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The minister of water resources and sanitation, Joseph Utsev, has said that Nigeria needs 11.6 million additional toilets to meet its open defecation free (ODF) target by 2030.
Speaking with journalists in Abuja on Friday, Utsev said that to reach the ODF target, Nigeria requires an annual budget of N10 billion, but only half the amount has been allocated.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the minister said: “The challenge is not only the number of toilets available but also raising awareness and encouraging their consistent use.
This is why we are elevating the campaign to a higher level. The Vice President will lead the relaunch of our strategy in a more impactful way.”
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The immediate past Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, says he knows the people behind his probe by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
The EFCC is probing Okowa, who was a two-term governor, over an alleged diversion of the sum of N1.3 trillion.
However, speaking at his residence in Asaba, the ex-governor described the allegations made against him as malicious and politically motivated, adding that some individuals were attempting to distort facts to serve their interests.
“In politics, there are many things one must face, but it’s unfortunate when baseless accusations are presented to the media.
To claim that someone could misappropriate such an amount implies that they would need to take N16 to N20 billion monthly for 96 months.
This is not just unreasonable; it’s a deliberate attempt to mislead.
I am not afraid of any investigation and will not stop the EFCC from carrying out its duties. Unlike others who seek court orders to obstruct investigations, I believe in transparency.
However, the public deserves accurate information, not fabrications by certain individuals,” he said.
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A 33-year-old Nigerian man, Babatunde Francis Ayeni, has been sentenced to 10 years in a U.S. federal prison for his involvement in a large-scale cyber fraud conspiracy.
The scheme, which targeted over 400 individuals across the United States, resulted in a collective loss of nearly $20 million.
The U.S. Attorney’s office in a statement said court documents and testimony revealed the convict was involved in a sophisticated business e-mail compromise scheme targeting real estate transactions in the United States.
Ayeni, who was based in the UK at the time of his arrest, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in April, 2024.
According to the statement, “The conspiracy was carried out by individuals operating out of Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates
To carry out this scheme, conspirators sent phishing e-mails containing attachments and links embedded with malicious code to title companies, real estate agents, and real estate attorneys across the United States.
If an employee at a targeted real estate business clicked on the malicious link or attachment, they were prompted to enter their e-mail account login information. [SWIPE]
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23-year-old Godwin Emmanuel has confessed to st3aling a police officer’s phone from a patrol van while being transported to the Osun State Police Command.
He was arrested alongside two others, 28-year-old Olajide Kareem and 33-year-old Mike Emmanuel, for allegedly r%bbing residents along the Ilesa-Osu Expressway in Osun State.
Speaking with newsmen on Friday, November 15, the suspect said: “I was arrested for armed robbery. When I was being transported to the Police Command in Osogbo, inside the police patrol van that I was conveyed, I st%le a phone. I don’t know that it is a police phone. I beg, make una no vex.
I told the police not to be angry with me. I don’t know when I did that. I took the phone into the police cell without them knowing. I removed the SIM card, I want to use the phone to call my people because they don’t know I have been arrested for armed robbery.
I have been here for about 2 months. They later came to search me in the cell where I was and discovered the phone on me. Please tell them to forgive me. I won’t do it again.”
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Nigeria’s inflation rate climbed for the second straight month in October, hitting 33.88%—an increase from 32.70% recorded in September 2024.
This is according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Consumer Price Index (CPI) report released on Friday, November 15, in Abuja.
The data bureau said the headline inflation rate in October rose by “1.18% points when compared to the September 2024 headline inflation rate.
On a year-on-year basis, the Headline inflation rate was 6.55% points higher than the rate recorded in October 2023 (27.33%).
This shows that the Headline inflation rate (year-on-year basis) increased in October 2024 when compared to the same month in the preceding year (i.e., October 2023).
Furthermore, on a month-on-month basis, the headline inflation rate in October 2024 was 2.64%, which was 0.12% higher than the rate recorded in September 2024 (2.52%).
This means that in October 2024, the rate of increase in the average price level was higher than the rate of increase in the average price level in September 2024.”
The NBS also said the food inflation rate in October surged to 39.16 percent, compared to 33.77 percent in September.
On a year-on-year basis, the food inflation rate was 7.64 percent higher compared to the rate recorded in October 2023 (31.52 percent).
“The rise in food inflation on a year-on-year basis was caused by increases in prices of the following items: guinea corn, rice, maize grains, etc (Bread and Cereals Class), Yam, Water Yam, Coco Yam, etc (Potatoes, Yam & Other Tubers Class), Palm Oil, Vegetable Oil, etc (Oil and Fats Class) and Milo Lipton, Bourvita, etc (Coffee, Tea & Cocoa Class),” the bureau added.
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