Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has urged President Bola Tinubu to ensure those complicit in the alleged scandal involving the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, are brought to book. In a Read more…
The investigation into the sleaze in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation deepened on Wednesday with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission investigators quizzing several top civil servants linked to the scandals. This was as The PUNCH learnt Read more…
The federal government is set to build a monument in Abuja from ashes of crushed elephant tusks and ivories to show the importance of the animal to the country, and to announce its zero tolerance to illegal trading in ivories Read more…
Also questioned was her predecessor, Sadiya Umar-Farouq over N37 billion fraud in the ministry.Vanguard can authoritatively say that none of the three bank chiefs were either arrested or detained by the commission yesterday. The role of the Accountant-General of the Read more…
The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Alfred Martins, has urged the Federal Government to identify the perpetrators and sponsors of the recent killings in Plateau State and other parts of the country. He said President Bola Tinubu’s action against Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor Anambra State Police Command during the Christmas and new year festivities harvested huge number of suspected criminals. This fact was revealed by the Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Aderemi Adeoye (CP) while briefing journalists in Awka on Read more…
JUST IN: Suspended Minister, Betta Edu yet to formally handover .Permanent Secretary still awaiting official memo by Kehinde AkintolaJanuary 8, 2024 Reading Time: 4 mins readA A The suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, is yet to formally Read more…
Following the recent circulating narratives on payments made by the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, President Bola Tinubu has directed a thorough investigation to ascertain the accuracy and validity of the allegation. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris Read more…
President Bola Tinubu on Sunday directed a comprehensive inquiry into the alleged N585m scandal in the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. He vowed to “decisively punish” those involved in any breaches and infractions unravelled during the investigations. Read more…
President Bola Tinubu has been advised not to toe the ignoble path of his predecessors who only mourned victims of killings in press statements, thereby reducing themselves to mourners-in-chief instead of taking responsibility as Commanders-in-Chief. The advice was given by Read more…
Gunmen has abducted the former Chairman Imo State Council of Traditional Rulers, HRH Eze Samuel Ohiri. The traditional ruler of Odumara Orodo autonomous community in Mbaitoli LGA of Imo State was kidnapped Saturday around 8.15 am within his domain. According Read more…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has recovered about N39.8 billion out of N44.8billion allegedly embezzled from the government account by former National Coordinator of the National Social Investment Programme (NSIPA), Halima Shehu, Newtelegraph report. This came as the Read more…