₦airaland Forum

PenpalOso:
A canal slum he purchased for his first site, then later pumped money into so it appears to be a prayer haven of sort, meanwhile nobody dares enter the section of it where he goes to “pray”

The Kano State House of Assembly has given Governor Umar Abdullahi Ganduje 48 hours to remove the Chairman of the State Revenue Board, AbduRazak Salihi, for violating the constitutional provision of the nation and disrespect to the legislative chambers.

The Chairman was said to have refused to disclose the house position of the state revenue collection despite a series of requests by the legislature, but at the same time wrote and submitted the reports to the government through the Permanent Secretary, Bureau of Land.

Similarly, the house, through the Speaker, Engr. Hamisu Chidari, frowned at the nonchalant attitude of the chairman who was summoned but lied to them.

The revenue chairman was also said to have connived with the government without the notice of the House to unilaterally reduce ground tenement rates of the Independent Petroleum Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) from N250 to N100 which the house described as a total violation of the nation’s constitution.

In their separate remarks on the floor of the House, the legislative members were furious with what they described as the non performance of the chairman in revenue collection as well as lack of knowledge of what revenue is.

Chidari said the house has agreed to set up an eight-man committee that would investigate why Kano falls from second position in revenue collections after Lagos to now 10th position.

The chairman who was visibly shivering before the House and could not provide enough reasons why he chose to bypass the House on issues of revenue collection in the state including his unilateral reduction of ground tenement rates.

The eight-man committee to investigate the falling revenue collection in the state and illegal actions of the chairman was headed by the House Finance Chairman, Magaji Dahiru Zarewa.

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has directed the demolition of shanties in Nkpogu, Port Harcourt, the state capital.

The shanties are believed to be a location where fake bottled water, carbonated drinks and alcoholic drinks are produced.

The Governor, who gave the order during his visit to the area on Sunday, said the state government will acquire the land, which according to him, criminals use for their activities.

Governor Wike told journalists that he had received credible intelligence reports that some criminal networks involved in the production of fake drinks were operating there.

According to him, several persons have been afflicted with deadly diseases after innocently purchasing fake products produced by the miscreants operating from the Nkpogu shanties.

In his words “If you look at the area where we are, it is a criminal hideout and I will not waste time immediately to demolish the area. In fact, this will take place in the
next two days.”

Speaking about the “unhygienic” nature of the environment, he said: “I cannot believe that people can turn the whole Port Harcourt to a cabbage city instead of a Garden City. It is unacceptable to me. Like I have always said no decision you take will be favourable to everybody. But as far as we are concerned, one will take
the right decision and the right thing must be done. We are going to clear all these shanties.”

Angeloihe:
Tb Joshua raised criminals as disciples.
They all pretend and live fake tv lives just like their late master.
They preach about love but hate one another.
Worse part is if u criticize tb Joshua, he will pretend to be silent but he will send his white garment Prophets and prophetesses to go the mountains to use juju to silent u with strange sicknesses or something worse.
Let independent investigators visit his marine mountain and they will uncover thousands of people pictures buried on the ground or in the swamp or inside the barks of the trees.
Tb Joshua is truly the present day wizard of endor.
Everlyn should better close that shrine and flee before the demons in SCOAN roaming about make her insane.

Tizu:
She won't. Troublesome creatures.
Suffer it alone and train the children and enjoy your freedom. All the men for your area will all Bleep you for N1000 short time hotel. Then your brain will come to normal.

Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has said his government is no longer interested in dialoguing with bandits since they rejected the olive branch given to
them.

“My administration will no longer grant amnesty to bandits as they have failed to embrace the peace initiative earlier extended to them,” the governor said.

Mr Matawalle said he was now backing security agencies to flush out bandits and their collaborators in the state and urged residents tobsupport the exercise.

The governor said the barrage of attacks on bandits by security forces had made them make a fresh overture to the government seeking dialogue.

He said some of the bandits were running out of Zamfara to neighbouring states due to the new security measures introduced by his government.

Mr Matawalle warned politicians against giving any form of support to bandits, stressing that “politicians should fear God and stop buying motorcycles to distribute to people who, in turn, sell to bandits to perpetrate their evil acts.”

He promised his government would prosecute any politician caught in the act.

Recently, the state government said it had cut off food, petroleum products supply and other essential commodities from the reach of the bandits in their various camps.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, on Wednesday announced the seizure of large quantity of Captagon, a brand of Amphetamine drug, valued at N5.8 billion at Apapa Port, Lagos.

Chairman of NDLEA, Buba Marwa, who disclosed this to newsmen in Lagos, said that the seizure of Captagon, with one suspect in the net, was the first in Sub-Sahara Africa.

He said the agency in March 2021, had intel from its international partners, on the shipment of the illicit narcotic to Nigeria from the Middle East, through the Apapa Port.

Mr Marwa noted that the container passed through three countries, and was transloaded in a North African country, while the agency kept tracking it, in collaboration with its partners.

He explained that, the agency attempted to examine the container on Aug. 26, but found three pieces of marble polishing machines, also called Sanders.

The chairman further said, on August 31, the Agency’s sniffer dogs turned up a positive indication on the rotor coil of one of the three machines.

“On Sept. 1, 2021, 18,560 tablets of a drug, suspected to be Amphetamine (Captagon), weighing 3.2kg, was found deeply concealed in one of the coils.

“On Sept. 2, the other two machines were dismantled, and in all, a total of 451,807 tablets, weighing 74.119 kilogrammes, were discovered hidden inside the rotor coils.

“Going by the street value of about 25 dollars per tablet, the importer would have raised 11.3 million dollars, about N5.8 billion,” he said.

Mr Marwa pointed out that if not for the intelligence of his men and the support from their international partners, the drug would have caused serious havoc in Nigeria, as such highly addictive pills were mainly available in the Middle East.

“The pill produces a euphoric intensity in users, allowing them to stay awake for days, making them fearless, and pre-disposes them to danger.

“The production and sale of this pill is controlled by militias and large criminal groups in the Middle East and beyond any doubt, Captagon has been linked to the escalation of the Syrian Civil War.

“A lot of the seizures have been made since 2017, mostly in Arabian Peninsula, Italy and Turkey, and its origin is traced to Syria and Lebanon.

“This gave rise to the theory that ISIS is behind the production and sales, to generate funds for weapons,” he noted.

The chairman said given the dangerous background of Captagon, it was obvious that the destination for the drugs was the camp of insurgents and bandits all over Nigeria.

He commended his men and other sister security agencies at the port that assisted in intercepting the drug, stressing that the agency was on the trail of suspects involved in the importation of the illicit drug.

pu7pl3:
your front line after the break will be Braithwaite, Depay and Luuk while ATM lines up with Griezmann, Suarez, Correa and Carrasco not adding to the fact that you guys lost over 80mil on Griezzy
But I'm the one that's denying facts...okay

Topmaike007:
but you guys sold Neymar when you know fully well that there is no replacement for him

Topmaike007:
so he fit pain you when we were talking about Mbape you guys where spilling trash.

So the thing fit pain you

ALEXAPLAYME:
Confirmed camavinga

TheHulk616:
Thank you Jesus for saving us from wasting 250m. Our defense and midfield is suffering but some real Madrid fans are more concerned about mbappe.

jpmoriarti:
Useless club with useless, hopeless set of fans

Where is Papa Perez now...

You no get money but you want to sign a PSG player...

They're coming for Vinicius next season because of this insult

Zyxzzzz:
Im not even bothered self, come January we can start negotiating with him so that we can Sign him for free. just 4 months left. 200m go save
Na psg go lose las las

International oil companies operating in Nigeria are owing the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) over $4 billion, the Minister of Niger Delta Development, Godswill Akpabio.

Mr Akpabio said this Thursday while briefing journalists at the State House in Abuja at the weekly briefing organised by the presidential communications team.

He said the NDDC law mandates IOCs to pay three per cent of their revenue to the agency, but oil firms have been defaulting for years. The NDDC was set up in 2001 as an interventionist agency to aid the development of the oil-rich Niger Delta.

“All of them have been defaulting and efforts are ongoing to get them to pay,” Mr Akpabio disclosed.