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Twenty-eight ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods are expected to arrive Apapa and Tin-Can Island Ports in Lagos from March 30 to April 18.
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) stated this in its publication – `Shipping Position’, – a copy of which was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos.
NPA explained that the expected ships contained buckwheat, empty containers, bulk salt, bulk sugar, general cargoes, containers, crude palm oil, diesel, petrol and Rubber Tyre Gantry (RTG) cranes.
The document noted that six ships had arrived the ports, waiting to berth with petrol, aviation fuel and kerosene.
NAN reports that 16 other ships are at the ports discharging general cargoes, bulk wheat, bulk sugar, steel products and petrol.
He attributed the successes recorded so far to the adoption and application of sound economic and fiscal policies.
Governor Gaidam, spoke at the opening of a two-day retreat for members of the State Executive Council, SEC, in Abuja.
The governor said the reforms implemented in conjunction with the United Kingdom-based Department for International Development, DfID, and the State Partnership for Accountability, Responsiveness and Capability, SPARC, had launched Yobe State into the league of prudent managers of public finance and good governance.
The governor said: “The cumulative effect of these reforms in Public Finance Management is the high standards of accountability and prudence manifested in the ability of the State Government to remain above board and keep paying salaries, overhead costs and even service some capital projects at a time when many states cannot pay staff salaries.
“As part of efforts to internalize the lessons learnt through our collaboration with SPARC, our administration has made it mandatory for MDAs to conduct their activities in a transparent manner and this has checked diversion of funds, misappropriations, revenue leakages and misuse of public funds.
“In addition, we have formed committees to verify execution of contracts, payment of outstanding pensions and gratuity and conduct of Bio-metric enrolment for verification of staff and salaries with the aim of eliminating ghost workers.
“Furthermore, we have set machinery for the establishment of Integrated Personnel Management Information System among others. To cap all our efforts of embracing reforms, we have formed a Governance Policy Advisory Committee under the Chairmanship of the Secretary to the State Government for the purpose of advising on and coordinating reform programmes.”
National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) yesterday warned traders on dangers of Lassa fever, meningitis and measles, urging them to always take precaution against the deadly diseases during dry season when the diseases were rampant and also dangerous to human beings.
Its North-west zonal Coordinator, Musa Ilallah, who made the call while addressing the village head of Kawo community within the Kawo market in Kaduna state, described Lassa fever as “a dangerous disease” that affects the blood, liver and other parts of the human body.
He said: “It is a disease caused by Lassa fever virus that is carried mostly by multimamate rats. The disease occurs throughout the year but it’s most common during dry season. Cholera is another deadly disease that we think our people need to take precaution from. Other diseases are measles and meningitis all are killer diseases that are rampant in dry season.
“We decided to visit this market because it’s one of the important markets in the state. People from different villages and communities visit this market on weekly basis. So we feel it will be best to meet with the traders face to face to educate them on these diseases mentioned above.”
The coordinator added that there were steps to prevent these diseases which included ensuring proper sanitation and for people to always wash hands after visiting toilet.
“People must learn to always cover their dust bins and toilets; they must avoid eating uncovered food. Traders must learn to always wash hands before and after eating. For meningitis they should always sleep in a well ventilated room and not in overcrowded room. They should also maintain proper sanitation and to avoid contact with infected person.”
The village head of Kawo, Alhaji Yahaya Hassan, thanked NEMA for the sensitisation against the deadly diseases and assured the agency of their total support and readiness to help eradicate the diseases, particularly Lassa fever.
Lionel Messi’s goal against Bolivia on Wednesday, means he has become only the second Argentina player in history, to score 50 international goals.
The Barcelona superstar struck in the 30th minute of the 2018 World Cup qualifier at the Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, to reach half a century of goals for the Albiceleste.
Only Gabriel Batistuta has ever achieved the feat before. The former Fiorentina striker ended his international carer with 54 goals in 78 matches.
Messi now needs to score one more, to reach 500 career goals for club and country, as his current record for Barca and Argentina stands at 499.
The 28-year-old’s next game is Saturday’s El Clasico at the Nou Camp.
Singer "Tulisa Contostavlos" has been charged with drink-driving and dangerous driving after allegedly crashing a Ferrari.
The former X Factor judge is due to appear in court next week over an incident outside Southgate Tube station in north London last September.
It was reported at the time that the 27-year-old star had been arrested following an alleged collision between a Ferrari and a Saab shortly before midnight.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman confirmed Tulisa, of Enfield, was charged on Monday 7 March.
He said: "A woman has been charged with driving offences following a collision on 10 September 2015 outside Southgate Underground station.
"She was bailed to appear at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court on Monday, 4 April."
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has resolved to employ a foreign coach following Nigeria’s failure to qualify for the 2017 African Cup of Nations.
Amaju Pinnick, the federation president disclosed this while speaking with newsmen shortly after the Super Eagles lost 1 – 0 to the Pharaohs of Egypt in a tension-soaked Afcon qualifier played in Alexandria on Tuesday.
The Eagles lost control of the game in the second half and conceded a goal that technically sent them out of contention for the 2017 Afcon ticket.
However, Pinnick commended Coach Samson Siasia, for putting in his very best since he took over the team in interim capacity.
Siasia, Prompt News Online recalls was appointed an Interim Coach sequel to sudden resignation of erstwhile coach Sunday Oliseh.
Pinnick said it was glaring now that a foreign coach is inevitable to assemble a vibrant team that can qualify Nigeria for the World Cup.
The NFF boss also assured that Siasia would be given necessary support to go for gold at the Rio Olympics games later in the year.
President Muhammadu Buhari will today leave Abuja for Washington DC to join President Barack Obama and other world leaders and heads of international organisations at the fourth nuclear security summit which opens there tomorrow.
While in Washington DC for the summit, the President and his delegation, which includes Governor Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar of Bauchi State, his Kwara State counterpart, Abdulfatah Ahmed; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama; National Security Adviser, Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd) and Director-General of Nigeria’s Nuclear Regulatory Agency (NNRA), Prof. Lawrence Anikwe Dim, would also hold bilateral meetings with other participating Heads of Government and high-ranking United States government officials.
A statement yesterday by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, indicated that at the plenary session of the summit, which is dedicated to reinforcing international commitment to non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, Buhari would insist that while Nigeria would continue to sustain that commitment, world powers must respect the right of other countries to the peaceful use of nuclear energy for development purposes.
President Buhari is expected back in Abuja on Sunday.
In another development, President Buhari has admonished the South Sudanese government to invest more in agriculture and not to be solely dependent on oil revenues to grow the nation’s economy.
Receiving the out-going South Sudanese Ambassador to Nigeria, Makuet Riak, at the State House in Abuja, Buhari said South Sudan could avoid the mistake made by Nigeria in her over-reliance on oil revenue.
The President said: “Investing in sustainable agriculture is one of the best ways to provide jobs for the people and keep the nation productive. Food security is important to any country and that is what we are trying to achieve here, years after we ‘threw away’ agriculture for oil.”
He also praised the excellent relations between Nigeria and South Sudan and re-affirmed his commitment to strengthening the existing bilateral ties.
In his remarks, Riak said South Sudan was blessed with fertile land and would welcome more investments from Nigerian companies.
Chelsea Midfielder John Obi Mikel has said he is ready to leave Stamford Bridge after 10 years if he is not guaranteed regular football next season. Mikel hardly featured under ex-boss Jose Mourinho before his exit in December but has been a key part of interim boss Guus Hiddink’s plans. And he has no plans to go back to being just a squad player under the Blues’ next manager, expected to be Antonio Conte. Nigeria captain Mikel said: “I have one more season with Chelsea but I know when this season ends, we will definitely sit down and try to sort out whatever needs to be sorted out. “If it means me leaving, fine. If it means me staying, then I have to play because one thing I don’t want to do is to sit on the bench like I did before. “It’s not very nice, especially now when you have kids you just want to do what you can to play,” said the midfielder. “Wherever it is I just want to play. When this season ends we will definitely sort out the contracts. “Legacy is important and I’m very proud and happy that I’ve kept this legacy to be able to achieve what I have achieved.”
A national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu has described politics as a sexy terrain.
According to him, if politics was not sexy, his wife, Oluremi would not be in it.
The APC stalwart said this at ‘The Bola Tinubu colloquium,’ which was held in Abuja on Tuesday, to celebrate his 64th birthday.
In his speech, the former governor of Lagos State expressed gratitude to Professor Yemi Osinbajo, who he referred to as “my attorney-general”, for initiating the colloquium eight years ago.
Tinubu revealed that his wife was behind the drive to make politics sexy for the youths to participate in it.
“My wife, as you have (seen) from the documentary, was one of the youths, who were criticising us, the politicians. She said ‘make politics sexy so that youths can participate’.
“I got to the podium and said look at my wife, if politics is not sexy, what is she doing here? Remi, thank you for tolerating my trouble,” he said.
Adding his voice to the economic crisis currently confronting Nigeria, Tinubu said that “renaissance must come within” as the country has lands, minds and capacity to overcome challenges.
“I remember the article I wrote after the launch of the book, ‘Financialism: Fetching the Water from a Dry Well’. It was about this commodity exchange.
“The deceptive government of that time announced it immediately, that same week that commodity exchange had been established. It took an Ethiopian to discover their lies.
“Thank God we are taking it more seriously now. Our future is being redirected. I salute the president, the vice president and the entire cabinet.
“Nigeria is being redirected; there’s no option for us, but to revalidate our faith in our country and take the hard decision now. Our renaissance must come within. We have the lands, we have the minds, we have the capacity, we have the intellect, we have the ability,” he said.
Operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested two fraudsters, suspected to be members of a syndicate that specialise in hypnotising and robbing members of the public along the Lekki–Ajah Expressway.
The two suspects, Ojo Dauda, 30, and Segun Olatoye, 36, were arrested on Monday, March 26, 2016 at about 1:00pm. after one of their victims spotted them and alerted the RRS patrol.
The suspects were said to have swindled one Abayomi Ayoola, 28, last week on the same expressway.
Ayoola said that the suspects accosted him after he dropped his boss’s wife at a shopping plaza, along New Road and went to deposit money in the bank.
“One of the suspects accosted and asked if he knew one man called Baba Ijebu. As we were talking, suddenly, another guy met us at the same spot; I later got to know that they were working together. In fact, I don’t know how they took me to Alpha Beach, where my Automated Teller Machine (ATM) card was collected. They used credit card to withdraw N15, 000 from my accounts.
“Before, that, they took a sum of N30, 000, which I had on me, and a Q10 Blackberry and a Nokia phone. They abandoned me and they took to their heels,” he said.
Ayoola added that after they robbed him, he was on a watch out for them until he spotted them again on Monday on the same road.
“Since then, I have kept a tab on them. When I saw them again on that same spot on Monday, March 27th, 2016, I rushed quickly to go and call the RRS operatives working within axis, to assist me in arresting them. I thank God that they were eventually arrested,” he said.
According to the RRS team, the victim approached them while they were on routine patrol along the expressway and told them “that some group of men collected his belongings. Instantly, we followed him to the spot where the two suspects were apprehended”, the police said.
Both suspects confessed to the crime. Ojo Dauda said that he was lured into the trade after he was duped about a year ago.
According to him, “in November 2015, while I was on my way home from work around Ikorodu area, a guy, later identified as Olaiya, accosted me to ask for direction to somewhere in the area; after giving him the description of the area he asked for, he went further to cajole me to walk some miles with him.
“Before I could gain my consciousness, I didn’t find money on me any longer. I rushed down to the spot where I still found him. But he told me that he can’t refund my money that the money has been shared immediately I left.
“He gave me an option to join them to dupe people in such manner I was duped. He told me I would realise N10, 000:00 per day, so I joined him in fraud business in order to support myself financially.”
The suspect added that he had made a lot of money duping people, although he has no savings in the bank.
The suspect added that their syndicate operated throughout Lagos state, but that his own are of operation was Jakande Estate and Lekki-Ajah Road.
“My base is in Jakande in Lekki-Ajah Expressway while others also position themselves around the axis and in the state as a whole. Every night, we all converge at Olaiya’s house (group leader) around Jakande where we share anything we realised for the day,” he said.
Segun Olatoye said that he was just introduced to the business about two months ago and that he joined syndicate after his dry cleaning business had challenges.
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President Muhammadu Buhari has attributed the triumph of the All Progressives Congress in the 2015 general election to the vision of a National Leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
Buhari said this in a recorded tribute which was presented at the 8th Bola Tinubu Colloquium held to commemorate the 64th birthday of Tinubu.
The President said the former governor of Lagos State was the brains behind the merger of Nigeria’s main opposition parties in 2013, stating that without Tinubu’s vision and intelligence, the party would not have been formed and the APC would not be in power today.
Buhari stated, “If Bola Ahmed Tinubu did not participate, there wouldn’t have been a merger and there wouldn’t have been an APC government at the centre. That is absolutely clear.
“He should thank God that he has gone through so much and has remained relevant, that he is healthy and young.”
Earlier in his address, the President had contended that Tinubu remained one of the most important figures in Nigeria at the moment.
Buhari added, “There are very few patriots, alive or departed, who can match the commitment, resilience and creativity that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has, over the past few decades, demonstrated in organising Nigeria’s public life for good.
“As he adds another year today, my best wishes and prayers go out to a man who deserves a lot of commendation for what he continues to stand for.”
The President’s address, which centred on the theme: ‘Agriculture: Action, Work, Revolution’, highlighted the several opportunities which abound in the agricultural sector.
According to him, it is unfortunate that Nigeria is importing food when it should be exporting.
Buhari said, “Nearly all our crop-based farming activities are dependent on rain-fed agriculture, and this makes our agricultural productivity entirely vulnerable to the effects of climate change.
“In the past few years, on the average, we have spent in excess of $11bn annually importing wheat, rice, sugar and fish. We need not, and indeed we cannot afford to continue on this trajectory.
“Agriculture is the key to our economic growth and social investment policies. Our administration’s key strategy is to ensure that Nigeria becomes self- sufficient in the foods that we consume the most.
“Maize, rice, corn, millets, fruits, poultry products and their derivatives can all be produced at home if we put our hearts into it. Our policy is simple: We will produce what we eat! It is not only logical, it is necessary.”
In his tribute, the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, recalled the role Tinubu played in bringing aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party’s governors into the APC after the crisis in the Nigeria Governors’ Forum.
Amaechi said Tinubu convinced the members of the APC to allow the New PDP members to join its fold at the time.
“He was able to gather the leadership of the political class together. He was key; more than gathering the public because once you gather the leadership of the political class and ensure that there is unity of purpose, they could share to the public jointly this change mantra.
“We in the New PDP were in constant contact with him and we virtually negotiated through him. By the time the President (Buhari) and others got involved, we had gone far with Asiwaju. He played a key role.”
Also speaking in the tribute video, the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, described Tinubu as a visionary, noting that the ex-governor of Lagos was dependable and loyal.
Sanusi, a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, said, “It was people like Tinubu that insisted that this country could not afford another four years of that kind of thing (past administration) and basically laid down their lives, laid down their resources and gave their all to ensure that change happened.
“He is extremely loyal and that is how you know your friends. It doesn’t matter where you are or what happens to you, you can always be sure that Asiwaju will be there.”
Tinubu, while speaking at the event, recalled that the 2015 presidential election coincided with his birthday.
He said Buhari’s victory at the polls was his biggest birthday gift yet.
The ex-governor described the PDP-led Federal Government from 1999 to 2015 as a deceptive one.
The APC leader recalled that the PDP government claimed that it had established a Nigerian Commodity Exchange to provide a practical solution to a number of challenges that have adversely affected the growth and development of the Nigerian agricultural sector, contending that the initiative was a sham.
He thanked guest speaker and Ethiopian agric expert, Dr. Eleni Gabre-Madhin, for exposing the dubiousness of the PDP-led Federal Government.
Tinubu said, “We have had a series of promises in the last 50 years and particularly in the last 16 years. I remember the article I wrote after the presentation of the book, Financialism: Fetching the water from a dry well’. It was about this commodity exchange.
“The deceptive government at that time announced immediately that same week that commodity exchange had been established. It took an Ethiopian to discover its lies, but thank God, we are taking it more seriously now.
“I salute the President and the entire cabinet that Nigeria is being redirected. There is no option for us but to revalidate our faith in our country and take the hard decision now. Our renaissance must come from within. We have the land, the mind, the capacity and the ability.”
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Mr. Bashir Lawal-Kano, state Commandant of the Corps, disclosed this on Friday at the inauguration of an office complex donated by a philanthropist, Alhaji Bagudu Usman, for the area command of the Corps in Keffi.
Lawal-Kano said the state command had been working hard to deliver on its mandate, and that with the cooperation of the people of the state, the corps had recorded tremendous success.
He explained that apart from the vandals prosecuted, the corps also arrested and transferred 32 cases of misconduct to other relevant sister agencies for prosecution, while it mediated in 108 civil cases.
He added that the agency was also able to recover over N4 million for victims of crime within the period under review.
The state commandant lauded Alhaji Usman, for building, furnishing and donating the edifice to NSCDC.
He said the gesture would spur the corps to redouble its efforts at securing the lives and property of the people in the area.
He urged other well-meaning citizens to emulate the gesture of the donor by contributing their quota in the fight against criminals.
Sen. Abdullahi Adamu (APC -Nasarawa West), while inaugurating the office complex, commended the NSCDC for its effort at safeguarding public facilities, especially oil pipeline across the country.
He urged the corps to maintain a cordial relationship with members of the public in view of the numerous security challenges bedeviling the country.
He lauded the donor for his gesture and challenged all citizens to emulate him, adding that ensuring security was a collective responsibility.
He announced a cash donation of N 1 million towards the construction of the extension of the complex.
Alhaji Bagudu Usman, the donor said he was motivated to build and donate the edifice to the NSCDC as his contribution to complement government’s efforts, having realized that government alone could not handle the security challenges.
Bagudu challenged other Nigerians to support security agencies, no matter how small, stressing that collective efforts would yield great results. (NAN)
Super Eagles striker, Odion Ighalo, says Nigeria’s hopes of qualifying for 2017 AFCON are still alive after their 1-1 draw with Egypt in Friday’s first leg encounter in Kaduna.
The Watford of England forward who reacted shortly after the first leg match said if the Pharaohs of Egypt could pick a draw here in Nigeria, the Super Eagles can as well go to Alexandra to pick a win.
Ighalo who scored the second goal in the Super Eagles 2-0 win over Chad in the Match Day One of the 2017 African Cup of Nations qualifiers, says it was painful allowing the Egyptians to share points with Nigeria in the match.
“We did not do badly, we gave our best, and you can see that from the way we played the match, but we were very unlucky to have ended the match 1-1,” says the Watford striker.
Ighalo adds: “Despite this result, I don’t want to believe that we are out yet. We are going to learn from this match and improved on that in the second leg in Alexandra. The hope of qualifying is still very much alive.”
Meanwhile, the Super Eagles are expected to depart the country’s shores on Monday for the return leg match scheduled for Tuesday in Alexandria.
Egypt still top the Group G with seven points while Nigeria remain in second position with 5 points.
Ahead of the September governorship election in Edo State, the Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Chris Nehikhare, has assured people of the state of the resolve of the party to organise free, fair and transparent primaries to select a credible and acceptable candidate.
He re-emphasized the party’s position on campaigns and used the opportunity to respond to a media aide of one of All Progressives Congress, APC’s governorship aspirants, saying that it was Governor Adams Oshiomhole that introduced hate campaigns into Edo politics.
Nehikhare, who spoke in Benin, when he received members of Gatekeepers, an Independent Political Action Group, who visited the party’s secretariat, said that the aide to APC governorship aspirant should know that Edo people have also resolved not to support or vote “strangers” as their governor after their experience in the hands of Oshiomhole.
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The wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, has lamented incidents of missing children in the country, urging the public to give the Police all the support they need for maximum security.
The President’s wife spoke Tuesday during a Quiz Competition organised by the Nigeria Police, as part of the Police Week.
The event held at the Auditorium of the National Universities Commission (NUC).
Represented by the wife of the Vice President, Mrs. Dolapo Osinbajo, said: “I cannot but remember the children we have lost and the ones we are still searching for.”
Also speaking at the event, the wife of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mrs. Arase, called for partnership between the Police and the public, to ensure a crime-free society.
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The Kaduna State Government on Monday chided the organised labour on threats to proceed on strike if the government failed to stop ongoing verification of workers.
A statement by Gov. Nasiru El-Rufa’i through his media aide, Samuel Aruwan, on Monday in Kaduna warned that any worker that failed to participate in the verification exercise would be removed from payroll.
It said the that the verification was compulsory, as it would aid the administration in updating its pay record.
On the threats by labour, the government stressed that “public servants first became employees before they became union members.
“Cooperation with the employer to verify the status of every worker is expected. It cannot be made a reason for industrial action.
“Refusal to participate in verification will result in the concerned persons being removed from the payroll.
“The labour leadership seems to be afraid that workers will opt-out of joining unions.
“If that be the case, the unions should seek ways to increase their attraction to workers, including persuading them to opt for continued membership.
“Inciting workers against a legitimate process of updating their personnel records is counter-productive.”
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress in the state had urged workers to ignore government’s directive to indicate whether to belong to unions or not.
The labour unions said on Saturday that they regarded the exercise as a deliberate attempt strangle labour movement in the state.(NAN)
Medical students are required to do seven years in the universities and not 11 as erroneously reported in some news media recently.
The National Universities Commission (NUC), made the clarification during interview with NAN in Lagos on Monday.
The Director, Quality Assurance of the commission, Prof. Chiedu Mafiana, told NAN on telephone that every student in Medical science must have a first degree in anatomy, physiology and medical biochemistry.
“Another basic requisite is that there must be clinical skill laboratory, whereby in teaching, students would use mannequins, dolls, to simulate diseases. The students will then use the mannequins to practice, rather than using human beings.
“This will also assist the students to mature psychologically for the profession,” Mafiana added.
Some newspapers had quoted Executive Secretary of NUC, Prof Julius Okojie, as saying student wishing to study medicine would henceforth spend 11 years in the university.
Okojie reportedly made the remark at the maiden matriculation and inauguration of the University of Medical Science, Ondo, in Ondo.
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Fiston Mwanza Mujila, a Congolese writer, has won the 2015 Etisalat Prize for Literature for his book, titled Tram 83.
He defeated two other authors; Penny Busetto (The Story of Anna P as told by herself) and What will People Say by Rehana Rossouw to win the prestigious literary prize.
The winner was announced Saturday night at a colourful grand finale held at Intercontinental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, by a panel of judges, led by Professor Ato Quayson, who disclosed that over 100 entries were received which were shotlisted to three.
Mujila received a cash prize of 15000 pounds.
The Flash Fiction category was won by Kuti Ojuolape Modupe for her story titled Gone.
Announcing her winner, Chair of the judges Mr Toni Kani said
Kuti’s Gone emerged winner out of over 1300 entries.
He commended Etisalat Nigeria for the integrity it has shown over the years which is evident in the quality of books that have won the prestigious prize.
His words: “Out of over 1300 entries received in the Flash Fiction category, only 50 were selected. The entries all expressed our emotions and issues that affect us as a people.”
Earlier, the Chief Executive Officer, Etisalat Nigeria, Mr Matthew Wilsher, in his opening remarks, noted that the “Etisalat Prize for Literature reflects this year’s theme, ‘Representing the Diversity of African Voices’, “a foundation for innovation which is something we truly believe in, something in our roots. Diversity is very true in literature while innovation is very important in literary world. The diversity in literature is key. It is not about the cheque of 15,000 pounds but about recognising writers and rewarding publishers.
“At Etisalat we don’t just invest money but also invest time”.
Former Governor of old Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, has said that in view of the embarrassing revelations about massive looting of the $2.1billion arms fund in the buildup to the last general elections, President Muhammadu Buhari, has sufficient evidence to promptly arrest former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan.
In recent times, scores of politicians, former aides and army generals have been arrested and a number of them charged to court in respect of their alleged complicity in the diversion of the $2.1billion fund and from other sources.
In an interview in Kaduna, the septuagenarian said that from all indications, the former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), must have acted on the instruction of former President Jonathan, hence, the need for law enforcement agencies handling the case to take his statement about the mismanagement of the fund.
“That (arrest) should have been done before now. President Buhari should have done it. Immediately he was sworn in, he should have commenced probing Jonathan, instead of starting with Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), and so on. Buhari should have started with Jonathan.
“If $2.1 billion was voted for the purchase of arms and it was disbursed for other purposes, it must have been at the instance of the President. If the National Assembly had appropriated the money for Jonathan to spend, why was it diverted? Jonathan should have been the first to be asked why the money was diverted. You should not be asking people who received the money for distribution; people who shouldn’t ask how the money came when the instruction was given,” Balarabe Musa said.
He said Dasuki was an adviser. ”As far as the Constitution is concerned, Dasuki has no executive responsibility. So, how did he come to have powers to award contracts? That power must have been given to him by the President. So, the first thing that Buhari should have done regarding the Dasukigate was to have asked Jonathan why he gave Dasuki the powers to spend the $2.1
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