The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has recovered N30 billion in the ongoing investigation of suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu and former Chief Executive Officer of the National Social Investment Programme Authority, NSIPA, Halima…
The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government to hasten investigation on the alleged misappropriation of public funds against Dr Beta Edu, the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. Edu was alleged to have misappropriated funds in…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has told President Bola Tinubu not to spare anybody found culpable in the alleged fund diversion scandal involving the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu. Obi made…
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Abel Olumuyiwa Enitan, has taken charge of the affairs of the Ministry following the suspension of the minister, Betta Edu. This development is in line with the directive…
The urgent approach by President Bola Tinubu’s Administration on suspending the Minister of Humanitarian and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu will send a signal to other political appointees that Mr. President is up and doing who will not tolerate any…
…Vows to investigate ‘anyone’ found culpable In view of President’s Tinubu swift response to the alleged financial misappropriation rocking the Humanitarian Affairs Ministry, the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ola Olukoyede has stated that the…
EFCC began the grilling of the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, on Tuesday over alleged N585 million fraud in the ministry. A highly-reliable source at the anti-graft agency confirmed to the News Agency of…
Nigeria’s Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has denied receiving a contract award from the embattled Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Betta Edu and the Ministry. There had been speculations that Tunji Ojo was a beneficiary of the N583 million scandal…
…As ex-Minister honours EFCC invitation President Bola Tinubu has ordered a panel to review the structure of social investment programmes in the country. Recall that the organised labour and concerned civil society groups had earlier urged the President to review…
President Bola Tinubu has suspended the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, with immediate effect. Recall that the Presidency had said the appropriate authorities are investigating the financial irregularity involving the transfer of N585.189 million into…
