Few months after meeting with the representative of Abia North Senatorial District and Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, a former Chief of Army Staff, retired Lieutenant General Azubuike Ihejirika, has joined the All Progressives Congress. The ex-Army Chief formally declared for the APC and registered with the party in the ongoing registration and revalidation on Tuesday.General Ihejirika, who served at the helm of the service from 2010-2014 under former President Goodluck Jonathan, made his declaration to join the APC at his Isuikwuato country home in Abia North Senatorial District. The former COAS made his declaration and…
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Southwest, Southeast and Middlebelt Leaders have rejected the nomination of Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa as EFCC Chairman. In a release signed Yinka Odumakin, Chief Guy Ikoku, Senator Bassey Henshaw and Dr Isuwa Diogo, the four geo-political Zonal leaders tagged the appointment as anti-corruption deception by President Muhammadu Buhari. See full statement below : President Muhammadu Buhari has for the second time in 6 years forwarded another nominee to the Senate for confirmation as the Chairman of EFCC.Anti-corruption is a star programme of the President and a large part of his following is owed to the Anti-corruption propaganda on which a lot…
Name = Abdulrasheed Bawa Age = 40 Origin = Kebbi State Qualification: Bawa Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics, Masters Degree in International Affairs and Diplomacy TRAINING Certified Fraud Exerminer (CFE)Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS)United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)United States Financial Crime Enforcement Network (FINCEN)The World BankThe United Nations Office of Drug and Crimes The Nigeria Police ForceThe Nigeria State Security Services.The EFCC AcademyUnited Kingdom’s Global Training Consulting. NOTABLE CASES: A) Supervising the biggest operations zonal office of the EFCC in Lagos having 604 officers and men and securing 227 convictions despite the Covid-19 pandemic. B) Supervising the investigation of all…
Oil prices yesterday maintained their upswing, hitting their highest in about 13 months on the back of vaccine rollouts expected to increase demand even as producers kept supply reined in. Global benchmark, Brent Crude, was up 88 cents, or 1.4 per cent, at $63.31 a barrel after climbing to a significant high of $63.76, the highest since January 22, 2020. Also, US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures gained $1.14, or two per cent, to $60.61 a barrel, touching $60.95, its highest since January 8 last year. The upswing in oil prices came as the federal government yesterday unfolded plans…
Apparently apprehending open grazing as the root cause of the prevailing tension between herders and farmers nationwide, North-west governors at yesterday’s meeting with security chiefs in Kaduna, reportedly sought more time to develop ranches seen to be the panacea for the raging conflict in the country. A reliable source close to the meeting revealed last night that although the governors expressed reservations over the profiling of herders from the Northern part of the country, more recently in the South-west, they, however, agreed that the lasting solution to the incessant conflict is ranching but asked for more time to develop the…
Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai on Monday raised the alarm that soldiers are now targets of bandits in the Northwest geo-political zone. The bandits are becoming bolder; they attack military camps and ambush those on patrol, he said. The governor, who praised the gallantry of the Armed Forces, lamented the killings of soldiers on duty. El-Rufai spoke in Kaduna, the state capital, when the National Security Adviser, Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno (retd), led newly appointed Service Chiefs to meet with governors from the Northwest, religious leaders and traditional rulers over banditry and other security challenges confronting the region. Urging the Federal…
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) which measures inflation increased by 16.47 per cent in January 2021, the highest point since April 2017. This is 0.71 per cent points higher than the rate in December 2020 which accounted for 15.57 per cent. The data was shown in the CPI/Inflation report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Tuesday, 16th February 2021. The composite food index also rose by 20.57 per cent in January 2021 compared to 19.56 percent in December 2020. This rise in the food index was caused by increases in prices of Bread and cereals, Potatoes, Yam and…
The Nigeria Army has uncovered an abandoned structure serving as a hideout for criminals on Parliamentary Road, Calabar. Army, Brigadier General M. A. Abdullahi, 13 Brigade Commander of the Nigerian Army who was represented by Major S. N. Ikpeme told journalists at the Brigade Headquarters on Monday. According to him, the discovery of the criminal hideout followed the trail of eight suspects, who had allegedly dispossessed one Mr Akan Udoh of N25,000. Major S. N. Ikpeme said three suspects identified as Micah Edet, Bassey Udoh and Emmanuel Bassey, were arrested by members of the NSCDC attached to Operation Akpakwu on…
Former Minister for the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT) puts pen to paper on what he thinks should be done in the event of the post-Shasha violence. Three categories of the Fulanis can be identifies. These are the settled and well integrated/assimilated Fulanis into other ethnic groups, the herdsmen or nomads and the bandits. Within the sedentary/settled group of Fulanis, you will find the highly educated, moderately educated, artisans or those with some kind of vocational education. There are Fulanis of distinction in the civil/public service at all levels of government. A good example is Alhaji Ahmed Joda, former Federal Permanent…
The Federal Government has begun the verification of employees of non-core Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in Abuja. Mrs Anne Atta, the Director, Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS), Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF), made this known on Monday in a statement issued by Mr Abdulganiyu Aminu, Director, Press, Office of HOCSF. According to Atta, the exercise is meant to capture all Human Resource records of non-core employees of the concerned MDAs. She noted that the exercise was about credibility of the records that would help the government in planning. “This is…
