Tag: Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo

Betta-gate: CCB invites Tunji-Ojo over alleged N438m contract scam

Aminu Imam

The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), has invited the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, over the involvement of his company in an alleged N438m contract scam uncovered in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. The CCB has commenced an investigation into the alleged breach of the Code of Conduct for Public Officers by the Minister. A company, New Planet Projects, allegedly belonging to the Minister, benefitted from an alleged contract scam from the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs. A document sighted by newsmen revealed that the CCB invited the embattled…

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Tunji Ojo: YPP set to stage mega-protest march Jan. 18

Aminu Imam

The Young Progressives Party, (YPP), has disclosed of a planned mega-protest march on January 18, 2024, to press home their demand for the immediate suspension and investigation of the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo over alleged abuse of office. This is just as the opposition party have disclosed that during the protest it would in strong terms condemn the unacceptable corruption scandal and submit more facts on the minister to President Tinubu, the National Assembly, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences…

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N438m Consultancy Fee: Tinubu summons Interior Minister, Tunji-Ojo over conflict of interest, link to Betta Edu

Aminu Imam

President Bola Tinubu yesterday summoned the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, to the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Minister was summoned to Aso Rock over payment of N438m as consultancy fee to a company linked to by the suspended minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Betta Edu. Recall that the Tunji-Ojo admitted that a company he co-owned with his wife received payment of N438 million from disgraced Betta Edu, who was suspended for illegally requesting to wire public funds into a private account.  The Minister was reacting to a leaked memo showing that…

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N81bn NDDC probe: Reps summon Akpabio as ex-MD makes damning testimony

Ishaku Yohanna

The House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC has invited Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, and the acting Managing Director of the agency, Daniel Kemebradikumo Pondei, to appear before it on Monday, July 20, 2020. The committee led by Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo took the decision on Friday after hearing the testimony of Joy Nunieh, a former Managing Director of NDDC in their investigation into alleged financial recklessness in the commission. The House is probing the alleged mismanagement of N81 billion by the interim management committee (IMC) of…

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