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Directors and permanent secretaries in ministries, departments and agencies of government are said to be jittery over the Presidency’s claims that the 2016 budget was inflated and over-bloated. The Presidency had over the weekend, revealed that a ‘mafia in the civil service’ had sabotaged the Federal Government’s budget The unnamed mafia were said to have... Read More
During a budget defence session on Tuesday, February 8, the Senate Committee on Federal Character walked out the representatives of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and the Federal Road Safety Commission. The committee members collectively agreed that the SGF, Babachir David Lawl and the FRSC boss, Boboye Oyeyemi must appear before them... Read More
The immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh (retd.), is being detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over his alleged role in the $2.1bn arms procurement fraud. Badeh, who had initially visited the EFCC office last week Thursday, was asked to return to the commission on Monday, February 8.... Read More
Following his victory at the Supreme Court, Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, had reiterated his earlier calls that former governor of the state, now Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, had mismanaged the state funds and used it to fund the ruling All Progressives Congress party. However, Amaechi, in a statement on Monday, debunked the allegations... Read More
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is investigating former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as well as the former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Allison-Madueke. The former Ministers are being investigated in connection with corruption acts and diversion of public funds carried out during the Goodluck Jonathan administration. Chairman of the anti-graft agency, Ibrahim Magu,... Read More
Workers in Lagos state have joined in the protest against the increase in electricity tariffs by the electricity distribution companies. The DISCOS had refused to heed to the Nigeria Labour Congress’ warning to not embark on the planned 45% increase in electricity tariffs. Members of the NLC and other Trade Unions have made good the... Read More
Y!/YNaija presents its third edition of the #YTech100 as part of the official Social Media Week Lagos 2016 events, an annual networking event honoring the brightest and best in Nigeria’s technology eco-system. This edition features tech innovators from all spheres of life such as education, e-commerce, enterprise resource among others. The by-invitation-only event, will spotlight... Read More
The Nigeria Labor Congress and the Trade Union Congress have mobilised workers to protest against the increased electricity tariff in the country. The NLC had on different occasions called on the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission to jettison the recent increase in electricity tariff while warning that if the Commission failed to heed, it would embark... Read More
The Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi, who is also the immediate past governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s endorsement of the CBN forex policy, as an encouragement of corruption. In a recent discussion with Financial Times, while praising the president’s removal of “wasteful and corrupt fuel subsidies”, the Emir... Read More
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