Chairman of the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission, Muhuyi Magaji Rimingado, has revealed how civil servants assisted politicians in the state to siphon public funds to the tune of N18billion. Rimingado made this revelation at a one-day capacity-building workshop organized by the Commission in collaboration with the office of Kano State Head of Civil Service and International Idea (ROLAC II Programme) for Kano State Civil Service Directors on Anti-Corruption. He disclosed that the commission has so far uncovered N18billion siphoned by politicians in conivance with civil servants in the state. According to him, “The civil servants were caught…
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Family of 21-year-old Ahmad Yusuf Muhammad, one of the tailors accused of mass-production of the Russian flag in Kano, has denied his involvement in the act for which the secret police arrested him. Recall that the Department of State Services arrested some tailors suspected to be mass-producing the Russian flag in Kano State. DSS had posted on its X handle, that it “has apprehended some tailors in Kano State responsible for making Russian flags being distributed in the area. Some of their sponsors have also been picked. An investigation is ongoing.” But Ahmad’s brother, Nasiru Yusuf Muhammad, told Daily Trust…
Polish government, on Saturday, said its seven nationals recently arrested by the Department of State Services in Kano during the hunger protest in the state were only taking photographs of the event. Six Spanish nationals were also arrested by the DSS during the protest. The Polish government, however, also denied that its arrested and detained citizens were found waving the Russian flag during the protest in Kano. DSS spokesperson, Dr Peter Afunanya, had at a meeting with diplomats in Abuja, explained that the Poles were arrested “because of where they were found during the protests and for displaying foreign flags.”…
The one million-man march planned by leaders of the #EndBadGovernance protest flopped on Saturday across the country due to low turnout. In different parts of Nigeria, protesters shunned their usual meeting points, which had been occupied by security agents. Organisers of the protest had said the march would signal the end of the 10-day protest against economic hardship. In preparation for the march, security agencies deployed operatives into cities as roadblocks were mounted. Low turnout in Abuja The security situation was the same on Saturday as the police mounted barricades on all roads leading to Eagle Square, the venue where…
Governorship candidate of the African Action Congress in the forthcoming off-cycle governorship election in Ondo State, Kunle Ajayi Wizeman, has been arrested. Wizeman was, on Saturday, arrested during a protest against bad governance in Akure, the state capital, alongside some other activists. He and others were picked up by operatives of the Ondo State police command. Other protesters arrested were identified as Patrick Owolabi, Oluwatobi Akinkuotu, Kolawole Kumuyi, and Olalekan Oladehinde, among others. AAC governorship candidate had arrived at the popular NEPA roundabout with the other protesters when they were accosted by men of the Nigeria Police, who directed them…
The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) says it cannot arrest all criminal elements in the country at the same time. Spokesperson of the NPF, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said this in a post via X. Adejobi made the remarks while responding to three pictures posted by an X user showing suspected terrorists displaying bundles of naira notes suspected to be kidnapping proceeds. “They are now posing with the ransom money. Showing that they are balling,” the user captioned the post. Responding, the Force PRO said, “We can’t apprehend all the criminals at once. At least, appreciate us for the ones we have arrested.…
… accuses Buhari of blocking his bid to acquire oil field Business mogul, Tony Elumelu, has challenged the Federal Government and security agencies to reveal the identity of those stealing Nigeria’s crude oil with vessels moving through the nation’s territorial waters. Elumelu made this challenge in an interview by the Financial Times on Friday. According to Elumelu, the menace contributed to the divestment of international oil companies in Nigeria. He claimed to have directly discovered why international oil companies were partly divesting from onshore assets after criminal gangs began stealing crude from his pipelines. When his company was about to…
Protesters on Saturday returned to the streets of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, for the one million-man march. The development is in defiance of the police which have beefed up security in the FCT with a massive deployment of its operatives in the nation’s capital. The Abuja protest, which had earlier been stopped following security agencies’ raids on residences and the arrest of organisers, has now fully resumed. The hunger protests, which began on August 1, is ending today with a one million-man march across the country. On Friday, the police in the FCT made heavy deployment of its operatives,…
By FUNKE EGBEMODE She has lost two children. One via miscarriage, the other through still-birth. They just couldn’t afford basic medical-care. So, when she gave birth to her son, she was not just over the moon, she vowed to protect him with her life. She told herself she would breastfeed him for 18months and work as hard as she could to give him a great life. However, fate had other plans. Tola’s breasts, as full as they were couldn’t produce enough milk to feed her son. She ate, drank everything that was prescribed to help her lactate generously, but her…
Ben Ogbemudia, Abuja All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirant in the 2024 governorship election, Mr. Victor Eboigbe has been appointed by President Bola Tinubu as a Federal Commissioner of the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission. He hails from Esan South East Local Government Area of Edo State, where the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the forthcoming September 21 poll, Mr Asue Ighodalo, hails from. Mr Ajuri Ngelale, the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Publicity, said Eboigbe was appointed alongside 20 other Federal Commissioners of RMAFC. In a statement, Ngelale listed other Federal Commissioners of…