Former President Goodluck Jonathan and President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed doors for about 10 minutes inside the new banquet hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Jonathan who drove into the Villa in a black Range Rover Sport was decked in all black trousers, shirt and bowler hat.
The subject matter of the meeting was not disclosed as neither Buhari, Jonathan nor their aides spoke to the press.
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN on Monday said that Nigerian bank customers in the diaspora have up to January 31, 2016 to enroll for their Bank Verification Numbers and link them with their accounts.
The apex bank's Director, Corporate Communications, Alh Ibrahim Muazu who made the announcement in a statement urged money deposit banks to ensure that the extension was utilized by the target customers.
The statement also expressed the apex bank's satisfaction with the implementation of the BVN project.
“The CBN has also expressed satisfaction with the progress made in the implementation of the BVN project, especially for accounts operated by residents of Nigeria.
“However, with the expiration of the October 31 enrollment deadline, the CBN has directed that bank accounts of Nigeria residents without the BVN would henceforth be operated as ‘No customer initiated debit’ account, until the account holders obtain and attach BVNs to the accounts.
“This means that a customer may not be allowed to withdraw money from his or her account until the BVN has been acquired and linked to the account,” it said.
The Kano State Police Command on Monday announced that it had killed two suspected cattle rustlers and recovered 441 cows and 81 sheep in Falgore forest in Doguwa Local Government Area of the state.
Kano State Commissioner of Police, Mr Muhammad Katsina made the disclosure while presenting the livestock to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje at the forest.
According to CP Muhammad Katsina, the police killed the two suspects during a gun battle with bandits on Sunday.
He also said that the Special Anti-cattle Rustling Squad recovered 381 cattle, 46 sheep and two dogs in Gomo village of Sumaila Local Government Area of Kano State.
Katsina added that the police equally recovered dangerous weapons and a cash of N500,000 abandoned by fleeing bandits.
Governor Ganduje who received the livestock on behalf of their owners pledged the continued support of the state government to security agencies in the fight against cattle rustling and other forms of banditry.
In furtherance of its ongoing restructuring exercise, the Nigerian Customs Service has appointed six Acting Deputy Comptrollers-General to fill the gaps created by those who retired recently.
In a statement issued by its Public Relations Officer, Mr Wale Adeniyi on Monday, the service said that the appointments had been approved by the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (retd.).
Adeniyi said that the six officers, who were Assistant Comptrollers-General, will occupy their new positions of Deputy-Comptrollers-General in acting capacity.
See the names of the new DCGs below.
1. ACG Idris Suleiman (Finance Administration and TechnicalService)
2. ACG Iya Umar (Tariff and Trade)
3. ACG Dan Ugo (Enforcement, Investigation and Inspection)
4. ACG Grace Adeyemo (Excise, FTZ and Industrial Incentive).
5. ACG Austin Warikoru (Human Resource Development)
6. ACG Paul Ukaigwe (Strategic Research and Policy).
According to the statement, Col Ali also approved the appointment of eight Comptrollers to fill the positions of Assistant Comptrollers-General created in the exercise. See the lucky eight below.
1. Umar Sanusi (ACG Headquarters)
2. Comptroller Funsho Adegoke(ACG Information and Communications Technology)
3. Comptroller Mohammed Abbas (ACG Board)
4. Comptroller Olatunji Aremu (Command and Staff College)
5. Comptroller Charles Edike (Zonal Coordinator Zone ‘A’)
6. Comptroller Abubakar Dangaladima (Zonal Coordinator Zone ‘B’)
7. Comptroller Azarema Abdulkadir (Zonal Coordinator Zone ‘C’)
8. Comptroller Chidi Augustine (Zonal Coordinator Zone ‘D’).
The statement also announced the redeployment of seven senior officers in the persons of
ACG Adesina Odunmbaku (Finance and Technical Service); ACG Robert Alu (Tariff and Trade); ACG Ade Dosumu (Enforcement and Drugs); ACG Monday Abueh (Excise and Industrial Incentive); ACG Ahmed Mohammed (Human Resource Management); ACG Patience Iferi (Strategic Research and Policy) and Comptroller Aminu Abba (Technical Services).
To ease the pressure on the naira, the Federal Government plans to collaborate with farmers in rice producing states to boost the production of the commodity.
According to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, self-sufficiency in rice and wheat production will boost the value of the local currency which currently exchanges for N197 to the dollar at the official market.
Osinbajo said that the Federal Government was exploring self-sufficiency in rice and wheat production as a means of diversifying the economy and strengthening the naira.
He said ; “We are trying to ensure that we are self-sufficient in rice and wheat production, so that there will be less pressure on the dollar. One of the major issues is that we have to earn more foreign exchange to raise the value of the naira. We also have to do more business internally to raise the value of the naira. So diversifying the economy is an important way to strengthen the value of the naira.”
Former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mrs Farida Waziri on Saturday in Makurdi, Benue State disclosed that she was a subject of “fierce attacks, slander, blackmail and threats” from oil barons while she held sway at the anti graft agency.
She said that her only sin was trying to end oil money induced corruption.
In a statement read on her behalf by her media aide, Ade Williams at Benue State University, Makurdi during the inauguration of World Bank’s Africa Centre of Excellence Project, Centre for Food Technology and Research, Mrs Waziri who lamented the country's over-dependence on oil revenue said that she was happy with President Buhari's anti corruption crusade.
“No doubt, our over-dependence on oil revenue has brought us to the point where we are as a nation today. As an anti-corruption czar, I have seen how some of those the nation entrusted with its oil resources in the past helped themselves more than the country.
“With our focus on agriculture, the struggle by political office holders to steal oil fund would diminish while the national wealth will be in the hands of the people instead of a privileged greedy few. We cannot all dig oil wells in our backyard, but we can all farm in our backyards. It is time to end oil-money induced corruption in our land by buying into President Buhari’s vision and take ownership.
“I have made my contributions in the fight to discourage that and even recovered some of the looted funds in billions of dollars. For daring to do that, I came under fierce attacks, slander, blackmail and threats, but by God’s grace and long years of experience, I survived all. I am glad today that indeed, there is a new sheriff in town,” she said.
“We, the under listed officers currently on the rank of Deputy Comptroller-General met today, October 29, and unanimously agreed to voluntarily retire from the service of the Nigerian Customs Service having risen to the privileged rank of Deputy Comptroller-General.
“We thank the President for giving us the opportunity to serve our great nation.”
Well, Abujacitynews hopes the nation can also thank them for serving well.
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