Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have cricriticised the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for delaying the release of its findings on the alleged N585 million fraud involving suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu. in a statement, the convener of the groups, Aminu Abbas, questioned the EFCC’s silence on the matter, despite President Bola Tinubu’s suspension …

The suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu, has threatened to file a lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) for allegedly defaming her personality. In a letter sent to BBC Abuja and London offices, Edu’s counsel, Chikaosolu Ojukwu said that BBC reported that N30 billion was retrieved from his client in the ongoing probe by …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is probing 50 bank accounts, as it recovered N30 billion in the case of the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Dr. Betta Edu, and the ongoing probe of the ministry over alleged money laundering. The latest development was revealed in a bulletin titled, ‘EFCC Alert’, detailing some major arrests, prosecutions, and recoveries made …

There are as many reasons as discussants as to why Nigeria is not moving forward, why it is under-performing in the views of many, and why it is not fulfilling its potential. I will discuss only three of these reasons here, drawing on three recent examples. The first is that of the suspended Humanitarian Affairs minister, Betta Edu. Less than …

The Presidency on Sunday said President Bola Tinubu’s administration has no sacred cows and will spare nobody found culpable in the ongoing investigation of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation and its Social Investment Programmes. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Ajuri Ngelale, said this when he spoke on TVC’s Politics on Sunday. …

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President Bola Tinubu has suspended all administered social investment programmes by the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA). In a statement on Friday, the Director of Information t the Office of the  Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Segun Imohiosen said that the President’s decision was in view of the “ongoing investigation of alleged malfeasance in the management …

The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) and Transparency International in Nigeria said it received with utter disappointment,the appointment of the Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Mr. Abel Olumuyiwa Enitan to run the ministry. In a l statement, the Executive director of CISLAC, Mallam Auwal Ibrahim Musa Rafsanjani said: “It is not acceptable that …

Governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have urged Nigerians to await anti-graft investigation findings, and not to judge the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu. On Monday, President Bola Tinubu directed the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ola Olukoyede to investigate all financial transactions involving …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has seized the travel documents of suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu; and her predecessor, Hajiya Sadiya Umar-Farouq who are being probed for various alleged financial malfeasance during their separate stewardship of the ministry. Also, top sources within the commission said that the EFCC seized the passport of …