Missing N113m SWF: Senate Summons IPPIS Officials
The Senate Public Accounts Committee has mandated its Clerk to summon officials of the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) over the missing N113 million disbursed from Service Wide Votes (SWV) from the Office of Accountant General of the Federation (AGF). The Committee also said it had uncovered gross violation of procedures in the disbursement of Service Wide Votes to...
Messi makes history with Argentina
Lionel Messi won the World Cup for Argentina yesterday. He scored twice against France in one of the all-time great finals before the South Americans held their nerve to win in a penalty shootout in Qatar. Messi finally crowned his record-breaking career by winning football’s biggest prize with a performance that will go down in World Cup history, scoring a...
Farmers kill cows, three youths murdered in reprisal
Suspected herders have killed three people at Adaka, a suburb of Makurdi, Benue State. The incident happened on Friday when some herders invaded the community and attacked residents on their farm. Some of the locals believed that the attack was a reprisal for the killing of some cows that destroyed their farmland. A resident, who identified himself simply as Terkimbir, said, “Three...
Lack of patronage hits tailors as price of materials, sewing soar
If you get a call from your tailor asking, “how far? I have new designs that will fit you”, don’t be surprised. That has become a common practice among them these days as most people have abandoned making new clothes due to the cost of purchasing the materials and of sewing them. Many tailors have abandoned the trade as a...
AMCON charges gulp N269bn from banks’ earnings
*As investors, IMF call for wind-up *Experts recommend bad debt write-off Banks’ payments to the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) Sinking Fund have continued to swell despite the position of the shareholders and the International Monetary Fund, IMF, that it should be scrapped. Financial Vanguard findings on the Fund’s update show a 22.6 percent rise to N269.35 billion in the nine...
Argentina, France in titanic World Cup battle
By Danusa Ocholi The 2022 World Cup , is the 22nd edition of the FIFA Championship will reach its climax on Sunday, December 18,when two time winners, Argentina, square up against the defending champions who are equally two times title holders, France .at Lusai Stadium, Doha, Qatar. The two sides proved their worth in the competition by overcoming daunting challenges...
EFCC recovers N30b from Accountant-General Idris
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s probe of the Accountant-General of the Federation (AG-F), Ahmed Idris, over alleged N109 billion money laundering is yielding results, the agency’s Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, said yesterday. Bawa spoke at the weekly ministerial briefing organised by the Presidential Communication Team at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said the investigation has led to the recovery of over...
Kano cleric gets death sentence, says I’ll die a hero
A Kano Upper Shari’a Court, sitting at Kofar Kudu, Kano, on Thursday, sentenced a cleric, Sheikh Kabara Abduljabbar, to death by hanging. In its judgement, which lasted for over two hours, Khadi (judge) Ibrahim Yola said, “This honourable court is convinced that the prosecution proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt, prompting the court to convict the defendant of all...
Banks run out of new naira, demand soars
•Cashiers ration new notes, lenders allot N100,000 per teller in banks •Suspicious customers snub new notes as local traders reject new currency •Court declines to stop CBN withdrawal policy, Emefiele meets Reps Tuesday Mixed reactions greeted the disbursement of the new naira notes that officially went into circulation on Thursday with many bank customers demanding for the new notes while a few...
2023 elections not do-or-die — CAN chair
The Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria in the 19 Northern States and Abuja, Rev. Yakubu Pam, has called on presidential candidates of the various political parties participating in the 2023 general election not to view it as a do-or-die affair. This was as he urged Christians to shun apathy towards electioneering, enjoining them to participate actively in election...
