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JUST IN: Finance Minister Suspends Accountant General over N80bn Fraud

JUST IN: Finance Minister Suspends Accountant General over N80bn Fraud The embattled Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, has been suspended indefinitely by the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed. This is coming two days after his arrest by the...

JUST IN: EFCC Arrests, Detains Former Speaker, Patricia Etteh, over N240m Contract Scam

JUST IN: EFCC Arrests, Detains Former Speaker, Patricia Etteh, over N240m Contract Scam The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Patricia Etteh, over a shady contract worth N240m awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission...

ICPC Arraigns Professor for Compromising Officials with $40,000 Bribe

ICPC Arraigns Professor for Compromising Officials with $40,000 Bribe The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned one Professor John Kester Ifeanyichukwu over allegations of bribery and inducement of officers of the Commission. In a single-count charge brought before...

NDLEA Nabs Wanted Drug Baroness in Delta

NDLEA Nabs Wanted Drug Baroness in Delta Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a wanted 59-year-old drug baroness, Bridget Oghenekevwe Emeka, a.k.a Mama, at her palatial mansion where she allegedly cooks and distributes Crack Cocaine, Methamphetamine and other illicit...

JUST IN: Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, in EFCC Net over N80bn Fraud

JUST IN: Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, in EFCC Net over N80bn Fraud By Adnan Mukhtar Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested the Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, in Kano. The EFCC in a statement by...

JUST IN: Two Pregnant Women Arrested for Drug Trafficking at Lagos Airport

JUST IN: Two Pregnant Women Arrested for Drug Trafficking at Lagos Airport By Abdulrahman Abdulraheem Two pregnant women are among drug traffickers arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos for attempting...