The
suspended Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Amb. Ayodele
Oke, has met with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, where he admitted that his
agency received the sum of $289,202,382 on the orders of former President
Goodluck Jonathan in February 2015.
President
Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, ordered the suspension of Oke over the role of
the NIA in the ownership of $43m (about N13bn) and other currencies uncovered
in Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, and Lagos.
THE
PUNCH
Ø Over 30
killed in Calabar while watching Manchester United vs Anderlecht
Over
30 people lost their lives at a football viewing centre in Calabar, Cross River
state capital, after electricity cable broke from its mooring and fell on them
reports Channels TV.
The
football fans were said to have assembled at the centre to watch a UEFA Europa
League quarter-final match between Manchester United and Anderlecht on satellite
television, a game the host won 2-1 (3-2) on aggregate to advance to the
semi-final.
BREAKING TIMES
Ø
Osinbajo not qualified to probe
SGF —NLC
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for suspending Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Mr. David Babachir Lawal and Director-General of National Intelligence Agency, NIA, Ambassador Ayo Oke.
This came as Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, yesterday, urged the President to purge his cabinet of corrupt elements, saying “a lot of them have one mess or the other.”
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for suspending Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Mr. David Babachir Lawal and Director-General of National Intelligence Agency, NIA, Ambassador Ayo Oke.
This came as Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, yesterday, urged the President to purge his cabinet of corrupt elements, saying “a lot of them have one mess or the other.”
VANGUARD
Ø Lagos
State government cannot execute Rev. King – Falana
Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has said that the
Lagos State government cannot execute the General Overseer of the Christian
Praying Assembly, Chukwuemeka Ezeugo, aka Rev. King and others on death row.
Falana, who asked Governor Ambode to commute the death penalties
passed on the death row inmates in the state to life imprisonment, argued in a
letter dated April 19, 2017, and addressed to Governor Ambode, that the
planned execution of death row inmates in the state would violate a subsisting
judgment delivered in 2012 by the High Court of Lagos State which ruled that it
was illegal and unconstitutional to execute the condemned inmates.
BREAKING TIMES
Ø Olubadan raises alarm over alleged planned attacks on
Ibadan
The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Akanmu
Adetunji, the Aje Ogungunniso I, has alerted the police high command of alleged
planned attacks on Ibadan by some residents.
Oba Adetunji spoke yesterday at his Popoyemoja,
Ibadan palace while hosting Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG) Foluso
Adebanjo.
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