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  The Code of Conduct Bureau will (today) on Tuesday quiz the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, over the alleged connection of his company in a N438m contract ‘fraud’ at the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. It was alleged that New Planet Projects, reportedly belonging to the minister, benefited from …

Governor Aiyedatiwa   Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State has ordered contractors handling road projects across the state to immediately return to sites and ensure timely completion of projects. Aiyedatiwa gave the directive at a meeting between the contractors and the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure, headed by the Permanent …

The Ebonyi State government has procured sports utility vehicles (SUVs) for medical doctors working in the state-owned general hospitals as incentives. The approval for the procurement was contained in a release. It stated that Governor Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru endorsed the procurement to ensure that the medical doctors respond to duty calls …

Central Bank of Nigeria building The Central Bank of Nigeria is set to transfer some of its departments to Lagos State. This was stated in an Internal memo made available on Saturday. The move, according to an official of the CBN who spoke on condition of anonymity, is to decongest …

In a bid to recover a debt of N254,201,001.4, First City Monument Bank FCMB has dragged a business man, Prince Stanley Uduhirinwa trading under the name, Leesabel Ventures Nigeria before a Federal High Court in Lagos. In a statement of claim jointly filed before the court by the bank and …

Edu is being investigated over the N585 million she directed the Accountant-General of the Federation, Oluwatoyin Madein, to transfer to a private account owned by one Oniyelu Bridget, who the ministry claimed currently serves as the Project Accountant, Grants for Vulnerable Groups, among other fraud allegations involving her office. The …

The former minister was arraigned on seven counts bordering on fraudulent award of contract and official corruption. Nobel laureate Prof Wole Soyinka has raised the alarm that there is a high-level concern for the safety of a former power minister, Dr. Olu Agunloye. SaharaReporters earlier reported that the Economic and …

Meanwhile, the ex-minister (Umar-Farouk’s) passport was also seized as part of her bail conditions before she was subsequently released late Monday night. The Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has seized the passports of the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, and her predecessor, Sadiya Umar-Farouk, to …

Olu Ogunloye The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned a former Minister of Power and Steel Development, Olu Agunloye, before Justice J.O Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Apo, Abuja. Ogunloye was arraigned on Wednesday on seven count charges bordering on fraudulent award of contract …

An independent check revealed that the firm has the interior minister and his wife, Abimbola as directors. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has admitted that he is still a shareholder of New Planet Project Limited, a company that was a total amount of N438.1million by the Ministry of Humanitarian …