The plea bargain between the former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Lawrence Adedibu Ojerinde and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) on resolution of alleged N5B fraud out of court has collapsed. The two parties were on unable to agree on acceptable terms of settlement as promised at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday. DAILY POST gathered that while the embattled Professor agreed to surrender all assets acquired while serving government, ICPC on its part stood its ground to take over all assets so far traced to him. Some of the assets include several schools, companies and cash in banks standing in the name of the defendant. ICPC’S lawyer, Ebenezer Sogunle just confirmed to Justice Obiora Egwuatu that the agreement had collapsed and that the ICPC was ready to proceed with the trial. Counsel to the Professor, Mr Ibrahim Ishyaku, SAN, confirmed the development and that his client was read...
Speculations have emerged that the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye supports the presidential ambition of the Vice President of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo . The report is coming after rumour had it that Osinbajo would declare his presidential ambition in the 2023 race after the National Convention of the All Progressives Congress. Osinbajo in a statement released on Monday, however, denied the claim that he would officially announce his plan to contest in the general elections. A support group for ‘Osinbajo 2023’ in a post on Instagram wrote, “Despite the ongoing campaigns against his currently rumoured bid for the presidency by some interests in the southwest, where he hails from, Osinbajo had made up his mind to give the presidency a shot. “Even more instructive was the fact that Osinbajo had received the blessing and the charge to go ahead with his ambition from Pastor Adeboye.” If Osinbajo decides to contest in the forthcoming p...
silence PunchngFeb 9, 2022Read original Evangelist Silekunola Naomi Evangelist Naomi Silekunola, the estranged wife of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja II, on Tuesday, broke her silence on social media since her divorce post on December 23, 2021. Taking to her Instastories and Facebook status simultaneously on Tuesday night, the 28-year-old evangelist uploaded a short video of herself after a makeover session. Playing rhythmically in the background was ‘I Am Beauri’ by Afro-soul singer, Bassey Kenneth, popularly known as Beekay. The lyrics of the song heard in the video goes thus;I’m a beauri, I be spec, I drip glory, I be nobody’s ex, haters go hate o, potatoes will potate… Naomi had announced her separation from the monarch through an Instagram post in December 2021. She had also renounced the title of a ‘Queen’, saying she tried to make the three-year union work but the Ooni’s public identity is at variance with “his true self”. Since the split between 47-year-old Oo...
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