ILORIN — Kwara State Government has suspended two senior officials of the Saving One Million Lives Programme for Result (SOML-PforR) for alleged financial irregularities and inconsistencies in the handling of funds. They are the SOML-PforR state Programme Manager, Dr. Ibrahim Omar, and the programme accountant, Alabi Rahman Olalekan. According to a statement signed by the Press Secretary of the state Ministry of Health, in Ilorin on Wednesday, Falade Gbenga Tayo that their suspension is connected...

ABUJA — The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the immediate past governor of Kwara, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, for questioning. His invitation is in connection to the diversion of N9 billion from the coffers of the Kwara State government, while he was governor and when he served as the Commissioner for Finance in the administration of former Governor Bukola Saraki. Ahmed had governed the state between 2011 and 2019 The spokesperson for the...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has denounced the report of offering a financial reward of ₦1 million for anyone with information that could lead to the arrest of an internet fraudster, also known as ‘Yahoo Yahoo.’ The anti-graft agency stated this in a statement signed by its Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren on Friday. The Commission stated that the “clarification became necessary following phone calls by citizens wanting to cash in...

Politicians are popularly seen as the biggest challenge and problem in Nigeria’s progress but Charles Omole has posited that such is a wrong perspective and that the biggest challenge before the country is the civil servants, not politicians. Omole, who is an international legal scholar and consultant, maintained this position on Saturday during The Platform, a programme facilitated and hosted by the Senior Pastor of Covenant Christian Centre, Poju Oyemade. Omole noted that the civil...