Breaking! 3sc General Dimeji Lawal Loses Dad

Diemeji Lawal

The father of the former member of the nation’s junior and senior national teams and the acting General Manager of Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) Ibadan, Mr Dimeji Lawal, Pa Lawal has died.

A close friend of the former football star shared the news on a WhatsApp platform, adding that Pa Lawal passed away Saturday morning (today).

He added that the deceased would be buried today at Muslim Burial Ground, Omi-Adio by 3:00pm, according to the Islamic rights.

A Fidau prayer follows immediately at his Felele residence area of Ibadan, the capital of Oyo state by 4:00pm.

Ondo Govt. Picks Date For Akeredolu’s Burial

The Ondo State Government has announced that the late Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s burial will take place on February 23 and 24, 2024, Politics Nigeria has gathered.

However, the announcement, made by Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa after a state cabinet meeting, was overshadowed by a heated exchange between Aiyedatiwa and the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Princess Oladunni Odu.

According to reliable sources, Odu was furious to find her name missing from the burial planning committee.

“The burial has been fixed between February 23 and 24. Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, who also doubled as the Chairman of the Committee made the announcement on Monday,” a source at the meeting said.

The source added, “SSG (Odu) got wind that her name was not on the list of the committee and during a meeting with the governor, Aiyedatiwa, at the governor’s office, she raised her concerns about it.

“It became a whole lot of argument and charged at the governor for not including her on the list of the committee. But it took the intervention of other cabinet members at the meeting to calm the nerves of the woman. In fact, I’m aware that the meeting did not end peacefully due to the manner Odu behaved.”

“Don’t forget that Odu also has eyes on the seat of the governor and she is ready to contest in the governorship race,” another source added.

Recall that on January 5, the body of the late former Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, arrived in Nigeria from Germany.

Rotimi Akeredolu died of leukaemia and prostate cancer on December 27, 2023, two ailments that had made him incapacitated for several months.

Source: Daily Monitor

EFCC TO INVESTIGATE 37- YEAR OLD MINISTER OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION, BETA EDU AS PRESIDENT SUSPEND HER FROM OFFICE

In line with his avowed commitment to uphold the highest standards of integrity, transparency, and accountability in the management of the commonwealth of Nigerians, President Bola Tinubu suspends the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu, from office with immediate effect.

Reports that the President further directs the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to conduct a thorough investigation into all aspects of the financial transactions involving the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, as well as one or more agencies thereunder.

The suspended Minister is hereby directed to hand over to the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, and she is further directed by the President to fully cooperate with the investigating authorities as they conduct their investigation.

We gathered that furthermore, the President has tasked a panel that is headed by the Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance to, among other functions, conduct a comprehensive diagnostic on the financial architecture and framework of the social investment programmes with a view to conclusively reforming the relevant institutions and programmes in a determined bid to eliminate all institutional frailties for the exclusive benefit of disadvantaged households and win back lost public confidence in the initiative.

It will be recalled that the sum of#585.2 million scandal have been hanging on the honourable minister.

These directives of the President take immediate effect.