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,…
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.…
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…
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa has disclosed that the anti-graft agency recovered over N1 billion cash from a civil servant within a week. He disclosed this on Thursday while appearing before the Senate…
OPERATIVES of the Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested a club owner, Emeka Williams Kingsley, alongside 14 other suspected internet fraudsters in Lagos. Kingsley, owner of Glass House, a club in the Abule…
A mild drama played out at the meeting between officials of the Kaduna State Government and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) as the delegation from Kaduna initially refused to sign the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) reached between the two parties.…
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…
GIMBA Kumo, a former son-in-law to President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the $65 million fraud allegation against him, saying he was never invited before he was declared wanted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission. Kumo,…
OPERATIVES of the Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday May 18, 2021, arrested one Emmanuel Eneji, a 23-year-old movie producer and nineteen others for alleged internet fraud in Calabar, Cross River State. The…
THE Governor, of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has faulted claims in certain quarters suggesting that the Bank’s targeted interventions in the agricultural sector are tilted in favour of a certain section of the country. Mr.…
