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2023 Presidency: I’ve not anointed any candidate – Buhari

President Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari has disowned Abdullahi Adamu, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the choice of Ahmad Lawan as consensus presidential candidate of the party, noting that he has not anointed anyone. Reports had emerged to the effect that Adamu announced Lawan, senate president, as …

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Court orders MTN, NELMCO to pay N200m to victim of amputation

A High Court in Damaturu, Yobe State, on Monday, ordered MTN Telecommunications Limited and Nigeria Electricity Liability Management Limited/GTE (NELMCO), to pay N200m to Hamsatu Abdullahi for negligence. Justice M. Lawu Lawan said: “I hold that the plaintiff has dully established by oral and documentary credible and unchallenged evidence against …

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JUST IN: EFCC arraigns Rochas Okorocha over alleged N2.9bn fraud

Rochas Okorocha in court today, May 30, 2022 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Rochas Okorocha, former Imo State governor and presidential hopeful before a federal high court in Abuja. Okorocha, who currently represents Imo West senatorial district in the National Assembly, was arraigned before Justice Inyang …

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Suspended AGF Idris entangled in another N90bn fraud

The scope of the ongoing probe of the suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reached N170billion. Idris, who was battling for bail last night, has opened up on some top government officials allegedly involved in some transactions. The EFCC has …

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EFCC arrests ex-Gov Yari, Finex Professional MD, Anthony Yaro

Yari, Yaro Anti graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), ha arrested Abdulaziz Yari, ex-Zamfara State governor over his alleged  involvement in the N84 billion fraud allegation against the former Accountant General of the Federation Ahmed Idris. Yari on Saturday picked the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket for …

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EFCC arrests ex-Gov Yari over suspended AGF’s N80bn probe

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested former Governor Abdulaziz Yari in connection with the agency’s ongoing investigation of the suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris. According to reports, Yari, a former governor of Zamfara State, was arrested on Sunday at his residence in Abuja days after he …

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