Saraki says Jonathan didn’t give him a bribe over missing $20billion

Senate President Bukola Saraki has denied allegations by a news website that he received a bribe from former president Goodluck Jonathan to help him influence the Senate’s probe about the $20 billion believed to be missing from the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) account. Saraki accused the news medium of smear campaign and acting the script of his... Read More

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June 7, 2015

10 things we learned from Diezani’s ThisDay interview

Diezani Alison-Madueke has, again, reaffirmed that during her tenure she stole no money. Her tenure as minister has been shrouded by controversy that will take years to live down. She disclosed this in an interview with ThisDay where she also opened up on some other issues like her accomplishments and the structural problems of the petroleum sector, Emir Mohammad... Read More

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May 2, 2015

Steve Ayorinde: $20billion scam – Who wants Akinosho dead?

by Steve Ayorinde In the absence of any direct links or suspects, the general suspicion of why a journalist would be the target of assassins is largely on account of scathing revelations about the corruption in the petroleum industry that he has personally authored or generally published by his magazine Not a few people would... Read More

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April 28, 2015

Audit report on the missing $20billion is not reliable – PricewaterhouseCoopers says

by Ranti Joseph The recently released forensic audit of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, operations on the missing $20 billion oil money may not be reliable after all. PricewaterhouseCoopers, the audit firm that conducted the probe, says it cannot vouch for the integrity of its findings. In a shocking introductory letter addressed to Nigeria’s Auditor... Read More

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February 27, 2014

YNaija Editorial: Sanusi made things messy, but his removal is not acceptable

by Our Editors The federal government based its decision to suspend the governor on the damning report by the little-known agency called the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria. While announcing the suspension, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati accused Mr Sanusi of “acts of financial recklessness and misconduct that are... Read More