ASA Reporters

google.com, pub-9820276073479546, DIRECT, f08c47fec0942fa0 <script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-9820276073479546"      crossorigin="anonymous"></script> Many ranking lawmakers who have spent over a decade each in the National Assembly will not be returning in 2023 when the 10th Assembly will be constituted, Daily Trust reports. While some of them, both in the Senate and House of Representatives, are aspiring for other elective positions, some failed to secure the tickets of their parties to re-contest parliamentary elections, while others chose not to seek re-election based on the political exigencies they found themselves in. Prominent among such lawmakers in the senate are James Manager, Ike Ekweremadu, Eyinanya Abaribe, Ahmad Lawan and Oluremi Tinubu. In the House of Representatives, there are a former Speaker, Yakubu Dogara; Deputy Minority Leader, Toby Okechukwu; Ossai Nicholas O...

google.com, pub-9820276073479546, DIRECT, f08c47fec0942fa0 <script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-9820276073479546"      crossorigin="anonymous"></script> THE AFTERMATH OF ARRESTING AND CALLING AN ACCOUNTANT TO ACCOUNT. By Bala Ibrahim. Nigeria is in trouble, but perhaps many would not understand until later, because, calling an accountant to account, comes with chronic consequences, especially for PMB, who made the fight against corruption his major campaign focus. The breaking news last night, and one that is trending now is that, the Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, has been arrested. According to reports, Ahmed Idris was arrested over alleged money laundering and diversion of at least N80 billion in public funds, which was allegedly laundered through some bogus contracts. N80 billion?  Am not good with maths, so I cant easily interpret the number of zer...