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By Rotimi Ojomoyela The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has said the setting up of the Public Procurement Law reform was an indication that his government was not afraid of probe. He said the procurement law was purposely established for all transactions to be exhibited on Ekiti website, for thorough financial scrutiny . Fayemi
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THE United Niger Delta Energy Development Security Strategy, UNDEDSS, on Monday, said there is a calculated attempt to single out the Niger Delta by using the ongoing Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, probe to distract Nigerians from the corruption in the system, saying enough is enough.
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By Ikechukwu Nnochiri The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, on Friday, summoned the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, to appear before it on October 28, to enter her plea to money laundering charge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, preferred against her. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu made the order after she
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By Olasunkanmi Akoni Human and Environmental Development Agenda, HEDA, an anti-corruption advocacy group, has said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and not Lagos State House of Assembly, should probe allegations of corruption against Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa. HEDA expressed lack of confidence in the composition of an ad hoc committee by
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Group known as Niger Delta Renaissance Coalition, Wednesday advised National Assembly to ignore lies and propaganda emanating from some faceless groups, as it threw its weight behind it.
Read More Says investigation will deepen transparency By Dirisu Yakubu The ongoing investigations of the activities of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, by the 9th National Assembly has received the backing of a foremost civil society group, the Transparency and Accountability Initiative, TTI. This is even as the group insisted in a statement yesterday that the
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A group of Nigerian women, under the aegis of Greater Nigeria Ambassador Forum (GNAF), has thrown its weight behind Joi Nunieh, acting managing director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). On resumption of office in October last year, President Muhammadu Buhari handed Nunieh the “mammoth task of flushing an utterly messy oil-drunk commission, sunk in
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By Festus Ahon, Asaba Delta State House of Assembly Committee on Works has commenced probe into Tue alleged illegal sales of serviceable heavy duty construction equipment owned by the State Direct Labour Agency, DLA The committee members had discovered during the 2020 budget defense session with the management of the agency that some of its
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Speaker, others summoned by court By Olasunkanmi Akoni Barely 24 hours to the expiration of the summon by Lagos State House of Assembly for ex-Governor of the state, Akinwunmi Ambode to appear before it, a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, Tuesday, has ordered the Speaker of the State Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, to appear before
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As Ambode expected to appear before probe panel Wednesday over allegations of corrupt practices By Olasunkanmi Akoni The Lagos State House of Assembly, Tuesday, approved the re-ordering of N93,742,530 billion from the 2019 budget size. The approval was a sequel to an earlier request of the state Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on the need to
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