Tag: Former Minister

Alleged certificate forgery: Ex-Minister, Nnaji arrested at Abuja airport 

Aminu Imam
Ex Minister, Nnaji arrested

Former Minister of Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, has been arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja over allegations that he forged his academic certificates. The former minister was apprehended yesterday shortly after arriving from Enugu aboard a chartered flight, according to authoritative airport sources familiar with the operation. His arrest marks a significant development in an ongoing investigation by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), which has been probing allegations surrounding the authenticity of his academic credentials. Sources said Nnaji is expected to…

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2023 Presidential primaries:Ex-Minister asks court to disqualify Tinubu, Atiku over vote buying

Aminu Imam

The immediate-past Minister of State for education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, has filed a suit before an Abuja Federal High Court seeking to void the election of Bola Tinubu as presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, (APC). Nwajiuba, who was an APC presidential candidate but received only one vote in the June 8 primary despite staying away, accused Tinubu of bribing delegates with dollars. The suit, filed alongside a non-governmental organisation, (NGO), the Incorporated Trustees of Rights for All International, is also praying the court to disqualify Atiku Abubakar, candidate of…

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Crude oil thieves killing Nigerias economy – Ex-Energy minister

Aminu Imam

A former Minister of State for Energy and monarch of Nembe Kingdom in Bayelsa State, Edmund Daukoru, has labelled crude oil thieves and pipeline vandals in the Niger-Delta region as unpatriotic elements, saying they are killing the nation’s economy. Daukoru spoke during the inauguration of the elected national executives of the Host Communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas, (HOSTCOM), who were returned unopposed in Yenagoa, the State capital, at the weekend. The traditional ruler, however, said that some of the operators of illegal bunkering arrested as suspects were working…

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