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Ukraine’s agriculture minister formally resigned from his post on Friday after he was named a suspect in a multimillion-dollar corruption investigation.
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A former member of the House of Representatives, Israel Sunny-Goli, has called on the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) to investigate the disbursement of funds by the Nigerian Content Development & Monitoring Board (NCDMB). He wants EFCC to probe the disbursement for the Brass Fertilizer and Petrochemical Company Limited, Atlantic International Refinery & Petrochemical…
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A witness, Victor Onyejiuwa, has told the Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja how he was pressured to pay a bribe of $600,000 to for the award of a contract from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) under embattled former governor, Godwin Emefiele. Onyejiuwa who is a contractor and Managing Director of The Source Computers…
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A soldier, Lance Cpl. Mubarak Yakubu, has been arrested with 756 rounds of 7.62 mm special ammunition and four 36 hand grenades, which he concealed in a small bag of rice in Maiduguri, Borno State. Army spokesperson, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement, said that Yakubu was arrested during a routine search operation by…
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A reporter with the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), Daniel Ojukwu has regained his freedom from Police detention. FIJ on Friday confirmed in a post on X that Ojukwu has been released by the Nigerian Police Force “after 10 days in police captivity”. Hundreds of protesters including journalists, activists, leaders of Civil Society Organisations, and…