adminICPC probes corruption allegations against Malami
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission is investigating allegations of corruption and abuse of office against immediate-past Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar…
DEVELOPING STORY: DSS invites Bawa after suspension
By Ibe Pascal The Department of State Services (DSS) has invited Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, the suspended Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). According to DSS’s spokesperson, Peter Afunanya…
Move Emefiele To EFCC Custody, Falana Tells DSS
Foremost Human Rights Lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has asked the Department of State Services (DSS) to transfer the suspended governor of the Central Bank…
Security Operatives Storm Matawalle’s Residence, Impound Vehicles
Armed security personnel on Friday stormed the residence of the immediate past Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Mattawalle. They stormed the premises located in the former governor’s hometown of…
Probe Missing $2.1bn, N3.1trn Subsidy Payments Or Face Legal Action, SERAP Tells Tinubu
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to “set up a presidential panel of enquiry to promptly probe the grim allegations that US$2.1 billion…
EFCC quizzes ex-minister Pauline Tallen over ‘diversion of N2bn’
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has grilled Pauline Tallen, former minister of women affairs, over alleged corrupt enrichment. TheCable understands that Tallen arrived at the Abuja zonal…
Reps grill Malami over $2.4bn illegal oil sale, demand records of $1bn recoveries
The House of Representatives, on Thursday, grilled the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), for the second time over the alleged illegal sale of…
IGP orders Investigation into alleged N6m fraud by Harrison Gwamnishu
The Inspector General of Police Usman Alkali Baba has directed the Delta Commissioner of Police to investigate Harrison Gwamnishu, an Asaba-based human rights activist, over alleged fraud. In a…
EFCC Chairman Demanded $2m Bribe From Me – Matawalle
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has accused the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, of demanding $2 million bribe from him. He made…
EFCC asks Akpabio to turn himself in over corruption investigation
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has asked a former minister of Niger Delta Affairs and senator-elect for Akwa Ibom North-West District, Godswill Akpabio, to report at its…
$2.4bn Oil Probe: Reps Expect Malami Thursday As AGF Plans ‘Comprehensive Response
The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, has responded to the House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating allegations of illegal crude oil export…
Illegal sale of crude: Malami received funds without remittance, Reps allege
The House of Representatives alleged yesterday said that the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, SAN, was in receipt of funds accrued from the…
Sadiya Farouq: N206bn Inserted Into My Ministry’s Budget
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, has disowned the N206 billion inserted into the ministry’s 2023 budget estimates. Farouq, at a budget defence…
Senate probes State House, CBN, EFCC, 204 others over N4.94tr SWV fund
The Ministry of Finance, Budget, and National Planning is among 207 Ministries, Agencies, and Departments (MDAs) of the Federal Government and security agencies being probed over how they spent…
‘No single person benefited’— senate probes FG’s 774,000 jobs
The senate committee on public account says it has commenced an investigation into the employment scheme of 774,000 Nigerians recruited for the special public works programme. In April 2020,…