corruption

EFCC Boss, Bawa in DSS Custody Moments After Suspension Over Alleged Abuse Of Office

EFCC Boss, Bawa in DSS Custody Moments After Suspension Over Alleged Abuse Of Office

EFCC Boss, Bawa in DSS Custody Moments After Suspension Over Alleged Abuse Of Office President Bola Tinubu has approved the indefinite suspension from office of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), AbdulRasheed Bawa, to allow for proper investigation into his conduct while in office. According to a statement by the Director of Information at the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Willie Bassey, the action follows “weighty” allegations of abuse of office levelled against him. “Mr Bawa has been directed to immediately handover the affairs of his office to the Director, Operations…
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Exposed: Alleged Unabated Stealing of Govt Property In Abia Newspapers, Barely 24hrs After Gov Otti’s Warning

Exposed: Alleged Unabated Stealing of Govt Property In Abia Newspapers, Barely 24hrs After Gov Otti’s Warning

Unabated Alleged Stealing of Govt Property In Abia Newspapers, Barely 24hrs After Gov Otti's Warning Barely 24hrs after the inauguration of Dr Alex Chioma Otti (OFR), as the Executive Governor of Abia State, unauthorized selling of Abia Government property has remained unabatted. Information gathered revealed that some staff of Abia Newspapers and Publishing Corporation (ANPC), Publishers of National Ambassador Newspapers have colluded with their Substantive General Manager, Mr Godwin Okeagu to allegedly steal and sell off their 300 KVA and 250 KVA generating sets. A staff of the corporation who pleaded anonymity with our reporter disclosed that the 250 KVA…
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INEC speaks on fleeing suspended Adamawa REC, Yunusa

INEC speaks on fleeing suspended Adamawa REC, Yunusa

INEC speaks on fleeing suspended Adamawa REC, Yunusa The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed that the suspended Adamawa REC, Yunusa has taken cover and may be declared wanted by Police The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says the whereabouts of its suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of Adamawa State, Hudu Yunusa-Ari, has disappeared has been hidden from everyone. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter education committee, Mr Festus Okoye, disclosed this on Friday while featuring on Channels TV programme. According to Okoye, all efforts geared towards reaching the embattled REC has proven abortive, as the latter…
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ISSAN Caution Banks, Other Financial Institutions on Rising Cyber Attacks

ISSAN Caution Banks, Other Financial Institutions on Rising Cyber Attacks

ISSAN Caution Banks, Other Financial Institutions on Rising Cyber Attacks   The Information Security Society of Africa - Nigeria (ISSAN), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the protection of Nigeria’s cyberspace has called on banks and other financial institutions in the country to embark on deliberate efforts to train and retrain their employees to spot cybersecurity red flags. This development according to ISSAN, will help check and reduce the rising wave of cyber-attacks in the country.   Speaking at its monthly meeting recently, ISSAN’s President, Dr. David Isiavwe advised organizations to enforce the use of approved connections and devices, stressing that…
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“Abia Too Backward, Needs Strong, Prepared Leader Like Me To Make Positive Changes” — Mascot Kalu

“Abia Too Backward, Needs Strong, Prepared Leader Like Me To Make Positive Changes” — Mascot Kalu

"Abia Too Backward, Needs Strong, Prepared Leader Like Me To Make Positive Changes" — Mascot Kalu Chief The governorship candidate of Action Peoples Party, APP in Abia State, Chief Mascot Uzor Kalu has said the state needs a young, vibrant and prepared leader like him to take over the mantle of leadership at this time. In an interview with ABN TV's Political Perspective, Mascot Kalu, a former Chief of Staff in the state said he has looked around and is not happy with some things happening in the state which he said he loves so much. According to him, there…
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At 31: I Wonder If Abia Is Cursed- PFN Secretary, Amalambu *Says we’re only celebrating life *State bedeviled by corruption

At 31: I Wonder If Abia Is Cursed- PFN Secretary, Amalambu *Says we’re only celebrating life *State bedeviled by corruption

At 31: I Wonder If Abia Is Cursed- PFN Secretary, Amalambu *Says we're only celebrating life *State bedeviled by corruption By Charity Uwakwe The Secretary of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, Abia State Chapter, Rev. Dr. Blessed Amalambu has bemoaned the poor standard of living of Abians since the creation of the State. Rev. Amalambu who is also the State Coordinator of National Anti-Corruption Volunteer Corps (NAVC) of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), regretted that the corruption had, over the years, bedeviled the State, thereby resulting in her seemingly snail-pace movement The clergy lamented that the…
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Breaking! EFCC SAGA: Gov. Obiano Gets Bail

Breaking! EFCC SAGA: Gov. Obiano Gets Bail

Breaking! EFCC SAGA: Gov. Obiano Gets Bail Former Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano, has been granted bail, the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, said on Monday. Bawa, disclosed this in an interview with journalists in Abuja on the sideline of 5th Annual General Assembly (AGA) of the Network of Anti-Corruption Institutions in West Africa (NACIMA). Bawa, however, said the former governor had yet to perfect his bail conditions and as such, he is still in the custody of the commission, according to The witness report. It would be recalled that Obiano was nabbed…
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UPDATE: We Can’t Yet Disclose Ex-Governor Obiano’s Offence, EFCC, Ex-First Lady Convicted Of Corruption

UPDATE: We Can’t Yet Disclose Ex-Governor Obiano’s Offence, EFCC, Ex-First Lady Convicted Of Corruption The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says the offence for which the immediate past governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, was arrested is being kept under wraps because of an ongoing investigation. Obiano was apprehended at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on Thursday evening, hours after he left office and Prof Chuwkuma Soludo was sworn in as the new governor of the state. The anti-graft agency had placed the former governor on its watch list since November last year. The EFCC had in a…
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