Presidency to miss Oct 31 presentation of budget to Senate...Read It All On Tafia World

Presidency’s hope of presenting the N6.86 trillion 2017 Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly by October 31 has failed.

There were indications, earlier, that barring any change, President Muhammad Buhari would present estimates of the 2017 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the National Assembly before next Monday.
In preparation for the presentation on October 4, the President forwarded the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP), for 2017-2019, which explains fundamentals of government’s revenue and expenditure to the National Assembly in August before lawmakers embarked on their summer recess.
The MTEF is a precursor to the national budget.
The proposed MTEF/FSP for next year...read it here...

How EFCC Arrested Jonathan’s Former Aide, Dudafa And His Account Officer For N5.1bn Fraud...Read It All Tafia World

                                                                                                                  

A former aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Waripamo-Owei Dudafa is currently on trial for an alleged fraud of N5.1 billion.
Tunde Adeniyi, a Compliance Officer with Heritage Bank Plc, has narrated to a Federal High Court in Lagos how his colleague, Joseph Iwuejo, became a co-defendant with the former aide.
The Heritage bank official told...read it here...

Senate orders Customs to render 3 years account in 48 hours...Read It All On Tafia World

Less than 24 hours after Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun, revealed how revenue-generating agencies engage in “high level corruption” especially the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), which she described as “cohesive crooks hard to break,” Senate has commenced investigation into its activities.

The Senate Committee on Customs and Excise also dropped hints that after the Customs’ probe, it would beam its searchlight on the ports.
Nigeria’s Upper Legislative Chamber has given Customs 48 hours to provide records of waivers since 2013 and also details of how it handles seized cigarettes and alcohol, record of auctioned overtime and seized cargoes.
On Tuesday, the minister said revenue-generating agencies are frustrating government with “non-remittances” which she described as a big issue.”
Regardless, Senate, through its Committee on Customs and Excise, chaired by Hope Uzodinma, has launched a comprehensive probe into  Customs’ activities with the hope of blocking  revenue leakages and enhance generation.
Specifically, the committee has asked the NCS Comptroller-General, Col. Hameed Ali (retd), to submit the records of all waivers granted in the...read it here...

Banker hires assassins to kill her ex-husband...Read It All On Tafia World

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested two suspected hired-assassins and a female banker over failed attempt to assassinate her ex-husband identified as Tochukwu Onyebuchi.

The state Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu paraded the suspects at the command’s headquarters in Abeokuta on Wednesday.

He said the banker, Oluchi Tochukwu, hired the suspected criminals to assassinate her husband in his residence at Ayobo area of Lagos State.

Iliyasu named the two suspected assassins as Chigozie Smart (32) and Kingsley Ikechukwu (36).

He said they were intercepted and arrested on Oct. 19 at Ijebu-Ode while attempting to escape to Onitsha with the victim’s Range Rover Jeep.

He said Oluchi was arrested at Ayobo area of Lagos State.

He said, “One Oluchi, a 32-year-old banker, who is...read it here...

l crashed ‘flying’ from Benin to UK, says man found in Sapele river...Read It All On Tafia World

Sapele—A man, who confessed to newsmen that he was ‘flying’ from Benin Airport, Edo State, to attend a meeting in the United Kingdom, before watching a football match going on simultaneously in the coven, also in the United Kingdom, was, yesterday, discovered at Ajogodo River, Sapele, Delta State. Fuel finished in my ‘private jet.’ The self-confessed wizard said: “I was flying in with what is known in the physical realm as ‘Plantain Leaf,’ but it is actually my expensive private jet in the coven realm....read it here...

Protesting women tells EFCC to unfreeze mrs. Patience Jonathan account...Read It All On Tafia World

 PORT HARCOURT – Protesting women Thursday in Port Harcourt enjoined the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to unfreeze the accounts of Mrs Patience Jonathan, saying she needed the money to attend to her failing health.The women who were decked in black attire assembled at the premises of the anti graft agency in old GRA, Port Harcourt brandishing placards with various inscriptions condemning the action of the agency. The women who came under the aegis of Voice of Niger Delta Women, VONDW wondered why the anti graft agency would allegedly be unleashed on the family...read it here...

I CAN ACT NUDE-FRANK ARTUS...READ IT ALL ON TAFIA WORLD

With the kind of roles he plays in movies, not many will believe that the talented and handsome Frank Artus is quiet and introversive. But that’s the truth. Born to an Egyptian father and Liberian mother, Artus achieved stardom through Nigerian movies. And now, Lagos is like a home to him. In this interview, the light- skinned actor reveals how female fans often pester entertainers for sex as well as his plan of producing movies alongside his daughter.
Who is the real Frank Artus?
Frank Artus is a quiet and intelligent person by nature. He is more like an introvert; I’m not a sociable kind of person. I always stay indoor. I go out once in a while. Somebody met me one day and said: ‘Please, Frank, take me to this club’. Then I said: ‘I don’t know’. He was like...read it here...

WIZKID WALKED AWAY WITH THREE MAJOR AWARDS AS BEST ARTIST OF THE YEAR MTV AFRICA AWARDS 2016...TAFIA WORLD

The 2016 MTV Africa Music Awards took place on Saturday night at the Ticketpro Dome in Johannesburg, hosted by Bonang Matheba. It was a big night for Nigerian musicians as Wizkid walked away with three major awards namely: Artist of the Year, Best Male and Best Collaboration, while co-host, Nigeria’s Yemi Alade took home Best Female, while Tekno was named Best Breakthrough Act.South Africa also fared quite well as Cassper Nyovest picked up Best Live Act, while Emtee was deemed Best Hip Hop and Caster Semenya got the 2016 Person of the Year as Hugh Masekela was given the Lifetime

Achievement Award. Kenya didn’t disappoint either, as Sauti Sol got the award for Best Group. Again, Patoranking featuring Nigeria’s Wande Coal got the Song of the Year in partnership with Google with “My Woman, My Everything”. The Video of the...read it here...