Abia Governor Alex Otti has assented to the Abia Governors and Deputy Governors Pension Repeal Law of 2024 passed by the Assembly. The Governor who explained that the Bill is an Executive Bill, thanked the Assembly for expeditiously passing it. He said that it was his belief from the onset that the government was not going to continue with the practice of …

Abia House of Assembly on Tuesday passed a bill to stop payment of pensions to former governors and their deputies in the state. It is entitled: “A Bill (H.A.B 11:) for a Law to Revoke The Abia State Governors and Deputy Governors Pensions Law No 4 of 2001 and for other Matters connected in addition to that”. It was sponsored– …

Chairman of the Alliance on Surviving Covid-19 and Beyond (ASCAB), Mr Femi Falana, SAN, yesterday, called for an end to what he described as scandalous pensions for some former governors in Nigeria. Falana argued that while some state governors voted themselves large pension payments and allowances, they failed to pay their former workers’ pensions and gratuities during their time in …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reopened money laundering cases against 13 former governors and some former ministers, with the amounts involved running into over N853.8 billion. According to Sunday PUNCH, it was revealed that the amount at stake in the high-profile cases involving the former governors and ex-ministers was not less than N772.2 billion, however, the anti-graft …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday, disclosed that following petitions received by the commission, some former governors, former ministers and some ministry officials are under investigation, adding that details of their involvement will soon be made public. Spokesman of the commission, Mr Dele Oyewale, also disclosed that the EFCC has recovered N27 billion and $19 million in three …

The Federal Government has withdrawn the Mobile Police Force personnel attached to several Very Important Persons, including ex-governors, former ministers and lawmakers. The order, which was contained in a police wireless message from Mopol 45 Force Headquarters, Abuja, affected Daura Buhari, brother to former President Muhammadu Buhari as well as former First Lady, Aisha Buhari’s sibling and former Secretary to …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday in Abuja assured Nigerians that the framework for palliatives to remedy the effects of fuel subsidy removal is being worked out, explaining that the decision to phase out the subsidy was taken in the best interest of the country. Receiving members of Class 1999 Governors who paid him a courtesy visit at the Presidential …