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The WhatsApp number of Akwa Ibom State governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has been hacked and cloned by an impostor, who currently deployed it into some fraudulent transactions running into millions of naira in the name of the governor, Leadership Newspaper is reporting. One of the conversations requested favour from a close ally of the governor asking him to send N7 million to someone on the governor’s behalf, promising to refund later, as the governor is currently in the United States for a state’s function. The cash, it was gathered, was to be transferred to a dedicated account, but the official…
President Bola Tinubu and President Teodoro Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea have signed an agreement on a gas pipeline for Gulf of Guinea. In a statement on Thursday by Ajuri Ngelale, the president’s spokesman, the agreement on the Gulf of Guinea gas pipeline project was signed on Wednesday. Ngelale said the agreement further affirms the two nations’ partnership for mutual development. According to Ngelale, the agreement covered legislative and regulatory measures for the gas pipeline, establishment and operation, as well as transit of natural gas, ownership of the gas pipeline, and general principles. In his remarks, Tinubu said the signing of…
In an unexpected and embarrassing turn of events, a pornographic video clip interrupted a crucial investors’ call organized by Nigeria’s Debt Management Office (DMO) on Thursday. The call was part of a hybrid roadshow aimed at securing dollar investments for the federal government’s dollar-denominated domestic bond. The incident occurred during an online session attended by investors, analysts, bank officials, and government stakeholders, who had gathered to discuss the prospects of the federal government’s $500 million domestic bond, set to be issued on August 19. The DMO has yet to issue a statement regarding the incident, which has been linked to…
The computation of the new minimum wage for junior federal workers have been completed by the National Salaries, Incomes, and Wages Commission (NSIWC). That of workers in the senior cadre will be ready in the next two or three weeks. A Presidency source, who made these known yesterday, said both data would be collectively forwarded to the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) for further processing and implementation. The source added that the NSIWC is waiting for the conclusion of negotiations between the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress(TUC) on one side and the federal…
Nigeria’s inflation rate dropped to 33.40% in July 2024, according to the latest figures released on Thursday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The rate dropped by 0.79% when compared to the 34.19% recorded in June 2024. State reporters revealed that the reduction in inflation is happening for the first time in 19 months since December 2022, when it last dropped to 21.34%. On a year-on-year basis, the rate was 9.32 percentage points higher than in July 2023, when it stood at 24.08%. This indicates an increase in the headline inflation rate on a year-on-year basis for July 2024…
Chelsea and Napoli are currently negotiating a swap deal which will see Super Eagles of Nigeria striker, Victor Osimhen move to the Premier League club way below his release clause worth €130 million. In exchange for Victor Osimhen, the current manager of Napoli, Antonio Conte, is reportedly interested in securing Lukaku’s services along with Chelsea’s midfielder Cesare Casadei and a significant cash sum totalling £39 million. It’s reported that Osimhen is eager to leave Napoli, while Lukaku is looking to end his unpalatable partnership with Chelsea in this summer transfer window. On the other hand, the newly appointed Chelsea manager,…
Two French Rafale jets collided midair on Wednesday in a rare accident involving the cutting-edge military aircraft, prompting a desperate search for two missing crew members. The collision occurred over the town of Colombey-les-Belles in northeastern France. The two supersonic jets were part of the French Air Force and had taken off from the Saint-Dizier air base. According to an air force spokesman in Paris, one of the pilots managed to eject following the crash and was later found safe, but an instructor and a student pilot on the second jet remain missing. France’s Defence Minister, Sebastien Lecornu, confirmed the…
A French court has authorized the seizure of three presidential jets linked to the Federal Government of Nigeria as part of a legal battle involving Zhongshan, a Chinese company. The company had a business dispute with the Ogun State government, which led to this significant legal action, sources familiar with the matter have told Premium Times. The three seized jets include a Dassault Falcon 7X at Le Bourget airport in Paris, a Boeing 737, and an Airbus 330 located at Basel-Mulhouse airport in Switzerland. All three aircraft are part of Nigeria’s presidential air fleet and are currently undergoing maintenance. Two…
The website domain name of Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBANK) have become inaccessible in what Nigerians believed to be a suspected attack on the commercial bank by hackers. Checks by State reporters on Wednesday night shows that the GTBank website, gtbank.com, was no longer accessible. This issue arose just a day after the domain was renewed for another five years, extending its validity from August 13, 2024, through March 21, 2029, according to several online platforms that track domain information. No hacker group has claimed responsibility for the alleged hacker on the website. According to Peoples Gazette, the alleged attackers may…
The Senate has broken its silence on the claim by Senator Kawu Sumaila (NNPP, Kano South) that each serving senator receives N21 million monthly. In reaction to the claim, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Yemi Adaramodu (APC Ekiti South), said the National Assembly receives only 1% of the federal budget. Sumaila had in an interview with the BBC Hausa Service said he receives N21 million as monthly take home in salaries and allowances. Chairman of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), Mohammed Shehu, had earlier said each senator receives a total of N1,063,860…