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According to Sahara Reporters, Presidential guards are fed crappy food despite a N1 billion being budgeted for feeding at Aso Rock. 

The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, on Wednesday said the commission recovered loots totaling N738.9 billion ($2.9 bn) between May, 2015 and October 20, 2017. This amount excludes loots recovered in other currencies like Durham, CRA and British Pound, he said. He stated this at the ongoing 7th Session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption holding in Vienna, Austria. “Within this year alone, the commission recovered stolen assets running into several millions of US Dollars and billions in naira. “These include the sum of $43 million recovered from Diezani Alison-Madueke, Nigeria’s former Minister of Petroleum and N2 billion spread in seven accounts within three Nigerian banks laundered from the Federal Capital Territory Police Command Salary Accounts”, he explained. He added that progress is being made in specific cases related to Abacha loot, Malabu Oil, Diezani and associates, a...

The federal government of Nigeria has signed a financial agreement for the execution of Lagos-Abidjan highway, Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has revealed. According to Olusegun Ogunkayode, a Senior Information Officer in the ministry, Fashola made this disclosure at the ninth Steering Committee and Experts Meeting of the Lagos-Abidjan Corridor Highway Development Programme. He said the signing of the financial agreement was a demonstration of the federal government’s commitment to the realisation of the project. Mr. Fashola said that the Lagos-Abidjan corridor would propel rapid integration of the region, boost commercial activities, improve social development, create employment windows and reduce social vices among the member states. Attached Files:

Nigeria's Defense Minister, Munir Dan-Ali, and three senior officials of the ministry were recently named in a $1.4m contract scandal. Reacting, the Defence Ministry’s spokesman, Col. Tukur Gusau said, “The fact of the matter is that the procedure of awarding contracts by the ministry is in line with the existing procurement act of the Federal Government of Nigeria. “The said contract has already been successfully executed and the contractor has requested a team from the Ministry of Defence and the Defence Headquarters to carry out a completion inspection of the project. “The team is due in Mali soon. There is no fraud in the process. The case of the said army general currently standing trial at the army court-martial has no connection with the award of any contract by the ministry.” Gusau’s statement was, however, silent on other allegations and failed to mention anything about the last minute change of contractors and the request for $500m variation. It also did not address the ...

Here are some selected headlines in today's newspaper, November 9, 2017. Headlines from Punch 2018 budget: Experts fault non-oil revenue projection Liberian President visits Imo today Alleged N1.2bn fraud: FG asks court to seize Peace Corps’ assets FG targets 15m jobs Saraki taunts sacked SGF, says days of balderdash over Senate shifts PIB passage to Q1 2018 CBN expands Anchor Borrowers’ Programme, releases N45bn IG at Senate, refuses to answer questions Senate summons Fashola over alleged $35m spendings Maina: Kyari, Oyo-Ita reconcile, embrace publicly No automatic ticket for Atiku, says PDP BoT chair Controversy over alleged $1.4m scam in defence ministry Four power plants shut down in two days Kidnappers of Labour Party chairman’s mother demand N100m ransom We didn’t arrest Bobrisky, says Lagos CP Lagos, former deputy speaker clash over N150m property Abuja taxi drivers block roads, protest colleague’s killing SARS kill seven robbers, kidnappers in Imo, C’River Faulty...

More wahala for Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey as a former TV news anchor, Heather Unruh, has accused him of sexually assaulting her drunk son in a Nightclub in 2016. Attached Files:

Senator Dino Melaye on Wednesday moved a motion on the floor of the Red Chamber titled "Monumental Fraud in the Power Sector", accusing Power Minister Babatunde Fashola of trying to secure $350m domiciled in the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority to finance electricity projects without following due process. According to him, $35m has already been released for the power project and nothing tangible has been done. “Why is the ministry engaging in constructing new power plant while the government has several idle plants that is seeking buyers for? Why is the ministry that is supposed to be making policies, dabbling into constructing new power plants that we have all agreed is better handled by the private sector?” Melaye asked. “The Senate is concerned that the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing is determined to persist in this brazen violation of the Constitution and extant laws on due process by insisting that the NSIA should release the $350m meant for NBET o...

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Heath, Prof. Isaac Adewole to investigate reports of an ‘unknown disease’ that has led to the death of several children in Jigawa State. The President also directed the Minister to deploy all the necessary machinery to combat the outbreak of the disease reported in Gidan Dugus village of Wangara district, Dutse Local Government Area of Jigawa State. President Buhari, in a telephone call to Governor Abubakar Badaru of Jigawa State on Tuesday evening to find out the details of the incident, commiserated with the governor and the families of the victims. He assured the governor that the Federal Government will provide the necessary support to contain the spread of the disease.

Tags:  aiteo group   bruce burrows   niger delta oil asset   oil mining lease   oml 29 Aiteo Group has denied report that the recent appointment of Bruce Burrows as its Chief Financial Officer was aimed at finding a buyer for part of the company’s Oil Mining Lease (OML) 29, saying that it has no plan to sell part of its plum assets. The company has also described the peddlers of the fake news as fraudsters running reports-for-cash syndicate, who mislead the public by suggesting that a portion of the shareholding of the company that holds OML 29 had been put up for sale to repay a loan. Aiteo’s Senior Manager in charge of Corporate Communications, Mr. Ndiana Matthew said in a statement on Tuesday that the company did not consider, initiate, or announced the commencement of any plans to sell off any of its stake in OML 29. The statement added that the claim that Burrows’ recent appointment as the company’s Chief Financial Officer was aimed at fin...

The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, on Wednesday told senators investigating various allegations against him that he won’t answer any question as the matter is before the court. The police boss stated this while appearing before a Senate ad-hoc committee investigating various allegations levelled against him by a senator, Isah Misau. He said his appearance before the committee was borne out of his respect for the Senate and not to answer questions from the lawmakers. “I’m represented by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria here, that’s Alex Izyon,” Mr. Idris said. “I will not make any other comment or answer any question in respect to the allegation (by Mr. Misau) and various civil and criminal cases pending in the law court. More especially, when the senator has already been arraigned in court in respect of these matters.” It is expected that the Senate and the committee will refrain from making reference to the issue as it would be against order 41 (7) and 53 (5) of the Senate ...

The government of Jersey Island on Tuesday insisted that about $300 million Abacha loot would not be released to Nigeria if a third party representation is brought into the picture. The Attorney General of Jersey Island, Robert J. MacRae QC, stated this on Tuesday during the ongoing 7th Session of Conference of State Parties to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption in Vienna, Austria. A statement on Tuesday by the Head of Media and Publicity of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Wilson Uwujaren, made this known. MacRae spoke at a side meeting with the Nigeria delegation led by acting EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Magu. The statement said: “The Jersey Attorney General expressly stated that negotiations in respect of repatriation of the USD300 million being part of the Abacha involving Jersy, Nigeria and the United States, ‘must be government to government cooperation’. “The EFCC was accompanied to the meeting by four members of the Nigeria delegation.”

The Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, has declared November 17, 2017, as a work-free day to enable civil servants in the state to relocate to their electoral wards to be able to participate in the governorship polls on the 18th. The governor announced this when he addressed civil servants during the 2017 African Public Service Day at Jerome Udoji Secretariat, Awka, and also used the occasion to solicit for support for the election.   The governor also announced the payment of their leave allowance on the 15th of November, as well clear matters concerning the contributory pension whereby he dismisses the insinuation that his administration has mandated all workers under the state to enroll and contribute their pension adding that his government has set up a committee to examine the programme and advice government on what to do. He, however, appealed to them to make sure they not only cast their votes but also to protect their votes as his victory will determine the sustenance o...

The Adamawa State chapter of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has renewed its call on former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar to return to the party ahead of the 2019 general elections. Mr Shehu Tahir, the state chairman of the party, made the call while speaking the party’s stakeholders meeting on Wednesday in Yola. Tahir said: “ It is not a wise decision for Atiku to abandon the house he helped to build, so we want him back.’’ He said that the problem that led to mass defection of former members of the party to other parties were over, hence the need for them to return. He urged other stakeholders to help prevail on the former vice-president to return to the party.

Britain’s Anthony Joshua and New Zealander Joseph Parker are keen to fight each other in a heavyweight title clash early next year, but the finances have to be right for both boxers, Parker’s promoter said on Wednesday. Joshua holds the IBF, WBA and IBO heavyweight titles, while Parker holds the WBO crown. American Deontay Wilder holds the WBC title. “Eddie Hearn and I have exchanged emails,” David Higgins told reporters in Auckland about talks with Joshua’s promoter. “My message was Joe would fight Joshua next and Hearn’s message was that Joshua would fight Parker next. “It’s now a question of the deal and money.” Higgins said if they were able to agree to a fight it would probably be next March or April. He added he had also been in talks with Wilder’s camp. The American knocked out Bermane Stiverne in New York last Saturday and then accused Joshua of ‘dodging’ a showdown. “They have put a figure on the table. It wasn’t enough,” Higgins said. “If they put the right amount of money on...

According to Instablog9ja, an ambulance attached to the Lagos State Government allegedly dumped a man by the roadside due to lack of bed space at the hospital Attached Files:

The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has arrived before the Senate ad hoc committee set up to investigate the allegations and counter-allegations between him and Senator Isa Misau. The IG was accompanied by his lawyer, Alex Iziyon (SAN); and Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Ita Enang. Attached Files:

Senator representing Kogi West district Dino Melaye has cried out over reported monumental frauds in the power sector and has raised a motion on the Senate floor titled “Monumental Fraud in Power Sector.” READ MORE HERE Attached Files:

In a video posted online by one Uchechi Nwigwe shows members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God(RCCG) are seen worshipping a chair allegedly used by the General Overseer, Enoch Adeboye. The members are seen queuing up to touch and kneel before the chair during a service. Watch video below bizarre bizzare Attached Files: