Day: March 12, 2024

Ningi’s budget padding allegations, A Civilian Coup targeted at Akpabio – Senate Leader

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There was a mild-drama on the floor of the Nigerian Senate today, as Senate Majority Leader, Micheal Opeyemi Bamidele accused Senator Abdul Ningi representing Bauchi Central of leading the plot to impeach the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio.   Bamidele maintained that Ningi was playing a script written by few Senators, who were still hurting from the loss of the Senate leadership elections.   The Senate leader stated this while contributing to debate on the floor of the Senate over the allegations by Senator Abdul Ningi that the 2024 budget was…

CIVIL UNREST: FCT Police restores normalcy in Wuse Market, Environs. ….. Arrests Correctional officer who shot fleeing suspect

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Following the report of a civil unrest at Wuse Market today being 12th March,2024 at about 3:30 PM, the Commissioner of Police FCT Command, CP Benneth Igweh personally led a team of Police operatives to the scene, assessed and swiftly restored order.   Preliminary investigation revealed that one Ibrahim Yahaya ‘27 years’ of Gishiri Village Mabuchi was apprehended by operatives of the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) Task Force and was taken before a mobile court which sits every Tuesday in Wuse Market, and he was convicted. Suspect alongside others…

Tinubu appoints Dr Dayo Mobereola as new NIMASA DG

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President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr. Dayo Mobereola to serve as the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) for a renewable term of four years. Chief Ajuri Ngelale, the spokesman of the President, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday.   Dayo’s appointment follows the exit of Mr. Bashir Jamoh, whose tenure recently expired.   Dr. Mobereola holds a Ph.D, and an M.Sc in Transport Economics from the University of Wales, United Kingdom. He is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Transport,…

Senate Minority leadership not imposed, and I have doing my work very well – Sen Abba Moro replies Senator Ningi

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The Senate Minority Leader, Comrade Abba Moro on Tuesday expressed dissatisfaction with the allegation by the senator representing Bauchi Central Senatorial District and Chairman, Northern Senators’ Forum, Sen.Abdul Ningi that the leadership of the Senate Minority Caucus of the 10th Senate was imposed on the caucus and that the leadership is not doing its job of opposition.   Senator Moro, while making his contribution on the floor of the Senate to a Motion moved by Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriation, Senator Solomon Adeola over Senator Ningi’s allegation of budget padding…

NYSC DG inaugurates 13-man President’s Honours Award Committee

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The Director General,National Youth Service Corps NYSC, Brig General Yusha’u Dogara Ahmed has inaugurated the reconstituted 13 member President’s National Honours Award Selection Committee. Brigadier General YD while inaugurating the committee in Abuja today charged them, being the highest body saddled with the evaluation of the performances and selection of Corps Members for the award to sustain the standards already set. He said the President’s Honours Award was instituted in 1974 as a way of encouraging Corps Members to contribute to the overall national development through the NYSC programme. “The…

Tinubu approves appointment of FCTA Head of Service, Permanent secretaries, others

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of the Chairman and Commissioners of the FCT Civil Service Commission.   Those appointed are: I. Engr. Emeka Ezeh – Chairman II. Hon. Ahmed Mohammed – North West III. Chief Anthony Okeah – South-South IV. Mohammed Magaji Ibrahim – North East V. Miskoom Alexander Naantuam – North Central VI. Hon. Jide Jimoh – South West VII. Barrister Martin Azubike – South East   Similarly, President Tinubu also approved the following to fill existing vacancies in some critical agencies of the FCTA. They…

NATIONAL HAJJ COMMISSION OF NIGERIA (NAHCON) THE JOURNEY SO FAR. By Abubakar Bello Kaoje

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1. BACKGROUND INFORMATION. Hajj Operation in Nigeria is undoubtedly a chequered history. It was around the late of the 20th century, precisely in 1958 that the late Sardauna of Sokoto began to agitate on how to make the arrangement of Hajj in at least an organized way and the involvement of Government in its activities. Mallam Abdulkareem Buba, in his book titled “Letter to Intending Pilgrims; A retreat on Hajj Operation Philosophy and Practice” attempted to provide some insights of the historical background of Hajj Operation in Nigeria. According to…

Alleged Budget Padding: Ningi resigns as Northern Senators’ forum Chairman

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Senator Abdul Ningi, representing Bauchi Central at the National Assembly, has resigned his position as the Chairman of the Northern Senators Forum.   The lawmaker tendered his resignation from the forum shortly after he was suspended by the Senate over his allegation that three trillion naira was unjustly inserted into the twenty-twenty four budget.   Budget padding, as it is called in Nigeria is mostly an underhand inflation of monetary appropriations and spending plans.   In a letter to the Secretary of the forum, Senator Abdul Ningi explained that he…

Reps probe NCDMB over alleged multi million dollars corruption

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Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has come under probe by the House of Representatives over allegations of corruption and mismanagement of public funds put at $300 million.   The probe was part of the ongoing efforts to stamp out corruption in the oil and gas sector.   NCDMB was established by the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act (NOGICD) of 2010.   The mission of the board is to promote the development and utilization of in-country capacities for the industrialization of Nigeria through the effective implementation…

BREAKING: Senate suspends Ningi for three months over N3trn budget padding allegations

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The Nigerian Senate has suspended Senator Abdul Ningi for three months over allegations of padding the 2024 Budget.     Ningi was suspended on Tuesday, March 12, 2024, after a long stormy session in the red chamber.   A member of the Appropriation Committee in the Senate, Jimoh Ibrahim, first moved the motion for Ningi’s suspension for 12 months over allegations of criminal misinformation and breach of peace in the National Assembly and the country by extension.   However, other lawmakers like Senator Asuquo Ekpenyong moved for the amendment of…