THE House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts Tuesday summoned the Accountant General to the Federation,AGF, Mr Jonah Otunla, the Central Bank of Nigeria,CBN and the Budget office to explain why the sum of N59.6billion subsidy money meant for Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC allegedly got missing. . The money which the Budget office and Accountant General’s office claimed was disbursed to NNPC was not received by the corporation. . Officials of NNPC told members of the committee that all attempts to make the budget office and AGF do a formal letter stating that the said N59.6bn was not cash…
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Unknown armed gunmen struck in the early hours of Tuesday at Konga, an Akassa fishing community off the Atlantic coast of Brass in Bayelsa East senatorial district and kidnapped, Mr. and Mrs Joel Kido, parents of a maritime businessman in the area. . But Mr. Joel Kido, aged 65, father of the businessman was said to have jumped into the sea and escaped from his captors. . The gunmen, numbering about eight, it was learnt, stormed the residence of the couples at 12 midnight while they were asleep and marched them to their waiting speedboat. . While Mr. Joel managed…
The crisis rocking Ekiti State wing of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) Tuesday took a new turn as the party’s state secretariat was set ablaze by people suspected to be political thugs. . The arson which was said to have been committed at about 5.30 am on Tuesday, badly affected the office of the Chairman, Mr Makanjuola Ogundipe and the conference Hall of the one-storey building located in along Ikere Road, Ado Ekiti. . It has been gathered that the fire disaster could have been more disastrous but for the timely intervention of passers-by who alerted the residents of the Area…
In preparation for the 2015 elections, the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, has sent another batch of 16,691 policemen on promotion course. . The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Frank Mba, stated this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. . Mba said that while on the course, the officers would undergo intensive training on election “protection duties’’, adding that it was a strategy to ensure orderly and violent-free elections. . “The course, which is concurrently taking place at various police training institutions nationwide, is specifically designed to equip the men with new skills in standard operational policing practices.…
The office of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in Lagos is on fire at the moment, according to report and photos shared on the social media. . More details to follow…
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday assured Nigerians in The Netherlands that the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) would soon be passed by the National Assembly. . This is contained in a statement issued by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati, in Abuja. . It stated that Jonathan gave the assurance at an interactive session with Nigerians residing in The Netherlands. . According to him, he has been assured by the National Assembly that the seventh National Assembly will be able to complete the process of passing the bill. . “The NASS will as soon as they…
A former Head of State, Gen. Mohammadu Buhari, on Monday urged the National Assembly to adopt a holistic approach to ensuring transparency and accountability in the oil and gas sector. . Buhari made the call at a roundtable for Legislators and Civil Society Organisations organised by the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) in Abuja. . PGF is a forum of 16 state governors who are members of the All Progressives Congress (APC). . The theme of the roundtable was; “Improving governance through transparency, budgeting, accountability and effective public financial management“. . He noted that it was a duty of legislature in…
The ranks of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Imo State have continued to deplete since the recent return of former governor of Imo State, Chief Achike Udenwa, to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. . The Mayor of Owerri, Chief Gibson Njemanze, has joined the league of appointees of Governor Rochas Okorocha that had resigned their appointments. . Scores of Okorocha’s foot soldiers, such as Dr. Vin Udokwu, Chief Soronnadi Njoku, Chief Analyn Nwaneri, Col. Lambert Ihenacho (rtd) and a host of others, have since resigned their appointments and returned to the PDP family. . Chief Njemanze, who conveyed his resignation…
A private investor, Festrut Conglomerate is set to establish a farm covering 100 hectares of land in Uzebba, Edo State that will provide about 15,000 employment opportunities for the people of the state. . Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the company, Dr. Festus Asikhia, disclosed this when he led a delegation on a courtesy visit to Governor Adams Oshiomhole at the Government House in Benin City, weekend. . Asikhia said “I have to go to my community, where I can easily have access to land and I have acquired about 100 hectares of land for the take-off of the company. Apart…
The Coordinator, Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), Lagos office, Alhaji Kamaldeen Oladeji, on Monday said all was ready for the Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination (UTME), scheduled for April 12. . Oladeji in Lagos said that 11 centres accredited for the Dual Based Test and the 103 venues for the Paper Pencil Test in the state were ready. . He said that the board was yet to compile the total number of centres to be used for the Computer Based Test (CBT) mode of the examination. . “As you may know, the CBT registration is still ongoing, having been extended…