naptu2: BudgIT NG is a civic organisation that aims to make budgets of Nigerian government entities accessible to the public.
They publish the budgets of the Federal Government, its branches (executive, legislature and judiciary) and its ministries, departments and agencies online and encourage citizens to scrutinise the budgets. They also scrutinise the budgets of state and local governments.
The allegation here is that some lawmakers from Niger State have gotten SARS to arrest a staff of BudgIT NG because he is sensitising people in Niger State about the budget.
SARS Arrests Staff Of BudgIT Nigeria, Moses Motoni, Amidst Calls To End Anti-Robbery Squad
Mr. Motoni, Project Tracking Officer of BudgIT, was arrested in Kaduna State by some unidentified SARS personnel who disguised as delivery men from DHL Nigeria.
BY SAHARAREPORTERS, NEW YORK DEC 05, 2017
Moses Motoni, a staff of BudgIT Nigeria, is currently in the detention of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) for an offense not known to him. His arrest happened one day after the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris Kpotum, gave an order to reorganize SARS operations across Nigeria following social media outcry calling for a total abrogation of the controversial unit.
Mr. Motoni, Project Tracking Officer of BudgIT, was arrested in Kaduna State by some unidentified SARS personnel who disguised as delivery men from DHL Nigeria.
SaharaReporters learned that Mr. Motoni had been put under SARS’ radar under the instruction of Senator Mohamed Sani, representing Niger South Senatorial District of Niger State. Mr. Motoni was closely tracked after participating in a sensitization program in Bida, Niger State.
Speaking to our correspondent, a friend of Mr. Motoni revealed that he had received an SMS from DHL Nigeria to pick up a parcel at Makarfi Plaza at Central Market, Kaduna State, but unknown to him, he was walking into a trap.
“Moses received an SMS from DHL Nigeria to pick up a parcel at Markafi. He went to pick it but when he got there, he was shocked to be apprehended by some SARS officers who forced him into a car and drove off. That was when he knew that the SARS officers were posing as the staff of DHL,” he narrated.
SaharaReporters gathered that Mr. Motoni was denied bail and the police barred anyone from seeing him by ordering officers at the security post to either send away or detain anybody who came looking for him.
It was reported that Senator Sani had invited Mr. Motoni to his house for a meeting after the sensitization at Bida, but Mr. Motoni declined the invitation and headed to Kaduna State where he was eventually arrested.
Mr. Motoni was initially detained at Metro Police Station, Enugu Road, Kaduna, but he is being transported to the SARS headquarters in Abuja where he will remain in detention.
BudgIT Nigeria publishes budgets online and enlightens the people about items in the budget.
Members of the National Assembly often lobby for "constituency projects" to be included in the budget. However, these constituency projects are sometimes not executed.
BudgIT Nigeria tracks the locations of these projects, informs the local people about the projects and encourages them to put pressure on their legislators to ensure that the projects are executed.
That's what Moses Motoni was doing when the member of the National Assembly invited him to a meeting. He declined the invitation and went to Kaduna where the police arrested him for "Inciting Public Disturbance".
BudgIT NG is a civic organisation that aims to make budgets of Nigerian government entities accessible to the public.
They publish the budgets of the Federal Government, its branches (executive, legislature and judiciary) and its ministries, departments and agencies online and encourage citizens to scrutinise the budgets. They also scrutinise the budgets of state and local governments.
The allegation here is that some lawmakers from Niger State have gotten SARS to arrest a staff of BudgIT NG because he is sensitising people in Niger State about the budget.
SARS Arrests Staff Of BudgIT Nigeria, Moses Motoni, Amidst Calls To End Anti-Robbery Squad
Mr. Motoni, Project Tracking Officer of BudgIT, was arrested in Kaduna State by some unidentified SARS personnel who disguised as delivery men from DHL Nigeria.
BY SAHARAREPORTERS, NEW YORK DEC 05, 2017
Moses Motoni, a staff of BudgIT Nigeria, is currently in the detention of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) for an offense not known to him. His arrest happened one day after the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris Kpotum, gave an order to reorganize SARS operations across Nigeria following social media outcry calling for a total abrogation of the controversial unit.
Mr. Motoni, Project Tracking Officer of BudgIT, was arrested in Kaduna State by some unidentified SARS personnel who disguised as delivery men from DHL Nigeria.
SaharaReporters learned that Mr. Motoni had been put under SARS’ radar under the instruction of Senator Mohamed Sani, representing Niger South Senatorial District of Niger State. Mr. Motoni was closely tracked after participating in a sensitization program in Bida, Niger State.
Speaking to our correspondent, a friend of Mr. Motoni revealed that he had received an SMS from DHL Nigeria to pick up a parcel at Makarfi Plaza at Central Market, Kaduna State, but unknown to him, he was walking into a trap.
“Moses received an SMS from DHL Nigeria to pick up a parcel at Markafi. He went to pick it but when he got there, he was shocked to be apprehended by some SARS officers who forced him into a car and drove off. That was when he knew that the SARS officers were posing as the staff of DHL,” he narrated.
SaharaReporters gathered that Mr. Motoni was denied bail and the police barred anyone from seeing him by ordering officers at the security post to either send away or detain anybody who came looking for him.
It was reported that Senator Sani had invited Mr. Motoni to his house for a meeting after the sensitization at Bida, but Mr. Motoni declined the invitation and headed to Kaduna State where he was eventually arrested.
Mr. Motoni was initially detained at Metro Police Station, Enugu Road, Kaduna, but he is being transported to the SARS headquarters in Abuja where he will remain in detention.
These are the kinda high profile friendlies we should be playing?
Amaju dey try but he should arrange this type for the super eagles team
They have arranged this type of friendlies for the Super Eagles. The Super Eagles played against Argentina last month and they might also play against France in March, but the Super Falcons have not trained together or played a single match since they won the African Nations Cup a year ago.
Format Of Drugs, Job & Sex Trafficking Scam Run By Nigerians In South Africa.
SiphoSihle @SihleTumani
Dear Ladies: How a simple photocopy of your CV done at an internet cafe can get you sex trafficked or find yourself working as a prostitute in the streets of SA [Thread] RT for awareness.❤
The unemployment rate is very high in SA, so it the desperation to get a job. Predators know about this and they use it to their advantage. I'll be using a scenario including Nigerians because they're the ones I know of who do this. Not trying to offend anyone or any group✌
Our communities are full of internet cafes owned by Nigerians, and we love using their internet cafes. They're very nice and resourceful
You go to their shop and get your cv photocopied, you ask for 2 copies and you get your 2 copies, innocent right? Wrong! They make an extra copy, give you the ones you paid for and they keep the other copy
Or you ask them to write your cv for you. You get your hardcopy and walk out. Do you check if the one on the system is wiped off? No, it's not an issue right? Wrong!
These guys keep copies of your cvs and contact you pretending to be employers. By the way, they work with South Africans. Let's say you're looking for a restaurant job. You get a call that there's a new restaurant opening close to you and they're looking for waiters/barman
You've been searching for a job for a long time you don't even bother asking where they got your details. Or if you do, they can just say a friend or your previous employer referred you to them. They have your cv so they know where You've worked before
They tell you to come meet up with them at building no. What what, corner this and that. NB. Be careful of 'interviews' that take place outside of their 'offices' or inside these dodgy looking kinda buildings
You get there, they ask your a few questions- most of them don't make sense really when you think about it. You get the job, then now they are taking you to their 'offices', where you will be working- you will be working alright.
They take you to their buildings. You get to a room- boom girls everywhere looking exhausted, beaten up and all the horror you can think off. Next thing you either feel a gun behind you, you're told to be quiet and you get injected with drugs or you just injected before you even
Know what's happening. Those drugs will turn you into their slave, you'll be working your butt off- literally to get a fix. And the unfortunate ones get trafficked
They also target student nurses, they either use you as a prostitute or you'll work for them as their full time nurse- they need these girls to stay alive right
So ladies, even gents... please be careful when receiving these calls about job offers where the interviews are not even conducted in their offices or in dodgy buildings Please be vigilant all the time guys ❤
There have been lots of complaints about the activities of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigerian Police in recent years and the police have now provided phone numbers, email addresses and other means by which members of the public can officially lay their complaints about the activities of policemen of the Anti-Robbery Squad.
32 World Cup players have congratulated and welcomed the 32 teams to Russia ahead of the World Cup draws tomorrow.
Each player spoke the language of the player who came after him. Iniesta congratulated Nigeria in English, while Mikel congratulated Costa Rica in Spanish.
Welcome to Russia ahead of the #WorldCupDraw! @neymarjr congratulates Iran in Farsi @lewy_official sends greetings to Egypt in Arabic @ToniKroos wishes @England a warm welcome
The Child Protection Unit of Lagos State Ministry of Youth and Social Development has rescued a 14-year-old girl, Favour Ifeanyi from sexual abuse in the hands of a supposed Uncle at Shasha, Akowonjo in Alimosho area of the State.
Favour was rescued following calls from anonymous persons to the Child Protection Unit’s hotline to inform the government of the illicit acts observed at Millennium Estate, Afonka, Shasha where Favour resides with her relatives.
While narrating her experience after the Ministry’s intervention, Favour disclosed that she had experienced series of sexual abuse by one Nelson, since accommodation problems made her move into his two-bedroom apartment with her cousin – Mrs. Eze Kelechi in 2015.
She claimed that Nelson abused her sexually for two years until she got pregnant in June 2017, adding that he also made efforts to abort the pregnancy resulting from his illicit act by persuading her to consume unprescribed drugs.
Favour said after a scan revealed that she was three months pregnant, the matter was subsequently reported to the Police following the suspects refusal to take responsibility for the pregnancy.
However, in response to the call received by the Child Protection Unit has taken custody of the girl for rehabilitation and care pending the conclusion of ongoing investigations by the Police and the State Government.
Earlier this year, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Youth and Social Development, Mr. Hakeem Muri-Okunola called on members of the public to report cases of child abuse in order to prosecute perpetrators and end the menace in the society.
She is right, it's not the government's role to provide jobs, rather the government's role is to provide an enabling environment for business to thrive and that is something that it has not done.
1) It's very difficult for small businesses to thrive if they don't have uninterrupted power supply.
2) It's very difficult for industries to thrive when one of the country's main industrial areas (Apapa) is overwhelmed by traffic gridlock and neither goods nor workers can easily move in or out of the area.
3) It's very difficult for agricultural businesses to thrive when farmers are scared that their crops will be eaten and farmland trampled by herds of cattle. It is also very difficult for agricultural businesses to thrive when herdsmen are afraid that their cattle will be stolen or killed.
4) It is difficult for businesses to thrive when foreigners are scared to invest in many parts of Nigeria because they are afraid that they will be kidnapped or killed.
5) It is difficult for businesses to thrive when it is difficult to move goods across the country. The railway system is not yet efficient and you have to move goods across the country by road. You also need to pay various thugs on the road, including uniformed thugs, before you can move your goods to many parts of the country and you also need to navigate over many bad federal highways.
konoplyanka: Thank you for this. You have indeed shut the mouth of some bigots.
It's a very common trick by mischief-makers.
For example, imagine that there's a council that has 37 members and the law establishing the council states that there must be one member from each of the 36 states and Abuja and the law also states that members must retire when they turn 60 or when they've served for 30 years.
Then imagine that 6 members from northern states retired or died and 2 members from south-west states also retired or died within a year and there's a need to fill the vacancies.
Mischief-makers will report that 8 new members have been appointed to the council and none of them is from the south-east. They will not tell you that every south-east state has a member in the council.
That's why I asked for the full list of appeal court judges in my first post.
At least I know that Justice Raphael Chikwe Agbo, Chioma Egondu Nwosu-Iheme, Uzo Ndukwe Anyanwu and Chinwe Iyizoba are justices of the appeal court.