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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project SERAP has filed a contempt suit against the Federal Government for failing to recover over 40 billion Naira double pay and life pensions from former governors who are serving as lawmakers and ministers. SERAP in a statement yesterday by its deputy director, Kolawole Oluwadare, recalled how Justice Oguntoyinbo of the Federal High Court, Lagos ordered the Federal Government in November 2019 to recover life […]

The 9th Assembly yesterday approved the restructuring of the controversial 22.719 trillion naira ways and means advances, supposedly to ensure that the government does not shut down. The Senate gave the approval during the plenary session after considering a report from its ad hoc committee, which noted that the federal government repeatedly borrowed from the central bank of Nigeria in the process exceeding the five percent threshold of the previous […]

The Governor of Enugu State Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has announced a cash reward of 5 million Naira for any person or group that provides information to the Nigeria Police that would lead to the arrest of those involved in the murder of the former State Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party PDP and Governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Grand Alliance APGA in the 2023 general election, Dons Udeh. Ugwuanyi, who […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it will commence afresh the prosecution of a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, and three others at the Federal High Court, Abuja on alleged misappropriation of N4.6bn and money laundering. Counsel for the EFCC, Rotimi Oyedepo told Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court in Lagos that this move became necessary following last week’s judgment of the Court of Appeal, […]