SENATE President Ahmad Lawan, on Monday, said the 2020 budget of the Federal Government has implemented 100 percent. Lawan said the feat was made possible by the efforts of the 9th National Assembly that resulted in the normalization of the budget cycle, to fit into the January to December calendar year. This is even as … Read more
THE National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has suspended the license of Human Rights Radio. This was announced in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by NBC which frowned at the misconduct of the station and its owners. The travails of the station began after Ahmed Isah, its owner, who is also the host of Brekete … Read more
THE Court of Appeal, Lagos Judicial Division, has condemned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s seizure of Chief Mike Ozekhome’s professional fees. The EFCC had obtained an interim ex parte order of forfeiture to freeze the money for 120 days, arguing that the N75 million transferred to Ozekhome’s account was a proceed of unlawful activity. … Read more
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has approved the process to select five new permanent secretaries to replace the retired ones in Ekiti, Katsina, Nasarawa, Enugu, and the Lagos States. The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF), Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, disclosed this in a statement by the Director of Press and Public Relations, office of … Read more
THE Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption, RoLAC, today May 21, 2021 reiterated its interest in supporting the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in the areas of anti-corruption reform and capacity development for increased efficiency in the fight against corruption. RoLAC’s National Programme Manager, Mr Danladi Plang, stated this when he led a team on … Read more
THE absentee Director-General of Nigeria’s premiere policy think-tank, Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research, Dr. Folarin Gbadebo-Smith, has allegedly ensured the dissolution of the institute’s governing council in a bid to escape probe by anti-corruption agencies. Gbadebo-Smith, who was appointed by Vice-President Yemi Osibanjo, has been accused of incompetence, fraud and running the institute … Read more
THE Presidency has approved the decision of the Presidential Amnesty Office under the Interim Administrator, Col. Milland Dixion Dikio to conduct a verification exercise for the 30,000 ex-agitators captured under the programme in the last 11 years. Already, the Interim Administrator, Dikio has set up a 10-man committee of “Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) Think-Thank” with … Read more
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari’s former son-in-law, Gimba Yau Kumo, and two others were on Thursday declared wanted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission over diversion and misappropriation of $65 million National Housing fund. A source close to Trojan.com.ng revealed that President Buhari and Mallam Mamman Daura had vowed to deal with Engr. … Read more
THE Federal Ministry of Transportation says its minister, Rotimi Amaechi never asked the suspended Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman to award $1.5 billion channel management to two Chinese companies. A national daily had on Tuesday claimed Amaechi requested that the two companies be selected to manage Bonny and Warri … Read more
SOME aides to President Muhammadu Buhari, including Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, the President’s nephew, Mamman Daura, Director of the Department of Petroleum Resources, Sarki Auwalu, and certain players in the oil and gas sector of the Nigerian economy have been linked to allegations of $100 million bribery in the sales of 57 … Read more