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World football ruling body, FIFA, has banned the former president of Panamanian football federation, Ariel Alvarado, for life on Thursday after finding him guilty of bribery. FIFA also fined him 500,000 Swiss francs (390,821.19 pounds).

Alvarado was investigated in relation to matches organised by the Panamanian Football Association. The investigation was also related to contracts for Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) media and marketing rights between 2009 and 2011.

The adjudicatory chamber of FIFA’s independent Ethics Committee said it had imposed the ban on Alvarado with immediate effect. He was a former FIFA standing committee member. (Reuters/NAN)

Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/just-in-fifa-bans-former-panama-federation-president-for-life.html

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President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has led a delegation of the Senate to the home of Senator Benjamin Uwajumogu in Abuja. Uwajumogu died on Wednesday in Abuja.

Lawan, who led the senate delegation along side Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege and other principal officers, condoled with the late Senator’s wife, Helen Uwajumogu and other family members. Speaking at the occasion, Lawan said that the Senate will protect the ideals of late Senator Benjamin Uwajumogu which he stood for as a lawmaker representing Imo North Senatorial District at the National Assembly.

“We represent Nigerians. The responsibility of ensuring that our people are protected, supported and promoted will continue to be our guiding light and ideal, because this is something that he worked very hard for and believed in. “This delegation is a delegation from the Senate, and I want to assure this family that we will be in this grief with you, and when you arrange for the funeral, please let us be informed of the arrangements,” Lawan said.

The Senate President added that all through Uwajumogu’s sojourn in the Senate, he remained committed to serving Nigerians and her citizens. Other members of the Senate Leadership on the delegation were: Senate Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi; Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe; Deputy Chief Whip, Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, and Deputy Minority Whip, Sahabi Alhaji Ya’u.

Senators on the delegation were: Chairman, Senate Committee on Tourism, Rochas Okorocha; Chairman, Committee on Appropriations, Jibrin Barau; Chairman, Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Opeyemi Bamidele; Senator Aishatu Ahmed (APC, Adamawa Central), and Abdulfatai Buhari (APC, Oyo North).

https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/senate-president-visits-late-senator-uwajumogu-family.html

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The chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts, Wole Oke, yesterday said the management of the Nigerian Railway Corporation failed to defend the allegation of N1.2bn missing from the coffers of the corporation. The NRC management appeared before the committee based on an audit query raised by the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation for the 2013 and 2014 financial years.

The committee rejected the presentations of the NRC management by Mrs O. Osunmade and Alhaji A. Niyi. Oke said: “We’ll have to step down their matter for misrepresentation of facts, consequently; a subcommittee will be set up to look into the financial books and the activities of the corporation for accountability

Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/n1-2bn-missing-in-railway-corporation-reps.html

The House of Representatives has vowed to investigate alleged payment of $50,000 to the Nigerian Navy before escorting vessels through Nigerian waterways to their destinations. The House took the decisions after it received and considered the report of the Ad-hoc Committee, chaired by Buba Yakub (APC,Adamawa), on the failure to put Warri, Port Harcourt, Onne, Calabar and Onitsha Ports to maximun use.

The report was considered by the Committee of the Whole, chaired by the Deputy Speaker, Ahmed Idris Wase, at the plenary. It called on the Federal Government to encourage the Nigerian Navy to commence the actualization of the National Charting Scheme by developing indigenous charting capacity that will ensure self-reliance in surveying and charting of Nigerian waters and end the practice of sending survey reports to the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO).

It also urged the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to survey and replace aids to navigating the waterways leading to the aforementioned ports while urging the Federal Government to facilitate the rehabilitation and re-construction of the Eastern roads leading to the ports, and railways to link all the State capitals. The Committee also urged the “NPA to ensure the provision of appropriate cargo handling infrastructure for seamless port operations in the Eastern ports”, and “the NPA to enforce the provision of modern cargo equipment as a prerequisite for engagement as an operator.

It also called on the NPA to provide tug boats, pilot cutters and breakwaters for the safety of the waterways and to dredge all the ports to the minimum standard of 9-13 meters to allow vessels into those zones. The report also recommended further investigation of the Ministry of Transportation and the NPA on all dredging contracts awarded in the last 10 years.

Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/reps-to-probe-navy-nimasa-over-50000-escort-fee.html

The Minister of State of Power, Goddy Jedy-Agba, has said that the power sector in the country is improving and better than before. The minister, who said this on Tuesday in Benin during the inspection of Azura-Edo power plant, assured of regular power supply during the yuletide period.

“The power sector is improving gradually and it is better than before. For me, power is stabilizing. I am sure we will do better. Government, Discos and all the stakeholders in the power sector are putting heads together to ensure that it improve than what it is now.

“Azura is working to make power available to Nigeria. I am here to see what the power plant is doing for Nigerians so that the management can improve on whatever the shortcomings they have. But with what I saw today, the company is doing well. “During this year’s Christmas, Nigerians will have light all through. I will be on duty on Christmas day and you can see me going round all the power plants. I assure you that there will be adequate power supply,” he said.

The minister commended the management of the power plant for its investment in the country. Earlier, the plant’s managing director, Edu Okeke, said Nigeria needed more power plants to be able to get to the desired power generations, transmissions and distributions. He attributed inadequate remittance of funds by Discos as one of the major challenges confronting the establishment.

Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/power-sector-is-improving-gradually-fg.html

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Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has deployed no fewer than 35,450 personnel including Special marshals across the country for 2019 ember months campaigns. Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, who made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja said that the deployment was aimed at ensuring safer roads during the festive periods and beyond.

He said that the Corps had also deployed 806 patrol vehicles, 120 Ambulances, 204 motor bikes, and 27 tow trucks along designated routes in the special patrol that commenced on Dec. 15 to Jan. 19, 2020. The officer said that the deployment was due to the commitment towards the realisation of the Corps corporate mandate and the imperatives of making the highways safer during the yuletide. “This is part of the measures to ensure sanity on the nation’s highways, during this year’s Christmas and end of the year celebrations.

“It entails 24 hours enforcement along major highways, robust public enlightenment campaigns across the nation, prompt rescue/recovery services, stakeholder collaboration, Road Safety Observatory, uninterrupted motorized patrol, day time route lining. ”Also, traffic control, operation of mobile courts, activation of high alert on internal and external medical facilities, establishment of road camps and help areas, aerial surveillance, and purposeful synergy with other security agencies. Kazeem said the Corps Marshal, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, has directed that the 2019 ember months campaign be targeted at enforcement on critical offences. He said the offences include speeding, dangerous driving, tyre violation, lane indiscipline, road obstruction, use of phone while driving and overloading violation.

Others are seatbelt use violation, child safety, passengers manifest violation, mechanically deficient vehicles and unlatched container carrying vehicles. He stated that part of the nationwide special operation was the massive deployment of personnel and logistics along 52 designated critical corridors and black spots. He said that among the 52 corridors to be covered were Lokoja-Benin-Auchi, Abaji-Lokoja, Abuja-Keffi-Akwanga-HawanKibo-Jos, Minna-Birnin-Kebbi-Sokoto-Gusau-Funtua-Zaria, Potiskum-Damaturu, Kabba and Udi-Orji River-Awka-Owo, Ibadan-Ogere-Sagamu, Abuja-Airport Road-Giri and Opi-Junction-Nike-Enugu Highways. He also said that the Corps had identified some alternative routes that could be used by motorists to ease traffic flow. “Lokoja-Kabba-Ayere-Akunu-Ise Junction-Ileare-Ado Ekiti-Ilesha, Lokoja-Kabba-Ayere, Lokoja-Okene-Ogori Magongo-Owo, 9th Mile-Udi-Oji River-Ufuma-Umunze, Bauchi-Alkaleri-Kaltungo, and Kaduna-Kachiji-Kwoi-Manchok. Others are Keffi-Nasarawa-Toto-Abaji-Lokoja, Lagos-Ikorodu-Sagamu, Lekki-Epe-Ijebu Ode, Sango Ota-Ifo-Abeokuta, Dutse Alhaji-Bwari-Jere, and Dutse Alhaji-Bwari-Kwoi-Kafanchan-Jos,” he said. According to Kazeem, the Corps Marshal has directed Commanding Officers to ensure adequate deployment of logistics and operational materials within their Commands to aid the campaign. “The Operational Materials are: patrol vehicles, advance life support ambulances, heavy duty tow trucks, medium and light duty tow trucks, patrol motor bikes, extricating machines and reflective jackets.

“Others are traffic cones, patrol lights, radar Guns, breathalyzer, cameras, e-tablets, alcolphones, walkie-talkie, and CUG mobile phones,” he said. Kazeem urged motorists to ensure strict compliance with all traffic rules and regulations as well as proper maintenance of their vehicles. He also urged passengers to equally monitor their drivers over reckless driving, driving under the influence of alcohol and other road vices.

“Following the need to bridge the existing gap in communication between the motoring public and the Corps, the Corps has established the National Traffic Radio 107.1 FM for daily traffic updates for travellers, effective enlightenment and education on best road culture among others. “The station is to serve as a veritable platform for the motoring public to report any obstruction, incidences of crash or traffic-related emergencies.

“In case of any emergency, call the toll free telephone line 122 and 070022553772 or tune in to the National Traffic Radio 107.1FM and call 08052998090, 09067000015, or visit the social media handles; Facebook TrafficRadio1, Twitter; @TrafficRadio1, Instagram: TrafficRadio1 for prompt response,” he said. (NAN)

Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/frsc-deploys-39450-personnel-806-patrol-vehicles-for-christmas-watch.html

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