Tag: Probe

U.S. lawmakers demand re-opening of corruption probe into Shell-Eni OPL-245 deal

Aminu Imam
US lawmaker Tinubu

Members of the United States Congress have demanded the re-opening of a corruption inquiry into Shell and Eni after Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu restored the ownership of OPL 245 to the European oil giants. Two lawmakers, Maxine Waters and Joyce Beatty, urged the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate how the firms violated the country’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Recall that a reporr earlier this year reveaked how President Tinubu allegedly negotiated a deal with the oil firms that would see them transfer lucrative assets to Oando Plc, a…

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Kano: Commission of Inquiry probing ex-Gov. Ganduje begins sitting

Aminu Imam
Ganduje

The Judicial Commission of Inquiry (JCI) on Public Properties and Assets, established by Governor Abba Kabir-Yusuf of Kano State to probe the previous administration led by former Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has commenced its sitting yesterday. The JCI sitting, scheduled to be holding at the High Court No. 3 within the Audu Bako State Secretariat. The panel, headed by Justice Farouk Adamu, has 10 terms of reference to work on. Recall that earlier this month, Governor Yusuf inaugurated two Judicial Commissions of Inquiry to investigate instances of misappropriation of public…

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Probe: Kaduna Assembly demands el-Rufai’s financial transactions from Finance Ministry?

Aminu Imam
KD Assembly probe

Kaduna State House of Assembly has written to the State’s Ministry of Finance, demanding details of financial transactions under former governor Nasir el-Rufa’i’s administration between 2015 and 2023. This was in connection with the State Assembly’s probe of all finances, loans and contract projects awarded under the el-Rufa’i administration. The probe by the state Assembly comes weeks after the incumbent Governor of Kaduna State, Uba Sani, lamented that el-Rufa’i left him a huge debt profile. Sani, who spoke during a town hall meeting in Kaduna, said he inherited a lean…

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