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The Auditor-General of the Federation has faulted the 2016 Financial Statement of the federal government as having several undisclosed revenues and poorly disclosed expenditures. In the report submitted to the National Assembly, Mr. Anthony Mkpe Ayine, the AuGF expressed disappointment at the shoddy job by the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Mr. Ahmed Idris, which led to the late submission of the report to the National Assembly. According to Ayine, the non-disclosure and non-remittance of revenues by some agencies of government into its coffers has become a critical factor militating against the economy. The report indicated that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation,…

Neswpaper publishers in the country, editors and Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, have described the New Media Bill currently before the National Assembly as draconian, unconstitutional, anti-people, business and free speech. Consequently, the Nigerian Press Organisation, NPO, and other media stakeholders have asked the National Assembly to drop the bill. They also asked the Senate to borrow from best practices in other jurisdictions that had expressly provided for and guaranteed press freedom without any form of government interference. The NPO and others equally implored the Senate and, indeed, The National Assembly, to enable the media in the exercise of its…

The Federal Government, Monday, restored the embattled Amaju Pinnick board of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to office. An unconfirmed report had it that Department of State Security (DSS) moved in and whisked the factional leader, Chris Giwa and his board. During the heat of the crisis between Pinnick and his rival, Chris Giwa, Gianni Infantino, FIFA President had announced two weeks ago that he recognised Amaju Pinnick as the NFF President. Muhammed Sanusi, the General Secretary of NFF, spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) from his office in Abuja on Monday. “I am back to my office to…

The continued killings of innocent Nigerians in various parts of the country gnawing many appears to have no solution. In a twist, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, former Governor of Kaduna State has stirred the hornet’s nest that the killings would continue beyond 2019 if the present administration is allowed to remain in power. The attacks will not stop because, according to Musa, the Federal Government under President Muhammadu Buhari was weak and irrelevant. In a report culled from Vanguard, Musa said it was clear that President Buhari lacked ideas on how to stop the killings, adding that the only end to…

The brain drain syndrome has taken a toll on the country’s medical profession as more than 5,000 Nigerian medical practitioners are said to be working in various South African teaching, public and private hospitals. Mr. Godwin Adama, the Consul General (CG) of Nigeria in South Africa, stated this in a statement through Mr. David Abraham, the Vice Consul, Information and Culture on Monday in Abuja. Adama was quoted by Abraham that this news was broken to him when Nigerian Doctors’ Forum South Africa, led by Dr Emeka Ugwu, its Secretary General, visited him in Johannesburg. “This shows that virtually every…

Among the worshipers of Jerusalem Church of Christ, Kawangware, Nairobi, it is not strange to dance with the dead before they are interred. Usually led by Prophetess Mary Akatsa, the church founder, the worshippers would dance with corpses before they are taking to their resting places. According to Akatsa, dancing shows respect to the dead and makes them happy before the corpses are buried to prepare them for another world. Akatsa said ‘’dancing with the dead makes them happy and prevents their spirits from hunting the living. “Death is not the end of life that is why we celebrate the…

Celebrity DJ Cuppy was overjoyed after her billionaire dad, Femi Otedola shocked her with a white 2018 edition of Range Rover Sport gift valued at N24 million. Cuppy made the announcement on Saturday, July 21, 2018 on her Instagram page with a picture of the new automobile. She posed with the white automobile which has a special plate number CUP 9Y in the United Kingdom. “Out with the old, in with the new! THANK YOU @FemiOtedola,” as caption for the picture,’’ she wrote. The new car is coming a month after Cuppy’s sister, Temi Otedola, got a brand new Range Rover…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) remitted N5.6 billion being proceeds from the conduct of the board’s 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation (UTME) into the coffers of the Federal Government. Of the N7.8 billion collected by JAMB, it has gotten the government’s approval to use N2.2 billion for restructuring of its headquarters. Fabian Benjamin, the board’s head, media and information, stated the information to NAN on Sunday in Lagos. Benjamin said “However, government in its magnanimity, graciously directed that we remit about N5.6 billion and use the balance for restructuring of the board’s headquarters to meet up with its international…

An Akwa Ibom man is among the three Directors-General/Chief Executive Officers of the three agencies under the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development approved by President Muhammadu Buhari. He is Prof. (Engr.) Linus Okon Asuquo, appointed as the Director-General/CEO for the National Metallurgical Development Centre, Jos with effect from July 12, 2018 for initial period of four years. Asuquo is a one-time state Commissioner for Science and Technology during the Victor Attah administration. Until his appointment, he was dean, Faculty of Engineering, University of Uyo. Born 64 years ago in Mbak Itam III in Itu local government area of Akwa…

A Nigerian social media commentator and critic has picked holes in the ‘Nigeria Air’, national air carrier recently launched by the Federal Government. In his Twitter handle Saturday, Reno Omokri who was an aide to the ex-President Goodluck Jonathan queried ‘’Why do we criminalise 419 fraud as a country when our own government is engaging in the mother of all 419?’’ Nigeria Air was launched at the Farnborough airshow in London on Thursday last week by Senator Hadi Sirika, the Minister of State for Aviation, while the official launching of the carrier is slated for December 19, 2018. ‘’How can…