President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to sanction culprits of the huge foreign currency stashed in a private apartment in the Ikoyi area of Lagos, says Femi Adeshina, his media aide. In his statement on Tuesday, Adeshina said the president made the vow after receiving a report of the panel established to review the operational, technical […]
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Ayo Oke, former director-general of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), has been summoned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), over the $43.45 million discovered in an Ikoyi apartment in Lagos state. In a statement issued on Wednesday by Wilson Uwujaren, EFCC spokesman, the commission said Folashade, wife of the intelligence officer, had also […]
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The apartment in Ikoyi, Lagos, where $43.5million was found in April, was bought for N360million by a company owned by Folashade Oke, wife of the suspended director-general of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA). The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said this on Friday at a federal high court in Lagos. In an affidavit and […]
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A former minister of external affairs, Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, has warned the federal government against publicly prosecuting the suspended Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayo Oke, for his role in the $50m discovered recently in a private residence. His statement “When Ambassador Ayo Oke stepped forward to claim it on the part of […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered an investigation into the allegations of violations of law and due process made against the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr David Babachir Lawal, in the award of contracts under the Presidential Initiative on the North East (PINE). The President has also directed the suspension of the […]
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