The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has explained that its operatives’ visit to the property occupied by Justice Ita Mbaba is not connected to the judge. Media reports have suggested that operatives of the anti-graft agency had invaded Justice Mbaba’s house in Kano. However, in a reaction by the spokesperson of the agency, Wilson Uwujaren mailed to ASHENEWS on Wednesday, the EFCC said the operatives were only “on a Property Verification Exercise, owing to a subsisting matter involving the owner of the property,” adding that “there is no truth, linkage or nexus with any investigation of the Honourable Justice of the…
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The Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Kalu has ruled out the possibility of impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari; this he said as the Senate resumed from its annual recess on Tuesday. Speaking with journalists covering the upper chamber, Kalu said the security situation, which the opposition parties in the Senate used as basis for threatening Mr. President with impeachment before proceeding on recess two months ago. Below is the full transcription of the chat: “No body is talking about impeachment. Not on this floor. President Buhari has done well in some areas and failed in some areas. The impeachment threat…
President Muhammadu Buhari in separate letters of requests on Tuesday, sought approval of the Senate for issuance of promissory notes totaling over N402 billion, Newsdiaryonline has reported. The first of such requests read in plenary by President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan was N375 billion meant for settling outstanding claims owed various exporters. Other similar debts payment requests to be routed through Debt Management Office (DMO) are N6.706 billion for Kebbi State Government on construction of federal road in the State and N2.706 billion for Taraba State Government for constructing federal roads as well. President Buhari in another request as…
The Federal High Court Abuja has said ex-Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido, and his co-defendants, have a case to answer in the N712 million naira money-laundering charges filed against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. EFCC is prosecuting Lamido on 37 amended charges, alongside two of his sons, Aminu and Mustapha Lamido. Other defendants include Aminu Abubakar, a business associate to the Lamidos and four companies. The former governor had filed a no-case submission, after the EFCC closed its case, stating that the evidence provided by the prosecution did not disclose any case against him. However, ruling on the no-case…
Gong Dao’an, former deputy mayor and police chief of east China’s Shanghai Municipality, was sentenced to life in prison for taking bribes. The Intermediate People’s Court of Tangshan in Hebei Province announced this on Wednesday. Gong was deprived of his political rights for life, all of his personal property was confiscated, and his illegal gains from bribery, as well as the interest it generated, were recovered and turned over to the state treasury. The court found that Gong had taken advantage of the multiple positions he formerly held in Hubei Province and Shanghai Municipality to assist others in matters including…
Deng Huilin, former deputy mayor of southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for taking bribes. The Intermediate People’s Court of Baoding in Hebei Province announced the sentence on Wednesday. Deng, who was also head of the local public security bureau, was also given a 4-million-yuan ($575,242) fine as part of the penalty. His illegal gains from bribery, as well as the interest it generated, were recovered and turned over to the state treasury. Deng was found guilty of taking advantage of his former positions in Hubei Province and the Chongqing Municipality between 1999 and 2020…
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) on Tuesday inaugurated 2022 anti-corruption shadow report on progress towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 16 in Nigeria. SDG 16 is about peace, justice and strong institutions. The SDGs Shadow Report 2022 was launched on the sidelines of 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. Speaking on the Report, the Executive Director of CISLAC, Mr Auwal Rafsanjani said there were improvement in two indicators in 2022 in measuring SDG 16 as compared to three in 2021 and six in 2019. “This improvement, which can be seen in the policy…
The People of Mariga town in Mariga local government area of Niger state are searching for more than 500 corpses washed away from the cemetery. This was disclosed by the Chief Imam of Mariga Central Mosque, Alhassan Na’ibi while speaking in a telephone interview on Tuesday. He said “we are now searching for over 500 corpses buried in a cemetery in Mariga town who we believe were washed away by flood in Mariga.” Nai’bi said the community was in total confusion as it had to relocate about 100 other corpses from the cemetery to another burial ground to curb the happening. The…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has invited some top government functionaries to a meeting with a view to resolving the ongoing Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Gbajabiamila made this known after five hours closed door meeting between the leadership of the house and ASUU on Tuesday in Abuja. Those invited are, the Account General of the Federation, the Auditor General of the Federation, the Director General of National Information Development Agency (NITDA) and his counterpart in National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission. He said that the government officials are to appear on Thursday, September…
An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State has sentenced a banker, Blessing Bassey to seven years imprisonment for stealing N2.68 million from a bank. The Chief Magistrate , F.M. Kayode-Alamu sentenced Bassey following her change of plea from not guilty to guilty. Bassey, an employee of one of the old generation banks, stole the sum from her employer from April 15 to April 20 at Iddo, Ebute Meta, in contravention of Section 287(9) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015. Bassey had pleaded not guilty to a count charge of stealing on arraignment on April 22. The count granted…