NIS Withdraws Diplomatic Passports From Ex-Governors, Other Ex-Officials

The Comptroller General (CG) of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr Martin Abeshi, has ordered the withdrawal of all diplomatic passports currently in the possession of former state governors, ministers, members of the National Assembly, members of the state legislature and other political office holders in the country.

The NIS has also ordered such past executive political office holders who were issued diplomatic passports during their tenure to return them with immediate effect.

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Ministers: September Deadline Sacrosanct, Buhari Says

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Aburi, Ghana reassured Nigerians and the international community that he will name his cabinet before the end of the month, adding that the deadline is sacrosanct.

President Buhari gave the assurance at a joint press conference with President John Dramani Mahama of Ghana.

“After I was sworn-in, I said I will have my cabinet in September. I expect that Nigerians should ask me questions after the 30th of September if I do not do so,” President Buhari said while responding to a question on the appointment of ministers.

President Buhari also told reporters that the Nigerian military, in close collaboration with the Multi-National Joint Task Force, has recorded remarkable progress in the fight against Boko Haram since he assumed office as President.

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Nigerian, Kekere-Ekun, Gets Life Sentence In UK For Murder

Abuja – A Nigerian fugitive, Abdul Adewale Kekere-Eku, was on Monday sentenced to life imprisonment in the UK for murdering 18-year old Marcus Hall in 2001, following a brawl outside Luton’s Atmosphere Nightclub.

A statement issued by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and made available  in Abuja, said that the 39-year-old Kekere-Ekun, had initially pleaded guilty to the murder charge before the Luton Crown Court before he later fled to Nigeria

According to the statement signed by Mr Wilson Uwujaren, Head, Media and Publicity of the commission, Kekere-Ekun goes by several aliases like Adebayo Dalvin, James Ekun, Adeba Yo Kekere-Ekun, Adeba Yo Muta Lito Kekere-Ekun, James Dalvin and many others.

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Insider Alleged: Mysterious Illness Strikes Obat Son, Femi

Reliable insiders from the home of Obat,Powerful monarch, Oba Frederick Akinruntan, the Olugbo of Ugbo kingdom in Ondo State, has alleged that one of his sons, Femi might be battling with a serious ailment.

Femi Akinruntan, who is the Managing Director of Obat Oil, according to those in the known has been battling with the alleged sickness for close to a year.

“He has visited many hospitals home and abroad. At a point he stopped coming to the office only for us to hear that he’s been visiting hospitals in India” a source revealed.

According to the sources, Femi who used to be “Plus size” has emaciated drastically in the span of few months to the extent that it will take someone who knows him well to recognize him again. The sickness was said to have taken him off the social scene.

It was also gathered that the sickness has been giving the family sleepless night that they resorted to treating him traditionally.

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Crisis Brew In University Of Ibadan Over Appointment Of Bursar

It is no longer news that the prestigious University of Ibadan is in dear need of a Bursar as the highly revered office of the Chief Finance Officer is going to be vacant on the 18th of November 2015.

However, the new Principal Officer who would be responsible to the Vice-Chancellor for the day to day administration and control of the financial affairs of the prestigious University should not be older than 60 years as at the date of possible assumption of office, that is 19th November 2015, according to the requirements published by the institution in a newspaper advert.

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Billionaire, Antonio Deinde Fernandez Is Dead

Nigeria’s Billionaire, Oluwo Antonio Deinde Fernandez is dead, aged 79 years.

Announcing his demise in a tweet at about 9.pm on Tuesday, Nigerian Journalist/Publisher, Dele Momodu, said: “Nigeria, and indeed Africa, has just lost one of its greatest sons; Ambassador Chief Antonio Dehinde Fernandez is gone!”

He died on the 1st of September , 2015 in Belgium.

Fernandez, 78, died on Tuesday evening in a private hospital in Brussels, Belgium after battling with an undisclosed illness for several months. He died in the presence of his wife, Halima Maude Fernandez.

Fernandez was one of Nigeria’s most reclusive and mysterious moneybags. The intensely private Nigerian diplomat formerly served as the Central African Republic’s ambassador to the United Nations.  Between 1982 and 1984 he served as advisor to the Angolan government on economic matters. He was subsequently appointed as deputy permanent representative of Mozambique in the United Nations in 1984. Between 1992 and 1995 he served as a special adviser to the president of Mozambique on International Economic Matters.

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‘Ooni-In-Waiting’ Prince Adeyeye Lobbies Obasanjo With Car Gift

Intense lobbying to whom succeeds the late Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade has taken a new dimension with one of the contestants, Prince Ogunwusi Adeyeye oiling his campaign machinery with a car gift he presented to former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo to aid his interests.

Those in the know claimed that the car gift, a 2015 Toyota Landcruiser was delivered to the politician’s Ota home as a ‘token’ of what to come if he supports the bid of the rich prince who has been dubbed ‘Ooni-in-waiting’ by the people who have benefited immensely from his ambition and the price that comes with it.

Sources revealed to Papermacheonline that one of the Prince’s handlers mooted the idea of Obasanjo’s influence and how he could help in winning some of the kingmakers thus explaining how the idea of a car gift to the elder statesman was conceived.

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