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 Politics / “yahaya Bello Took $720k From State Coffers To Pay His Child’s School Fees” by samebony1: 8:45am On Apr 24 |
Ola Olukoyede, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says Yahaya Bello, former governor of Kogi, withdrew $720,000 from the state’s coffers to pay his child’s school fee in advance. Olukoyede spoke in Abuja on Tuesday during an interactive session with media executives. The EFCC boss alleged that the former Kogi governor transferred money from the state coffers to a bureau de change operator, and used the money for his child’s school fee in advance. Olukoyede added that Bello made the payment in anticipation that his tenure was gradually coming to an end. “A sitting governor, because he knew he was leaving office, moved money directly from the government to bureau de change and used it to pay his child’s school fee in advance,” the EFCC boss said. “Over $720,000 in anticipation that he was going to leave the government house. In a poor state like Kogi, you want me to close my eyes under the guise of ‘I’m being used’. Used by who? At this stage of my life.” Olukoyede said he inherited the case file of the former Kogi governor, noting that he did not initiate the investigation against Bello. “A sitting governor, because he knew he was leaving office, moved money directly from the government to bureau de change and used it to pay his child’s school fee in advance,” the EFCC boss said. “Over $720,000 in anticipation that he was going to leave the government house. In a poor state like Kogi, you want me to close my eyes under the guise of ‘I’m being used’. Used by who? At this stage of my life.” Olukoyede said he inherited the case file of the former Kogi governor, noting that he did not initiate the investigation against Bello. Subsequently, the anti-graft agency declared the former governor wanted. The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has also placed Bello on a watchlist. The anti-graft agency alleged that Bello, alongside Alli Bello, chief of staff to Ododo; and one Daudu Suleiman, diverted about N80.2 billion belonging to the Kogi government. |
| Business / Re: Dangote Refinery Ramps Up Production With US Crude – Bloomberg by samebony1: 12:29pm On Apr 19 |
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| Travel / CNN Reporter Protests Nigeria’s $215 Single Entry Visa Fee by samebony1: 1:02pm On Apr 09 |
Madowo, who made this known on his LinkedIn account on Monday, disclosed that despite holding a Kenyan passport, which grants visa-free access to numerous African nations such as Uganda, South Africa, and Ghana, Nigeria requires a substantial fee of $215 for a single-entry visa. He wrote, “Nigeria just charged me $215 for a one-month, single entry visa. Again. I was here three weeks ago – paid the same $215. This is actually my third time in Nigeria this year, so they have made $645 from me in 2024 alone. “The visa itself costs $25, but Nigeria charges a $20 ‘processing fee’ and $170 for biometrics every time. My fingerprints haven’t changed since I was here three weeks ago. Why am I paying $170 to have them taken and to pose for a picture each time I visit? Isn’t that a standard part of admitting someone into a country? “How can we achieve a borderless Africa, or the promise of the AfCFTA, if we charge Africans $215 for a single-entry visa? “In the three weeks since I was last in Lagos, I went to Uganda, South Africa, and Ghana, where I don’t need a visa with a Kenyan passport. In fact, I’ve also been to South Africa three times this year. It cost me $0, like the ancestors intended. “Nigeria’s visa-on-arrival system is similar to the ‘visa-free’ delusion of Kenya’s Electronic Travel Authorisation – you apply in advance, submit some documents, and wait for it to be approved. It can take up to five business days. If you know ‘someone,’ you can pay them $50 or more to ‘facilitate’ a faster approval. “I love Nigeria, but the visa situation is showing me shege. It’s too much oo! Why this Shege Pro Max?” I want to ask him if Kenyan gives Visa waiver to Nigerian |
| Politics / Re: ‘ounje Eko’ Food Markets Begin Tomorrow by samebony1: 1:53pm On Mar 16 |
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| Politics / ‘ounje Eko’ Food Markets Begin Tomorrow by samebony1: 1:29pm On Mar 16 |
Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu has directed that ‘Ounje Eko’ food markets commence operations from Sunday, March 17, 2024 across Lagos. The markets have been tasked with selling discounted food items across the five divisions of Lagos. The food items including; rice, beans, gari, bread, eggs, tomatoes, pepper, among others – will be sold at 25% discount to residents. This was announced in a statement by Commissioner, Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotosho on Saturday. It reads partl:, “In order to prevent sharp practices and ensure the foodstuff reaches a large number of Lagosians, a voucher system will be introduced as the pilot scheme kicks off. “Independent payment solution providers and food vendors have been identified and carefully selected to operate the process. They will also provide real-time data on the exercise for monitoring. “For the purpose of transparency, prices of the items have also been listed. A 5kg bag of rice would sell for N5,325 while 1kg goes for N1,065; 5kg bag of Beans – N6,225 while 1kg would sell for N1,245. Prices of other staple food items will also be made available through various media outlets. “The markets will be open at 27 locations in Ikeja; six in Lagos Island; nine in Ikorodu; five in Epe; and 10 in Badagry divisions.”
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| Politics / Tinubu Confers National Honours On Super Eagles, Gifts Them Plots Of Land, Flats by samebony1: 2:13pm On Feb 13 |
President Bola Tinubu has coffered national honours on all members of the Super Eagles squad that won the silver medal at the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cote d’Ivoire.https://www.thecable.ng/just-in-tinubu-confers-national-honours-on-super-eagles-gifts-them-plots-of-land-in-fctcompetition. 71 Likes 8 Shares
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| Politics / Lagos Destroys Shanties, Dislodges Squatters Under Ijora Bridge by samebony1: 3:31pm On Feb 03 |
The Lagos State Government has commenced the destruction of illegal shanties occupied by squatters under the Ijora Causeway Bridge. The government had earlier on Sunday given a five-day quit notice to squatters under the bridge and the Lagos Blue rail Line overhead bridge in Ijora to remove all their shanties for constituting a danger to the Lagos Blue Line corridor or risk demolition and removal. The state Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, while giving the quit notice lamented the security risk the occupation of underneath the bridge by mini buses, block moulders, fuel sellers and miscreants posed to the safe operation of the blue rail line service, and said the government would not allow it to continue. Sharing videos on his X handle on Saturday, Wahab stated that the enforcement team was led by ACP Bayo Sulaiman under the directive of the state governor to dislodge the squatters and clear the area. He wrote, “Following the expiration of a 5-day quit notice issued to squatters under the Ijora Causeway Bridge by #followlasg last Sunday, the Enforcement Team of the Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources #LasgMOE and Special Intervention Squad on the Restoration of the Lagos Badagry Rail Corridor Clean-Up led ACP Bayo Sulaiman begin enforcement by dislodging the illegal squatters and clearing up the area as directed by Lagos State Governor, #jidesanwoolu.” |
| Politics / Re: Why My SSCE Certificate Bears Sadiq Abubakar – Atiku by samebony1: 3:09pm On Oct 10, 2023 |
Just because you “went to swear an affidavit to say to say I am the same person as ATIKU Abubakar” does not automatically mean you are the same person. I think we should ask WAEC search through their archives for the documents that were used to register this Sadiq Abubakar, just to be sure that nothing fishy has been going on for over 40 years. Recall that the same request was made on WAEC for PMB’s result. |
| Politics / Why My SSCE Certificate Bears Sadiq Abubakar – Atiku by samebony1: 3:00pm On Oct 10, 2023 |
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday explained the discrepancies in his Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) certificate. Atiku made the clarification through Dele Momodu, in a post on his X handle. Recently, a group had given Atiku and Peter Obi bi a seven-day ultimatum to release their academic records or face legal action to compel the disclosure. According to Momodu, the clarification became necessary following allegations of forgery against his principal by members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Momodu alleged that some members of the APC had questioned the name ”Sadiq Abubakar” in Atiku’s WAEC certificate as against his other credentials. ‘Yes I used Sadiq Abubakar to sit for my WAEC and after passing my exams I went to swear an affidavit to say I am the same person as ATIKU Abubakar. “I went to ABU as Atiku Abuakar and passed my Exams as Atiku Abubakar. Interviewed as Atiku Abubakar by the Federal Civil Service Commission and hired into the Customs Service as Atiku Abubakar. So where is forgery there?’ But the same Atiku Abubakr that is quick to allege that another candidsate forged a certificate is now claiming that he sweore to an affidavit that both Saddiq Abubakar & Atiku Abubakar are the same person |
| Politics / Court Orders Delta To Account For Over N200bn UBE Funds Spent Under Okowa by samebony1: 8:29am On Jul 31, 2023 |
The federal high court sitting in Lagos has ordered the Delta state government to disclose details of how over N200bn in education funds was spent under the administration of Ifeanyi Okowa. The funds were collected by Okowa’s government from the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) between 2015 and 2019. On July 17, Daniel Osiagor, the presiding judge delivered the ruling, following a freedom of information (FIO) suit marked FHC/L/CS/803/2019 filed by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). SERAP had asked Okowa’s government in 2019 to account for the spending of the UBEC funds but his administration declined at the time. The anti-corruption group subsequently filed an FIO lawsuit, among other things, seeking to compel the Delta government to “explain the disparity between budgetary allocations to primary education and the reality that several of the 1,124 primary schools across the state are in shambles, and with very poor teaching facilities”. In the judgement, the court ordered Sheriff Oborevwori, governor of Delta, to “disclose details of budgetary allocations and actual spending by the Okowa government between 2015 and 2019, including specific projects carried out to improve primary education in Delta state, and the locations of such projects.” The judge held that SERAP has a “cognizable legal right to inquire and know the way and manner public institutions manage public funds”. “I must say that every citizen has a duty to demand transparency and accountability in the governance of public institutions,” Osiagor said. “Why should a request for details of disbursement and spending of public funds between 2015-2019 by Delta state be a cause of litigation for four years? Public officials are fast developing a state of anomie and cold feet when confronted with requests for audit reports of public duties and budgets,” the judge observed. Osiagor ordered the Delta state government to “disclose how the Okowa government spent over N7.28 billion, received from UBEC between 2015 and 2017, and N213 billion received from the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) in 2018, at an average of N17.8 billion monthly”. The Delta government is also to disclose “details of the primary schools that have benefited from the projects carried out on access to free and quality primary education”, including information on indirect costs, uniforms, exercise books, and transport costs to students and their parents |
| Sports / Re: Nigeria Vs Australia : FIFA Women World Cup (3 - 2) On 27th July 2023 by samebony1: 1:09pm On Jul 27, 2023 |
Final Score Nigeria 3, Australia -2 2 Likes |
| Sports / Re: Nigeria Vs Australia : FIFA Women World Cup (3 - 2) On 27th July 2023 by samebony1: 12:50pm On Jul 27, 2023 |
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| Computers / Re: Laptop Bag With USB Port: I Want To Import This. Will It Sell In Nigeria? by samebony1: 3:35pm On Jun 29, 2023 |
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| Career / Re: How To Politely Ask For Confirmation Mail From Boss. by samebony1: 1:38pm On Jun 22, 2023 |
Next time just send him a mail along this line "Dear Sir, Sequel to your verbal directives on so so matter, i will be sending a mail to the conerned party to process the order" or something like that. That way you have an undeniable evidence that you acted basis his instructions 13 Likes 1 Share |
| Literature / Re: Bloodline.......part Three. [The Family Reloaded] by samebony1: 8:55am On May 09, 2023 |
ironkurtain:Good Day, Iron. Hope you have concluded burial rites for your father. Our thoughts are with you 3 Likes |
| Politics / Tinubu's Open Letter To Chief Bode George by samebony1: 11:32am On Mar 16, 2023 |
Tinubu's Open Letter to Chief Bode George 15 March 2023 Dear Chief Bode George, It is with genuine purpose and a peaceful intent that I write you this letter. I do so because the time has not yet come for you to proceed to political self-exile. It will not be a thing of happiness for me that my emergence as President-elect will herald your departure from public life in Lagos and Nigeria. I, therefore, urge you to shelve all thoughts of self-exile and political retirement. A capable opposition is a fundamental requirement of good governance, pushing the incumbent administration to be its best self or face electoral oblivion at the next election. In your many years in opposition in Lagos, you have never been victimised or persecuted; neither by me nor by any of the Governors who came after me. The presidential election was hard yet cleanly fought. At the end, a victor was declared and, by the grace of God almighty, the Nigerian people chose to make me their next President. However, we must not take the battle so personally as to threaten retirement any time we fail to win. Defeat is as much a part of politics as victory. As President, I will draw no distinction between supporter and antagonist. I will not grant undue favour to those who voted for me nor will I persecute those who voted against me. I will govern for the benefit of all Nigerians. Under my leadership, Nigeria shall be a good and pleasant home. There will be room for freedom of expression. There will be economic growth and development. There will be opportunities for the young and social safety for the old. There will be security for all. I hope you find it within yourself to stay and be a part of Nigeria's hopeful future. However, if you feel that you do not want to live in the new Nigeria, nobody, least of all me, can force you to remain here. Whatever you choose to do, I bid you Godspeed. SIGNED Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu President-elect of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1 Like |
| Literature / Re: Bloodline.......part Three. [The Family Reloaded] by samebony1: 1:40pm On Jan 25, 2023 |
ironkurtain: May The Almighty LORD God, give you and your family to bear this loss. Be strong 1 Like |
| Literature / Re: Bloodline.......part Three. [The Family Reloaded] by samebony1: 2:11pm On Oct 21, 2022 |
Hi Iron, Hope you are up and doing again. Missing your writing baaaaaad |
| Literature / Re: Bloodline.......part Three. [The Family Reloaded] by samebony1: 10:55pm On Oct 14, 2022 |
[quote author=Richyblack1 post=117565613] I'm loosing interest already[/quote Then please Waka comot. Only those who cherish and support creativity are welcomed here |
| Literature / Re: Bloodline.......part Three. [The Family Reloaded] by samebony1: 10:53pm On Oct 14, 2022 |
No issues, Iron. Wishing you speedy recovery. Stay Positive |
| Literature / Re: Bloodline.......part Three. [The Family Reloaded] by samebony1: 6:10pm On Oct 14, 2022 |
Hello, Iron, We are anxiously waiting, today being FRIDAY. 2 Likes 1 Share |
| Literature / Re: Bloodline.......part Three. [The Family Reloaded] by samebony1: 11:09am On Oct 07, 2022 |
Hi Ironkurtain, I know its about 7pm in Seoul right now, but just to remind you its Friday and we are anxiously waiting to hear from you. 1 Like |
| Literature / Re: Bloodline.......part Three. [The Family Reloaded] by samebony1: 7:26pm On Sep 30, 2022 |
Hi Iron, Today is friday ooooo. Just to remind you, incase you have forgotten to do the needful, otherwise man go enter plane come meet you for Korea.  2 Likes |
| Literature / Re: Bloodline.......part Three. [The Family Reloaded] by samebony1: 10:47am On Sep 23, 2022 |
ironkurtain:The only comment you get from me is very simple, " more please" 1 Like |
| Literature / Re: Bloodline.......part Three. [The Family Reloaded] by samebony1: 11:01am On Sep 09, 2022 |
ironkurtain:Great Job you have done and doing. Keep it up |
| Politics / Re: Sanwo-olu Performs Ground Breakin Ceremony Of Food Security And Logistics Hub by samebony1: 9:22am On Aug 25, 2022 |
casualobserver: You could have easily given him/her the example of NESTLE Distribution Center in Santo Otta. Probably because of ignorance or hatred, some people just don't think before they type. 3 Likes |
| Sports / Re: Birmingham 2022: Islamiyat Yusuf Claims Bronze In Women's Weightlifting Event by samebony1: 4:52pm On Aug 01, 2022 |
fman: Can't you be civil ? 5 Likes 1 Share |
| Education / Re: Pictures Of The Newly Built Vetland School in Agege, Lagos by samebony1: 9:35am On Jun 28, 2022 |
Dialpad:15 classrooms accommodating at least 30 students each translates to 450 students. Having 24 toilets for that number of students is not bad. In fact that is good planning, unlike when we were in school with just about 5 toilets for over 300 students |
| Politics / Re: Kwara: Tunji Moronfoye Apologises To Governor, REC Over Corruption Allegation by samebony1: 8:57am On Jun 22, 2022 |
Lai Muhammed told them to come and learn "How To Be An Opposition Spokesperson" from him , but they refused. |
| Phones / Re: Sheryl Sandberg To Leave Facebook, Meta After 14 Years by samebony1: 8:32am On Jun 02, 2022 |
OyeofIkoTuN:Didn't notice you were banned sha |
| Literature / Re: Bloodline.......part Two[Blood And Diamonds] by samebony1: 7:20am On May 23, 2022 |
ironkurtain: My Guy, I know what its like to be a dotting father, not to talk of the lady's need for attention. But you will cope somehow. Don't rush it. Write only when the juice flows, that way the best will come from that deep fountain in you. Stay strong, stay focused 2 Likes |
| Travel / Re: Pictures Of The Ongoing Ikeja Along Bridge Construction by samebony1: 11:47am On May 18, 2022 |
Kobicove:Sorry ma, Its not the Bridge construction that is the major cause of traffic hiccups in that axis, but the irresponsible behaviour of drivers, especially the commercial Yellow buses, Tricycle drivers and street traders. If all road users in that area obey traffic regulations, we will not have much stress on the road 1 Like 1 Share |
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