•Sirika, Malami and Farouq-Umar Close allies of former President Muhammadu Buhari who served in his administration as ministers, have come under the radar of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), over alleged multi-billion naira fraud allegations. The EFCC, it was gathered, is zeroing in on key ones who have been on the anti-gra...
•Nigerian Senate President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio today inaugurated a 17 man adhoc Committee to investigate the Ways and Means and the Anchors Borrowers Programme under the immediate past administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Senate had last month following the report of its Joint Committees on Banking, Insurance and other Fin...
•Tinubu and Buhari Human rights activist Dele Farotimi says President Bola Tinubu cannot separate himself from the failures of the ex-President Muhammadu Buhari administration. Tinubu took over from Buhari, his party man, on May 29, 2023. Both are chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC), reports Channels TV. Many current members of t...
•Buhari and Tinubu The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has blamed the current inflation in the country on printing of trillions of naira during the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari “without productivity.” The minister spoke yesterday during an interface with the Senate Committee on Finance, ...
•Former President Muhammadu Buhari The Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Zacheus Adedeji, yesterday, faulted the N2.59 trillion Tax Credit Scheme introduced by former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration for road construction. This was as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), one of the executors ...
The federal government has asked the International Police (Interpol) to place three Nigerians on the watch list over alleged forgery. The former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Boss Mustapha yesterday said that ex-President Muhammadu Buhari’s signature was forged by those who withdrew $6,230,000 as authorised by the Central...
•Ex-President Muhammadu Buhari and Femi Adesina. Femi Adesina has opened up on how he emerged as the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, describing the feat as a “demonstration of God’s grace upon my life”. Adesina, a journalist, served in the position between 2015 and 2023, reports Channels TV. But months ...
•Sadiya Umar-Farouq After facing a 12-hour marathon interrogation by anti-graft operatives, ex-minister Sadiya Umar-Farouq returned home last night and is expected to resume today at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja. The former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development is facing pro...
•Sadiya Umar-Farouq Former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, must appear at the Abuja headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for interrogation, the agency has said. The ex-minister, who cited health challenges, approached the anti-graft agency through ...
•Buhari Sadiya Umar-Farouk, the former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, is expected to be interrogated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) about an alleged N37.1 billion fraud. A top EFCC source confirmed this to our correspondent in a telephone conversation today, Wednesday, Jan...