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BBC, Betta Edu, and her Ministry of Corruption – Farooq Kperogi[Culled]

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BBC, Betta Edu, and her Ministry of Corruption – Farooq Kperogi[Culled]

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) aroused the rage of Nigerians this week when it revealed in its periodic newsletter called “EFCC Alert” (which it shared with news organizations on Monday) that it had recovered up to 30 billion naira of the money allegedly stolen by suspended Humanitarian and Poverty Alleviation minister Betta Edu….

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EFCC Recovers N30bn As 50 Bank Accounts Are Under Investigation Over Betta Edu Scandal

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EFCC Recovers N30bn As 50 Bank Accounts Are Under Investigation Over Betta Edu Scandal

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says it has recovered N30 billion in the ongoing investigation of suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu and former Chief Executive Officer of the National Social Investment Programme Authority, NSIPA, Halima Shehu. The anti-graft agency also disclosed that it has placed 50 bank accounts…

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Financial Crimes

Betta Edu: EFCC Goes After More Heads As Fresh N17bn Fraud Unfolds

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Betta Edu: EFCC Goes After More Heads As Fresh N17bn Fraud Unfolds

The fraud and sleaze rocking the Ministry of Humanitarian and Social Inclusion has taken another dimension as operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) investigating the sleaze have reportedly uncovered a fresh fraud of N17bn linked to the ministry. A source confirmed on Saturday in Abuja that the EFCC officials, who were originally…

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Financial Crimes

Edu Dissociates From Groups Holding Protests To Demand Her Reinstatement

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Edu Dissociates From Groups Holding Protests To Demand Her Reinstatement

The suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, has disowned groups organising protests in her support to be reinstated to President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet. Edu, in a release on Monday by her media aide, Rasheed Olanrewaju, claimed that she did not authorise groups to organise public prayers and protests on her behalf….

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News

Humanitarian Ministry, Miscarriage Of Justice: CNPP, CSOs Caution Against Undermining Investigation, Call for Probe Of A’Court Judges

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Humanitarian Ministry, Miscarriage Of Justice: CNPP, CSOs Caution Against Undermining Investigation, Call for Probe Of A’Court Judges

The Conference Of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) and frontline civil society organisations (CSOs) under the aegis of the Coalition Of National Civil Society Organizations Against Inept Leaders, have sounded a note of caution against undermining the ongoing investigation into allegations of corruption against Betta Edu and Sadiya Umar-Farouq, embattled former and suspended ministers of the…

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Opposition

Presidency Updates Nigerians On Betta Edu’s Probe

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Presidency Updates Nigerians On Betta Edu’s Probe

The Presidency has made a firm declaration that President Bola Tinubu’s administration will maintain a no-tolerance stance towards any form of corruption, especially in the ongoing investigation of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation and its Social Investment Programmes. This position was stated by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and…

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Financial Crimes

Betta Edu: EFCC quizzes senior ministry officials

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Betta Edu: EFCC quizzes senior ministry officials

Investigators of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have questioned several civil servants over the financial scandal rocking the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. The EFCC is investigating the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, ex-minister Sadiya Umar-Farouq, and Halima Shehu, the suspended National Coordinator and CEO of…

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Crime Watch, Financial Crimes

EFCC Releases Betta Edu, List Conditions For Bail

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EFCC Releases Betta Edu, List Conditions For Bail

The suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, has been released on bail. This follows an investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) into an alleged N585 million cash transfer scandal that took place under her ministry. The suspended minister, who was at the office of the EFCC on Tuesday,…

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Crime Watch, Financial Crimes

Presidency Speaks On Betta Edu’s N585 Million Palliative Scandal, Reveals Next Action

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Presidency Speaks On Betta Edu’s N585 Million Palliative Scandal, Reveals Next Action

The presidency has announced an ongoing investigation into a significant financial irregularity involving the transfer of N585.189 million. This substantial sum, designated as a grant for vulnerable groups in Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Ogun, and Lagos states, was reportedly diverted into a private account. This revelation has sparked widespread concern and calls for accountability. In…

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Finance and Economy, Financial Crimes

FG Rolls Out SDG Poverty Alleviation Work Plans To Touch 50m Nigerians

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FG Rolls Out SDG Poverty Alleviation Work Plans To Touch 50m Nigerians

. Find Out how you can be a beneficiary The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, has outlined some of the specifics that will be done to remove 50 million people from poverty in Nigeria, as directed by President Bola Tinubu within the next 42 months while the push to lift 133m…

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