STABILIZATION OF THE FEDERAL CIVIL SERVICE President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr. Mrs. Folashade Yemi-Esan as the Acting Head of the Civil Service of the Federation with immediate effect. Dr. Mrs. Yemi-Esan, who is the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum Resources takes over from Mrs. Winifred Ekanem Oyo-Ita, who has been directed […]
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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has placed the Lagos residence of Amaju Pinnick, president of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) under investigation. In separate tweets on Friday, the anti-corruption agency announced that it has placed Pinnick’s house in Lagos and that of Dikko in Abuja under investigation. The residence under […]
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The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has alleged that the major reason why Nigerians are sick and facing hardship is due to corruption. Buhari made the statement while speaking at the 49th annual conference of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) in Abuja, on Tuesday. Represented by Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government […]
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Justice I.N. Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday, September 10, 2019, ordered the final forfeiture of some jewellery and a customized gold Iphone valued at $40m belonging to a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, to the Federal Government. The Judge had, on July 5, 2019, granted the […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday detained two top officials of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC), the company which supervised execution of the $16 billion failed power projects. The officials are Head of Finance Marvel Emefiele and Head of Compensation Eze M. C. Odigbo. They are expected to account for […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday stated it was monitoring more suspected Nigerian fraudsters apart from the 80 names released by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The Ibadan zonal head of the EFCC, Friday Ebelo, said, “Bigger suspects have been put on the commission’s watch list and will be tracked […]
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Acting on insight of the online scam being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it arrested 28 persons and recovered N486 million. Ibrahim Magu, chairman of the EFCC, while speaking at a press conference in Lagos on Tuesday, said collaboration between the commission and the […]
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The Chairman/CEO of the commission, NIDCOM, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa has advised Nigerians indicted in conspiracy to steal millions of dollars through various fraudulent schemes in the United States to turn themselves in to the authorities for trial or risk being extradited. Her comments are coming after the U.S. on Friday announced the arrest and prosecution […]
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Dynamics Intelligence, a global company operating in the United States, Canada, and Nigeria, has shut operations in Africa’s most populous nation over alleged fraudulent practices by its employees and contractors. However, Nigerians have come down hard on Jenna Bourgeois, chairman of Dynamics Intelligence, for giving the impression that some of his employees in the country are […]
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Scores of Nigerians have been arrested in U.S. by the Federal Bureau of Intelligence (FBI) in a major conspiracy to steal millions of dollars through fraud schemes and launder the money through a Los Angeles-based network. The arrest comes few days after Forbes celebrated Nigerian young billionaire, Obinwanne Okeke popularly known as Invictus Obi was […]
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