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N4.3bn: Ondo Lawmakers Confirm Receipt Of Documents, Embark On Recess

Ondo State House of Assembly Members of the Ondo State House of Assembly have confirmed receiving documents of transactions on the N4.3bn uncovered in a ‘secret’ account with Zenith Bank. Chairman, House Committee on Public Accounts, Edamisan Ademola, acknowledged the receipt of the documents on Thursday during plenary. Recall that the Assembly summoned the Commissioner for Finance in the state, Wale Akinterinwa, and the Account-General, Mr. Olaolu Akindolire, to furnish the lawmakers with the financial documents on transactions on the account.  Ondo State House of Assembly google Edamisan said the Assembly will not relent in its investigation and will make sure the documents were properly scrutinized. According to him, findings of the committee will be relayed to members of the parliament after proper investigation. Speaker of the Assembly, Mr Bamidele Oleyelogun, also confirmed receipt of the documents. The lawmakers after the plenary immediately went on a month rece...

Lawyer Of Man Unlawfully Detained By DSS For Purchasing SIM Card Previously Used By President Buhari’s Daughter Asks Security Agency To Pay N10m Compensation Within 24 Hours

Anthony Okolie, the businessman, who was detained by the Department of State Services for using a SIM card previously owned by President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter, Hanan, has asked the secret police to pay him N10m as ordered by a Federal High Court in Asaba, Delta State, last week. In a letter signed by his lawyer, Tope Akinyode, and addressed to the Director-General of the DSS, Yusuf Bichi, Okolie asked to be paid the money within 24 hours.  Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court in Asaba had ordered the DSS to pay Okolie N10m for illegally detaining him for 10 weeks after purchasing the SIM card at a MTN outlet.  The letter reads, “We have been instructed by our client to recover the said debt of N10, 000, 000 from you. You are therefore requested to forward your cheque to us forthwith in settlement of the judgment debt. “Take notice that unless we receive our cheque in settlement within 24 hours after the receipt of this letter, we shall have no choic...

National Intelligence Agency Staff Write Buhari Against Ambassadorial Nominee

Senior staff members of the National Intelligence Agency have written a petition against the nomination of Mr I. A. Yusuf, the agency’s Director of Administration, as an ambassador. They also informed President Muhammadu Buhari of the appointment of one Ms. Atinuke T. Mohammed believed to be the girlfriend of the DG’s former boss and mentor as Consul-General in Dubai. The senior staff also accused the Director-General of unilaterally making decisions without consulting other members of the Senior Management Committee. Faulting the nomination of Yusuf, they stated that he had few months left before retirement, adding that he has an ongoing case with anti-graft agency. They posited that the NIA DG has suppressed all actions on the case against Yusuf with the anti-corruption agencies.  The petition reads, “We gave him this advice in order to avoid a situation where it will look like the implementation of government rules and regulations are selective and discriminatory whe...

Ohanaeze President Condemns Migration of Northern Youth To South, Urges Dangote To Stop Young Men Hiding in Company’s Vehicles

Ohaneze National President, John Nwodo at Ukehe The apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has expressed concerns over the influx of Northern youth to the South-East. The group said it was unfortunate that while President Muhammadu Buhari President had drafted the army to stop the invasion of bandits in Katsina, the “President and the entire security look away from this continuous movement of people to the South.” President-General of the group, John Nwodo, made the remarks while speaking with SaharaReporters. Nwodo disclosed that vehicles belonging to the companies of Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, had become notorious in transporting Northern youth to the South.  Ohaneze National President, John Nwodo at Ukehe He said the group had tried to draw Dangote’s attention to the issue but nothing appears to have changed. He said, “Lots of trailers from the North are carrying a lot of able-body young men who have no place of habitation, no legitimate busi...

Don’t Condemn Northern Youth Moving, Many Southerners Earn Living In North, Arewa Consultative Forum Chieftain Says

The immediate-past Secretary-General of Arewa Consultative Forum, Anthony Sani, has faulted condemnations that greeted the influx of almajiris to Southern Nigeria, saying many Southerners also earned their living by moving to the North. The Arewa Consultative Forum is a political and cultural association of leaders in Northern Nigeria formed in 2000. Sani, who spoke in an interview with SaharaReporters, said the North had never complained when Southerners moved to their region to earn a living. The ACF chieftain also described as mischievous an allegation made by an Igbo group that almajiris moving to the South-East were being sponsored by some Northern elements to attack communities in South-East.  He said, “The people regarded as almajiris being exported to the South may not be almajiris after all, but youths in search of greener pasture in the South, just as there are millions of people in the South-East in the North who have settled and have been able to invest ...

COVID-19: Jama'atu Nasril Islam Asks Muslims To Observe Eid-el-Fitr Prayers At Home

Muslims Jama’atu Nasril Islam has asked all Muslims in Nigeria to shun congregational worship by observeing Eid-el-Fitr prayers at home due to the Coronavirus pandemic. JNI in statement on Thursday by it's Secretary General, Khalid Abubakar Aliyu, said Muslim faithful in states where the ban on public worship had been lifted must take adequate precautions to avoid getting or spreading the virus. The statement reads, "Eid-el-Fitr congregation in the outskirts of towns and cities should be temporarily suspended. Muslims "That Eid-el-Fitr prayer be observed at home with family members or alone in case there isn’t anyone with him or her at home. "However, in states where governments have reached concrete decisions to observe the ‘Eid-el-Fitr prayer, based on their medical experts advice, strictest measures of distancing, face masks and sanitizers be taken to protect worshipers. In this case neighborhood mosques can be utilized if it becomes necessary."...

Lagos Journalists Cry Out Over Police Harassment, Threaten Strike Action

The Lagos Journalists' League has bemoaned the harassment of journalists on Tuesday by men of the Nigeria Police Force while enforcing the lockdown order put in place to stop the spread of Coronavirus. Journalist belong to the essential services list and are exempted from all curfew/lockdown guidelines put in place by President Muhammadu Buhari. After an order by the Inspector-General of Police on Tuesday however, many journalists and doctors were arrested by officers in Lagos.  The order has now been rescinded and journalists permitted to carry on as usual. In a statement however, condemning Tuesday's event, Enitan Olukotun, Acting Secretary, LJL, said the treatment given to media practitioners was barbaric. The statement reads, "These journalists who are rarely appreciated by the society work around the clock to keep the society informed and stabilise the polity by filtering false news. "It is disheartening that many of our colleagues had to pass t...

Woman Dies Of COVID-19 In Ekiti

A 75-year-old woman has died of Coronavirus-related complications in Ekiti State. This was disclosed by the state government in a tweet on Thursday. With the new fatality, the number of COVID-19 deaths has increased to two in the state.  “We can confirm that one of the samples sent to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control-accredited laboratory for testing returned positive of the #COVID-19 virus infection. “The new positive case, a 75-year-old female, has died from complications of the virus,” it tweeted. EKITI COVID-19 UPDATE: We can confirm that one (1) of the samples sent to the NCDC accredited laboratory for testing returned positive of the #COVID19 virus infection. The new positive case, a 75 year-old female, has died from complications of the virus. pic.twitter.com/Toy7oFOCTG — EKITI COVID19 UPDATES (@Ekiti_COVID19) May 21, 2020 PUBLIC HEALTH News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from A...

N4.3bn: Ondo Lawmakers Confirm Receipt Of Documents, Embark On Recess

Ondo State House of Assembly Members of the Ondo State House of Assembly have confirmed receiving documents of transactions on the N4.3bn uncovered in a ‘secret’ account with Zenith Bank. Chairman, House Committee on Public Accounts, Edamisan Ademola, acknowledged the receipt of the documents on Thursday during plenary. Recall that the Assembly summoned the Commissioner for Finance in the state, Wale Akinterinwa, and the Account-General, Mr. Olaolu Akindolire, to furnish the lawmakers with the financial documents on transactions on the account.  Ondo State House of Assembly google Edamisan said the Assembly will not relent in its investigation and will make sure the documents were properly scrutinized. According to him, findings of the committee will be relayed to members of the parliament after proper investigation. Speaker of the Assembly, Mr Bamidele Oleyelogun, also confirmed receipt of the documents. The lawmakers after the plenary immediately went on a month rece...

Peru Mayor Caught Violating COVID-19 Lockdown Fakes Own Death To Evade Arrest

A photo of Torres wearing a mask and lying in a coffin has now gone viral. Jamie Rolando Urbina Torres, the mayor of a town in Peru, has been caught faking his own death to evade arrest after he violated COVID-19 lockdown rules. A photo of Torres wearing a mask and lying in a coffin has now gone viral. Torres was caught by police while drinking with friends in the town of Tantará.   A photo of Torres wearing a mask and lying in a coffin has now gone viral. Police say he violated curfew and social distancing laws in order to drink liquor with his friends and was drunk when he was arrested. It is not clear exactly where he and his friends were drinking or why there were open caskets there. Torres had previously been accused by locals of failing to take the threat of the virus seriously and failing to implement safety precautions in the town. Locals say Torres has spent just eight days in the town since the start of the lockdown and had failed to put in place any local s...

Lawyer Of Man Unlawfully Detained By DSS For Purchasing SIM Card Previously Used By President Buhari’s Daughter Asks Security Agency To Pay N10m Compensation Within 24 Hours

Anthony Okolie, the businessman, who was detained by the Department of State Services for using a SIM card previously owned by President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter, Hanan, has asked the secret police to pay him N10m as ordered by a Federal High Court in Asaba, Delta State, last week. In a letter signed by his lawyer, Tope Akinyode, and addressed to the Director-General of the DSS, Yusuf Bichi, Okolie asked to be paid the money within 24 hours.  Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court in Asaba had ordered the DSS to pay Okolie N10m for illegally detaining him for 10 weeks after purchasing the SIM card at a MTN outlet.  The letter reads, “We have been instructed by our client to recover the said debt of N10, 000, 000 from you. You are therefore requested to forward your cheque to us forthwith in settlement of the judgment debt. “Take notice that unless we receive our cheque in settlement within 24 hours after the receipt of this letter, we shall have no choic...

Nigeria May Go Into Recession, Says Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed

Zainab Ahmed, Nigeria's Finance Minister, has said that the country may go into recession due to the slowing down of economic activities as shown in an assessment by the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics. She made the prediction while speaking with journalists after the National Economic Council meeting on Thursday. She said, “The National Bureau of Statistics has made an assessment. So, it is the NBS assessment that Nigeria will go into a recession measuring at an average of -4.4 per cent.  “But with the work that the Economic Accessibility Committee is doing bringing stimulus packages, we believe that we can reduce the impact of that recession. “And if we applied all that have been proposed and we are able to implement it we may end up with a recession that is -0.4 per cent. In any case, we will go into recession but what we are trying to do is to make sure that it is shallow so that we will quickly come out of it come 2021." Ahmed added that this will be worsened by ...

National Intelligence Agency Staff Write Buhari Against Ambassadorial Nominee

Senior staff members of the National Intelligence Agency have written a petition against the nomination of Mr I. A. Yusuf, the agency’s Director of Administration, as an ambassador. They also informed President Muhammadu Buhari of the appointment of one Ms. Atinuke T. Mohammed believed to be the girlfriend of the DG’s former boss and mentor as Consul-General in Dubai. The senior staff also accused the Director-General of unilaterally making decisions without consulting other members of the Senior Management Committee. Faulting the nomination of Yusuf, they stated that he had few months left before retirement, adding that he has an ongoing case with anti-graft agency. They posited that the NIA DG has suppressed all actions on the case against Yusuf with the anti-corruption agencies.  The petition reads, “We gave him this advice in order to avoid a situation where it will look like the implementation of government rules and regulations are selective and discriminatory whe...

The Media Needs A Bailout Now! By Fredrick Nwabufo

Fredrick Nwabufo The primacy of the media in any society is indubitable. The media is the iron curtain between tyranny and democracy. It is the bastion of the ethos, truth and spirit of a people. And it serves no interest but the public’s. Cliched as the fourth estate of the realm, the essentiality of media is commonplace but prodigiously unemphasised. In fact, it is the institution that is accorded a “special envoy status” in the Nigerian constitution, and even in those of some advanced democracies. Section 22 of the Nigerian constitution says: “The press, radio, television and other agencies of mass media shall at all times be free to uphold the fundamental objectives ...and uphold the responsibility and accountability of the government to the people....” So, naturally, the media exists in the service of public interest – to hold the government to account. It is a public institution beholden to no one. Considering, the preeminent place of the media in Nigeria, should it be a...

Intelligence Failure, Lack Of Weapons, Training, Responsible For Prolonged Insurgency In Nigeria –Security Experts

A boy walks past the remains of a village burnt down by Boko Haram on the outskirts of Maiduguri The war against Boko Haram insurgency has not abated since it took off in 2009. Every day, attacks are carried out on Nigerian soil, dealing deadly blows to even the country's military, a situation experts have described as owing to massive intelligence failure and lack of funding on the part of government. Ona Ekhomu, a security expert, on Thursday told SaharaReporters that the intelligence infrastructure in the war against Boko Haram was faulty, leading to ambushes during critical operations. He said, "The dynamics of the war against insurgency are changing and perhaps the entire military high command has to figure out how to change with that dynamic.  A boy walks past the remains of a village burnt down by Boko Haram on the outskirts of Maiduguri Audu Marte/AFP/Getty "Take for example the battle commission that they have which is an integrated battle commission ...

Vector & Mastaa - Crossroads (EP)

Vector & Mastaa - Crossroads (EP) Vector and Mastaa (Masterkraft) blesses us with the "Crossroads" EP Highly gifted rapper, Vector and ace music producer, Mastaa aka Masterkaft , have released their highly anticipated EP titled, " Crossroads ." The new extended play houses 5 sublime tracks including collaborations with ace Nigerian disk jockey, DJ Neptune and the skilled DJ Magnum . SEE ALSO : Vector & Mastaa - Eyan Colgate ft. DJ Neptune The " Crossroads " EP is a journey into something new, eclectic, rhythmic , and refreshingly different. Using a mix of English, Yoruba and pidgin, and a medley of sounds deliberately arranged to stun and delight at the same time,  Vector  and  Mastaa  introduce us to a tune that adopts signature from all kinds of African sound, fused it nicely with the rhythm and pace that's unique to rap and created a revolution –  Rapfrobeat . The new sub-genre will definitely open the doors to a new wave of musi...

Praiz - Like It ft. Ice Prince

Praiz - Like It ft. Ice Prince Praiz dishes out a new single dubbed, "Like It" featuring Ice Prince Highly gifted Nigerian singer cum songwriter, Praiz serves his new single titled, " Like It " featuring ace Nigerian rapper, Ice Prince . SEE ALSO : Praiz - Madu It's been a while we've had an official single from Praiz , to be honest. " Like It " is the singer's first official single for 2020, it comes after his previous record, " Madu " which was released last year. The new and infectious record was produced by Praiz himself. Check it out and share your thoughts below. GET IT ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS Other Contents Mr Eazi, Empawa Africa - I No Go Give Up On You Yung L & Wizkid - Eve Bounce (Remix) Coco Benson - Can't Wait (Official Video) Skip Marley ft. Davido, Oxlade & H.E.R - Slow Down (P2J Remix) Dremo ft. Davido - Mabel (Official Video) Ceeboi - Beleje (Prod. Krizbeatz) Frank Edwards - We Worship You...

Mr Eazi - I No Go Give Up On You

Mr Eazi - I No Go Give Up On You Mr Eazi, Empawa Africa dishes out new record dubbed, "I No Go Give Up On You" Nigerian superstar, Mr Eazi in conjunction with Empawa Africa dishes out a brand new single titled, " I No Go Give Up On You ." SEE ALSO : Mr Eazi - Bedroom Bully The Blaq Jerzee -produced joint has a creative isualizer to compliment it, it was created by the usual suspects, Poka Studios . Check it out and share your thoughts below. GET IT ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS Other Contents Yung L & Wizkid - Eve Bounce (Remix) Coco Benson - Can't Wait (Official Video) Skip Marley ft. Davido, Oxlade & H.E.R - Slow Down (P2J Remix) Dremo ft. Davido - Mabel (Official Video) Ceeboi - Beleje (Prod. Krizbeatz) Frank Edwards - We Worship You DJ Kaywise ft. Jaido P - Sexy Mr Eazi - Bedroom Bully TBT :  IllBliss ft. Stormrex - Naalu Ekene Davolee, Masterkraft & Jaido P - G.O Zlatan - Road To CDK (Official Video) Danny Dreams - Kilimadu Rayb...