Magu’s Lawyer Raises Nine Posers For Salami Panel
*Presidency asked to retain police in EFCC A lawyer, Wahab Shittu, has raised nine fresh posers for Justice Isa Ayo Salami Judicial Commission of Enquiry probing the Economic and Financial…
2021 Budget: Drama as NERC chair, accountant fail to produce evidence of N2bn office renovation contract sum
…Reps threaten to delete new request for partitioning, furniture …Era of estimated billing over — Momoh A melodrama, yesterday, ensued during the presentation and defence of 2021 budget by the…
Lekki shootings: CCTV stopped working at 8pm, says LCC MD
The Lekki Concession Company, operators of the Lekki toll gate, has submitted video footage recorded by its surveillance camera on the night of October 20, 2020, when soldiers allegedly opened…
Senate queries Foreign Affairs Ministry for ‘spending N248m without approval’
The Senate has queried officials of Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Republic of Germany for allegedly spending a total sum of N248 million without the approval of the National…
Court Rejects EFCC’s Plea To Issue Arrest Warrant Against Ex-Petroleum Minister, Diezani
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, declined to make an order for the arrest of former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke. The Economic…
Alleged N2.2bn Fraud: ‘Fayose’s Name Not On Firm’s Transaction Record’
A Federal High Court in Lagos Monday heard that former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, was not mentioned in allegedly suspicious financial transactions involving a firm, Still Earth Ltd. Fayose…
Senate queries NHIS over N122bn bank deposit
The Senate Public Accounts Committee has queried the National Health Issuance Scheme over N 122bn fixed in an unnamed commercial bank. The committee admitted that the Auditor General of the…
Senate Queries NHIS Over N122bn Fixed In Commercial Bank Without FG’s Approval
THE Senate has taken a swipe at the National Health Issuance Scheme (NHIS) over N122 billion fixed in an unnamed commercial bank in the country without the approval of Auditor…
Magu: Presidential panel begins verification of seized assets
The Presidential panel set up to probe the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission , Ibrahim Magu , has begun a physical verification of all assets…
EFCC records 646 convictions, recovers over N11 billion in 10 months – Official
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it recorded 646 convictions and recovered more than N11 billion in monetary asset this year, despite the restriction imposed by the COVID-19…
Hushpuppi’s trial suspended
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the trial of Ramon Abbas, the Nigerian Instagram celebrity facing wire fraud charges in the U.S., has been moved to 2021. According to the chambers…
N2.2bn fraud: ‘Happenings in EFCC’ stalls Fayose’s trial
Proceedings in the N 2. 2bn fraud trial of a former governor of Ekiti State , Mr Ayodele Fayose , and a firm , Spotless Investment Limited , was stalled…
Sweden rejects appeals to reopen probe into premier’s 1986 murder
A Swedish chief prosecutor on Wednesday said there were no grounds to reopen the preliminary investigation into the 1986 murder of Sweddish prime minister Olof Palme. Lennart Gune had considered…
Magu: I Have No Cause To Regret My Chairmanship – Salami
The Chairman of the Presidential Judicial Commission of Inquiry, Justice Isa Ayo Salami (Retd.) has dismissed reports circulating about his purported regrets as Chairman of the Commission investigating the suspended…
Looted Assets: Why I Won’t Testify Against Magu, By Malami
Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) will no longer appear before the Justice Ayo Salami panel to testify against the suspended Acting Chairman of the…