30, 2020, committed one Dr. Bassey Goddy Usen to 14 years imprisonment without option of fine. Usen, a medical doctor and managing director, Ceephass Diagnostic Clinic/Surgery was prosecuted by the Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), on a two-count charge of obtaining by false pretence to the tune of N5 million. One of the charges read, "That you, Bassey Goddy Usen, the Managing Director of Ceephass Diagnostic Clinic/Surgery on or about the 18th April, 2017 in Uyo, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court with intent to defraud, obtained the sum of N2,000,000.00 (Two million naira) from one Edodiong Essien under the pretence that the money will be used to execute contracts awarded to you by Akwa Ibom State Hospital Management Board, Uyo; a pretence you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1 (1) (a) of the Advance...

Justice T. B. Adegoke of the Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, Delta State today November 30, 2020 sentenced Onus Osagie Amahian, a former staff of Access Bank, to five years imprisonment. Amahian was prosecuted by the Benin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a 25-count charge bordering on forgery and making false entry into Delta State Government payroll. A former IT officer of Access Bank , the defendant was said to have between August and October 2011 fraudulently inserted names and account numbers of his family members and friends into the payroll schedule of Delta State government being handled by Access bank and subsequently paid monies into those Accounts and withdrew same and in the process defrauded the Bank of an aggregate sum of Nine Million, Three Hundred and Forty-Four Thousand, Nineteen Naira and Twenty Three Kobo (N 9, 344,019.23). Amahian was first arraigned in 2011 and pleaded ‘not guilty’ to the 25-count charges preferred aga...