Forgery: Fireworks begin as FG arraigns Saraki, Ekweremadu
lBuhari's aides, Senators, police to testify as witnesses Tunde Oyesina ABUJA
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egal fireworks begin today at the Abuja
High Court as the Federal Government arraigns the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu and two oth-
ers over alleged forgery of the Senate Standing Rules. The Federal Government had, last week, filed a two-count criminal charge
against Saraki, Ekweremadu, a former Clerk of the National Assembly, Salisu Maikasuwa and his deputy, Benedict Efe-
turi, bothering on criminal conspiracy and forgery. In the charge, Maikasuwa is listed as the first defendant, Efeturi (2nd defendant), Saraki (3rd deSaraki
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lPoor states: Yobe, Zamfara, Ekiti, Borno, Kebbi, Nassarawa, Taraba, Adamawa, Gombe, Jigawa, Bauchi, Imo, Katsina, Niger lRich states: Lagos, Rivers, Delta, Ogun, Edo }2 lLagos IGR dwarfs that of 32 states Ranking of States by 2015 internally generated revenue (IGR) compared to total federation account allocations from June 2015 - May 2016
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L-R: Founder, Linking Hands Foundation, Efe Farinre; father of conjoined twins, Ayeni Samuel Olusegun; PR & Communications Manager, Arik Air, Ola Adebanji; Associate Vice President, Marketing and Communications, Jide Alade and mother of the conjoined twins, Mrs. Ayeni Mary Abiodun, during a visit of Arik team to Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), to present return tickets to New York for the surgery…at the weekend.
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Gross Fed Allocation % of June 2015 - May 2016 IGR 178,549,361,363.13 150.2 130,712,237,312.44 62.8 144,706,571,893.61 28.2 60,070,767,635.93 57.6 66,041,595,150.93 28.9 59,609,485,755.91 30.3 84,044,983,198.03 18.6 63,654,309,711.92 23.2 173,902,779,602.28 8.5 117,852,408,096.50 11.5 59,049,491,133.09 23.0 58,145,094,691.02 23.0 83,447,953,776.39 13.8 49,400,218,495.52 22.3
LAGOS 268,224,782,435.23 RIVERS 82,101,298,408.43 DELTA 40,805,656,911.96 OGUN 34,596,446,519.52 EDO 19,117,468,369.25 ENUGU 18,081,014,527.00 OYO 15,663,514,824.73 ANAMBRA 14,793,120,188.67 AKWA IBOM 14,791,175,253.00 KANO 13,611,853,935.85 CROSS RIVER 13,567,122,507.38 ABIA 13,349,444,263.72 KADUNA 11,536,729,988.59 EBONYI * 11,032,472,512.00 (2004 IGR Figure) ONDO 10,098,000,000.00 71,491,617,166.92 BAYELSA 8,713,516,526.24 95,408,284,755.19 OSUN 8,072,966,446.00 66,005,570,597.93 BENUE 7,631,789,841.37 73,823,754,968.40 KWARA 7,178,922,182.76 52,384,587,394.46 PLATEAU 6,937,349,802.70 61,450,215,048.92 KOGI 6,776,580,756.17 67,200,907,459.88 SOKOTO 6,224,448,122.53 69,767,717,468.53 NIGER 5,975,149,921.86 74,851,989,994.10 KATSINA 5,791,008,741.00 88,880,271,506.43 IMO 5,472,581,634.18 71,694,047,410.89 BAUCHI 5,393,721,996.00 72,613,430,598.92 JIGAWA 5,081,424,105.40 73,065,332,210.82 GOMBE 4,784,605,861.47 49,802,580,045.16 ADAMAWA 4,451,736,117.84 62,295,543,772.58 NASSARAWA 4,281,701,806.50 50,554,539,364.39 TARABA 4,155,053,816.15 56,399,948,000.85 KEBBI 3,592,406,108.00 64,896,141,433.46 BORNO 3,530,261,222.31 78,717,920,659.55 EKITI 3,297,707,703.96 50,460,337,004.42 ZAMFARA 2,741,632,541.03 56,621,635,820.29 YOBE 2,251,330,427.39 57,470,687,526.03 FCT (LGCS) 19,187,636,773.79 TOTAL 682,673,5 23,814.1 2,814,231,954,798.58
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