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  Agency Report The Federal Government says some prominent businessmen and organisations will soon be prosecuted for alleged offences relating to terrorism financing in the country.                                                                     Malami Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, revealed this when he fielded questions from State House correspondents in Abuja on Friday. According to him, far-reaching investigations have indicated that high-profile individuals have been implicated in various cases of terrorism financing across the country. He said: “As you will actually know, sometimes back there were certain convictions of Nigerians allegedly involved in terrorism financing in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). “That gave rise to a wider and far-reaching investigations in Nigeria. “I...

 By Lekan Adesina Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Managing Director (MD) Ms. Hadiza Bala-Usman has been suspended by President Muhammadu Buhari, who also approved the setting up of an Administrative Panel of Inquiry to investigate the agency’s management under her watch.                                               Bala-Usman The suspension followed the recommendation of Transportation Minister Rotimi Amaechi. Mr. Mohammed Bello-Koko, the agency’s Executive Director, Finance and Administration, has been named to act as MD. According to a statement by the President’s Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, Ms. Bala Usman has been asked step aside to pave the way for the investigation. The panel is to be headed by the Director, Maritime Services of the Ministry of Transportation while the Deputy Director, Legal in the ministry will serv...

 By Lekan Adesina The protest by Father Ejike Mbaka’s followers shook the Enugu catholic diocese on Thursday. The Bishop of Enugu, Callistus Onaga, called for a seven-day prayer of atonement and reparation. He said it was to seek the face of God over the desecration of the holy altar of sacrifice. A protest rocked Enugu on Wednesday following a rumour that Mbaka had been arrested. In a May 6 letter to parishioners, chaplaincies and religious houses in the diocese, Bishop Onaga wrote: “On 5th May 2021, the followers of Fr. Camillus Ejike Mbaka of the Adoration Ministry Enugu, Nigeria violently broke into the diocesan cathedral church and desecrated the holy alter of sacrifice. “Over and above this, they brutally vandalised the diocesan bishop’s residence, the cathedral parish house and the secretariat building complex. “Therefore, I hereby declare and call for a one week union of prayer in reparation and atonement for this heinous act against our central place of worship and the san...

By Lekan Adesina  If the words of Islamic scholar Sheikh Ahmad Gumi are anything to go by, then, there is hope for the remaining 16 abducted Greenfield University students.                                               SHEIKH GUMI He said negotiations were ongoing with the kidnappers, following their threat to kill the undergraduates, should N100 million not be paid. The Islamic scholar spoke with  reporters  in Kaduna after receiving parents of the freed students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, who came to thank him. Gumi said the bandits did not carry out their threat to kill the students because of the ongoing talks “Talk is ongoing with Greenfield University students’ abductors. You know they threatened to kill all of them after a particular deadline, but after talking to them, they are now lowering their bar. “So, we are thankful...

By Lekan Adesina President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday led other eminent personalities in extending sympathies to the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, over the death of his son, Pastor Oluwadamilare Temitayo Adeboye. Former President Goodluck Jonathan, Senate President Ahmad Lawan, Speaker of the House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila, Chief Whip of the Senate Orji Kalu and Deputy Chief Whip of House of Representatives Nkeiruka Onyejeocha also mourned the late cleric. The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) yesterday announced the death of Oluwadamilare, the third child of Pastor Adeboye. He was born on June 9, 1978 and died on May 4. The RCCG Public Relations Officer, Pastor Segun Adebiyi, in a statement, said: “It is with a deep and heartfelt sense of loss, we announce the departure of our beloved son, brother, husband and father, Oluwadamilare Temitayo Adeboye, who went to be with the Lord on May 4, 2021.” He said the la...