•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...
•Mariya Mahmoud The private residence of the Minister of State of the FCT, Dr Mariya Mahmoud, located at Asokoro, was today gutted by fire. The Acting Director of the FCT Fire Service, Amiola Adebayo, confirmed the incident to our correspondent. Adebayo stated that the first floor of the building was completely razed by the fire, […]
•Tinubu Two Ministers in the Federal Executive Council today expressed concern over the deleterious effects of fuel subsidy removal and floating of the Naira on the economy. The Minister of Budget and Planning, Atiku Abubakar Bagudu and his counterpart in the Ministry of Agriculture Senator Abubakar Kyari, picked holes in the economic policy o...
•Dr Garus Gololo and Tinubu A chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Dr Garus Gololo, has threatened to head to court to ensure that all persons involved in the embezzlement of public funds are brought to justice. The outspoken member of the ruling party made the threat yesterday in Abuja while speaking to our […]
•Beta Edu Anger over the memo issued by the Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, instructing the Accountant-General of the Federation, Dr Oluwatoyin Madein, to pay N585m into the private bank account of a project accountant in her ministry, Bridget Oniyelu, spiked yesterday, with the opposition parties calli...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested a contractor, James Okwete, in connection with the ongoing probe into the N37bn allegedly laundered by the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development under former Minister, Sadiya Umar-Farouk. A top EFCC official, who confided in our correspondent yest...
•The Flint Aero jet after crash-landing The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) said yesterday that it had commenced investigation into the circumstances that led to the crash landing of a chartered aircraft whose passengers included the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu. The HS 125 aircraft operated by Flint Aero with registration nu...
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