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The Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria in charge of Financial System Surveillance (FSS), Mr. Okechukwu Joseph Nnanna, on Tuesday said the apex bank may blacklist banks used for money laundering. He also said management and directors of such banks will be in trouble. The CBN official also said he cannot say exactly how much of looted funds had been recovered and deposited in CBN. Nnanna, who spoke with journalists in Abuja on the sideline of a workshop organised by the Inter-Governmental Action Group Against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA), said it will no longer be business as usual. He said: Any bank which we discover has been used, or manipulated by criminals who launder money, corrupt politicians who launder money, that bank and directors would be held accountable. “Not only paying fines, we can also ask them to be blacklisted and will never work in the financial system any more. That is a very severe punishment. “People who finance terrorists come in different guises, they may be genuine businessmen who after a while may turn to be criminals but what is important is for the banks to make sure that the customer who comes to deposit money and withdraw money, they must know who he is. Not only knowing who he is, they must know his or her business.” Asked what CBN is doing to check money laundering, the deputy governor said the apex bank has put in place many control mechanisms. He added: “At the CBN, we are doing a great deal. The bank has in fact put in place a regime of controls particularly for commercial banks. Know Your Customers (KYC) is a very serious affair with us. “You don’t go to the bank and open an account and go and lodge in N5 million, N10 million without you being reported to the NFIU and to the EFCC. You will be reported to explain the source of that money. “We are not saying that Nigerians are all criminals. If you are a genuine businessman and you lodge in N1 billion there is nothing wrong with that but if you have N5,000 and all of a sudden, you brought N10 million, we would like to know. “The CBN in collaboration with the National Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) would like to know the source of that money and that we are doing very religiously.”

Definitely Messi, 4 trophies, 62 goals*assist so far despite been out for two months

Soon after the bus conveying the dignitaries arrived Asiwaju’s residence, I saw Senator Oluremi Tinubu rushing out of the bus, walking fast almost with so much focus, it was clear she had something in mind. She walked ahead of her husband and all the Governors. She was wearing a light blue wrapper with pictures of the late H.I.D Awolowo which was worn by majority of sympathizers at the funeral. It was ‘Ashiobi’ (ceremonial uniform, usually for one occasion). Asiwaju followed up and stepped into the house alongside the six Governors. While the Governors went into an inner parlor beyond the main and bigger living room, I saw Mrs Oluremi Tinubu went straight to the dining area located by the left side on entering the main living room. Without even changing into normal dress, away from the ‘Ashiobi’, the first thing she did was to start cleaning dishes, I watched her cleaned over ten dishes without any ‘ajebota-like-attitude’. Then, she started rearranging food items set by aides on the dining table. I took exceptional notice of how she was working with house helps, I saw so much willingness, freedom and excitement on the faces of those helps. I noticed that whenever she wanted to ask them to do anything at all, she would start by saying, ‘jowo’ – the Yoruba way of saying ‘please’ and after they did anything she asked them to do, she repeatedly and naturally said, ‘O se’ meaning ‘thank you’. She effectively combined humility, politeness and efficiency in managing her home. In less than five minutes of her arrival, Oluremi had set the table. One Governor I wouldn’t mention, sneaked onto the dining table very quickly. Asiwaju sighted him and jokingly said, “Your Excellencies, one Governor is cheating all of us on the dining table”. The Governors happily and I say, so freely, walked to the dining area onto the waiting cheerfulness of Mrs Tinubu who practically left no one in doubt that she was very excited to serve. She coordinated the lunch with so much passion like you would think of a typical and very dedicated and polite Nigerian woman that manages her own restaurant and doing everything to satisfy customers. My initial thought was that Mrs Tinubu was being dutiful to her husband’s special guests but then I saw her carry about four used glasses. Do you know who used those glasses she picked? She actually picked them from the visitors’ waiting parlour which was by the right after a security scanner and those glasses were used by security aides to Governors. She insisted on picking the glasses even when the security aides were hesitant. Importantly, one could see that she was not faking her actions, she was unconsciously being herself. For almost two hours, Mrs Oluremi Tinubu walked around doing things herself and cheerfully directing her aides to meet the needs of guests. Oluremi was everywhere including outside asking if food was served drivers and police escorts. I saw her around 2:55pm carrying a tray with tea cups and saucers. She went into an inner parlour with the tray. She must have gone to serve the Governors and her husband. I noticed also that she took special interest in serving and interacting with a Senator from Borno State who was there with the Governor. Oluremi was obviously passionate about her colleague in the Senate. After she had served tea, I spotted her talking to one of her house helps asking him to serve everyone another round of drinks. As she gave them tasks, I could see that the workers were happy with her. Some of them were even teasing her. She was behaving like a mother in the midst of her loving adult children on a happy day. The interaction between Oluremi and her aides was something so uniquely interesting. While still admiring Oluremi’s hospitality that Wednesday, a senior aide to Governor Shettima told me about his previous encounter with the former Lagos first lady and wife to one of Nigeria’s most influential politicians, on Saturday, February 8, 2014. “If you remember, we came here with Oga (Governor Shettima) in 2014, in the build up to the 2015 elections when Asiwaju invited Oga here for a meeting. We (aides to the Governor) were sitted here at the parlor and to our surprise, she (Oluremi Tinubu) came and personally served each of us with refreshments. We were shocked given the fact that her husband was actually the bigger boss as leader of the APC which is the party of our boss who was going for second term election. That day we came, her messengers were playing with her and she was so free with them. The woman is just down to earth,” he said to me. As I ran through the qualities in Mrs Oluremi Tinubu, I concluded that Asiwaju’s great sense of judgment transcends politics because it takes so much wisdom for a man not only to marry a good woman but for the same man to be rich and powerful, yet have his wife retain her humility and Africanness even in the midst of wealth, power and influence that is known to have ruined many.

While in Lagos four days ago, I saw and monitored something really strange in Senator Oluremi Tinubu, wife of National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. But before going into that Wednesday, November 25, 2015 experience, let me share that I hail from Zamfara State even though passionately working in Borno State. I’m a young journalist by education and profession, have practiced in the north and the southern parts of Nigeria for a major Newspaper. I’m so proud of my profession. Given my kind of job, I have met different categories of persons from those at the bottom to those at the top whether as news makers, news sources, witnesses or for social and other human interactions. For the purpose of this small piece, I want to make reference to my interactions with VIPs, the ‘Ogas at the top’. Some times, VIPs or important personalities as one may choose to call them, invite journalists to their homes to grant interviews or hold press briefings while in not too often cases, the journalists themselves request for interviews at homes of VIPs or to source information that can make or add up to major news items. These mostly happen during weekends, outside working hours or when VIPs want to avoid office interferences. Now, in the course of meeting these VIPs, I had at different times come across their wives too. One common feature in the wives of many VIPs is their display of authority. One minute contact with them tells you they own the house because as they step out, everyone around feels uneasy. Some, if not many wives of VIPs represent fear and danger. They are regarded as angels of death by domestic helps i.e drivers, cooks, gardeners, cleaners and aides to the boss himself. Visitors tend to avoid wives of VIPs except certain class of visitors that are very well known to the VIPs’ wives. Many times, wives of VIPs as I have seen them, are emperors. They harass aides and house helps with commands that are designed to make aides develop running stomach. They are feared so much that house helps celebrate when they travel or stay out for long. However, I have also come across some very humble and hospitable wives of VIPs. One of them is the wife of former Minister of Police Affairs, Adamu Maina Waziri. That woman is completely humble and kind from my point of view. I met her three times: in 2006, 2007 and 2010. But three days ago, I saw something entirely different in another VIP’s wife. On return to Lagos last Wednesday, after traveling to Ikenne for the funeral of H.I.D Awolowo earlier in the day, six Governors, Kashim Shettima of Borno, Yari of Zamfara, Tambuwal of Sokoto and their colleagues from Jigawa, Kebbi and Cross River followed national leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to his residence at Bourdillon road in Ikoyi. I was there as an aide to Governor Shettima without knowing I would be compelled to write this piece.

NosoChic:
Well said....Besides she was 17 years old at that time and he was 25 years...Whatever evidence he claims to have, let him remember she was just 17

Atleast u need to hear his side of the story first before judging, he who listen to just a side of a story n judge is really d wicked one, as much I believed wat I read, I still think we need to hear d guys side of d story. And as per age, it's not something we should pretend abt, there is no law against it, except for morals, Annie Idibia just revealed how old she was wen Tuface started dating her

The girl seem to have moved on, and I would suggest dey use all energy n resources dey are trying to put in now towards helping the gal to set up n NGO to educate n inform gals between ages of 15-20 of dangers of running after all dis spoilt boys with money n to also work on educating parents of d danger of not paying keen attention to their teenagers. Cos I think it will b difficult to prove a case in court n moreso, every single gal dat as been rape n will b can't all b running to twitter, prevention is better than cure.

What they fail to understand is dat, u are first a Nigerian before u are a Muslim n d NYSC programme is for Nigerian graduates not for Muslims or Christians, so d government can make its law as it wishes n moreso since every Corp member is supposed to b in uniform, putting on hijab automatically nullifies d uniformity. I think anybody dat is not satisfied should just take exemption letter since ur religion is more important dan d common good

I think d party av agreed to allow Faleke to b d flag-barer but dey only want to conduct a primary so dat PDP won't av a case in court to say Faleke wasn't a product of a party primary

But in a case where d runner up in d primary as decamped to another party, den wat happens?

Whatever will make u get well, so u can prove ur innocence

Ekweremadu was allegedly attacked - na Tinubu, Audu died - na Tinubu cos he wants his boy to b governor should Buhari die tomorrow n Osinbajo is sworn in, they will say Tinubu killed. But com to think of it, dis thing looked well planned

After d reggae play d bllues

There is disquiet in Ekiti State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over its expelled Secretary, Dr. Tope Aluko’s appearance before the army panel probing soldiers’ roles in the June 21, 2014 governorship poll. Aluko is believed to have travelled to Kaduna, venue of the sitting of the panel, led by Maj.- Gen. Adeniyi Oyebade, armed with what a source described as “very incontrovertible and incriminating evidence”. At Tuesday’s sitting, Aluko was said to have chosen to testify in camera, following what the source described as the “sensitivity” of his evidence and the role his testimony could play in the outcome of the panel’s report. Some military officers were in Ekiti during the election, including Capt Sagir Koli, who secretly recorded the voices of senior army officers and PDP chieftains perfecting strategies to “rig” the election. Personalities whose voices were recorded included former Brigade Commander, Artillery Regiment, Akure Brig.-Gen Aliyu Momoh; Governor Ayo Fayose (the then PDP governorship candidate), Musiliu Obanikoro (then Minister of State for Defence), Iyiola Omisore (then Osun PDP governorship candidate) and Jelili Adesiyan (then Minister of Police Affairs). Aluko was expelled in July by a disciplinary panel Fayose faction. His expulsion was recently confirmed by the PDP national leadership. A party source told The Nation yesterday in Ado-Ekiti that Aluko’s appearance has been causing ripples and disquiet in the government and party circles. The source revealed that although the Ayo Fayose-led administration and the Idowu Faleye-led PDP exco know that Aluko is aggrieved but they never expected him to “testify against the party from which he had benefited”. The source said: “We are shocked to read in the papers that Aluko went to testify against our party and this has been causing anxiety in government and party circles. “If anyone says he is not moved by TKO’s action, such a person is lying. This is because TKO knows a lot about what transpired before, during and after the election. “He was privy to many meetings held on strategies and logistics used to win the election. “Besides this, TKO has many documents detailing liaison with the Jonathan presidency, military and federal agencies, how senior security chiefs were bribed to favour Fayose. “Things ought not to have degenerated if the situation was well-managed. “There are better ways that disagreement and grievances could be resolved. But for a senior party chief to testify against his party shows that things have gone from bad to worse. “Although we are all waiting for the outcome of the probe but we know that Aluko’s evidence won’t bode well for the party.” The Ekiti PDP has faulted the claim of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman Olajide Awe that 36,000 soldiers were deployed for the election. The party accused Awe and other APC chieftains, who appeared at the panel, of spewing “lies from the pit of hell”. In a statement yesterday by its Publicity Secretary, Jackson Adebayo, in Ado Ekiti, the PDP said: “How did the soldiers come in? Where were they camped? Where were they deployed? “We are asking these questions because Ekiti is not a coastal state to say they came in through the seas. “Ekiti has no rail lines to say hundreds of train coaches brought them in. “ Awe must also provide the army formations from which the soldiers were brought to Ekiti. “To the best of our knowledge, the few soldiers that came were from the Nigerian Army Brigade in nearby Ondo State and we are sure that the strength of that brigade is not up to 10,000 men.”

I hope dey have learnt their lesson, still wondering which basket they will put their egg in 2019 now dat PDP had zoned it's presidency to the north, ooh I don forget say they would av left d zoo by den

The traditional ruler of Opoji in Esan Central local government area of Edo State, HRH Aidenojie Ehidiamen, has chided Governor Adams Oshiomhole for not opening several alleged corruption files on former Governor Lucky Igbinedion. The Royal father said Oshiomhole refused to act on several messages he sent to him on where to find files containing information on how money was diverted during Igbinedion’s administration in the state. Ehidamen, who spoke at a town hall meeting to mark Oshiomhole’s seven years anniversary, said it was wrong for roads in his domain to be in bad shape, while those that wreaked the state finances walked the street free. “There are so many files on Lucky Igbinedion. We can start fresh prosecution. There was the N200million that was diverted and they are walking freely.” “You have overlooked many things. You have to come out so that Edo can move forward. I don’t know whether you have become a Reverend Father that forgives sinners.” Responding, Governor Oshiomhole confirmed receipts of petitions from the Roya Father. Oshiomhole disclosed that he has ordered for files on government assets that were sold during Igbinedion administration with a view to reclaiming those that were not properly sold. The governor also disclosed that all internal roads at the Igbinedion University were constructed by the Edo State Government based on available records. The Nation

Aregbesola and dis goatie ehn

Money truly can't buy class, so with all d money na dis kind babes he fit carry?

Leadership of the Senate on Friday said that it shut down activities on Thursday in solidarity with its President, Bukola Saraki, because of circumstances surrounding his ongoing assets declaration trial. Deputy Leader of the Senate, Ibn Na’Allah, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the senate believed that rather than prosecution, Saraki was being persecuted, hence the level of solidarity from the lawmakers. According to Na’Allah, majority of the senators believe that the trial of the president of the senate by the Code of Conduct Tribunal is in no way a prosecution. “You see, it is a matter of belief and I am going to tell you in very clear language. “The belief of the 8th Senate and substantial number of the senators is that the trial of the President of the Senate is persecution rather than prosecution. “If it is persecution, we believe that we have a responsibility to stand by him. “But if it is prosecution, every senator of the federal republic believes and rightly so, that this government must be given all the necessary assistance it requires to fight corruption,’’ he said. He argued that Saraki’s trial for alleged offences he committed 13 years ago was more of a political move than a legal or anti-corruption matter. Maintaining that the senators felt that Saraki was on political trial, Na’Allah said that all the senators could not be wrong at the same time. “Let me be honest with you; from the little that I know, the senate sees the trial as more of a political trial than a trial intended specifically for the purpose for which it should be done. “It may be wrong, it may be right, but the circumstances of the trial and for the reason that the subject matter of the trial occurred about 12 or 13 years ago, you cannot fault the senators if they come to that conclusion.


https://www.today.ng/news/34576/why-senate-shut-down-for-sarakis-trial-naallah

All d follow follow go stop at prison gate

The All Progressives Congress on Saturday said the resort to ‘crude’ personal attacks by the spokesperson of the PDP, Olisa Metuh, in his latest statement is a clear vindication of the party’s (APC’s) stand that the PDP should urgently rebrand or go into extinction. In a statement issued in Lagos on Saturday by its National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, the party said with a “combustible and out-of-control spokesman like Metuh, there is no way the PDP will survive in opposition” ”Metuh has shown, time and again, that he lacks the temperament, presence of mind, sobriety, analytical mind, decency in the use of language and panache needed for anyone to be the face of any organisation, not to talk of a political party. ”It was the realization of this obvious fact that made us to offer to provide the excitable Metuh a crash course on how to function as an opposition spokesman. Unfortunately, it is too late now as he seems to have become totally untrainable. ”Instead of reacting to our sincere advice to his party to urgently rebrand or go down, Metuh chose to unleash his vitriolic tongue on the APC spokesman, just as he has done to the judiciary and many agencies of government in recent times. ”In what is surely a looming tragedy for the PDP, a spokesman who helped write the party into opposition is now poised to further write it into extinction,” it said. The APC insisted that the PDP should stop wailing and insulting the judiciary over the electoral tragedy which it brought upon itself by engaging in mindless rigging and violence in the last general elections. ”The doomed opposition should also immediately stop its failed strategy of trying to distract the Buhari Administration, which is busy cleaning up the mess left behind by the 16 years of locust of the sinking ‘PDP,” the party said.

D last election taught me never to believe in all dis mammoth crowd bullshit, d person with street credibility will definitely have d day, mammoth crowd o she moo

Very soon it will be Linda Ikeji shows off her p***y while in her bathtub, yeye yeye

Congrats to her, she has a pedigree but she isn't good in government though

MrPresident1:
After supreme court, them go go imperial court.

Nansense and ingredient

He fit go basketball court too, u know he loves dat court too

kulobyno:
Saraki should stop chasing shadow,

take time ooo, I tell u sey Saraki dey chase me?

Ka rin Ka po, ko de ogba ewon.
They would probably not follow him after he ignored dem on d floor of d Senate except all dat happened was just a charade. But even if dey keep following him, there is a limit to where dey can follow him to before dey tell him OYO is his case n dat is d PRISON gate.

President Muhammadu Buhari, has inaugurated the Presidential Committee on the reconstitution of Federal Government Boards of Parastatals, Agencies and Commissions. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Engr. Babachir David Lawal, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja. A statement issued by the Assistant Director (Press) in the Office of the SGF, Oise Johnson, said the committee is headed by the SGF. Members of the committee, according to the statement,include Alh. Mai Mala Buni (North- East Zone), Alh. Zakari Idde (North-Central Zone) and Alh. Inuwa Abdulkadir (North-West Zone). Others are Chief Hillard Etagbo Eta (South- South Zone), Chief Pius Akinyelure (South- West Zone), Chief Emmanuel Eneukwa (South-East Zone, and Mr. Gideon Sammani (SSAP to the President) as Secretary The Terms of Reference of the Committee include “(i) To determine and recommend to Mr. President, the Governing Boards of Federal Government Parastatals, Agencies and Commissions to be reconstituted immediately. “(ii) To identify the available positions of the Chairmanship and Membership levels in each of the affected Parastatals, Agencies and Commissions as provided for in their respective enabling laws. “(iii) To allocate the Chairmanship and Membership positions to each State of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, including slots for Presidential discretion. “(iv) To receive and screen the nominees received from the States and the Federal Capital Territory and recommend them to the President for consideration and approval. “(v) To ensure balance in the distribution of Board members along the geo-political zones of the country. “(vi) To advise Mr. President on any other matter(s) regarding the composition of the Boards that are incidental on the foregoing terms of reference.” The committee after the inauguration, held its inaugural meeting in Abuja.

66birds were flying

Una don get mouth nao, about 5days ago, una no fit do all dis mouth making oo

But he shouldn't have rigged an election he was sure to win in d first place, he is d one dat put himself up for mockery oo, mama peace push u sote na only u dey waka now

musKeeto:
Pdp minions won't see this. The likes of TB Anista, MoimoiAgidi, SeveredAnus and the rest will keep mute, hoping for news of a bomb blast so they can perform their wailing rituals.

by d time Buhari fully resumes governance which I believe will b next year, d PDP will not have any mouth to talk again