Against earlier reports that Muhammad Umar succeeds suspended Abdulrasheed Bawa as acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), ASHENEWS confirms that the Director of Operations of the Commission, Abdulkarim Chukkol is the actual acting Chairman.
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
ASHENEWS reports that a former President of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olisa Agbakoba SAN has asked President Bola Tinubu to also remove the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmoud Yakubu, the same way he suspended the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, and Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), AbdulRasheed Bawa.
For the 12th year in at a stretch, Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote, remains Africa’s richest, despite losing his $3.12 billion fortune to $17.8 billion, as a result of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) unification of the naira’s exchange rate system.
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday unveiled a Country Strategic Plan (CSP) for Nigeria worth $2.5 billion.
Substitute Hamza Barry scored in added time as Gambia beat South Sudan 3-2 in Suez, to keep alive their hopes of qualifying to the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).
Guinea Bissau are on the verge of sealing a place at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) after edging out Sao Tome and Principe 1-0 on Wednesday.
The Kano State Police Command have arrested 12 illegal immigrants from Mali and Niger Republic.
Trouble seem to have just begun for the suspension of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), with his invitation by the Department of State Services (DSS).
Mr. Mohammed Umar, the Director of Operations, is the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Responding to a question on the state’s debt burden Bago said, “If you are asking about the finances of Niger State, I think governance is a continuum and I don’t want to allow negative energy to pull me back. As a government, we will have to move on. Whether it is negative as it were, whether it is positive you know, but the most important is that you have identified where we are and we know where we are going to. So rest assured that the debts of governance, you know, if debts are taken progression is positive, if they are taken and carted away, it’s negative. I can reassure you that we’ll restructure these debts and free some funds for development.