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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J T he Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, has expressed concern over the arrival in the country of low quality rice ordered during the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan. The NGF in a statement said the rice which it described as harmful to human beings came through waivers given to political patrons of the administration as a way of compensation for financial support to the 2015 Jonathan presidential campaign. The statement issued by the Head, Media & Public Affairs of the NGF Abulrazaque Bello- Barkindo said the rice is still finding its way into Nigerian markets despite having stayed for years in their various countries of production. Noting that while the bulk of the rice was stale, others were either rejected in other countries or had overstayed in various warehouses before they found their way into Nigeria through the activities of some unscrupulous elements. The NGF thus charged the Customs to shed light on the matter as the governors expressed...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Mr Adeyinka Adeyemi, Senior Adviser at the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has called for the unconditional return of assets stolen from Africa by some developed countries. Adeyemi told newsmen in New York that it was unethical to attach conditions to the return of assets stolen from the continent. “It is not only unrealistic, it’s unethical. You cannot ‘steal money’ and attach condition to a return. “You cannot do this; this is immoral. Nowhere in the world would this be even entertained. I think what they are talking about is the governance issue. “The same thing I was saying that ‘no this money if we return to Africa, anyway you people will mismanage it’, ‘you people would do this’, ‘you people would steal it’; all these baseless things. “This may be an issue, it may be good and people should consider this very seriously so that they know the world is watching but that cannot be a condition to hold on to the money. “This is where we are very vigor...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Davies Iheamnachor P ORT HARCOURT— About 13 members of Saint Matthew’s Anglican Church, Nkpogu, Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, were, yesterday, arraigned before a state High Court sitting in Port Harcourt over allegations bordering on conspiracy, assault and stealing of over N1 billion belonging to the church. The 13 suspects, who were arraigned on 22 counts, were said to have also assaulted one Venerable Chimela Samuel while he was officiating as a priest in charge of the church. The trial judge, Justice Crescent Dappa-Addowere, later granted them N100,000 bail each, with sureties that must be important members of the church and residing within the jurisdiction of the court. In the charge sheet,  one of the suspects, Emmanuel Adeniyi, was accused of stealing N5,694,030, property of Saint Matthew’s Anglican Church, Nkpogu Deanery, Port Harcourt. Another suspects, Victor Amachree, was accused of disturbing religious worship by lockin...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Emman Ovuakporie ABUJA— The House of Representatives Committee on Public Procurement, yesterday, vowed to unveil owners of the five-day old company, which got contract for deployment of revenue monitoring solutions on telecommunication companies from Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS. The committee also had to adjourn hearing as the Chairman of Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, Babatunde Fowler, and other key stakeholders failed to show up at the venue. Oluwole Oke, chairman of the committee, who revealed this at the opening of the investigative public hearing, however, expressed displeasure over the failure of Babatunde Fowler, FIRS Chairman; Ifueko Omogui Okauru, former FIRS chairman; Joseph Ari, Director General of Industrial Training Fund (ITF) and management team of National Pension Commission, PenCom, and Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC, to honour the invitation of the committee. The documents obtained by the House, showed that the Certificat...