The development has been confirmed by the Adamawa State Government
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Lamorde had refused to honour several invitations of the Committee to answer charges brought against him while in office.
Specifically he was accused of diversion of N1 trillion recovered loot
Sources close to the commission also disclosed that the Federal Government was no longer comfortable with the public perception of President Mohammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption fight as being selective and most importantly, Governor Ayodele Fayose’s claim that complaints from the State to the ICPC and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission about how the immediate past All Progressives Congress government of Fayemi fleeced the State were ignored
He wrote in the memo to the management staff, with the Subject: VERY IMPORTANT STAFF NOTICE: “Dear All: Following a continuous and continuing spot check which climaxed today on LAGOS staff on duty and working, please find below a list of bonafide NON – EDITORIAL LAGOS STAFF of THISDAY NEWSPAPERS. The spot check will continue in ALL THISDAY locations
According to Buratai, the second part of the first task is to rescue those who are held hostage at some marked locations by the insurgents.
Buratai noted that the second major task in the military’s North East operation was to facilitate the restoration of normalcy in affected areas and provision of relief materials to displaced persons
While adopting the 11 recommendations, the lawmakers directed the CBN to carry out in-house enquiry to sanitise its system of contract awards
According to available information, the terrorists, having been dislodged from their camps in the border towns of Kumshe and Talala in Borno State by the joint operations of the Nigerian and Cameroonian forces, made an attempt to attack Dikwa in the early hours of Wednesday
Secondus, who has since reverted to his position as Deputy National Chairman after handing over to Senator Ali Modu Sheriff last week, was arrested on Wednesday according to available information
Blatter and Platini were banned for what was termed inappropriate exchange of money between them
Among those that attended the meeting, which started at about 11am and ended at about 2.40pm, were a National Leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; former Vice President Atiku Abubakar; the party’s National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun; Saraki; the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yusuf Lasun; the Senate Leader, Ali Ndume; the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal; and a former interim Chairman of the party, Chief Bisi Akande
Onoja urged the court to declare that his client’s arrest and continued detention by the EFCC since February 11 was unconstitutional and violated his right to personal liberty guaranteed by the 1999 Constitution
The settlement was opted for after MTN had asked the court to arbitrate over the dispute, saying the Nigerian Communications Commission had no legal grounds to order the fine
Based on an earlier verdict of the court pronouncing one of the factions as authentic, there had been agitations for the sacking of Uba, Oduah and others from the National Assembly for belonging to the faction that was pronounced illegal
The rank of those sacked ranged from Assistant General Manager, Deputy General Manager and above whose monthly salaries range between N1 million and N2 million
Addressing the Nigerian Community in Saudi Arabia, President Buhari condemned the distortion of the budget proposals by entrenched interests
The EFCC’s statement reads: “The accused are alleged to have contravened the Public Procurement Act, No. 65 of 2007 in the contract awards by not following the necessary procedure laid down by the government. The award of the contract to Drexel Tech Nig Ltd had no prior advertisement, no needs assessment and a procurement plan was not carried out before award of the contract
He said: “I am happy to let you know that all the major organs in the party have agreed to stand by our national chairman to ensure that our party moves forward
The FCDA had in September 2012 demolished Minanuel Estate along Airport Road, Abuja
The match was played in London
The joint operation between elements of 7 Division and the Cameroonian forces along Banki-Kumshe axis, led to the killing of 20 Boko Haram terrorists, destruction of 4 AK 47 rifles and capture of a gun truck mounted with an Anti-Aircraft Gun (AA Gun) and 2 AK 47 rifles, as well as a 60mm mortar and a Dane gun. Unfortunately, 3 soldiers sustained injuries and a vehicle damaged as a result of an Improvised Explosive Device