Tag: Probe
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Senate commences probe of NPA’s $3bn spending on dredging
The Senate, on Wednesday, began a probe into the $3bn allegedly spent by the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, on the dredging of Lagos, Bonny and Calabar water channels. The lawmakers mandated the Senate Committee on Marine Transport to investigate the “dredging activities, books and records” of the NPA and the three companies engaged for the…
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Sanusi’s probe: Kano Assembly Speaker, Kabiru Rurum resigns
The Speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly, Kabiru Rurum, has resigned. TheNewsGuru.com reports that Rurum’s resignation is coming after he was alleged to have collected N100m bribe to suspend the probe of Emir of Kano, Mallam Muhammad Sanusi II, an allegation he blatantly denied few weeks ago. TheNewsGuru.com reports that Sanusi was accused…
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FG orders probe of NDDC personnel employment, certificates
The Federal Government has ordered investigation into educational qualification of members of staff of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr Uguru Usani gave the directive when he visited the commission on Friday in Port Harcourt. He expressed optimism the investigation would expose ghost workers and staff members, who gained…
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FG probes illegal sales of fruit donated by Saudi govt to Muslims in Nigeria
Some unscrupulous persons have released for sale the 200 tonnes of fruit donated to Nigerian Muslims by the government of Saudi Arabia. The fruit, date palm, which is peculiar to the Middle East, was expected to be distributed free of charge to indigent Muslims via designated mosques in the country; but it is now being…
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Ifeanyi Ubah: Appeal Court backs N43bn probe by EFCC
The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal has given the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, nod to continue its investigation of Capital Oil and Gas Limited and its Managing Director, Ifeanyi Ubah, for alleged complicity in a N43.29bn petroleum subsidy scheme fraud. EFCC and the police had levelled them allegations of obtaining subsidy…
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Emir of Kano and the aborted Tsunami – Godwin Etakibuebu
By Godwin Etakibuebu The topic treated on this page last week was a frightening question: Pending Tsunami in Kano Emirate: Will the Emir survive it? Though I did not complete the work then, hoping to complete the analysis today, on how the sword of Damascus balanced appropriately on the Emir’s neck, relief came his way…
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Pending Tsunami in Kano Emirate: Will the Emir survive it? 1 – Godwin Etakibuebu
By Godwin Etakibuebu It began with the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission’s investigation of the Kano Emirate Council over allegation of misappropriation of Six Billion Naira. While the probe continued, those that are well entrenched in Kano politics knew that the exercise was all about the highly respected Emir of Kano; Mallam Muhammad…
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Why we suspended N6bn fraud probe of Sanusi – agency
Chairman, Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission, Mr. Muhuyi Magaji, says the agency has achieved 80 per cent success into the investigation of alleged misapplication of N6bn by the Kano Emirate Council. Magaji told the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Abuja that the commission had also recorded a “water tight case against…
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Emir Sanusi: Kano anti-corruption agency suspends probe indefinitely
The Kano State government anti-corruption agency has suspended investigation into the finances of the Emirate Council According to a report by Premium Times, the chairman of the body, Muhyi Gado, stated that the suspension was indefinite. Gado explained that the commission could not continue, as the House of Assembly was also conducting an investigation. “We…
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BBC apologises to Emir Sanusi over alleged N6b Emirate fund scam publication
British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, has apologised to the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, over reports it published claiming the Emir was connected with a financial recklessness that took place with the Kano Emirate fund. Recall that on April 24, the corporation had published a report claiming that the Emir was under probe by the…