Senate President Ahmad Lawan has described as false the 10 million dollars bribe allegedly offered to members of the two chambers of the National Assembly to pass three per cent host community development fund. Lawan stated this while briefing State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Monday. The senate president frowned at the way and manner that some citizens had been spreading fake news and misinformation against the NASS and the government. Sahara Reporters had reported that the leadership of NASS had been allegedly accused of taking bribe to…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
By Abujah Racheal Nigeria on Monday recorded 565 new COVD-19 cases and eight deaths, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said. The NCDC stated this on Tuesday. The centre said that this brings the total infections, since the index case in 2020, to 187, 588. The NCDC attributed the surge to the highly transmissible Delta variant and low vaccination rates across the country. The centre also said that eight COVID-19 related deaths were reported on Monday, bringing the total fatality figure to 2,276. The NCDC stated that the new cases were reported in 13 states and the FCT.…
The Atayero of Aramoko Ekiti in Ekiti State, His Royal Majesty Oba Dr. Olusegun Aderemi, JP, has congratulated Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar as he turns 65. In a congratulatory message he personally signed and made available to newsmen on Tuesday, Aderemi described the Sultan as a “quintessential multifaceted leader” whose leadership qualities shine across regions and kingdoms. While noting that the Sultan does not celebrate birthdays, the Ekiti monarch said there could be no better time to appreciate the globally rated leader of Muslim faithful and one of four most powerful monarchs in Africa, including the King of Morocco, than doing…
It is with utmost pleasure that I stand before you in honour of one of Nigeria’s leading intellectuals, Journalist, author, Legal Practitioner and civil society Icon, Richard Akinnola, who turns 63 today. I have been asked to present a paper of my choice, and following the mood of the nation, the near collapse of civil authority in the country, the recurring issue of national security is still in the front burner of national discourse. Consequently, my presentation is on “Security Challenges in Nigeria and its Implications for Sustainable Development”. THE CONCEPT OF SECURITY AND INSECURITY Security envisages a situation where…
The Clerk of the National Assembly (CNA), Mr Ojo Amos, has stated that inadequate funding was inhibiting legislators from performing their oversight functions. He made the remark at at a three-day capacity building workshop for directorate cadre staff of the Senate, in Abuja on Monday. “It is regrettable that funding has been inhibiting the activities of our committees, especially, in the area of effective oversight functions. “In comparison to what is available as global best practice; committees should have vehicles, fully equipped secretariat and funds to conduct their activities. “There must be diligent record keeping, for easy and quick referencing…
Developing countries are expected to receive $275 billion out of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) $650 billion Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) to be distributed among member countries based on their quota shares in the IMF. Ms Kristalina Georgieva, IMF’s Managing Director, said this in a statement on Monday, in Washington DC, while announcing the commencement of the distribution of the SDRs. According to her, of the $275 billion, low-income countries will receive about $21 billion, which is equivalent to as much as six per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in some cases. She described the SDR allocation as a…
Nigeria’s Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN has said the federal government has no control over land outside the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, in Nigeria, under the 1978 Land Use Act. He spoke on ChannelsTV’s programme, Politics Today while reacting to president Buhari’s committee approved to review 368 grazing routes across 25 states in Nigeria. “As far as the law is concerned, the President cannot, with profound respect, be looking for grazing routes in 2021 Nigeria. The Northern Governors’ Forum, Southern Governors’ Forum, Miyetti Allah and other stakeholders have come to the conclusion that open grazing is obsolete and no…
The House of Representatives Committee on Finance has rejected the N1.33 trillion target revenue by the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) for the 2022 fiscal year. The committee at its 2022 to 2024 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework/Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF/FSP) interactive session with Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) said the amount was low. Mr Leke Abejide said that with the recent devaluation of the naira, he expected that the proposal of the NCS should be N2 trillion and above. He said the exchange rate for 2021 was N381 to a dollar and the targeted revenue generation was N1.6 trillion, adding that the…
The Police Command in Zamfara on Monday, confirmed that gunmen killed four persons and abducted 50 others in Goran Namaye town in Maradun local government area. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Muhammad Shehu, made the disclosure to newsmen in Gusau on Monday. Shehu said the attackers, who came in large number, invaded the town around midnight on Sunday, killed four persons and abducted 50 others. He, however, said that the police tactical operatives had been deployed to the area. According to him, CP Yakubu Elkana has ordered immediate search and rescue operation for the victims. The spokesperson said that the CP…
These 8 apps banned by Google were luring people who were interested in making money from cryptocurrencies. These 8 apps banned by Google were luring people who were interested in making money from cryptocurrencies. (REUTERS) Google has banned as many as 8 dangerous apps from its Play Store including BitFunds, Bitcoin Miner, Bitcoin,Bitcoin (BTC) and more. You must delete them from your smartphone too; check the full list. Cryptocurrency mining has been garnering everyone’s interest especially over the span of the last couple of months. However, hackers are using this public interest in cryptocurrencies to trick innocent netizens into installing…