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Share For the fourth consecutive time, the embattled chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, on Wednesday failed to show up before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for his trial on an alleged N738.6 million contract scam. Maina was arraigned before Justice Abubakar Kutigi, sitting at Gwagwalada, Abuja, on November 21, 2019, alongside his secretary, Ann Olachi, on a nine-count charge bordering on contact racketeering and stealing to the tune of ...

The former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, has pleaded for another bail at the Federal High Court, Abuja, |

High-profile corruption cases to watch out for in 2021 Published 7 January 2021 Some politicians facing corruption charges will begin their prosecutions afresh in 2021 having had their convictions overturned in 2020. DAYO OJERINDE writes The senator representing Abia North, Orji Kalu, and a former spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh, are some of the high-profile politicians who had their convictions overturned in 2020. Kalu, who is the current Senate chief whip of the sena...

The year 2020 did not end without some trending photos that set the Internet on fire and got many Nigerians talking about them. Frontline activist and co-convener of #BringBackOurGirls movement, Aisha Yesufu’s power salute photo during the #EndSARS protests in October tore the Internet and at the last count, had garnered over five million retweets on Twitter. Coming in close at second was the photograph of President Muhammadu Buhari visiting his farm in Daura, Katsina State, where he inspecte...

Twenty-six months after killing her husband, Maryam Sanda was sentenced to death by hanging. The most discussed issue of the month was the decision of the Supreme Court led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, to sack Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and to declare Senator Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who came a distant fourth during the governorship poll as the Governor of Imo State. The Federal Government declared the W...

High profile corruption cases Nigerians expect in 2021 The Supreme Court in 2020 overturned convictions of some politically exposed persons for corruption and directed the prosecuting agencies to conduct fresh trials. 6 min read The Supreme Court of Nigeria in 2020 overturned the convictions in some high-profile corruption cases involving politically exposed persons and directed the prosecuting agencies to conduct fresh trials. Other courts during the year also adjourned the tri...

‘Still Far from a Country’ In my piece of 4/9/2018 titled “Still Far from a Country”, I said: “Today, most of the signs that Nigeria may be on its way to being a failed State, are apparent. Even if we do not qualify to be called a failed State, Nigeria is certainly a dysfunctional, fragile/crisis State”. I gave some reasons for my assertion – weak and failing institutions, poor infrastructure, insecurity and internal violence (Boko Haram, Robbers and Herdsmen), poverty, hunger and...

Views: Visits 62 One of the campaign promises of President Muhammadu Buhari was to stage an all-round war against corruption using the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). It is almost six years down the line and to say that genuine efforts have been made in this war, would be akin to a scenario where a basket is being used to fill a bucket. However, the Buhari administration believes otherwise. It is of the opinion that a milestone in the corruption fight was is gradually ...

By Alex Enumah Following the foreclosure of his right to file a no-case submission in his alleged money laundering trial, former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, yesterday disclosed that he would call 24 witnesses to prove his innocence of the charges against him. Maina and a firm, Common Input Ltd are standing trial on a 12-count charge bordering on money laundering to the tune of N2 billion preferred against them by the Economic and Financial Crim...

Political and legal experts have expressed worry over the Federal Government’s several investigative panels without tangible results brought back to the public. The experts said the panels which are supposed to bring public office holders to account should be more transparent to the Nigerian public. “Over the years, the government has set up probe panels which only made the news, gathered the reactions and agitations of Nigerians for a short while and fizzled out. It is not surprising thoug...