The embattled National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure was on Wednesday arrested by operatives of Nigeria Police in Edo State. Abure was in Benin for the party’s governorship election but was apprehended over a petition filed against him. Recalled that the LP national chairman has recently been in …
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EFCC: Protest hit Ilorin over ex-gov Ahmed detention
By Deborah Odekola Some members of the Peoples Democratic Party and loyalists of the former governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed, stormed the Ilorin Zonal Command office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, protesting his continuous detention by the anti-graft agency. This is as the detention of the former …
Read More »Tinubu appoints new head of NFIU
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Hafsat Bakari as the Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, pending her confirmation by the Senate. This was made known in a statement by Tinubu’s Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale on Tuesday. …
Read More »N30trn Ways and Means under Emefiele, Buhari spent recklessly, says Senate, plans probe
The Senate has said it would probe the N30tn Ways and Means spent by former President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government. This is as the Senate says funds taken from the Central Bank of Nigeria under the Buhari-led administration were recklessly spent. It stated that the fund paid to the FG …
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