by Admin | Oct 24, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita, has countered the Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, who on Sunday blamed her and the Federal Civil Service Commission for the reinstatement of the former Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina, to office. Mrs. Oyo-Ita said through a statement by her Assistant Director, Media Relations, Mohammed Manga, “The attention of the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation has been drawn to several media reports that the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation has approved the reinstatement into the Federal Civil Service of Alhaji Abdulrasheed Abdullahi Maina and his subsequent posting to the Ministry of Interior. “The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation wishes to inform the public that the reinstatement and posting of Alhaji Abdulrasheed Abdullahi Maina never emanated from the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation. “Consequently, the purported reinstatement and posting by the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation is totally erroneous and misleading.” Mr. Dambazau had in a statement by his Press Secretary, Ehisienmen Osaigbovo, denied responsibility for Mr. Maina’s recall to service. The statement explained that Mr. Maina “was posted few days ago to the Ministry of Interior by the Office of the Head of Service on an Acting capacity to fill a vacancy created following the retirement of the Director heading the Human Resources Department in the Ministry.” The minister blamed Mr. Maina’s recall on the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation and...
by Admin | Oct 20, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A pro-democracy and Non-Governmental organization, the Human Rights Writers Association, HURIWA, has alleged that the police high command is in the process of sweeping under the carpet, the alleged killing of 19-year-old female student of Cross Rivers State University Miss. Joy Odama by one Alhaji Usman I. Adamu in Abuja. The Rights group also condemned the “lack of action” by the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Ibrahim Idris on the attack by gunmen on Saint Philips Catholic Church Ozubulu, Anambra state on Sunday August 13th 2017. HURIWA said the Anambra state police command and the office of the Inspector General of Police seems to be colluding to maintain conspiratorial silence on the crime and allegedly failed to embark on any comprehensive investigation into the bloody attack on the worshippers. HURIWA, in a statement made available to DAILY POST by the National Coordinator its Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko and the National Media Affairs Director Miss Zainab Yusuf, condemned the rapid deterioration of professionalism in the Nigeria Police Force under the current dispensation which has led to the piling up of several unresolved crimes that happened in different parts of Nigeria. The group said the last time it reached out to the police high command in Abuja about two months ago, it was informed that the Inspector General of police has sent the file of Alhaji Usman Adamu to the director of public prosecution for action. The statement added, “We are shocked that the office of the Federal Attorney General has refused to take action to bring the alleged murderer to speedy trial before the competent court of law. Does the...
by Admin | Oct 20, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and other Related Matters, Kano Zonal Command, said it had rescued 57 victims of human trafficking in Katsina State. The NAPTIP Zonal Commander, Mr Shehu Umar said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano on Tuesday, that the latest arrest raise the number of victims rescued to 263 this year. He said the 57 victims were intercepted on Saturday, Oct. 8. “The victims were intercepted in two separate groups by the Nigeria Immigration Service in Katsina state along Kongolom border in Mai’adua Local Area on their way to Libya.” He said following the receipt of the report, the Zonal command went to Katsina and rescued the victims whose traffickers had since escaped. “All the victims are here now with us pending the completion of the investigation currently going on.” Umar said preliminary investigation had shown that the victims paid between N5, 000 and N250, 000 as fares to their traffickers to facilitate the journey to Libya. He said the victims, aged between 12 and 38, had no travelling documents and were from Abia, Bayelsa, Delta, Edo, Enugu, Imo, Kogi, Lagos and Ondo states. According to him, the victims would be reunited with their families as soon as investigation was completed. “With this achievement, the command has been able to rescue no fewer than 263 victims of human trafficking from January to date. “Out of this number, 173 are female while the remaining 90 are...
by Admin | Oct 20, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Aminu Abubakar, son of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, was released from prison custody on Wednesday after earlier being remanded by the court. This was announced by Festus Keyamo, who is representing Mr. Abubakar’s estranged wife, Ummi Fatima Bolori. Mr. Abubakar and Ms. Bolori have been in a legal battle over the custody of their children. The couple had divorced in 2011 and had agreed to allow the children to spend time with their father while on vacation. In 2013, however, Mr. Abubakar allegedly refused to return the children to their mother. On October 11, 2017, Chief Magistrate K.B. Ayeye of the Tinubu Magistrate Court in Lagos ordered Mr. Abubakar to produce his six-year-old son in court, but he failed to do so. Mr. Abubakar was subsequently ordered to be remanded by the court on Wednesday, October 18. However, according to Ms. Bolori’s attorney, Festus Keyamo, Mr. Abubakar later produced his son in court as ordered. He was then released from prison custody. Mr. Keyamo added that Ms. Bolori has since been reunited with her two children. SOURCE: Sahara...
by Admin | Oct 20, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye has fired back at Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello, accusing him of misappropriation of funds meant for workers’ salaries. Melaye accused the Governor of spending about N40m for newspaper publication. He condemned Gov. Bello on Thursday for using such huge amount on propagating ‘lies’ instead of paying workers’ salaries and pension. He wrote on his Instagram page @dinomelaye: “Yahaya Bello today spent about N40m today on adverts in leadership newspaper (72 pages) “To propagate lies when he has not paid salaries and pension for over 15 months; “Workers are on strike and he is engaging in colossal wastage. God help us.” SOURCE: DAILY...
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