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We need part of Recovered loot for our operations – Malami
Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has expressed that his ministry needs part of the recovered loots for its operations.He noted that the Ministry was making efforts to ensure that it is allocated some cost of collection from recovered funds to finance their recovery operations.Malami spoke when he appeared before the House of Representatives’ Committee on Justice to defend his ministry’s 2022 budget on Monday.“To date, there are large sums of illicit money stashed abroad for which we are working at close quarters with ICPC and EFCC as dependable allies to effect recovery, he added
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Increase in food prices is caused by insecurity – Defence Minister Bashir Magashi says
Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi has blamed the rising cost of food prices to the rise in the level of insecurity in the country. Magashi said this on Monday at the opening of a retreat for defence advisers/attachees, organised by the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) in Abuja. He noted that the various security agencies with look for every necessary and innovative way to confront the challenges facing the nation. “The threats currently facing Nigeria and understanding their socio-geographic context is pivotal for adapting appropriate and lasting counter-measures. Regrettably, the prevalence of these threats has continued to endanger not only national…
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Anambra Guber: I Can still win this Election, Says PDP’s Ozigbo
Valentine Ozigbo, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Anambra governorship election, has expressed confidence that he can still emerge victorious in the exercise that is expected to end on Tuesday.The Independent National Electoral (INEC) had declared the election inconclusive on the grounds that the election did not hold in Ihiala Local Government and so farProfessor Chukwuma Soludo has the highest votes in the election, having secured victory in 18 of the 20 LGAs where the election held.Although Ozigbo secured the second highest votes in the election, he won only one of the 20 LGAs where elections held.Addressing…
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Panic buying: No Increase in Fuel Price – NNPC
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has asked Nigerians not to panic over fuel scarcity as there are over 1.7 billion litres of petrol in stock.This was made known in a statement signed by the NNPC spokesman Garba Deen Muhammad. The national oil company said it was unnecessary to entertain any fear of scarcity of petrol throughout the festive season and beyond.“The general public is hereby advised not to engage in panic buying of Premium Motor Spirit, more commonly known as petrol.“The NNPC has over 1.7 billion litres of petrol in stock and more product is expected to arrive…
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Empowerment is like Pocket Money, It can’t tackle Unemployment – Sunday Dare
Minister for Youths and Sports, Sunday Dare has expressed that empowerment can no longer solve the problem of unemployment in the country. He described it as pocket money.The minister spoke on Monday when he appeared before the house of representatives committee on youth development.He said the ministry has gone beyond offering empowerment programmes to investing in youths across the country.“We have a massive youths population, most of them waiting for opportunities for digital skills to upscale themselves, for opportunities to make themselves starters of entrepreneurs, for opportunities in the areas of education, technical and otherwise; and also looking for opportunities…
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ASUU: Pantami’s appointment as Professor by FUTO followed due Process
A probe panel set up by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has stated that due process was followed by the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, in the appointment of Isa Pantami, minister of communication, as a professor of cybersecurity.The panel was inaugurated by the ASUU chapter of the university at its congress in September to investigate Pantami’s appointment.Members of the committee were M. S. Nwakaudu (Chairman), G.A. Anyanwu, C. E. Orji, O.P. Onyewuchi and T. I. N. Ezejiofor (member/secretary). The panel in its report stated that it interacted with the university registrar, the immediate past chairman, committee of…
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BREAKING: Chairman of Pension Reformed Task Team, Maina sentenced to Eight Years Imprisonment
A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced Abdulrasheed Maina, the former chairman of the now-defunct Pension Reformed Task Team to eight years imprisonment. Maina was found guilty of money laundering in a judgement being delivered by Justice Okon Abang. The court held that the prosecutor, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has produced essential evidence through witnesses to prove beyond reasonable doubt that Maina is guilty of money laundering in the sum of N171,099,000.The court added that the defendant (Maina), called only one witness to his defense when he had the opportunity to call as many as he…
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“How are you sure there will be Nigeria in 2023?” Adeboye speaks on the next Presidential election
The general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God RCCG, Pastor E.A. Adeboye has reacted to the craze over the much awaited 2023 general election. The cleric on Sunday, November 7, stated that some people are already getting ready to kill over the election when they are not sure if there would even be 2023 or if Nigeria would still be in existence. ”Some people want fame, they want power, political power. This is 2021 some people are already getting ready to kill themselves over 2023. They don’t even know whether there will be 2023″. “If there is 2023,…
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AnambraDecides: INEC declares election inconclusive, to Hold Supplementary poll on Tuesday
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the collation of results for the Anambra governorship election. The returning officer for the election, Professor Florence Obi announced this at midnight, she said the decision to suspend the collation of results became necessary to give room for a supplementary election in Ihiala LGA, which has been fixed for November 9, 2021. Ahmadu Umar, the collation officer for Ihiala LGA, had earlier said there was no election in the entire area. After the collation of results from 20 out of 21 LGAs on Sunday, Soludo secured 103,946 votes, followed by Ozigbo who…
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Nigerians don’t appreciate their presidents until they die – Fashola
Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola has said Nigerians don’t appreciate their presidents until they are dead.The Minister stated this as a guest speaker at the Yoruba Tennis Club public lecture.He blamed it on the poor understanding of the powers of a president and also the lack of proper interaction between the president and Nigerians.“Of all the Presidents we have had, Nigerians never loved any one of them while in office; we seem to love them after they have left or died.“Why is that so? To me, the answer is lack of depth in interaction.“Nigerians are not sufficiently…
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“Sometimes you should put trolling, hate for others aside and find how you are gonna get yourself out of poverty” – Janemena
Nigerian dancer and influencer, Jane Orezimena, popularly known as Janemena, has advised ‘trolls and haters’ to find how to get themselves out of poverty. “Sometimes put trolling and hate for others aside and find how you are gonna get yourself out of poverty and be genuinely happy.” she wrote in an Instagram post on Sunday.
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