The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has invited Jimi Lawal, an ex-aide of Nasir El-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna State. Lawal was a senior adviser and counsellor at the Kaduna Economic Development Council from 2019 to 2023. He also served as El-Rufai’s special adviser in the former governor’s first term. In a letter dated August 12, the ICPC slated Lawal’s interview for Wednesday after the former aide requested a rescheduling due to the nationwide protest. “Pursuant to the provision of Section 28(1)(a) and (b) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000 and your…
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The Chief of Staff to Governor Abba Yusuf, Shehu Sagagi, has taken legal actions against the Economic Financial Crime Commission, (EFCC), APC Youth Merger Group, one Mujahid Zaitawa and the state police commissioner, CP Salman Dogo, seeking the protection of his fundamental rights as it concerns the alleged diversion of palliatives. Already the State High Court, presided over by Justice Aisha Ya’u, has granted an order restraining the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) their agents, police and other security outfits from arresting or prosecuting the Chief of Staff in the alleged palliative diversion. In the restraining order granted by…
Shehu Wada Sagagi, the Chief of Staff to Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has described the accusation leveled against him by Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Abdullahi Abbas on alleged diversion of palliatives as baseless, misleading, and politically motivated. Sagagi stated this in a signed statement that was made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Kano “The antic deployed by the opposition party in the state was a desperate attempt to tarnish his image in the eyes of right thinking Nigerians, and a calculated attempt to discredit the NNPP government’s efforts in supporting the people of Kano state” part…
By Abbas Bamalli The Katsina State Government has reiterated commitment to addressing poverty, socio-economic vulnerability, unemployment, and inequality across the state, through its Social Protection (SP) programmes. The Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Alhaji Bello Kagara stated this on Monday in Katsina, at the opening of a 5-day training for selected MDAs and local government areas. According to him, social protection is meant to be a tool that provides a framework for providing social justice, equity and inclusive growth. “It helps in addressing poverty, unemployment, social and economic vulnerability, inequality, exclusion and other threats to sustainable development and economic…
The Bauchi state governor, Bala Muhammad, has been called upon to allow some time to see the reality of the policies of the renewed hope agenda of president Bola Ahmad Tinubu which are genuine and focused. The call was made by the leader of Concerned Nigerian Forum of Bauchi (CNF), Garba Nasir in a statement made available to newsmen on Monday. Responding to the address delivered earlier by the Bauchi state governor pointing accusing fingers at the president that his policies are not addressing the yearnings of Nigerians, Nasir said he is only being political and not realistic. He added…
The renown human rights activist and legal practitioner Femi Falana SAN has called on President Bola Tinubu to reject IMF and World Bank prescriptions that include the withdrawal of subsidy and floating of currency to save Nigeria’s economy. Falana stated this recently when he was hosted by Politics Today on Channels Television recently. He warned that such policy has never assisted any country to develop. “The right thing to do is to reject the prescriptions of the IMF and the World Bank telling you to remove fuel subsidy, float your currency and so on, which has never assisted any country…
The implementation of duty-free policy on imported food items by the federal government is to begin next week. This initiative is part of the Presidential Accelerated and Stabilisation Advancement Plan aimed at tackling the country’s rising food inflation. In July, the government approved a 150-day duty-free period to facilitate the importation of essential food items, including maize, husked brown rice, and wheat. The policy, delayed in considering the interests of various stakeholders, including local farmers, is now set to be implemented. Speaking recently at a security meeting, the comptroller general of Customs, Bashir Adeniyi, confirmed that the implementation would begin…
Nigerian governors have been asked to fear God and utilize the N570 billion allocated to them by President Bola Tinubu on youth and women development programs to alleviate the sufferings and hardship being encountered in the country. The call was made on Friday by the outspoken stalwart of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano Musa Ilyasu Kwankwaso while addressing newsmen. He warned that if they refuse to heed to his advice and misuse the funds or divert them for personal greed, posterity will judge them. “On the amount of N570 billion given to all the 36 states and the…
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Bomarah Group, a growing conglomerate based in Lagos and Kano states, Dr. Idayat Bolanle Muse, has empowered 500 Yoruba women and youths with working tools to encourage self reliance and tame hardship. The empowerment program, which includes the distribution of sewing machines to tailors and seamstresses, as well as seed grants for youths seeking to start or scale up their businesses, is hailed as a transformative event that has taken 300 women and 200 youths off the unemployment radar, giving them the tools and financial support to become employed. Speaking at the event which…
By Abdullahi Alhassan, Kaduna Coalition of Civil Society Organizations of Nigeria (CCSON) has said that appointing Halimat Tejuosho Adenike as Humanitarian Affairs Minister will reduce agitations from different groups cut across the country. The group in a press statement jointly signed by the Deputy National Chairman and Spokesperson of the coalition Comrade Auwal Mohammed and Joy Elizabeth was reacting to the seven appointments made by president Bola Ahmed Tinubu under the federal ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, on Tuesday night. Applauding president Tinubu for the appointments, the group stated that the move is a clear reflection…