President Muhammadu Buhari says the fight against corruption is not moving at the pace his administration wants because the system is slow. The president said this when he received the federal capital territory community, who paid him Christmas homage at his official residence on Tuesday in Abuja. Buhari, who apparently was reacting to those accusing […]
Continue ReadingThe head of Edo office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Yakubu Mailafia Monday said corruption is responsible for the epileptic power supply in the country. This is even as he warned that all would be vote-buyers in the 2019 general elections should be ready for face the full wrath of the […]
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In contravention of constitutional provisions, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo illegally approved the release of the sum of N5, 865, 671, 939.26 in June 2017 from the Consolidated Revenue Fund Account which was mismanaged by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), a report by the House Committee of the National Assembly (NASS)on NEMA has stated. The […]
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Former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose will on Monday be charged to court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), who has prepared 11-count charge him. According to TheCable online newspaper, the charges include receiving illegal monies to fund his 2014 governorship campaign in Ekiti state and benefitting from proceeds of money laundering. […]
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Former president of Comoros Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi has been formally charged with corruption and embezzling public funds in connection with a scheme to sell his country’s passports, according to the prosecutor and court documents. Sambi, who had previously been questioned and placed under house arrest, will also be officially detained to prevent him from […]
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Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has advised former President Olusegun Obasanjo to desist from struggling to restore Nigeria to the path of sanity and moderate rectitude, describing him as ‘objectively unfitted’ for the role. He urged the former president to instead head for a monastery. Soyinka said, “…I know that deep inside, there is a […]
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The senior special assistant on media and publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Garba Shehu, has said Nigeria has “more electricity” that cannot be consumed. He made the above assertion when he attributed insecurity and killings in the country to corrupt politicians who no longer had access loot the public treasury. Shehu said this on Monday […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to Nigerians to make religion their moral compass both in their public and private lives. The President’s remark is contained in his Sallah message to mark the end of the Ramadan fasting period. Buhari regretted that “selfishness and greed have overcome people’s conscience so much that they don’t have moral inhibitions […]
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The overseer of Bride Assembly Church, Moses Alu, says Christianity is the centre of corruption in Nigeria. Pastor Alu’s vehement preaching against pastors who fail to tell politicians the truth is seen In an undated video currently trending on social media. Alu said: “Why do you stand on scriptures that prosper you and you don’t […]
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A former spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Olisa Metuh, fell at a federal high court in Abuja on Monday, during the continuation of his “fraud” trial. Mr Metuh is facing trial on a seven-count charge for alleged diversion of N400 million. He received the money from the office of the former National […]
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