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By Akanimo Sampson Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, one of the big oil and gas states in Nigeria, has placed a curse on political leaders troubling the peace, security and economic development of the state. Though he has vowed that his administration will continue to partner Churches for the development of the oil state, he however, declared that those who do not want the state to progress will not progress themselves. According to him, “On March 9, 2019, light prevailed over darkness.  God showed Himself and He is in charge. But for God, I wouldn’t have been here addressing the Christian faithful.…

By Akanimo Sampson The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), the pioneer anti-corruption agency set up by the Nigeria Government in 1979 during the Second Republic, has landed in trouble following its refusal to Freedom of Information request by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) for the asset declarations of past and present Nigerian leaders since 1999 till date. Within the period, apart from the late President Umaru Yar’Adua who made his asset declaration public, those of former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Goodluck Jonathan, and the incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari, past and present governors of the 36 states of the federation are…

Former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has condemned the attempted coup in Ethiopia which claimed the lives of the President of Amhara region and the country’s army chief. Reports said a “hit squad”, led by Amhara’s security chief, Asaminew Tsige, stormed a meeting in the state offices of Amhara’s capital, Bahir Dar, on Saturday and shot the President of the region Ambachew Mekonnen and his adviser Ezez Wassie. In what appeared like a coordinated attack, the chief of staff of the national security forces, Seare Mekonnen, and a retired general were killed by his bodyguard in Addis Ababa. Reacting to the…

The Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, has recovered N 57.7 billion unremmitted tax revenue from banks. The Head, Public Relations of the commission, Mr. Ibrahim Mohammed, stated in a statement, in Abuja, Sunday, that the federal government’s share of N48.7 billion had been paid into the Federation Account. Mohammed added that the balance of N9.7 billion which relates to withholding tax of dividends has also been paid to the beneficiary state governments. In an earlier exercise covering January, 2008-June, 2012 RMAFC had recovered N4.2 billion from the banks, promising that more recoveries would be made. The commission insisted that its…

 Immediate-past National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has weighed in on the crisis rocking the party is his home state, Edo, accusing his successor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, of anti-party activities. Oyegun spoke as current National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, weekend, in view of the current crisis in the State House of Assembly, said he would not need short-cut to sustain his position in the system, when asked by newsmen if he was not bringing pressure to bear on his god-son, Governor Godwin Obaseki. However, Odigie-Oyegun said the state governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, must…

The Federal Government has taken the verification and payment of ex-workers of the defunct Nigeria Airways Limited, NAL, in Diaspora to London, United Kingdom (UK). Federal Ministry of Finance officials stated that the exercise would last two weeks, beginning Monday. The exercise to be conducted by an inter-ministerial team would take place at the Nigerian High Commission Complex in London. The Inter-Ministerial Team is being coordinated by the Presidential Initiative on Continuous Audit, PICA, under the Federal Ministry of Finance. Its members included the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offenses Commission, ICPC, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Auditor General Office,…

Kano State emirate council has vowed to sue the state anti-corruption agency for contempt of court. In a letter dated June 20, addressed to the chairman of Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission, counsel to the emirate counsel, N.A. Dagiri, said the commission had defied subsisting court orders to invite elderly members of the council for investigations. Some of the invited members of the council, according to him, were Mukhtar Adnan, 93; Isa Hashim 92, and Yusuf Bayero, 84. The anti-graft agency also sent invitations to the wife of Muhammadu Sanusi, Emir of Kano, and two widows of Ado…

Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending, NIRSAL, has sealed a $200 million deal with the World Bank for the development of agribusiness in Nigeria. The Memorandum of Agreement and Action, MoA, was signed on the Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support, APPEALS, project. The spokesman of NIRSAL, Ms. Anne Ihugba, stated in Abuja, Sunday, that under the project development objective of APPEALS, NIRSAL would bring its Tools, Techniques, Methodologies and strategic Partnerships, TTMPs, to bear on its Mapping to Markets-M2M The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending, NIRSAL, has sealed a $200 million deal with the World Bank…

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered a thorough investigation to determine what was responsible for the gas pipeline tragedy in Kom Kom, Oyibo local government area of Rivers. Buhari, in a statement by Malam Garba Shehu, his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity,  in Abuja on Saturday, however, condoled with the people and government of Rivers over the death of some workers in gas pipeline tragedy in the state. He also condoled with the families of the victims over the reported fatalities. The President said he was extremely pained by the loss of lives as a result of the incident.…

By Gab Efo President Muhammadu Buhari is a very painstaking and hardly a loquacious person. As a leader, his delay in taking smart decisions on issues has made many to unwittingly tag him “Baba go slow.” However, his love for country cannot be diminished by this tag. His passionate pursuit of his set goals has continued to bring results that benefit the down trodden despite a cacophony of voices of the elites. Currently, the President is in the final phase of assembling his cabinet list of 36 as was in his first term or 42 – 43 if he chooses…