Senate committee vows to probe diversion of IDP’s funds
By Femi SHODUNKE NIGERIA: THE Senate Ad-Hoc Committee on the Humanitarian Crisis in the North East has vowed to unravel the massive corruption allegedly perpetrated by public officials saddled with the management of the North East humanitarian crisis. The Chairman of the Ad-hoc Committee, Senator Shehu Sani, disclosed this in Maiduguri during a courtesy visit […]
Buhari orders arrest of Dasuki, others over military equipment contract scam
NIGERIA: FOLLOWING the damning findings of misappropriation of whopping fund in the interim report by a panel of enquiry, President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the arrest of erstwhile National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki and others involved in the scam. “In light of these findings, President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that the relevant organizations […]
Buhari’s 13-man panel to probe arms procurement under Yar’Adua, Jonathan
NIGERIA: THE Federal Government has ordered probe into the procurement of major items of military weaponries, like tanks and missiles, during the administration of the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and his successor, ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. In this direction, a 13-man committee has been constituted following President Muhammadu Buhari’s order to the National Security […]
Commission probes sex abuse allegations against late British PM
LONDON: TEN years after his death, former British Prime Minister, Edward Heath, is being accused of sexually assaulting chidren in the 1990s. The Independent Police Complaints Commission said that it had commenced investigation into Wiltshire Police force’s handling of the claims against Heath. Specifically, the British police watchdog is interested in knowing why Heath, who […]
