Monthly Archives: January 2024

EFCC may declare ex-Humanitarian Affairs & Social Dev Ministers, Sadiya Umar-Farouq wanted

  “As of Tuesday, the agency had intercepted and seized N17 billion. Within 24 hours, the commission traced and froze an additional N13 billion in some accounts, raising the cash seized to N30 billion.” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | JANUARY 04, 2024 Reports from the EFCC say that former Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development minister, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, has failed ...

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Update on Palliative Funds: EFCC Freezes N30billion NSIPA Cash Traced to Private Accounts

  “The agency said that the N44 billion was suspiciously moved from NSIPA’s accounts into private and corporate accounts linked to those serving as fronts. Some of the officials of the agency have been undergoing investigation.” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | JANUARY 04, 2024 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it has tracked N30 billion of the N44 billion ...

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Sebastine Brodericks-Imasuen who coached the Eaglets to win the inaugural U-17 World Cup in 1985 is dead!

  “As a coach, he was the head of a three-man crew that included Bala Shamaki and Christian Chukwu when the Nigerian team shocked the world in China in 1985. He led the team again in 1987 to Canada and got to the final before losing through a penalty shoot-out to the then-Soviet Union.” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | JANUARY 03, ...

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UPDATE: Suspended NSIPA CEO, Halima Shehu, arrested and detained by the EFCC.

  “Shehu according to sources in the EFCC, was indicted in the alleged fraud in her capacity as the National Coordinator of the Conditional Cash Transfer Programme in the Ministry.” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | JANUARY 03, 2024 The suspended National Co-ordinator and Chief Executive Officer of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA), Halima Shehu has reportedly been arrested and ...

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Breaking: Tinubu Fires Halima Shehu as CEO of NSIPA

  Shehu Halima was appointed by President Tinubu in October 2023, and her appointment was confirmed by the Senate on October 18, 2023. PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | JANUARY 02, 2024 President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has suspended Halima Shehu as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and the National Coordinator of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA). According to Channels Television, ...

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Education: Fed Govt Suspends Accreditation of Degrees & Certificates from Benin Republic & Togo

  The federal government lamented that “some Nigerians deploy nefarious means and unconscionable methods to get a Degree with the end objective of getting graduate job opportunities for which they are not qualified”. PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | JANUARY 02, 2024 The Federal Government has announced the suspension of the evaluation and accreditation of degree certificates from the Benin Republic and ...

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