The Senate President, Sen. Ahmed Lawan, along with Sen. Mohammed Musa, has given an online publication, Sahara Reporters, a seven-day ultimatum to retract an alleged libellous publication. The duo described the publication as false and misleading. Counsel to the Senate President, Mr Ahmed Raji, (SAN), wrote a letter to the media firm on behalf of his client asking it to retract the report within seven days and tender an unreserved apology. Raji said that the publication was in respect of an alleged false and misleading information on the reappointment of Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral…
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Law Students Association of Nigeria has dragged the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, before the Federal High Court Abuja, challenging what it described as the incessant strikes of the union. In the suit which was filed at the court on Friday, the association is seeking an order to compel ASUU to return to the classroom as well as an order of perpetual injunction to restrain ASUU from embarking on further strikes. The suit which was filed by the President of the association, Mr Blessing Agbomhere on behalf of his members is also asking the court to compel ASUU to pay…
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan says the National Assembly will pass the 2021 budget of N13.08 trillion by the second week of December. Lawan made this known while declaring open a retreat for members of National Assembly Management and National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) in Abuja on Friday. The Senate had in October, adjourned plenary for budget defence by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). “We are working to pass the 2021 budget by the second week of December and we are working very assiduously, we will ensure there is every possible scrutiny of the budget presented by the…
President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated the commitment of his administration to fight corruption to a standstill, saying “no one is too big to tackle, as no individual is bigger than the Nigerian State.” The president stated this when he received the Report of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry on the Investigation of Ibrahim Magu, the suspected acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in Abuja on Friday. The Commission was headed by Justice Ayo Salami, a retired Justice of the Court of Appeal. According to Buhari, the desire of his administration is to make Nigeria a country…
By Elizabeth Carr, Bauchi Eight members of the Batch B National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, at the Will orientation camp in Bauchi state, on Thursday, were confirmed to have tested positive to COVID-19. The Executive Chairman State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr Rilwanu Mohammad has directed the surveillance team to carryout test on all the 600 corps members currently in camp, while those who tested positive are in isolation. A statement from the Agency also indicates that mass vaccination against yellow fever, would be carried out on all corps members in the orientation camp located in Ganjuwa local government area,…
The National Inland Waterways Authority, (NIWA), has expressed desire for collaboration with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, towards enhancing its revenue generation profile. The Area Manager, Port Harcourt’s Office of the Authority, Mr. Chukwudebe Chinedu, expressed the desire on Thursday, November 19, 2020 while on a courtesy visit to the Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the EFCC. While promising that the Authority would make good use of the collaboration, he noted that it will in a special sense, assist NIWA in checking corrupt practices in its revenue generation activities in the nation’s waterways, . “The EFCC is in charge of fighting financial crimes…
A Political Economist, Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, says the prolonged strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) constituted serious infringement on right of youth to education. Moghalu, also a former Deputy Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), made the assertion in a statement on Thursday in Awka. According to him, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that education is a fundamental human right for everyone. ASUU had on March 23 embarked on nationwide industrial action following the Federal Government decision to stop salaries of lecturers who have not enrolled in the Integrated Payroll and Personnel…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, today 19th November 2020 arraigned one Ibrahim Mohammed Ali before Justice S.I. Mark of the Federal High Court, Kano on a six count charge of Money Laundering. The defendant who works at the complainant’s company allegedly created ghost workers whom he paid monthly salaries in different bank accounts operated by him, to the tune of N11,187,619. It was further alleged that, when the company’s management discovered the fraud, the defendant tendered his resignation and fled with documents belonging to the company. Count one of the charge read ”That you Ibrahim Mohammed Ali sometimes in 2019 at Kano…
By Mohammed Ahmed, Bauchi WaterAid Nigeria says a staggering 112 million people in Nigeria still do not have access to private toilets. The Country Director, Dr Evelyn Mere stated this in a statement by the Communications and Media Manager, Mrs Oluseyi Abdulmalik made available to news men on Thursday. “A staggering 112 million people still do not have access to private toilets of their own, and about 46 million have no choice but to practise open defecation,” she said. Dr Mere noted that where decent toilets are lacking, human faeces could contaminate the groundwater or end up in rivers and…
Justice Hammada Isa Dashen of the Federal High Court, Damaturu, Yobe State on Thursday, ordered the final forfeiture of an uncompleted building, located on No. 37 AV Road, Barracks Road, Jimeta Yola, Adamawa state, belonging to one Sulaiman Musa Bazza, to the federal government. Bazza is is a public servant in the Federal Pay Office, Damaturu. The order followed an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, against the building, believed to be proceeds of corruption by the defendant, who is under criminal investigation by the Commission. Sequel to a September, 2018 petition by “Concerned Citizens of Yobe…