The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, has told Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State not to worry over the country’s rising debt profile because it is still within sustainable limits. She also said that the assertion made by the governor on the printing of N60 billion by the federal government […]
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano has accused his predecessor, Senator Rabi’u Kwankwaso, of leaving a liability of N54.4billion for the five kilometres road projects across the 44 Local Government Areas of the state. In a statement on Sunday, Ganduje said the state Executive Council had received the report of the “Technical Committee to assess the […]
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has reiterated the commission’s commitment to fighting corruption within the ambits of the law. Speaking in Kano during his maiden visit to the Zonal Office of the EFCC, Bawa said what distinguished the anti-graft agency at inception was strict adherence to the rule of […]
General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has called for drastic action against corrupt practices in all facets of Nigeria. The renowned cleric made the call on Saturday during a special meeting with all ordained ministers of the mission at RCCG, Region 21, Oyo State. Adeboye, who arrived RCCG […]
Some choice property seized by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) under interim forfeiture and investigations are now being used as accommodation and transit camps by their operatives and other security agencies in some parts of the country, Daily’s investigations reveal. Hotels and residential buildings on which permanent forfeiture orders are yet to be […]
Getting the Nigerian International Passport is now shrouded in corruption, racketeering and irregularities that see Nigerians paying 100 per cent more than the official fee, investigations by Daily Trust have shown. Some immigration officers use the shortage of passport booklets to extort applicants as checks at the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) passport offices in some […]
Former Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State is billed to face another round of interrogation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) again. This is coming barely two months after he faced several hours of questioning by the agency’s operatives over corruption allegation in February. PREMIUM TIMES reported in February that Mr Yari faced […]
The Ogun State Government says it took its diligence to discover an alleged hidden additional N50bn domestic debt left behind by the immediate-past administration of Senator Ibikunle Amosun. Abiodun said the figures given to it by Amosun’s administration did not capture the entire liabilities it left behind when the former governor left office in 2019. […]
*Court declines to interfere in bail granted him The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) has extended its ongoing investigation of a former Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Dibu Ojerinde, to his children. The ICPC, in a recent statement, claimed its operatives arrested […]
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has admonished the new Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (INEC), Abdulrasheed Bawa not to succumb to pressure to use the anti-graft agency to witch-hunt opposition politicians so as not to cast doubt on its credibility. His assertion came in the wake of the Court of Appeal’s acquittal […]
