Tambuwal Signs Warrant Of Arrest For Sanusi, Yakubu, 14 Others

Speaker Aminu Tambuwal

Following the adoption of a motion moved by chairman, House Committee on Finance, Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin (PDP, Kano), on matters of urgent public importance, informing the House of failure of revenue collecting agencies to honour their several invitations and provide details of their Internally Generated Revenues (IGR) as part of the 2013 budget revenue frame work, the speaker of the Huse of Representatives, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, yesterday, signed a warrant of arrest on heads of the affected agencies.
Tambuwal then directed Jibrin to write to him and list the erring agencies.
A copy of the arrest warrant signed by the Speaker indicated that CBN governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, NNPC Group Managing Director Engr. Andrew Yakubu are among those listed.
To face arrest also include heads of AMCON, FCT, FAAN, Pension Commission of Nigeria, NIMASA, NPA, among others.
Meanwhile, the force police spokesman has said it has not received any warrant from the National Assembly for the arrest of anybody.
It would be recalled that heads of the government agencies in charge of revenue collection had been invited to appear before the House Committee on Finance over the non-remittance of N1.3 trillion revenue to government coffers with most of them failing to appear at the meeting.
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Jigawa Governor's Son Arrested For Money Laundering At Kano Airport

Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa state

By SaharaReporters, New York

One of the sons of the Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido, was arrested around 12 midnight at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport as he prepared to board an Egypt Air flight to Cairo.

 Aminu Lamido was flagged after he declared $10,000 in his possession to agents of of the Nigerian customs at the airport. However further checks  by agents of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)  at the airport revealed that he  was carrying a lot of money far higher than was disclosed.

 Custom officials at the airport told SaharaReporters that Mr. Aminu travels frequently with huge wads of cash ostensibly to launder money on behalf of his father and some officials of the state.

EFCC  spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren  confirmed the arrest to SaharaReporters,  saying that EFCC office in Kano will charge the governor's son to court as soon as practicable.

Okonjo-Iweala: Kidnappers more humane than Federal Government *Reduces ransom from N1b to N200m

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Kidnappers of the mother of the Coordinating Minister of the Economy for the Federation and the Minister of Finance, Dr. Mrs Nngozi Okonjo-Iweala have reduced their ransom money from the reported N1billion (US dollars) to N200million.
Interestingly, the people of Nigeria never got such a bargain from the government when it increased fuel from N67 to N141 in January and only later reduced same to N97.
For reducing the required ransom from N1billion to N200 million, the kidnappers seem to suggest that they are more humane than the federal government.
The Nijalundit earlier reported that “the kidnappers of the mother of the Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, have reduced the ransom for the release of the victims mother from 1 billion Naira to 200 million Naira as negotiations have commenced between the Okonjo royal family of Ogwashi-uku and the kidnappers of Professor Kanenne Okonjo.
The negotiations are ongoing between the oldest son of the kidnapped royal, Onyema Okonjo, who has relocated to Ogwashi-Uku due to the kidnap of his mother, the queen of Ogwashi-uku.
Information reaching NaijaPundit reveals that Onyeame had spoken with his mother on Monday and the family may be putting resources together to come up with the money demanded.
Meanwhile 2 police men have been arrested in connection with the kidnapping. Their identities have not been released but it is suspected that they are the policemen attached to the palace where the victim resided.
Also, the Senate President, David Mark, has made a passionate personal appeal to the kidnappers to release the aged royal. In his appeal, David Mark urged the kidnappers to consider the biblical injunction that  “we should honour our parents and, by extension, those who are old enough to be our parents.”
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Men no longer need protection? There’s a new female condom that dissolves inside the body

A female condom which can protect against pregnancy and sexual diseases by dissolving inside the body has been developed.
Experts claim the ‘discreet protection’ can safeguard people from HIV and unwanted pregnancy by ‘melting’ and releasing chemicals.
Researchers at the University of Washington (UW) developed the condom from tiny microfibres through a method called ‘electrospinning’.

The cloth-like fibres can be woven from medicine into extremely thin ‘webs’
They are then designed to dissolve after use, either within minutes or over several days.
Not only would the condom block sperm, it could time-release a potent mix of anti-HIV drugs and hormonal contraceptives.
The team was given $1m to develop the technology, which uses an electric field to charge fluid through air to create the very fine, nanometer-sized fibres.
The team say it could replace existing contraception such as the pill

Kim Woodrow, a UW assistant professor of bioengineering, said: ‘Our dream is to create a product women can use to protect themselves from HIV infection and unintended pregnancy.
‘We have the drugs to do that. It’s really about delivering them in a way that makes them more potent, and allows a woman to want to use it.’
Prof Woodrow presented the idea, and co-authors Emily Krogstad and Cameron Ball, both first-year graduate students, agreed to pursue the project, at a meeting held last year.
Ball added: ‘This method allows controlled release of multiple compounds.
‘We were able to tune the fibers to have different release properties.’
One of the fabrics dissolves within minutes, offering users immediate protection, while another fabric dissolves gradually over a few days, providing an alternative to the birth-control pill, to provide contraception and protect against HIV.
While the researchers agree the technology is more discrete, they admit it people mayhave some doubts.
‘At the time of sex, are people going to actually use it? That’s where having multiple options really comes into play,’ Krogstad told the University of Washington.
YNaija.com

NAFDAC Warns Nigerians: Stop Indiscriminate Consumption Of Libido Enhancing Pills

NAFDAC DG: Dr. Paul Orhii

Nigerians have been warned against the indiscriminate use of sex-enhancement pills by the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Wednesday.
This warning was issued by the Jigawa state Coordinator of the agency, Kenneth Azikwe, in Dutse, the Jigawa capital. Mr. Azikiwe said that most of the libido drugs in circulation were not certified by the agency.
“The libido drugs in circulation are not certified by NAFDAC and the description on them is in Chinese and other alien languages,” he said. “Consumption of such drugs is harmful because its pharmaceutical composition could not be guaranteed” he continued.
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True Confession: “I Will Consider Plastic Surgery If…” Omosexy

Following the successful premier of her own reality TV show, “Omotola: The Real Me”, the sultry actress has continued to win more hearts not only for her talent and successful marriage – in an era where others are crumbling like a pack of cards, but also for her almost flawless good looks.

But if her recent confession is anything to go by, Omosexy, as she is fondly called, may have courted the ire of Nigerians who see her as a typical example of natural, undiluted African beauty.
The stunning award winning actress is quoted to have said, in response to a question on if she would ever consider going under the surgeon’s knife, “Seriously I am thinking about it. I have four kids. That has taken its toll on my body.
“I am not against plastic surgery as long as you’re not doing it for extremely vain reasons. If you need it, you should do it.
“If I see any irregularities in my body that I cannot control, I will do it” she concluded.
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“Alamieyeseigha is Jonathan’s benefactor” – PDP

The stakeholders in the Bayelsa State chapter of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in a show of support for President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday affirmed that he is the leader of the party in the state.
They also declared that his former running mate Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, was the President’s political benefactor.
The stakeholders at a caucus meeting of members held in Government House, declared Jonathan as leader of the party in the state. The motion which was adopted by 28 members of the party’s caucus after a motion initiated by Senator Emmanuel Paulker, was sponsored by Bayelsa Governor Seriake Dickson.
The President in his speech urged aggrieved members to sheathe their swords in order to move the party forward. He denied allegations of bias and preference for some candidates for elective positions in the state.
He said: “I don’t want to be in Abuja and be seen as influencing political contestants; I will not condescend to get myself in the selection of candidates, I’m not interested, because it won’t be fair since leadership is all about hierarchy.”
He reminded the people that politics should be an avenue to serve the people and not a battlefield to settle scores.
Governor Dickson on his part said, the meeting was a new beginning in the state chapter of the party, as the era of acrimony and discord was over.
Calling for unity among members, Dickson said: “The most important challenge Bayelsa State has had to contend with is the issue of mobilizing support for President Jonathan, which is why we want to convene this meeting once every quarter.
On the forthcoming local government poll in the state, Dickson stated that the party was ready, while advising party supporters to avoid actions capable of jeopardizing the peace and tranquility in the state.
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