…seizes N16b from Ministry of Agriculture The Chairman , Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission , Prof Bolaji Owasanoye, said the agency has discovered N 2. 67 billion meant for the school feeding programme in private accounts . The agency, he added , also found over N 2. 5b diverted by a deceased […]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari requesting him to “instruct Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation to take immediate steps to expeditiously, diligently, effectively and fairly prosecute high-profile corruption cases, and to publish details of the whereabouts of allegedly […]
A General Court Martial convened by the Nigerian Airforce to try four Airforce personnel including one Flight Lieutenant, one Flying Officer, one Master Warrant Officer, has found all the officers guilty of misappropriating the sum of #41million and sentenced them to 21 years imprisonment while the most senior officer, a Flight Lieutenant will lose 6 […]
The Police at Force headquarters on Friday paraded 17 suspects including School Principals, Teachers and Supervisors who were caught engaging in examination malpractices during the last West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) in the country. The 17 suspects were arrested from Kano, Bauchi, Nasarawa and Rivers state. while other suspects nabbed for similar malpractices in Delta, […]
The Attorney- General of the Federation , Abubakar Malami ( SAN) , has written a letter to the Presidential panel probing the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu. Malami, who is also the Minister of Justice , told the panel led by Justice Ayo Salami that he would not […]
Zamfara Government says it has alerted security agencies to track the whereabouts of over N37 billion refunds on Federal Government projects executed by the state. Alhaji Rabiu Garba, the state Commissioner of Finance, announced this while addressing journalists in Gusau on Tuesday. Garba alleged that the immediate past administration led by former governor, Abdulaziz Yari […]
Several leaked documents have revealed how the world ’ s biggest banks enable criminals to launder money around the world . The documents showing about $2tn of transactions are popularly called FinCEN files. The BBC reports that the FinCEN files are more than 2, 500 documents , most of which were files that banks sent […]
More startling revelations have come out of the ongoing screening of all categories of civil servants in Niger State as 80 per cent of staff of the state Ministry of Education have been uncovered to be in the service for several years with forged certificates. Already, the principal actor of a syndicate behind printing of […]
The Kogi State Government has written a letter to the United States Government, protesting against the recent visa ban imposed on politicians suspected to have rigged the November 2019 election in the state. The US had on Monday imposed a visa restriction on some individuals for allegedly rigging the November 2019 governorship polls in Kogi […]
Niger State Government has discovered 333 dead civil servants are still receiving salaries in the state, barely a week after it announced the dismissal of 80 civil servants The civil servants, who have been confirmed dead, have been on the payroll of the state for the past two years. Commissioner for Works Ibrahim Panti, Chairman […]
