The Senate Panel on Public Accounts on Tuesday, berated the managements of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited ( NNPCL), the Federal Inland Revenue Service(FIRS),the Nigeria Police Force and 12 others over failure to respond to queries raised against them in the 2019 Audit report. The Chairman of the panel, Senator Ahmed Wadada Aliyu (SDP Nasarawa West) while expressing his disappointment, said since heads of the affected agencies refused to respond to queries raised against them in the 2019 audit report after several opportunities for them to do so, going forward, any agency that refuses to honour invitation to defend…
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In its effort to promote and preserve Nigeria’s cultural heritage through architecture, the Nigerian Institute of Architects (NIA) has called for a collaborative effort with the Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, and the Creative Economy. To that effect the President of the Nigerian Institute of Architects, Arc. Adeniyi Mobolaji met with the Honorable Minister, Barrister Hannatu Musa Musawa, at the weekend in Abuja. A statement buy the Special Adviser on Media Nas publicity to the Minister, Nneka Ikem Anibeze Arc. Mobolaji to have pointed out the institute’s contributions to global development and proposed various areas of collaboration, including iconic building designs,…
The Police Command in Niger says it has uncovered the lifeless body of a baby suspected to be a day old in a farmland in Tayi village of Minna, Niger. The Police Public Relations Officer in Niger, SP Waisu Abiodun, made the disclosure in Minna on Tuesday. He said that on Aug. 9, the GRA Police Division received information that a lifeless body of “about a day old child was found in a farmland in Tayi village, Minna”. Abiodun said that the police operatives of the GRA Division moved to the scene and invited welfare officials of Chanchaga Local Government…
Contrary to the N13.5m claims in some quarters the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has disclosed that each Senator takes N1,063,360,00 as monthly salary and allowances. The Chairman of RMAFC, Mohammed Bello Shehu, made the disclosure through a statement in Abuja on Tuesday He said, each Senator collects a monthly salary and allowances of N1,063,8860.00 made up of basic salary- N168,366,70; motor vehicle/fuel maintenance allowances- N266,50.00, Personal Assistant N42,216.66, Domestic staff N126,650.00 Entertainment N50,660. Others are– Utilities N50,660.00, Newspapers/ Periodicals N25,330.00, Wardrobe N42,216,66.00, House maintenance N8,443,.00 and Constituency Allowance N422,166.66 respectively. The statement reads, “The Commission wishes to…
The Ministry of Art, Culture, and the Creative Economy has indicated that it will launch an Intellectual Property (IP) Policy within the next four weeks. The Minister, Hannatu Musa Musawa spoke whe she featured on Arise Tv on Monday, on the programme, Prime Time. Musawa said the policicy which will revolutionize the protection and promotion of Nigeria’s creative industry is being developed in collaboration with the Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Investment. “One of the things that we knew was very important was to set up a regulatory and legal framework. We didn’t have a proper policy framework that could…
In a move to bring about the full implementation of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s directive for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) to sell crude oil to local refineries in Naira, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun has met with relevant stakeholders to ensure the policy objective of the Federal Government is realised Director of Information and Public Relations, Mohammed Manga in a statement on Tuesday indicated that the initiative is aimed at strengthening the domestic economy as well as supporting the sustainable operations of local refineries, including the Dangote Refinery.…
From Ahmed Rufa’i, Dutse Former Jigawa state governor, Sule Lamido has raised issues over the whooping N5m and N2m fixed as fee to contest for the chairmanship and councillorship positions respectively in the rescheduled Jigawa state local government elections. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stalwarts raised the concern in a statement he posted on his Facebook wall insisting that the sum of B5m and N2m as fee for chairmanship and Ciuncillorship candidates respectively to participate in the October local government council elections in the state is outrageous Lamido who is a former Foreign Affairs minister noted that “APC controlled government…
The newly appointed Acting Executive Chairman, Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS) Mr. Michael Ango, on Tuesday mounted the saddle following his appointment by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday, August 9, 2024. A statement by the Head, Corporate Communications, of the service, Mustapha Sumaila indicated that Ango arrived at the FCT-IRS headquarters at 11.00 am was received by the immediate past Acting Executive Chairman, Mr. Haruna Y. Abdullahi. While addressing the Management Staff, the new Ag. Executive Chairman assured them and other stakeholders, that he would run an open administration hence he would depend on the support of…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Jigawa State has indicated that it will boycott the forthcoming Jigawa State Local Government Election billed for October 5th, 2024 as it has no confidence in the State Electoral commission A statement issued on Tuesday which was msde available to the National Update and signed by the State chairman of the party Hon. Ali Diginsa, indicated that the PDP as a party is not convinced that the Jigawa State Independent Electoral Commission (SIEC) will be fair and just in Conducting the election. According to him, the chairman and members of the commission, are not…
***Failure for which it threatens legal action A law firm based in Lagos, Sofunde Osakwe Ogundipe & Belgore Legal Practitioners (SOOBLP), has formally written to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) requesting it to retract all social media posts that labelled a previous press release issued by SOOLBP, on behalf of their client, as “fake.” The letter dated August 13th, 2024, indicated that on Wednesday 7 August, CBN had published social media posts on LinkedIn, X (formerly known as Twitter), Facebook and Instagram, captioned, “This information is misleading and not affiliated with the Central Bank. Please be guided!” and displaying…