Missing $20bn: We can’t carry out forensic audit, says Auditor General
THE Auditor General of the Federation, Mr. Samuel Ukura, yesterday, told the Senate Committee on Finance investigating the alleged unremitted $20 billion to the federation account by Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, that his office lacked the constitutional power to carry out forensic audit on NNPC account.
This year, be prepared to show your TIN — ODUBA
OLA OGUNDIPE writes that the new national tax policy and Taxpayer’s Identification Number ,TIN, is gradually gathering momentum,
Are we really fair to Sanusi?
IN his first reaction after being suspended as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi made some profound statements. In making reference to the allegations of profligacy and financial recklessness levelled against him by government, he strenuously drew a comparison between his compliance to rules and that of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC.
Irrigation key to national food security — Perm Sec
Permanent Secretary, Bauchi State Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources Dr Dauda Abdullahi has said that harnessing the nation’s irrigation potential was the key to its food security. Abdullahi, who said this in Bauchi, added that it would be difficult for the country to meet its food needs by depending on rainfall.
Go out and register, Fayose tells Ekiti people
Less than 50 days to the Ekiti governorship election, former Ekiti State governor and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship aspirant, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has advised the people of Ekiti State to go out and register their names for the voter’s card
12-yr-old remanded for murder
A 12-year-old boy (names withheld) was remanded in Oregun Correctional Home for Boys over alleged murder of his friend, Musa Tajudeen.
