Obanikoro Returns to Nigeria,Set to Face EFCC

Former minister of state for defence, Mr Musiliu Obanikoro, has reportedly returned to Nigeria to answer for the allegations leveled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. 

Obanikoro arrived Nigeria early this morning.

He is accused of diversion of public funds through the office of former National Security Adviser, Col Sambo Dasuki [rtd]. 

JAMB Result Validity extended To 3 Years by Nigerian Senate

The Senate on Thursday passed the amendment to the law establishing the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board.

The law now extends the validity of the result of the board’s examination from one year to three years.

Pressure Mounts On BBC Not To Air Aisha Buhari's Explosive Interview Scheduled For Saturday

 

The BBC Hausa Service is under intense pressure from President Muhammadu Buhari and members of his kitchen cabinet to pre-empt broadcast of the interview granted by his wife, Aisha Buhari.

The interview is due for broadcast on Saturday, but the President is said to have reached out to his wife, who is currently in London, to stop granting further interviews to the media.

In excerpts that have been widely reported in the media, Mrs. Buhari is quoted as saying that the President had ditched those who really worked for his victory in the 2015 election and is instead focusing on those that didn't participate.

The First Lady was expressing frustration with members of President Buhari's kitchen cabinet, particularly his nephew, Mamman Daura; and his powerful chief of Staff, Abba Kyari.  They are widely-held as having shunted aside those who worked tirelessly for President Buhari to come to power.

She also said the President did not know a majority of his ministers before appointing them to office.

SaharaReporters has also learnt that neither Daura and Kyari voted for Buhari in the last election.  A source knowledgeable about the inner situation at the Presidency said neither man possesses a voter’s card or is registered as a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress.

Mrs. Buhari and other members of the APC are frustrated with the President because he has refused to make the changes expected of his government, and continues to empower his nephew to run roughshod on issues of governance. Mr. Daura is reportedly so powerful that Buhari’s ministers have to get his approval to get funds released for their projects.

Our sources gave the example of Daura’s influence when the Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung, got funds released to him for the Rio Olympics 2016 after he met and received the blessing of Mr. Daura.

Also recently, President Buhari promised several persons who complained to him about the corrupt elements in his government of plans to make changes, but he never did.  Of particular importance are Mr. Kyari and the Secretary to the Government, Babachir Lawal, who are accused of corrupt practices.   Also involved is Central Bank Governor Godwin Emefiele, on account of his handling of fiscal issues. 

President Buhari has disappointed many in his handling of these and other officers, and his wife of 25 years seems to be leading a revolt by voicing the concern of a majority of the president’s loyalists who feel he has mismanaged the country and the goodwill that followed him into office a year and a half ago. “What I am afraid for them is the rebellion of 15 million people,” says Mrs. Buhari at the end of the excerpt available to the public.

Dangote's $17Bn Refinery to Create 300,000 Jobs in Nigeria

The Dangote Industries Limited 17 billion-dollar refinery project will create over 300,000 direct and indirect jobs by the first quarter of 2019, the Chief Operating Officer, Mr Olakunle Alake, has said.
Alake made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Monday, adding that the refinery, petrochemicals and fertiliser plants were in one location.

President Buhari Gets $1bn Loan From Akinwunmi Adesina's led AfDB

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved $1 billion loan towards meeting the deficits in Nigeria’s 2016 Budget, believed to partly responsible for the country’s economic crisis.
AfDB President, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, disclosed these to State House correspondents on Monday after meeting with Vice President and other members of the Economic Management Team (EMT) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Vice Chancellor FUNAI Open-up on His Challenges as VC

Chinedum Nwajiuba is a professor of Agricultural Economics. He holds the B. Agric. (1986) and M.Sc. (1989) in Agricultural Economics (University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria), and a PhD in Agricultural Economics from the University of Hohenheim, Germany (1994). He started lecturing in the Nigerian University system at the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike in the 1995/1996 session and was appointed Professor of Agricultural Economics in 2004.

President Obama Expressed Confidence in President Buhari's Leadership

US President, Barack Obama has expressed confidence in the ability of the Muhammadu Buhari administration to lead Nigeria.

Obama also offered to assist the Buhari government as much as possible before leaving office.

Gender Equality Bill: 10 reasons Why Nigerian Women Should Protest This new bill

 

The Nigerian Senate is set to pass a watered down version of the Gender Equality Bill. The new version of the bill doesn't do much to protect the rights of the Nigerian woman as promised by the original bill. Women groups need to mobilize and with one voice call for the return of the original Gender Equality Bill.

Mayowa Ahmed Buried in South Africa

She died on Sunday, August 21, 2016, and was said to have been buried in the country, according to Islamic injunction.
A source disclosed to Enconium Weekly that the need to bury the remains of Mayowa in South Africa where she finally gave up the ghost was not in any way connected with the inability of her family and those handling her pathetic situation to bring her corpse back to Nigeria as being bandied but largely due to the fact that she was a muslim and there was no need delaying her burial anymore.

Aisha Buhari Happy to Meet Michelle Obama And Other First Ladies In Washington DC (PHOTOS)

 

Wife of the Nigerian President Aisha Buhari finally met Michelle Obama at a concert for wives of heads of states around the world  in the US to push for the girl child education around the world.

Embezzlement, Money Laundering: Lawyers Ask EFCC To Investigate Former NBA President Austin Alegeh

A group of lawyers, under the umbrella of "Lawyers for Justice" has demanded an immediate investigation into the tenure of Mr. Austin Alegeh (SAN), immediate past president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The group’s demand was contained in a petition addressed to the EFCC Chairman, exclusively obtained by SaharaReporters.