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The Imo State House of Assembly has set up a committee to look into a petition brought before it by the Deputy Minority Leader of the House, Clinton Amadi, against the Chief Justice of the State, Justice Theresa Chikeka, on alleged falsification of her age. Presenting the petition on the floor of the House, the…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has raised a team of its investigators to probe the alleged mismanagement of N423 billion by former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai and some key members of his government. Sources disclosed that the former governor will soon be invited for questioning. Others slated for interrogation are those who…
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Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has disclosed that his administration is set to inaugurate a panel of inquiry into the governance of the state. Governor Fubara stated this on Monday after swearing in Dagogo Iboroma as the Attorney General of the state shortly after the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) was screened and confirmed by…
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The House of Representatives has yesterday declared that the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway had no approval of the National Assembly and therefore set to investigate the procurement process of the project. The House consequently called on the Minister of Works, Minister of Finance and the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice to ensure that…
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The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the frequent collapse of the national grid with a view to proffering a lasting solution for the recurrent power outages. This was a sequel to the adoption of a motion sponsored by Hon. Billy Osawaru (APC, Edo) at plenary on Wednesday. The House insisted that sustainable energy…
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Outrages over the memo issued by the Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, instructing the Accountant-General of the Federation, Dr Oluwatoyin Madein, to pay N585m into the private bank account of a project accountant in her ministry, Bridget Oniyelu, spiked on Saturday, with the opposition parties calling for her sacking, and…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has launched an investigation into the forex transactions of some companies in the country. The companies are being investigated for the forex allocations they got during the tenure of Godwin Emefiele as governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Some of the companies being investigated by the…