September 22, 2021 – Precise Post

Economic Stability: Group Commends Buhari, Emefiele over achievements

September 22, 2021September 22, 2021 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Chris Udochukwu Abuja (Precise Post) – Civil Society Groups led by Coalition of Civil Society Groups has commended President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government supported by Governor Emefiele-led management team of the Central Bank of Nigeria for the achievements recorded in the economic sector. The group said the solidarity became necessary in view of the fact that this feat was realized despite the economic downturn occasioned by the unstable low price of crude oil in the International Market, advent of Covid-19 pandemic and the multifaceted insecurity challenges facing our country. This was contained in an address signed by Abubakar Ibrahim, Secretary General; Femi Osabinu, PRO and Etuk Bassey Williams, President, read during a solidarity rally held on Wednesday at the Unity Fountain in Abuja in support of the government of President Muhammadu Buhari and Godwin Emefiele. The statement reads in full: Today we the members of All Civil Society Groups led by Coalition of Civil Society Groups gathered here in solidarity for the present leadership of the Country on their efforts towards ensuring that our economy continue to survive despite …

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Fire guts NPA headquarters in Lagos

September 22, 2021September 22, 2021 - by Precise Post - Leave a Comment

A section of the headquarters of the Nigerian Ports Authority was gutted by fire on Wednesday. This is coming 11 months after property worth billions of naira were destroyed after protesters set the NPA headquarters on fire during #EndSARS protest in October 2020. It was learnt that the early Wednesday fire was caused by an electrical surge. According to eyewitnesses, the fire incident affected business activities at NPA offie. General Manager, Corporate and Strategic Communications, Mr Olaseni Alakija, confirmed the incident, saying the fire only affected a wing of NPA’s headquarters. He explained, in a statement, that the fire incident affected three offices on the sixth floor of the Broad Street wing of NPA headquarters. He said, “In the early hours of Wednesday 22nd September, 2021 a fire incident suspected to have been triggered by an electrical surge affected three offices on the sixth floor of the Broad Street wing of the Nigerian Ports Authority Headquarters. “Operatives of the NPA Fire Service Department immediately mobilized to the scene and promptly contained the fire. “In line with safety protocols, the affected …

Politics

Ekiti 2022: Segun Oni obtains PDP nomination form

September 22, 2021September 22, 2021 - by Precise Post - Leave a Comment

The former Governor of Ekiti State, Engr Segun Oni has obtained his expression of interest and nomination forms, to contest the 2022 Guber Election in the State on the platform of the PDP. The forms were purchased on Wednesday at the party National headquarters, Abuja by his campaign Director. Details later…

World News

Trump Files $100M Suit Against His Niece And New York Times

September 22, 2021September 22, 2021 - by Precise Post - Leave a Comment

The immediate-past President of the United States, Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against his niece and the New York Times over a 2018 article that alleged he was involved in “dubious tax schemes”. The $100m lawsuit, filed in New York, accuses Mary Trump and the New York Times newspaper reporters of being “engaged in an insidious plot” to obtain confidential documents. The suit alleges that Ms Mary Trump, 56, breached a settlement agreement with the Trump family that barred her from disclosing the documents. Remember that after the Times released a story about Trump’s tax returns in 2019, Mary revealed herself as the source of the story in a tell-all memoir in 2020. Ms Trump is the daughter of Fred Trump Jr, the president’s older brother who died in 1981 at the age of 42. Trump has consistently rejected the claims made in his niece’s book – Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man – and unsuccessfully sued to try to block its publication in 2020. On Tuesday, September 21, a lawsuit …

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2023: 5 Northern Ex-Governors Jostle To Become Chairman Of Ruling Party, APC

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Even though the All Progressives Congress (APC) is yet to fix a date for its national convention, no fewer than 11 chieftains including five former governors from Northern states are jostling to succeed Governor Mai Mala Buni who is the caretaker chairman, according to SaharaReporters. According to Nation, the crisis that rocked the tenure of Comrade Adams Oshiomole-led National Working Committee cut it short mid-term in a “palace coup” of June 25, 2020 when the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) sacked the Oshiomhole-led NWC The party had then appointed Yobe Governor, Buni to lead a 13-man Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC). The committee was mandated to recognise, resolve the avalanche of the crisis rocking the party and to organise a national convention to elect a new NWC, in line with the party’s constitution. After two extensions (of six months) were granted, the Caretaker Committee commenced the process for the emergence of a new NWC. On July 31, 2021 ward congresses were held in more than 18,000 wards throughout the country. It was followed up by the local government congress while …

Entertainment

Davido To Perform At Global Citizens Festival

September 22, 2021September 22, 2021 - by Precise Post - Leave a Comment

Award-winning singer, Davido will perform at the Global Citizens Live event on September 25. Global Citizen Live is part of the once-in-a-generation day of unity across seven continents. It will be broadcast over 24 hours around the world on Apple Music, Apple TV App, YouTube and Twitter. Partner television and radio stations across different regions will also beam the show. It will feature several artists, activists, corporate leaders, and world leaders to mark a global recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Performances from Lagos will be given by Davido alongside Tiwa Savage, Femi Kuti and Made Kuti, among others. A statement by Global Citizen Canada reads: “Afrobeats icon Davido embodies exactly what it means to be a Global Citizen. WE can’t wait for him to join us in Lagos as Part of #GlobalCitizenLive – a 24-hour music festival on Sept. 25!” The international advocacy organisation said local host’s TV personalities Ebuka Obi-Uchendu and Nancy Isime for the Global Citizen Live event in Lagos, Nigeria. Source

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Sit-at-home: Your Biafra Agitation Has Been Hijacked – Umahi Tells IPOB

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Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State has called on the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to take another look at its sit-at-home order. The governor said the agitation for secession has been hijacked by criminal elements in the South East. The governor made these known on Tuesday, in Abakaliki while inaugurating the leadership of the South East traditional rulers’ council. The Chairman of the South East Governors’ Forum explained that the insecurity in the region was caused by the agitation for self-determination and has led to “self-inflicted injury” by the people. He, however, condemned the declaration of the South-East as a “red zone” by the Federal Government, adding that the decision might deprive the region of federal projects. According to the governor, the government declared the South East as a red zone because of the high level of insecurity in the area. He charged the Southeast leaders and people to collectively say no to the killings in the zone because the real agenda of the agitations cannot be seen. He said: “The declaration of the South East as a red …

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N5bn AMCON Debt: Former Kwara Governor Evicted From Home

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Following an unpaid N5bn debt to AMCON, the former Kwara state governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed has been ejected from his mansion situate at No.9A, AbdulRazaq Street, GRA, Ilorin. A team of 25 armed Mobile Policemen led by one Barrister Robert Nwoba is currently on the premises executing the quit order on the ex-governor and his family from the posh property. Source

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BBNaija S6: I came into BBNaija to represent the North – Yousef

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Big Brother Naija shine Ya Eye ex-housemate, Yousef, stated that he came into the show to represent the North. He made this known in a PUNCH Live interview on Wednesday, following his eviction from the show on Sunday. Speaking on his motive for coming to the show, Yousef mentioned that Northerners had not been fully represented on the show hence his decision. Yousef said, “What pushed me was that a lot of people from the North haven’t really been represented in the show. So I just wanted to make history in the entertainment industry. I wanted it as much as possible. “I just wanted to make history. I just wanted to go to BBNaija as it’s the biggest platform for any youth out there. “It was going to change my life and at that moment, things were not going well at home. I was just looking for that dream.” According to him, he made an impact on the show even if he didn’t make it to the final. “I think a lot of people started watching the show from that …

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Senate passes 2022-2024 MTEF/FSP

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The Senate has passed the 2022-2024 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) of the Federal Government. The Upper Chamber also okayed N13.98 trillion as the total aggregate expenditure of the Federal Government for the 2022 fiscal year. These approvals followed the consideration of the report of the Senate Joint Committee on Finance, National Planning and Economic Affairs; Foreign and Local Debts; Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions; Petroleum Resources (Upstream); Down Stream Petroleum Sector; and Gas, on the 2022-2024 MTEF/FSP, by the Senate. Chairman of the Joint Committee, Senator Solomon Adeola, presented the report. Adeola, in his presentation, said the N13.98 trillion FG’s aggregate expenditure for 2022 is made up of total recurrent (non-debt) of N6.21 trillion; Personnel Costs (MDAs) of N3.47 trillion; Capital expenditure (exclusive of transfers) N3.26 trillion; Special Intervention (recurrent) amounting to N350 billion; and Special intervention (Capital) of N10billion. Details shortly… Source

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Lawan refers EFCC, other nominees to committees for screening

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President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has forwarded Nigeria’s President Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.)’s nominees into the board of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to the Committee on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes for screening. Also forwarded were the names of appointees into the newly established Boards of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority and Upstream Regulatory Commission to the Committees on Petroleum (Downstream) and (Upstream), respectively. The nominees were referred to the relevant committees for legislative action on Wednesday during the start of plenary proceedings, following the receipt of three separate requests from the President to that effect. The upper chamber on Tuesday received a request from President Muhammadu Buhari to confirm the nominees as Members of the Board of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, according to a statement. The President in another letter to the upper chamber also sought the confirmation of the Board of the Upstream Regulatory Commission. He explained in a letter dated September 16, 2021, that the request to confirm the Chairman, Chief Executive and Executive Directors for …

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Reps summon Dare over doping crisis at Tokyo Olympics

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The House of Representatives has begun investigation of the disqualification of Nigerian athletes at the 2020 Olympics over alleged doping, asking the Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Sunday Dare, to come and explain the preparedness of the Nigerian contingent for the sports festival. The resolutions followed the unanimous adoption of a motion at the plenary on Wednesday titled, ‘Need to Investigate Activities of the Federal Ministry of Sports and Youth Development on Failed Doping Test by Nigeria Athletes at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.’ Consequently, the House resolved to “invite the Minister of Sports and Youth Development (sic) to brief the Committee on Sports on the level of Nigeria’s compliance with extant regulations set by the International Association of Athletics Federations and the independent anti-doping arm, Athletics Integrity Unit.” The House also urged the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development to put necessary measures in place to ensure compliance with extant regulations at both local and international competitions, while mandating the Committee on Sports to “investigate the immediate and remote cause of the failed doping test to forestall …

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VAT: Uncertainty over Supreme Court hearing of Rivers, Lagos case

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Seven days after the Rivers State Government dragged the Federal Inland Service before the Supreme Court challenging the order by the Court of Appeal directing parties to maintain status quo in the Value Added Tax dispute, there is uncertainty over when the apex court will sit on the matter. This is despite the urgency of the matter as some firms are already complaining of not knowing where to remit this month’s VAT between states and the Federal Government. The appeal filed by the Attorney General of Rivers State was dated September 13. Investigations by The PUNCH revealed that the appeal had not been listed for this week at the apex court. As of the time of filing this report, it was also unclear if the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammad, had constituted the panel to hear and determine the appeal. The media aide to the CJN, Ahuraka Isah, in an interview with our correspondent on Tuesday, confirmed that the matter had not been listed for hearing for the week. “The matter was not listed for hearing this week so …

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For the second time in three months, armed men invade same Abuja hotel, kill policeman, injure three

September 22, 2021September 22, 2021 - by Precise Post - Leave a Comment

Armed men on Tuesday night attacked Hilltop International Premium Hotel at Tunga-Maje in Gwagwalada Area of the Federal Capital Territory. They were said to have engaged policemen in a gun battle that led to the death of a policeman. Our correspondent also gathered that three persons who lodged in the hotel were injured, while one of them was hit by a stray bullet. The PUNCH had, in June, reported that gunmen abducted a former member of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Friday Makama, and eight others from the same hotel. A worker in the hotel told our correspondent that the armed men shot at the doors of the hotel to gain access. “They came around 11pm. They were many. We had closed for the day and had locked everywhere. They shot at the doors. They shot the person they abducted before taking him away “Three people were injured. One of them, a bullet hit him right in his room. Policemen have been coming to our hotel since the last attack, they met the attackers and engaged them. “They flogged …

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PDP berates Buhari over refusal to expose terrorism sponsors

September 22, 2021September 22, 2021 - by Precise Post - Leave a Comment

THE Peoples Democratic Party has challenged the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress regime to come clean on allegations of its complicity in financing terrorism by naming those found complicit. It also noted that the refusal to expose the identities of sponsors of terrorism in Nigeria vindicates the PDP’s position that the APC-led regime has been providing official cover for terrorists and bandits pillaging the nation. This was contained in a statement titled, ‘Expose Terrorism Sponsors If You Are Not Complicit, PDP Challenges APC, Buhari Presidency,’ signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, in Abuja. He said, “The PDP asserts that the refusal by the Buhari Presidency to expose the sponsors of terrorism in Nigeria vindicates its position that the APC government has been providing official cover for terrorists and bandits pillaging the nation. “The PDP position is predicated on the declaration of the Buhari Presidency that it was not interested in making public the names of six Nigerians reportedly sent to the Federal Government by the United Arab Emirates as sponsors of terrorism in our …

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Disability Group Cries Out, Says Activities Of Insurgents, Kidnappers Hampering Humanitarian Aids

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By Ogechi Okorie Abuja (Precise Post) – The federal government has been called upon to take a more decisive action against the criminal activities of kidnappers and bandits as they negatively affect humanitarian aid sector in the country. This call was made by Mr. Augustine Onwuamaegbu, National President of Persons With Disability Initiative Nigeria (PWDIN) in a chat with news men in Abuja yesterday. Mr. Onwuamaegbu who was also a victim of kidnapping, torture, intimidation and harassment in the hands of these non-state actors srongly condemned the criminal activities described the situation as worrisome saying that “bandits, kidnappers and insurgents are hampering the programmes of NGOs in the empowerment, education, health and other sectors in the country. “There are aid workers whose programmes have been stopped as a result of this problem and this ugly situation has adversely affected the lives of vulnerable citizens in different IDP camps in the North-east, North-central, North-west and other parts of the country”, he lamented. The humanitarian with a large heart whose organization has been helping and supporting hundreds of people with disabilities in …