Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have commenced investigations into the activities of eight suspected oil thieves in Port Harcourt. EFCC Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. According to Oyewale, the investigations are coming on the heels of the...
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One of the primary roles of the media is to set agenda. Generally speaking, the media sets agenda for public discourse and gives the people information they need to explore the complex topics it raises in the context of public concerns. Because of this premise, the perception...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has seized the travel documents of suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation Dr. Betta Edu and her predecessor Hajiya Sadiya Umar-Farouq. The anti-graft agency also impounded the international passport of the suspended National Coordinator of the National Social Investment...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) may grant the embattled and suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu bail later in the day. Top sources within the anti-graft agency confirmed the development to Channels Television on Tuesday. Edu, 37, has been in the...
Investigators from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday have started grilling suspended minister Betta Edu over alleged N585m disbursement fraud. According to Channels TV report, Dr. Edu arrived at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Jabi, Abuja, at 11am. ...
By AUSTINE TSENZUGHUL, Bauchi – The Northern Youth Council has called for the sacking of the minister of Interior, Olubunmi Ojo. The group in a statement by his President, Wahab Adamu, faulted the minister’s link to the alleged corruption that lead to the suspension of Betta Edu as...
On Monday, January 8, Nigeria’s presidential spokesperson Ajuri Ngelale announced in a statement that Nigeria’s Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu had been suspended by President Bola Tinubu, amidst N585m scandal making headlines. A few days before Betta’s suspension, Mr President had suspended Halima...
Former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq returned home on Monday night after hours of interrogation by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). She had arrived at the Jabi Headquarters of the EFCC about 10.18 am on Monday to...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday grilled a former Minister of Social Development, Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs, Sadiya Umar-Farouk, for hours over allegations of fraud. A source at the EFCC confirmed to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the former minister was at...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has invited the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, to its headquarters in Abuja, for questioning over alleged fraud. A source at the EFCC confirmed to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday that the suspended...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has expressed dissatisfaction with a judgment of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court awarding N100 million damages against it in favour of a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele....
Justice Olukayode Adeniyi of an FCT High Court on Monday awarded N100 million in damages to suspended former governor of the central bank of Nigeria (CBN) against the federal government and Economic and financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for violations of his rights. The embattled Emefiele had dragged the...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – Social media influencer, Reno Omokri has reacted to the suspension of the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu, from office. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that President Bola Tinubu suspended the embattled minister after a memo revealed that she asked the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – In line with his avowed commitment to uphold the highest standards of integrity, transparency, and accountability in the management of the commonwealth of Nigerians, President Bola Tinubu has suspended the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu, from office with...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Mrs Sadiya Umar-Farouq CON, has arrived at the head quarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to honour the invitation by the anti-graft agency to offer clarifications in respect of some...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Dangote Group has expressed readiness to assist the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in its investigations, following the visit of the anti-graft agency to the company’s head office in Lagos. It would be recalled that EFCC operatives on Jan. 4, embarked...
Fundamentally, poverty alleviation and productive youth engagement remain major challenges of modern economies around the world today. Nigeria is no exception. To cage a poor enterprise culture and mainstream poverty alleviation, a full-blown ministry under the Muhammadu Buhari administration was birthed and carefully designed poverty alleviation programmes and skills...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has summoned top officials of the Dangote Group to Abuja to come along with detailed documents on foreign exchange transactions by the conglomerate covering the last nine years. Operatives of the EFCC stormed the headquarters of Dangote Industries Limited in Ikoyi,...
A Civil Society Organisation (CSO), The Legends Mandate (TLM) has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to be fair and dispassionate in its investigation of the activities of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development. The group urged the anti-graft agency not to...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said the former Minister of Humanitarian Affair, Disaster Management, and Social Development Sadiya Umar-Farouq, did not shun its invitation as reported by a section of the media. The EFCC Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale said this in a chat with the News...