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The federal government has announced its plan to submit a list of its food vendors to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), while also denying allegations of spending N679m ($1,739,881.82) daily on school feeding programme.
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouk made the announcement after the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) alleged that the “school feeding claims by the Federal Government, when schools are shut due to COVID-19 pandemic, is a huge scam and a scheme by corrupt All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders and some officials in the Buhari presidency to siphon a targeted N13.5 billion public funds to finance their wasteful lifestyles.”
The main opposition party which described “the use of innocent school children as cover to steal and funnel not less than N679 million daily to private purses as sacrilegious, wicked and completely unpardonable", added that "it is now clear that the APC-led administration’s school feeding programme had always been a scam, the claims to feed school children even when schools are closed are colossal racketeering taken too far.”
Sadiya Umar-Farouk who defended the federal government at the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 on Friday May 15, denied claims of spending N679 million per day on the school feeding programme.
She said;
“For clarity, the programme which is funded by the federal government of Nigeria is implemented by the state governments and facilitated by the Federal Ministry of human Affairs, disaster Management and Social Development.
“And this programme, as modified is targeted at heads of the households, guardians and caregivers of these children – primary school pupils one to three.
“And also, we are not spending N679 million per day as alluded to, that number is inaccurate the take-home ration worth N4,200 per household and as planned as a monthly COVID-19 intervention for 3, 131,971 household in the participating states of the Federation.
“When the federal government ordered the closure of schools across the country in order to help flatten the curve on the COVID-19, it interrupted the school feeding programme, which is one of our Cardinal project has a government and which preceded the COVID-19 outbreak, because the programme was already ongoing food vendors had already been contacted and mobilized for the project.
“We are also mindful of the fact that most vendors having mobilised are made purchases Preparatory to the project as official. It’s not just possible to ask them for a refund. This has been done before the school calendar was disrupted.”
The Minister further revealed that they opted for a modified school programme because asking for a refund from vendors who have already bought food items in preparation for the project is impossible.
Sadiya added;
“That is how we arrived at the modified school feeding programme of taking food rations into the households of this children. So how we got our data with children at home was another issue. When children are enrolled in schools, as part of the registration process has a detailed register which contains the address of parents and guardians of every people is kept with the school as well as the class teachers. We also obtained those from SUBEB and other sources.
“Also, in the community where these are children live, every child’s home can be easily identified by members of that community and management of these schools. So to ensure full transparency so that the programme is not compromised, we are submitting a full list of all the vendors to the EFFC and let me also state here that these vendors have been in the structure since 2016. So, we’re using existing structure is not a whole new programme that were enrolling, no.
“The vendors that have been in the programme that we are using because they used to provide these food and materials to the cooks to cook.
“We have also invited other agencies of government including the DSS, EFFC, ICPC code of conduct and a host of NGOs and CSOs to help us monitor. I’m sure you agree with me yesterday, you must have noticed a large number of people participating in the process or in the flag off because we engage as many stakeholders as possible to be part of that being very mindful of the social distance guideline.
“I am going into some [details] in order to disapprove some misinformation and misunderstanding around modified programme and to ask Nigerians to support this for active intervention designed to keep our children fed during this pandemic, So that objective of this National home work school feeding programme is not compromised.”

A judge has denied singer R.Kelly's request to leave jail due to the possibility of him contracting Covid-19, labeling Kelly a 'danger to the community' and a 'flight risk' .
This is the third time R.Kelly's attempts to leave jail on 'health conditions' is being dismissed by the court as he is being held in prison over child sex abuse allegations, transmission of STDS and kidnapping.
In his motion for bail, which was filed earlier this month, Kelly complained that he was diabetic and overweight and therefore more susceptible to Coronavirus complications, and complained that conditions in his prison had become filthy, and it was only a matter of time before he caught the virus.
His two previous attempts to leave jail have been dismissed as the court felt his 'Health' reasons were not strong enogh to grant him bail.
Judge Donnelly, while dismissing Kelly's application, said Kelly’s crimes involve the sexual abuse of minors that stretched for almost 25 years, and allegations like those do not merit bail. The judge said that although Kelly has insisted that if set free, he’d return to Illinois to stand trial like he did in his 2008 child porn trial, the grand jury found probable cause that he bribed witnesses in that case, and she doesn’t want a repeat of that alleged behavior.
''The defendant is charged in Illinois and New York with extraordinarily serious crimes, for which he faces a long prison term if convicted,” Judge Donnelly wrote in her decision
“That prospect makes him a flight risk. The nature of the charges—which include crimes against minor victims, threats against potential witnesses and paying bribes to keep witnesses from cooperating—make him a danger to the community, including that he could attempt to tamper with prospective witnesses.”
Kelly's trial starts later this year.
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Five almajiris recently repatriated from Kano to Kaduna state have tested positive for Coronavirus.
The Kaduna State commissioner for Health, Amina Mohammed-Baloni, who confirmed this, said the new patients have been moved to the Infectious Diseases Control Centre where they are receiving treatment. Kaduna state now has 9 confirmed cases of COVID19.

A guy with the Twitter handle @peterguavah had put the Nigeria Police on blast two days back. According to the story he told on Twitter, his mother who had been managing hypertension for the past 20 years had some sort of crisis yesterday so he had to take her to the hospital. On the way there, he met some police officers who were enforcing the lockdown.


According to him, they demanded the sum of N20, 000 to let him pass. He supposedly agreed and wanted to transfer the money to them however they demanded cold, hard cash as they transferred money could be traced to their accounts. While arguing with them, his mother died.


Now, the story must have gotten viral or something but it got to the attention of the Nigerian Police who reached out to him, wanting to get his account of the story and find out who the officers were. He didn’t get back to the police. Others got involved and it seems that he forget that he had told some people his mother died last year. He has since deleted his Twitter account thinking it’s going to go away.


He obviously had some form of brain freeze and wanted his 5 minutes of fame and wanted to bring opprobrium on the Nigerian Police now he’s the one in deep trouble

The Commissioner for Information in Kano state, Muhammad Garba, has said preliminary investigation shows the rising cases of death recorded in the state, is majorly caused by ''complications arising from hypertension, diabetes, meningitis and acute malaria''.
Garba disclosed this in a statement. Part of the statement reads
Although an investigation into the cause of the deaths is still ongoing, preliminary reports from the state Ministry of Health indicated that the deaths are not connected to the COVID-19 pandemic. Reports have shown that most of the deaths were caused by complications arising from hypertension, diabetes, meningitis, and acute malaria.
Moreso, the state government has three modern Isolation Centres where those tested positive to COVID-19 are being cared for. We are also hopeful of getting an additional two Isolation Centres soonest. The government has also hired a hotel where suspected cases are accommodated.
Also, the Kano State Government is collaborating with? Bayero University Kano to establish a testing centre within the institution, which will be ready in two weeks time after being certified by the NCDC. This will, indeed, enhance our determination to ensure that every suspected case undergo a test.”

How time flies. Exactly what he says is what is playing out now, 2020 still no change even worst than 2015 when Jonathan left office.

I couldn't vote for Jonathan to continue cos I detested what my country was turning into under his administration so I never voted..

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anytime I state this fact the first question I get is... "why didn't U vote for APC?"

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I voted for APC in the Lagos Governorship election but didn't in the presidential elections not because I disliked their Ideology or mantra ( I craved for 'change') but because I couldn't convince myself (for d sake of my present and future family) to vote for Buhari because..

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1...Buhari was a former President, former minister of petroleum and so many other top offices he held back then and yet he still tags himself as 'poor', borrowing money then to buy nomination forms. I'm not saying he should have embezzled our money but...for God's sake, it takes wisdom, vision and creativity to be a rich and successful man. Buhari couldn't create an empire with the "little" salary he made those days then I strongly don't believe he can change d fortunes of Nigeria.

it was shameful during asset declaration when I saw the wealth our VP has amassed for himself and his family, comparing it with that provided by our president who is meant to lead us out of brokeness.

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2...Buhari has been contesting for presidency since 2003 and all those while as an aspirant, he never influenced katsina, Nigeria or Africa In any positive way, (he has no known charity foundation in his name), the only time one hears of Buhari then is when he makes Violence Inciting comments that leads to loss of lives especially in the north....

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please fellow Nigerians, don't expect much from our president, he doesn't really have much to offer just pray for God to give him WISDOM and POWER not to lead us astray...

...Remember Nigeria is our country.

Blackfire:
Ungrateful woman ,instead of you to wash it with hot water and cook it for your jobless husband banging you day and night...

You are here complaining, infact you people are ingrate.

Your brain needs to be check before it's too late

But when 2020 camry were procured for you thieves una dey happy. To donate just two months salary Una no dey happy for the forced donations, by d special grace of God Una no go dey happy for life.

Sorry for the prank. Just want to put a smile on someone face during this gloomy period.

Monaco2:
Pour the whiskey

Odikwa Risky

My area in ijoko anytime from 8pm we don start keeping vigil and burning tires. A guy was driving home yday night around 11 with his family and he was asked to stop he refuse, we thought they were robbers. They were almost lynch when we stop them eventually and we realize say Na Omo adugbo but not B4 his car wind shields were destroyed. TURNS OUT NO BE HE GET D CAR SEF. He say Na fear no allow him stop, but Na who he wan hold responsible for the destruction and we are more than 50 youths with different weapons(no guns).

Op this is absolute rubbish. In between taking of the pictures the TV can be on with a remote control if it's on standby so what's your point.

I remember that horrible match like it was just yday.

3 pacs 4 d son 6 pacs for d fada

So shall ur generations be wipe out. Bigot oshi

mayklef:
Den wipe out d whole oduduwa republic if dat wil stop d spread of d virus....Abi wats der use sef

They are all MAD

Everything wey dey hidden to human beings dey clear to God

Hmmmm me, I COMMENT MY RESERVE

Ghen Ghen Ghen esisi carry pomo. Dis is not a witch hunt pls dis is comprehensive general audit of d state wellbeing

Hopefully dis artiste will give us a refreshing sound

Offpoint:
It seems every Nigerian is Criminal Minded, some don't just see the opportunity yet.


God give me the strength to pay back Branch their loan, cuz the way they call me these days even my girlfriend + wives can't call me that way.


" Hello! am I speaking with Mr. offpoint please***
Me: yes
May I know why you're yet to pay back your loan?
Me: I lost my grandmother elder sister
May I know when you'll payback your loan? you know your loan has been due for over a year and 6 months now?
Me: I know, but do you know buhari has been the president for over.... I'll payback this week Friday... I'm having issues with my bank. thank you"


just N1000 naira debt left o
There's an evil spirit associated with debt, lapo carries the highest spirit.

Once you get loan from anywhere, things start going south.

Even me bro na #900 I wan give them o but d way they are threatening me and my Bvn Na die

On what yardstick is your statistics pls?

Thought salvation is free . Chai church don become PAY AS YOU COME. Hold on to your registration lemme hold on to my God

He don use una salaries run his presidential ambition. He don share d MILLIONS OF DOLLARS for d pdp primary election in Port Harcourt. Irony of life.

Well what do I know. If Na ur hardwork carry u reach there congrats but if no be ur hardwork.... Congrats sha cos all work hard.

How can I buy their shares sef

Though as much