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EXPOSED: We Found Names Of Babies On Borno Payroll – Gov Zulum The monthly salaries and allowances paid to fake employees including the babies were reportedly siphoned by corrupt officials. GOVERNOR Babagana Zulum of Borno State has stated that an employee verification exercise uncovered names of babies in the payroll of Shani Local Government Area. The monthly salaries and allowances paid to fake employees including the babies were reportedly siphoned by corrupt officials. Zulum disclosed this at the Menwara Cultural Festival in Shani Town on Saturday. The governor said the verification exercise was meant to sanitize the civil service by…

Dr. Hamza Talba Commiserates With Hon. Murtala Sule Garo Over Death Of Aunty A chieftain of the People's Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Hamza Talba has lamented the demise of Hajiya Dije Garo, the maternal aunty to Hon. Murtala Sule Garo, Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Kano State. In his condolence message, Talba expressed grief over the death of the outstanding mother, describing her as matriarch whose footprints and contributions to National development would remain indelible in the hearts of her children, relatives and loved ones. Talba who is the Director General of Atiku Project 2023, said Hajiya Garo…

Dr. Hamza Talba Congratulates Adamu Atiku Abubakar On Conferment As Sardaunan Ganye Director General of Atiku Project 2023 Hon. Dr. Hamza Talba, has felicitated with Alhaji Adamu Atiku Abubakar, the Adamawa State Commissioner for Works and Energy Development, on his conferment as the Sardaunan Ganye 11 by the Gangeari Ganye. Talba, in a statement personally signed by him, described the conferment on the son of the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as a reward for hard work, dexterity and his tremendous and outstanding efforts. Talba who described Alhaji Adamu Atiku Abubakar as a golden fish that has no hiding place,…

Appeal Court Upholds Final Forfeiture Order Of Diezani’s $40m Worth Of Jewellery Barring any appeal by the former minister to the Supreme Court, the jewelleries are to be forfeited to the Federal Government. THE Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has upheld the final forfeiture order on the $40 million worth of jewellery seized from the premises of the former Minister for Petroleum, Diezani Allison-Madueke. Justice Festus Obande, who read the judgment on Friday, held that there was no substance in Alison-Madueke’s bid to overturn the lower court’s order and subsequently dismissed the move by the former Minister to challenge…

Popular Niger Delta Activist Tony Uranta Is Dead The news of his demise was shared by his associates and labour activists, Denja Yacub, and Wale Okunniyi. Activist and critic, Tony Uranta, has died after a long battle with ill health. He was aged 57. A statement by his family yesterday read: “We announce the passage of Tony Uranta (TIU) at 1:32p.m. Tony has gone home to rest after a long medical battle. He fought a good fight while here, but we believe God needs him now to continue from the other side, and to perhaps conquer on his strong belief…

Nigerians may buy petrol at N340 per litre in 2022 - Kyari According to him, the law provides that by the end of February 2022, the nation should be out of the subsidy regime. THE Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPC, Mele Kyari, on Tuesday, hinted that a litre of Petroleum Motor Spirit also known as petrol may sell between N320 and N340 in 2022. Mr Kyari, who dropped the hint during his presentation at the World Bank Nigeria Development Update, November 2021 edition in Abuja, said this was because the law does not provide for…

President Buhari Has Done More For Igbos Than PDP - Nollywood Actor Kenneth Okonkwo Kenneth Okonkwo says President Muhammadu Buhari has done more for south-eastern Nigeria under the All Progressives Congress (APC) than the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Nollywood actor-turned-politician took to his Instagram page on Tuesday to lament about the nomadic herders in Abuja. “This is why ranching is both desirable and inevitable. How can humans and animals be struggling for a right of way in the Federal Capital City of Abuja?” the actor had asked. “We must move on to the 21st-century system of animal husbandry to…

President Muhammadu Buhari has suspended the inauguration of the newly constituted Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC). The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha, announced this on Tuesday in a statement titled ‘Suspension of Inauguration of Newly Constituted Board Of NNPC LTD.’ He revealed that the inauguration of the Board, initially scheduled to hold on Wednesday, was suspended indefinitely. “President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the immediate suspension of the inauguration of the newly constituted Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) scheduled for Wednesday 24th November 2021 until further notice,” said…