As part of its ongoing probe of purchase of vehicles by the Oyo State House of Assembly, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has frozen the bank account of the Director of Finance and Accounts (DFA) of the Assembly, TribuneOnline reports. Specifically, the EFCC placed a Post-No-Debit (PND) on the account of the DFA […]
The Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, on Saturday said nothing would stop him from the recovery of Imo properties forcefully converted to personal ownership by top political leaders in the state. The Governor said this while interacting with a cross-section of Imo Stakeholders at Eze Imo Palace in Owerri, to thank them for the restoration […]
The Oyo State Government on Wednesday said that it has uncovered 41 ghost workers in the state. The government said that all the 41 ghost workers would be removed from its payroll. It also noted that it has discovered 341 workers with irregular records. The Implementation Committee of the 2019/2020 Civil/Public Servants Audit and Payroll […]
The Senator representing Borno South Senatorial District in the upper chamber of the National Assembly, Ali Ndume, on Monday, applied to the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to formally discharge him as a surety in the matter against Abdulrasheed Maina. Recall that Maina, a former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, is […]
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, ordered the closure of the case of Abdulrasheed Maina, Chairman, defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT). Justice Okon Abang, who gave the order, also fixed Oct. 4 for parties in the case to adopt their final written addresses. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that […]
… As Abuja court issues criminal summons on the APGA factional guber candidate over alleged perjury, corruption, false assets declaration … His Anambra guber candidacy hangs in the balance By Ibe Pascal Arogorn The Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday issued a direct criminal summons against factional APGA Governorship candidate and former Governor […]
The Imo State Government on Tuesday sealed Rochas Foundation College, Orji, in Owerri, the state capital. According to the Punch, Government officials arrived at the location which is the old quarters of the staff of Imo Broadcasting Corporation and sealed it. Our correspondent, who visited the scene, saw that the massive property had been taken […]
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has said that the African Vision (Agenda 2063) will be a mirage if corruption was not decisively dealt with on the African continent. According to him, corruption has increased poverty and inequality on the continent. Bawa stated this on Monday, at the virtual meeting […]
Hundreds of supporters gathered in a show of solidarity for former South African president Jacob Zuma outside his Nkandla homestead Saturday, as the deadline looms for him to hand himself over. In an unprecedented ruling, Zuma was on Tuesday told by the constitutional court to hand himself over by Sunday to start a 15-month jail […]
Former Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo, on Tuesday, urged the Federal High Court, Abuja, to make an order setting aside the seizure and sealing of some of his property by the state government. Okorocha also asked Justice Ahmed Mohammed to restrain the defendants from investigating him or implement the recommendations of the seven panels set […]
