Abacha's £315m Loot Finally To Be Returned To Nigeria.

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div>   <div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_242668" style="max-width: 640px;"> <img alt="Late Sani Abacha" class="size-full wp-image-242668" height="380" src="http://i.cdnnaij.com/o/64Cp8dNNJvjeWcApPRNCplgA.jpg" width="640" /><div class="wp-caption-text"> Late Sani Abacha</div> <div class="wp-caption-text"> <br /></div> </div> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>Channels Island’s biggest region, The State of Jersey is going to return £315 million loot by former Nigerian presdent,  Sani Abacha to Nigeria.</strong></span><br /> <br /> The Ballif of Jersey, Mr Micheal Birt made this known at a dinner to honour Dr Dalhatu Tafida, Nigerian High Commissioner to the UK during a state visit to the Island.<br /> <strong><br /> </strong><br /> The Ballif who also is the Island’s Civic Head of State and ceremonial head, is the highest ranking official in the Jersey order of precedence.<br /> The Island is famous for its fraud free banking system and has in the past returned two tranches £140 million of the loot.<br /> <br /> The funds is said to have been laundered on behalf of Abacha by Mr Raj Bhojwani, an Indian businessman who is currently on jail in UK serving an eight year sentence.<br /> Birt said that the Island is embarking on an ongoing campaign against money laundering.<br /> He said: <em>“We have done a lot to clean up the image of the Island as a safe haven for stolen wealth. What we have in place is a transparent and legal finance heaven where only legal funds can be deposited and accessed by investors.”</em><br /> Responding to the quotes, Tafilda praised the Island’s transparent banking sector and said that the Nigerian government is also committed to fighting corruption and strengthening its anti-graft agencies.<br /> General Sani Abacha served in the Nigerian Army and was the President of the nation after the 1993 coup and served till his death in 1998.</div> </div>

Abacha's £315m Loot Finally To Be Returned To Nigeria.

  Late Sani Abacha Channels Island’s biggest region, The State of Jersey is going to return £315 million loot by former Nigerian pr...

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Today, Nigeria Is Seriously Sick Under Jonathan —David-West

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="post-header"> </div> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Y66IxZxG7xxphwzDEGhE6qnekage4aNvwDnXymuRxWrMnfBgN9zX21dLgWz5NA3lz4AUG4zpj49XYwxuCk2Np-D4BQ_INVn6z-o9rFTqsvGC9G8niuDOLZehjv3Hg3gN5wxOxv-5St7a/s1600/jonadolf.jpg" /> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">  </div>              Respected former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Professor Tam David-West has likened the ongoing events in the country to serious 'sickness'. The elder statesman said Nigeria is gradually retrogressing and there’s need to effect a change of leadership at the coming 2015 elections.<br /> <div> <br /> The Ijaw Niger Delta leader who spoke at the monthly lecture of City People Magazine on Thursday night, specifically said ‘<span style="color: black;">Nigeria’s head is rotten</span>’ and needed to be changed before it affects the body.<br /> He corroborated the position of President Olusegun Obasanjo.<br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> “This country is sick. I don’t know what virus is affecting Nigeria. It is even more than a virus. Ironically, we have done everything to kill her but God is keeping Nigeria. So, we have to keep her because God has a purpose for her. </blockquote> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> “My fear is that Nigeria is going down. We cannot go on like this. Our economy is in trouble. Unemployment rises on daily basis, yet, our minis ter in charge of the economy said 10 million jobs have been created. It is all lies. </blockquote> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> “President Goodluck Jonathan should borrow a leaf from the Obafemi Awolowo and Shehu Shagari episode when Awolowo told Shagari that the ship of the state is wrecking. Shagari didn’t abuse him. But what happened afterward, the military toppled Shagari’s government...</blockquote> </div> <div> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6589160015449763735" name="more"></a></div> <div> “Jonathan’s men should stop abusing Obasanjo for being patriotic enough to cry out but they should rather reflect on the state of the nation, espe cially its economy,” the retired university teacher stated.<br /> <br /> David-West, who spoke on the topic; ‘How to move Nigeria forward: My thoughts’, stated that the country had all along been walloping on inconsistent economic policies and unstable and ephemeral political system with her leaders deceiving the populace since Independence.<br /> <br /> On the fallen fortunes of the oil industry, the former Minister decried the shady businesses going on in the oil-rich Niger Delta, where he incidentally hails from, lamenting that there ‘is too much stealing going on in the oil sector.’<br /> <br /> “We may soon be in trouble, especially those of us from that region because the United States is no longer buy ing oil. We have nothing again to survive on in that place... And that is why we said the head should go before it affects the body,” he stated.</div> </div> </div>

Today, Nigeria Is Seriously Sick Under Jonathan —David-West

                 Respected former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Professor Tam David-West has likened the ongoing events in the ...

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Lagos, 20 other states get new Police Commissioners

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="post-header"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxn34oe57JhyphenhyphenwQ8YLA_iz8HdJi7Inp136DIHTIkxsdGscu06JbfGMBySmw7IM6Hykj4j8OvrDnbfGAXLaehf4x7yAn7qvefIX6MXhXVeCet8rVAOuH60z8_hA9XBVbWCfOrUsqZTJwMTo/s1600/a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxn34oe57JhyphenhyphenwQ8YLA_iz8HdJi7Inp136DIHTIkxsdGscu06JbfGMBySmw7IM6Hykj4j8OvrDnbfGAXLaehf4x7yAn7qvefIX6MXhXVeCet8rVAOuH60z8_hA9XBVbWCfOrUsqZTJwMTo/s1600/a.jpg" width="372" /></a></div> <div> Lagos State now has a new police commissioner. His name is Kayode C. Aderanti and he takes over from Umar Manko. 20 other states got new commissioners. Find the Police press statement below...</div> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> <div> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"I<span style="color: #141823; line-height: 20px;">n line with the determination and drive to reposition the Nigeria Police Force for improved service delivery, the Inspector-General of Police, Ag. IGP</span><span style="color: #141823; display: inline; line-height: 20px;">Suleiman Abba, NPM, NPOM, mni has released the posting of Commissioners of Police (CPs) to head Police Commands in 21 States. This followed the recommendation of the Commissioners to the Police Service Commission and its subsequent approval."</span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #141823; display: inline; line-height: 20px;"> See the CPs and their commands after the cut...<br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6589160015449763735&pli=1" name="more"></a></span></span></span></div> </blockquote> <br /> S/N RANK NAME POSTION<br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #141823; display: inline; line-height: 20px;">1 CP. USMAN YAKUBU TO CP NASARAWA STATE<br />2 CP. ISAAC GABRIEL ACHONG TO CP AKWA-IBOM STATE<br />3 CP. PAUL E. OKAFOR TO CP KOGI STATE<br />4 CP. HYACINTH M. DAGALA TO CP BENUE STATE<br />5 CP. IDRIS FARUK UMAR TO CP JIGAWA STATE<br />6 CP. SALIHU GARBA TO CP KWARA STATE<br />7 CP. A. K SHODIPO TO CP OYO STATE<br />8 CP. ABUBAKAR MARAFA TO CP OSUN STATE<br />9 CP. CLEMENT O. ADODA TO CP BORNO STATE<br />10 CP. KAYODE C. ADERANTI TO CP LAGOS STATE<br />11 CP. USMAN A. BABA, fdc TO CP DELTA STATE<br />12 CP. DAN BATURE , fdc TO CP RIVERS STATE<br />13 CP. KARMA HOSEA HASSAN TO CP ANAMBRA STATE<br />14 CP. TITILAYO M. BUSARI TO CP CROSS-RIVER STATE<br />15 CP. VALESTINE U. NTOMCHUKWU TO CP BAYELSA STATE<br />16 CP. FREDERICK T. LAKANU, fdc TO CP EKITI STATE<br />17 CP. ADEMOLA OMOLE TO CP TARABA STATE<br />18 CP. OLUSOLA EMMANUEL AMORE TO CP NIGER STATE<br />19 CP. ADEJOH GABRIEL ADAJI TO CP ADAMAWA STATE<br />20 CP. ISHAKU BARAU TO CP KEBBI STATE<br />21 Ag.CP. WILSON A. INALEGWU TO CP FCT<br /><br />Ag. CP EMMANUEL OJUKWU, psc<br />FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER,<br />FORCE HEADQUARTERS,<br />ABUJA.</span></span></span></div>

Lagos, 20 other states get new Police Commissioners

Lagos State now has a new police commissioner. His name is Kayode C. Aderanti and he takes over from Umar Manko. 20 other states got...

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Procurement offences: EFCC, ICPC probe 150 firms, MDAs

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.punchng.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Lamorde-and-Nta-360x225.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://www.punchng.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Lamorde-and-Nta-360x225.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission are currently probing 150 organisations and government Ministries, Departments and Agencies for offences related to the violation of the Public Procurement Act, 2007.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Director-General, Bureau of Public Procurement, Mr. Emeka Ezeh, disclosed this in an interview with our correspondent on Monday at the opening of the Procurement Cadre Conversion Training Programme in Abuja.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also being probed are 200 persons involved in various infractions of the Act, which articulates the due process to be followed by the MDAs in the procurement of goods and services in the public service.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Offences for which the institutions and public officers are being investigated include collusion in contract bidding, use of fake documents, false claims by contracting firms and suppliers, and manipulation of the procurement process.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">“As we speak, about 150 organisations, including private companies, Ministries, Departments and Agencies as well as 200 persons are being investigated for various infractions of the Procurement Act,” Ezeh said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Pius Anyim, who confirmed the probe, added that procurement officers found culpable would be punished.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Anyim, who was represented at the event by a director in his office, urged public servants involved in the procurement process to conduct themselves with the highest sense of responsibility, accountability, ethics and integrity.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said, “Government remains committed to the implementation of the Public Procurement Act. Mr. President has recently designated the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation as the champion for the implementation of the registration, categorisation and classification of current and intending contractors, consultants and service providers to the government and its agencies on a national database.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">“The objective is to ensure that only competent and capable firms are selected to tender for government contracts. This will also ensure transparency in contractors’ prequalification and selection processes, and hence minimise the incidence of collusion and disappearance of contractors after the collection of mobilisation fees.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;">He added, “It might interest you to know that ICPC and the EFCC are currently investigating cases of infractions, which include but not limited to collusion amongst bidders and manipulation of the procurement processes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">“Any public officer found to have colluded with unscrupulous contractors, consultants or service providers to defraud or short-change the Federal Government shall be dealt with in accordance with the law.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also speaking, the Lead Procurement Specialist, World Bank, Chief Bayo Awosemusi, said 30 per cent savings could be achieved when international procurement standards were followed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said the best procurement did not have to be the cheapest, but added that such procurement must meet certain principles and objectives, including economy, efficiency, value for money and timeliness.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Awosemusi commended the BPP for driving the process of professionalising procurement in the nation’s public service, adding that though the process was fraught with several challenges, the reward was immense.</div><br /><strong><em>source: PUNCH.</em></strong></div>

Procurement offences: EFCC, ICPC probe 150 firms, MDAs

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission are currently pro...

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