Responding to allegations that former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (retired) was a fugitive and currently being held by the Department of State Service (DSS) on alleged breach of army service rule, counsel to Dasuki Mr. Ahmed Raji (SAN), said his client is not a fugitive but a lawfully retired officer of the Nigerian Army. […]
Continue ReadingA Federal High Court in Abuja, will on Monday February 8, 2016 rule on whether to discharge former National Security Adviser (NSA) Col. Sambo Dasuki from the criminal charges brought against him by the Federal Government or not. Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf fixed the date after counsel to Dasuki, Mr. Joseph Daudu, SAN and counsel to Federal Government, Mr. […]
Continue ReadingA former special adviser on political matters to former Vice President Namadi Sambo, Abba Dabo, has narrated how Olisa Metuh, spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), gave him N25m to fight criticisms in the traditional and in the social media against former President Goodluck Jonathan. Dabo, however, explained that he returned the money to […]
Continue ReadingInsight into what the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh, allegedly wrote in the torn statement which he made under caution while in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on January 5, has emerged. The statements of the operatives who were said to have witnessed the incident and […]
Continue ReadingA Former Minister, Musiliu Obanikoro yesterday sought to rubbish media reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) traced N4.7billion believed to be from the $2.1billion slush funds from the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) to the account of a company in which his two sons –Gbolahan and Babajide – are directors. […]
Continue ReadingAn operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrahman Mohammed Biu, a deputy detective superintendent, has been arrested for offences bordering on extortion, influence peddling and impersonation, the commission said in a statement Friday. The officer was arrested on Monday following intelligence report alleging that he extorted $150,000 from some military officers on the […]
Continue ReadingThe National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh, has regained his freedom, following his release from prison after meeting his bail conditions. Recall that Olisa Metuh, is standing trial for alleged money laundering, as he allegedly collected N400 million from the misappropriated $2.1 million set aside for arms procurement. Metuh has been […]
Continue ReadingErstwhile Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, fielding questions in Geneva says it is not time for him to react to the allegations that his government abused funds meant for the procurement of arms. The Buhari administration has launched a probe, which led to the arrest of Sambo Dasuki, former national security adviser (NSA), and top officials […]
Continue ReadingFollowing Femi Falana’s petition to the International Criminal Court, ICC, requesting investigation of those involved in arms deal, a former minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has described as malicious attempts by Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), to link her with the $2.1 billion arms scandal. Recall that Falana is asking for the prosecution of all those involved […]
Continue ReadingThe the Nigerian Army has noted with dismay the attempt to rubbish the hard earned name and reputation of the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai and the Nigerian Army by a faceless group that called itself “Save the Nation Movement” (STNM) through orchestrated campaign of calumny in the media. In a […]
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