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FORMER National Security Adviser (NSA) Sambo Dasuki has made some “mind-boggling” revelations on the $2billion “phoney” arms contracts, a source said yesterday. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and a Federal Government committee are probing how huge sums of money meant for procurement of arms went down the drain during the Dr. Goodluck Jonathan administration. An interim report indicates that about $2billion may have been disbursed for inexplicable reasons. Dasuki was arrested on Tuesday by the Department of State Services (DSS). He was transferred to the EFCC. An EFCC source said: “When Dasuki was brought in, he initially refused to write any statement, alleging that he had been subjected to media trial. “I think the ex-NSA decided not to open up based on the advice of his lawyers that he should leave everything for the open court. “The EFCC operatives, however, obliged Dasuki a copy of the statement by a former Director of Finance in the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), Shaibu Salisu in which the latter made some implicating statements. “Dasuki, who was shocked by Salisu’s confessions, repeatedly asked: ‘You mean Salisu wrote all these! You mean he said these! Give me a pen and paper’. “Thereafter, Dasuki decided to open a can of worms. He gave a long list of PDP chieftains who collected money from the Office of the NSA. “He mentioned the names of a former Deputy National Chairman of PDP, ex-governors and ex-ministers and many others. “As I am talking to you, Dasuki is still writing his statement. The disclosures of the ex-Director of Finance in ONSA have assisted greatly in getting to the bottom of the armsgate . “So, the investigation is still on. We will certainly arrest more suspects soon.” There were indications that the anti-graft commission may extend its probe to the seizure of $9million cash by South Africa and quiz all those involved in the botched deal. An Israeli suspect implicated in the deal is said to have bolted after throwing a lavish party at his Wuse residence. Former Sokoto State Governor Attahiru Bafarawa, AIT Chairman Raymond Dokpesi and former Minister Bashir Yuguda were yesterday battling for bail. It was learnt that the EFCC was planning to arraign some of the suspects in court to enable the agency keep the more than 22 suspects being interrogated in custody. The EFCC is said to be mindful of a situation in which the high-profile suspects will rush to court to seek the enforcement of their fundamental rights and truncate the investigation. A source, who pleaded not to be named, said many suspects had admitted collecting huge sums of money from the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) when Dasuki was in charge. Said the source: “Our investigators have isolated these areas of probe: Were the funds budgeted for? If not, what informed extra-budgetary expenses? How much was actually voted for arms procurement? How were the funds sourced? Who or which agency awarded all the contracts? Who were the contractors? Was there any evidence of delivery of equipment? What will make any Minister to run to ONSA for funds? “These are the areas our detectives have been mandated to look at.” On other suspects, the source explained that some of the diverted funds had been traced to a bureau de change owned by a former member of the staff of the ONSA. “Some Bureau de Change operators were accomplices of many of these suspects in custody. We are tracking every transaction. “On daily basis, we will keep on inviting more suspects because the syndicate has a complex networking,” the source added. As at press time last night, Bafarawa, Dokpesi and Yuguda were still battling for bail. A source said: “We have not released any of them because they are clearing some grey areas.” Another source in EFCC said the agency would extend its probe to the seizure of the $9.34m cash smuggled into South Africa. The cash was confiscated by the South Africa from an Israeli arms dealer of Cyprus-based ESD International, who acted on behalf of the Federal Government to procure arms for Nigeria. Part of the cash was for six “civilian” helicopters from a South African company, Tier One. The National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa recently received a court permission to return the cash to Nigeria.
source thenationonlineng.net/dasuki-lists-ex-governors-pdp-chiefs-in-2b-deals/
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About thirty students from Kaduna State are to benefit from the state scholarships scheme and undertake studies in Islamic University of Uganda.

The Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Honourable Aminu Abdullahi Shagali disclosed this during a Press briefing after a courtesy call by the Ugandan High Commission to Nigeria, Mr Ocheger Nelson in his office in Kaduna.

He said the High Commissioner has assured the people of the state that security of students in Uganda is highly guaranteed.

Earlier in his speech the High Commissioner affirmed that the Islamic University is not only admitting Muslim students but from both religious backgrounds.
He said that among the 30 students to be sent to the Islamic University, ten are Muslims while twenty are Christians.

Mr Ocheger said that about 750 Nigerians are studying in one Ugandan University alone, maintaining that this will encourage interaction among different social and religious backgrounds and different nationals that will bring about social harmony and exchange of ideas.

About thirty students from Kaduna State are to benefit from the state scholarships scheme and undertake studies in Islamic University of Uganda.

The Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Honourable Aminu Abdullahi Shagali disclosed this during a Press briefing after a courtesy call by the Ugandan High Commission to Nigeria Mr Ocheger Nelson in his office in kaduna.

He said the High Commissioner has assured the people of the state that security of students in Uganda is highly guaranteed.Earlier in his speech the High Commissioner affirmed that the Islamic University is not only admitting Muslim students but from both religious backgrounds.

He said that among the 30 students to be sent to the Islamic University, ten are Muslims while twenty are Christians.

Mr Ocheger said that about 750 Nigerians are studying in one Ugandan University alone, maintaining that this will encourage interaction among different social and religious backgrounds and different nationals that will bring about social harmony and exchange of ideas

source : http://myschool.com.ng/kasu/news/42032/30-students-of-kaduna-state-origin-to-study-in-the-islamic-university-of-uganda.html#sthash.gOIxpHyN.dpuf

Cc suen lalasticlala Ishilove abeq mke diz one qo front page abeq biko

this Bible passage doesn't tally with the bolded at all

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state has vehemently
spoken out again telling President Muhammadu Buhari
to stop lying to Nigerians and the international
community about the return of stolen funds to the
current government, but should get to work stressing
that the president’s attitude was yet to change from
that of 1984 when he was military head of state.

The governor said this as a form of reprimand on the
president over a statement attributed to him as saying
that many of those who looted public treasury in the
government of former President Goodluck Jonathan had
started returning the stolen funds to the government.
Fayose who said this in a statement today, November
26, through his spokesperson, Lere Olayinka, urged the
president to rather stay at home to govern the country
instead of junketing around the globe and “acting like a
saint” before the international community, Premium
Times reports.

cc: seun

source https://www.naij.com/649496-youve-not-changed-1984-trait-fayose-slams-buhari.html

Less than ten days to the Bayelsa state governorship
election slatted for December 5, the Sylva campaign
organisation on Wednesday, November 25, accused
Governor Seriake Dickson of giving refuge to wanted
persons in the state and abetting crime in the guest
houses located within the Government House in
Yenagoa.

According to Vanguard report, the campaign
organisation in a statement issued by the its
spokesman, Nathan Egba, alleged that the governor was
harbouring the prime suspect in the killing of an All
Progressives Congress leader.
Egba bluntly rejected Governor Dickson’s claim of
running a government with zero tolerance for
criminality.
The campaign spokesman said: “We have it on good
authority that not only are wanted persons given refuge
in government house Yenagoa, there are even alleged
criminal activities going on in the guest houses located
within the government house precinct.

cc seun Ishilove lalasticlala

source https://www.naij.com/649588-gov-dickson-accused-harbouring-wanted-persons-govt-house.html

The special adviser to the governor of kaduna state on media and publicity Mr. Samuel Aruwan engages in an exchange of words on facebook with a fan or rather an indeqene of the state Habila Abrakson. Accordinq ccordinq to Mr Aruwan, the future of kaduna is briqht but Mr habila sees it otherwise

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source https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1064287770256885&id=100000270153679&p=10&refid=52&_ft_=qid.6220831560710931239%3Amf_story_key.-5780378829197248736

Veteran Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni has said he
will be a cattle keeper if he loses elections next year
after three decades in power. “If I lose election I shall
leave power,” Museveni said Thursday, according to the
state-owned New Vision newspaper. “I have got my job
at home, I am a cattle keeper,” he added, according to
the Daily Monitor newspaper.
“I am not power-hungry, but mission-hungry — so I
have got a mission of economic transformation of
Ugandans.” Meanwhile, key presidential challenger
Kizza Besigye, leader of the Forum for Democratic
Change (FDC), has told supporters he had been arrested
43 times in his long-running bid to win the country’s top
job.
Besigye, once Museveni’s personal doctor, previously
said he would not contest elections again after losing in
2001, 2006 and 2011, claiming free and fair polls were
impossible. After losing in 2011, Besigye led repeated
anti-government protests, at which he was regularly
arrested and held for hours before being released while
his supporters were also chased, tear-gassed, beaten
and arrested.
“Since 2000, when I first contested for the presidency, I
have been arrested and taken to jail 43 times and they
keep releasing me without any charge,” Besigye said at
a rally on Wednesday. Opposition leaders have said they
will back a joint candidate, expected to be either Besigye
or ex-prime minister Amama Mbabazi, although both
have begun campaigning separately for the February 18
polls.
With both being influential former members of the ruling
party, critics say they struggle to offer a convincing
alternative or to effectively criticise a system they
created and from which they benefitted. Museveni, who
has led the east African nation since 1986, and the ruling
National Resistance Movement (NRM) are widely
expected to return to power.


source : www.vanguardngr.com/2015/11/ugandan-president-says-he-will-be-a-cattle-keeper-if-he-loses-2016-election/

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Following the adoption of the motion on “JAMB’s new
admission policy” which was sponsored by Senator Joshua
Lidani of Gombe South and seven others, the Nigerian
senate has asked the senate committee on education to
invite the leadership of Joint Admission And Matriculation
Board to ascertain and look into the circumstances
surrounding the new JAMB Admission Policy.
The senate also told the committee to consult relevant
stake holders like the Parents Teachers Association,
Academic Staff Union of Universities in order to come up
with a more acceptable admission policy.
According to the sponsor of the motion, the new JAMB
policy is contrary to the JAMB Act as stipulated in the
constitution.
Meanwhile, the senate has asked JAMB to consider
increasing the validity of its results from one to three years
to reduce the number of yearly applicants.

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When your colleaques were supportinq their predecessor you were busy witchhuntinq Amaechi now Amaechi's qonna be a minister 2mrw and yhu are now filled with tension. Ntorrr!

The Defence Headquarters has shutdown
widespread reports that most of the abducted
Chibok girls, have been impregnated by their
captors, Boko Haram insurgents.
A recent report had quoted an escaped female
captive of Boko Haram, as saying that some of the
Chibok girls have had babies for the insurgents
while some are pregnant.
However, on Sunday, Acting Director, Defence
Information, Col. Rabe Abubakar, said the report
was misleading and spurious.
“The attention of the Defence Headquarters has
been drawn to the publication in a national daily
of Saturday, October 10, 2015, claiming that one of
the Chibok girls, who escaped from terrorists’
captivity, was handed to the military post in Baga.”
“The spurious report by the national daily is not
only misleading but is once again another
unconscionable outing, as there is no iota of truth
in its entirety, hence should be disregarded.
“In as much as the Nigerian military and other
security agencies are working round the clock to
secure the release of not only the Chibok girls but
also other innocent citizens, who are held hostage
by the terrorists, it will not give credence to
misleading reports, which have no true source as
we have repeatedly pledged to inform Nigerians on
the true situation in our ongoing operations.”


cc: seun

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Too much money

Errythnq in diz coun3 will soon b privatised, frstly it wz da power sector and den the refinaries nd nw the health sector hz follwed....very soon gov't universities nd oda educational sector 'll be nxt.

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