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Nigerian Politicians, Other West African Leaders Responsible for Over £30m Annual Funding to UK Education Sector – Report

30Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Corruption, Education, Finance, News, Nigeria

Nigerian Politicians, Other West African Leaders Responsible for Over £30m Annual Funding to UK Education Sector – Report

A report published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, CEIP, has disclosed that politicians in West Africa, majorly Nigeria, contribute over £30m annually to the United Kingdom’s education sector. According to the report released by CEIP, at least 40 per cent of Nigerian governors, past and present, have had their children study in UK universities from 1999 till date. It showed that only ten state governors, past and present, have not sent their children to study in the UK. The publication looked at how studying abroad for the political elites are potential sources of illicit financial flows from prominent politically exposed persons, PEPs, and politicians, some of who have been accused of corruption. The publication which was written by a former US intelligence ...

Court Fixes February 19 For Judgment On Saraki’s Ikoyi Houses

28Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Corruption, Judiciary, News, Nigeria

Court Fixes February 19 For Judgment On Saraki’s Ikoyi Houses

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos presided by Justice Muhammed Liman has fixed February 19, 2021, for ruling in a suit filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for the total and final forfeiture of two properties belonging to the former Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki. The decision to fix the date was reached on Tuesday after al parties adopted and argued their final written addresses. The former Senate President, who was also a two-term governor of Kwara State, is being scrutinized by the EFCC which claimed that Saraki withdrew over N12 billion cash from the account of the Kwara government and deposited same into his personal accounts through one of his aides, Abdul Adama while serving as governor between 2003 and 2011. The court had on October 21...

Supreme Court Rejects Request to Unfreeze Abacha’s Accounts in UK, others

22Jan

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Corruption, Finance, Judiciary, News, Nigeria

Supreme Court Rejects Request to Unfreeze Abacha’s Accounts in UK, others

The Supreme Court, on Friday, declined the request by a brother to the late Gen. Sani Abacha, Alhaji Ali Abacha, to unfreeze the accounts traced to him and relatives of the late Head of State in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Jersey, Liechtenstein, and Luxembourg. The apex court in a unanimous judgment of a five-man panel led by Justice Sylvester Ngwuta held that Ali Abacha’s case was statute-barred as at when it was commenced in April 2004 at the Federal High Court in Kaduna State. The judgment was in the appeal marked: SC/359/2010, filed by Alhaji Ali Abacha, said to be a brother of the late Gen. Sani Abacha. In the lead judgment prepared by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, but read on Friday by Justice Ejembi Eko, the court held that having dismissed a similar appeal in an earlie...

UK Speaks on Gowon’s Alleged CBN Looting

27Dec

By Obiajulu Joel Nwolu1 Comment

Corruption, Crime, Finance, News, Nigeria

UK Speaks on Gowon’s Alleged CBN Looting

The United Kingdom has distanced itself from the indictment of former Nigerian Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, by a member of its parliament, Tom Tugendhat. The UK lawmaker had on November 23, accused Gowon of looting half the Central Bank of Nigeria while he was the head of state. Tugendhat disclosed this during a debate by the parliament on Nigerian government officials embroiled in human rights abuses during the #EndSARS protests in Nigeria. Commenting on the allegation, the UK in a letter signed by a member of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Nigeria Unit, identified as Angela stated that Tugendhat spoke in his own personal capacity, and his statement does not reflect the views of the British Parliament or the United Kingdom. The clarification followed a petition...

Court Declines Maina’s Adjournment Request

8Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Corruption, Judiciary, Justice, News, Nigeria

Court Declines Maina’s Adjournment Request

A Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected the request by Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reformed Task Team, for an adjournment to prepare for his defence. The preceding judge, Justice Okon Abang held that the request was intended to waste the judicial time of the court. Justice Abang had on December 4, 2020, adjourned the N2bn money laundering case till Tuesday (today) based on a request by Maina’s new lawyer, Mr Adaji Abel, who solicited for more time to enable him to prepare for the case. The judge also ordered Maina to be remanded in prison after the defendant was extradited to Nigeria following his alleged jumping of bail. Mr. Farouk Abdullah, Economic Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s prosecuting counsel, was about to invite the ninth ...

EFCC Arrests Bauchi Governor’s Special Adviser For Alleged Vote Buying

5Dec

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Corruption, Elections, Nigeria

EFCC Arrests Bauchi Governor’s Special Adviser For Alleged Vote Buying

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Saturday arrested the Special Adviser to Governor Bala Mohammed on Civil Service and Labour Matters, Mr. Abdon Dalla Gin for alleged vote buying. It was gathered that after casting his vote, the EFCC allegedly found the sum of N1.5 million in Dallas’s car. Dallas who was a former head of Service was arrested at his “Social Welfare” Polling Unit in Dass at the ongoing Dass State Constituency by-election held in Bauchi state and handed over to the Divisional Headquarters of the Nigeria Police Force in Dass for questioning. However, while briefing newsmen the Chairman of Dass Local Government, Hon. Suleiman Mohammed said that, Dalla was arrested wrongly. He said: “I was told that one of our stakeholders was arrested and I came ...

BREAKING: Court Remands Maina in Prison Till Trial Ends

4Dec

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Corruption, Nigeria

BREAKING: Court Remands Maina in Prison Till Trial Ends

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday ordered the remand of a former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Taskforce Team, Abulrasheed Maina, in prison, till the end of his trial. Justice Okon Abang made the order following an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s prosecution counsel, Mr Mohammed Abubakar. Details shortly…

Osun Deputy Chief of Staff Embroiled in $120,000 Fraud

30Sep

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Corruption, News, Nigeria

Osun Deputy Chief of Staff Embroiled in $120,000 Fraud

Abdullahi Binuyo, Deputy Chief of Staff to Governor Gbeyoga Oyetola of Osun State has been charged to a Hight Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, by the Office of the Inspector-General of Police over alleged fraud in the tune of $120,000. The charge is marked CR/975/2020 containing four charges pertaining to conspiracy, fraud, cheating and forgery, Sahara Reporters reports. All the charges were reported to be liable to punishment under varied provisions of the Advanced Fee Fraud and other related offences and Penal Code Law. According to a lawyer in the Legal Prosecution Section of the Force Criminal Investigation Department of Force Headquarters, Binuyo allegedly scammed one Tunde Ajala and his company, MBA Nigeria Limited in January 2017. Prosecutors also claim he ...

18Sep

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Corruption, Education, Lagos News, News, Nigeria

UNILAG Crisis: Panel Submits Report

The Special Presidential Visitation Panel set up by President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate the removal of suspended Vice-Chancellor, Prof Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, has submitted its report. African News Today gathered that the report was submitted to the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu by Chairman of the panel, Prof Tukur Sa’ad after the completion of their two weeks assignment which commenced on August 26, 2020. Adamu, who received the report on behalf of Buhari, said: “The visitor of the university, after due consideration of the report, will take a decision on the matter as appropriate in order to restore peace and conducive learning atmosphere in the university of Lagos and the university system as a whole.” The suspended Vice-Chancellor was removed from office by t...

LASG Disowns Viral Video on Sale of Branded Waste Baskets (Video)

17Sep

By adminNo Comments

Corruption, Environment, Lagos News, News, Nigeria, Press Statement

LASG Disowns Viral Video on Sale of Branded Waste Baskets (Video)

The Lagos State Government, on Thursday, disowned the viral video, where some uniformed impostors were promoting the sale of branded wastebaskets purportedly on behalf of the State. A statement signed by the State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tunji Bello, noted that all the characters in the viral video are fraudsters who do not represent the State Government or any of its agencies. Bello affirmed that there is no unit or agency under the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources that goes by the name “Lagos State Vehicle Waste Basket (LAVWAB) Enforcement/Compliance” as portrayed in the branded vehicle which the fraudsters operated from. He pointed out that the dubious intent of the criminals in the video could be deduced from the fact ...