Reps Detain Bank Of Agric Officials, Summon MD

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts on Thursday in Abuja placed two officials of Bank of Agriculture in National Assembly custody for the failure of the bank’s Managing Director, Mr. Kabir Adamu to appear before it. The staff that was detained are Mr.

A study from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in partnership with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) released yesterday revealed that about that about N400 billion is spent on bribes each year in Nigeria.

Acting President - Yemi Osinbajo

The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, today assigned portfolios to the two ministers who were recently sworn into the federal executive council. Stephen Ocheni, from Kogi State, is now the minister of state for labour while Suleiman Hassan will resume as the minister of state in the ministry of power, works and housing.

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has described hate speech as an act of terrorism and has warned not only will it rejected henceforth it will be considered an act of terrorism.  The acting president, said this today in Abuja at the opening of the National Economic Council Summit. He said the silence from the country’s leaders of thought would be a “grave disservice” to the nation, its peace and its future.

The Federal Government has express optimism that the on-going strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU) will end soon. Education Minister, Adamu Adamu gave the assurance on Wednesday, while briefing journalists at the end of the weekly meeting of the federal cabinet, presided over by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo.

Former State Governor of Kano state and the Senator representing Kano Central Senatorial District, Rabiu Kwankwaso has denied media reports that he has defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Senator made the clarification on Tuesday in a statement issued by his Personal Assistant, Nafiu Umar Dankura.