Good morning! Here are 10 things you need to know this morning:
1. Fresh report has it that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has discovered an account allegedly belonging to an army officer with N400 million traced to the $2.1 billion arms funds. Report says efforts are ongoing by the commission to track down the suspected officer and others.
2. Trouble is not yet over for the immediate past Director-General of NIMASA, Patrick Akpobolkemi, as the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, on Wednesday, said that the agency had not been remitting the revenues generated to the government’s coffers. Adeosun disclosed that in some cases, NIMASA collected revenue in dollars but paid naira into the government’s account.
3. Report has emerged that a statement by a telecommunication maintenance engineer, David Nwawuisi, to the DSS has revealed that he got an initial payment of N150,000 to install a Radio Biafra transmitter on an MTN mast in Ngwo, Enugu State. He allegedly revealed this in a statement which he made to the Department on July 27, 2015.
4. Leader of the Northern Elders Council, NEC, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai Wednesday admitted that he and eight other prominent norther elders received the sum of N53m from Chief Tony Anenih. He however cleared that the money was meant for advocacy visit to traditional rulers in the region to mobilised their subjects for a hitch-free 2015 general elections.
5. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has lost its Head of Protocol, Ibrahim Abubakar to death. Abubakar was murdered by some suspected armed robbers in his home at Kado Estate near Gwarinpa in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
6. The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, IMF, Christine Lagarde has advised the federal government to remove fuel subsidy. While speaking yesterday, at the National Assembly complex in Abuja, the IMF boss called on the federal government to reduce cost of governance, and as well remove the contentious fuel subsidy in order to allow government spend on infrastructure, housing, education, health, among others.
7. Chairman of DAAR Communications, Chief Raymond Dokpesi on Wednesday, stated that the $2.1bn arms funds meant for the procurement of arms for the military fighting insurgency in the North-East was a hoax, stressing that there was nothing incriminating about the much-hyped disbursement. He said the allegation was simply aimed to frustrate the opposition.
8. The Federal High Court of Nigeria (FHCN), Wednesday denied that it granted N250 million bail to the ex-National Security Adviser (NSA), Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd) and others held over the $2.1 billion arms deal scandal. Acting Chief Registrar of the court, Emmanuel Garko, stated that authorities of the Court could not have granted bail to any of those being tried since none of them was charged before the court.
9. Former Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi has debunked allegations by the Nyesom Wike-led administration that he misappropriated the sum of N82 million to organise a dinner for Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka. In a statement by his Media Officer, Amaechi, who is now the Minister of Transportation warned Wike and his aides to stop peddling falsehood against renowned men like Prof.Soyinka. He described the allegation as a silly distraction aimed at covering up the massive fraud currently going on in Wike’s government. Relatively, Prof. Wole Soyinka has equally referred to the call as another distraction, stating that corruption strikes back when one tries to fight it. He called Wike’s government an insecure administration that is trying to indict others because of the level of corruption under him.
10. More influential Nigerians will soon be arrested over corruption related offences. This was disclosed by the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu. He said that in a matter of weeks, more influential Nigerians who are on the radar of the EFCC would have their days in court and Nigerians will be updated on all investigations.
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