Musa Sada Admits Collecting N700m Bribe - EFCC

 

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said former minister of mines and steel Arch. Musa Sada confessed to have collected N700 million for former Governor of Katsina state Ibrahim Shema.

A statement by the EFCC spokesman Wilson Uwujaren said Musa Sada is one of the former ministers in the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan who are being investigated by the anti-graft agency over his involvement in the alleged N23.29bn poll bribery scandal.

Corruption: Federal Government Approves Presidential Initiative on Continuous Audit of MDAs

 

 

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the implementation of the Presidential Initiative on Continuous Audits of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to strengthen control over government finances.

The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, said this on Wednesday, in Abuja, while briefing State House correspondents on the outcome of the FEC meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Senate to Expunge Anti-Social Media Provisions From Anti-Frivolous Petitions Bill — Saraki

The Senate will expunge Section 4 of the Anti-Frivolous Petitions Bill, popularly known as ‘Anti-Social Media Bill,’ to give the media the freedom it deserved, the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has said.

How Director, 6 Others Laundered Police Pension Funds – Witness

EFCC Operatives

A prosecution witness, Mustapha Gadanya, on Thursday told Justice Hussein Yusuf of the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, how seven accused persons conspired with banks to launder police pension funds.

EFCC Allegedly Begins Probe of Allison-Madueke & Okonjo Iweala

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that it has begun an investigation into the petroleum sector and the role of former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke. Reports also indicates that former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is also being investigated.

Ex-Fayose Henchman Temitope Aluko Reveals Details Of Ekitigate Plot, Including Use Of Military And Funds From Presidency

During an exclusive interview with SaharaTV, Temitope Aluko, the former right-hand-man to the embattled Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose, revealed the causes of his betrayal of Mr. Fayose and how they used the military to rig the 2014 Ekiti gubernatorial election in favor of him. The television interview, together with reporting by SaharaReporters, provides new evidence on how Mr. Fayose and Mr. Aluko lobbied two powerful Southwest federal ministers--the Minister of State for Defense Musiliu Obanikoro and the Minister of Police Affairs Jelili Adesiyan--to convince the former President Goodluck Jonathan to support their rigging plot which became known as Ekitigate.

Nigerian Authorities Raid Former VP Namadi Sambo's Office Over Alleged Arms Fraud

 

 

Nigerian authorities have reportedly raided the office of former Vice President Namadi Sambo, pictured in Abuja on August 11, 2014.Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters

Nigerian authorities have raided the office of former Vice President Namadi Sambo as part of ongoing investigations into a $2 billion arms corruption scandal, the BBC reports.

Documents including bank statements and contracts were seized during the raid, which took place on Saturday at Sambo’s office in the Nigerian capital

Return to Nigeria Or Be Disgraced Out of U.S – APC Spokesman Advises Obanikoros 

 

 

 

Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State, Mr. Joe Igbokwe, has advised a former governorship aspirant in the state, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, as well as his two sons to return to Nigeria to face the allegations of fraud leveled against them or face repatriation.

The ex-Minister of state for Defence, who is a citizen of the United States, has since the defeat of former President, Goodluck Jonathan in the last election, relocated to the United States, where he is currently studying History at Oglethorpe University in Georgia. His sons are also in that country presently.

Obasanjo Blasts Governors for Living Like Emperors

Olusegun Obasanjo

Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday lambasted some state governors in Nigeria for living like emperors while demanding sacrifice from the citizens for Nigeria to survive the hard times.

Obasanjo chided the governors while speaking as the chairman at the inaugural conference of the Ibadan School of Government and Public Policy, held at the University of Ibadan.

Jonathan Bought Substandard Weapons to Fight Terror War – Federal Government

Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture

The Federal Government has said whatever weapons that were procured by the Goodluck Jonathan Administration for the military to prosecute the war against terrorism were substandard and could not have been responsible for the string of successes recorded by the military in recent times.

In a statement issued in Abeokuta on Monday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, described as unfortunate and unsubstantiated the statement credited to former President Goodluck Jonathan attributing the recent successes in the war to the weapons allegedly bought by his Administration that were delivered after he had left office.

EFCC Arrests Deputy General Of FIRS, Abumere Joseph Osagie For Extortion

 

Reports indicates that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Abumere Joseph Osagie who is a Deputy Director, Regional Tax Office of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), for allegedly attempting to extort the sum of N5 million from the Chancellor of Baze University, Abuja, Senator Ahmed Datti.

In a statement, The Head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, said ; “Osagie and one Jamila Ojora had on January 27, 2016 allegedly approached Senator Ahmed Datti, the Chancellor of Baze University, Abuja and gave him a tax assessment of N20,029, 496.00 through a letter of intent, which he paid.

Buhari Will Probe Jonathan if Guilty of Arms Deal – Lai Mohammed

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has stated that former president Goodluck Jonathan will be probed if implicated in the arms deal scandal.

Jonathan had during a world press conference in Geneva on Wednesday, faulted the claim by Mohammed that over 15 governors under the past government were corrupt.

“As for the Information Minister (Lai Muhammed), you quoted; I was not president in 2006 but in 2010. He said about 15 former governors of states

Andy Uba, Stella Oduah, others ask INEC not to withdraw their Certificates of Return

Stella Oduah

Nine National Assembly members from Anambra State, including Senators Andy Uba and Stella Oduah, have written the Independent National Electoral Commission, disputing reports that they were sacked by the Supreme Court on Friday.
Apart from Messrs. Uba (Anambra South) and Oduah lAnambra North) who are Senators, the other lawmakers believed to be affected are Lynda Ikpeazu, Anayo Nnebe, Tony Nwoye, Chris Azubogu, Chukwuka Onyema, Obinna Chidoka and Eucharia Azodo who are members of the House of Representatives.

Armsgate: EFCC Detains Former Air Chief, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has detained the immediate past Chief of Army Staff, CAS, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu, in continuation of its probe of how funds budgeted for the procurement of arms under the immediate past administration of Goodluck Jonathan were expended.

On Wednesday, Amosu responded to a summon by the anti-graft agency alongside an unidentified retired Air Vice Marshal but were taken into custody for the commencement of the investigation, The Punch reports.

Your Service to Nigeria Wasn’t Selfless, You Left Appalling Records – Falana Replies Okonjo-Iweala

Radical Lagos lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, has accused the immediate past Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of leaving behind appalling records, advising her to “stop giving the erroneous impression that she rendered selfless service” to Nigeria since her salaries were paid in dollars.

The brickbat started when Falana sent a petition to the ICC prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, describing as “criminal” the transfer of recovered $322 million loot of former Nigerian dictator, Sani Abacha, to the then National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki.

Metuh’s Trial: Bank Staff Says He Runs 5 Accounts

An official of Diamond Bank Plc, Eno-Mfon Effiong, yesterday, told the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja that the National Publicity Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, who is facing trial over alleged N400 million fraud, ran five separate accounts with the bank.

Effiong, who told the court that she was the account officer to Metuh’s firm, Destra Investment Limited, explained that the company already had a balance of N6,676,576 in its account, prior to the date the Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA, credited it with N400 million on November 24, 2014.

Africa: Nigeria and Angola Take Two Extreme Approaches to Corruption

In response to the growing public demand and to end the proliferation of protests against corruption in Angola, in 2009, President José Eduardo dos Santos announced his new policy of "zero tolerance" of corruption. More than 2200 days have passed since his announcement and not one major corrupt figure has been arrested. From his actions, it is clear that he prefers to arrest and punish those who speak out against uncontrolled corruption rather than those who are actually guilty of corruption.

Rivonia Treason Trialist Calls for ANC to Eject “Entire Corrupt Leadership”

Denis Goldberg has added his voice to a growing chorus of criticism against South Africa's ruling party.

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Denis Goldberg, who was on trial for treason during the apartheid years, has called for the ruling party to clean itself out from top to bottom.

The comments were made on BBC Radio 5 Live over the weekend and Goldberg believes the leadership issue has reached crisis levels.

“Corruption is a problem. I personally believe, and I will say it publicly, as I do in South Africa, that the members of the ANC need to renew the leadership from top to bottom.

Dasuki as Court to Stop His Trial

The Former National Security Adviser Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd), has asked the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to stop his trial for the refusal of the federal government to obey an order of the court granting him bail. 

In December 2015, Dasuki was granted bail by Yusuf Baba, justice of the FCT high court; while at Kuje prison in Abuja, Dasuki perfected the conditions of his bail, but operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) reportedly whisked him away to an unknown location. 

Court Adjourns Dasuki’s Trial Over Lawyers’ Absence

A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on Thursday adjourned the trial of the ex National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, till Friday, due to the absence of his lawyers.

Dasuki is standing trial for alleged diversion of $2.1billion arms procurement fund.

The presiding judge, Justice Baba Yusuf, took the decision after he was informed that Dasuki’s lawyers – Mr. Joseph Daudu (SAN) and Mr. Ahmed Raji (SAN) – are attending an election petition tribunal’s sitting in Kogi.