When the matter was called, Joseph Daudu (SAN), counsel to Suswam, told the court that his client was absent in court on account of his detention
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The group said President Muhammadu Buhari would be doing serious global image demolition on the Nigerian brand if he continues to push for the confirmation of Magu after he has been rejected twice by the Senate
This was contained in a statement Abdullahi made available to newsmen on Saturday
The latest position was contained in a letter sent by the DSS to the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami
Olayinka Abioye, the General Secretary, NUATE, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Lagos
I still cannot understand why the Director of the DSS, who was appointed by the President and who reports to him through the office of the National Security Adviser, will lend the Senate a gun to execute the head of another organ of the executive, not once, but twice
A statement issued by the EFCC had said the international anti-corruption monitor had endorsed Magu as an anti-corruption icon
Additionally the exuberance and arrogance of Prof. Itse Sagay, the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Corruption, did not help matters
According to Ezenekwe, someone who claimed to be an operative of the DSS called him, asking him to report at the Owerri, Imo State office of the Service
Breuning and Brehinger were kidnapped on February 22
Yusuf Isyaku, the Director of the DSS in the state, said the agency was investigating the allegation
According to him, if in the wisdom of the Senate it discovered that this is the best decision they can arrive at, there is nothing wrong in that
Magu was not confirmed by the Senate largely on account of the report by the Department of State Services, which accused him of some unwholesome practices
Highly authoritative The Punch newspaper quoted Saraki as having spoken with the TV Continental on the twin issues
The letters written by the DSS to query some of his misdeeds are enough to disqualify him, but as an average Nigerian, Magu will definitely want to push through luck when he ought to have thrown in the towel
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State; some cabinet ministers; the National Security Adviser Chief, retired Major General Babagana Monguno; and Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, were among those who joined the President in performing the prayer
The Senate had on Wednesday refused to confirm Magu, citing a negative report by the Department of State Services
Providing details of the act by the companies, Henry Ikem-Obih, the NNPC Chief Operating Officer, Downstream, told journalists in Abuja that the infraction was discovered earlier in the year
Led in evidence by the prosecuting counsel, Olusegun Fakunle, the witness said the defendant received N751,047 as monthly salary from 2011 to September 2016
The reaction is coming almost 24 hours after the Senate turned down the request of President Muhammadu Buhari for the confirmation of Magu