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Thursday, 10 September 2015
Senator Detained In Saudi Arabia After Lying To Officers
A former Nigerian Senator has been detained in Saudi Arabia for providing misleading information.
Senator Hassan Barata who was the Chairman, Senate Committee on Culture and Tourism in the sixth Senate represented Adamawa South.
The former Senator is reported to have run into trouble when he lied to the Saudi authorities that he was a staff of Nigerian embassy.
Barata who was elected into the Senate on the platform of the PDP is believed to be holding an official passport at the time of his arrest.
President Buhari had recently ordered the retrieval of diplomatic and official passports from those who were not supposed to hold them.
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.
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.”