BY JESUPEMI ARE Ola Olukoyede, chairman of the Economic And Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says the quest for bribes by the agency’s investigators has become “too embarrassing”. In his New Year address to the staff of the commission on Thursday, Olukoyede said the “major objective” of the war against corruption and financial crimes globally is…
The affected persons include two former Ekiti State governors, Kayode Fayemi and Ayo Fayose; former Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle; two former Enugu State governors, Chimaroke Nnamani and Sullivan Chime; former Nasarawa State governor, Abdullahi Adamu; former Kano State governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso. Others are former Rivers State governor, Peter Odili; former Abia State governor, Theodore…
The candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, has expressed support for the suspension of Dr Betta Edu, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. Obi also welcomed President Bola Tinubu’s directive that the suspended minister and the activities of the ministry under her should be probed. Edu is…
By Law Mefor This Friday, African Independent Television (AIT) aired two opposing press statements of the Nigeria Police and the Army regarding the Netizens’ 2024 slogan, “No Gree for Anybody.” The Police spokesman Olumuyiwa Adejobi issued a warning, stating that the slogan might cause the nation’s law and order to collapse. He said, “We have…
By STEVE OSUJI THE BEAUTIFUL THIEVES:Should we make a law urgently that our beautiful women should never be allowed near the national till? Has anyone else noticed the seeming emerging trend of our women public officials outdoing the men in making a mess of our national treasury? The womenfolk seem to take no prisoners when…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) are currently at the Lagos head office of the Dangote Group. They are conducting a search on forex allocations to the company during the tenure of Godwin Emefiele as governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Dele Oyewale, the EFCC spokesman, declined comments when contacted…
The camp of Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, has slammed the federal government’s suspension of degree certificate evaluation and accreditation from Benin Republic and Togo, calling it a “deceptive” move that ignores a bigger problem. Reacting to the suspension announced on Tuesday, January 2nd, Atiku’s spokesperson, Abdul…
Former senator Shehu Sani is demanding that names of former CBN governor Emefiele be released in Jim Obaze report Former Senator Shehu Sani has joined other well-meaning Nigerians to applaud the findings of the Jim Obaze-led financial auditing and investigations of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over the period when Godwin Emefiele was in…
The President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government has stated that the immediate past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele, would have been killed by a firing squad if it happened that he was living in China. This was stated by President Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga while reacting…
The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited is not transparent about the financial gains from fuel subsidy removal, the World Bank has disclosed. This extends to subsidy arrears that are still being deducted and the impact of subsidy removal on federation revenues, the bank noted. The Washington-based made this call in its Nigeria Development Update, December…
