N2.5bn fraud: Court Discharges, Acquits Dariye’s Finance Commissioner, 3 Others

CorruptionLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaN2.5bn fraud: Court Discharges, Acquits Dariye’s Finance Commissioner, 3 Others

PilotnewsDecember 2, 2020

An Abuja High Court on Wednesday dismissed a N2.5bn fraud case preferred against Mr Emmanuel Agati, Plateau Finance Commissioner, under former governor, Sen. Joshua Dariye. Also discharged and acquitted were three other respondents in the 14-year-old case – Messrs Sham Damisa, Nuhu Madaki and Silas Vongbut, former Accountant General, Director of Treasury and Deputy Director, Inspectorate, respectively. Justice Adebukola Banjoko of Court V, Jabi who discharged and acquitted the quartet, said that the case lacked...

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Senate Queries Federal High Court Over ₦456m Staff Salaries

CorruptionNewsNigeriaSenate Queries Federal High Court Over ₦456m Staff Salaries

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)November 28, 2020

The Senate has demanded for the Cashbook of the Federal High Court (FHC) Personnel following a query raised by the Auditor General for the Federation (AuGF), in respect to the discrepancies in its staff salaries. The Chairman, Senate Public Account Committee, Senator Mathew Urhoghide, gave the directive following the inability of the FHC management to explain the discrepancies of ₦456m in its staff salaries. The AuGF in his query, faulted the personnel cashbook balance from...

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Alleged N2b Bribe: Senate President Threatens Court Action Against Sahara Reporters

CorruptionNewsPoliticsAlleged N2b Bribe: Senate President Threatens Court Action Against Sahara Reporters

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)November 21, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent The Senate President, Sen. Ahmed Lawan, along with Sen. Mohammed Musa, have given an online publication, Sahara Reporters, a seven-day ultimatum to retract an alleged libellous publication. The duo described the publication as false and misleading. Counsel to the Senate President, Mr Ahmed Raji, (SAN), wrote a letter to the media firm on behalf of his client asking it to retract the report within seven days and tender an unreserved apology....

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Fowler Responds to EFCC Invitation Over Fraud Allegations Against Alpha Beta

CorruptionLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaFowler Responds to EFCC Invitation Over Fraud Allegations Against Alpha Beta

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)November 3, 2020

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has invited the former Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Babatunde Fowler, for interrogation over the ₦100 billion tax evasion allegations levelled against a tax firm, Alfa Beta Consulting. Fowler, who was also a former boss of the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service, responded to an invitation from the EFCC on Monday. A former Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Alpha Beta Consulting, Dapo Apara,...

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Magu Probing: Presidential Panel Has Started Verifying Seized Assets

CorruptionNewsNigeriaMagu Probing: Presidential Panel Has Started Verifying Seized Assets

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 15, 2020

The Presidential Panel set up to probe the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has started a physical verification of all assets seized by the EFCC. The panel, headed by the former President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Salami, has visited Abuja, Lagos, Rivers State and few other major offices of the commission. A source close to the panel said the aim of the exercise was...

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FEC Approves 1.6bn for e-Government Procurement Platform to Check Corruption

CorruptionNewsNigeriaFEC Approves 1.6bn for e-Government Procurement Platform to Check Corruption

PilotnewsOctober 14, 2020

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday approved N1.6 billion for the establishment of e-Government Procurement Platform to address corrupt practices in the government’s procurement system. The Director-General, Bureau of Public Enterprises, Mamman Ahmadu, said the new platform would help eliminate corruption as well as enhance the country’s procurement process. He said: “Today, BPP presented a memo on e-government procurement. E-government procurement has the potential of improving the procurement...

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Court Grants EFCC The Order to Freeze Lagos Speaker, Obasa, Bank Accounts

CorruptionNewsCourt Grants EFCC The Order to Freeze Lagos Speaker, Obasa, Bank Accounts

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 8, 2020

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has gotten the order to freeze three bank accounts belonging to the Lagos State House of Assembly Speaker, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa. In a matter filed by the EFCC at the Federal High Court in Lagos, with suit number, FHC/CS/1069/2020, sought an ex-parte order to freeze three bank accounts belonging to Mr. Obasa. The bank included Standard Chartered Bank and pending the conclusion of an ongoing investigation into the...

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Salami Ends Magu’s Probe, Refuses to Invite Buhari’s CoS, Minister as Malami Rejected Invitation

CorruptionNewsNigeriaSalami Ends Magu’s Probe, Refuses to Invite Buhari’s CoS, Minister as Malami Rejected Invitation

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 5, 2020

The Justice Ayo Salami-led Presidential Panel that was probing the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu, has rejected the request of the EFCC Boss to invite the president’s Chief of Staff, Ibrahim Gambari; the Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi; and Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Ibas. Others who were expected to appear before the panel included a former Chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Lamorde; the...

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Name Account Holder With Diverted School Feeding Fund, NANS Tells FG

CorruptionNewsNigeriaName Account Holder With Diverted School Feeding Fund, NANS Tells FG

Beloved John (Staff Writer)October 1, 2020

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called on Chairman of Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, to point out the owner of the accounts where N2.67 billion meant for the school feeding programme was diverted to. The national students’ body stated that it was not enough for the ICPC chief to tell Nigerians that the agency found over N2.5 billion school feeding funds diverted and lodged in...

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Ministry Of Humanitarian Affairs Disassociate Self From N2.67bn School Feeding Fraud

CorruptionNewsNigeriaMinistry Of Humanitarian Affairs Disassociate Self From N2.67bn School Feeding Fraud

Beloved John (Staff Writer)September 29, 2020

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq has disassociated the ministry from the alleged N2.67bn school feeding fraud uncovered by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). The ICPC had earlier claimed that the N2.67 billion paid to some federal colleges for school feeding during the COVID-19 lockdown ended up in private bank accounts. However, the minister in a statement issued by Nneka Ikem Anibeze, special...

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