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Sporadic gun shots and bomb explosions are being heard in some parts of Damaturu, Yobe State just two days after Nigeria’s new National Security Adviser; Col. Sambo Dasuki visited the town.

A source in Nyanyah, in Damaturu told our correspondent on phone, “Shooting is still going on and gun shots as well. We are all home now and do not know what will happen.”

The State Commissioner of Police Patrick Egbenife confirmed tense situation in the area, and that both the Joint Task Force and the police have been deployed to the area.

All calls put across to the leader of JTF Col. Dahiru Abdulsalam were not returned.

Courtesy Sahara Reporters

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An Ethiopian teenager who was part of the Olympic torch relay has gone missing from a hotel in Nottingham.

Natnael Yemane, 15 was a torchbearer as part of an official international programme team as the relay entered the city on Thursday.

Police said he left the Jurys Inn, Waterfront Plaza, at about 21:15 BST and did not return.

Officers added they were concerned for his well being as his English is limited and he is not “street-wise”.

The teenager is described as black, 5ft 8ins (1.73m) tall, and of thin build.

He has cropped Afro hair and was last seen wearing faded dark jeans, a green and yellow camouflage hooded jacket and black trainers with a white stripe.

He was one of 20 young people selected through Locog’s International Inspiration programme who ran in two teams on Thursday.

One torchbearer was selected from each of the 20 countries which are part of the programme, from Azerbaijan to Zambia.

International Inspiration is London 2012′s international legacy programme which provides sport and play opportunities to more than 12 million children in 20 countries around the world.

Courtesy BBC

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The United States Justice Department has seized $ 400,000 from former Bayelsa State governor and Presidential adviser, DSP Alameieyeseigha. The seizure came in the form of a forfeiture execution order, and also targets a $600,000 home owned by the former governor in Maryland, USA. The home is in the same area where other Nigerian politicians with questionable sources of income also own several homes.

The Justice department is calling the forfeiture order a landmark victory under a new initiative aimed at seizing US assets bought by the proceeds of corruption.

According to a press release by US Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer the seizure sends a strong message about the US no-nonsense policy stance on corruption.

He said, “With a declared income of less than $250,000, Mr. Alamieyeseigha accumulated millions of dollars worth of property over a six-year period, today’s announcement – the first forfeiture judgment obtained under our Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative – sends a powerful message about the United States’ commitment to rooting out corruption far and wide.”

Alamieyeseigha’s troubles with foreign law enforcement began in 2005, when he was arrested by the London Metropolitan Police in Heathrow and found to have $1,600,000 in cash in his house. He was the then governor of Bayelsa state and current President Jonathan was then serving as his deputy.

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Investigations by Police detectives into the $620,000 oil subsidy bribe money collected by Mr Farouk Lawan from oil magnate, Mr. Femi Otedola, have unearthed a wider financial scandal.

It was gathered that oil marketers who were indicted in the report recently submitted to the government by the Aigboje Aig-Imoukuede-led panel that probed the fuel subsidy claims allegedly paid about $10 million as bribe to Lawan committee.

Sources reliably say that while the panel uncovered fraudulent over payments to many of the oil marketers to the tune of N422 billion, all the oil marketers involved and indicted were invited and interrogated by the Lawan committee but were given a clean bill of health.

80% bribe money collected abroad:

It has now emerged that the oil marketers gave bribes in foreign currency to the tune of about $10 million and that over 80 per cent of the bribes given were done abroad as the oil marketers, acting in partnership, sponsored some of the leaders of the House subsidy probe panel to the UK and the US, lodged them in choice hotels and gave them the bribes which influenced their being cleared of any fraudulent practice by the committee.

Sources say that the decision of the oil marketers to give out such huge bribes to the House committee was to enable them use the clean bill of health report card, given by the House, to counter the report that would be presented by the Finance Committee panel.

According to sources, police detectives were shocked to find out that the amount of bribe money collected by the Lawan subsidy probe panel to over N15 billion while many House members who hitherto pretended to know nothing of the $620, 000 collected by Farouk, and even lambasted him over the $3 million scam, are neck deep in the $10 million scam.

The marketers were said to have settled for the Farouk committee because the Aig-Imoukuede panel was a no go area and bluntly told them they were not interested in taking bribes to influence their finding.

Reps summon Otedola to appear on July 3:

Meanwhile, the House of Representatives Committee on Ethics and Privileges has summoned Chairman of Zenon Petroleum and Gas Ltd, Mr. Femi Otedola, to appear before it on July 3.

This was disclosed, yesterday, by the chairman of the committee, Gambo Musa, while briefing newsmen on the proceedings of the committee which interrogated Farouk Lawan over Otedola’s allegation that Lawan collected $620,000 as part of the $3 million bribe he had demanded.

Musa said this had become necessary to enable Otedola respond to some of the revelations made by Lawan when he appeared before the committee.

Lawan who arrived the House Meeting room 4.59, venue of the hearing, at exactly 1.05pm looked relaxed in his white caftan with a white hat to match. However, shortly after saying the prayers and reading his opening speech, Musa ordered journalists out of the venue of the hearing.

In his opening remarks, Musa recalled how the House reconvened early last January, to address the issue of the Federal Government’s withdrawal of fuel subsidy which had sparked off nation-wide protests. He also recalled how the House had set up the Adhoc Committee led by Lawan to probe the fuel subsidy regime and its disbursement adding that the Committee’s report had attracted applause nation-wide after it was submitted.

He further recalled how the activities of the Committee had taken a new twist after Otedola had alleged he gave Lawan $620,000 as bribe for the purpose of delisting Zenon Petroleum and Gas Ltd. from companies indicted for diverting foreign exchange allocated to them by the CBN for the purpose of importing petroleum products.

Musa further stated that it was the responsibility of the Committee to unravel what actually transpired during its investigations. He had explained that Lawan had to be interrogated in camera to avoid jeopardizing the Committee’s investigations

Courtesy Vanguard Newspaper

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The Lagos State emergency Management Agency, LASEMA has issued an instruction to the residents of 38/40 Shogbamu street, Ita Bale bus-stop Bariga to vacate the building immediately. This follows the professional observation that the building is about to collapse.

The General Manager, Dr Oke-Osanyintolu however has assured that his Agency, LASEMA and other stakeholders has been put on alert.

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A female Army officer and three other personnel of the Oyo State Security Outfit, “Operation Burst,’’ on Thursday died  in a ghastly motor accident on the UI-Sango Road in Ibadan, the state capital.

The incident,  which involved an `Operation Burst’ patrol van and a commercial vehicle, occurred in the early hours of Thursday.

The driver of the patrol van was said to have lost control and veered off the road, hitting an electric pole and an on-coming vehicle.

Aside the four who died, four other persons, including two civilians, one army officer and one policeman, were conveyed to University College Hospital (UCH) for treatment.

One of them, it was learnt, was still in critical condition.

Gov. Abiola Ajimobi had already visited UCH  to ascertain the level of casualty in the accident.

Ajimobi said that government would foot the medical bills of  those injured.

The governor was accompanied by the General Officer Commanding, 2 Mechanised Division, Nigerian Army, Ibadan, Maj-Gen.  M. D. Abubakar and the state Director of State Security Service, Mr Charles Ugwu.

Also in the entourage were the state Commissioner for Health, Dr  Muyiwa Gbadegesin, the Chief of Staff, Dr Adeolu Akande and other top government officials.

The governor also  promised  that the state government would  offer  UCH some form of assistance.

While at the emergency ward of the hospital, the governor pledged that government would assist  the hospital procure some vital signs monitors which  were in short supply.

“Even though UCH is a federal health institution, because it is in Oyo State and it is for the benefit of the people of the state, we will assist you in the procurement of some of the equipment,” he said.(NAN)

 

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