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MDAs to Undergo Thorough forensic audit, Says Idris

The days internal auditors in Federal Government ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) get away with complicity in fraud and other financial malfeasance perpetrated in their agencies are now over, as government is prepared to make them answer for their misdeeds while serving or even...

FG Packaging Urgent Relief for Poultry Industry- Osinbajo

In his second meeting with representatives of the poultry industry in a week, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, is leading an urgent effort by the Federal Government to address challenges in the agricultural sub-sector and thereby offer relief measures to the ailing industry. The poultry industry...

Nigeria hunger crisis deepens, as 7.1 million People face Acute Food Shortage …….spills over into Lake Chad Basin

As conflict and instability continue, the food security situation in Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin is drastically deteriorating, the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has warned , as it called for swift and decisive action from the international community to protect the livelihoods...

Amnesty International Report, Biased, Lacks Merit – Global Amnesty Watch

The Global Amnesty Watch (GAW) has described the recent report by Amnesty International (AI) about the Nigerian Army as biased, unprofessional and lacking merit which does not reflect the realities on ground. The President of GAW, Philip Agbese, at a Press Conference in Abuja today...

Court Freezes Stella Oduah’s Firms’ Accounts Over $16.4m, N100m Debt

Federal High Court in Lagos has frozen the bank accounts of four companies linked to a former Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, over alleged indebtedness of $16,412,819.06 and N100,493,225.59. The four companies whose accounts were frozen in 21 commercial banks in the country are Sea...

8,879 Ghost Workers Drain Kogi Treasury

The Kogi State Government has attributed current economic crunch facing the State to draining of the treasury by at least 8,879 ghost workers recently discovered by the Staff Verification Exercise Committee set up by Governor Yahya Bello. A statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary...