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Northern governors set up committee to expose Boko Haram sponsors | YNaija.com

October 10, 2015

Northern governors begin quest to unmask Boko Haram sponsors

A committee has been inaugurated by the governors of the 19 Northern states, to unravel the dealings and ultimately expose the sponsors of Islamic terrorist sect, Boko Haram. The committee comprises of attorneys-general and commissioners of justice of the 19 Northern states. Chairman, Northern Governors’ Forum and Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, inaugurated the committee on... Read More

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September 28, 2015

Pro-Saraki senators reportedly avoid NASS chairmanship positions

Who would have thought that the day would come when Senators of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, would reject the opportunity to head Committees of the upper chamber of the National Assembly? According to a report by Vanguard, some All Progressives Congress Senators who are loyal to Bukola Saraki, are not so keen on vying... Read More

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September 16, 2015

No ‘fear’ in Wike, as he proceeds with probe of Amaechi

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has resolved to implement the recommendations of George Omereji-led judicial commission of inquiry, without fear nor trepidation. Wike said his government would not allow financial crimes to be committed with impunity in Rivers, adding that the criticism against the panel will not deter him from taking decisions that will move the... Read More

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September 15, 2015

Former Plateau governor, Jonah Jang indicted for hoarding government vehicles

A committee set up by Plateau state governor, Simon Lalong, to recover government vehicles from past government officials, has indicted the immediate past governor, Jonah Jang, his wife Ngo Talatu Jang, as well as their aides of illegally hoarding government vehicles. The committee said on Tuesday, that Jang and his wife are illegally in possession of 15... Read More

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August 24, 2015

Buhari orders probe of all arms acquired from 2007 till now

In his continued effort on anti-corruption war, President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno to set up an investigative committee on the procurement of hardware and munitions in the Armed Forces from 2007 till now. This was disclosed in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity,... Read More

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FG inaugurates ministerial committee on affordable housing

The Federal Government really does have the interests of the people at heart. They inaugurated a 12 man ministerial committee to develop a blue print for affordable housing in the country. In a statement signed by the Director, Public Affairs, Adedeji Ajibade, on behalf of the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban... Read More

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November 3, 2014

IGP inaugurates Nigeria Police Committee to manage communal clashes

by Akan Ido The Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, has today inaugurated the Nigeria Police Committee on the Prevention and Management of Communal Clashes. This action is geared towards bringing to a halt the pervasive communal clashes that have plagued different parts of the nation. The committee inaugurated today was earlier set up on 27... Read More

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Garba Shehu: As the North grabs its fate in its hands

by Garba Shehu The communiqué also strongly disagreed with the malicious linking of Islam to bandits who merrily kill, kidnap and trample on innocent persons and businesses, as well as the psychological war against the North and the country as a whole using the social media. A common narrative among lazy commentators and apologists... Read More

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December 15, 2013

Gov. Obi got N8 billion from FG to prosecute Anambra election – Ngige

by Akintomiwa Agbaje The fire in Anambra seems not to have been put out as a new allegation by the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator Chris Ngige has added fuel to the fire. Senator Chris Ngige alleged that the federal government gave Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi, N8 billion to prosecute the election. He emphasized... Read More

October 25, 2013

Aviation minister’s car purchase did not follow due process – BPP

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and the Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah, breached procurement laws in the purchase of two BMW armoured cars, the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) said yesterday. At the commencement of the House of Representatives’ public hearing on the purchase of the cars, the agency could not provide... Read More

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October 8, 2013

Why Nigeria needs a National Conference – Goodluck Jonathan

by Dr. Goodluck Jonathan Ladies and Gentlemen, We have wasted too much time and resources, bickering over sectional versions of what define reality. This is an open-ended luxury we can no longer afford. Let us move forward, with honest conviction and patriotic courage, to strengthen this Republic, and get it to work better and brighter,... Read More

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August 10, 2013

Terrorism: Stop negotiating with Boko Haram, CAN tells FG

by Oge Okonkwo The Federal Government has been called upon by the Christian Association of Nigeria to disband the amnesty committee saying its continuous existence would result to working against the international community. CAN hinged its renewed call on the decision of the International Criminal Court to probe the activities of the insurgent sect, Boko Haram.... Read More

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“He is recovering”: PDP committee visits ailing Taraba governor in the US

Members of the Peoples Democratic Party Fact-finding Committee on the Taraba State Political Situation paid solidarity visit to Governor Danbaba Suntai in New York, United States, on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the committee, led by its Chairman, Sen. Hope Uzodinma, visited the governor at a rehabilitation centre, where he is receiving... Read More

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4 AIGs, 17 CPs, 174 other police officers on trial for misconduct

by Akan Ido The Disciplinary Committee of the Nigeria Police Force are currently trying 195 senior officers for various offences. Among the officers facing trial are four Assistant Inspectors General (AIGs) of Police, 17 Commissioners of Police (CPs), two Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs) and six Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACPs). The remaining ones range from... Read More

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Single tenure: Jonathan, governors may drop second term ambition

by Isi Esene President Goodluck Jonathan and some governors may have to forfeit their second term ambitions if the recommendation of thee Senate Committee on Review of the Constitution is adopted. According to Senator Ike Ekweremadu who is the chairman of thee committee, the fate of the President and some governors on the proposed six-year single tenure... Read More

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Opinion: NECO and JAMB – Looking beyond the recommendations of the Oronsaye committee report

by Theophilus Ilevbare The implication is that our entire oil earnings for the year cannot pay the salaries and allowances of politicians, public sector workers and their overheads. Inspite of repeated assurance from the government to appropriately down size its unwieldy work force and cost of governance, most Nigerians doubt the commitment of the... Read More

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November 3, 2012

TICKER: Why Nuhu Ribadu wept for Nigeria yesterday

Nuhu Ribadu, former Presidential Candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria(ACN) in the last Presidential election, on Friday wept openly at the Presidential Villa. Ribadu who was speaking with state House Correspondents after the presentation of the Presidential Task Force on revenue in the petroleum industry report , said the committee was subjected to... Read More

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September 18, 2012

They’ll party hard! Kwara State sets up independence anniversary committee

by Stanley Azuakola The Federal government announced in early September, that just like last year, this year’s Independence anniversary event would be a low key one. Apparently, the Kwara Government did not get that memo. The state government has gone ahead to inaugurate a 22-member committee to oversee the celebration of Nigeria’s 52nd independence anniversary.... Read More

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September 18, 2012

Elder Statesman: Ex-warlord Asari Dokubo joins Sultan, 15 others in Hajj committee

by Stanley Azuakola The Federal Government on Monday announced a 17-member FG delegation to the 2012 Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. On the Hajj delegation are Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad; ex-warlord Alhaji Asari Dokubo; Sen. Abdul Ningi and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Dr. Nurudeed Mohammed. According to a statement in... Read More

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September 6, 2012

“Okonjo-Iweala is not in charge of repositioning Nigerian sports” – Sports Minister debunks media reports

by Stanley Azuakola Nigeria’s minister of sports, Bolaji Abdullahi has debunked claims by some newspapers that President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed minister of finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to head a committee charged with repositioning Nigerian sports and to “return its lost glory”. A statement released by the minister’s special adviser (media), Julius Ogunro, stated that the... Read More

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More, More! Senate Committee gets 56 requests for state creation

by Isi Esene The Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu has revealed that the Senate Committee on the review of the 1999 Constitution have been inundated with 56 requests for states creation. He said the committee has so far received 56 requests and 108 memoranda for states creation. The clamour for the creation of more... Read More

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Japheth Omojuwa: Between Madiba and Nigeria’s plunderers (YNaija FrontPage)

There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil ~ Ayn Rand If there is one thing that has set Nigeria up to where it is today, it is the absence of leadership for long stretches of time in our history. As... Read More

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Henry Boyo: Is the subsidy probe report still viable?

by Henry Boyo Nigerians may laugh and cry at the same time at the unfolding bribery giving-taking drama involving the oil magnate, Femi Otedola, on the one hand and the consummate lawmaker, Farouk Lawan, on the other. The contest is presumably about integrity; others would say it is all about money, but for now, it... Read More

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We didn’t make this up: “I took money, not bribe”, says Farouk Lawan

by Hauwa Gambo We wish these were an aberration in Nigerian politics, but what Honourable Farouk Lawan told the House of Representatives yesterday is usual fare. Punch today reports details of the testimonies of the suspended chairman of the House Committee on Monitoring of Subsidy Regime. Mr. Lawan admitted taking “money” from oil chief Femi... Read More

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Yinka Odumakin: The President Lied!

by Yinka Odumakin I have not set my eyes on Prof.Funso Aiyejina for about 23 years now but every now and then the sheer musicality of his voice resonates in my ears anytime I flash back to his poetry class.Aiyejina was one of the crop of bright intellectuals at the Literature Depatment of the Obafemi... Read More

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Farouk Lawan should face trial over alleged $600,000 bribe, says House

by Tolu Orekoya Farouk Lawan seems to be out in the cold and on his own as his fellow House members have come down hard on the Chairman of the House committee that probed the fuel subsidy payment fiasco. Yesterday, news broke that Lawan was filmed allegedly receiving a $600,000 bribe from an unnamed oil company. The company... Read More

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You are “probably” quite unfair to me, Diezani Allison-Madueke on subsidy probe

by Stanley Azuakola Has the president’s call for arrests stemming from the fuel subsidy probe report caused unrest at NNPC? It appears so. At a ministerial forum in Abuja on Tuesday, Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, cried out in defiance against the report of the House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee on Subsidy Probe.... Read More

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Scrap ’em, they’re costing us N862bn: Oronsaye Committee says EFCC & ICPC need to go

by Hauwa Gambo Stephen Oronsaye wants to save us some money. So he has recommended the scrapping of 38 government agencies, merger of 52 and reversion of 14 agencies to departments in the relevant ministries – in a move that will affect the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as well as the Independent Corrupt... Read More

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January 30, 2012

Opinion: Committees everywhere – When will Jonathan stop?

by Adebola Rayo A lot of time is wasted on these things, one is tempted to think time wasting is the entire point… In the past few weeks, President Jonathan’s government has set up several committees (panels and boards included) to do several things. There was the committee set up to review existing versions... Read More

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