EFCC reopens cases against Fayose, Kwankwaso, Nnamani, Lamido, Sylva, others

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has reopened money laundering cases against 13 former governors and some former ministers, with the amounts involved running into over N853.8bn. Sunday PUNCH findings revealed that the amount at stake in the high-profile cases involving the former governors and ex-ministers was not less than N772.2bn, however, the anti-graft agency is currently investigating the N81.6bn that was allegedly looted in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. However, another $2.2bn was alleged to have gone missing through money laundering, fund diversion and misappropriation in recent times. The $2.2bn was allegedly diverted by a former

By |January 14th, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

Sylva, Diri Trade Words Over Violence, Arms Stockpiling In Bayelsa

  The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, has accused Governor Douye Diri of planning to perpetrate violence and stockpile arms during the November 11 election. Speaking to newsmen at the venue of signing the peace accord organised by the National Peace Committee (NPC) in Yenagoa on Wednesday, Sylva alleged that the PDP had orchestrated much violence in Kolokuma/Opokuma LGA. However, the former Minister of State for Petroleum expressed hope the peace accord would make the critical actors in the election stand back and work for peace. He said: “APC today has come

By |November 9th, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: , , |0 Comments

$9.6b judgment: House summons Malami, Sylva

Attorney- General and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami and Minister of State Petroleum Timipre Sylva have been summoned by the House of Representatives over the $9.6 billion judgment debt against the country in the United Kingdom. The angry lawmakers took the decision at plenary on Wednesday after deliberating on a motion of urgent national importance moved by Prof. Julius Ihonvbere. The House observed that “this embarrassing judgment exposes a deep decay in our governance and leadership infrastructure with far-reaching implications for the credibility of the country’s capacity to handle business and legal cases.” It mandated a 17-man ad Hoc Committee

By |September 19th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , |0 Comments
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