The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrived at a federal capital territory high court with Ahmed Idris, suspended accountant-general of the federation. In May, It was reported how Idris was arrested in Kano after he failed to respond to invitations by the commission to answer questions over the allegation of N80 billion fraud. Two days later, Idris was suspended indefinitely “without pay” by Zainab Ahmed, the minister of finance, budget and national planning. Idris is expected to be arraigned alongside Godfrey Olusegun Akindele and Mohammed Kudu Usman, while a firm — Gezawa Commodity Market and…
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Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has said Muslim-Muslim ticket made him reject Asiwaju Bola Tinubu when he wanted to be his running mate in 2007. Atiku, who served as the deputy of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo between 1999 and 2007, said this in an interview with ARISE TV on Friday. Atiku fell out with Obasanjo in the bid to succeed him, but later clinched the presidential ticket of Action Congress (AC), a party that Tinubu was instrumental to its formation after the political “Tsunami” that hit Alliance for Democracy (AD) governors who were elected in 1999. Towards the end of…
After seeing their chances of winning the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations for the 10th time quenched by hosts Morocco, the Super Falcons turn their attention to a third-place finish as they face Zambia for the consolatory bronze medals at the Complex Mohamed V in Casablanca on Friday (today). The Falcons will hope to make it three out of three when they face the Copper Queens in Casablanca, having dominated their previous meetings, winning 6-0 in their first clash at the 2014 edition, before defeating the Queens 4-0 in Ghana in 2018, on their way to a ninth title.…
The Federal Government has appealed to the Nigeria Labour Congress to cancel its planned protest over the prolonged strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities and other university-based unions. Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, made the appeal on Thursday at a meeting with the leadership of NLC in his office. Also in attendance at the meeting were the Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo; and the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Ms. Kachollom Daju. Ngige, in his speech, updated the labour leaders of efforts so far made by the Federal Government to…
An extra N560 billion may be needed by the Federal Government to meet university teachers’ demand for increased annual pay, a top government said in Abuja yesterday. The source, who is privy to the renewed negotiations between the government and university-based unions, however, said it might be “fiscally tight” for the plum sum to be made available, in view of declining revenue. The government, according to the source, spends “N372 billion annually on university education alone, including lecturers’ salaries.” Based on talks with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), a professor could earn, at least, N2 million…
Education Minister Adamu Adamu has said the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) had remitted about N29 billion directly into the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF). Adamu spoke at a policy meeting on admissions into tertiary institutions yesterday in Abuja. The minister said the board had also granted over N1 billion to tertiary institutions and expended more than N2 billion on capital projects. He added that the board had reserved N6 billion for its future expansion and as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Adamu said JAMB also provided social services, such as funding the freighting and delivery of…
The Lagos State Police Command has said it is still investigating music star, Habeeb Okikiola well known as Portable, noting that the artiste will be arrested after investigation if he fails to turn himself in. The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, had on Monday ordered Portable’s probe over his alleged ties to One Million Boys, a notorious gang terrorising Lagos and parts of Ogun State. The controversial musician had in a video, which went viral on Monday, boasted of forming the gang and another notorious group known as Ajah Boys. Open your ears and hear me, Have you…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB) has announced that an indigene of Ekiti, Adebayo Eyimofe, scored the highest mark in the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination(UTME) with 362. Adebayo wrote the examination in one of the computer based test centres in Abuja. Registrar of JAMB, Prof Is – haq Oloyede, disclosed this at the ongoing 2022 policy meeting of the board holding at the International Conference Centre in Abuja. According to a presentation by Oloyede, Adebayo was closely followed by Ugwu Chikelu, an indigene of Enugu state with a score of 359. Like Adebayo, Ugwu also wrote…
Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has directed the Head of Service to dismiss officers who are receiving double salaries from the state payroll. Governor Akeredolu gave the directive while receiving the report of the Committee for Verification, Scrutinization, and Clean-up of the State Payroll. The Governor, who suspected that the State Payroll including salaries and pensions had been compromised, set up a seven-member committee to continuously clean up the payroll of infractions. The committee, led by the Chairman and former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, Mr. Victor Olajorin, on Wednesday submitted its report to…
Kashim Shettima, All Progressives Congress (APC) 2023 Vice-Presidential candidate has insisted that he never supported the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in order to be his running mate. Shettima disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja when he was formally presented as the party’s Vice-Presidential candidate by Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, the APC National Chairman. Commenting on his nomination and the APC Muslim-Muslim ticket, Shettima, who currently represents Borno Central in the National Assembly, said, “I don’t intend to be Vice-President to represent members of the Muslim community. No, the Sultan of Sokoto is capable of doing that. “I…