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A committee on Public Accounts (State) of the Lagos House of Assembly on Wednesday commenced the consideration of the Auditor-General’s report on the accounts of the State for the year 2020 with its chairman, Hon. Saka Solaja, promising that it is not a witch-hunt exercise. Solaja, however, said the committee would invite indicted Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) for questioning ...

The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and other matters says at least 11 persons were confirmed dead at the Lekki toll plaza on the night soldiers stormed there to disperse #EndSARS protesters on October 20, 2020.   The Justice Doris Okuwobi-led panel made this known in its report submitted to the ...

We knew it would get to this. We knew when they made surreptitious moves for us to stop the report, that the campaign to malign THE WITNESS would soon begin. But the end to this Nestoil Group saga is not yet on the horizon. A while back, THE WITNESS, one of Nigeria’s most credible news sources, published a story on Nestoil ...

The Federal Government has raised the cost of both single-phase and three-phase electricity meters beginning from November 15, 2021.   It announced this in a circular dated November 11, 2021, issued by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission and addressed to managing directors, all electricity distribution companies and all meter asset providers.   The circular, with reference number NERC/REG/MAP/GEN/751/2, was entitled ...

Unfortunately for Nigerian businessman, Ernest Azudialu-Obiejesi, chairman and chief executive officer of Nestoil Group, it has been one week, one trouble, The Witness reports.   Recall, weeks ago, the EFCC, swooped in on the businessman and sealed his expansive residence on Modupe Alakija Crescent, formerly known as Ikoyi Crescent. The ultra-modern property was marked with the anti-graft agency’s signature red ...

Nigerian businesswoman Munachim Onyia has been declared wanted by the Interpol section of the Nigerian Police Force, following her involvement in what Peoples Gazette learnt was up to N5.3 billion investment fraud. Before going at large, Ms Onyia had been running MECO Enterprises, a sole proprietorship she registered in September 2018, according to companies registration filings. She also ran IBC ...

A Lagos High Court in Ikoyi yesterday ordered all commercial banks to furnish it with comprehensive statements of account of Imagine Global Holding Company Limited, Imagine Global Solutions Limited and a couple, Bamise and Elizabeth Ajetunmobi within seven days.   Justice Oyekan-Abdullahi made the order sequel to a motion filed and argued by the plaintiff’s counsel Adetunji Adedoyin-Adeniyi of AAA Chambers. ...

A Customer of the Guarantee Trust Bank Plc, popularly called GTBank, Comfort Mufutau has called out the bank as she alleges fraudulent activities that saw the bank stealing her money to the tune of N215, 000, (Two Hundred and Fifteen Thousand Naira) from her account. Comfort Mufutau, has cried out over the unauthorized debits of N215,000 from her GTBank account ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Prof Chukwuma Soludo as governor-elect of Anambra State. Professor Florence Obi, Returning Officer of the election, made the declaration at exactly 1;50am on Wednesday. She said Soludo scored the highest number of votes cast and certified all the requirements of being declared the winner. “I, Prof Florence Obi, hereby certify that I ...

The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has said there is a new android malware gaining access to smartphones and taking control of infected phones.   In a statement signed by the commission’s Director, Public Affairs, Ikechukwu Adinde, the NCC said the malware is called AbstractEmu and can gain access to smartphones, take complete control of infected smartphones and silently modify device ...