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Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has debunked claims that he was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

It was reported earlier in the day that Fani-Kayode was arrested by EFCC for alleged forgery.

EFCC’s spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed the development to PM News.

He said Fani-Kayode was arrested for forgery and manipulation of documents.

Uwujaren said: ‘Yes it’s true. It has to do with forgery.’

He, however, didn’t give further details on the matter.

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However, Fani-Kayode said he was not arrested and that he only …

President Joe Biden reached for the US strategic oil reserves Tuesday in an attempt to flatten fuel price rises pummeling Americans at Thanksgiving — and hoping to reignite his own political fortunes.

The White House said the effort to tamp down the oil market by using emergency reserves was for the first time being done in conjunction with other countries, following weeks of negotiations.

‘This release will be taken in parallel with other major energy consuming nations including China, India, Japan, Republic of Korea and the United Kingdom,’ the White House said in a statement.

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Benue House of Assembly on Tuesday approved a request made by Gov. Samuel Ortom to borrow ₦18.225 billion from the Federal Government.

Ortom asked for approval to take the loan to cushion the effect of repayment of bailout funds collected in 2015 and 2016.

He told the House in a letter read by the Speaker, Mr Titus Uba, that the Federal Government had offered a bridging finance facility window for state governments to access such loans.

He told the House also that the Federal Government provided funding windows (bailout) at the inception of his first term in 2015.

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Imo State Government Whitepaper Implementation Committee on Lands and other Related Matters on Tuesday accused Senator Rochas Okorocha of partitioning and appropriating the entire state between members of his family and friends while the entire Imolites were made spectators.

The Chairman of the committee, Prof. Ukachukwu Awuzie, stated this while Presenting the programs and activities of the implementation committee during the stakeholders’ town hall meeting in Owerri, Imo State.

The committee inaugurated by Governor Hope Uzodinma said government lands unlawfully taken by individuals during former governor Okorochas administration have been recovered and restored to their original owners or purposes.

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The Federal Government of Nigeria on Tuesday claimed it has so far spent about 2.3 trillion Naira as a stimulus package to cushion the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Nigerians.

The Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Agba made this disclosure on Tuesday at a 3-Day National Treasury Workshop with a theme: ‘COVID- 19 and the global economy: Implications on Nigeria’s National Treasury,’ organised by the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital.

While giving a breakdown of the expenditure, Agba said the packages consisted, to a …

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said Coca Cola’s plan to invest $1 billion in Nigeria in the next five years testifies to the possibilities in the economy despite challenges.

Osinbajo stated this Monday evening at the 70th anniversary gala of the Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC).

According to the Vice President, “your ongoing investment in the country, which I am told will be in the order of $1billion in the next five years, testifies to your faith in the possibilities of Nigeria.”

“And you can rely on the partnership of the Nigerian government, (and i dare say the Nigerian people too) …

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, has renewed calls for increased funding for the army insisting that the army is grossly underfunded.

The Senator made the call on Monday to members of the appropriations committee before submitting the final 2022 budget proposal of the Nigerian Army.

Ndume submitted that the increased funding was critical as the army was engaged in unconventional war across the country.

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‘Because of the situation we find ourselves in this country these days, where the army is drafted into unconventional war

The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has submitted that the historic legal battle between the Rivers Government and Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) with respect to Value Added Tax (VAT), will demonstrate whether the country respects the rule of law or not.

According to the governor, the decision of the State Government to seek judicial interpretation on VAT collection, was targeted at strengthening the rule of law and Nigeria’s democracy in general.

Governor Wike stated this when the Managing Director of BusinessDay newspaper, Ogho Okiti, led a delegation to present a letter of nomination to him as the ‘…

Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Monday submitted that more resources are required for higher institutions of learning to invest in research, to improve the quality of education in the country.

The Vice President made the submission when he received a delegation from the University of Lagos, (UNILAG) Alumni Association, led by the National President, Dr John Momoh on Monday.

‘We should focus on how to endow research because ultimately, research is what puts us on the world map of intellectual achievement and attainment,’ he said.

‘We need to be able to put some resources behind research, especially scientific …

Indications emerged on Sunday that governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) are frantically fighting to stop President Muhammadu Buhari from assenting to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021 following their opposition to direct primaries method embedded in the Bill.

The APC governors, under the aegis of Progressive Gover­nors’ Forum (PGF), have been at loggerheads with the Nation­al Assembly on the adoption of direct primaries as mode for political parties to pick their candidates for general elections.

The governors, through the national leadership of the APC Caretaker Committee, have been lobbying the presidency and …

China yesterday harshly criticised the United Nations over its recent comments demanding the release of a citizen journalist jailed for her coverage of the country’s Covid-19 response.

The Chinese mission in Geneva voiced outrage at the ‘irresponsible’ and ‘erroneous’ comments made by the UN rights office OHCHR on Friday in the case of Zhang Zhan.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that OHCHR spokeswoman Marta Hurtado on Friday voiced alarm at reports that the 38-year-old’s health was deteriorating rapidly and that her life was at serious risk from the hunger strike in detention.

‘We call on the Chinese authorities …