News Extract 3rd November 2017

Ø  EFCC ‘Crack Team’ To Probe Alleged Fraud Against Ex-SGF

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has set up a crack team to probe the fraud allegations against the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Babachir Lawal.

A source in the anti-graft agency exclusively confirmed this to Channels Television on Thursday in a phone interview.

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Ø  New minimum wage: Buhari approves nominations

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved nominations into the committee for a new minimum wage for Nigerian workers.

Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, disclosed this in an interview with State House correspondents after a meeting with Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

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Ø  Buhari Writes NASS, To Present 2018 Budget Nov 7

resident Muhammadu Buhari has written to the House of Representatives asking to be granted leave to address a joint session of the National Assembly and present the 2018 budget proposal on Tuesday November 7, at 2:00pm.

Shouts Of ‘No! No!! No!!!’ rented the air after the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara read the President’s letter.

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Ø  No automatic ticket for anyone in 2019, says APC

The All Progressives Congress has come out with its strongest position yet on the controversy generated by the clamour by some party members for an automatic ticket for President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019.

In separate media interviews in Abuja, on Thursday, the APC National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, and the Chairman of the Progressives Governors’ Forum, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, said neither the President nor any member of the party would be given an automatic ticket.

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Ø  I collected N30m Diezani money for logistics – INEC official

An ex-Administrative Secretary with the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mr. Christian Nwosu, admitted on Thursday that he received and signed for the sum of N264.8m at a branch of Fidelity Bank in the build-up to the 2015 general elections.

He added that though he received N30m out of the N264.8m, he did not benefit personally from the money but spent it on logistics.

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Ø  Government gives Apostle Johnson Suleman’s pastor 48 hours’ notice to leave

he Government of Zambia has given a Nigerian pastor, Pastor Augustine Oso Ebosele of Omega Fire Ministries in Lusaka 48 hours’ notice to leave the country.

The country said it decided not to renew the employment permit of the cleric because his conduct has divided the Omega Fire Ministries into two parties.

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