The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has recommended five officials for dismissal over offences bordering on extortion and harassment. While 10 others were reprimanded, 14 were recommended for demotion and 15 others issued letters of warning. LASTMA General Manager, Mr. Olawale Musa, in a statement on Thursday, added that three officials were exonerated after […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has filed fresh charges against former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, who allegedly diverted funds to the tune of $2.1billion. The money was part of funds earmarked by the Federal Government to fight Boko Haram insurgency in the northeast. According to Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, counsel to the EFCC, […]
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The visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to U.S. President, Donald Trump, has yielded the finalisation of negotiations to repatriate more than $500 million (about 190 billion Naira) of Nigeria’s looted money traced to the U.S. Nigeria’s Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, told the correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Washington, […]
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The President of the United States of America (USA), Donald Trump has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for fighting MASSIVE corruption and terrorism in Nigeria. While both leaders were addressing a press conference on Monday, Trump said: “Nigeria has a reputation for very massive corruption. I also know that the President (Buhari) has been able to […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, was on Thursday ordered by an FCT High Court to pay five million compensation to a former minister of FCT, Bala Mohammed, for infringing on his human right. Mohammed, a minister of Federal Capital Territory, FCT, in the Goodluck Jonathan Administration, was in the custody of EFCC from […]
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Peter Nwaoboshi, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senator, on Wednesday appeared before a federal high court, Lagos, over an alleged N805 million fraud. Nwaoboshi, who represents Delta north, was arraigned on a two-count charge of money laundering and fraud alongside two companies namely: Golden Touch Construction Project Ltd and Suiming Electrical Ltd. He pleaded not […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is said to have arrested Senator representing Delta North Senatorial District, Peter Nwaoboshi. Nwaoboshi is one of the three Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senators on the list of alleged looters released by the federal government. The others are Stella Oduah from Anambra and Jonah Jang from Plateau. According […]
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A court of appeal sitting in Ado Ekiti has directed the freezing of the account of Ayo Fayose, governor of Ekiti state. The court allowed the appeal filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against the judgment of Taiwo Taiwo of federal high court, Ado Ekiti division. In 2016, Taiwo set aside an order […]
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Mohammed Sani Sidi, the director-general of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and seven of the agency’s directors allegedly stole over a billion naira, $284,000 and £95,000, the Nigerian presidency has revealed. All the officials have been suspended from office. A Presidency official said Sani Sidi, maintained 20 different accounts in various banks despite […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has accused the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Uche Secondus, of allegedly receiving N250m from the office of the National Security Adviser under the leadership of the embattled former, NSA, Sambo Dasuki. According to Punch, Secondus was said to have allegedly received the money during the […]
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