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Melaye: An Integrated System Helps Prevent Corruption

December 25, 2019 7:36 am

The Information Officer, Inter-Governmental Action Group Against Money Laundering in West Africa, Timothy Melaye in this interview with Ugo Aliogo, speaks about the focus of the organisation in the anti-corruption fight, among other issues. Excerpts:

What has been the focus of Inter-Governmental Action Group Against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) in the anti-corruption fight?
GIABA’s focus has been building the capacities of stakeholders in member States of ECOWAS to fight Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing in West Africa. As corruption is one of the prevalent predicate offences of money laundering, GIABA has worked with several anti-corruption agencies through …

Fire Fighters Prevent Fire Outbreak In Niger Gov House

November 12, 2019 12:26 pm

Men of the Niger State Fire Service this afternoon prevented a fire outbreak at the office of the Permanent Secretary, Niger State Government House, Minna.

The fire outbreak, which started at about 12:35 pm was put out by a combined team of fire fighters at about 1:03 pm.

Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Niger State, Mrs Mary Noel-Berje, who made this known in a statement on Wednesday, hailed men of the state fire service who mobilised three fire-fighting vans to the scene within 15 minutes of the fire outbreak.

The permanent secretary’s office, which was under renovation …

Senate votes on $8bn arms sale to Saudi Arabia by Trump

US lawmakers in a new agreement to prevent shutdown

February 12, 2019 3:13 am

U.S. lawmakers on Monday reached a tentative deal to try to avert another partial government shutdown on Saturday, but congressional aides said it did not contain the $5.7 billion President Donald Trump wants for a border wall.

“We reached an agreement in principle” on funding border security programs through Sept. 30, Republican Senator Richard Shelby told reporters.

“Our staffs are going to be working feverishly to put all the particulars together,” Shelby said. Neither he nor three other senior lawmakers flanking him provided any details of the tentative pact.