Governor Zulum Accuses Organizations For Diverting Funds

CorruptionCrime & SecurityUnited NationsGovernor Zulum Accuses Organizations For Diverting Funds

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 25, 2021

MAIDUGURI — Governor Babagana  Umara Zulum of Borno State has accused the United Nations and other international non-governmental organizations (INGO) of diverting some of the funds donated for assisting persons affected by the ongoing armed conflict in the northeast of Nigeria. The UN said because of the over a decade-old conflict, “over 3.2 million individuals are displaced, with 4.4 million food-insecure people at crisis and emergency levels and millions of civilians subjected to extreme hardships.”...

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Fuel Scam: Lawal To Spend 19 years In Prison

CorruptionCrime & SecurityFuel Scam: Lawal To Spend 19 years In Prison

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 23, 2021

ABUJA — A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), sitting at Apo, Abuja, on Tuesday, found a former member of the House of Representatives, Honourable Farouk Lawan, guilty of demanding a bribe of $3million and receiving $500,000. The former lawmaker, a four-term member of the House of Representatives, who represented Bagwai/Shanono Federal Constituency of Kano State between 1999 and 2015, in the case marked FCT/HR/CR/76/13, was alleged to have demanded the sum of...

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Committee Discovers 3,268 Teaching Staff On Government Payroll Are Serving In Private Schools In Kano

CorruptionEducationNewsCommittee Discovers 3,268 Teaching Staff On Government Payroll Are Serving In Private Schools In Kano

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 22, 2021

KANO — The Kano State Ministry of Education said it has discovered about 3,268 of its teaching staff serving in private schools across the state. This is coming barely three weeks after the state has directed civil service to redeploy about 5,000 civil servants with a qualification in education to classrooms to address the shortage of teachers in the state’s public schools. A statement by the Public Relations Officer of the Ministry Aliyu Yusuf said...

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Five Management Staff Of Sokoto State Primary Staff Pension Board Arraigned for N500m Fraud

CorruptionEducationNewsFive Management Staff Of Sokoto State Primary Staff Pension Board Arraigned for N500m Fraud

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 17, 2021

SOKOTO — Five management staff of the Sokoto state Primary Staff Pension Board have been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly diverting N553.985,644.1. The staff includes Abubakar Aliyu, Hassana Moyi, Haliru Ahmad, Kabiru Ahmad, and Dahiru Muhammad Isa who are Secretary, Director of Finance and Supply, deputy Director of Finance, and Supply, Accountant and Cashier of the board respectively. The money was meant for the payment of retired teachers’ gratuities...

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Kwara State Government Suspends Two Senior Officials Over Fraud

CorruptionNewsKwara State Government Suspends Two Senior Officials Over Fraud

PilotnewsJune 17, 2021

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...

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Court Imprisons Former PHB MB Over N25.7bn Fraud

CorruptionLaw & JusticeCourt Imprisons Former PHB MB Over N25.7bn Fraud

Beloved John (Staff Writer)June 17, 2021

LAGOS — The former MD of a defunct PHB bank, Francis Atuche has been convicted by an Ikeja high court over a N25.7 billion fraud. The banker was convicted on Wednesday by Lateefat Okunnu, the judge, in a hearing that lasted hours. The court also convicted Ugo Anyanwu, a former chief financial officer (CFO) of the bank. Atuche’s trial dates back to 2009, when the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), under the leadership of Sanusi...

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EFCC Invites Former Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed For The Second Time

CorruptionNewsEFCC Invites Former Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed For The Second Time

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 18, 2021

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...

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ICPC Hunts Buhari’s Inlaw, Two Others Over $65m National Housing Funds

BusinessCorruptionLaw & JusticeICPC Hunts Buhari’s Inlaw, Two Others Over $65m National Housing Funds

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 14, 2021

ABUJA — The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offenses Commission (ICPC) has declared Gimba Kumo, former managing director of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria a son-in-law of President Muhammadu Buhari, and two others wanted over alleged misappropriation of $65 million National Housing Funds. In the notice signed by its spokesperson Azuka Ogugua, the ICPC declared Mr. Kumo wanted alongside Tarry Rufus and Bola Ogunsola over the alleged fraud. “The persons whose pictures appear...

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EFCC Denies Offering N1 Million To ‘Yahoo Yahoo’ Informants

CorruptionNewsEFCC Denies Offering N1 Million To ‘Yahoo Yahoo’ Informants

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 10, 2021

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...

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Buhari Suspends MD Nigerian Ports Authority As Amaechi Set Up Panel Of Inquiry

CorruptionNewsNigeriaBuhari Suspends MD Nigerian Ports Authority As Amaechi Set Up Panel Of Inquiry

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 7, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Managing Director of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Usman, to step aside from her role. The suspension of Usman came as the Ministry of Transportation, headed by Rotimi Amaechi, set up an Administrative Panel of Inquiry to investigate the management of the NPA. Mrs. Usman is to be replaced by Mr. Mohammed Bello-Koko, who is an Executive Director at the NPA, for the duration of the investigation. This...

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