The Senate wednesday insisted on going ahead with the probe of the alleged N40 billion fraud at the Niger Delta Development Commission ( NDDC) despite moves being made by the agency to stop the National Assembly from probing the alleged fund misappropriation by the management between January and March, this year. The Red chamber in its reaction to witch hunting allegations levelled against both Chambers of the National Assembly declared that no amount of blackmail will stop the ongoing investigations . This is just as the upper legislative chamber asked the commission to drag before the Economic and Financial Crimes…
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South-east governors and the Inspector-General of Police (IG), Mr. Mohammed Adamu, have finally agreed on a template for the implementation of community policing in the zone. The governors had accused IG of breaching an earlier agreement reached on the matter. But after a teleconference held with IG wednesday, the Chairman of the South-east Governors’ Forum and Ebonyi State Governor, Chief David Umahi, said they had agreed on modalities to implement the policy. Umahi said there was no longer disagreement between the governors, other leaders of the zone and Adamu. He stated that after the meeting, IG agreed that the various…
As some state governors bicker over the issue of Almajiri and COVID-19, the Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Mohammed Matawalle has said that his administration will not repatriate any Almajiri from the state. He said those repatriated from other states were free to come to Zamfara and be accommodated. The governor spoke through Yusuf idris Gusau, the Director-General Media, Public Enlightenment and Communication at Government House,Gusau on Wednesday. Gusau said the governor opened the state to the Almajirai When he received two leading Islamic scholars, Sheikh Abdullahi Dallah Dallah, Chief Imam of Sambo Dan-Ashafa Jumaat Mosque, Gusau, and Sheikh Bello…
STRANDED Nigerians who test positive to COVID-19 will not be airlifted home, the Federal Government has said. According to a new protocol on airlifting home of Nigerians, those wishing to return must undergo Coronavirus test and test negative before being allowed to return. Those who test positive will not be allowed onboard the plane, the government added. To perfect the implementation of the new rule, airlifting of more Nigerians home has been suspended, according to Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffery Onyeama. Those who are brought back will no longer be compelled to go into government-monitored and sponsored 14-day isolation. They…
Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has ordered worship centres to resume activities tomorrow. The religious activities, according to the governor, are to be guided and syndicated. keredolu said the religious activities were asked to resume after consultation with religious leaders and other relevant stakeholders. The Ondo Governor noted that if guided religious worship are carefully managed, casualty on account of such gatherings could be avoided. Akeredolu said mosques are to hold only Friday Jum’at services, while churches would hold services on Sundays only He warned religious leaders and administrators to ensure strict compliance with the social and physical distancing in…
The battle line for the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming election in Edo State was drawn yesterday as the two main contenders from the ruling party’s factions, the incumbent, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, and Mr. Osagie Ize-Iyamu, obtained nomination forms to run. While a group, Obaseki Mandate Forum in Federal Capital Territory (FCT), purchased the nomination form for Obaseki ahead of the June 22 primary election, Ize-Iyamu, a former Secretary to Edo State Government, picked his at the party’s national headquarters in Abuja. APC in Edo State has been enmeshed in a crisis since last…
At a time of global economic and political upheaval when business and political leaders are looked upon to provide solution as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Global Citizen, an international citizens’ action-led advocacy organisation that is working with the United Nations is partnering with the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) to launch a Covid-19 Solidarity Fund in Nigeria. A virtual press conference to announce the Fund recently had the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo; Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed; Chairman of Global Citizen in Nigeria, Mr. Tunde Folawiyo; Vice Chairman, Mr. Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede…
In the past one week, dozens of people have sent me a four-minute video clip of Governor Ben Ayade becoming emotional over the plight of the downtrodden in his state during the inauguration of an anti-tax agency. While the clip was prepared and circulated by government officials in Calabar, I am also moved to tears that Ayade is concerned that “five years as governor, there would still be people living in thatched houses in Cross River. I knew how prepared I was but it didn’t end the way I dreamt for the state. I wish God would intervene because I…
As part of its continued efforts to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on households, businesses and regulated institutions, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reduced interest rates on its facilities through participating Other Financial Institutions (OFIs) from nine per cent to five per cent per annum for one-year, effective March 1, 2020. The bank, in a circular signed by the Director, Financial Policy and Regulation Department, Mr. Kevin Amugo, posted on its website yesterday, said CBN intervention facilities obtained through participating OFIs – Microfinance Banks (MFBs), Primary Mortgage Banks and institutions, among others, would be given a further one-year…
No fewer than 30 bandits were killed in airstrike conducted by the Air Component of the Operation Hadarin Daji in Doumborou forest area of Zamfara State, the military has disclosed. The Coordinator of Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, said in a statement issued yesterday that the logistics store belonging to the bandits was also destroyed in the attack. According to the statement, the military acted based on credible intelligence, which indicated that a structure within the forest was being used by bandits to store their logistics. “The Air Component of Operation Hadarin Daji has destroyed an armed bandits’…