The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has sent the names of those appointed into the board of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to the appropriate Committee for screening. During Wednesday’s plenary, the Senate President forwarded the names of the nominees to the Committee on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes for legislative action.
Recall that in a letter dated September 17, 2021, read by Lawan on Tuesday, President Buhari asked the Senate to confirm the Secretary and Board members of the EFCC.
¶ In Manhattan, the University of Kentucky basketball team, No. 1 in the nation, over Illinois, 76-74 (in the closing seconds), for the Eastern N.C.A.A. title. ¶ In Kansas City, Kansas State’s basketball team over Oklahoma A. & M., the nation’s No. 2 team, 68-44, for the Western N.C.A.A. title and the right to meet Kentucky this week.
¶ In the National Hockey League, Detroit, Toronto, Montreal and Boston, places in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
The Peoples Democratic Party presidential campaign organisation yesterday warned the leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to stop insulting Yoruba Obas.
In a statement yesterday by the director of media and publicity of the PDP, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, he ridiculed the APC for resorting to “guerilla journalism” through the establishment and operation of the illegal Radio Chanji at a secret location outside the country.
According to Fani- Kayode, “There are three areas which we wish to touch on today and which give us cause for concern.
The usually pugnacious batsman, 31, repeatedly struggled to talk and tears ran down his face as he apologised to fans, team-mates, his family and the Australian public. But he also evaded questions about whether the ball-tampering plot was his idea, whether it was the first time, who else was aware of it and whether he had been made a scapegoat. Warner, 31, told a media conference in Sydney: "
Two prisoners were killed at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman on Monday night. It’s the latest deadly incident at the prison, which has been dealing with stretches of violence in the past few weeks.
The Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) says an altercation between multiple inmates left Timothy Hudspeth, 35, and another inmate with fatal injuries. The second inmate was not named, pending notification of his family.
“The safety of staff and prisoners at Parchman is our immediate priority, and we are working hard to restore and maintain order,” Interim MDOC Commissioner Tommy Taylor said in a statement sent to TIME.