The Auditor-General of the Federation, Mr Aghughu Adolphus, has been elected the Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Board of External Auditors. A statement by Rotimi Ajayi, Deputy Director, Information, in the Auditor-General’s Office, said the election was conducted on February 23, in line with AU financial rules and regulations. Ajayi said that Adolphus’s tenure was for two years. Meanwhile, Adolphus has expressed commitment to strengthening the AU Board of External Auditors and entrenching accountability and transparency. “We look forward to a fruitful and beneficial interaction during Nigeria’s term of office from 2021 to 2023,” he said. He thanked President Muhammadu Buhari…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
…Recover 14-AK47 rifles, 27 other prohibited firearms, 4 POS machines, others Nigeria’s ‘Operation Puff Adder II’, inaugurated by the Inspector General of Police, IGP Muhammad Adamu on 15th February, 2021, in collaboration with operatives of the FIB Intelligence Response Team and Special Tactical Squad of the Force, have arrested 48 criminal suspects (47 male and one female). A statement by the spokesperson of the Force Headquarters, CP Frank Mba on Thursday, said the suspects were arrested for their indictment in cases of armed robbery, kidnapping, unlawful possession of firearms, cybercrime/ financial fraud and other heinous crimes in some parts of…
Speaker of House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila says the Nigeria’s health sector will emerge stronger at the end of COVID-19 pandemic, going by efforts aimed at repositioning the sector. Gbajabiamila said this when he received a report on stakeholders roundtable in the health sector, organised by the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs on Thursday in Abuja. The report titled the ‘Green Book’, was a detailed documentation of sectorial engagements proffering solutions to challenges across the sector. Gbajabiamila charged the House Committees on Health Institutions and Health Services to ensure that the house delivered on its contract with the…
Governor Bello Muhammad of Zamfara on Thursday sacked all Directors-General and Special Advisers in the state. This is contained in a statement issued by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Bala Bello and made available to newsmen in Gusau on Thursday. “In accordance with restructuring excercise, His Excellency has relieved all Special Advisers of their appointments. “Similarly all the Directors-General are hereby dropped to enable for proper reorganisation of the existing directorates. “Accordingly, both the Special Advisers and the Directors General are hereby directed to hand over the affairs of their organisations to the accounting officers, or the…
Shamsudeen Bala Mohammed, son of a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Thursday, told the Federal High Court in Abuja that he has no case to answer in the15-count money laundering charge. Shamsudeen, through his lawyer, Chris Uche, SAN, told Justice Nnamdi Dimgba that the evidence of the prosecution against him was insufficient to prove the case. “My lord, this matter was adjourned for defence, the prosecution having closed his case in the last adjournment. “Having comprehensively review the totality of all the evidence of witnesses called by the prosecution, we have decided to make a no-case…
The Northern Governors Forum, NGF, has urged governors and stakeholders in the region to provide solutions to myriad of problems confronting the North. The chairman of the forum and governor governor of Plateau, Simon Lalong made the appeal on Thursday in Kaduna at the opening of the forum’s meeting. “Our region continues to carry perhaps the heaviest burden of development in the country where the indices for quality of life are low within a large percentage of our population. “Statistics have shown that we have a long way to go in terms of education, healthcare delivery, infrastructural development, food security,…
The Cross River Police Command has confirmed the killing of four of its personnel by hoodlums in the early hours of Thursday in Calabar. The spokesperson, DSP Irene Ugbo, who confirmed the killing to newsmen in Calabar, said that the Command has been thrown into grief. “It is quite unfortunate, we feel really sad. The Command is in mourning mood about the death of the four officers who lost their lives. “We are investigating the matter and will surely root out the culprits no matter how far they run or hide, we must get them; that I can assure you,”…
At least 11 alleged terrorists were killed and one was caught during an army operation from Tuesday to Wednesday in the north-east of Burkina Faso. The Burkina Faso armed forces announced this in a statement on Thursday. The operation was carried out in the localities of Tasmakat, Bidy and Fourkoussou as well as in the Bangao forest, Oudalan province in the Sahel region of Burkina Faso. According to the statement, the sweeping operation resulted in the seizure of materials and to find those responsible for the recent attacks on civilians. On Feb. 19, at least eight people were killed in…
By Nasir Mohammed, Sokoto The Sokoto State University on Thursday, matriculated no fewer than 2,219 fresh students for the 2019/2020 academic session. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Sani Dangoggo, while congratulating the newly admitted students urged them to take their academics seriously and shun all social vices. According to him, getting admission into the university is not an easy task, especially taking into consideration the number of candidates who applied to study various programmes being offered by the institution. “It may interest you to note that 6,718 candidates sought admission into this universiy in the current session, out of which only 2,219…
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, met with the new Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, at the State House, Abuja. The President’s Personal Assistant (Photography), Mr Sunday Aghaeze, confirmed the meeting in a pictorial report. The new EFCC boss was formally introduced to the president during the engagement. The Senate had, on Wednesday, confirmed Bawa, who was nominated by the president on Feb. 15, as the substantive Chairman of EFCC, following his successful screening. Bawa’s appointment was endorsed by the lawmakers after a voice vote by President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan. Bawa, an indigene…