Sentences with phrase «of arms procurement»

The BBOG said Buhari should direct the Attorney - General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to set up a special desk with the responsibility for fast - tracking the trials of the arms procurement funds fraud.

Acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has said that the Commission will leave no stone unturned in the effort to recover public funds that have been stolen in the guise of arms procurement in...

Not exact matches

The deal puts the defense tech company in a strong position as it bids for the right to upgrade the U.S.'s ground - based arsenal of Minuteman III nuclear - armed missiles, a procurement program with a value estimated at over $ 60 billion over its expected lifetime.

That leaves Genting New York (which is the local arm of a Malaysian - based gaming operation) as the last bidder standing, but it still has to go through the procurement review process, according to a Lottery spokeswoman.

In France, interestingly, it is the government which so far has shied away from asking for the procurement of armed drones and recently took the decision to procure the unarmed «Heron TP».

This gets a lot of ridicule from non-conservatives in the United States, but any serious discussions regarding repeals of the second amendment will run into the problem of safely confiscating fire arms from a population that does believe in this right (hence why non-conservatives try to make weapons procurement more difficult but only hardliners discuss out and out banning of it).

The two major objections brought forward against the procurement of armed drones are that it (1) might make warfare «too easy» and thereby increase the likelihood of wars and (2) that these UAVs could be used for targeted killing campaigns as carried out by the CIA in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia.

But 2013 has been a year full of drone news, and Germany happened to be in the middle of a discussion on the procurement of armed drones, further increasing interest in the Euro Hawk.

In Germany, meanwhile, Chancellor Angela Merkel saw a small UAV flown by protesters crash - land in front of her at a political event, and a group of protesters staged a protest during a German parliamentary debate on the procurement of armed drones for the Bundeswehr.

«Findings have further shown that very few claims of the firms involved in arms procurement have so far been verified while nothing is being done on others.»

He said: «The Presidency set up a presidential committee on armed procurement and the Office of the National Security Adviser also set up another verification committee to ascertain some of the claims.

It would recalled that the lower chamber of the National Assembly, mandated a Joint Committee on National Security and Intelligence and Public Procurement to investigate the Jon - Ode led Presidential Arms probe panel which was recently disbanded by the federal government.

The arm probe panel was inaugurated in 2015 by the Presidency to investigate procurement of hardware and ammunitions in the Armed Forces from 2007 to 2015 and to identify irregularities and make recommendations for streamlining the procurement process in the military.

Meanwhile, development emerging at the moment indicates that not all funds in Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) are related to arm procurement as being alleged.

Following his directive that the Boko Haram insurgency in the North East be brought to an end by December this year, President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the procurement of arms and equipment for the Nigeria Police Force to enable its officers -LSB-...]

I Was Never Invited by Arms Procurement Panel *** Says I Served Nigeria with the Best of Intention — Ex-NSA Dasuki Following damning revelations by the federal government alleging that former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki and some security Chiefs siphoned hundreds of millions of dollars meant for the purchase of arms and ammunition to -LSB-Arms Procurement Panel *** Says I Served Nigeria with the Best of Intention — Ex-NSA Dasuki Following damning revelations by the federal government alleging that former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki and some security Chiefs siphoned hundreds of millions of dollars meant for the purchase of arms and ammunition to -LSB-arms and ammunition to -LSB-...]

From the President who has refused to act on investigative reports submitted to him on grievous allegations of diverting over a billion naira meant for resettlement of Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal under the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) and the miraculous discovery of 13billion naira in an apartment at Ikoyi, Lagos under the supervision of the Director of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, to the Head of Service of the Federation, Oyo - Ita Winifred Ekanem, who connived with others to reinstate into active duty and promote Abdulrasheed Maina, the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, who allegedly stole over 6billion naira pension fund; the Chief of Staff to President Buhari now renamed the «Thief of Staff», Abba Kyari, who allegedly received a bribe of 500million naira to negotiate a fine reduction for MTN Nigeria, and has continuously been in the heart of every sharp practices in the Presidency; the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu who allegedly received a kickback of 3.8 billion naira in exchange for marginal oilfield using his brother, Dumebi Kachikwu as front; the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who was the brain behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai who during his time as the Director of Procurement at the Army Headquarters allegedly diverted funds meant to equip the Military into buying choice properties worth millions of dollar in Dubai; the Minister for Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who allegedly embezled State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) funds as the Governor of Ekiti State; the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau who was indicted by a Presidential investigative committee probing Arm procurement for awarding ghost contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with others while as the Chief of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one of the brains behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor of RiProcurement at the Army Headquarters allegedly diverted funds meant to equip the Military into buying choice properties worth millions of dollar in Dubai; the Minister for Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who allegedly embezled State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) funds as the Governor of Ekiti State; the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau who was indicted by a Presidential investigative committee probing Arm procurement for awarding ghost contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with others while as the Chief of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one of the brains behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor of Riprocurement for awarding ghost contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with others while as the Chief of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one of the brains behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor of Rivers State.

, who is also facing trial for allegedly diverting the funds meant for procurement of arms to fight the Boko Haram insurgency.

The anti-graft agency claimed that the money, which was paid to Ozekhome as legal fee by the Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose, was part of the N2.26 bn arms procurement fund, which a former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.)

Recall the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday arraigned Bello and his son, accusing them of collecting about N300m meant for procurement of arms for political campaigns but was received from the Office of the National Security Adviser under the guise of using it for «safe houses».

Dasuki insisted the 13 - man panel set up by Buhari to audit the procurement of arms and equipment in the Armed Forces and Defence sector from 2007 to date, never invited him (Dasuki) formally or informally to appear before it, wondering how it (the panel) came up with the interim report without hearing from him.

Dasuki was indicted by a presidential panel probing the procurement of arms in the armed forces from 2007 to 2015.

The ground of the motion was that Dasuki was undergoing investigation by the Committee Auditing Procurement of arms in the armed forces and defence sector between 2007 till date.

Before his new appointment Magu currently serves as a member of the investigative committee convened by National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Monguno on the orders of President Muhammadu Buhari to probe the procurement of arms in the Armed Forces from 2007 till now.

The anti-graft agency had alleged that the N75m which Fayose paid to Ozekhome was part of the N2.26 bn arms procurement funds, which a former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.)

While giving a detailed analysis of what transpired pertaining to the arms procurement, she said that Sambo Dasuki, former national security adviser (NSA), was part of a committee that deliberated on the use of repatriated funds looted by the late Sani Abacha, and that he requested for the deployment of about $ 322m for the military operations, which she processed after receiving assurances that the money would be well - managed.

In a release signed by Steven Chilaka, its «National Secretary» on Sunday, they wanted the Chief of Army Staff to be included among those indicted in the ongoing probe of abuse of funds meant for the procurement of arms simply because he was the Director of Procurement at the Defence Headquarprocurement of arms simply because he was the Director of Procurement at the Defence HeadquarProcurement at the Defence Headquarters (DHQ).

This is coming in the instance of the arms purchase committee constituted to audit the procurement of arms and equipment in the armed forces from 2007 to 2015.

Recently Dasuki denied ever receiving any formal or informal initiation to appear before an Investigative Panel on the Procurement of hardware and munitions in the armed forces.

I Was Never Invited by Arms Procurement Panel *** Says I Served Nigeria with the Best of Intention — Ex-NSA Dasuki Following damning revelations by the federal government alleging that former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki and some security Chiefs siphoned hundreds of millions of...

The Presidential Committee on Defence Equipment Procurement in the Nigerian Armed Forces has now invited three former Chiefs of Army Staff (COAS)-- Lt. - Gen.

In the light of the ongoing probe into the abuse of the $ 2.1 billion meant for procurement of arms, which has seen the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, indicting some eminent Nigerians, a group, Save the Nation Movement (STNM), had called for the probe of Buratai, saying he was the Director of Procurement at the Defence Headquarters (DHQ), between 20procurement of arms, which has seen the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, indicting some eminent Nigerians, a group, Save the Nation Movement (STNM), had called for the probe of Buratai, saying he was the Director of Procurement at the Defence Headquarters (DHQ), between 20Procurement at the Defence Headquarters (DHQ), between 2012 to 2015.

They were accused of complicity in the illegal diversion of $ 2.1 billion meant for the procurement of arms

«The investigation indicated that about $ 2.1 billion was inexplicably disbursed into the office of the National Security Adviser in procurement of arms to fight Boko Haram insurgency, but was not spent for the purpose for which the money was disbursed.»

In 2015, an interim report of the presidential investigations committee on arms procurement under the Jonathan administration revealed an extra-budgetary spending to the tune of N643.8 billion and an additional spending of about $ 2.1 billion under the Jonathan administration.»

Root - and - branch overhaul of procurement projects and more burden - sharing by NATO allies are also necessary but # 3bn extra in the defence budget should be part of a Conservative commitment to our nation's armed forces.

The EFCC accuse him of receiving N400 million from the former National Security Adviser, retired Col. Sambo Dasuki, believed to be part of a $ 2.1 billion meant for arms procurement allegedly diverted by Dasuki.

Others allegedly had one or two roles to play in the procurement of army equipment and other logistics and may have been indicted by the Chief of Army Staff's Committee that investigated arms, logistics and other procurements dating back to the tenure of former COAS, like Generals Owoye Azazi, Abdurahman Dambazau, Azubuike Ihejirika and KTJ Minimah.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has warned all those involved in the alleged sharing of the $ 2.1 bn cash meant for the procurement of arms...

«What did the NASS do for former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2014 when Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor's private jet which was stuffed with $ 9.3 million by Jonathan was smuggled out of Nigeria to South Africa for «procurement of arms»?

«Who appropriated the $ 9.3 million for Jonathan for the procurement of arms in South Africa?

PDP is a clean party that has not taken money meant for the procurement of arms and ammunition or from the Federal Government.

Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 dismissed the «no - case» submission brought by the embattled National Publicity Secretary of the People's Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh, who is standing trial on a 7 - count charge bordering on illegal diversion of funds meant for the procurement of arms preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

The EFCC preferred against Dasuki and four others before the court presided over Justice Baba - Yusuf 19 counts in which the defendants were accused of diverting about N32bn meant for arms procurement.

For the second time in two consecutive days, the Department of State Service failed to produce the immediate - past National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Maitama, Abuja, for the continuation of his trial on charges of alleged diversion of funds meant for procurement of arms.

Future threats, procurement, size and shape of the armed forces, support for veterans and their families and reform of institutions.

Nick Harvey, the Lib Dem defence spokesman during the election campaign, who is now armed forces minister, said in April: «Omitting the single largest procurement project from the strategic defence review makes a complete mockery of the whole exercise.»

The judge confirmed this on Tuesday during the resumed trial of Metuh and his company, Destra Investments Limited, on seven counts of money laundering involving alleged cash transaction of $ 2m and fraudulent receipt of N400m meant for procurement of arms from the Office of the National Security Adviser.

(Later, an Iraqi gallery owner laid out her own spectrum of dubious wealth: arms, drugs, and blood diamonds were very bad; pharmaceuticals were on the fence; tax evasion and corruption through contracting and procurement were unremarkable; robber barons and industry titans were business as it's always been.)

The banks, oil trading companies, financial institutions, regulators, arms procurement companies, offshore financial centres and governments that were involved in this sage must ensure that the middlemen and government officials that personally enriched themselves with the wealth of the Angolan state must not be allowed to do so again.