The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has commended President Bola Tinubu on the suspension of the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu. In a statement by his Special Assistant, Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, on Tuesday, Atiku noted that the suspension of the minister was commendable but not enough. Earlier, President Bola Tinubu, …

Two notable events hallmarked on 8th January, the first Monday post-Yuletide this new year. Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu suspended Betta Chimaobim Edu, the young medical doctor who is Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. She was fingered in inexcusable financial infractions which ran counter to public service rules and procedures. In the second instance, the President disengaged from office …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) has seized the passports of the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, and her predecessor, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, over the ongoing investigations into scandals in the ministry. Edu, who arrived at the EFCC headquarters, Abuja at 10 am on Tuesday, was still being quizzed by the commission’s investigators as of the …

Will sleaze and controversy ever depart from these shores? Two of such making the rounds at the moment are the BBC documentary on the late Prophet Temitope Balogun (TB) Joshua of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), and the multi-billion Naira scandal involving two of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s ministers – the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty …

The suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu, has been mandated to report at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Jabi, Abuja on Tuesday. Edu was suspended by President Bola Tinubu on Monday over alleged N585 million scandal. The embattled minister was invited by the anti-graft agency in compliance with President Tinubu’s …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has invited the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu, to its headquarters located in Jabi, Abuja over an alleged N585 million scandal. The invitation came less than an hour after President Bola Tinubu announced Edu’s suspension from office through the Special Adviser to the President on Media and …

President Bola Tinubu has suspended the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu. He also directed the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede to “conduct a thorough investigation into all aspects of the financial transactions involving the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, as well as one or …

As the controversy rages over the N585 million scandal involving the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Dr. Betta Edu, President Bola Tinubu has directed that a “thorough and comprehensive investigation be conducted to ascertain the accuracy and validity of the reported details”. In a statement on Sunday, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mallam Mohammed Idris said …

Anger over the memo issued by the Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu, instructing the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Dr. Oluwatoyin Madein, to pay N585m into the private bank account of a project accountant in her ministry, Bridget Oniyelu, spiked on Saturday,  with the opposition parties calling for the minister’s sacking, and other anti-corruption crusaders …

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu has described the N585.19 million fraud allegation against her as baseless and an alleged attempt by mischief makers to undermine her ministry’s effort in fighting corruption. The embattled minister made this known in a statement posted on her Facebook page on Saturday. In a viral document personally signed by …