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The trial of subsidy thieves will begin next week, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Muhammed Adoke, said on Monday. Adoke, while briefing State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission would be prosecuting those found culpable in the report of the House of Representatives Committee on subsidy regime. ... Read More »

Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Drugs/Narcotics and Financial Crimes, Mr. Adams Jagaba, said on Monday that he was prepared to tell the police all he knew about the $620,000 bribery allegation involving Mr. Farouk Lawan and businessman, Mr. Femi Otedola. “I see myself and the police as co-partners in the fight against corruption,” the lawmaker told The ... Read More »

The Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said, yesterday, that the Federal Government would recover the excess payments made to petroleum marketers on subsidy, as soon as the Aigboje  Aig-Imoukhuede committee completes its assignment. She revealed this after the second Prof. Barth Nnaji annual lecture at the Enugu State University of Technology, Enugu. President ... Read More »

The PIB has undergone a lot of abuse and transformation. This latest one is the poorest of the lot. It’d help for you to look through and identify areas Nigerians could be shortchanged if passed by the National Assembly. This bill was designed to favour the Oil multinationals and Gas majors, with Nigerians on the receiving end again. It is ... Read More »

Lagos-based lawyer, Mr. Festus Keyamo, on Wednesday said the suspended Chairman, House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy Regime, Mr. Farouk Lawan, must resign and face criminal trial for allegedly collecting money from the Chairman of Zenon Oil, Mr. Femi Otedola, to influence his committee’s report. Keyamo said in a statement on Wednesday that the “sequence of undisputed ... Read More »