The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts, (PAC), on Monday quizzed officials of the Police Service Commission over alleged extra-budgetary spending and unaccounted funds totalling N1,066,398,223. The Committee Chaired by Dr Busayo Olluwole Oke (PDP-Osun) also kicked against the payments of some of the funds into private accounts of some PSC officials without retirement. The Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation had issued six audit queries against the PSC in four years – 2013, 2015, 2018 and 2019 respectively The office queried the N17,824,680 received from the Service Wide Vote in 2013, N1,853,456 in 2015, N336,696,142.65 in 2018,…
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***Urges Nigerians to unite, defend them selves against bandits, kidnappers By Ahmed Rufa’i, Dutse The national leader of the Jama’atu Izalatu Bida’a Waikamatul Sunnah (JIBWIS), Sheik Muhammad Sani Yahaya Jingir has cautioned the Federal government to tread carefully with its planed removal of fuel subsidy. He also reminded the government of its responsibilities to making the lives of every average Nigerians comfortable. The cleric made the call while fielding questions from newsmen shortly after the opening ceremony of the 25th National Qur’anic recitation competition organized by the group in Dutse Jigawa State capital.The cleric said “That the mere fact that…
From Naseer Minjiyawa, Minna A judicial Panel of inquiry constituted by the Niger State Government to investigate killings in some communities of Mashegu Local Government Area of Niger State has urged witnesses and the general public to cooperate with the commission for Justice to be achieved. The Chairman of the Judicial Commission of inquiry, Justice Danladi Ahmed Baddegi made the call at the inaugural sitting of the Commission in Minna on Monday. He explained that the Commission was constituted by the Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello to look into the killings in Mazakuka, Adogomallam, Kuluho and other surrounding communities…
**Judge orders APC to refund Moghalu’s N22.5m fees The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has voided Senator Andy Uba’s participation in the November 6 Anambra State Governorship election. Uba who contested the Anambra Governorship election came 3rd and vowed to proceed to the Election Petition tribunal to reclaim his mandate. Delivering judgement on Monday Justice Inyang Ekwo, held that Uba was never a candidate in the election having emerged from an illegally conducted primary election by the All Progressives Congress (APC). The judge held that the plaintiff, George Moghalu, succeeded in proving that the APC did not conduct a…
***kicks against implementation of ICTN through fraudulent means **Says there was no competitive bidding Federal Government does not need to continue to go cap in hand begging to borrow money from one major institution to the other if it’s maritime resources can be properly harnessed, Citizens Advocacy for Social and Democratic Rights (caser), has said. The group said president Muhammadu Buhari led administration, is hard-hit by financial crunch, making it to resort to a borrowing spree to execute most of its programs because of its failure to harness the resources at the ports. The group indicated that only recently the…
***Summons Interior Minister, Perm Sec, NIS CG For Questioning The House of Representatives Committee Public Accounts Committee, PAC, at the weekend berated the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) for resorting to use of consultants to manage visa and passport related matters at the nation’s missions across the globe.The Committee Chaired by Dr Busayo Oluwole Oke summoned the Minister of Interior, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, the Acting Comptroller General of Immigration to appear before it on Wednesday to address the issue. The Committee issued the summon on the affected individuals when the Acting Comptroller General of the Service, Idris Jere,…
A recent claim made by the Office of Auditor General of the Federation on alleged N375.8million vehicle purchase by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) in 2016 has been debunked by the institute The AGF had in the 2016 Audit Report, alleged that NILDS cornered N36 million from inflation of prices of 11 vehicles it purchased in the year totalling N375.8million . AGF in the Audit report, also alleged that NILDS under the leadership of Professor Ladi Hamalai, also illegally paid N67million into another account. The query reads, “At the National Institute for Legislative Studies, it was…
The personal assistant to Yobe state Governor Honorable Murtala Yakubu has disclaimed social media accounts like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or WhatsApp group that are linked to him. In a statement issued on Sunday, Honorable Yakubu said any of such platforms bearing his name were setup without his permission.The statement reads,”This is to notify the general public that I, Hon Murtala Yakubu do not operate any social media account or ask any person, group of persons, Associations, unions to do so on my behalf either on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or WhatsApp group.”Any of such platforms that bear my name is totally…
***Arrests 11kidnap king pins, recorver7 AK-47 rifles, 121 live ammunitions The Operatives of the Nigeria Police Intelligence Response Team, working with the Taraba State Police Command, have arrested a total of eleven (11) notorious kidnapping suspects in Taraba State for their complicity and various criminal roles in the recent trend of kidnapping incidents in Taraba State.According to the Force public relations officer CP Frank Mba their kidnapping escapades included the kidnapping of a serving personnel of the Nigeria Customs Service, kidnapping of a relative of the Emir of Jalingo and the killing of a Police Sergeant in Jalingo, the Taraba…
The House of Representatives panel on Public Account chaired by Dr Busayo Oluwole Oke(Osun-PDP) has summoned the Clerk to the National Assembly, CNA, Architect Amos Ojo to appear before it over the multiple audit queries raised by the office of the Auditor General of the Federation against the Management of the National Assembly The chairman who gave the order on Friday indicated that it has become imperative following the rumour making the rounds and the public outcry especially by the civil Society organizations that a whopping amount of money was missing in the National Assembly. According to Oke, “This committee…