Director General of SSS, Lawan Daura. The State Security Service (SSS) sent two different and contradictory security reports to the Nigerian Senate on the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report today. While both reports stated that Mr. Magu had some …
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President Buhari reiterates commitment to fight terrorism, corruption, salvage the economy
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his administration remains committed to realising the key priorities of securing the country, fighting corruption, and salvaging the economy in spite of current challenges. The president stated this when he received the Letter of Credence of the United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr William …
Read More »Chinese official sentenced to death over corruption
Chinese President Xi Jinping Shijiazhuang (China) – Former deputy head of the coal department of China’s National Energy Administration, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve on Monday for accepting bribes and holding a huge amount of assets from unidentified sources. Wei Pengyuan, was found to have taken …
Read More »ON THE ABDUCTION OF SUPREME COURT JUDGES AND NBA’S STATE OF EMERGENCY
By O. Busayo Mfr ” You cannot say you are fighting your enemies by shooting yourself “- O.busayo mfr Let me say it here without mincing words. With my current age, and with the age of General Muhammadu Buhari when he ruled this country as a head of state, I can …
Read More »Saraki loses bid to stop trial,Judge disqualification
The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has failed to persuade the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, sitting in Abuja to suspend further hearing on the 16-count charge the Federal Government preferred against him. Saraki equally lost his bid to disqualify Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Danladi Umar, from further presiding …
Read More »Court dismisses Saraki’s application to halt CCT trial
A Federal High Court in Abuja has said the case of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, is an abuse of court process. In his judgment on Friday, Justice Abdulkadiri Kafarati, said the fear expressed by Saraki that he would not get justice at the CCT was speculative, misplaced and had …
Read More »How workers perpetrate fraud at Murtala Muhammed International Airport
The level of corruption by government officials in Nigeria appear not to be abating,even under the ‘Change general’,President Muhammadu Buhari, known for his zero tolerance to corrupt practices.Although corruption is in every sector of economy and runs deep in the veins of the people,the activities of workers at the Murtala …
Read More »ICPC probe former govs Ameachi,Kwankwaso,Chime and Shema
This truly is the era of accounting for past deeds as the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Offences Commission (ICPC) , has commenced investigations of four former governors following petitions against them. The four governors are former governor , Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers, Sullivan Chime of Enugu, Ibrahim Shema of Katsina …
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