Politics

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, January 24, 2022, re-arraigned Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation and Nenadi Esther Usman, a former Minister of Finance on a 17-count charge bordering on conspiracy and unlawful retention to the tune of N1.5 billion. Others in the suit brought before Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos were Yusuf Danjuma, a former National Chairman of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON) and a company, Joint-Trust Dimensions Nigeria Limited. One of the count reads: “ That you, Nnenadi Esther Usman, Femi Fani-Kayode, Danjuma Yusuf and Jointrust Dimensions Nigeria Ltd., on or about the 8th day of January, 2015, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court in Lagos, conspired amongst yourselves to indirectly retain the sum of N1,500, 000,000.00 (One Billion, Five Hundred Million Naira), which sum you reasonably ought to have known forms…

Recently, much has been written and said about the effectiveness of women leaders and impressively they have also been lauded for their empathy, straightforwardness and honesty, and for swift, decisive actions.

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Wednesday evening passed the Y2022 budget estimate with a slight increase of the grand total from the initial N1.38 trillion to N1.758 trillion.

The Special Adviser to the President on NGOs, Office of the First Lady at The Presidency, Dr. Wole Aboderin has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on his 79th birthday as The President clocks 79th on Friday.