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The Federal Government raked in N1.69tn from company income tax in 2021, according to statistics from the National Bureau of Statistics. This is a 19.56 per cent increase from the N1.41tn that was collected in 2020. According to the NBS data, the Federal Government raked in N392.77bn during the first quarter of 2021, N472.07bn in the second quarter, N472.52bn in the third quarter, and N347.81bn in the fourth quarter of 2021.

28 year old Shoemaker, Omale Ojima aka OJ Best has died. OJBest went viral after tweeting at Vice President Yemi Osinbajo about his products and making shoes for him. Apparently, he went to bed on Saturday night and died in his sleep. He was later rushed to Kubuwa hospital where he was confirmed dead. His death was announced on his Twitter handle on Sunday evening. The tweet read, “PAINFUL EXIT!! Call to Glory, the CEO of OJBest footwear is dead.” May his soul Rest In Peace.

PDP publicity secretary in Kwara state, Tunde Ashaolu passed on, on Sunday, a day after he celebrated his birthday. A friend and colleague, Billy Adedamola, announced the passage in a Facebook post thus: “We lost this evening, a friend and brother, Tunde Ashaolu, kwara state publicity secretary of PDP. He marked his birthday yesterday in Abuja where he was celebrated by the former President of the senate, Dr Bukola Saraki and today he has gone to meet his creator. Tunde was a loyal, dedicated and hard working party man. May his gentle soul Rest In Peace.”

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has warned the public of a malicious app called ”Fast Cleaner” — which steals users’ banking app login credentials on Android devices. Ikechukwu Adinde, NCC director of public affairs, issued the warning in a statement posted on the commission’s website on Saturday. Adinde said the NCC Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) discovered the Fast Cleaner app which claims to be a phone booster and battery saver tool but actually contains a malware named ‘Xenomorph’. He said the application’s main operation is to steal credentials, combined with the use of SMS and notification interception to log-in and use potential two-factor authentication tokens.

The much talked about Air Nigeria will commence operations before the tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari ends on May 29, 2023, says Michael Ohiani, the acting head of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC). Mr Ohiani said on Sunday in Abuja that the ICRC was now working round the clock to get the national carrier operational. “I want to assure the Nigerian public that we are working round the clock to get it operational. We are working with the Ministry of Aviation and we have just gotten a presidential approval. “We will get the concessionaire, once we have gotten the concessionaire which is a major step, the issue of operation will now follow. “I can assure you that before the end of this administration, Air Nigeria will start flying,” he said. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) in November 2021, gave approval for the commencement of processes to inaugurate the nation’s air carrier, Air Nigeria. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, who at that time brie...

Chelsea owner, Roman Abramovich, has given up his stewardship of the club in order to prevent it from “becoming hostage to anti-Russian sanctions”, according to a close friend of the billionaire. On Saturday, the Premier League side confirmed Abramovich has transferred his stewardship to the trustees of the club’s charitable foundation. Chelsea’s charitable foundation is led by the club’s chairman, Bruce Buck. Abramovich can continue to fund Chelsea, however, the inner workings of the club will remain unchanged, with Marina Granovskaia still in charge of football operations.

A social media user, Godwin Okpala has explained why about 20 persons in the Ebenebe community of Awka North Local Government Area, Anambra State, were killed at the funeral of a suspected cultist. Persons suspected to be members of a rival cult group had invaded the burial venue of Ozor Chibuike Chukwuka, a 34-year-old cultist, dispersing mourners, while killing about 20 persons. Okpala, who claims to hail from the same community as Chukwuka, in a social media post said the notorious cultist was killed on 30th December 2021 at Amansea. He said the rival cult which killed Ozor had warned his family members not to organize a befitting burial for him as he was not worthy of it, instead he should be buried as a nobody. He also said that Ozor was a notorious cultist who had severally led attacks on the police and its facilities and was highly dreaded during his lifetime. The post by Okpala stated: “This is the man, Ozor Chibuike Chukwuka, that brought about the killing of over 20 pers...

Rafael Nadal continued his perfect start to 2022, beating Cameron Norrie 6-4, 6-4 to lift the Acapulco ATP title in his first tournament since winning the Australian Open. Nadal beat Britain’s 12th-ranked Norrie for the fourth time in one hour, 54 minutes.

The Consulate-General of Nigeria in New York has announced that the Consulate will start the issuance of passports with 10-year validity to its nationals. The Consul-General, Ambassador Lot Egopija, who disclosed this at a virtual 4th Town Hall for Nigerian nationals within the New York jurisdiction, said the headquarters (Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs) had communicated the development to the Consulate. “Last month (January) we were informed that 10 years passport will be brought to New York. “We have been asked to prepare for the take-off to issue 10 years passport. We know to qualify for the 10 years passport, that applicant must have a National Identify Number,’’ he said. Egopija, however, urged Nigerians who have not enrolled for NIN to do so, noting that information was displayed at the Consulate as that would be a prerequisite for getting the passport. He said that the Nigerian Government had already designated some vendors to register Nigerians in diaspora for NIN.

Ukraine said Sunday it would hold peace talks with Russia at its border with Belarus – near the Chernobyl exclusion zone – after a call between President Volodymyr Zelensky and Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko. “The politicians agreed that the Ukrainian delegation would meet the Russian one without preconditions at the Ukraine-Belarus border, near the Pripyat River,” Zelensky’s office said. Zelensky has said he will not hold talks with Russia on the territory of Belarus, where some Russian troops were stationed before invading on Ukraine’s northern border.

The Federal Government has appealed to the public, particularly Lagos State residents to always verify all lands with state and Federal Government agencies before purchase, in order not to fall victim to land grabbers. The apex government also appealed to the media to embark on mass awareness campaign against land grabbers in Lagos State. The Federal Controller of Housing in Lagos State, Mrs Margaret Adejobi, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday. Adejobi said that the land grabbers deliberately encroached and sold-off gazetted Federal Government lands in Lagos state.

Some states are set to face fresh economic challenges as the Federal Allocation has dropped to a four-year low allocations. In January, the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee shared the sum of N574.66bn to the Federal Government, states and local government councils. The amount shared in January is lower than the N699.82bn disbursed in December 2021. This fall in FAAC allocations follows the Federal Government’s announcement of its plans to deduct N950bn for the payment of fuel subsidy from allocations due to states in 2022. Details of the allocations for January are contained in a communiqué issued at the end of a virtual meeting of the FAAC for February 2022 released on Thursday night.

Excerpt from Sowore's interview with the Punch: Q: What has been your experience in activism so far? A: My Experience is an experience that has lasted more than 30 years. It has been constant harassment, bullying, torture and abuse because I am one of the few young persons who stood up during the military rule. I stood up fighting against environmental groups in the country against oil companies; I stood up fighting against corruption by civilian administrations in the country. I stood up against every government in the last 32 years, and I was expelled twice from the university, I was in detention eight times before I left for the United States of America. I got harassed at the airport and have been detained several times after I returned from the US after 20 years in exile. I’ve been physically assaulted, a police officer broke my nose, and I have been shot at. My younger brother was murdered under circumstances that are still unexplained till date. My bank account was frozen,...

The Queen has tested positive for Covid-19 and is experiencing mild cold-like symptoms, Buckingham Palace has confirmed. However a spokesman said she expects to continue light duties at Windsor this week. A palace source said a number of cases have been diagnosed in the Windsor Castle team. Her Majesty was being closely monitored after Charles' caught the virus just days after pair had been in close contact earlier this month. As the time, Buckingham Palace refused to confirm whether the 95-year-old monarch had tested positive or negative, fuelling fears for her health, but palace sources insisted she was not displaying symptoms of the virus.

Former Super Falcons midfielder and coach, Florence Omagbemi has tied the knot with her heartthrob, Kehinde Richard Oluyemi after six years of courtship. The 47-year-old finally signed the dotted lines with Oluyemi at the Warri registry in Delta state. The traditional wedding ceremony took place on Friday at Omagbemi’s family house in Orugbo town, Delta state. The wedding reception took place on Saturday at Nneoma Coliseum, an event centre in Warri. This is her second marriage as Omagbemi first husband died in 2004. She won the Africa Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) four times as a player and as a coach in 2016. The former San Diego Spirit player featured in four FIFA World Cups.

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged the 36 state governors across the country to immediately redirect public funds used to service ‘underserving benefits’ in paying counterpart funds that would allow poor children enjoy access to quality basic education in their respective state. The group listed the ‘underserving benefits’ to include public funds budgeted to pay ex-governors undeserved pensions and other retirement benefits, and for security votes. SERAP made the call in a statement on Sunday titled, ‘N51bn UBEC funds: Pay counterpart funds or face legal action, SERAP tells 36 governors’, and signed by its Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare. According to Oluwadare, several of the 36 states have reportedly failed to pay the counterpart funds to access over N51bn matching grants earmarked by the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) for basic education in the country, as at July 2019. Oluwadare said the group had since reached out to the state gover...

A 30-year-old woman, Bola Agbedimu, was on February 14 arrested for spending fake one thousand naira note at kila market in odeda local government area of Ogun state. The suspect was arrested following a report lodged at Odeda divisional headquarters by the chairperson of Egbalawa crops/fruits association, that the suspect was caught spending fake one thousand naira currency notes in the market. Upon the report, the DPO Odeda division, CSP Femi Olabode detailed his detectives to the scene where the suspect was promptly arrested. On searching her bag, a sum of 24,000 fake currency note was discovered. On interrogation, the suspect confessed been a habitual counterfeit naira note dealer. She confessed further that her mode of operation is mixing the counterfeit notes with genuine ones and used it to purchase goods. A preliminary investigation revealed that she has been arrested on many occasions at different markets within Abeokuta. Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of t...

Wilfred Machage, Kenya’s high commissioner to Nigeria, has died at the age of 65. Machage reportedly collapsed in his Abuja home on Saturday, after which he was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. The deceased high commissioner’s wife was said to have been with him when he collapsed. Kenya’s ministry of foreign affairs has released a statement announcing Machage’s demise.

Joe Abugu, professor of industrial & commercial law and senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has tackled the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over its stance on the conferment of professorial status on Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy by the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO). The National Executive Committee of ASUU had set aside the findings by its FUTO chapter which had endorsed the procedure for the conferment of the professorial rank. In a position paper titled: “Of University Autonomy, Meddlesomeness of ASUU and its War Against Prof. Ibrahim Isa Pantami,” Abugu, a lecturer at the University of Lagos, argued that the local chapter of ASUU did an excellent job in reminding the public that FUTO duly advertised the vacant positions in credible national dailies, and when Pantami applied, the relevant bodies vetted his credentials and gave him the appointment on merit. He said all over the world and in Nigeria as well, there are no...

A 38 year old man Akinyemi Thomas was on the 17th of February 2022 arrested by men of Ogun state police command for impersonating a police officer. The suspect was arrested while policemen attached to Sagamu divisional headquarters were on routine patrol of their area with the DPO, CSP Godwin Idehai and they sighted the suspect in full police camouflage uniform at under the bridge along Lagos Ibadan expressway. His conduct raised the suspicion of the policemen who then stopped to question him. Immediately the patrol vehicle stopped, the suspect took to his heels. He was then chased and apprehended. On interrogation, he confessed been a dismissed policeman but using the uniform to extort unsuspecting members of the public. Recovered from him aside from the uniform is a police warrant card. Confirming the arrest, the spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the state commissioner of police, CP Lanre Bankole, has ordered a full investigation into the activ...

The Police Service Commission (PSC) at the weekend in Benin, said over 90 per cent of intending police officers did not score up to 30 per cent in the police recruitment examinations across the country. The Commissioner representing the Mass Media and the South-south Zone in the Police Service Commission (PSC), Austin Braimoh made the revelation at a one-day town hall meeting organised by the Commission and the Edo State Police Command. He said the aim of the town hall meeting is to work on the relationship between the police and the public and also enlighten the public on the ongoing recruitment exercise. Braimoh said, “The Commission has the responsibility of familiarizing the public with the current recruitment exercise and improving citizen relationship with the police for effective policing. “From now, you do not need to go to the National Human Rights Commission if your right is violated by a serving police officer, you go straight to the Police Service Commission, you do not...

Some moments ago, a Facebook user named Yushau Shuaib publicized the death of a promising Nigerian man. He stated that a young graduate named Sule Mathew got killed by unknown Gunmen in Anambra state. According to information provided, the deceased graduated as an information technologist in 2021 from the prestigious Bayero University Kano (BUK). After graduation, he engaged in tech-related programmes while warming up for national service under the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) scheme. Sadly, this week, while on advocacy assignment, unknown gunmen cut-short the dream of innocent Sule Matthew who, according to reports, lost his father in 2021. In another viral post made by a friend to the deceased, Sule Matthew was on transit with his boss before his death. Unknown Gunmen in Anambra allegedly murdered him alongside some commuters on the road. The Facebook space has been filled with several memories people had with him. As it stands, his well-wishers hope he gets justice to avert...

Nigerian Twitter user has narrated how his friend called off his wedding three weeks to the scheduled date. According to the tweep with username user @thepoetpreneur, the groom-to-be was not comfortable with the fact that his fiancée only listens to her spiritual father. He further revealed that no other person could control the lady’s actions, not even her biological mother. The tweet reads; “3 weeks to wedding, my guy cancelled it bcos his girl’s mother couldn’t control her. She doesn’t listen to anybody in her family. Nobody can call her to order except her spiritual father. So my guy had to end it to save himself future stress. Right or wrong decision?”

As she stared into the eyes of her handsome date in a dimly lit bar, Tina Lynn Tolmon-Young knew she would end up going home with him. And as they fell into bed she prayed that the brief encounter would result in her dream of a baby. Yet Tina had no intention of having a relationship with the father, and no plan to involve him in raising the child. And when she got a positive pregnancy test three weeks later, she says it was “like winning the lottery with one scratchcard”. But Tina, 43, has no regrets about deliberately using her date as an unwitting real-life sperm donor to fulfil her dream of motherhood. She says: “When I took the pregnancy test I was like, ‘Wow…’. My son’s dad didn’t consent to being in that position – but he chose to have unprotected sex. “I don’t feel terrible about it, I’m not ashamed of anything about me. “I’m certainly not ashamed of how I got my son. I think a grizzly one-night stand says a lot about how much I wanted him.” The man who met her for a date...

A woman from the US allegedly faked being pregnant to get time off work but was caught out by her employer - when her baby bump fell off. Robin Folsom, 43, is alleged to have faked at least one pregnancy in order to get paid leave from her £74k job, but her scheme came unstuck when 'her fake belly fell off'. Her bosses agreed, but one of her coworkers noticed something suspicious and blew the whistle and now she's due in court, as the Daily Star reports. They had noticed Folsom's baby bump 'come away' from her body, and after an investigation, it was discovered that she had been wearing a fake stomach to look pregnant.

Nollywood Actress, Mosun Filani-Oduoye has taken to her official social media handle to celebrate her 10th wedding anniversary with Osun state based Politician husband, Kayode Oduoye. The Oduoye family looks stunning in matching native outfits. Mosun walk down the aisle with her husband, Kayode Oduoye, a lawyer and politician in 2012. Her union is blessed with two beautiful children. Happy 10th wedding anniversary to them.

Ayaansh Kumar grabbed his mum Madhu's phone and decided to go shopping - and she was stunned when boxes with £1,500-worth of furniture turned up at their home in New Jersey, US. has vowed to password protect all her devices from now on after her cheeky one-year-old son ordered almost £1,500-worth of furniture online. Little Ayaansh Kumar took his mum's phone last month and had what his parents thought was some harmless fun. Thinking he was just enjoying the lights, his mum Madhu Kumar didn't think too much of it - but he was actually surfing the net and splashing the cash. The family from New Jersey, US, got a knock at the door days later and piles and piles of huge boxes were sitting there ready for them. After looking at her online banking, she discovered almost $2,000 was missing. The parents weren't as thrilled but got a refund on most of the items - and decided to keep some. Thankfully, they have been told they will receive a refund. But Madhu told NBC New...

Due Process Advocates, a Non Governmental Organization involved in fighting against human rights abuse and police intimidation says, the suspended DCP Abba Kyari and erstwhile Commander of Intelligence Response Team (IRT) at the Force Intelligence Bureau of the Nigerian Police Force killed more than 2000 suspects for his own personal enrichment. The embattled super cop was yesterday declared wanted and subsequently arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency over his involvement in a 25 kilograms Cocaine deal. NDLEA in a statement confirmed the arrest of the suspended corrupt DCP and four others. Meanwhile, DPA in a statement signed by its CEO, Emeka Ugwuonye said Nigerians will be shocked as more revelations will be made about Abba Kyari. He said Abba Kyari was a corrupt police officer who can frame, kill any suspect and take over their property for his personal enrichment. Emeka however said that many innocent Nigerians are languishing in different detention facility in...

The father of 200-level student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) who fell into soakaway at her hostel has expressed that he nearly ran mad when the Dean of the Faculty of her daughter called him about the sad news. Mr. Israel Ajibola told BBC News Yoruba that it's sad losing her first daughter, Heritage Ajibola due to negligence of hall management for not fixing the soakaway on time. Mr. Ajibola described her late daughter as calm, gentle and easy going lady every parent who proud to have. The Public Relations Officer, (PRO) of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-ife, Mr. Abiodun Olanrewaju commiserated with the family of Heritage on behalf of the University community. One of the students of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-ife, Olayiwola Festus who spoke with BBC News Yoruba said they are not happy with Heritage's death. He urged the management of the private hostel to rise up and fix facility in the hostel so that students can live without being trapped in the facili...

Rotimi Adeleye, commanding officer, zone 12, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has warned officials against chasing erring motorists. The zonal commander said this on Saturday at a special walk to mark the FRSC’s 34th anniversary in Bauchi. He added that defaulters would face sanction. “This is a national directive of the corps. When found guilty of the action, the team involved in the chase may lose their jobs as it is not part of the operational ethics of the corps,” Adeleye said. We have all what it takes to apprehend a vehicle and it is just a matter of identifying the vehicle with its number. “We can easily go to our database, get the details of the driver, the owner of the vehicle and quietly apprehend the vehicle.” He also listed some of the achievements of the corps since its establishment in 1988, adding that the FRSC is looking into improving efforts aimed at preventing road crashes and gridlock.

The Lagos state government says it has commenced investigation into the case of a two-year-old pupil allegedly brutalised by her teacher. On Friday, Chima, an uncle to the pupil, had taken to Twitter to narrate how the yet-to-be-identified teacher allegedly flogged the young girl “because she could not recite the English alphabet.” In the post, Chima said his niece is a pupil of Unic Vilos, a Lagos-based school. The fashion designer claimed when his sister — who is the mother of the pupil — confronted the teacher, she was told that her daughter was not the only one given such treatment. According to him, the teacher told his sister that other pupils were also given 24 strokes of cane each. The fashionista added that the owner of the school accused his sister of trying to destroy the school’s reputation when she reported the incident. “This is my two-year-old niece that was flogged mercilessly because she couldn’t recite the English alphabet,” he wrote in the post accompanied by a ph...

Emeka Nwogbo, a teacher at Arise and Shine Nursery and Primary School in Asaba, Delta state, has been arrested over the death of his 19-month-old pupil. Nwogbo was said to have flogged the pupil on Monday, leaving several marks of the cane on his body. The teacher is said to be a son to the proprietress of the private school. Days after the incident, the pupil who is the only child of his mother took ill and was taken to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Asaba where he eventually died on Saturday February 12 morning.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested Vyapak Nutal, an Indian businessman, for allegedly smuggling 134,700 bottles of codeine syrup into the country. In a statement on Sunday, Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesman, said the suspect allegedly loaded trucks with the syrup in Benin Republic. He was said to have come in through the border of Niger Republic and arrived Sokoto in Nigeria. “Settled in a hotel in Sokoto state, credible intelligence reveals that Nutal began to look for buyers for the controlled drug,” the statement reads.

The PDP won in 10 of the 12 wards in AMAC to outpoll the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), which has been holding sway in the municipal in the last four years. Mr. Christopher Zakka (Maikalangu) of the PDP defeated his closest rival, Mr. Murtala Usman Karshi (Yamarayi) of the APC and 10 others, to win the election. While Zakka polled 19,302 votes Karshi, who was declared the authentic candidate of the APC by the Supreme Court secured 13,249 votes. The results for AMAC were officially declared by the INEC Returning Officer, Sani Saka, who announced that the PDP won in 10 wards while the APC won in the remining two. By winning AMAC, the PDP has now won in three of the four area councils whose final results had been declared as of noon on Sunday. While the results of only Kwali area council left, PDP has won in Kuje, Bwari, AMAC the APC has so far won in Gwagwalada Area Council. Below are the details of the AMAC Chairmanship result Ward – Nyanya APC -1,199 PDP – 1,861 Accre...

Men of Ogun State Police Command in the early hours of yesterday arrested 43-year-old Kehinde Oladimeji and his wife, Adejumoke Raji, for allegedly being in possession of fresh human parts. The couple, according to a statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, are residents of No.72 MKO Abiola Way, Leme, Abeokuta. Oyeyemi said, “The couple were arrested following a report lodged at Kemta Divisional Headquarters by Chief Moshood Ogunwolu, the Baale of Leme community, that one Pastor Adisa Olarewaju who is a co-tenant with the suspects informed him of offensive odour coming out from the room of the suspects”. He added that upon the complaint, the DPO Kemta Division, CSP Adeniyi Adekunle, led his detectives to the scene where a search was conducted. “On searching the room, a plastic bowl containing different parts of a human being was discovered and the couple were promptly arrested”, Oyeyemi said. “On interrogation, the suspects confessed that they were he...

Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, Sunday, expressed worry over ritual killings in the country perpetrated mostly by young people to get rich under drug influence and called for special funds meant for National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, to fight the menace. This was contained in a statement signed by Executive Director, Ariyo-Dare Atoye, Adopt A Goal for Development Initiative, AAGDI, and endorsed by Youth and Students Advocates for Development Initiative, YSAD, where they pointed out that the rising incidents of ritual killings and crimes committed by young persons are appalling. According to the statement, drugs dealers, addicts, and casual users are the root cause of the alarming rise in ritual killings, insurgency, crimes, and violent robberies as they call for urgent intervention.

The civil rights and Non-governmental organisation, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, has sued The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for failure to publish the agreement between the Federal Government and Twitter. The organisation also joined the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, as a respondent in the suit. This was revealed in a press statement made available on Sunday. In suit FHC/L/CS/238/2022 filed at the Federal High Court in Lagos, on Friday, SERAP asked the court to compel Buhari and Mohammed to make the details public. The lawyers, Kolawole Oluwadare and Opeyemi Owolabi insisted that Nigerians are entitled to their human rights, peaceful assembly, and association, public participation on and off the internet. SERAP stated that Mohammed responded to its request on the grounds of the freedom of information act, but gave “completely unsatisfactory” information. The minister told them that the details of their request were “in...