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Corruption fight: AGF Malami & OPL Malabu deal, Goje case, JP Morgan

Ihesiulo Grace 12 February 2020 0

Recently the media was awashed with news reports on the inaction and actions taken by the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami (SAN) on the fight against corruption in the country. In this write up Dr.Umar Jibrilu Gwandu takes a look at Malami actions

Columnist Opinion

See who is 59!

Ihesiulo Grace 1 October 2019 0

Mathematically, Nigeria is said to be 59 years of post-independence in the sense that it was on October 1st 1960 that some foreign occupying forces (Great Britain) retreated by general consensus of both the occupier and the occupied. It was on that day that political scholars reckon that Nigeria gained flag independence with the lowering […]

Business Headlines

States, FCT IGR hit N579.490bn in 6 months

Ihesiulo Grace 28 November 2018 0

…Grow revenue by 27.7% in H1 2018 …As Lagos, Rivers, Ogun, FCT top IGR table …Get N1.23trn allocation from FAAC in first 6 months The 36 States of the federation and FCT have recorded an Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of N579.490 billion in the first half of 2018, as against N453.833 billion posted in the […]

Business Headlines

FAAC shares N648.7bn to FG, States, LGAs for September

Ihesiulo Grace 26 October 2018 0

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) had distributed a total of N648.710 billion to Federal, States and Local Government Areas for the month of September 2018. The gross statutory revenue for the month was N569.281 billion, which was lower than the N627.139 billion shared for August by N57.858 billion. Chairman of FAAC and Minister of […]

News Nigeria

774 LGs strategise for inclusive growth – SGF

Ihesiulo Grace 9 August 2018 0

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha has called on the 774 local governments in the country to develop strategy for an inclusive development for them to achieve inclusive growth. Such strategies, he said, should encompass appropriate structural transformation in the context of which intra-and inter sectorial resource flows are driven […]

Sports

Supreme Court Ruling: Minister orders sack of Pinnick, others

Ihesiulo Grace 2 July 2018 0

The Ministry of Youth and Sports on Monday directed the Nigeria Football Federation to comply with the judgment of the Supreme Court which set aside the election into the Executive Committee of the Federation held on Sept. 30, 2014. The directive was given in a statement by Nneka Ikem Anibeze, Special Assistant on Media to […]

Headlines News

IGP blames salary delay , shortfalls, non-payment of personnel on IPPIS

Ihesiulo Grace 12 June 2018 0

The Inspector General of Police(IGP) Ibrahim Idris has directed AIG Account & Budget to immediately liaise with the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation and the Integrated Personal and Payroll Information System(IPPIS) Unit to rectify the persistent Salary Shortage and non-payment of Salary of some Police Personnel across the country. Idris said that he

Business News

MDAs risk sanction if treasury officers are rejected – Accountant-General

Ihesiulo Grace 10 June 2018 0

Any agency of government that rejects accounting officers posted to it from the office of the Accountant-General of the Federation risks being shut out from the payment platform. The Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr. Ahmed Idris, issued the threat in Abuja to Ministries, Department, and Agencies (MDAs), of government when he received the management team […]

Sports

Coach Rohr drops 4 players, awaits Moses Simon

Ihesiulo Grace 30 May 2018 0

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) says Super Eagles’ winger, Moses Simon will undergo one more scan in London ahead of Nigeria’s game against England on Saturday. Simon was initially ruled out of the World Cup by Head Coach Gernot Rohr after the player’s scan results confirmed he would be out of the tournament. However, Moses […]

Business Headlines

How states withdrew N593bn from federation account in 3 months

Ihesiulo Grace 13 May 2018 0

The 36 states of the federation have so far withdrawn about 593.1 billion from the Federation Account as revenue generated in the first quarter of 2018. The breakdown is contained in the monthly Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) report obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. The key agencies that […]

News Nigeria

Ekiti Court sentences man to death for armed robbery

Ihesiulo Grace 26 April 2018 0

An Ekiti State High Court Wednesday sentenced a man, Kingsley Okorowande, to death by hanging after being found guilty of armed robbery. Justice Lekan Ogunmoye who handed the death sentence, said the prosecution has proved the case against the convict beyond reasonable doubt therefore held that the offence committed by the convict was contrary to […]

Headlines News Politics

Nigeria’s 36 states now parastatals of FG – Atiku

Ihesiulo Grace 26 April 2018 0

*Says he’s ready to give $250m matching grants to states Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Wednesday in United Kingdom described the 36 states of the federation as mere parastatals of the federal government. He also said that he is ready to offer states a matching grant of $250 million each to challenge them to […]

News Nigeria

Abacha loot: Reps tackle Buhari over $16.9m payment to lawyers

Ihesiulo Grace 13 April 2018 0

The House of Representatives on Thursday, asked President Muhammadu Buhari to suspend the planned payment of $16.9 million to two Nigerian lawyers by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mallam Abubakar Malami, pending an investigation by the House. Also, the House resolved to set up an ad hoc committee to investigate […]

News Nigeria

Buhari can’t withdraw $1bn for security without appropriation – Reps

Ihesiulo Grace 13 April 2018 0

*Awaits communication from presidency The House of Representatives on Thursday, declared that President Muhammadu Buhari cannot withdraw $1 billion from the federation account for the purchase of military hardware without appropriation by the National Assembly. Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Rep. Abdulrazaq Namdas, who made the clarification

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Sagay urges Buhari order probe of Malami

Ihesiulo Grace 10 January 2018 0

The Chairman Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to order the immediate probe of Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, Abubakar Malami. Sagay said Malami’s role in the return of former Chairman of the Presidential Task Team on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina, was disappointing. “As the

News

Relocate your embassies to Jerusalem – Zionists urge African countries

Ihesiulo Grace 22 December 2017 0

The Biafra Zionists Federation, BZF, yesterday urged all the African countries to immediately relocate their embassies from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. This followed US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, a declaration that has sparked negative reactions across the world. However, in statement he made available to journalists in Enugu,

Editorial

$1B insurgency fund, violation of Nigeria’s Constitution

Ihesiulo Grace 22 December 2017 0

The approval of the sum of $1bn from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) by the Nigerian Governors Forum has continued to stir up more controversy. According to Prince Nosa Eweka of the Benin Royal Family, ”the Nigerian Governors Forum,a body that is not known by law or the constitution to purportedly execute the constitutional duty […]

Sports

Fifa sanction: Pinnick warns Federation staff

Ihesiulo Grace 14 December 2017 0

Nigeria Football Federation President, Amaju Pinnick, has read the riot act to the staff of the Federation in the wake of sanctions imposed by Fifa for fielding an ineligible player, Abdullahi Shehu, in the national team’s final 2018 World Cup qualifier last month. The Anorthosis Famagusta right-back was automatically suspended for the game versus Algeria […]

Sports

NFF in talks with Egypt over friendly

Ihesiulo Grace 14 December 2017 0

The Nigerian Football Federation, NFF is holding talks with its Egyptian counterparts over the possibility of playing a pre-World Cup friendly in Abuja before the Super Eagles travel to Russia for the World Cup. Secretary General of the NFF, Mohammed Sanusi, said one of the countries Nigeria would face is Egypt but no decision has […]

Sports

Commonwealth Games: 32 boxers invited to camp

Ihesiulo Grace 12 December 2017 0

A total of 32 boxers drawn from 8 weight categories have been invited to camp for adequate preparations towards the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia. The boxers are made up 16 men and 16 women, namely: Ifeoma Anthony, Ayisat Oriyomi, Caroline Linus, Abasi Ama Moses, Tomiwa Sadiku, Yetunde Odunuga, Abibat Ismael, Fadilat Tijani, Oben Blessing, […]