MINISTERIAL LIST NOW READY FOR SENATE SCREENING

The list of nominees into the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari is ready, and this is authoritative.

President Buhari, it was learnt, ratified the list for transmission to the Senate shortly before his departure to the United States on Thursday.

The list, according to an authoritative presidency source, is a mixture of technocrats and politicians across all divides in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

The source added that the list would be transmitted to the Senate for confirmation “any time from now” ahead of the resumption of the National Assembly from recess next week.

Many Sins/Corruption Allegations Under Ahmadu Giadu (NDLEA Chairman) Revealed---Open Letter

 

                                                                                    
                                                                                      National Drug Law Enforcement Agency
                                                                                      Sokoto State Command
                                                                                      Nassrawa-Arkilla Area
                                                                                      Sokoto.

                                                                                       14th September,2015.

President Muhammadu Buhari,GCFR
President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
State House
Federal Capital Territory
Abuja.

Through;
Alhaji Ahmadu Giade
Chairman/Chief Executive
N.D.L.E.A.
4, Shaw Road
Ikoyi- Lagos.

Through;
State Commander
N.D.L.E.A.
Sokoto State Command.

Your Excellency Sir,
   
FURTHER DETAILS OF ALHAJI AHMADU GIADE’S (NDLEA CHAIRMAN/CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S) CORRUPT PRACTICES  AND IMPROPRIETIES.
Further to my petition against Alhaji Ahmadu Giade (Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA) dated 29th July, 2015 (copy attached), I hereby furnish some other details of Alhaji Ahmadu Giade’s corrupt practices and improprieties as Follows;
FRAUDULENT AND UNLAWFUL OCCUPATION OF THE OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF NDLEA FOR EXTRA 6 YEARS.

PDP, Back To Its Bad Politics In Anambra ---Guest Writer

Ndi Anambra, recently, some elements in the PDP have come back to our dear State, after losing power at the Federal, very determined to start unleashing their known destructive style of politics in our anointed soil.

Angry Mob Attacks Saraki Over Unpaid Salary In Kwara State



There was pandemonium at the eid praying ground in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, on Thursday as aggrieved faithful went on the rampage throwing missiles in the direction of the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, and other dignitaries.
Witnesses said the protesters were angered by the inability of the state government to pay salaries of workers before the Sallah celebrations, rendering some civil servants unable to buy rams for today’s Eid-el Kabir.
“Shortly after the senate president and other dignitaries arrived, some people started throwing stones and sachet waters in the direction of the Senate President and other important people,” one witness told Ashiwaju.org.

Anambra DSS Partners NDLEA To Combat Illicit Drug Traffcking

 In the bid to rid Anambra state of illicit drug consumption and trafficking, the new state Director of the Department of the State  Service, Mr. SY Ajege has  promised to partner with the National Drug Law Enforcement (NDLEA) in battling all elements associated with illicit drug trafficking for sustainable national development and stability.

 He made the promise in Awka, on a familiarization visit to the NDLEA commander Anambra state, Mr. Sule Momdu said, DSS Anambra command would do everything within its constitutional provision to  collaborate  with NDLEA in the fight against illicit drug consumption and trafficking.

SYLVA THREATENED MY LIFE, HIJACKED GOV PRIMARY WITH THUGS – OSHIOMHOLE

 Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, on Wednesday, explained how he escaped from the Samson Siasia Stadium, Yenagoa, venue of the 2015 governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress.
 The governor was reportedly held hostage for several hours during the exercise, which was marred by violence.
Oshiomhole, who made the allegation during a press briefing on Wednesday in Benin however, accused a former governor of Bayelsa State and chieftain of the APC, Mr. Timipriye Sylva, of hijacking the primary.
 He also dismissed media reports that the party’s primary was held, wherein Sylva, who is also an aspirant, emerged as the party’s candidate.
Oshiomhole, who said Sylva threatened his life and that of other members of the committee, challenged the Bayelsa ex-governor to produce his Certificate of Return presented to him by the party if he truly won in a free and fair primary.

Military Warns Public Against Fake National ID Cards

The Defence Headquarters on Wednesday warned Nigerians against approaching unauthorized agencies and individuals for national identification registration.

It said the National Identity Management Commission remained the only agency responsible for registration and issuance of the national identity card.

EXCLUSIVE: 2015 Polls: How Jonathan govt. used bullion vans to cart away N67.2bn cash from CBN

Former President Goodluck Jonathan authorised the withdrawal of a whopping N67.2 billion in cash money from the Central Bank of Nigeria between November 2014 and February 2015 for “special services,” PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report today.

The two cash withdrawals were made in the build up to the 2015 general elections.

Our sources said even more ‘curious’ large withdrawals were made from the bank during the period but we were unable to obtain documents to authenticate the claims.

JONATHAN CAN NOT BE SAID TO BE RICH — ALAMIEYESEIGHA

In his days as the governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha, otherwise known as DSP, was fondly referred to as the Governor-General of Izon Nation, because he presided over the only state with entirely Ijaw extraction and was seen as the leader of the struggle for the proverbial Resource Control in the Niger Delta. But his popularity and political career was cut short when he was impeached towards the end of December 2005 and replaced by his then Deputy Governor, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, who later became Nigeria’s President following the death of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua in 2010.
DSP landed in prison and he was in a sordid state until his godson, Jonathan granted him state pardon, lifting him out of the political doldrums.

FRSC Identifies Overloading & Drinking-While-Driving As Basis For Major Road Crashes

 The Corps Marshal of the Road Safety Corps, Boboye Oyeyemi has identified overloading and drinking while driving as the basis for most road crashes in the Nigeria highways but expressed hope that the corps would leave up its expectation to stem the tide.

He made this known at the 2015 end of the year road safety sensitization workshop tagged: Ember Month Operation Sanity: Driving safely into Year 2016, in Onitsha, Anambra state, stressed the need for motorists to abstain from drinking of alcohol while driving.