The Era Of Marked Money Is Here - Immigration Boss

Newly appointed Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service, Mr Martins Abeshi has warned his officers against corrupt practices.

During a working visit to Lagos, Abeshi told his men that President Buhari appointed him specifically to fight corruption in the service.

He warned those in the habit of collecting bribe that they could be offered marked money. He added that any corrupt officer exposed would be dismissed from the service.

“I want us to try as much as possible to stop these corrupt practices. Let me warn you that the era of marked money is here. Those of you who collect millions and thousands from people should be warned. If you collect the money and you think you have hit the jackpot, when they arrest you, I will disown you.

“So, be careful. I advise you to be careful. President Buhari is spending a lot of money fighting corruption,” he said.

Abeshi also declared that because of allegations of extortion, government has banned Immigration officers from going to companies' premises to check expatriates' work permit.

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Power Ministry Blames NASS For Outages

The management of the National Assembly is to blame for the intermittent power failure which disrupted the sitting of the Senate Ad hoc committee on the Power sector on Wednesday.

In a statement by Victor Oyedeji Deputy Director of Press, the ministry said the incessant power outages that characterized that day's sitting was caused by the internal power supply system of the National Assembly.

He blamed NASS for not using their standby generator

“NASS, with its alternative source of power supply, could have put on the stand-by generator for an assignment of this magnitude, so the problem is with its internal supply system.”

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Unilag Students Protest Electrocution Of Colleague

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El-Rufai Alive And Ready For Land Grabbers

After over two weeks away from public glare, Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai appeared yesterday at a peaceful rally of labor unions in the state and declared that he was alive and healthy, promising to continue the demolition of structures erected illegally on public lands.

Following his absence from public appearances, rumors had been rife that Gov El-Rufai suddenly took ill as a result of his demolition of properties belonging to spiritually powerful people and was flown abroad for treatment.

After listening to the labor unions who came to register their support for him and President Buhari, El-Rufai reaffirmed his commitment to ridding the state of illegal structures.

‘’I have listened to your demands and I am going to take your message to President Buhari. I am happy to be your messenger because I am just your mere servant and President Buhari is the number one civil servant in Nigeria. He is working for all of us.

“As for me, and my team, we are serious about making Kaduna a better place for all and very uncomfortable for a minority who grab school lands.

“They said I have died, some said that I have collapsed. They said all kinds of things but look at me here today. No one shall distract us from our goal of making Kaduna great again. We must make sure they lose these lands, no matter what it takes.”

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Body Urges Buhari To Create National Fitness Day

President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to dedicate a day in the month of May as Nigeria's National Fitness Day.

In an open letter to the President, the Amateur Body Building and Fitness Federation of Nigeria, ABBFFN lamented that despite unprecedented advancement in modern healthcare, there is a corresponding increase in deaths from preventable and noncommunicable diseases.

“The health situation in Nigeria is frightening as there is a sharp rise in preventable deaths caused by diseases such as heart diseases, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases."

The President of the federation, Soye Elekina highlighted the need for a policy drive to change the attitude of Nigerians towards healthy living. He therefore appealed to the President Buhari to
“Proclaim/adopt a National fitness day in the month of May every year which observance is already customary in countries such as the United States of America, United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, among others.”

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Buhari Fires FCT Board Chairmen

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday approved the immediate sacking of the Chairmen of the Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service, Secondary Education Board and Universal Basic Education Board.

The decision was conveyed through a memo referenced19/S.81/T1/97 and sent to the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr John Chukwu on Wednesday by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Engr Babachir David Lawal.

The sacked Chairmen were directed to comply with Federal Government directive on the dissolution of the governing boards of government-owned institutions.

According to a statement by the Director of Press, FCT, Mohammed Sule,
“The Federal Government’s directive as contained in Circular Ref. No. SGF.19/S.81/XIX/964 on the dissolution of the Governing Boards of the Federal Government Parastatals, Agencies, Institutions and Government-owned companies remains extant.

“In view of this directive, the FCT Permanent Secretary has directed the former Chairman of the FCT IRS to hand over all duties and responsibilities of his office as well as government belongings in his possession to the Director of Treasury, FCT, while the Chairmen of the Secondary Education Board and Universal Basic Education Board should hand over all duties and responsibilities of their offices as well as government belongings in their possession to the Directors/Secretaries of SEB and UBEB respectively,”

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