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Senate Summons NDDC Officials over N100Bn Contracts Scandal

Senate Public Accounts Committee has summoned officials of the Niger Delta Development Commission on contracts scandal of over N100 billion.
It relied on special periodic checks on the activities and programmes of the NDDC for January 1, 2013 to June 30, 2018.
Speaking during committee meeting, Senator Matthew Urhoghide, chairman, said the Committee has invited the NDDC to come and appear on Wednesday.
The chairman added that the Committee will personalise any refund that is traceable to any individual during the Investigative Hearing.
Speaking further, Urhoghide lamented that it is painful that over N100 billion was spent on contracts in NDDC without justification for the spending.
Urhoghide said: “We have invited NDDC to come.
“They don’t have records of financial transaction.
“They will appear before us on Wednesday.
“They have 47 queries and we are going at the issue from 1 to 47 and we are going to personalise any refund.
“It is painful that N100 billion was spent without justification for it.
“We equally invite them for status enquiry on all revenue into their accounts.
“We are waiting for the NDDC.
“If they don’t come, we take necessary action against them.”
Some of the queries say: “It was observed that so many contractors were paid mobilisation fee to enable them to commence the execution of the projects awarded to them.
“Contrary to the terms and agreement some of the contractors bolted away after collection of the mobilisation fees.
“The surprising aspect of it was that this practice involved 626 contractors in which the sum of N61.4 billion was lost to fraudulent practices.
“Irregularities in the execution of contract awarded to SETRACO Nigeria Limited for the construction of Gbaregolor-Gbekbot-Ogulagha Road phase worth N16.1 billion.”
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Trump Ends Funding for Malaria, Other Global Health Programs

The Trump administration has ceased funding for roughly 5,800 global health programs, including those that support providing vaccines, life-saving medications, and emergency health care to millions of people around the world.

Donald Trump
On Wednesday, the U.S. State Department began sending out a wave of emails informing thousands of health groups, refugee camps, tuberculosis clinics, and polio vaccination projects that they would no longer receive funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), per the New York Times.
The funding was distributed to a wide range of programs, including those for HIV treatment, malaria prevention in Africa, and maternal health care in Nepal.
More major projects now canceled due to the funding cut include: a $90 million malaria prevention contract, a project in the Democratic Republic of Congo that provided water for 250,000 displaced people living in conflict zones, HIV care and treatment in Lesotho, Tanzania, and Eswatini run by Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, a $34 million medical supply management contract in Kenya, 87 shelters in South Africa that support thousands of women who have survived rape and domestic violence, a Yemen community health program in Yemen that identified malnourished children, and a severe acute malnutrition treatment project in Nigeria that serves millions of children and women.
“People will die, but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut,” Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi, executive director of the African Population and Health Research Center, said in a statement.
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NAFDAC Withdraws Registration of Artemether/Lumefantrine Oral Suspension over Stability Concerns

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has announced the discontinuation of the registration of Multi-Dose Anti-Malarial (Artemether/Lumefantrine) dry powder for oral suspension.

Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, director-general, NAFDAC,
The decision follows stability concerns, as studies have shown that the reconstituted formulations lose efficacy over time.
The announcement was made in a public alert No. 01/2025, released on the agency’s website.
NAFDAC confirmed that the suspension applies to all locally manufactured and imported Multi-Dose Artemether/Lumefantrine dry powder for oral use.
Consequently, the agency will no longer accept new applications, renewals, or variations for any local or imported Multi-Dose Artemether/Lumefantrine dry powder for oral suspension.
According to NAFDAC, stability studies revealed that reconstituted Artemether/Lumefantrine oral suspension becomes unstable after mixing, leading to a loss of efficacy.
“This loss can have severe health consequences, including treatment failure, increased risk of complications, and, in extreme cases, death,” the agency stated.
All NAFDAC zonal directors and state coordinators have been instructed to conduct surveillance and remove all affected products from circulation.
The agency has also directed importers, distributors, retailers, healthcare professionals, and caregivers to immediately halt the importation, distribution, sale, and use of these medications.
NAFDAC has urged healthcare professionals and consumers to report any suspected sale of these products or related substandard medicines to the nearest NAFDAC office or via the agency’s toll-free number: 0800-162-3322. Reports can also be submitted via email at sf.alert@nafdac.gov.ng.
Additionally, individuals are encouraged to report adverse reactions through the Med-Safety mobile app, available on Android and iOS, or via email at pharmacovigilance@nafdac.gov.ng.
NAFDAC confirmed that this notification would be uploaded to the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Surveillance and Monitoring System (GSMS) as part of its regulatory measures.
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EFCC Uncovers Use of Cryptocurrency in Illegal Arms Importation into Nigeria

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has revealed that cryptocurrency is being utilized as a means of payment for the importation of illegal arms into Nigeria.
Ola Olukoyede, chairman, EFCC, made the disclosure recently while receiving participants of the Executive Intelligence Management Course (EIMC) 18 of the National Institute for Security Studies (NISS), led by Director of Studies Hyginus Ngele, at the Commission’s headquarters.
Olukoyede said this development is one that everybody must take seriously.
“We are beginning to see the likelihood and propensity that many people are into the illegal importation of arms into the country using cryptocurrency as a means of payment. This is an area that must interest all of us.”
He expressed surprise at how bandits and insurgents have managed to sustain their activities over the years, stressing that the flow of small arms and light weapons across borders, along with the involvement of non-state actors in the illegal exploitation of minerals, compound the security threats.
He decried the fact that Nigeria has been besieged by various security challenges for nearly two decades, including insurgency, banditry, kidnapping for ransom, and farmer/herder clashes, which he partly attributed to the activities of non-state actors.
Specifically, Olukoyede noted that the role of non-state actors in exacerbating security and corruption challenges has not been fully examined.
“At the level of the EFCC, we have always been suspicious of the activities of non-state actors in areas where we face security challenges. In the Northeast, for instance, the activities of local and international NGOs have been under focus.
“This was a major impetus for the decision to mandate their registration with SCUML (Special Control Unit against Money Laundering), a department in EFCC, and a clear directive to notify the Commission on cash movements within the region,” he said.
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