New SGF receives reports on Magu, COVID-19, Boko Haram detainees, others
Omeiza Ajayi, Abuja Newly-sworn in Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF, Senator George Akume on Wednesday assumed office and received several reports which his predecessor, Boss Mustapha described as “few pending issues” for his kind attention and follow up. At a handover ceremony at the Shehu Shagari office complex of the SGF, Mustapha […]
Worry more about Magu than interim report, Salami tells Shittu
Ayo Salami, head of the Presidential panel probing Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has told Wahab Shittu, Magu’s counsel, to worry more about his client than the interim report of the panel. President Muhammadu Buhari had set up a panel to probe corruption allegations levelled against Magu. In […]
Salami Panel: Malami denies procuring witnesses to testify against Magu
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, on Monday, said he never procured witnesses to testify before the Justice Ayo Salami-led panel that is probing the suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu. Malami, in a statement that was signed by […]
Presidential panel asks Buhari to fire, prosecute Magu for corruption
The presidential panel probing Mallam Ibrahim Magu, suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has recommended his sack and prosecution for alleged corruption. According to an online publication, TheCable, in its exclusive report, the panel headed by Justice Ayo Salami, retired president of the Court of Appeal submitted an interim report […]
EFCC probe: Magu kicks against secret trial, fair hearing denial by panel
Suspended Acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has kicked against secret trial and his exclusion from many sessions where many adversarial witnesses were invited by the Judicial Commission of Inquiry to testify against him by the Justice Ayo Salami-led panel.
Buhari names 7-man panel to probe fraud allegations against Magu, EFCC
President Muhammadu Buhari appeares to have bowed to public pressure to empanel a judicial commission of enquiry into the financial impropriety levelled against the suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, by his supervising minister, Abubakar Malami, by finally authorising one to conduct a holistic probe of the man and the finances of the anti-graft agency from 2015 to 2020.
