TINUBU CONGRATULATES BELLO SHAGARI ON ELECTION AS NAMYO CHAIRPERSON
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated Muhammed Bello Bala Shagari on his election as Chairperson of the Non-Aligned Movement Youth Organisation (NAMYO) for the 2026–2029 term.
The President described the election as a significant achievement for Nigeria and a recognition of Shagari’s contributions to youth development and international engagement.
In a statement by the Special Adviser to the President (Information & Strategy), Bayo Onanuga, the President said Shagari, a former Vice Chairperson of NAMYO for Africa and President of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, is expected to use his new position to promote youth cooperation, peace, sustainable development and the aspirations of the Global South.
The statement notes that the Federal Government remains committed to creating opportunities for Nigerian young people to participate meaningfully in national development and take on leadership responsibilities at home and internationally.
The President urged Shagari to uphold the principles of service, inclusiveness and mutual respect as he leads the organisation, wishing him a successful tenure and assuring him of the Federal Government's support.
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would love to be chosen for my mother’s sake. She has sacrificed so much for me, and taking her for Umrah would be a dream come true and a heartfelt way to honour her. May Allah make this opportunity ours. 🤲🏽❤️
I have one extra seat to give away on the inaugural direct Saudia Airlines flight from Abuja to Jeddah (Umrah) and I am taking a lucky person to join me on this historic journey. Tell me why you should be the lucky person. Make it compelling and who knows, you might just be the one joining me on the inaugural flight to Jeddah. Good luck!
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Alleged $1.3m, N746.6m Humanitarian Ministry Fraud: Court Issues Arrest Warrant against Sadiya, Perm Sec
Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court Abuja on Thursday, April 16, 2026 issued a warrant of arrest against a former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Faruoq and a Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Bashir Nura Alkali.
Farouq and Alkali are scheduled to be arraigned on Thursday before the court but failed to appear. Only the third defendant, Sani Nafiu Mohammed was present in court.
The trio are to be arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on a twenty-one count charge bordering on breach of trust, abuse of office, fraudulent award of contract and conversion of public funds of about $1,300,000( One Million, Three Hundred Thousand United States Dollars, and N746,574,303( Seven Hundred and Forty Six Million, Five Hundred and Seventy Four Naira, Three Hundred and Three Naira)
Count one of the charge reads: “That you Sadiya Umar Farouq, While being Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, and Bashir Nura Alkali while being the permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, between 8 May 2021 and 22 September 2022, in Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, and in such capacity entrusted with certain property to wit, an aggregate sum of $1,300,000.00(One Million, Three Hundred Thousand Dollars), committed criminal breach of trust in respect of the said property when you fraudulently converted the said sum to your personal benefit and which sum was meant to be refunded to the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development by Visual ICT Limited, being excess funds paid by the Ministry under National Social Safety Net Coordinating Office (NASSCO) for the validation of Rapid Response Register beneficiaries and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 315 of the Penal Code and Punishable under the same Section.”
Prosecution counsel, Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, informed the court that the charge had been filed since December 15, 2025, but the first and second defendants could not be served.
“We could not arraign them on 15 December, because we could not produce them but their lawyers in court promised that they would produce the defendants but we didn’t see them until your lordship made an order for the state service. The defendants have now been served, my lord, only the third defendant has reported to the Commission when his surety was contacted. The third defendant’s surety is also in court", he said.
Rotimi further informed the court the first defendant wrote to the Commission that she was going for a medical check-up in Saudi Arabia in 2024 and her passport was released to her for the medical check-up.
“My lord, since that passport was released to her, she has not returned the passport to the Commission . We do not have the medical report in Saudi Arabia till date. Only this morning, my friend served me with an affidavit of fact, the learned senior counsel for the first defendant, wherein the deponent claimed that the first defendant took ill, my lord, all the medical reports which my friend attached to the affidavit of facts were issued after the charge had been filed. No medical report was issued or shown to us for the approved journey and the release of her passport”, he said
Counsel to the first defendant, Abdul Ibrahim, SAN, informed the court that the reason for her absence was ill health. He also prayed the court to accept an affidavit of fact he sought to tender, but the court rejected the application.
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Imagine! So if an Igbo cannot drink beer in kano central there's no unity? What version of thinking you're using?it's seems you have distinction for MUMU , ethnicity and religious jingoism is spinning into ur head#abeg getat#
So Kenneth, out of all the great things the Igbo can be proud of, the only thing that comes to your mind is allowing you to drink beer in Kano Central? The kind of unity I was referring to has been happening for decades in Kano.
For example, when an Igbo man forcefully left his businesses in Onitsha due to the negative impact of your stupid and misguided “stay at home” order and relocated to Kano with his family.
He would within weeks buy land in Jaba or Panisau, both very well situated in Kano Central, to build his house, enrol his children in any school of his choice, and be allocated a shop at the famous Sabon Gari market to run his business from Monday to Saturday without anyone threatening his life or that of his family.
This is the kind unity I was talking about, Kenneth.