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ABUJA — Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today grilled for hours, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, over the payment of N585 million into a private account. Also questioned was her predecessor, Sadiya Umar-Farouq over N37 billion fraud in the ministry. Vanguard authoritatively reported that none of the three bank …

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, adjourned a fresh N1 billion suit filed by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), against the federal government until 4 March for hearing. Justice James Omotosho adjourned the matter following the absence of counsel for Mr Kanu in court. When the case was called, Mr Kanu, who was the …

President Bola Tinubu has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to launch a full-blown investigation into the finances of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. Tinubu handed down the directive in a statement on Monday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, who also announced the suspension of the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and …

Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 presidential election, Mr Peter Obi, has chided the President Bola Tinubu administration over its ‘huge’ borrowing, saying particularly that the administration’s continuous securitisation of Ways and Means borrowing from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is against the law and the CBN Act. Obi insists that the Tinubu administration is flouting …

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, says the South-east region must achieve peace and security before demanding the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Mr Kalu said this while speaking with journalists in his Bende country home on Sunday. He spoke on how best the region could approach its demand for …

They come with backpacks carrying a few spare changes of clothes and whatever money and phones they weren’t robbed of by criminals or cartels along the way, arriving at the United States-Mexico border exhausted from the stress of the journey north. Like the hundreds of thousands of people around them who have also trekked weeks to reach the US, they’re driven by …

The Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja has declared the prolonged detention of the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, without trial as a flagrant violation of his fundamental rights. The court slammed a total of N100m fine against the Federal Government and the Economic Financial Crime Commission and barred them from rearresting or detaining …

Interior Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has debunked claim that a firm allegedly owned by him received N438 million as “consultancy fees” from the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu. He made the clarification when featured on Channels Television’s Politics Today, which was monitored by TRIBUNE ONLINE on Monday. According to him, “I am not a signatory to …

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, yesterday urged the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) to join forces with the government for national progress. In a statement signed by the Director, Press and Public Relations of the ministry, Olajide Oshundun, the minister said it was time every sector of the country, including education, moved on …

…We’ve strengthened our security apparatus, evolved an innovative approach to tackling crime, criminality, says gov Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has said that as part of efforts to sustain the gains recorded in tackling insecurity in the State, his government plans to make the installation of surveillance cameras compulsory for businesses and designated premises in the State. Obaseki made …