Month: April 2017

The police have sent a proposal to President Muhammadu Buhari for approval to shore up their manpower by recruiting 155,000 personnel  in five years as part of measures to meet the United Nations (UN) standard of effective policing. The police are also considering the introduction of whistleblowing to curtail criminality by mopping up illegal arms in different parts of the country. The Deputy Inspector General of Police, Training and Development and Supervising DIG in charge of South-south geopolitical, Mr. Emmanuel Inyang, spoke yesterday at the headquarters of the Bayelsa State Police command.…

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A former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido has described the President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption war as a ‘noise.’ Lamido, a former minister of Foreign Affairs, while speaking with the BBC Hausa Service yesterday, claimed that President Buhari could not be passed as a saint because he was “equally corrupt when he served under the late Head of State Sani Abacha.” Buhari had served as chairman of the defunct Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF) which was established by Abacha in 1994 to provide critical infrastructure across the country. “He (Buhari) worked…

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  The Senator Ahmed Markafi-led Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has faulted the suspension of the embattled Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Babachir Lawal, and Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Amb. Ayo Oke, insisting that the duo should have been arrested. The party, however, described the suspension as an attempt to dress up a “failed anti-corruption war” saying that the APC-led federal government has suddenly realised the corruption allegation levelled against the SGF; and instead of arresting and detaining him as the government has been doing…

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Suspended member of the lower section of the National Assembly, honourable Abdulmumin Jibrin, has reacted to the monthly payslip released by Speaker, Honourable Yakubu Dogara. In a series of tweets, Jibrin said if what Dogara made available to the public was authentic, then he (Jibrin) earned more than the speaker. Jibrin wrote, “I will make few comments on the response of Speaker Dogara to El Rufai and as usual using the institution of the House as cover. “As regard NASS budget, I completely agree with paragraph 9, 10 and 11…

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By Sani Tukur President Muhammadu Buhari has launched the Nigeria Economic Recovery and Growth Plan, ERGP, which seeks to restore the nation’s economic status following the high rate of inflation and recession. The launch was undertaken shortly before the commencement of the meeting of Federal Executive Council, FEC, inside the Council Chamber, Aso Rock, Abuja on Wednesday. The launch was attended by all cabinet members as well as top government functionaries including the national chairman of the governing All Progressives Congress, APC, John Odigie-Oyegun; Senate President Bukola Saraki; Speaker of…

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Today, the Senate passed the Electoral Act No. 6 2010 (Amendment) Bill 2017 into law. The passage of this Bill in the Senate is a bold, innovative and common sense step on Electoral Reforms designed to guarantee free, fair and credible elections in Nigeria. Without much ado, these are some of the highlights of the Bill: There shall now be full biometric accreditation of voters with Smart Card Readers and/or other technological devices, as INEC may introduce for elections from time to time. Presiding Officers must now instantly transmit accreditation data…

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