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 …