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T he acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has restated the anti-corruption agency readiness , to ensure transparency and honesty in the implementation of the ideals behind the creation of the National Social Investment Programme, N-SIP in the North-East. “There are complaints across board of the beneficiaries collecting monies, while others are using proxy companies to siphon public funds, and this will not be tolerated,” he said. Magu, who spoke through the Head, EFCC, Maiduguri Zonal Office, Lawrence Iwodi, at the 14th Situation Room, which held at the Pinnacle Hotel, Maiduguri, Borno State, also urged N-SIP beneficiaries to report any person(s) engaging in fraudulently activities through the program. “The public is hereby warned to desist from fraudulent acts, as the EFCC will not relent in carrying out a proper investigation and likely prosecution of offenders in the area of school feeding and other programmes of N-SIP,” he said. ...

There are over 200 heavily armed militants currently parading the whole Erei clan in Biase LGA of Cross River state, with min of AK47 machine guns + other sophisticated weapons in the presence of @PoliceNG men, while @HQNigerianArmy , the state govt & the media unlook. So sad!

Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan has asked politicians in Nigeria to strive towards peace in the forthcoming elections, urging them to ensure that no one dies on their behalf. The former President made the call on Monday at a meeting with Niger Delta Youth Leaders in Yenagoa. He urged the young leaders to embrace peace and shun violence ahead of the rescheduled general elections. “Let us conduct the election peacefully, people should vote based on their conscience”. Jonathan said everyone who is true to his or her conscience would be able to know where to pitch their tents. He encouraged the young people not to be induced, stressing that nobody’s ambition is worth the blood of Nigerians. Admonishing politicians he asked “why must another person die because you want to hold a political office”. The former leader stated that no office is meant for one particular person, noting that the aim of getting into office should be solely for the service of the people. Speaking...

President Muhammadu Buhari says the Nigerian government has employed over 8.75 million Nigerians under various empowerment schemes. Giving a breakdown of the figure, he said seven million Nigerians were engaged under the N- Power scheme, which represented 70 per cent of the targeted beneficiaries, while 1.75 million others were recruited under the National Safety Net Programme for the poor and the vulnerable. According to ThisDay newspaper, this was contained in the President's remarks at the 28th convocation and 36th Founders Day ceremony of the Federal University of Technology Minna, Niger State, on Friday. Buhari was represented by Professor Abubakar Adamu Rashers, the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC). 259,451 Nigerians were also said to have been engaged under government enterprise programmes, while the Bank of Industry (BOI) had also provided “soft loans” to more than 300,000 Nigerians, with others given necessary support and start...

THE People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Independent  National Electoral Commission (INEC) to sanction  President Muhammandu Buhari for allegedly bringing in people from outside the country to influence the election in his favour. Chairman of  PDP, Uche Secundus, made the call in Enugu during the PDP rally for election of the party’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and other candidates of the party in the 2019 elections. He accused Buhari of planning to influence the election in his favor and called on INEC to sanction Buhari over alleged plans to influence the election. He urged Enugu people to vote for a man (Atiku) that will not sleep on duty, adding “PDP is Enugu and Enugu is PDP” In his speech, Atiku urged Ndigbo not to miss the opportunity of producing the vice president, adding that vice president is from the South East. He therefore called on them to vote for him, saying the PDP has never failed the people of the South East. Prese...

2'   The Economist Intelligence Unit Africa said on Friday that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar will win the February 16 election. It said the margin of victory was getting narrower as the election approaches, but Atiku and his political party will win the historic election. “#NigeriaDecides2019 : Less than 2 weeks before #Nigeria‘s presidential election. Abubakar has floated idea of corruption amnesty. It is arguably an impolitic time for such a delicate proposal,” EIU Africa tweeted. “Abubakar is hard-pressed to convince voters that he is a clean politician, having been on the receiving end of numerous graft allegations in the past. “We retain our forecast for #Abubakar to win, but expected margin of victory is narrowing as the poll approaches.” Recall that in 2015, the magazine also predicted victory for Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress over the then-incumbent,  Goodluck Jonathan. It ad...

Muhammadu Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Onitsha begged the people of Anambra State to vote for APC, saying that his government means well for them. Buhari who spoke at a presidential campaign rally held at Holy trinity field in Onitsha said his government was working hard on economy, security and the fighting against corruption. The president who first moved to the newly completed Zik’s Mausoleum, where he commissioned the project, was also at the palace of the traditional ruler of Onitsha Kingdom, Igwe Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe, where he met traditional rulers in the state. Addressing a mammoth crowd which gathered at the venue, Buhari said, “I am happy to have commissioned the Zik’s Mausoleum, I am just coming from there now. The road from Enugu to here(Onitsha), which was last done during the Abacha time is being done again. “We are also working on the Port Harcourt road to this place too, and I believe the minister of Transport (Rotimi Amechi) has...