LAGOS JANUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s president has suspended the minister of humanitarian affairs with immediate effect and asked the corruption watchdog to investigate financial transactions involving her ministry, the president’s spokesperson said on Monday. Betta Edu, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, is the first minister to be suspended, less than six months after…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential panel probing Ibrahim Magu, suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has recommended his sack, TheCable understands. In its interim report submitted on Wednesday, the panel headed, by Ayo Salami, retired president of the court of appeal, also recommended that Magu should be prosecuted over allegations…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has opened up on his travails while in detention. He asked Nigerians not to give up on the fight against corruption. He said whether he is the Chairman of EFCC or not, “Nigerians must own the war against corruption,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other-Related Offences Commission on Wednesday said it would probe the allegation of corruption leveled against the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, during the recently concluded party primaries. The ICPC’s decision to investigate Oshiomhole came barely one week after he was quizzed by the…