Yakubu Gowon, a former military head of state, has described allegations that he looted half of the Central Bank of Nigeria as “rubbish”. Tom Tugendhat, a member of the United Kingdom parliament, had accused Gowon of looting Nigeria’s treasury when he left office. Speaking at the UK parliament committee debate on a petition on the […]
An investigator with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Olamide Sadiq said that former Senate President Bukola Saraki used Kwara state money to acquire two choice properties in Lagos. The properties are at 17 and 17A McDonald Road, Ikoyi, Eti-Osa Local Government Area. Saraki was former governor of Kwara State, between 2003 and 2011. […]
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has defended former Military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, saying he never took half of Central Bank with him to London. A British parliamentarian, Tom Tugendhat, had on Monday alleged that Gowon took half of the money in Central Bank with him to London when he was overthrown in […]
A High Court sitting in Akwa Ibom State has issued a Bench Warrant for the arrest of a Professor of the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State over his alleged involvement in electoral fraud during the 2019 general elections. The professor, Ignatius Uduk, is accused of trying to rig the 2019 Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial […]
The trial of former Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu, and his then Chief of Staff, Umar Nasko, has suffered a setback at the Federal High Court in Minna, the state capital. Their trial could not hold on Monday as it was noted that the representative of Nasko’s counsel, Mamman Osman, had filed an application for […]
The head of African football Ahmad Ahmad has been suspended by FIFA for five years for corruption, the global governing body announced on Monday. Ahmad, from Madagascar, has been president of the African Football Confederation (CAF) since March 2017 and was standing for re-election when FIFA banned him for “governance issues”. In their statement, FIFA […]
KWARA State Land Bureau Director General, Bolaji Edun, has told the state Judicial Panel on Assets Recovery that the administrations of Bukola Saraki and AbdulFatah Ahmed sold several plots of land allocated in the 1980s for the construction of courtrooms in Ilorin. Mr. Edun added that the lands in theTanke area of Ilorin had been […]
President Muhammadu Buhari says he set up the panel to probe Ibrahim Magu, suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), because of “serious allegations” against the anti-graft agency. Speaking while receiving the report of the panel headed by Ayo Salami, retired president of the court of appeal, Buhari said his administration […]
Senate resident Ahmad Lawan on Thursday urged the nation’s anti-corruption agencies to beam their searchlights on operations of commercial banks. Lawan, in Abuja during his investiture and induction as Patron by the Chattered Institute of Forensic and Investigative Professionals of Nigeria, said: “It is not only in government agencies that we have this kind of […]
Operatives of Hisbah Board in Dala Local Government of Kano state have accused their commander, Suyudi Muhammad Hassan of diverting COVID-19 palliatives meant for distribution to staff. The items allegedly diverted were donated by Dala Local Government to be shared to the personnel of the command to help them cushion the effect of the COVID-19 […]
