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Meet the new INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu

Wednesday, October 21, 2015 0

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<b>President Muhammadu Buhari has announced a professor of political 
history and international studies, Mahmood Yakubu, as new chairman of 
the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) read more.  </b><br />
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Yakubu, a professor of political history and international studies, was 
Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund.<br />
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He is an expert in guerrilla warfare, terrorism and counter-terrorism.<br />
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He was an Assistant Secretary, Finance and Administration, at the 2014 
National Conference under the Jonathan led administration.<br />
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Professor Yakubu, is the first and only first class graduate of history 
from the North till date,who was on secondment from the Nigeria Defense 
Academy where he was a lecturer to the Federal Ministry of Education.<br />
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He was a member of the very dynamic Oby Ezekwesili Educational 
Transformation Team which received plaudits from Nigerians for their far
 reaching recommendations for the turn around of the fortunes of 
education in Nigeria.

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Buhari appoints Winifred Oyo-Ita as Head of Service

Wednesday, October 21, 2015 0

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<b>President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday approved the appointment of 
Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita, as the acting Head of the Civil Service of the 
Federation.</b><br />
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A statement by the Director of Press and Public Relations in the Office 
of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Bolaji 
Adebiyi, said the appointment took effect from Wednesday, October 21, 
2015.<br />
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Oyo-Ita was, until her appointment, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Science and Technology.<br />
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She hails from Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State.<br />
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The statement described the appointment as “a testimony of Mr. 
President’s implicit confidence and trust” in her ability to discharge 
the responsibilities of the office of Head of the Civil Service of the 
Federation.<br />
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The Presidency had on Tuesday clarified the exit of the erstwhile Head 
of Civil Service of the Federation, Mr. Danladi Kifasi, which it 
described as “retirement.”<br />
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The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Communications, Mr. 
Femi Adesina, made the clarification in an interview with our 
correspondent in Abuja, amidst speculations that the HoS was sacked.<br />
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Adesina had said, “The Head of Service is due for retirement in December and so he is proceeding on his terminal leave.”<br />
Kifasi was appointed HoS by ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on August 13, 2014.

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Akwa Ibom tribunal orders fresh governorship election

Wednesday, October 21, 2015 0

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<b>The Akwa Ibom State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting 
in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to 
conduct fresh governorship election in 18 out of the 31 local government
 areas of the state.</b><br />
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The Justice Sadiq Umar-led panel, in its judgment, held that over 
500,000 registered voters were disenfrachised in the 18 local government
 areas including Uyo, the state capital, during the April 11 
governorship election.<br />
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It held the petition filed by Okon Umana of the All Progressives 
Congress‎ challenging the declaration of Udom Emmanuel of the Peoples 
Democratic Party as the winner of the April 11, 2015.<br />
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Senator Shehu Sani bails out a young man from jail, shares details

Wednesday, October 21, 2015 0

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The senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial 
District, Shehu Sani today bailed out a young man, who was jailed after a
 quarrel with his boss, from a police cell. He took to Facebook and 
shared some details. He wrote,</div>
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'Today, I visited and bailed out a young man who was 
detained in a police cell for 3 days over a fracas with his Boss. He 
lost so much weight. His eyes were swollen as he was beaten by bully 
inmates. He looked frightened and traumatised. This was a Boy some few 
days ago making jest of our prison experience on Twitter. I actually 
thought he will be as tough in the Cell as he was on twitter. Anyway, 
sometimes we need personal experience to appreciate and to learn.'</div>
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Godswill Akpabio returns to EFCC for further questioning

Saturday, October 17, 2015 0

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<b>Former governor of Akwa Ibom state, Godswill Akpabio, has returned to
 the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for more 
questioning after he was allowed to go home Friday night.</b><br />
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Akpabio is presently the incumbent minority leader of the senate, 
arrived the EFCC at about 11:45 a.m., accompanied by his counsel and 
Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Rickey Tarfa and some aides.<br />
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A citizen’s petition, not an investigation by the EFCC was the reason the agency invited Akpabio to its office Friday.<br />
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The citizen, Leo Ekpenyong, an Abuja based lawyer accused Akpabio of stealing N108.1billion of Akwa Ibom funds.<br />
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In the petition dated June 22, 2015, Mr. Ekpenyong had stated that 
between January and December 2014, the ex-governor colluded with two of 
his personal aides to steal a huge sum of N108.1 billion from the 
state’s treasury.<br />
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According to him, “Between January –December 2014, it is on record that 
the trio of Godswill Akpabio, Mr. Etekamba Umoren and Mr. Udo Isobara, 
made illegal but substantial withdrawals of cash from a designated state
 government-owned account with Zenith Bank with account number: 
1010375881 amounting to N22.1 billion”.<br />
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“It is worthy of note that reasons for such ungodly cash withdrawals 
against financial regulations and due process laws range between sundry 
use and unjustifiable expenditures by Akpabio and his numerous 
surrogates and proxies.<br />
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“For example, a whopping N18 billion was withdrawn fraudulently from the
 state FAAC account with the United Bank for Africa in tranches of N10 
million and above by Mr. Isobara in a surreptitious manner to conceal 
their dishonest intention.”<br />
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In the period under review, the petitioner added that the ex-governor 
also withdrew a huge sum of N18 billion from the state account under the
 guise of special services, reception of very important guests and 
sundry items.<br />
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“The cumulative aggregate of these monies stolen by Akpabio from the 
coffers of government as pocket money is the annual budget of some 
states in Nigeria put together.”<br />
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Among the properties, which the petitioner claimed the ex-governor 
acquired through proxies include, a multi-billion naira mansion at Plot 5
 Ikogosi Spring Close, off Katsina-Ala Crescent, Maitama-Abuja; a 
multi-billion naira maisonette at Plot 28 Colorado Close, Maitama, Abuja
 and another multi-billion naira mansion at 22 Probyn Road, Ikoyi, 
Lagos.<br />
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Others include a multi-billion naira property at Plot 23 Olusegun Aina 
Street, Parkview, Lagos; a multi-billion naira 25 storey building and 
others in Lagos.Former Governor of Akwa Ibom State and incumbent Senate 
Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, was on Friday quizzed by the Economic
 and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over allegations of financial 
impropriety levelled against him.<br />
EFCC operatives stormed Akpabio’s Abuja residence Friday evening to invite him to their office.<br />
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Akpabio, accompanied by a few aides and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, 
SAN, Ricky Tarfa followed the EFCC men and arrived at the office at 
about 5:20pm.<br />
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The interrogation ended at 11:00 pm.<br />
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But Twitter had gone on fire over the purported arrest and tweets by Akpabio tried to debunk the story.<br />
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“Senator Akpabio was never arrested. He simply obliged an invitation to come and answer some questions at the EFCC headquarters.<br />
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“Senator Akpabio has nothing to hide that’s why he walked into EFCC 
himself this evening to answer questions about his tenure in Akwa Ibom.<br />
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“Those who are playing politics with the decision of Senator Akpabio to 
honour the EFCC invitation must be acting a known script.<br />
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“Senator Akpabio was called from EFCC to come for explanations and he 
drove there himself 50 minutes later. So, why all the news of<br />
arrest?”<br />
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The final tweet read: “His Excellency, Senator Akpabio is back to the 
house. We want to reaffirm that he has nothing whatsoever to hide about 
his term in office in Akwa Ibom.”
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JTF nabs 10 suspected suppliers of fuel to Boko Haram

Saturday, October 17, 2015 0

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<b>The Joint Task Force (Operation Salama) in Jigawa, has arrested 10 
suspected suppliers of fuel to Boko Haram members in Birniwa local 
government area of the state.</b><br />
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Brig.-Gen. Hamisu Hassan of Command 3 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, in 
charge of Kano, Katsina and Jigawa states, made the disclosure on Friday
 while parading the suspects in Birniwa town.<br />
He said that the suspects were nabbed while filling their jerry cans with petrol at midnight of Thursday in Birniwa.<br />
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He said that the suspects were arrested based on surveillance and intelligence report.<br />
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He said that due to the ban on the sale of petroleum products in jerry 
cans in Yobe, Borno and Adamawa, the suspects travelled to Birniwa in 
Jigawa to buy the fuel.<br />
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Hassan said that preliminary investigation revealed that some of the 
suspects were from Nguru while the others were nationals of Niger 
Republic.<br />
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He said that two of the 10 suspects were minors below the age of 14.<br />
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He said that items recovered from the suspects included 33,000 litres 
truck filled with Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), 40 jerry cans loaded with 
PMS, 188 empty jerry cans and Toyota Land Cruiser.<br />
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The Commandant said that the suspects would be handed over to relevant security agencies for further investigation.<br />
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He warned owners of filling stations not to sell fuel in jerry cans 
which could be used to aid the activities of Boko Haram insurgents.<br />
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Hassan appealed to state governments to cooperate with the Army to combat insurgency in the country.<br />
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He reiterated the determination of the Nigerian Army to end insurgency 
by the December deadline set by President Muhammadu Buhari.</div>

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