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By Kamil Opeyemi The Code of Conduct Bureau has invited the boss of the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-corruption commission, Muhyi Rimingado for questioning. The CCB invitation, contained in a letter, was after the Kano commission commenced an investigation into the allegation of corruption leveled against the National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress, Umaru Abdullahi Ganduje. Ganduje, was the governor of Kano state was caught on video while serving as governor allegedly being bribed with dollar cash. The governor had defended himself alleging that the video, which went viral then, was doctored to tarnish his image. A letter…
By Kamil Opeyemi Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has announced the donation of N36 million to be shared at N30,000 each to the 1,215 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members deployed to the state. A statement on Saturday by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Strategy, Malam Isa Gusau, said that Zulum made the donation during his visit to the NYSC orientation camp in Maiduguri. Gusau said that Zulum also allocated 100 bags of rice, 10 cows, 10 bags of 100 kg of beans and 10 gallons of cooking oil for special meals to be prepared for…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Sokoto Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has reserved judgment in the petition against Gov. Ahmed Aliyu and Dep. Gov. Idris Gobir, filed by Sa’idu Umar of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Tribunal Chairman, Justice Haruna Mshelia, reserved judgment after parties adopted their final written addresses on Saturday, adding that a date would be communicated to parties in September. The Petitioner, Umar is challenging the election of Gov. Aliyu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Gobir over alleged non qualification and electoral fraud during the March 18 governorship election. At the sitting, lead Counsel to the petitioner,…
By Halimah Olamide A police operative was on Friday evening shot and killed in PortHarcourt, the Rivers state capital. It was gathered that the police man was with his principal when a Toyota Corrola car pulled up and the assailants went for their target and killed him on the spot.; NPO Reports could not confirm whether the policeman was the main target or his principal. The assailants reportedly made away with the inspector’s AK-47 rifle and beret. Spokesperson for the Rivers State Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, confirmed the incident in a short statement sent to Channels Television. “Effort is ongoing…
By Kamil Opeyemi A former Director of Media and later Director of Procurement at the Defence Headquarters, Major General Benard Onyeuko, has died. Onyeuko reportedly died in Abuja after a brief illness. PRNigeria quoted “a credible source” as disclosing that he died this Saturday morning, August 26, 2023 after complaining of cold and was rushed to a private hospital where he died. Another close friend to the deceased told PRNigeria that the retired general was hale and hearty on Friday until he fell ill on Saturday morning and passed away. General Onyeuko’s last appointment was as Director of Procurement at…
The President of the Spanish Football Federation, Luis Rubiales has been suspended by Federation of International Football Association after his kiss of female footballer days ago. Rubiales is to be suspended for an initial 90 day period after he kissed Jenni Hermoso on the lips during the medal ceremony after Spain won the Women’s World Cup final which ended during the week. BBC quoted Rubiale as saying the kiss was consensual while Hermoso countered him saying it was not According to report, FIFA has added thatneither Rubiales nor the football federation are allowed to contact Hermoso. About 81 players are…
By Halimah Olamide Serving Nigerian Minister of Culture and Creative Economy, Mrs Hannatu Musawa has been confirmed to be a member serving her mandatory one year service in the National Youths Service scheme. NYSC said with that Mrs Musawa is holding her position in breach of the act setting the scheme up. A group, Human Rights Writers Association had raised the alarm during the week alleging that the newly sworn in Minister is currently a youth Corper in Abuja. The NYSC spokesperson Eddy Megwa, confirmed that the minister had been serving for the past eight months in the FCT. He…
The Community Monitoring Team (CMT) of a Pan African NGO, Connected Development (CODE), says on Friday that community members are not benefitting from constituency projects due to poor implementation. Mrs Ladi Bonat, Coordinator of the CMT in Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State, stated this during a town hall meeting on Friday in Lere. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting was on Deepening Citizens Interest in Government Spending and Addressing Accompanied Corrupt Practices (DeSPAAC) project. The DeSPAAC project was being implemented by CODE with support from MacArthur Foundation to mobilize communities and empower them to…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Federal Government has restated that the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC) Ltd would be back on stream by December. This is part of the government’s commitment to ending petroleum product importation as soon as efforts are being redoubled to restore the nation’s local refining capacity. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, said this, according to a Friday statement by the Chief Corporate Communications Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited Garba Deen Muhammad. He quoted the Minister as giving the assurance during an inspection tour of the rehabilitation work…
Former US President Donald Trump turned himself in at the notorious Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, Georgia. He was booked on charges of trying to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia and had his mugshot taken just like his 18 alleged co-conspirators. Mr Trump had to pay a bail bond of $200,000 (£160,000) to be released from the Atlanta jail while he awaits trial. Afterwards, he described the case as “a travesty of justice”. It was his fourth arrest in five months in a criminal case, but this was his first police booking photo. Mr Trump later posted on…