by Admin | Nov 16, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday traced N860m to the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Idris Wada; and a former acting governor of Taraba State, Sani Danladi. While N500m was traced to Wada, N450m was traced to Danladi. The money was said to be part of the N23bn allegedly disbursed by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, through the then Director of Finance of the Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organisation, Senator Nenadi Usman. It was learnt that Wada arrived the EFCC office around 12pm and was still in custody around 9pm. The spokesman for the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed that Wada was detained by the commission. He said, “Yes, he was invited by the EFCC over N500m Diezani money. He is still in our custody.” The Gombe zonal office also quizzed Danladi in respect of the N450m collected by him through Senators Joel Dallami Ikenya and Mark Useni during the build-up to the 2015 presidential election. Danladi, in his statement on oath, told interrogators that he chaired the eight-man committee that disbursed the money for Taraba State. The EFCC stated, “He further stated that, he and the other members of the committee shared N36m among themselves while the balance of N414m was distributed to other stakeholders across the 16 local government areas of the state and one Development Area Council.” Danladi was arrested and detained in Abuja last week and later released on bail to reliable sureties, but asked to report to the EFCC Gombe zonal office for further investigation. Last week, the commission detained a former governor of Benue State, Gabriel...
by Admin | Nov 7, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI No fewer than 50 children have died in a Jigawa State village of ”a strange disease”, the village head said yesterday. The kids who died within the last two months in Gidan Dugus in Dutse Local Government Area of Jigawa State were within the age of one and five years, it was learnt. Gidan Dugu village is 35 kilometres from Jigawa State capital Dutse in the Northwest geo political zone. Village Head Malam Bashari Galadima Gidan Gudu told our reporter that ”the problem started about two months ago, but the situation got worse in the last few weeks” Explaining how the disease affects the kids, he said: “The children will start with serious fever, than develop stomach swelling and within a little time they will give up.” Painting a grim account of the situation he said: ”there are families that lost seven, four and three children to the disease and at a time, we buried between four and two kids daily during the worse period.” The village head said the children were treated at Wangara Health Clinic and some referred to Dutse General Hospital and to Kano, the neighbouring state, where some of them are still on admission. Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary Alhaji Ali Dandidi said: “ We learnt the problem started sometime in July. The community members refused to go to the public health centre. They relied on and patronised chemists and other medical vendors all the while “Nobody reported to the ministry (of health) until on October 27. The ministry sent a medical team there. The team took samples of the patients to the...
by Admin | Nov 7, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has disclosed that the pension fund assets under management has increased by N332 billion to N7.164 trillion in the third quarter of this year, from N6.832 trillion in the second quarter, the National Bureau Statistics has revealed. In a statement yesterday in Abuja, the NBS noted that 7,710,564 workers were registered under the pension scheme in the quarter under review compared to 7,589,936 registered workers in Q2. This showed a growth of 120,628 workers. The Bureau said the pension fund assets were invested in various asset classes by approved existing scheme (AES), closed pension fund administrators, retirement savings account (RSA) active fund as well as RSA retiree fund. A breakdown of the total pension assets revealed that with N4.339 trillion, the RSA active fund formed the largest chunk of the lot, while CPFAs, which stood at N895.811 billion, trailed it, followed by AES with N696.309 billion and RSA retiree fund with N484.026 billion. According to NBS report, the breakdown indicated that the pension fund assets were held in asset classes namely, domestic ordinary shares and foreign ordinary shares, FGN securities, local money market securities, open/close-end funds and real estate properties. Others are private equity fund, infrastructure fund and cash & other assets.Pension fund investment in FGN bonds had the highest weight of 54.09 per cent of the total assets and was followed by the one in treasury bills with 17.73 per cent. While domestic ordinary shares represented 8.66 per cent of the total pension assets, foreign ordinary shares accounted for 1.41 per cent. Infrastructure funds had the least with 0.07 per...
by Admin | Nov 7, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Former Acting Governor of Taraba State, Sani Abubakar Danladi, yesterday admitted collecting N450 million through Senators Joel Dallami Ikenya and Hon. Mark Bako Useni during the 2015 presidential election. Danladi, who was arrested last week was quizzed on Monday by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), at its Gombe Zonal Office. He was later released on bail to reliable sureties, but asked to report to the EFCC Gombe Zonal Office for further investigation. The former Acting governor was said to have told his interrogators that he chaired the 8-man committee that disbursed the money for the Peoples Democratic Party in Taraba State. The amount in question was part of the N23 billion allegedly doled out by former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, to influence the outcome of the 2015 presidential election. Danladi said, ”I and the other members of the committee shared N36 million among ourselves, while the balance of N414 million was distributed to other stakeholders across the 16 local government areas of the state and one Development Area...
by Admin | Nov 6, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A prosecution witness, Mr. Ansalem Dunu, has claimed that during the time he was interfacing with the billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, he learned that the kidnap kingpin collected nothing less than N100 million as ransom from his victims. Mr. Dunu said this while giving testimony before Justice Hakeem Oshodi at the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, on Friday. The examination in chief which was led by Ms. Titi Shitta-Bay, Director of Public Prosecution, revealed that Evans and his kidnap syndicate kidnapped the Executive Officer of Maydon Pharmaceutical Limited, Mr. Donatus Dunu on February 14, 2017, and was not released until a ransom of €223,000 (Euros) was paid. The witness who is the elder brother of the kidnapped victim narrated how his brother was abducted and how the kidnapper threatened and pestered him until he finally paid the ransom. He said in the process of negotiating the ransom with the kidnappers, he was threatened. “On one of the occasions that they called, I told them I have gathered N60 million and that was my limit. The voice that always rain abuses on me said “you are wasting our time, shebi na you go bring this money. Let’s see how you will go back alive” Mr. Dunu said. The witness also informed the court that the kidnappers got information about his brother through his old time friend Okwuchukwu Nwachukwu known to him simply as ‘Chuks’ the 4th defendant in the ongoing criminal trial. “Abba Kyari called that they have arrested the kidnapper. After sometimes, he called that the person who gave my brother’s particulars has been...
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