Nigeria's president accuses former official of stealing money meant to fight Boko Haram

President Muhammadu Buhari has claimed a former top official stole billions of dollars meant to fight terrorists. The controversy comes less than a day after a terrorist attack left scores dead and wounded.

Buhari issued an arrest warrant on Wednesday for the former president's national security advisor, accusing him of stealing billions of dollars allotted for weapons to be used against the terror group Boko Haram.

According to the president's office,

Nigeria's President Buhari: ex-officer stole billions in arms deals

Nigeria's president has ordered the arrest of his predecessor's security adviser for allegedly stealing up to $2 billion meant for Boko Haram campaign.

ABUJA, NIGERIA — Nigeria's leader has ordered the arrest of the former president's national security adviser for allegedly stealing billions of dollars meant to buy weapons to fight Boko Haram Islamic extremists rampaging across northeast Nigeria.

"Thousands of needless Nigerian deaths would have been avoided" if the money had been properly spent,

Varsity Don Decries Poor Remuneration Of Nurses

By Juliet Oyoyo

Kaduna

Dr Saleh Garba, a lecturer at the Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Northwest, Nigeria, has stated that poor remuneration was a major challenge faced by nursing practice in Nigeria.

He stated this at the Fourth Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference of the Association of General Private Nursing Practitioners in Kaduna, recently.

He said that others include attempts to move the training of nurses away from hospital-based schools to the university, lack of facilities, interference from members of other health professions and inadequate manpower for university-based programmes.

The lecturer said that the Nigerian nurses were now realizing that no matter how intelligent they are and no matter how innovative their training programmes are, their training must be in line with the national and global educational programme that matches professional qualifications with academics.

Garba stressed that globally,

Nigeria: Ban condemns deadly terrorist attack; urges fight be grounded in international law

Displaced girls sleep on the floor in a rented house in Yola. IDPs in northeastern Nigeria often share overcrowded rooms and most times are left to fend for themselves. Photo: Fragkiska Megaloudi/IRIN

18 November 2015 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today condemned the terrorist bomb attack in the Nigeria city of Yola, which killed dozens dead and injured scores.

“No political or ideological objective whatsoever justifies the loss of life and terror to which civilians are being subjected,

I acted in the best interest of Nigeria – Dasuki

Former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki (Rtd), has reacted to the accusations from the the presidency on siphoning billions of dollars earmarked for arms purchases and order of his arrest President Muhammdu Buhari.

Dasuki in a statement said that he acted in the best interest of Nigeria and that it is laughable for the panel to assume that 4 Alpha jets and 12 helicopters were not delivered.

He said that the the immediate past Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Adesola Amosu in a memo acknowledged the receipt of the 4x Alpha jets attack aircraft and the helicopters also the Chief of Air Staff also confirmed the receipt of F-7 N1 aircraft combination of 250kg bombs and accessories at $2,894,000 with the cost of freight at $1,200,000. The same Air Force confirmed getting 2xTri Shield 36DG Tactical radars.

More so he said that to show that he has nothing to hide, he submitted a comprehensive list of all requests for procurements by the services, the items bought and those equipment being awaited to President Muhammadu Buhari long before he left office.

Former national security adviser of ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, Sambo Dasuki (R), speaks with his lawyer Ahmed Raji, during his trial at the federal high court in Abuja, on September 1, 2015. Nigerian prosecutors on September 1, 2015 slapped a charge of unlawful possession of arms against Dasuki. Dasuki was arraigned on a “one-count charge of being in possession of firearms without licence,” Prosecutor Mohammed Diri told the federal high court in Abuja. AFP PHOTO

The Statement read thus
In a theatrical manner, the Presidency fed the public with many allegations against my person and yet to be named former public officers.

To draw sympathy, the presidency quoted some absurd findings including extra-budgetary interventions; award of fictitious contracts; 53 failed contracts; payment for jobs without contractual agreements; non-execution of contracts for the purchase of 4 Alpha jets, bombs and ammunition.

For undiscerning Nigerians, they may tend to assume that the allegations were true and pronounce the former National Security Adviser guilty as charged.

The statement issued by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity,

Nigeria wants more money to cover fuel subsidy

Abuja -Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has requested the approval of a supplementary budget to cover the nearly $2.1bn owed to fuel importers under a subsidy scheme.

Buhari asked the Senate to approve the money to cover subsidies,

Nigeria says top adviser stole $2.4 billion from military

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the arrest of the military officer, with his adviser saying "thousands" of deaths could have been prevented if the money had been spent to fight Boko Haram.

The Nigerian government ordered the arrest of retired Col. Sambo Dasuki on charges he allegedly stole more than $2 billion meant for defense procurements. Photo courtesy of Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House/Wikimedia

ABUJA, Nigeria, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- The president of Nigeria ordered the arrest of a military officer for stealing more than $2 billion slated to be used to fight Boko Haram, an Islamist extremist group.

Retired Col. Sambo Dasuki, 61,

Boko Haram: Buhari vows Nigeria will be free from terrorism after Yola bombing

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Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has taken to Twitter to reassure citizens that the country will soon be free from terrorism. The president made the promise hours after more than 30 people were killed and 80 injured in Yola,

Nigerian government bans importation of ‘I pass my neighbour’ generators

The Federal Government has placed a ban on the importation of small generators popularly known as ‘I pass my neighbour.’

Controller,

Pirates free Lithuanian sailors

VILNIUS — Pirates have released two Lithuanian sailors abducted off the coast of Nigeria in mid-October, Government Vice-Chancellor Rimantas Vaitkus confirmed to BNS Lithuania on Friday.
According to information available to BNS, the two abducted Ukrainian citizens were also freed.
“We were just notified by the shipowner that the hostages have been freed,” said Vaitkus.

The released Lithuanian citizens are now undergoing medical tests in a local hospital and are in good condition, the vice-chancellor cited the shipowner as saying.
Officials of the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry expect to contact the Lithuanian sailors shortly.

The Solarte vessel,

Nigeria's oil output could fall by 2017 unless investments boosted-Moody's

LAGOS Nov 18 (Reuters) - Nigeria's oil output could drop by as much as 15 percent by 2017 unless the government attracts more investment and resolves cash shortages at state oil firms, a senior Moody's analyst said on Wednesday.

Africa's biggest economy produces about 2.1 million barrels per day of oil with foreign and local companies through production sharing contracts and joint ventures.

But projects have been held up because state-oil firm NNPC needs parliamentary and regulatory approval to spend anything. Officials and lawmakers are often six months late in giving their assent, making proposals irrelevant as costs exceed the original budgets. As a result, unpaid bills have been piling up.

"By 2017,

Ex-Nigerian Official Accused of Siphoning Billions

Charged with illegal possession of weapons and acts that pose potential harm to national security, gormer National Security Adviser Sambo Dasuki, right, arrives at the Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria, Sept. 1, 2015.

Nigeria's president has ordered the arrest of a former national security adviser who is accused of stealing billions of dollars meant to buy weapons for the fight against Boko Haram militants.

Witnesses tell VOA's Hausa service that police have surrounded the house of Sambo Dasuki in the capital,

Nigeria security aide ordered arrested in $5.4B weapons scandal

Thousands of deaths could have been avoided if money for arms to fight Boko Haram had not been diverted, says President Muhammadu Buhari. It is alleged that a former national security adviser, Sambo Dasuki, is linked to phantom contracts for $2.9 billion worth of war materials that were never supplied.

ABUJA, NIGERIA—Nigeria’s leader has ordered the arrest of the former president’s national security adviser for allegedly stealing billions of dollars meant to buy weapons to fight Boko Haram Islamic extremists rampaging across northeast Nigeria.

“Thousands of needless Nigerian deaths would have been avoided” if the money had been properly spent,

Kano, Yola bomb attacks: Buhari vows to wipe out Boko Haram in Nigeria

President Muhammadu Buhari has strongly condemned the suicide attacks which took place in Yola on the evening of Tuesday, November 17 and in Kano today, which claimed many lives and left scores injured.

The president in a statement by his Senior Special Adviser on Media,

Lai Mohammed, a dogged fighter – El-Rufai

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai

The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has described the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, as an experienced information manager, a dogged fighter and a dedicated nationalist who is committed to the advancement of Nigeria’s interests.

Speaking during a courtesy visit to the Minister in his office in Abuja on Wednesday,

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari Orders Arrest of Former National Security Adviser

Top Nigerian official 'stole $US2bn'

The Nigerian President has ordered the arrest of the former national security adviser amid claims he stole $US2 billion through dodgy contracts.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the arrest of the former national security adviser, accusing him of stealing about $US2 billion ($A2.81 billion) through phantom arms contracts and hampering the fight against Boko Haram militants, his office said.

The arrest order is part of a campaign by Buhari,

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