Padding scandal: Abdulmumin Jibrin to appear before Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption

Embattled former chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has been invited to appear before the Presidential Advisory Committee Against corruption over the unfolding budget padding scandal.

The letter said Mr. Jibrin should appear before the anti-corruption panel at the Meeting Room of PACAC which is situated on the 1st Floor, Phase I, Secretary to the Government of the Federation Building, Federal Secretariat, Abuja, on Wednesday, August 24, 2016. Time: 11:00 a.m.

Senate Leader Ali Ndume says the National Assembly is broke

Senate Leader Ali Ndume yesterday in Abuja told newsmen that the National Assembly was broke and experiencing difficulties in meeting its financial obligations.

He also said the situation was so worrisome that legislators were not receiving their allowances as and when due.

CBN bars 9 commercial banks from forex transactions

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has barred nine commercial banks from participating in all foreign exchange transactions and operations.

According to the apex bank, the commercial banks were barred following their failure to remit into the Treasury Single Account the sum of $2.12 billion belonging to the nation’s oil corporation, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).‎

NAFDAC alerts Nigerians of fake alcohol in circulation

The National Agency for Foods and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted Nigerians of fake alcoholic drinks, especially dry gin in circulation.

The NAFDAC Director of Special Duties, Abubakar Jimoh, disclosing this yesterday said consumers of alcoholic beverages should be wary of purchasing and consuming the fake products.

According to Jimoh, drinking alcohol is bad enough but the danger of taking fake alcohol can only be imagined.

241 Nigerians repatriated from Libya

The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has disclosed that at least, 241 Nigerians have been repatriated from Libya.

NEMA’s spokesperson, Ibrahim Farinloye said the 241 Nigerians were repatriated on Tuesday from Libya and landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport at about 3:41pm.

6.2 magnitude earthquake hits Italy

At least 10 people have been killed and others trapped under rubble after a devastating 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit central Italy early Wednesday. 

Italy's Civil Protection Agency, described the earthquake as severe.

The USGS said that the quake hit at 03:36 (01:36 GMT), 76 km (47 miles) southeast of the city of Perugia, at the very shallow depth of 10km (six miles).

Gen.Yakubu Gowon visits Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari today received former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon in the State House, Abuja.

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US Secretary of state arrives Sokoto state

US Secretary of State, John Kerry, has arrived Nigeria and is currently at the Palace of the Sultan of Sokoto to discuss counter terrorism efforts in Nigeria.

He will also be giving a speech on the importance of resilient communities and religious tolerance in battling violent extremism. Kerry will later today visit President Buhari.

Senators rejects Buhari’s Emergency Powers Bill, say it’ll turn him to a tyrant

According to reports emanating from ThisDay, the move by President Muhammadu Buhari to secure emergency powers aimed at revitalising the nation’s economic crisis may not materialise as senators yesterday rejected the proposed bill, saying Buhari was seeking to transform himself into a tyrant.According to Thisday, many of the senators who have spoke on condition of anonymity, say the bill if passed, will turn President Buhari into a tyrant. They say the bill will not see the light of day and that it is dead on arrival. 

They said some of the provisions in the bill were unnecessary, describing it as nothing more than a subtle way of avoiding counterpart funding by the Buhari administration.

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau fatally wounded in Air Force strike

A statement released today by Acting Director Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, says that an air raid by the Nigerian Air Force reportedy killed some key leaders of the Boko Haram terrorists while others were fatally wounded.

Lassa ever kills doctor in Delta, 32 others on surveillance

The Delta State Ministry of Health has confirmed one person dead and 32 others on surveillance following the reported case of Lassa fever.The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Nicholas Azinge, in a statement said that the state recorded one death from Lassa fever after a medical doctor in the state died from the disease.

The statement reads; “On Aug. 18, 2016, one case of Lassa fever was reported in Delta State. The confirmed case was a medical doctor resident in Asaba who hailed from Anambra State. “He was first admitted in a private Hospital in the state and was later referred to the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH), Nnewi, Anambra State.