The Auditor General of the Federation AuGF), Mr. Anthony Anyine, has queried the Foreign Affairs Ministry over N248 million alleged extra budgetary spending at the Nigerian Embassy in Berlin, Germany. He accused the embassy officials of expending the said sum in 2014 without recourse to the National Assembly. In its response to the query, the […]
A deputy director in the Sokoto State Civil Service, Mr. Aminu Abdullahi Mega, was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by the Sokoto State High court for defrauding the state government of N2.6 million. This is coming as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Sokoto Zonal Office re-arraigned Meng Wei Kun and Xui Kuoi, before […]
Some senators say they have uncovered 20 proposed electricity projects in Lau local government area, the LGA of Mamman Saleh, minister of power. The senate committee on power condemned the proposed projects during the 2021 budget proposal of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA). The lawmakers also accused the minister of uneven distribution of projects under […]
The lawsuit instituted against All Progressives Congress leader , Bola Tinubu, and tax consultancy firm , Alpha Beta Consulting , by a former Managing Director of Alpha Beta, Dapo Apara , has suffered a setback due to the burning of the Lagos State High Court in Igbosere in the wake of the EndSARS protests. Apara […]
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has punished a Corps Assistant Illiya Ibrahim of the Gwagwalada Division Abuja by dismissing him from the service in relation to the looting of Covid-19 palliatives discovered in a warehouse in Gwagwalada, Abuja. The Media Assistant to the Commandant General NSCDC, Ekunola Gbenga, disclosed this in a statement […]
Afolabi Ariyo, a former aide of Ex-Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, former House of Assembly member, Dayo Akinleye, and three others, have appeared before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrate Court for deliberately setting property ablaze during the #EndSars protest in the state. Others also arraigned on Tuesday were James David, Ajimoko Busola, and Oyin Filani. […]
In the aftermath of the looting spree that ensued as a result of the protests across the country, the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) is set to commence the investigation of the sources of looted items. This is in response to increasing public demands on the Commission to investigate and uncover […]
The Senate Public Affairs Committee has sustained the audit query issued to officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tel -Aviv , Israel. The 2015 audit query prepared by the Auditor – General of the Federation , Anthony Ayine , indicted officials of the Nigerian Embassy in Israel for alleged misappropriation of N 848m […]
The report of the Auditor General of the Federation , currently being considered by the Senate Public Account Committee, has indicted the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board for awarding N 7. 3bn without recourse to due process . The AuGoF , Anthony Ayine , submitted the report to the leadership of the Senate , which […]
Nosa Onaghise: jailed for 51 months and to refund $1,869,419 Nosa Onaghise, a 33 year-old Nigerian residing in Austin, Texas has been sentenced to 51 months in US federal prison for his participation in a conspiracy that laundered more than $1.7 million. Onaghise was sentenced for his role in a conspiracy that laundered more than […]
