Dankano on Monday in Abuja said that many of the prisoners were in the Asian-pacific region for drug-trafficking related offences.
Showing posts with label Abroad. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Abroad. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
15,316 Nigerians in various prisons abroad – official
Dankano on Monday in Abuja said that many of the prisoners were in the Asian-pacific region for drug-trafficking related offences.
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Video: Are Nigerians Returning From Abroad adding value Or Hurting Nigeria?
But what do Nigerians who've remained in the united states think - are those returning home helping or hurting?
Continue after the break.
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Agagu's Son, Feyi Agagu Flown Abroad As Situation Worsen
Inspite of the claims by aero medical experts last Friday that Feyi Agagu, a survivor of the October 3, Lagos plane crash and son of the late governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Agagu, was responding well to treatment, new reports say he was yesterday flown abroad for better medical attention.
Besides Feyi, another survivor of the air crash, simply identified as Akin, has already been transferred abroad for medical attention.
Besides Feyi, another survivor of the air crash, simply identified as Akin, has already been transferred abroad for medical attention.
Continue following the break.
Saturday, September 14, 2013
How Nigerians Die In the Desert seeking greener pastures abroad [Touching VIDEO]
Thursday, June 27, 2013
FG recovers £22.5m stolen assets abroad – Adoke
Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mr Mohammed Adoke, said on Thursday that his ministry had recovered more than twenty million pounds allegedly stolen from Nigeria’s coffers.
Adoke, who said this at the 2013 Ministerial Platform in Abuja, noted that the money was recovered from one Raj Arjandes Bhojwani, an Indian national and associate of late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha.
He said that the assets were recovered in 2011, adding that the ministry was able to recover and repatriate the money following its negotiations with the Island of Jersey.
“During the period under review, the ministry intensified its efforts to trace and repatriate Nigeria’s stolen assets abroad. “In this connection, we have maintained effective liaison and communication with targeted jurisdictions to keep pace with assets recovery proceedings in those jurisdictions.
“In 2011, our close liaison and negotiation with the Island of Jersey led to the recovery and repatriation of the sum of £22.5 million confiscated by the Royal Court of Jersey from Raj Arjandes Bhojwani, an Indian national and associate of General Sani Abacha on account of his money laundering transactions from Nigeria.“
Friday, June 21, 2013
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Akeem Sodeinde returns to Nigeria after successful treatment abroad
The Movida night club boss who has been battling diabetes and kidney related problems for a while now returned to Nigeria on Friday March 29th after treatment abroad. Friends who have seen him lately said he's recovering well and looking way better than before. There are also plans to re-open his club, Movida Night Club, which was shut down in February following his inability to run the place because of his ill health.
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Enugu state governor Sullivan Chime flown abroad again for medical treatment
There are reports making the rounds that two weeks after Enugu State Governor, Sullivan Chime returned to Nigeria after spending four months in a UK hospital, that he has been flown abroad again for medical attention. No word yet on when he traveled or the country he traveled to...
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Gov Idris Wada Rejects Treatment Abroad
Governor Idris Wada of Kogi State may not be flown abroad for the treatment of the injuries he sustained in the accident involving his convoy on Friday, his doctors have disclosed. Doctors at the hospital where the governor was receiving treatment hinted, yesterday, that Wada rejected the option of flying him abroad for further treatment after undergoing what was described as inter-locking nail surgery on his thigh broken in the crash.
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Austin Ndife, 21, Nigerian footballer dies of cardiac arrest abroad
Another Nigerian football player reportedly died of cardiac arrest in Nepal on Monday. The player identified as Austin Ndife, 21, was said to be in Nepal on trials and is yet to sign for any club. Reports say he had a heart problem for two weeks before he died while on admission at the Shahid Gangalal National Heart Centre, Bansbari.
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Nigerian Senate To Stop Kids Of Public Officials From Schooling Abroad
If a bill proposed by Senator Basheer Garba Mohammed succeeds, children of public office holders would be restricted from schooling abroad, except for specialized programmes or courses not offered in the nation’s educational institutions.
The bill among other objectives is aimed at restoring the nation’s public educational system by discouraging public officials from sending their children and wards to foreign schools.
Besides, senators have accused some committee heads of using their positions to influence the implementation of only constituency projects in their senatorial districts.
Mohammed noted that aside from neglect suffered by public schools, the desire of many public officials to educate their children overseas had been a major source of capital flight and brain drain. He stressed that in this regard, there was the need for the Senate to adopt drastic measures to rescue the ailing educational system.
“Today, in this digital age, the pupils sit on bare floor. You then ask, what manner of leaders of tomorrow are we producing? You may also ask, where are the children of senators, honourable members, ministers and governors? If our children attend such schools, can we afford to leave them in such a sorry state?”
The senator representing Kano Central stated that the country’s educational system had continued to suffer serious setbacks because political office holders and policy makers had given an impression that they had no confidence in the quality of education.
He described the bill as a patriotic call for sacrifice to restore confidence to the country’s educational sector.
“We should be proud of what we have and Nigeria cannot develop without a sound educational system. You cannot be a minister or commissioner of education or of health and refuse to patronize your own system and expect the system to improve”, Mohammed said.
The bill, however, proposed an option of a special tax for defaulters, which would be channelled toward revamping the ailing educational system in the public sector from primary through secondary to tertiary levels. According to the sponsor of the bill, the tax would be determined in due course.
Some senators yesterday accused the Works Committee headed by Senator Ayogu Eze (Enugu North) of giving priority to the projects earmarked for the South East geopolitical zone of the country.
Senator Ita Enang (Akwa Ibom North East) raised the matter when the Senate went into the Committee of the Whole to consider the report of the Committee on Works on the screening of Nnoli Nnaji for appointment as a member of the Governing Board of the Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA).
Shortly before Enang raised the matter, Senator Ahmed Lawan (Yobe North) had remarked that the committees on works in both the Senate and the House of Representatives are headed by lawmakers from Enugu State-Senator Ayogu Eze and Ogbuefi Ozomgbachi respectively. He prayed that despite the constitution of the committees in such a manner, other lawmakers should be carried along in the implementation of projects.
Senator Ita Enang, argued that the roads earmarked for repairs in the South East should not be done because there was no appropriation for them in the 2012 budget. He stressed that FERMA was not representative of the entire country because the membership was skewed in favour of a particular part of the country.
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