Reps Question Health Minister On Whereabouts Of Chinese Doctors
Lawmakers at the House of Representatives have questioned the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, demanding full details of the activities and whereabouts of the Chinese doctors. The lawmakers at their plenary on Tuesday said they are not satisfied with the statement of the Minister that the Chinese doctors are not guests of the Federal Ministry of Health but that...
Journalist Allegedly Detained For Criticising Lai Mohammed
Rotimi Jolayemi, a freelance broadcaster, has been detained for 12 days now allegedly on the order of Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, The Cable reports. Jolayemi, known as Oba Akewi, is the vice-chairman Freelance and Independent Radio Broadcasters Association of Nigeria (FIBAN), Osun state chapter. Olu Olugbade, the FIBAN chairman who confirmed the development, said Jolayemi had recorded eight-minute...
Lagos Assembly Speaker, Obasa, Gives Mistress N34m To Organise Media, CSO Parley
In another grand corruption, abuse of office and misuse of public funds, SaharaReporters has uncovered how Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, made the parliament approve N34.7m for the organisation of media and civil society organisations parley. Sources within the Lagos Assembly, who spoke with SaharaReporters, revealed that Obasa gave the responsibility of putting together the parley...
FG Queries Perm Sec For Buying Uncompleted Building For N7bn
The Federal Government has queried the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Science and Technology, Dr Mohammed Bello, for allegedly buying what it described as “uncompleted carcass” building for the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in the sum of N7bn. Bello was said to have superintended over the transaction for the purchase when he was still the permanent secretary in the...
“COVID-19 Not A Joke” – Buhari To Governors
The President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, told state governors not to take the raging COVID-19 pandemic as a joke. He asked them to step up enlightenment of their people on the seriousness of the infection by ensuring they stayed safe. Buhari also called on the governors to work closely with the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 to streamline the measures targeted...
Infectious Diseases Bill: Bill Gates Denies Offering Reps Any Incentive
American billionaire, and co-founder of Microsoft, Mr Bill Gates, has described as spurious, media reports that he offered a $10 million incentive (bribe) to the leadership and members of the House of Representatives to hasting the process of passing the Control of Infectious Diseases Bill, 2020 being considered by the House. This was as the Adhoc committee investigating the allegation...
Ganduje Slashes Political Appointees’ Salaries By 50%
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has slashed the salaries of political office holders in the state by 50 per cent due to dwindling resources caused by COVID-19 lockdown. Abba Anwar, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, said this in a statement in Kano on Sunday. Mr Anwar said the action was due to shortfall in the revenue accruing to the...
BREAKING: Arch. Bulama Sworn In As APC National Secretary [PHOTOS]
National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Adams Oshiomole on Monday inaugurated Arch. Waziri Bulama as the party’s new National Secretary. The inauguration took place at the National Secretariat of the party in Abuja with Borno and Gombe Governors in attendance. Details shortly…
President Buhari Cancels Expected Nationwide Broadcast
President Muhammadu Buhari has made a U-turn on the expected nationwide broadcast. Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, in a tweet Monday afternoon, said the presidential committee on coronavirus will brief the nation instead. “No presidential broadcast on COVID-19 updates today. Rather, the Presidential Task Force will during its usual media briefings bring the nation up to speed on the next steps”, he...
SERAP Urge Buhari To Ban Car Purchase For Political Officers
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) urged President Muhammadu Buhari to ban the purchase of new cars for the Presidency and ministers. It made the appeal in an open letter addressed to the President dated May 16 and signed by its deputy director, Kolawole Oluwadare. The group asked President Buhari to use his leadership position to follow the ‘Namibia example’...
