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Diezani Alison-MaduekeNigeria’s anti-graft agency said it traced at least $615 million of allegedly illegally acquired cash and properties to the West Africa nation’s former oil minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke.In addition to “boxes of gold, silver and diamond jewelry, worth several million pounds” found at her residence, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission identified more than a …
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The Speaker of the Edo state House of Assembly, Justin Okonoboh pictured above, has been impeached. He was impeached by members of the Assembly this morning. A new speaker, Kabiru Ajoto, has been elected as the new Speaker
A thread twitches across time: I was only nine when the “battle of Lewisham” was fought on 13 August 1977, but four decades later I can still remember the frightening chants of the National Front marchers, audible from our street, and the charred bins and strewn rocks and glass left behind after the three-way clash …
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A new report by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has revealed how over N11 trillion meant to provide regular electricity supply was allegedly squandered under the governments of former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan.Jonathan, Yardadua and ObasanjoAccording to the report, “The total estimated financial loss to Nigeria from corruption …
During my recent trip to Lagos, I had the good fortune of having a meeting with Cyril Odu — current CEO of African Capital Alliance, Chairman of Union Bank Nigeria and all of that after 4 decades with Exxon Mobil Nigeria.To say the man is a fount of knowledge about Nigeria will be to state the blindingly …
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