***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…
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***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…
Yusuf Buhari, the only son of President Muhammadu Buhari is now Talban Daura and district head of Kwasarawa community. Emir of Daura, Alhaji Farouk Umar, turbaned him on SaturdayAccording to the Emir Buhari deserved to be so appointed as district head considering the developmental strides brought to the emirate by his father. With the new role, Buhari(jnr) would be visiting Daura regularly and be participating in the daily routines of the emirate council, contributing his quota toward its development. The emir commended President Buhari for the positive impact his administration was making in rejuvenating the nation’s infrastructure and for its…
A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Grace Folashade Bent, has been exonerated from a family feud involving a former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode. Fani-Kayode is currently in court with his estranged wife, Precious Chikwendu, who accused Senator Grent of intimation, harassment and being responsible for her inability to have access to her four kids produced by marriage to the former Minister. But Fani-Kayode has absolved the former Adamawa South Senator, Grace Bent, from the allegations against her by some bloggers on the social media, saying she has no hand in his family feud. In…
From Abel Daniel, Lafia The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC) Director General, prof. Moji Adeyeye has described fake drugs, expired products as the gravest onslaught on human life. Prof Moji stated this while delivering her speech at the north central destruction exercise of fake, falsified, substandard, ,expired products at the Lafia dump site in Lafia on Friday. Prof Moji who was represented at the destruction exercise by Mohammed Bashir, deputy director and plateau state coordinator said the products destroyed are estimated at a sum of N598, 088, 458, 50. “The products being destroyed today are made up…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have rescued 34 children along the Okene-Lokoja Expressway in Kogi State.The image maker of the agency Femi Babafemi, confirmed this in a statement on FridayHe.disclosed that 64,000 pump action gun cartridges and a new pump action gun were also seized. According to him the children between the ages of 8 and 14 were being trafficked from Ijebu-Ode in Ogun state to the Federal Capital Territory. “The minors packed in two commercial buses – Toyota Sienna and a 12- seater Mazda with registration numbers Lagos LND124FV and Oyo BDJ-683YK respectively, were recovered…