Olayiwola Oshunrinade The Nigerian Police Force has detailed how a group of police officers corruptly obtained a total of ₦43,160,000 from a cargo worker at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja last year. A statement by the NPF Public Relations Officer, ACP Muyiwa Ogunjobi on Wednesday, said the incident which occurred on August 2023, found […]
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Olayiwola Oshunrinade Court papers filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have linked the immediate-past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, to the massive Abuja property with 753 duplexes and other apartments located in the Cadastral Zone area of the capital city. The anti-graft agency on Monday announced the recovery […]
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Olayiwola Oshunrinade Senator representing Edo North Senatorial District, Adams Oshiomhole has said it is more beneficial for Nigeria to have 774 LG chairmen who are “thieves” than one governor or president siphoning all the money. Oshiomole spoke on Monday at a forum on LG autonomy organised by the House of Representatives Committee on the review […]
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Olayiwola Oshunrinade A High Court sitting in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, has remanded a former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, and his two co-defendants in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Maryanne Anenih, who issued the order on Wednesday, said Bello and others should remain in EFCC […]
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A former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has honoured the invitation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission again over alleged misappropriation of funds. Bello went to the office with his lawyers on Tuesday morning, following the Supreme Court judgment which dismissed states’ case on the constitutionality of the anti-graft agency. The former Governor […]
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Olayiwola Oshunrinade The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, on Tuesday, attributed the country’s epileptic power supply to corruption within the power sector. He stated that the commission had initiated a probe into the sector, adding that what it uncovered during its investigations would make Nigerians shed tears. Speaking during […]
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by Anthony Kila When you think you have seen it all, someone or some office in this country shows you that things can always be worse. The latest case in the race from the mediocre to the absurd is the one offered in the saga of the case against Yahaya Bello, the former governor of […]
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by Austin J. Otah I write from a diasporean perspective. I cannot pretend I have not had my mindset, expectations, opinions et al affected by my sojourn outside the confines of our Motherland and it is from this angle that I express my views on various topics that come to mind. I do not follow […]
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