The Senate Committee in charge of Oversight functions for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has decided to go tough on suspected corrupt officials believed to have made operations difficult. The Committee has given the nod to investigate all contracts awarded from 2012-2015, many of them fully paid for , but never executed. The Senate now wants to find out who and who got jobs but failed to deliver. The Chairman (Dr) Senator Andy Uba , according to The ExposeNews finding is of the strong opinion that there were "insiders" who colluded with contractors to defraud the Commission thereby robbing the people of their hard earned tax-payers money. The contracts run into billions. Already, a Special Prosecution panel has begun secretly to sniff around the Finance section of the NDDC to gather facts before summoning indicted officials for questioning. All bank accounts and schedules are also to be investigated. The NDDC has been a cesspool of corruption in the past fiv...
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I congratulate your Excellency, Governor Yahaya Bello, on your pyrrhic election victory as Governor of that land locked State; your victory, you will agree with me is providential in the sense that someone with much more bigger clout than you had to die for you to emerge! That was simply the work of God. Now that you are there, I want you to know that Kogi State is blessed. But they have suffered considerably from bad leadership. Please I like you to know quickly that am not from that State, but as a concerned Nigerian who traverse that road enroute my native Edo State, I feel bad as I negotiate the same sorry state of the road, over and over again – for years! Having witnessed the reign of the man popularly called “Ibro”, and his predecessor, Idris Wada, both of whom left office without any direct impact on those roads, I am really scandalized; they both received hefty federal allocation for twelve years; and sadly for those twelve years, they never for once though...
Permit me to go straight to the point. All protocols observed Sir. I note your massive achievement in your days as Governor of Lagos State. And it is widely believed that your appointment as Minister of Works, Housing and Power would witness same admirable face-lift. As down to earth investigating Journalist, we travel a lot and wish to bring to your notice certain critical roads that need your urgent attention. One of them is the Lokoja-Okene highway. Honorable Minister, the continued state of this road is a serious indictment and slap on the face of whoever is the Director of Federal Highways in your Ministry. This major artery, as important as it is, has caused several unnecessary loss of lives. There is simply no excuse for this road to remain in this dangerous state two years into the tenure of this administration. What then differentiates the APC Government from the PDP, if not prompt attention to vital national assets? Seco...
The Central Bank of Nigeria and States Accountant General's are soon to come under the EFCC hammer and the Code of Conduct Bureau searchlight. Information reaching the desk of the Expose News shows that there is a steady stream of petition flowing in from aggrieved Nigerians that the affected individuals holding key positions have unduly enriched themselves. These officials, some of them in the Foreign Currency Department of the CBN are so neck deep in the illicit deals that petitions suggest a cabal now exists; but President Buhari is determined to smash the powerful ring and the ExposeNews can authoritatively inform that he has given the nod to EFCC to move in. Also on the card are preparations to raid the various States Accountant General's because of heavy load of petitions. The petitions allege falsification of Assets declaration and Non-disclosure of vital facts. The CCB is now set to carry out investigation to verify all Assets declared by the affected individuals esp...
The Nigeria-India up-front oil payment deal which the Federal Government plans to tackle foreign Exchange Crisis in Nigeria has come under question mark. In justifying the deal, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu had stated that his intention to search for a market, particularly in Asia and other oil consuming nations was with a view to shoring up naira, while guaranteeing revenue to the Government. He said the success of the deal would also be a huge help for the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to attract foreign inflows to support foreign exchange Market, including the pursuit of Naira-Yuan swap. Nigeria’s external reserves is currently put at $23.9 billion and the Minister disclosed that with addition of $15 billion upfront payment for crude purchase, dollar earnings would be made available for Federal and State Governments to stabilize domestic fiscal condition and current account deficits. However, the President of Non-Alignment Voice f...
Abdulmumin Jibrin, former Chairman, Appropriation Committee of the House of Representatives appears to be regretting his fight against corruption. The reason, the ExposeNews gathered is because, Nigerians seems uninterested! So far, all, the former Appropriation boss seems to have gotten since his dirty fight with Speaker Yakubu Dogara is suspension from office, locked office and humiliation. Despite his earth shaking revelation about the billions of Nigeria’s Tax payers money allegedly shared by the Principal Officers, Nigerians, apparently, having developed thick skins, are unimpressed and have seemingly moved on leaving Jibrin to stew in his own fate. Now, the embattled Jibrin has gone to a Federal High Court challenging his supervision from office. Jibrin’s ordeal began over allegation that they padded the 2016 budget with about N40 billion. He went ahead to nara The National Assembly has been fingered as haven for corrupt practices, padding of b...
The Code of Conduct Bureau has stepped up investigation over false Assets declaration and Non-disclosure of facts by Federal Permanent Secretaries, Executive Secretaries, Director-Generals and Directors of various Cadres. Our usual credible source at the CCB hinted that the Bureau has decided to go tough on the issue vowing to penalize those caught feeding the nation with lies. The source disclosed the Bureau’s determination to carryout extensive verification of all submitted forms to halt the escape of possible smart Government officials. Already, sources informed the ExposeNews about heightened tension amongst Ministry officials and Directors as the CCB turns on full blast.
Leaders of apex socio-political cum economic organizations rose from their separate meetings to announce that Buhari’s economic policies are not working and advised him to come up with “workable” alternatives. The leaders hinged their decision on the lingering economic recession, job losses, high unemployment rate and prevailing hunger amongst others. Lamenting to news media, the Director-General of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, Dr Frank Jacobs, said the economy had not been favorable to the Manufacturers. “We are not doing well; things are slow and there are no new investments in the manufacturing sector”. NLC General Secretary, Peter Ozo Eson said the difficulties being faced by Nigerians clearly show that the economic policies of the Government have not been effective so far. “Government needs to rethink and review its policies in order to ensure that the various difficulties are overcome”, he told the ExposeNews. The Kwara State Chapter o...
The embattled Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi has come under increasing attack to resign over his deepening involvement in corruption. Two Supreme Court Judges, Justices Inyang Okoro and Sylvester Ngwuta, lately made damaging allegations against him in separate letters addressed to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Muhammad. They alleged that Mr. Amaechi bandied the name of Mr. President in mandating them to deliver Judgments in favor of APC’s appeals in Rivers, Akwa-Ibom and Abia States. Mr. Amaechi had earlier come under series of attacks in his handling of Rivers State finances as former Governor and his misappropriation of a whopping 32 billion naira earmarked for a failed Power project. “Amaechi is having too many baggages and the President should do away with him”, said Mr. Adetokunbo Mumini of Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project. The Coalition for Transparency Accountability and Good Governance through the...
The Federal Government’s National Prosecution Coordination Committee will soon meet to perfect draft charges against several corrupt officials. According to a credible source that is familiar with the on-going process, the Federal Government is determined to rein in corrupt officials and that this time there would be no sacred cows! Already, through various petitions, those suspected to have looted Government property are being secretly compiled. A source at the Committee said President Buhari is thoroughly disappointed at the widespread corruption in the Ministries, Departments and Agencies. “The only way forward now is to prosecute those who have several petitions against them”, said an insider. In the coming days, Nigerians should not be surprised to see an upsurge in prosecution of corrupt officials.
The statement by Aisha Buhari, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari that her husband knows only about 5 of 50 of his political appointees generated so much tension. But the President of the League of Patriotic Lawyers, Malam Abubakar Yusuf has defended her outburst saying that she was right. “The statement is from the closest person to the President, I wonder why people are kicking against it”, he declared. “The President is dancing to sentiments and not reality and somebody has to correct him”, he told the Exposenews. Malam Abubakar disclosed that 80% of PDP appointees are still in office; he also said even in some cases one or two individuals are holding several offices at once. “That’s not right, there are other capable people”, he stated! He also stated that virtually those in APC now were formally in PDP, adding that nothing has changed! Malam Abubakar stated that Aisha Buhari was not angling for any political office and rather than be crucified, s...
With the way the Federal Government is going about assets declaration, there may not be any hiding place anymore for Federal Civil servants! The Code of Conduct Bureau has been inundated with several petitions about Top Government functionaries believed to have abused their official positions to acquire illegal wealth; such wealth, when confirmed are bound to be seized by the Federal authorities. Already, the Chairman of the CCB, Mr. Sam Baba has ordered physical verification of all declared assets and vowed that any one caught will be prosecuted. Letters have been sent out to Ministers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Service Chiefs and other top public officers. Many of the affected civil servants are..those who have no skeleton in their cupboards..trooping to the Bureau for clearance.
. The Bishop is young, vibrant and full of vitality; once he mounts the Altar, let’s say 10.oclock in the morning, he hardly gets down till hours later; he conducts Service with consummate passion, enthusiasm and rapt attention to minute details; he quotes the scriptures eloquently, sings to the admiration of the worshippers and preaches with fiery candor that reminds you of the inimitable father of prosperity.. Bishop David Oyedepo! What a coincidence, the younger and the old bear the same name! What follows next follows next is prophesy, prophesy upon prophesy! He says “if there is a man to pray there is a God to answer”! Not done, the young powerful man of God is angry: “This error must be corrected”, he charges when service gets hotter. The “error” he is talking about are legion: protracted barrenness, stagnation, limitation, unexplained difficulties, poverty and a life of non achievement! Many of the worshipers are those who are tired having visited several churches and Pastors...
Federal Government to Beam searchlight on Permanent Secretaries, Chief Executives and Directors in the MDA's.
Following the successful raid on corrupt Judges, The Expose News learnt from privileged circles that a clamp down is imminent within the Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government. Government is said to be disturbed by the high rate of corruption especially in the top echelon. Following investigations, it has been uncovered that government anti-graft agencies has been flooded with petitions of billions of properties, luxury vehicles, SUV's, Schools, Hotels corruptly acquired by serving Government officials notably Federal Permanent Secretaries, Executive Secretaries, Directors heading Finance and Procurement directorates and other directors in charge of appropriations. Already, fear is said to be the watch word especially for those with skeleton in their cupboards. President Buhari is said not to be relenting as he has vowed to right the wrongs. Sources close to him hinted that there is not going to be any sacred cow and no case will be swept under the c...
The Federal Government through the Department of State Security Services have at last made good its promise to take the bull by the horns and halt the gale of mindless corruption that has eaten deep into the fabric of the Judiciary. Following series of petitions and months of painful investigation using modern tracking technologies the DSS launched the raids which netted nine judges, many others apparently tipped off by a fifth columnists. The raids were sanctioned by the supervisory body, the National Judicial Council (NJC) which sent shock waves within elitists circles especially the Federal Civil Service. Those arrested include Supreme Court Judges, Justice Sylvanus Ngwunta and Justice John Inyang Okoro, both of whom were alleged to have received heavy bribes from Governor Wike for favorable decision following his disputed election. Recovered from Justice Ngwunta are: N35,208 million, $319,475, 25,89 pounds, 280 euros; He is said to be heavily involved in massive develop...