The new Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Boss Mustapha, was on Wednesday sworn-in by President Muhammadu Buhari at the state house. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and some aides of the President and top bureaucrats were also present. President Buhari also at the venue inaugurated the 2018 Armed Forces Remembrance Emblem and […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in a statement by its spokesman, Dayo Adeyeye, described the sack of Babachir Lawal, secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), and Ayo Oke, former director-general of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) as a slap on the face of Nigerians. The party thereby called for the impeachment of the president. “First […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has studied the report of the panel headed by the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, which investigated allegations against the suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Babachir David Lawal, and the Director General, National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ambassador Ayo Oke. The President accepted the recommendation of the […]
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The committee that investigated the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Babachir Lawal and the Director General of the NIA, Mr Ayo Oke, has submitted its reports. The Vice President Yemi Osinbajo-led committee submitted two reports to President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday. Osinbajo told State House correspondents that the president would study and […]
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The Presidential Investigative Panel investigating alleged corrupt practices against two top officials of the Federal Government will submit its report on Monday, Vice-Presidential Spokesman, Mr Laolu Akande said. Akande in a statement on Wednesday acknowledged that the panel was completing its assignment on May 3, and would submit the report to President Muhammadu Buhari. The […]
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The Chairman, Senate Committee on Culture and Tourism, Mr Matthew Urhoghide, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for suspending Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Babachir Lawal. The lawmaker told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview on Wednesday that the move was evidence that the president was ready to fight […]
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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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The Senate says it stands by the report which indicted Babachir Lawal, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF). An ad hoc committee of the senate investigating the humanitarian crisis in the north-east had accused Lawal of receiving N200 million for the clearing of invasive plant species in Yobe state. Following this allegation, the […]
Continue ReadingAli Ndume, leader of the senate, says the upper chamber of the national assembly has not rejected Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Addressing state house correspondents on Monday, Ndume said even if Magu will be rejected, it would not come from the red chamber. He explained that Magu’s […]
Continue ReadingPresident Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to commence investigation of the Secretary to Government of the Federation, SGF, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and other government officials allegedly accused of wrongdoing. Malam Garba Shehu, the president’s Senior Special Assistant […]
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