The Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law has urged the court to sack the Minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, from office for allegedly violating the National Youth Service Corps Act. The organisation also asked the court to compel the NYSC to nullify the certificates given to Musawa...
•Lokpobiri and Bassey Foremost Nigerian environmentalist, Dr Nnimmo Bassey, has frowned at a recent comment attributed to the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri following the sale of assets by Shell. The Frontier had reported yesterday that some Nigerian environmentalists led by Dr Nnimmo Bassey have asked the fed...
•Tunji-Ojo Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo today Tuesday, January 16, failed to appear before the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) for an interaction over his alleged link to one of the companies that got contract from the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development. The minister, who was scheduled to appe...
•Power transformers Minister of power, Adebayo Adelabu, has warned against asking residents of communities to contribute funds to buy electricity transformers and other materials on their own. Adelabu said this in a meeting with management of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBDEC) during a facility tour in Oyo State, reports The G...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says its operatives from the Lagos Zonal Command have arrested a former Minister of Commerce and Industry, Charles Chukwuemeka Ugwuh, for an alleged conspiracy and fraud to the tune of N3.6bn. Head Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Dele Oyewale in a statement today, said Ugwuh was arrested [&h...
•Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo The Code of Conduct Bureau will tomorrow quiz the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, over the alleged connection of his company in a N438m contract ‘fraud’ at the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. It was alleged that New Planet Projects, reportedly belonging to the minist...
•Olu Agunloye The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned the former Minister of Power and Steel, Mr Olu Agunloye, before Justice Donatus Okorowo of the Federal High court, over allegations of fraud. Mr Agunloye was brought before the court today where he pleaded not guilty to the charges read against him, reports Channel...
French leader Emmanuel Macron today picked Gabriel Attal as prime minister to give new momentum to his presidency, with the 34-year-old becoming France’s youngest and first openly gay head of government. Following days of speculation, Macron late yesterday accepted the resignation of Elisabeth Borne, 62, who stepped down along with the rest of...
•Betta Edu Anti-graft investigators today have started grilling suspended Minister Betta Edu over alleged N585m disbursement fraud. Edu arrived at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Jabi, Abuja, at 11am, a top source in the commission said, reports Channels TV. The embattled minister came alongside her a...
•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...
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