ASHENEWS reports that the properties linked to Idris which were listed in the schedule for forfeiture include Kano City Mall/Al Ikhlas Shopping Mall at Mandwawarti, Kano; one storey Shopping Complex at Ladanai, Kano; Corner Shops at Ladanai, Kano; a duplex at Karsana, Abuja; Royal Duplex at Deneji Quarters, Kano and a Duplex at Plot 271, New Jersey Street, Efab Blue Fountain Estate, Abuja. A Federal Capital Territory High Court has ordered the interim forfeiture of $899,900 and N304,490,160.95 recovered from a former Accountant General of the Federation (AGF) Ahmed Idris, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The court…
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By Justina Auta The Women’s Aid Collective (WACOL) a NGO, has called on the federal government to be more committed to international obligations that it is signatory to, especially in reporting to the committee on Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). Its founder, Prof. Joy Ezeilo made the call on the sideline of a refresher training for selected Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Abuja. The training on Shadow Reporting/Treaty Monitoring and Human Rights Standards issues for Women Rights Defenders on VAW/HP and Sexual Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR), is supported under the UNWomen Spotlight initiative…
…Organizes crusade, Christmas gifts to mark his birthday On what they described as a homecoming of Adamawa state illustrious son and a philanthropist of national repute, Dr. Emmanuel Musa stormed Yola Tuesday and was received by hundreds of youths, women, and officials of many organizations, cultural groups. Musa is a humanist who founded the Emnamu Foundation with the sole aim of helping the less privileged and reaching out to the unreached in terms of education, health, and socioeconomic needs of people, communities, and societies in and outside Adamawa state. His homecoming today as revealed by the coordinator of the foundation,…
Officials and global health experts outside China are anxiously watching a COVID-19 surge there, worried a nation of 1.4 billion people is inadequately vaccinated and may not have the healthcare tools to treat a wave of illness expected to kill more than one million people through 2023. Some U.S. and European officials are struggling to figure out how, or if, they can help mitigate a crisis they fear will hurt the global economy, further constrain corporate supply chains and spawn new coronavirus variants of concern. “We have made that point that we are prepared to help in any way they might find acceptable,” U.S.…
Yobe state governor, Mai Mala Buni has directed the immediate release of a teenager detained by the police for allegedly insulting him. Buni stated this in a statement by his Director-General of Press and Media Affairs, Mamman Mohammed in Damaturu on Tuesday. The governor, who said he was not aware of the arrest and detention, added that it was grossly unnecessary to arrest anyone for insulting or criticising him. “This is the price of leadership and we are fully conscious of it, therefore, l couldn’t have ordered nor condoned the detention of anyone. “Until someone drew my attention to it,…
The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) says the insurance industry has recorded total assets of N2.3 trillion, indicating 9.0 per cent increase, Year-On-Year (YoY) at the end of the third quarter. This is contained in a bulletin of the performance of the insurance market released on Tuesday in Lagos by Mr Rasaaq Salami, spokesperson for NAICOM. The commission said the industry’s balance sheet stated that non-life business accounted for N1.1 trillion assets while the life business stood at about N1.2 trillion. “From the ongoing, the market statistics of the third quarter 2022 has revealed some quality developments in the industry performance…
The Director-General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Mr Aliyu Aziz said its national database has hit over 93.5 million National Identity Number (NIN)/ enrollments. He made the disclosure at a one-day roundtable meeting organised by Identify for Development (ID4D) on Tuesday in Abuja. The programme was organised for desk officers of the Nigeria Digital Identification Project’s ecosystem implementing partners. Aziz, represented by the Director of Public Services, Ibrahim Abdullahi said the new approaches had greatly impacted on the huge increase on the national database to the current 93.5 million. “The unified ID system approach as well as the…
The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) seized more than N450 billion worth of drugs and cash between January 2021 and October 2022. Its chairman, Buba Marwa made the declaration on Tuesday in Abuja at the NDLEA’s end-of-year awards, commendation and decorations of promoted officers. He said the agency also arrested 23,907 drug traffickers including 29 barons within the period under review. “Our seizure was more than 5,500 tons or 5.5 million kilograms of assorted illicit drugs, which together with cash seized are worth over N450 billion. “In the same period, we have taken the fight to the doorsteps of…
Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, on Tuesday removed the Chief Ralph Nwosu led leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The court also nullified all actions taken by executives from the August 21, 2022 till date. The Court in its ruling affirmed the leadership of Sen. Patricia Akwashiki. Details later…
Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Monday that the country will support the African Union’s entry to the Group of 20 (G20) forum of the world’s largest economies. Kishida said the union’s addition to the G20 was important “given African countries’ increasing role in international society”. Japan also agreed with Senegal on resource development cooperation and boosting investment by Japanese firms, Kishida said. “We confirmed to build a further comprehensive relationship between Japan and Senegal,” he told reporters after meeting Senegalese President Macky Sall in Tokyo.