Tag: Whistleblower
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Pressure mounts on Tinubu’s Govt to prioritise enactment of Whistleblower Protection Law
There have been fresh calls for President Bola Tinubu-led administration to reintroduce and push for the speedy passage of the ‘botched’ Whistleblower Bill into law. The African Centre for Media & Information Literacy (AFRICMIL), Progressive Impact Organization for Community Development (PRIMORG) and other civil society organizations had been advocating on different fora for the Tinubu-led…
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Alleged N3bn loan diversion: Bayelsa Govt refiles suit against whistleblower
The Bayelsa Government on Tuesday refiled a suit against John Idumange, who raised an alarm over alleged diversion of N3 billion Agriculture loan by government officials. Justice Iniekenimi Uzakah of the State High Court in Yenogoa had
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Musk reveals new reason to exit Twitter deal
Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, has revealed a new reason why he exit Twitter deal, as both parties in legal suit on Tuesday threw more accusations at each other. This development was seen in the latest round of legal filings over Musk’s efforts to rescind his offer to buy the social media platform. Musk filed more…
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Whistleblower, critic drag Benue LG chairman, Facebook to court
Mr. Unazi Gideon, a social critic, and Eza Patrick, an anti-corruption crusader have dragged Mr. James Oche, Chairman, Ado Local Government Area of Benue and Facebook International Services Nigeria Limited for alleged defamation of character. Gideon and Patrick, in a suit marked: FCT/HC/CV/2812/2022 and filed at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, demanded N500 million…
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Court fixes date to hear whistleblower’s N100m suit against ICPC
The Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed Feb. 24, 2021, for hearing in a N100 million suit filed by a whistleblower, George Davidson, against the ICPC. Justice Nkeonye Maha , who adjourned the matter in her ruling, hinged the decision on the fact that parties in the suit had yet to be joined. Also joined…
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$1bn secret govt account: Malami reacts to whistleblower’s claims on unpaid funds
The Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice only pays whistleblowers after successful recovery not for mere tracing or exposure of suspected illegitimate funds. This is contained in a statement issued by Dr. Umar Jibrilu Gwandu, Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and…
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Whistleblower drags Malami to President Buhari over $1bn deal
A whistleblower, John Okupurhe, has written a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, accusing the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation(AGF). Okpurhe, in a letter written by his lawyer, Aliyu Lemu, dated June 22, 2020, accused the AGF of refusing to pay him commission after exposing over $1bn (N420bn) hidden in Unity Bank Plc.…
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Adesina vindicated by AfDB Bureau of Governors
The Bureau of the Board of Governors of the African Development Bank rules an Independent Investigation is not required and stands by the decision of the Ethics Committee in favor of Adesina. Instead an independent reviewer will take a look at process by which the Ethics Committee reached its determination on Adesina’s behalf. The Bank’s…
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Cambridge Analytica whistleblower calls for social media regulation
The whistleblower, who claimed data consultancy Cambridge Analytica played a role in obtaining data from Facebook users, on Tuesday called for government regulation of social media and online advertising. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Christopher Wylie, a former director of research at the now-defunct data consultancy firm, made the call at the Web Summit, Europe’s biggest tech…
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British lawmakers publish evidence from Cambridge Analytica whistleblower
A committee of British lawmakers on Thursday published written evidence provided by a whistleblower who said information about 50 million Facebook users ended up in the hands of political consultancy — Cambridge Analytica. Christopher Wylie, who worked for Cambridge Analytica, alleged that the data was used to build profiles on American voters and generate support…