Man hails mechanic for returning N10.8m mistakenly sent to his account

A contractor, identified as Itoba, has praised his mechanic Timothy, for returning N10.8m that was mistakenly paid into his account.

Itoba made this known in a viral video on social media on Monday.

He  said, “My name is Mr Itoba, and I’m a contractor. I’m using this opportunity to introduce Mr Timothy to everyone. Yesterday around 4pm, I mistakenly transferred N10.8m to his account intended for my manager on my project, and he came on his own to return the money.

“As desperate as the condition is, there are still very good people and that is why I’m making this public announcement that anyone who needs his service should contact him because he’s a good and honest man.”

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UNESCO Laureate Prof. Bashiru Aremu listed, cited & published across the globe-Prof. Pratik Mungekar

Prof. Pratik Mungekar has disclosed that the UNESCO Laureate and Vice-Chancellor, Crown University, USA, Prof. Bashiru Aremu has been listed, Cited, and Published as Fellow of the Marquis Who’s who in the World and Fellow of Professors, Fellow of Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award Winners, USA, International Chartered World Learned Society, Chartered World Institute of Encyclopedia of Books, Africa Int’l Institute for Professional Training and Research, Chartered World Order of the Knights of Justice and several others.
“This has displayed to the world that Prof. Bashiru Aremu is a global icon of education. His research works have proffer solutions to lots of issues across all continents of the world. His global recognition didn’t come as a surprise. It is well earned and deserved”, he said.

While stressing further, he stated that, in Europe and the world at large, He was Listed, Cited, and Published as stated below:
“Fellow of World Acclaimed Distinguished Universities Research Professor and Fellow of Outstanding Intellectual of 21st Century, Cambridge, England, Fellow of Europe Association for International Education in Amsterdam at the Netherlands, Fellow of Professors and World Leader of the Humanities of International Biographical Centre, Cambridge in England, Fellow of World Acclaimed Distinguished Universities Research Professor and Special Guest Editor of Cambridge Scholars Publishing in Cambridge in the United Kingdom

“In Asia and the world at large, Head Offices Based in India: He was Listed, Cited, and Published by Unity of Nations for Climate Change Council An Official partner of the United Nations Global Network as a Fellow of Professors, Fellow of World Grand Board of Trustees and World Grand Chancellor of University of Nations of Quality Education an official University of Unity of Nations for Climate Change Council and others as well.

“Africa and the world at large based in the Republic of Gambia and the world at large, He was Listed, Cited, and Published by Innovation Africa Digital Summit as a stakeholder in ICT in the world and World Acclaimed Distinguished Universities Research Professor, In Nigeria, He was Listed, Cited and Published by the Federal Government of Nigeria under Its following agencies: Federal Ministry of Education Abuja. Nigeria, Computers Professional Registrations Council of Nigeria (CPN) and National Universities Commission, (NUC) Abuja Nigeria, apart from that, he has been contributing his quota to the development of Nation building through the dissemination of Knowledge such as he was invited by Federal Government of Nigeria to delivered lecture on economy recovery after COVID-19 and #ENDSARS riot as a Professor and stakeholder on Universities education system in the world at large.

“Recently, he was invited by an International Television station with its headquarters in Abuja- Nigeria, TStv, for a live 30-minute program where he talked about UN global goals, Quality Education, which is goal 4 of the SDGs.

“There, he made crucial points and outlined technical challenges confronting the efficient implementation of the SDGs in Nigeria, Africa, and the world at large.

“However, he lauded the efforts of the UN and went further to point out remedies that if employed would help make the 17 SDGs implementation globally seamless”.

Kogi Guber Polls: Yahaya Bello urged on zoning

By Wale Agbore

The Ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kogi State has been urged to take a cue from the leadership ingenuity of Governor Yahaya Bello by zoning the next governorship to the Western Senatorial District of Kogi State.

This is contained in a communique issued by the Congress of Kogi Patriots (KCP) after a meeting held in Lokoja.

The communique which was signed by the National President of (CKP), Doctor Zik Olatunde stated that Governor Yahaya Bello has recorded landmark achievements in the last few years of his administration and deserves commendation.

It also pointed out that the Governor has been fair in the equitable distribution of infrastructure and political patronage across the three Senatorial districts of the State.

The communique further stated that the spirit of fairness, equity, and justice so far exhibited by the Governor and his New Direction administration is unprecedented since the creation of the state hence the need for the people to rise above divisive issues that polarise the state in the past and allow power to rotate freely among the senatorial districts.

It appealed for concerted efforts of Kogites to achieve the idea to consolidate the remarkable record already set by the Governor, particularly in the forthcoming gubernatorial election.

Comptroller Mustapha Hashim Takes Over Leadership of Customs Kaduna Command From Ag. ACG Yakubu Salihu

The Kaduna Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service witnessed a change of baton, in the leadership of the Command on the 15th of March, 2023.

In his welcome address,  the new Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Mustapha Hashim thanked the Comptroller General of Customs Col Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd) CFR, and his Management Team for his recent promotion and new post. He assured the Service of improved Trade Facilitation and revenue collections.

Hashim urged the stakeholders of the Command, to maintain the existing cordial relationship with him as they showed to his predecessor.

“I want to commend the outgoing Customs Area Controller for his remarkable achievement and target set in the Command on Trade Facilitation, Revenue Collection, Customs Civic Responsibilities to Host Community, and Robust Stakeholder engagement.”

“I equally congratulate him on his new rank and office as Ag. Assistant Comptroller General of Customs Finance and Administration (ACG FATs).” He felicitated.

Earlier, the outgoing Customs Area Controller who doubles as, the  Ag. ACG Yakubu Salihu appreciated the utmost support of his lieutenants and Stakeholders, who contributed immensely to the success recorded while being the CAC of the Command.

He maintained that his door is always open to all officers and men as he is going to assume duty at the Corporate Headquarters Abuja.

The handing over occasion came to a close with the proper signing of documents, presentation of the Service Flag, and  group photograph

Participants Of Nigerian Army Resource Centre Visit Defence Headquarters

The participants of Leadership and Strategic Studies Course 1/2022 today, Wednesday 15 March 2023 paid a courtesy visit to the Defence Headquarters (DHQ).

The visit, according to representative of the Director General, Army Resource Centre, Major General Abubakar Adamu Tarfa (retired) was designed to expose the participants to the practical and theoretical aspects of their course.

He stated that the course which duration is eleven calendar months is conducted in conjunction with the Nigerian Defence Academy Post Graduate School; adding that the course comprises 28 officers of the rank of Colonel and 7 officers of the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.

He further revealed that the course outline among other things covers Research, Military History, War Studies, Strategic Leadership and study tours of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDA)
Speaking during the visit, the representative of the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Vice Marshal Jackson Yusuf welcomed the participants and commended the Army Resource Centre for introducing leadership and strategic course into its curriculum. He noted that the visit will further equip the participants and expose them to the organization, structure and role of DHQ in national security.
Also during the visit, the participants were given an elaborate brief on the organization, functions, structure and the contributions of the DHQ in pursuit of national security.

Highlight of the visit was an exchange of souvenirs between the DHQ and Army Resource Centre .

EFCC Teams Arrive States to Monitor Guber Polls

Ahead of the governorship and state assembly elections slated for Saturday, March 18, 2023, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has deployed personnel of the Agency across the states where the elections would be held.

The teams led by senior officers began arriving at their assigned locations earlier today, March 17, with a number of them holding consultation with the other security agencies involved in election security and officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

The team for Ebonyi State, arrived Abakaliki and met with the Commissioner of Police at the State Headquarters, to register their presence before proceeding to the State INEC Headquarters for a brief meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC.

Officers of Kaduna Zonal Command led by ACEII Mustapha Abubakar who are on election monitoring mission to Niger state also met the Commissioner of Police, J.A Ogundele, to register their presence in the state. They also visited the Resident Electoral Commissioner of Niger state, Ahmed Yusha’u Garki.

Officers of the Abuja Zonal Command on election monitoring duty in Nasarawa State, led by ACE II Adeniyi Adebayo also registered their presence at the Nigeria Police Command Lafia, and had a brief meeting with the Commissioner of Police.

The brief of the teams is to deter vote trading and other financial malpractices that could compromise the integrity of the elections. The Executive Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa had, in a message to the teams before the Presidential and National Assembly elections of February 25, charged them to exhibit a high sense of integrity and professionalism in carrying out their duties.

“You are out on a national assignment and I expect you to conduct yourselves responsibly in line with our core values of professionalism, integrity and courage. You have a responsibility to ensure that this election is devoid of financial malpractices, especially inducement of voters. The attention of the world is focused on Nigeria and we must do what is necessary to ensure that we have credible, free and fair elections, “he stated.

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FIRS Signs MoU with UK’s HM Revenue and Customs For Collaboration On Capacity Building

By Emmanuel Daudu

A Memorandum of Understanding between Nigeria’s Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and the United Kingdom’s His Royal Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) was signed yesterday with the aim of fostering improved collaboration on capacity building between the two tax authorities.

According to a press release signed by Johannes Oluwatobi Wojuola, the Special Assistant to the Executive Chairman, FIRS
(Media & Communication) on
March 17, 2023, the two agencies signed the agreement in London, United Kingdom, and was attended by the Executive Chairman, FIRS, Mr. Muhammad Nami accompanied by some members of the FIRS Board and management, and Director at HMRC, Jon Sherman, alongside other members of the HMRC Executive Committee.

Mr. Muhammad Nami who led members of the Board and management of the FIRS noted that this collaboration was in line with two planks of his cardinal goals for the Service: building a data-centric tax authority and improving the Service’s collaboration and stakeholder relations.

“I am certain that this relationship would equip our officers with the skills of the 21st century tax man,” he stated.

“Data is the new oil. Its collection, interpretation and consequent application for tax purposes has become crucial if the Service must be ahead of the taxpayer in the times we are in.

“With increased collaboration between the Service and tax authorities the world over—which is one of the cardinal pillars of this current management—meticulous and purposeful management, as well as strategic interpretation of the information we exchange between each other has become a fundamental element of inter-tax-authority relations.

“These, among several others, form the major areas where we would be collaborating on capacity building with the HMRC.

“We must be a step ahead.” Mr. Nami noted.

The FIRS boss, who is also the President of the Commonwealth Association of Tax Administrators (CATA), further explained that with this collaboration, officers of the Service will be better equipped to improve tax revenue collection and in turn provide government with the much needed resources to cater for Nigerians.

Commenting further on the collaboration, David Yellowly, Head of Capacity Building at the HMRC emphasized that “the MoU between the Nigerian and UK revenue authorities would see the two countries collaborating on Capacity Building, particularly on issues surrounding Country-by-Country Reporting Standards, Transfer Pricing, Exchange of Information, Data, and Audit in the Oil and Gas industry.”

As Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr. Muhammad Nami has engendered numerous collaborative efforts with tax authorities domestically and across the world, in line with his agenda of improving stakeholder relations for improved tax administration.

In February this year, the FIRS signed an MoU with the Lagos State Inland Revenue Service (LIRS) for collaboration on Joint Tax Audit, Exchange of Information and Capacity Building.

Nigeria, others listed in its Health Workforce Support and Safeguards 2023 List-WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) says Nigeria and 54 other countries are among nations listed in its on  Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List 2023.

The WHO said of the 55 countries, 37 are in Africa, eight are in the Western Pacific region, six are in the eastern Mediterranean region, three are in the south-east Asia region and one is in the Americas.

Some of the countries include Angola, Ghana, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Haiti, Congo, Sudan, and Papua New Guinea

The global health body stated that the countries face the most pressing health workforce challenges related to universal health coverage.

“In particular, these countries have: 1) a density of doctors, nurses and midwives below the global median (i.e., 49 per 10 000 population); and 2) a universal health coverage service coverage index below a certain threshold,” WHO said in the report released March 8.

“To account for the disruptions caused to health services by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the effects on health worker mobility and migration, the threshold for the universal health coverage service coverage index for the WHO health workforce support and safeguards list 2023 has been increased from 50 (the value used for the 2020 list) to 55.”

The organisation added that with the impact of COVID-19 and widespread disruptions to health services, health workers in these countries continue to seek better-paid opportunities in wealthier nations.

According to the WHO, the affected countries have universal health coverage (UHC) service coverage index below 55 and health workforce density below the global median of 49 medical doctors, nursing and midwifery personnel per 10,000 people.

The WHO said the countries are vulnerable because they do not have enough health workers required to achieve the UN sustainable development goal target by 2030.

“These countries require priority support for health workforce development and health system strengthening, along with additional safeguards that limit active international recruitment,” the statement reads.

“The WHO health workforce support and safeguard list does not prohibit international recruitment, but recommends that government-to-government health worker migration agreements be informed by health labour market analysis and the adoption of measures to ensure adequate supply of health workers in the source countries; engage Ministries of Health in the negotiation and implementation of agreements; and specify the health system benefits of the arrangement to both source and destination countries.”

Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO director general, said health workers are the backbone of every health system, and yet some of the world’s most fragile health systems do not have enough and many are losing their health workers to international migration. “WHO is working with these countries to support them to strengthen their health workforce, and we call on all countries to respect the provisions in the WHO health workforce support and safeguards list.

The list should be used to inform advocacy, policy dialogue at all levels and financing efforts in support of health workforce education and employment in these countries,” he said.

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Nigeria has lost many of its doctors, leaving hospitals understaffed, and available personnel overwhelmed.

Five dead as El-Rufai’s Security Escorts Open Fire On Protesting Shi’ite Members During Procession

The Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) otherwise called “Shi’ites” has accused the Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, of causing the death of five members of the group when his security details allegedly opened fire on them during a protest in Kaduna.

Many people including passers-by were said to be caught up in the melee on Thursday in Kaduna as many people sustained varying degree of injuries in the process.

In a statement signed by the Secretary of Academic Forum of the movement, Abdullahi Muhammad Musa, the group attributed the tragic incident that led to the death of their members to the inciting statement allegedly made by the governor a few days ago.

The governor was said to have incited members of his political Party in Zaria, against the movement and its leader, Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky(H), where he told them that they must vote for his anointed candidate, Senator Uba Sani.

SaharaReporters gathered that the governor’s convoy ran into the peaceful protesters along the airport road demanding for the release of travel documents of their leader, Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife Zeenah.

It was learnt that the combined security operatives reportedly fired both teargas canisters and live bullets at the crowd killing five persons on the spot.

One of the victims was identified as Aliyu Suleiman, an 18 years old Mechanical Engineering Student of Kaduna State Polytechnic.

The statement read, “Few days after the Kaduna State Governor, Nasiru El-Rufai, incited members of his political Party in Zaria, against the the Islamic movement in Nigeria and it leader, Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky(H), where he told them that they must Vote his anointed candidate, Senator Uba Sani, so he may finish off what he described as the remnants of El-zakzaky’s Shiites in Zaria.

“The governor told the APC faithfuls that it’s only his successor that can fight and finish the Shiites in the state. Incidentally, less than 48 hours to the state’s Governorship election followers of the oppressed leader of the Islamic movement in Nigeria came out to protest against tyrant Buhari’s refusal to remove the illegal travelling ban on their leader, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky and his wife to travel out for medical treatment, El-Rufai’s convoy, ran into the protesters and opened fire with live ammunition on them, killing more than five on the spot.

“These include Aliyu Suleiman, an 18 years old Mechanical Engineering Student of Kaduna State Polytechnic. Several others sustained various degrees of life threatening injuries, an unspecified number of passerby were also shot and arrested.”

Source: KPA

EFCC, NIRA Sign MoU of Collaboration on Cyber Security

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, on Thursday, March 16, 2023 reiterated the resolve of the Commission to build the capacity of its personnel to effectively combat the emerging trends in cyber security.

Bawa stated this during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, between the EFCC and the Nigerian Internet Registration Association, NIRA led by its President, Muhammed Rudman, at the EFCC Head Office, Jabi, Abuja.

According to him, the MoU would further boost the understanding of his personnel on the modern trends in cyberspace and assist the Commission’s investigations.

“We are very proud to collaborate with you because we realize that part of our mandate is collaboration. We need relevant stakeholders whether in government or private sector to achieve our mandate”.

The EFCC boss, while expressing delight over the collaboration, said that the EFCC had a well-equipped Academy to sustain the training.

“I find this MoU very appealing. I accept your collaboration and we are ready to start as soon as possible. We have a well-equipped Academy to carry out this training and I advise that the training is not only onset but also online so that many people can join, even other agencies can benefit from this using our platform, he added.

Earlier, the President, NIRA, Muhammed Rudman said that the purpose of the MoU was to strengthen collaboration between his Association and the EFCC. According to him, there was a huge gap between NIRA and law enforcement agencies, which needed to be bridged.

“We have law enforcement agencies locking up Registrars when there are cyber security issues in terms of websites based on the crimes perpetrated by end users. So, to protect our Registrars from having gaps with law enforcement, we identify EFCC as the right partner to provide capacity building to address these gaps in terms of cybersecurity awareness and general knowledge of ICT”, he said.

He added that when the MoU was fully implemented it would benefit not only the EFCC but other agencies as well.

“To be honest with you we want to kick start this project as soon as possible to give high level capacity building on the internet and how it works, to address the needs of Law Enforcement Agencies, using EFCC as an umbrella body to bridge the cybersecurity gap”, Rudman said.