Monday, May 30, 2011

10bn loan: Bankole for EFCC, Tuesday

THE outgoing Speaker of House of Representatives, Honourable Dimeji Bankole, will be the guest of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday over the controversial N10billion loan allegedly taken by the leadership of the House.

This is coming just as the commission reportedly sent an invitation letter to the clerk of the house, Mr Sanni Omolori, to appear on Tuesday with Bankole.

The Speaker was to be quizzed last week Thursday over the N10billion loan owing to two petitions against him from a Non Governmental Organisation, the Socio- Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP).

But, Bankole had, through the clerk of the House, begged for more time to appear before the commission and was given tomorrow (Tuesday) to appear and defend himself on the allegations against him.

Nigerian Tribune gathered on Sunday that Mr Omolori was, on Friday, sent an invitation letter to appear before the anti- graft agency.

It was gathered that the letter of invitation by the EFCC was delivered to Mr Omolori by two operatives of the commission


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Join hands with me, Dakingari urges

THE Kebbi State governor, Alhaji Saidu Dakingari, has said the new era for the collective and unity of purpose for the growth and development of the state and Nigeria in general has come.

Governor Dakingari said this at the Haliru Abdul Stadium, Birnin Kebbi, venue of the inauguration ceremony, adding that “let us forget our differences for the collective progress of our state. We must come together to move the state forward.”

According to him, “Kebbi State remains the same, with the same people and tradition,” adding that “we must put sentiment apart, so as to advance the collectiveness of the state.

Governor Dakingari said the electorate had spoken through the ballot box, adding that “the time has come to set aside things that separated us and join hands and our hearts together for the good of our state. Now is the time to work together for Kebbi State to reach its full potentials.”

He lauded his supporters, leaders and members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as well as the the entire electorate for believing in him.


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Windstorm causes havoc in Kirfi community

The entire settlements in Kirfi Local Government Area of Bauchi State are now in complete darkness following the destruction of four electric poles while, hundreds of houses were destroyed in the area following a windstorm that occurred recently.

It was gathered that the destruction, which occurred late in the evening, started from Badara village and spread to the headquarters of the Alkaleri Local Government Council.

Confirming the incident to Community News at the state secretariat Bauchi, the Chairman of Kirfi Local Government, Alhaji Galadima Barada, said as a result of the incident, the local government had been cut off from electricity supply, while many people had been rendered homeless.

The chairman, who revealed that it was not the first time that such incident would occur in the community, added that about a month ago, a windstorm destroyed over twenty-seven poles, but were repaired by his council.

“In this local government, we have been having reoccurring incidences of this nature and we don’t want to be the one to be always taking responsibility of the repairs.

We are aware that the raining season normally comes with destruction, especially when it comes with windstorm, but we want the state government and Power Holding Company, always come to our aid, when we call on them, especially to those who have been rendered homeless, as a result of the destruction”, he said.


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Flood: Gov Wamakko Directs Early Completion Of Houses

Governor Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State has directed for the early completion of 1,000 houses worth more than N3.6 billion being built by the state government for flood victims in Goronyo, Gada and Silame local governments.

“These houses should be completed on time to enable the beneficiaries who were the victims of last year’s flood disaster to move into them.

“This should be done before the current rainy season picks tempo so as not to defeat the objective of the project,’’ Wamakko added.


Reports say that the governor spoke on May 26 when he paid an unscheduled visit to the project site in Goronyo where three hundred of the houses were being built.


Wamakko threatened to review the Goronyo contract if the tempo of the execution of the project did not increase in the next one month.


A statement signed by Alhaji Abubakar Dangusau, the Special Assistant to Wamakko on Press Affairs, said in Sokoto Wamakko vowed to review the contract to involve other contractors if the deadline was not met.


The secretary to the state government, who is overseeing the construction of the 1000 houses, told Wamakko that efforts were being intensified to complete them on schedule.


Reports also say that all the three sites of the projects would have clinics, boreholes, schools, cemeteries and mosques, among other social infrastructure.


Goronyo Local Government will benefit with 400 of the houses while Silame and Gada will have 300 each.


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Blasts kill 15 after presidential inauguration in Nigeria

Multiple blasts rocked Nigeria's restive Muslim north and a city near the capital following the inauguration of the country's southern Christian president, officials said Monday.

The most powerful of the blasts tore through a bar in a military barracks in the northern city of Bauchi on Sunday, killing 15 people just hours after the swearing-in ceremony, said an official who participated in the rescue efforts.

Bauchi state police chief Mohammed Indabawa said Sunday's blast in the city of Bauchi hit an outdoor bar at about 8 p.m., just hours after the inauguration of President Goodluck Jonathan in Nigeria's capital of Abuja.

Mr. Indabawa said 10 people were killed, but the official who helped emergency workers take victims to the hospital and to the mortuary said 15 people were killed and 35 injured. He said he didn't want his name used because the military has said that this is a military affair.

An Associated Press writer who was about 400 metres from the Shadawanka Barracks when the blasts went off said he heard three consecutive loud noises at two-to-five-minute intervals.

The multiple blasts illustrate the challenges facing Jonathan. The southerner was sworn in Sunday for a full four-year term and is now faced with the task of uniting a country that saw deadly postelection violence despite what observers called the fairest vote in more than a decade.

A spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency, Yushau Shuaib, said stringent security measures had been taken to prevent such attacks on inauguration day.

“Telecommunications operators blocked service in Abuja yesterday and government took so many other measures to prevent this, but it is unfortunate that this still happened,” he said. “The Agency moved in quickly, otherwise this would have been even worse.”

One bomb went off Sunday at a beer garden in Zuba, near Nigeria's capital, killing two people and wounding at least 11, Mr. Shuaib said.

Another explosion in the northern city of Zaria on Sunday also targeted a bar hours after the inauguration, police spokesman Aminu Lawal said. He said police were still looking into how many may have been wounded in that blast.

And on Monday, two teenagers were injured after stepping on explosives in Zaria, Mr. Lawal said.

In the northeast city of Maiduguri, a bomb targeted on Monday an army patrol vehicle, Lt. Abubakar Abdullahi said, adding that there were no casualties and five arrests were made after the incident.


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