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SATURDAY 10TH OCTOBER 2020
NSA: N712bn Presidential Amnesty Money Unaccounted For Says Dikkio appointed to clean the mess Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja The National Security Adviser (NSA) to the President, Babagana Monguno, has revealed that the Niger Delta Presidential Amnesty
Programme’s fund totalling N712 billion released since its creation could not be accounted for. Monguno disclosed this yesterday while speaking with State House correspondents,
after he led the new Chairman of the Amnesty programme/ Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Col. Milland Dikkio (rtd), on a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari.
Monguno stated: "The predatory instincts of certain individuals came into the fore and the programme was turned upside down.” He said there was a lot of corruption, waste and mismanagement
within this period, claiming that N712 billion was wasted and basically unaccounted for as a result of endemic corruption. The NSA said the original intention of the pr
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Dele Alake, Bayo Onanuga: GUILTY AS CHARGED?
By Bolanle Bolawole
Celebrated and accomplished journalists and writers, lawyers of immense stature, and professionals of all hues are stripping themselves and dancing naked on the altar of political partisanship; even those who pretend at calling them to order are no less guilty of similar offences! In writing this, may I also not fall into the same miry clay! The stakes are high; the presidency of Nigeria is touted as the most powerful in the whole world and, perhaps, the least accountable both to the people in whose name it holds power and to reason and commonsense. “L’Etat, c’est moi” (“I am the State”) the apocryphal saying of France’s King Louis XIV, said on 13 April 1655 before the Parliament of Paris, is typical of whoever is the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Hence, the competition for power here is cut-throat. Jus
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Nigerian comedian, Bright Okpocha, aka Basketmouth, has taken a swipe at singer Wizkid while acknowledging that his colleague, Davido’s wedding has “taken” over social media.
He said it would be difficult to promote his show currently because all the attention is on Davido’s wedding.
He noted that even Wizkid’s recent social media skådespel didn’t get much attention because everyone was focused on Davido and Chioma’s wedding.
On his Instagram konto, Basketmouth wrote: “Davido’s wedding has taken over the social media space.
“Because, even Wizkid wey throw shade, nobody send am.”
DAILY brev reports that Wizkid recently caused a frenzy after tweeting “Lol [lots of laughs]” moments after Davido released his pre-wedding photos with Chioma.
He also shared a tweet saying he was praying for every understanding woman which some fans claimed was a shade at Chioma who has been very understanding with Davido despite the infidelity allegations against him.
However, Wizkid debunked the spec