ICPC tracks 1,251 constituency, executive projects in 17 states
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has commenced the third phase of its Constituency and Executive Projects tracking exercise. Mrs. Azuka Ogugua, spokesperson for ICPC, said in a statement in Abuja, on Tuesday, that the tracking of constituency and executive projects was an initiative of the Commission that began in 2019. According to her, the exercise focused...
CDS to Nigerians: Don’t panic about mass surrendering of Boko Haram members
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Leo Irabor, has allayed the fears of Nigerians on the ongoing mass surrendering by members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect. Irabo gave the advice in a statement issued by Maj.-Gen. Benjamin Sawyer, Director, Defence Information at the end of an interactive session which the CDS had with retired senior military officers residing...
FG moves to collect taxes from global digital firms
Folu Adekunle The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has said the Federal Government will soon invoke the provisions of Finance Act 2019 to collect taxes from global digital and technology firms with significant economic presence in Nigeria. Osinbajo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, disclosed this while interacting with a delegation of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN) led by its...
Delta spends N1.3bn monthly on pensions
Delta State government spends N1.3 billion monthly in servicing pension obligations to its retirees. Its governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, made this known while swearing-in nine Special Advisers and Chairman, Bureau of State Pensions, at Government House, Asaba. Okowa said the state was facing lots of challenges as a result of pressure from the contributory pension scheme. He said that it was tough...
Constituency project: ICPC fails to see borehole, transformer missing
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) inspection team that went to Nangere, Yobe, on Friday to track a borehole that was supposed to have been sunk under lawmaker’s constituency projects found none in existence. The borehole was purportedly sunk at Sabongari area of Nengere Local Government Area of Yobe. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria...
Zulum: Borno has lost over 100,000 people to insurgency
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno has declared that the state government is yet to account for the whereabouts of 10 per cent of its population following the 12-year old insurgency in the North-East. As at 2016, available statistics indicated that Borno State had a population of 5.6 million people Speaking to State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with President...
How corruption is plunging Nigerians into poverty – SERAP
“Budget fraud, procurement fraud, embezzlement of funds among other illegal actions, lead to failure in the delivery of services including education, water and health. People living in poor neighbourhoods have suffered so much that they consider poor service delivery as being good enough.” This was the submission of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) in a new 61-page report. The...
JAMB: We’ll expose candidates caught in exam malpractice
Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), has vowed to expose candidates caught in fraudulent acts during the board’s examination. Oloyede, who was speaking in Bwari on Friday, said that more than 10 candidates had written to the board to complain about their Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results. He said that the candidates complained that their...
OGFZA attracts $16.6bn FDI, N255bn investments into Nigeria
The Oil and Gas Free Trade Zones Authority (OGFZA) has attracted $16.6 billion Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) into the economy within a 20-year period covering 2001 and 2020. Managing Director, OGFZA, Mr. Okon Umana, disclosed this on Sunday while speaking with newsmen in Abuja. Umana said during the same period, the authority also attracted the sum of N255.33 billion local investments...
SERAP seeks details of N729bn payment to poor Nigerians
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court in Lagos “to compel the Federal Government to disclose details of proposed payments of N729 billion to 24.3 million poor Nigerians. It also demanded the mechanisms and logistics for the payments, list of beneficiaries, and how they have been selected, and whether the payments will be made in cash...
