ARMY DENIES ACCUSING BORNO ELDERS OF SPONSORING BOKO HARAM

                              
 The Nigerian Army has clarified that it did not accuse Borno Elders of sponsoring Boko Haram but rather some indigenes of the state of planning to prolong the group led terrorism in the North East.
The Director of Army Public Relations (DAPR), Col. Sani Usman, who made this clarification yesterday, disclosed that they did not refer to the elders in their statement.
Usman said that “the attention of the Nigerian Army has been drawn to observations and concerns by well meaning Nigerians especially the Borno Elders Leaders of Thought (BELT) about the misinterpretation of the warning.”

BUHARI STOPS SPECIAL ALLOWANCE FOR VILLA GUARDS

                                  
 President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the stoppage of special allowance for security personnel in the Presidential Villa, investigations by The Punch have revealed.
Before now, all security personnel posted to the Villa were being paid what is known as Risk and Hazard Allowance.
However, since his assumption of office, President Buhari was said to have refused to pay the money to them.
During the last regime, our correspondents gathered that senior security officers covering the Villa were said to have been collecting between N75,000 and N50,000 while their junior ones received between N30,000 and N25,000 on a monthly basis.

HAJJ TRAGEDY: EMIR, HIS WIVES, JEGA’S BROTHER, JUDGE, 9 OTHERS DIE

                                
The people of Taraba State are in deep shock following the demise of one of the First Class chiefs in the state, the Kpanti Zing His Royal Highness, Muhammad Samba Abbas who died with two of his wives in the hajj tragedy in Mina, Saudi Arabia, which claimed hundreds of pilgrims from different nations.
Two Appeal Court justices, one of whom was the brother of former INEC chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega, Justice Abubakar Abdulkadir Jega, were confirmed dead by Nigerian judicial authorities at the weekend.
Jega was the presiding justice of Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal.
His remains had been reportedly identified at the mortuary in Saudi Arabia as one the five missing pilgrims from Kebbi State.

Tragedy Associated With Kidnapping And Result On Society



 The situation is horrify¬ing, even as some of the cases are frightening. From the Niger Delta region where the monster seems to have emerged and the South East where it is now a thriving in¬dustry, to the West and Northern parts of the country, Kidnapping for ransom has spread across the length and breadth of Nigeria, like a maddening fire and threaten¬ing to consume the soul of the country.
No day passes without stories of kidnapped Nigerians stirring the airwaves. No one is spared:

Read What APC Intend To Lose To PDPD Should Saraki Fail Anti-Graft Litigation

 Senators elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are intensifying efforts to take over the senate should Senate President Bukola Saraki fail to survive his ongoing legal battles, which they view as power play among contending forces within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
 Ashiwaju.org  got wind of the plot from some of the Senators, who have been meeting over the development in the senate and the travails of Senator Saraki.
Saraki, whose emergence as Senate President was as a result of the overwhelming support given to him by PDP senators despite his party’s opposition to his aspiration for the topmost position in the senate, is currently facing a 13-count charge of alleged false declaration of assets at the Code of Conduct Tribunal.

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.