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The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged diversion and misapplication of the ₦30 billion released by the Federal Government to Oyo State following the January 2024 Bodija explosion in Ibadan.In a petition dated January 5, 2026, and signed by its chairman, Olanrewaju Suraju, HEDA queried how the funds meant for victims’ compensation, reconstruction of the affected area and emergency relief were utilised, alleging that only about ₦4.5 billion was applied, while the balance remains unaccounted for.The petition followed public claims by former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, that ₦50 billion was released to Oyo State. The state government, however, clarified that it received ₦30 billion, ...

Professor of political economy, Pat Utomi has said that he would have sliced the cost of governing if he were Nigeria’s president.Utomi made this statement during an interview on ‘Sunday Politics’, a programme on Channels Television monitored by DAILY POST.He was speaking on the state of the nation.According to him, it did not make sense to run a government at the expense of the masses who are facing hardship.“I will still dramatically slice the cost of governing in Nigeria; it is way too high. I would use industry policy to stimulate production. We’re not doing enough to stimulate production.“I’m not going to remove tax reforms. They are important. We need them, but I’m going to make sure that they are not revenues for people to spend. We need to look at constitut...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has filed its proof of evidence, list of exhibits, and witnesses ahead of the trial of Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Mike Ozekhome, before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.The case, marked FCT/HC/CR/010/26, is being prosecuted on behalf of the Attorney-General of the Federation by the ICPC’s High Profile Prosecution Department, headed by Dr. Osuobeni Ekoi Akponimisingha.According to filings submitted on January 16, 2026, the charges stem from a petition linked to a judgment of the UK First-Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) in Case No. REF/2023/0155, which concerned a disputed property at 79 Randall Avenue, London.Following the tribunal’s ruling on September 11, 2025, th...

At least six people are de@d, and more than a dozen others are injured after a fire swept through a shopping centre in Karachi, Pakistan.Entertainment centerThe fire erupted just after 10 pm on Saturday night, Jan.  17 at the Gul Plaza shopping centre on MA Jinnah Road, and continues to burn as firefighters struggle to bring it under control, chief fire officer at Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) Hamayun Khan told reporters.He added that the mall houses around 1,200 shops, including those selling clothes, electrical appliances, cosmetics and crockery, which intensified the blaze."So far six de@d bodies have been recovered from the site, including one firefighter," a spokesperson at KMC said on Sunday."Teams are working closely to bring the situation t...