The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi yesterday described the kerosene subsidy claim by NNPC as a scam saying that claims by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, of spending money on kerosene subsidy are not credible. . Sanusi made the declaration at the resumed Senate Investigative Public Hearing on un-remitted oil revenue in Abuja stressing that the sum of $20 billion was un-remitted to the Federation Account by the NNPC, between January 2012 and July 2013. . He said the burden of proof was now on the NNPC to substantiate that the $20…
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FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo and another former head of state, General Muhammadu Buhari, as well as Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State were, yesterday, conspicuously absent from the National Council of State, NCS, meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. . No reasons was given for the absence of Obasanjo but Buhari had earlier vowed that he would not attend the NCS until the injustice allegedly done to him during the 2011 presidential election was redressed. Amaechi was, however, said to be out of the country. . Those who attended, however, endorsed the proposed national conference by President Goodluck Jonathan saying…
The APC Registration Supervisory Committee for Kano State on Wednesday urged supporters of the party to come out en masse and register at polling units nearest to them. . The Chairman of the committee, Dr Mustapha Inuwa, made the call in an interview in Kano. . Inuwa said there was need for the supporters to show commitment and love for the party by coming out to register during the exercise. . “APC should have more people registered in Kano than anywhere in the country, considering the fact that Kano is the most populous state in the country. . “And with…
Property estimated at hundreds of millions of naira have been destroyed by fire at the popular Kara market in Sokoto. . Some of the items sold at the market included grains, onions, agricultural inputs, wheat offal, kola nuts, generators and spare parts, among others. . The fire started at about midnight on Tuesday. . It was said to have been ignited by an electrical spark at a shop opposite the Kofar-Kade gate. . There was, however, no loss of life or injury in the inferno. . The fire was still raging when NAN visited the scene at 6.30a.m. on Wednesday.…
Eight people were killed and 26 injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a hotel in a Shiite minority neighbourhood in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar on Tuesday, officials said. . “Eight people were killed and twenty six have been injured in a suicide blast outside a local hotel yards away from an Imambargah (worship place of the Shiites),” senior police official Faisal Mukhtar told AFP. . Shafqat Malik, chief of Peshawar’s Bomb Disposal Unit, confirmed that it was a suicide blast. . Jamil Shah, a spokesman for the city’s government- run Leady Reading Hospital confirmed the casualties.…
The National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, on Tuesday said that the party would compensate loyal members. . He made this known when the Goodluck Support Group (GSG) Elders Council, led by former Deputy Senate President, Ibrahim Mantu, visited him at the party`s national headquarters, Abuja. . Mu `azu, who was responded to complaints that loyal party members had not be adequately compensated, added that PDP would provide a level playing ground for all members. . He promised to meet President Goodluck Jonathan on how the party would adequately compensate loyal party members. . Meanwhile, Mu`azu has…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as reckless, irresponsible and totally condemnable the alleged threat by Mujahedeen Asari-Dokubo to levy war against Nigeria even if President Goodluck Jonathan is defeated even in a free and fair election in 2015. . It said the SSS must act immediately or be damned. . ”There is no better test of the fairness, non- partisanship and professionalism of the SSS than this Asari-Dokubo’s threat to levy war on his own country. . If Asari-Dokubo is not above the laws of the land, he must be hauled before the SSS, just like the service…
A RECENT post on the Facebook revealed that, apart from the office of the President and the Secretary to Government, other key appointments are held by the North. These include: The President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Office of the Head of service, the Chief Justice of the Federaltion and President of the Appeal Court, the Governor of the Central Bank, the Chairman of EFCC, the Inspector General of Police, the National Security Adviser, the Chief of Defence Staff, the Comptroller Generals of Custom Service, Immigration Service, and Prison Service. . Others are the…
THE Central Bank Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, Tuesday, told the Senate Committee on Finance that out of the $67 billion crude oil sale that was supposed to be remitted to the federation account only $47 billion has been reconciled between the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC and Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, leaving a balance of $20billion unaccounted for. . But Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance, Ahmed Makarfi cautioned the CBN Governor over making wild and unsubstantiated allegations without concrete and specific figures to back his claims. . Malam Sanusi came up with a new figure of about $20 billion…
Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, yesterday, ordered that Dr. Mohammed Yunus, a lecturer at the Kogi State University, who allegedly sponsored a cell of the Boko Haram sect situated at Igala land in Kogi State, be transferred to Kuje Prison. . Justice Kolawole made the order shortly after the lecturer, Yunus, alongside two other alleged members of the sect, Salami Abdullahi and Umar Musa, pleaded not guilty to an eight-count terrorism charge preferred against them by the Federal Government yesterday. . The government, alleged that the trio had within May and October, 2013,…
The Kano State House of Assembly has elected a new speaker following the resignation of the former, Alhaji Gambo Sallau. . The new speaker is Alhaji Ishaku Danja, who was until Tuesday’s election, the Deputy Speaker. Alhaji Hamisu Chidari, the Majority Leader, is now the Deputy Speaker. . The House had also elected Alhaji Kabir Alhassan as the new Majority Leader to replace Chidari. . The former speaker announced his resignation in a broadcast in Kano on Tuesday. . He said his decision was based on political reasons, as he said “I, Gambo Sallau, the Speaker of the Kano State…
An Abuja Grade 1 Area Court, sitting in Kado on Tuesday sentenced a scavenger, Yakubu Jibril, 18, to eight months in prison for vandalism. . He was arraigned for joint act, criminal trespass and theft. . The Presiding Judge, Alhaji Ahmed Ado, sentenced the convict without an option to pay a fine after he pleaded guilty. . Ado, however, gave the convict an option to pay nine thousand naira. . “The punishment is to make you change your lifestyle from that of crime to being a good citizen,” he stated. . Earlier the Prosecutor, Mr Simon Ibrahim, told the court…
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday in Abuja, described the defection of former Vice President Atiku Ababukar to the All Progressive Congress (APC) on Feb. 2, as “a voyage”. . Mr Uche Secondus, Deputy National Chairman of the party, said this while declaring open a Strategic Consultative Workshop for Women in Media and Communication. . Secondus, who was chairman at the workshop organised by Mrs Kema Chikwe, the PDP National Women Leader, in collaboration with the International Republican Institute, said that PDP would be willing to receive Atiku back after the voyage. . “The good thing is that the…
The Yobe Police Command on Tuesday confirmed the killing of 18 traders by bandits in Bara village. . Alhaji Sanusi Rufai, the Commissioner of Police in the State, told newsmen that the traders were ambushed by the bandits while travelling back from Ngalda market. . “The bandits attacked and killed 18 traders; 10 from Kukuwa and eight from Dokshi villages’ and took away their money. . “The bandits were masked and wearing army uniform’’, he said. . Sanusi said that a policeman attached to a quarry in Bara village was also shot dead by the fleeing bandits. . “The Joint…
The Joint Task Force (JTF) operating in the Niger Delta region has freed two suspected vessels carrying diesel. . The task force said that one of the vessels was carrying 282,000 litres of diesel worth N46.53 million. . The JTF Commander, Maj.-Gen. Iliyasu Abba, announced the release of the vehicles on Monday during the release of the two vessels to its owners in Bonny Island, Rivers. . The two vessels, identified as MV Ebba and MT Askja Rotterdam, were arrested along the creeks in Rivers on suspicion that they were transporting petroleum products without permit. . Abba, represented by Maj.…
Former Gov. Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State on Monday rated himself as the best among the 39 aspirants jostling to become candidate of PDP in the June 21 governorship election. . “I am the only person who can defeat the incumbent governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).’’ . The former governor made these remarks at a meeting of 172 out of 177 Ward Chairmen of PDP in his campaign office in Ado-Ekiti. . “I am the first PDP governor in the state and there is no aspirant with credentials that are better than mine. .…
Gov. Adam Oshiomhole of Edo on Monday said that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, a former Vice President, could not be a godfather to the All Progressives Congress (APC). . Oshiomhole made this known when he spoke with newsmen after paying a solidarity visit to APC secretariat in Asaba. . He said that it was not possible for Atiku to become godfather to a party he did not form, adding that “Atiku came to join what already existed, so he cannot be a father to APC. . “But what you should talk about Atiku joining APC is the fact that such an…
The Nasarawa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday announced the suspension of the state Deputy Governor, Damishi Luka-Barau, from the party. . It can be reported that the state Interim Chairman of the party, Mr Standly Buba, told newsmen in Lafia that his suspension followed a recent interview the deputy governor allegedly granted to journalists in Abuja. . “The party faulted Luka-Barau over his comment in faulting the decision of the National Executive members of the party that its members at the National Assembly should not sign any bill sent by the president. . “Why is…
Governor Sullivan Chime and other leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Enugu State have expressed satisfaction with the declaration by the new National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu that candidates would not be imposed on the electorate. . Mu’azu made the promise during a solidarity visit to him by Governor Chime and the leadership of the PDP in the state, saying, there would be no more impositions from Abuja under his watch. . “If you want anything from the party, then you must go back to your people and it is what they decide that will…
Christian graduates in the country have tasked President Goodluck Jonathan to keep faith with his promise of ensuring no blood was shed on account activities leading to 2015 presidential election. . Acting under the aegis of Nigerian Christian Graduates Fellowship, NCGF, immediate past president of the group, Professor Vincent Iyawe, gave the charge in an interview. . Iyawe, who is the Provost, College of Medical Science, University of Benin, spoke shortly after their all night prayers for Nigeria, churches, body of Christ, all Christians and NCGF as part of the preparation for the group’s forthcoming national conference billed for Anambra…