Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman, Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), has been released from Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja, nine months after his arrest. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had arraigned Maina before Okon Abang, a judge of the federal high court, Abuja, on October 25, 2019. He was arraigned alongside Faisal, his son, […]
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The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday said it is wondering what Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), is afraid of and trying to hide. Malami had asked the federal high court, Abuja, to stop the probe into the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of the presidential taskforce of pension, a motion the court rejected. […]
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Embattled former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, Mr Abdulrasheed Maina, has shared his side of the story of how he got reinstated into the federal civil service and subsequently disengaged. In an interview, Mr Maina claimed that he met with Nigeria’s Minister of Justice after President Muhammadu Buhari approved talks between officials and him. […]
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The former chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, AbdulRasheed Maina, says he is ready to reveal top secrets to President Muhammadu Buhari. In an interview with Channels Television, Maina said many of those around the president were insincere. He said while attempts have been made on his life, he is not afraid […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has accused the senate of displaying public ignorance about the profile of recovered assets. The anti-graft agency said this in scathing response to the allegation that property seized from suspected pension thieves had been shared. Emmanuel Paulker, chairman of the senate ad hoc committee investigating the reinstatement of […]
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The Chairman of the senate ad hoc committee investigating the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina, Emmanuel Paulker, says 222 houses recovered from a pension probe have been shared. Paulker said this on the floor of the senate on Thursday, while moving a motion on the need to investigate the “mystery” surrounding the recovered property which the […]
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Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of the presidential task force on pension reform,is still receiving salaries. This is according to Mohammed Katu, his counsel. President Muhammadu Buhari had ordered the dismissal of Maina from the civil service after the report of his reinstatement went viral. But speaking on Thursday when he appeared before the house of representatives […]
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Abdulrahman Dambazau, minister of interior; Winifred Oyo-Ita, head of the civil service of the federation and Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation on Thursday appeared before the house of representatives. The top government officials were invited to the green chamber over the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension […]
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Embattled Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reform Team, has written to appear before a House of Representatives investigative panel next week. The House is probing the circumstances of his controversial promotion and reinstatement into the federal civil service. Daily Trust reports that sources within and outside the panel yesterday said Maina, […]
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Senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, Garba Shehu, has described Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, as one of the “monsters created by the government of Goodluck Jonathan”. Jonathan had appointed Maina as head of the pension task force in 2010 but he was dismissed […]
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