South-South leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has condemned in very strong terms the re-appointment of sacked Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Suleiman Abba, as the Chairman of Police Trust Fund (PTF).
According to the leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), the re-appointment of Abba appears to be compensation for the roles he allegedly played during the 2015 general elections.
The Leader of the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum, SMBLF, also advised Buhari to obey court rulings, including those delivered on the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, by releasing him.
CCTV project: Account for $460m Chinese loan, Court orders Buhari’s regime
A Federal High Court in Abuja has issued an order requiring the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), and his regime to answer for how a $460 million Chinese loan was used to fund the failed Abuja Closed-Circuit Television project.
According to the judgment, the regime must publish the total amount of money paid to Chinese and local companies and contractors, precise details of the identities of the companies and contractors, and the status of the implementation of the project. Hon. Judge Emeka Nwite issued the directives in his ruling in the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project’s FHC/ABJ/CS/1447/2019 Freedom of Information lawsuit.
The suit followed the disclosure in 2019 by the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, that “Nigeria was servicing the loan,” adding that she had ‘no explanations on the status of the project.’ She reportedly said, “We are servicing the loan. I have no information on the status of the CCTV project.”
How Buhari’s poverty reduction, growth strategy impacted millions – Presidency
As the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), gradually comes to a close, details of his achievements with the initiative, National Poverty Reduction with Growth Strategy, aimed at reducing poverty across Nigeria, have begun to emerge.
New reports show that the Committee of NPRGS’ decision to adopt a different approach based on a common-sense strategy, has impacted millions of Nigerians across different sectors in less than a year of operations. The committee is chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.
Spokesman to the vice president, Mr. Laolu Akande, in a media update confirmed the development, saying that “almost two million vulnerable Nigerians have been impacted by various projects implemented by the NPRGS Committee for the year 2022 in agriculture, rural roads construction and skills and vocational training.”
Newly ordained Catholic Priest abducted by gunmen in Imo
A Catholic priest, Rev. Fr Jude Kingsley Maduka of the Catholic Diocese of Okigwe in Imo State, was kidnapped by gunmen on Saturday.
Maduka is the parish priest of Christ the King’s Parish, Ezinnachi/Ugwaku, Okigwe LGA of the state. He was ordained on September 22, 2012. The chancellor/secretary of the Catholic Diocese of Okigwe, Rev. Fr Iwuanyanwu speaking on the case said; “He was kidnapped from his New Adoration site at Ogii Village in Okigwe LGA while on inspection at the new site,”
“We solicit your fervent prayers that he may come back to us safe and sound,” he added. Police spokesman, Henry Okoye, speaking on the incident said the command was yet to be briefed on the incident.
