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T he Presidency last night released what it called an authoritative report on how seven suspended directors of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) allegedly stole over a billion naira, $284,000 and £95,000. A Presidency official, in a statement, said the report indicated that the immediate past NEMA Director General, Mohammed Sani Sidi, maintained 20 different accounts in various banks despite his public servant status.  The official alleged that the suspended staff had hurriedly and illegally taken the matter to the House of Representatives in a pre-emptive move to stonewall the ongoing investigations by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) hoping for a cover-up. He said an authoritative report submitted to the Presidency by agencies involved in the investigations and activities of the suspended directors, revealed clear cases of abuse of office, graft and collusion on the part of the NEMA directors. He stated: “This is in direct contr...

M r Festus Keyamo SAN have been appointed the Director, Strategic Communications (Official Spokesperson) for the President’s 2019 Presidential Campaigns. He made the appointed public through his official twitter handle, @fkeyamo   this morning. In his tweet, he said "With this letter below, I have just been appointed the Director, Strategic Communications (Official Spokesperson) for the President’s 2019 Presidential Campaigns. I will be making a formal statement on this much later."

T he #ElectoralOffencesCommissionBill , 2018 (SB. 469) was sponsored by Senator Abubakar Kyari of Borno North Senatorial District. The #ElectoralOffencesCommissionBill went for first reading on the 11th of April, 2017 and second reading on the 11th of October, 2017. The Bill is for an Act that is intended to establish a body known as the National Electoral Offences (NEOC) which is aimed at addressing issues that are related to electoral offences as well as the adoption of measures to prevent and eradicate the same. Functions of the Commission: The functions of the Commission include: I. The enforcement and due administration of the provisions of the Bill. II. The investigation of all electoral offences, electoral corruption and violations of electoral due process in any election. III. The adoption of measures including preventative and regulatory actions, the introduction and maintenance of investigative and control techniques to prevent electoral offence...