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    Politics Jonathan Goes into Exile over Corruption Allegations [THISDAY]

    Former President Goodluck Jonathan may have gone into temporary self-exile in Cote d’Ivoire, following reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) may arrest him on his arrival in Nigeria from his overseas tour on allegations of corruption and misappropriation of billions of...
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    Politics President Buhari To Give Account of Recovered Loots On May 29

    Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has said that he will address the nation on May 29 on the recovered stolen funds from persons that had been indicted in the fight against corruption. The president said this while speaking to Channels television correspondent in the London shortly before...
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    World China Sets Death Penalty For Corruption Cases of £300,000 and Above

    Corruption cases involving more than £300,000 or three million yuan could incur the death penalty in future, Chinese authorities have ruled. Under President Xi Jinping the country has waged a much-publicised anti-corruption campaign however no Communist Party official is known to have been put...
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    Politics Osinbajo Reveals How Half of Nigeria's Foreign Reserves Was Stolen by Few Individuals

    The Vice President, Prof. Oluyemi Osinbajo on Thursday at the 1st National Forum on the Economy held at the Airport Hotel, Lagos, and organised by the Vintage Press Limited (Publishers of THE NATION Newspapers) under the theme, “National Economy: The Way Forward.” revealed how some individuals...
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    Business Malabu Scandal: Shell Dragged into Nigeria Oil Corruption Probe

    Oil giant Shell has been dragged into a corruption probe linked to a major offshore deal in Nigeria, the company confirmed on Wednesday. According to AFP, following revelations in the Italian media, the Anglo-Dutch oil multinational said that its offices had been “visited” by anti-fraud...
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    Metro Nigeria: 3 Prominent Nigerians On EFCC International Alert

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has launched an international manhunt for all persons suspected of complicity in the $2.1bn arms scam, the N676m immigration job scandal and other high profile cases. Here are the three prominent Nigerians on EFCC international alert list. 1...
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    Metro EFCC Arraigns Ex-NHIS Boss Over $2.2m Transaction

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday arraigned the former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Dr Femi Thomas, for allegedly carrying out a cash transaction to the tune of $2.2 million without the involvement of any formal financial...
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    Metro President Buhari 'Shed Tears' After Seeing How An Individual Stole N3.1Trn

    President Muhammadu Buhari, last week, almost broke to tears when it was brought to his attention that a whopping $16 billion of the nation’s crude oil revenue loss could be traced to some sharp practices by some individuals in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector. According to Vanguard, the quantum of...
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    Metro Fani-Kayode, Falae, Udenwa in Another Trouble For Alleged Involvement in N3.1b fraud

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has uncovered how N3.145b was paid into the accounts of six chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) and Goodluck Support Group (GSG) by the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) in the build-up to the 2015 presidential election. The...
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    Metro OPC Leader, Gani Adams Dragged Before EFCC Over $22m Fraud

    Members of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) have dragged the factional national coordinator of the organisation, Otunba Gani Adams, to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly diverting $22m. The aggrieved members made these claims of financial fraud in a three-page...
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    Metro Court Sends Ex-Defence Chief, Alex Badeh, to Prison

    The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday ordered that the former chief of defence staff, Alex Badeh be remanded in prison custody pending hearing on his bail application. Badeh was arraigned before Justice Okon Abang by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The defense...
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    Politics Saraki Set For A Showdown With Obasanjo - The Nation

    The nation’s Senate, especially its embattled President, Bukola Saraki is ready for a showdown with former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his recent letter to the national assembly.. Perhaps, if the wily old fox had tended to the needs of the assorted commercially lucrative birds in his Ota...
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    Metro NDDC Director Arrested Over N150,000 Recharge Card Bribery To EFCC

    Roberts Obuoha, a Director in Project Management Department of the Niger Delta Development Commission, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for bribery. Obuoha, who is being investigated by the anti-graft agency, was invited by the EFCC to write a statement on...
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    Politics Nigeria: Probing Jonathan Will Be A Waste Of Time – Babatope

    A member of the Peoples Democratic Party Board of Trustees, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, on Monday said that any attempt by President Mohammadu Buhari's administration to probe Goodluck Jonathan would amount to waste of time. Babatope, told PUNCH that the ex-President has not done anything wrong to...
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    Metro Gani Adams Collected N10.6bn from Jonathan – OPC State Chairmen

    Some state chairmen of the Odua’ Peoples Congress, yesterday, at media conference in Ilorin, called on the President Muhammadu Buhari led government and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to investigate Mr. Gani Adams, who they referred to as a former OPC National Coordinator. While...
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    Business Buhari’s Foreign Exchange Policy Encourages Corruption – Emir Sanusi

    The emir of Kano and the immediate past governor of the Central Bank (CBN), Muhammad Sanusi II, says President Muhammadu Buhari’s endorsement of the CBN foreign exchange policy encourages corruption. Lauding Buhari’s removal of “wasteful and corrupt fuel subsidies”, Sanusi said the current...
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    Politics Presidency Highlights 5 Of President Buhari’s Achievements in 7months

    The Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, in a statement on Wednesday highlighted some achievements of President Buhari who took over on May 29 last year. These are: - Buhari’s war against corruption and terrorism which has become a template for...
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    Politics Obasanjo Should Stop Writing Letters About Corrupt Politicians - UPN

    The National Chairman of the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN), Professor Bankole Okuwa on Wednesday chided former President Olusegun Obasanjo to desist from writing letters about corrupt politicians in the country. He spoke at Iwe-Iroyin Press Centre in Abeokuta the Ogun State capital while...
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    Politics Rotimi Amaechi: I Don't Like Money But I Suffered More on Corruption Allegations

    The minister for Transport, Rotimi Amaechi has disclosed that he suffered a lot in the hands of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as the governor of Rivers State. “I suffered a lot about corruption without any proof against me by anti graft agency.” He made the disclosure...
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    Politics Buhari Should Send Lai Mohammed To Hold A Press Briefing In Sambisa Forest - Fayose

    Governor Fayose of Ekiti State, urged the President to tell Nigerians the truth about the Boko Haram insurgency, saying, “They keep telling us that they have defeated Boko Haram technically while Nigerians are still being killed daily by Boko Haram, with over 100 people killed in Dalori, less...
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