Beyond the Headlines
The Federal Government has ordered an investigation into the alleged missing N2.67bn meant for feeding school pupils during the COVID-19 lockdown. Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, announced this in a statement on Tuesday. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, (ICPC) had raised the alarm N2.67 billion released to 104 Unity Colleges during […]
A former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, has challenged the justice Benjamin Iheaka led panel probing contracts awarded during his tenure to the tune of N106 billion. The said panel, which indicted the ex-Governor, has asked him to refund the said amount, which it claimed was fraudulently expended on fictitious contracts. But Okorocha, […]
…Urges Gov. Uzodinma To Recover All The Judicial Commission of Enquiry on Contracts awarded in Imo State between 2006 and 2019 has submitted its report to Governor Hope Uzodimma and recommended that those who played key roles in the contract awards that turned out to be a scam and which the enquiry had uncovered be […]
The anti-graft agency, EFCC, on Monday, explained why it is yet to re-arraign a former Abia State governor, Uzor Kalu, for theft of public funds and money laundering, five months after a Supreme Court order. Mr Kalu, who is the current Senate chief whip, representing Abia North, had served about six months in prison for […]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Professor Yemi Osinbajo to “follow the good example of Mr Yombe Dabai Samaila, deputy governor Kebbi state, by immediately publishing their asset declaration forms.” Mr Samaila while responding to SERAP’s suit had last week forwarded his asset declaration form to the organization. […]
Former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Malam Abdulrasheed Maina has said that he knew how to use his technical expertise and patriotism to recover the sum of ten billion US Dollars for the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari within 30 days. Aliyu Musa,Media, aide to Abdulrasheed Maina, in a statement, stated that […]
Bello Matawalle, governor of Zamfara, says the previous administration in the state stole N107 billion from the treasury In a Twitter post on Thursday, Matawalle said the committee set up to probe financial mismanagement in the state made the discovery. The governor said his administration will recover the stolen funds. Although Matawalle did not give […]
Simon Karu, a member of the house of representatives from Gombe state, says he and his colleagues receive a sum of about N9.3 million monthly. Karu said although the salary of a legislator in the lower legislative chamber is N800,000, they receive N8.5 million as “running cost”. The total take-home pay of members of the […]
A High Court in Abuja on Wednesday struck out the fraud allegation case against Deputy Chief of Staff to Osun State Governor, Prince Adeyanju Binuyo. The Inspector General of Police had in a charge marked CR/975/2020 sued Binuyo before the court. At the trial, none of the parties were present. One Rimamsote Ezekiel had appeared […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday called its first witness in the money laundering trial of former Speaker Adeyemi Ikuforiji of the Lagos State House of Assembly. Ikuforiji is charged with N338.8 million money laundering. He is facing trial alongside his former Personal Assistant, Oyebode Atoyebi, on 54-count bordering on the offences. […]
