Tag: GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS

UK chargess Glencore’s billionaire ex-Head of Oil over bribing NNPCL, FG officials

Aminu Imam
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A billionaire former head of oil at Glencore Plc, Alex Beard, has been charged with corruption by the UKs top fraud agency, alongside four other ex-employees from the commodities trader. Beard, 56, who was one of Glencores top executives for more than a decade before his departure in 2019, is the highest profile individual to be charged in a sweeping series of investigations into corruption and market manipulation at the company and one of the most senior commodity traders ever to be charged with wrongdoing. The UKs Serious Fraud…

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Palliatives Diversion: Nasarawa Assembly probes govt. officials

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has set up a 7-man committee to investigate the alleged diversion of palliatives by government officials and stakeholders in the state. The House charged the committee to ensure that all those involved in diverting palliatives meant for the poor of the poorest are punished according to the laws of the land. Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi, the Speaker of the Assembly announced this on Tuesday under matter of public interest brought by Musa Abubakar (NNPP- Doma South) during plenary in Lafia. The speaker assured that the…

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