Investigation

  Miriam Olusanya, There have been ripples within the Nigeria’s financial industry and one of the leading financial institutions, Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) following the recent appointment of Miriam Olusanya by Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc (GTCO) as the new managing director of GTBank, its banking subsidiary. This is because …

Abidemi Rufai (Ruffy) A Lagos-based real estate merchant and former House of Representatives aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Abidemi Rufai, popularly known as ‘Ruffy’ has been arrested in the United State for his scheme to steal over $350,000 in unemployment benefits from the Washington …

NSA Babagana Monguno Brigadier-General Jafaru Mohammed, the director, Finance and Accounts in the office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) led by Mohammed Babagana Monguno is said to be lobbying the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over an alleged multi-billion naira fraud against him which the anti-graft agency is investigating, THE WITNESS reports. …

DMO DG, Ms. Patience Oniha The Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Ahmed Idris and the Director-General of the Debt Management Office (DMO), Ms. Patience Oniha, are in fresh in trouble over the spending of N2.2 trillion allocation in the agency’s 2018 budget. This is coming as the the House of Representatives has queried …

  Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s request for more time to produce a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, to face her money laundering charges. The judge had on July 24, 2020, issued criminal …

Ibrahim Magu Suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is said to have reached out to President Muhammadu Buhari’s chief of staff, Ibrahim Gambari, to intervene and stop a fresh investigation on him by the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, Daily Record reports. The CCB is currently …

President Buhari with EFCC boss, Ibrahim Magu President Muhammadu Buhari is said to have succumbed to pressure on the call to sack and prosecute Ibrahim Magu, the embattled acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Sources close to the presidency informed THE WITNESS that the president has set up a panel to investigate …

Mohammed Bello The federal government has issued a query to Mohammed Bello, permanent secretary of the ministry of science and technology, over alleged financial misconduct. In a letter dated May 11 and signed by Folasade Yemi-Esan, head of service of the federation, Bello was alleged to have engaged in acts …

Ajibola Ponnle These are certainly not the best of times for Lagos State Commissioner for Establishment, Training, and Pensions, Ajibola Ponnle, as information reaching this newspaper revealed that her marriage to Lagos big boy, Michael, who was the chief executive officer of defunct Origin Oil and Gas, is at the …

There is apprehension in the Abuja head office of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), as a result of the decision of the Director-General (D-G), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, to remain in office after the expiration of his tenure. Despite the order from the Permanent Secretary of the federal Ministry …