It doesn’t matter how you look at this Prince Adeniyi case, it is bad.
If it was a scam, the fact that it was possible to do it is bad.
If it wasn’t a scam, the fact that it was possible to do it is bad.
Anyhow you look at it, it is bad.
I expect that the full details of what happened and how it happened will come out in court. I hope that the matter is handled speedily, so that urgent corrective action can be taken either way.
Ask people in CBN. You can't use deception to open an account in CBN. You can't. They verify these things. There are processes.
The earlier we started speaking he truth, the better for the image of the county.
How did the disputed agency get into the Appropriation Act?
I mean how do you get approval for staffing, open account with CBN and also have public representation? In our quiet corners, we all know this does not add up.
#AskQuestions
This statement from the presidency raises a lot of questions when examined carefully!
1. The timeline appears incomplete. The statement says the Chief of Staff petitioned security agencies on 17 October and that Adeyemi was arrested on 27 October. Yet it also says the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation sought clarification on 29 October and received another response on 5 November. If the suspect had already been arrested and the investigation was underway, why were senior government institutions still exchanging correspondence over whether the agency existed?
2. The Federal Secretariat question is left unanswered. The statement says the agency was fictitious, yet it allegedly operated from an office in the Federal Secretariat, hosted meetings and functioned openly. How was office space obtained? Who authorized its occupancy? What verification processes failed?
3. The diplomatic engagement raises obvious questions. According to the statement, the group convened ambassadors at a hotel in Abuja and sought diplomatic note verbales. How were diplomatic missions invited? Were credentials verified before those engagements took place?
4. The CBN account allegation deserves more explanation. The statement alleges that forged documents were used to open a Central Bank account. If so, what institutional checks failed? Which documents were accepted, and how did they pass verification?
5. The statement focuses heavily on the accused but much less on institutional accountability. Multiple government institutions, including the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Office of the National Security Adviser, the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and the Police appear in the chronology. Where exactly did the verification system break down?
6. The correspondence itself suggests uncertainty within government. If the appointment letter was obviously fake and the agency clearly non-existent, why did several government offices feel the need to seek formal clarification rather than immediately dismiss it?
7. The statement says no public funds entered the alleged CBN account. That is reassuring. But was the account operational? If it was, how close did the system come to a more serious institutional failure?
The statement answers many questions about the allegations against the accused. It leaves equally important questions about institutional safeguards and administrative failures largely unanswered. Those are questions worth asking, regardless of the outcome of the criminal trial.
Ire o!
Loads of strikers would have laid that out a pass to the right winger there. The very best take responsibility themselves because they know they can produce world class actions. HARRY KANE.
Group Captain Sam Ethnam of blessed memory.
He was a Bachama officer from Adamawa State and served as Base Commander of the Nigerian Air Force Base, Ikeja.
As commander, he turned NAF Base Ikeja into one of the neatest and most organized stations in the NAF. Officers who served under him still talk about the landscaping, discipline, and welfare upgrades he pushed.
After his death, the Air Force honoured him by renaming the base. It’s now officially Sam Ethnam Air Force Base, Ikeja.
He passed on years ago, but his impact on the base is still cited as an example of good command.
Now You Know
🥹🇦🇷 A wholesome moment in Argentina's press conference. Enrique Macaya Márquez has been at EVERY World Cup as a journalist since 1958. He's followed Argentina every step of the way. He's 91-years-old and asked Scaloni whether Messi would play against Jordan... the whole press conference stopped to applaud Enrique! ❤️🩹
Scaloni provided such an incredible answer to him: "Honestly, it's a PLEASURE to answer a question from you. You have covered 18 World Cups, it's incredible, I remember when I was playing for Argentina you were already a star in journalism and today you are even more so. If someone else asked me the question I'd surely dodge it, but because it's you I'll answer it. Messi will go to the bench tomorrow. I congratulate you, Enrique, and enjoy the World Cup. You are a true legend."
It's just incredible. The World Cup really produces such special moments. Enrique is truly an inspiration. 🎙️✨
Russia is so wide that when people are waking up in one part of the country, people in another part are already going to sleep.
It stretches across 11 time zones.☀️🌒
The companies owned by the 10 richest men spent 88 million dollars lobbying the US government in one year.
That is more than every American labor union combined, who together represent 16 million workers, spent 55 million. 💰
This is so sad 💔💔
DNA test results have conclusively identified a previously unidentified body at the Ikorodu General Hospital mortuary as that of Pelumi Emmanuel Onifade, the 20-year-old journalist k!!lled while covering the #EndSARS protests in October 2020.
Onifade, an intern reporter with Lagos-based Gboah TV and a 200-level History student at Tai Solarin University of Education, was on assignment in the Abule Egba/Agege area on October 24, 2020.
While covering the protests, he filmed a video that captured the President of the Yoruba Youth Forum, Olusegun Abiodun Bolarinwa, shooting into a crowd of unarmed protesters. The footage quickly went viral, sparking widespread outrage.
Shortly after, Onifade was reportedly shot and arrested by officers attached to the Lagos State Task Force. His body was later found at the Ikorodu mortuary, tagged as No. 1385, but remained unidentified for years due to forensic challenges, including the destruction of DNA samples at the state's forensic centre during the protests.
Recent DNA matching between samples from the body and Onifade's parents, conducted by the Lagos State DNA and Forensic Centre, has now confirmed his identity in the ongoing coroner's inquest.
Onifade's viral video documented a critical moment during the #EndSARS demonstrations against police brutality. Eyewitness accounts indicate that after the footage surfaced, he and a colleague were targeted.
His family searched for him for days before locating what they believed to be his remains at the mortuary, where a gunshot wound was observed.