The current economic situation in the country calls for an emergency economic conference, Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka has said. Prof. Soyinka who spoke during a courtesy visit to the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed in his office in Abuja on Thursday, blamed years of bad governance for the country’s economic downturn. He […]
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CHARIMAN of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu yesterday said the agency has recovered billions of stolen funds. He said the anti-corruption war is “the war of the people.” Stating that “apart from the fear of God, we have no other fear.” Magu, who made the submissions in an address to a coalition of […]
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FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo declared the air yesterday, saying it is too late to bring back the over 200 abducted Chibok girls. According to The Nation, He stated that any of the nation’s leaders promising the return of the teenage girls is simply lying. Obasanjo spoke at an interactive programme of the Obafemi Awolowo University, […]
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PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari is under pressure from some highly-placed Nigerians to slow down his anti-graft war, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said yesterday. But the government will not pull the brakes because fighting corruption is what Nigerians want, the Vice President said. Prof. Osinbajo spoke during a meeting with a delegation from the Moslem Congress of […]
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AS President Muhammadu Buhari prepare to visit the United Kingdom on Thursday, the Amnesty International has urged British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron, to prevail on him to stop side-stepping justice and commence independent investigations into war crimes and possible crimes against humanity by the Nigerian military. President Buhari will be visiting the UK, to […]
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INDICATIONS on Tuesday was that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s interrogation of a former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu (retd.), had reached a dead end. It was learnt, Punchng reported that the commission had asked Amosu and others, who are still being detained over the $2.1bn arms deal, to refund some […]
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PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari’s war on corruption got yesterday a major backing, with former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Mohammed Uwais and former Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Prof. Ibrahim Gambari urging him to keep pushing. Buhari should remain resolute and vigorously pursue corruption suspects, the eminent Nigerians said, describing as callous “the allocation […]
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PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday said as far his administration’s ongoing anti-corruption fight was concerned, the nation’s judiciary remained his major headache. He said the fight against corruption in Nigeria could only be effectively tackled with the strong support of the judiciary. According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. […]
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FORMER Ambassador and Deputy Representative of Nigeria at the United Nations, Chief Oladapo Fafowora, has called on the Federal Government to take its anti-corruption war to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and the Central Bank of Nigeria. Fafowora stated this at the 11th annual Adekunle Kukoyi Memorial Lecture organised by the Lagos State Branch of […]
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Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has challenged the Federal Government to do more than just talking about bringing the Halliburton and Siemens corruption scandals culprits to book, stating that President Muhammadu Buhari should disabuse the minds of Nigerians who believe that his fight against corruption is selective. Governor Fayose, who commended the Federal Government […]
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Critics of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration’s anti-corruption crusade yesterday got a reply – no intimidation or blackmail will stop the war. According to The Nation Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed said Nigerians should be prepared for more mind boggling revelations in the 2014 and 2015 report, which is yet to be released. […]
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The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babashir David Lawal, on Tuesday said the current anti-corruption war by President Muhammadu Buhari is within the Nigerian law. There have been accusation that the government was selective and not following due process in the campaign against corruption. But speaking in his office in Abuja during […]
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