The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday granted former National Security Adviser, Col Sambo Dasuki permission to seek medical attention abroad.
The presiding judge, Justice Adeniyi Ademola ordered the Federal Government to release the former NSA's travel documents to enable him travel abroad for medical treatment.
In furtherance of its desire to rehabilitate communities destroyed by Boko Haram insurgency, the Federal Government plans to build 10,000 houses in Adamawa State.
The vice chairman of the committee set up by the federal government to oversee the reconstruction of the Northeast, Hajiya Hadiza Muhammed, disclosed this on Monday .
She said that the committee had already visited all the local governments affected by the crisis and would be making recommendations to the President.
Her words :
“We are going to build no fewer than 10, 000 houses in Adamawa.
“With the work given to me to go round all the local governments to do documentaries of houses destroyed; that one has been done and we will make presentations to the president and, very soon, we will start reconstructing the region."
The Federal Government has declared that its workers who are yet to get their October salaries will get paid today.
The delay is said to have been caused by system failure.
A statement by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, said that the delay was caused by unforeseen technical challenges.
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday declared the former Pension Reform Task Team’s Chairman, Mr. Abdulrsheed Maina, wanted.
According to a statement by the Head of Media and Publicity of EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, Maina is wanted for his role in the fraudulent biometric contracts through which he, former Head of Service, Mr Steve Oronsaye and two others allegedly mismanaged over N2 billion of pension funds.
See the statement below.
“Maina was on July 21, 2015 charged alongside Oronsaye , Osarenkhoe Afe and Fredrick Hamilton Global Services Limited before a Federal High Court on a 24-count charge bordering on procurement fraud and obtaining by false pretence.
“While Oronsaye and two others were in court and pleaded not guilty to the charge, Maina had been at large.
“However on July 21 when the court heard the bail applications of the accused persons, Maina through his counsel, Esther Uzoma, told the court that he was not at large, claiming that the EFCC had never invited him.
“Consequently, EFCC counsel, Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, pleaded with the court to prevail on the accused’s counsel to produce Maina in court as the commission had no clues as to his whereabouts.
“The court granted Rotimi’s prayers. Yet Maina continued to shun court proceedings, leaving the commission with no option than to declare him wanted.
“Indeed, since the commission filed charges against Maina, more damning evidence have emerged on how the ebullient former Pension Task Team boss siphoned pension funds using secret accounts in a new generation bank in Abuja.
“Two officers of the bank were quizzed two weeks ago. Commission’s sources said they made damning revelations of several opaque transactions through which Maina allegedly lined his pockets at the expense of thousands of hapless pensioners.”
The EFCC urged anyone with information that can lead to Maina's arrest to contact any of its offices in Lagos, Abuja, Gombe, Kano, Port Harcourt and Enugu or report to the nearest police station.
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.
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