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Revealed: How Disgraced AGF Idris Pocketed ₦15.1bn Bribe

Revealed: How Disgraced AGF Idris Pocketed ₦15.1bn Bribe

July 22, 2022 6:13 pm

It has been revealed by a report which was sighted by Africa Daily News, New York that between the months of February and December, 2021 the already suspended accountant general of the Federation, Ahmed Idris who is currently being embroiled in a corruption probe had accepted a bribe of ₦15.136 billion, which would help to accelerate the payment of 13% derivation to the nine oil producing States in the Federation.

The scandalous bribe, we learnt, had been paid through one Olusegun Akindele, which was one of the counts levelled against Idris, as his case came for trial on Friday at …

Unsafe Operations: NCAA Slams Suspension On Dana Airlines

Unsafe Operations: NCAA Slams Suspension On DANA Airlines

July 22, 2022 5:24 pm

Woes are not yet over for the DANA airlines company as the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has announced the immediate suspension of Dana Airlines’ air transport licence (ATL) and their air operator certificate (AOC) indefinitely over unsafe flying practices.

The NCAA had made this announcement in a statement which had been signed by Musa Nuhu, its Director-General.

Read Also: Nigeria Withholding $450m Belonging To Foreign Airlines -IATA

Dana’s operating licences were suspended after the authority “discovered that the airline is no longer in a position to meet its financial obligations and to conduct safe flight operations”.

According to the …

ASUU Strike: DSS Warns Unions Against Protest – FG To NLC

ASUU Strike: DSS Warns Unions Against Protest – FG To NLC

July 22, 2022 10:39 am

As speculations for the Nationwide protest gets higher, the Federal Government of Nigeria has openly urged the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to abandon its planned protest which is coming on the heels of the prolonged strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other university-based unions.

Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment had also made the appeal at a meeting with the leadership of NLC in his office on Thursday.

Read Also: Why Ngige Was Asked To Quit ASUU Negotiation Team –Presidency

Ngige, in his speech, had informed the NLC leaders about the DSS’ report against …

Bandits Plotting To Invade Kano Using Tricycles – Police

Bandits Plotting To Invade Kano Using Tricycles – Police

July 22, 2022 7:16 am

The Commissioner of police in Kano State, Samaila Shiabu Dikko, has revealed that security agencies in the state were in receipt of intelligence reports of a plot by bandits to invade the state using tricycles.

He spoke during an interview with journalists while parading suspects and their exhibits at the Police headquarters of the Command.

‘We have intelligence and we have succeeded in arresting some suspected bandits and we have made a lot of recovery of explosives. Based on that, we had additional intelligence that these bandits are aiming at Kano and they are going to capitalize on using these …

Facebook Yanks Off Afghan Media Pages Controlled By Taliban

Facebook Yanks Off Afghan Media Pages Controlled By Taliban

July 22, 2022 6:38 am

Facebook has removed the accounts of at least two state-owned media outlets in Afghanistan, the company confirmed on Friday, saying it was complying with laws in the United States listing the Taliban as a ‘terrorist organisation’.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that since taking over in August of last year, the Taliban have used Facebook and Twitter liberally. They also tightly control the nation’s state-owned media, which includes radio, TV, and newspapers.

The state broadcaster National Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA) and the privately owned Bakhtar news agency both claimed that they had been blocked, despite Facebook parent company …

Dozens Killed As Fresh Violence Breaks Out In Papua New Guinea

Dozens Killed As Fresh Violence Breaks Out In Papua New Guinea

July 22, 2022 6:28 am

No fewer than 18 people have so far been killed in Papua New Guinea’s highlands, a region plagued by violence between local tribes and placed under ’emergency status’ by Prime Minister James Marape on Thursday.

According to the local police commander George Kakas, 13 men and five women were slaughtered on Tuesday close to the mining town of Porgera. It appears that the victims were killed using axes and machetes.

The rough jungles of the Enga region frequently witness violent fights between indigenous tribes, sometimes ending in mass murders, which are brought on by conflicts over territory, resources, or other …

NYSC Only Surviving FG Initiative Still Uniting Nigeria — Emir

NYSC Only Surviving FG Initiative Still Uniting Nigeria — Emir

July 22, 2022 6:14 am

According to the Emir of katsina, Alhaji Dr. Abdulmumimi Usman Kabir has observed that the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) is presently the only surviving Federal Government Project among so many that were established between 1970 to 1990.

Emir Kabir made the observation on Wednesday, 20th July, 2022 when the State Coordinator NYSC katsina state Hajiya Muhammad Aisha paid a courtesy call on the Emir in his palace.

The Katsina monarch called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to continue to support the NYSC Scheme, noting that it is the only project that brings in national unity and integration.

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Terrorism: FG Kick-Starts Moves To Ban Use Of Okada In Nigeria

Terrorism: FG Kick-Starts Moves To Ban Use Of Okada In Nigeria

July 21, 2022 5:11 pm

In a bid to curb terrorism and insecurity following some of the continued activities of terrorist figures in Nigeria, the Federal Government of Nigeria considering the directive to stamp a ban on the use of commercial motorcycles known as Okada, and other forms of mining activities in the country.

The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, had noted that the measure would cut off funding of terrorists and bandits in Nigeria.

Malami had made this assertion while addressing State House Correspondents at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday, after a meeting of the …

‘Fake Bishop’ Who Attended APC's VP Unveiling Unmasked

‘Fake Bishop’ Who Attended APC VP Unveiling Unmasked

July 21, 2022 11:36 am

As controversies mounting the recent unveiling of the APC Vice Presidential candidate, one of the ‘Ordained Bishops’ who had been billed to attend the unveiling of Kashim Shettima as the running mate to Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s All Progressive Congress (APC) Muslim-Muslim Presidential ticket has been unmasked after some minor investigations.

The APC/ Tinubu/Shetima Ordained “Bishop” has been identified as Ambassador Prince Ugokwe who had made some unconfirmed claims to be the Founder, President and the General Overseer (GO) of Muslim-Christian Foundation Church.

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Ambassador Ugokwe is also the General Overseer …

Marburg Virus NCDC On High Alert As 2nd Case Appears In Ghana

Marburg Virus: NCDC On High Alert As 2nd Case Appears In Ghana

July 21, 2022 5:34 am

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has revealed that it has raised its surveillance bar following a second incident of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) which was detected in Ghana.

It explained that MVD is another example of a zoonosis such as Lassa Fever and it causes a rare, highly infectious disease and severe haemorrhage fever in humans and non-human primates just like the Ebola virus, and currently has no treatment or vaccines.

NCDC confirmed that it spreads in humans through direct contact with the bodily fluids of infected person, contaminated materials and surfaces, and it can access the …

High Treason Zelenskyy Moves To Arrest ‘Spies

High Treason: Zelenskyy Moves To Arrest ‘Spies’

July 21, 2022 5:19 am

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s shocking removal of two top law enforcement officials has revealed another front in the conflict closer to home — against spies and Kremlin sympathisers even as the Ukrainian army is putting up intense frontal resistance against Russian forces.

It is unprecedented since the invasion began that he fired prosecutor general Iryna Venediktova and SBU security chief Ivan Bakanov, both of whom were friends of President Zelenskyy from their youth.

Zelenskyy chastised the pair for failing to stop Russian spies’ and collaborators’ operations in Ukraine when the judgement was announced on Sunday and ratified by parliament on Tuesday.…

ASUU: Sirika Begs Aviation Workers Against Solidarity Protest

ASUU: Sirika Begs Aviation Workers Against Solidarity Protest

July 20, 2022 4:30 pm

Hadi Sirika who is the Nigerian Minister of Aviation, has finally come out to make a passionate appeal to the workers in the Nigerian aviation sector not to contemplate joining the proposed protest which is being mobilised by the Nigerian Labour Congress in support of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.

The plea by Sirika is coming behind the heels of some of the workers in the sector who had planned to shut down airports in solidarity with ASUU.

Read Also: How Ngige’s Actions Elongated Nationwide Strike – ASUU

But reacting to the threat, Sirika, shortly after the …

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