EFCC detains Taraba officials over alleged N21billion fraud
The suspects are being detained at the EFCC’s headquarters in Abuja over their alleged roles in the questionable withdrawal of N21 billion naira from the state coffers.
The
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)has arrested three officials of the Taraba State Government over a N21 billion scam, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt.
The state officials, according to EFCC sources who sought not to be named because they have not been authorised to talk publicly about the matter, are a permanent secretary, a Director of Finance and Account and a cashier in the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs.
Minimum Wage decentralization: Reps to throw away bill
On
…As Labour’s protest cripples activities nationwide
By Victor Ahiuma-Young, Dayo Johnson, Vincent Ujumadu, Festus Ahon, Tordue Salem, Chioma Onuegbu, Rotimi Ojomoyela, Shina Abubakar & Adeola Badru
THE House of Representatives yesterday acceded to the demand of leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, and their allies to throw away the controversial bill seeking to remove the National Minimum Wage from exclusive legislative list to the concurrent legislative list
The action came on the heels of the nationwide protest by labour which crippled activities across the nation yesterday. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, gave the promise to jettison the bill, while addressing protesting members of organized labour who stormed the National Assembly complex to demand withdrawal of the bill.
Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja
The Nigeria Police yesterday paraded 48 crime suspects involved in various criminal activities, including kidnapping, armed robbery, internet scam, fraud and unlawful possession of firearms.
The police also recovered 47 weapon, including 14 AK- 47 rifles, two submachine guns, 18 ipads, laptops and PoS machine.
Parading the suspects in Abuja, Force PRO and Commisioner of Police, Frank Mba, said the different criminal gangs of robbers and drug peddlers operated in Abuja, Benue, Kogi and Taraba states.
He said as part of Operation Puff Adder II, operatives of the FIB Intelligence Response Team and Special Tactical Squad of the force attached to the Operation Puff Adder II arrested 48 criminal suspects, including 47 male and one female, for their involvement and indictment in cases of armed robbery, kidnapping, unlawful possession of firearms, cybercrime/financial fraud and other heinous crimes in some parts of the country.
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The Nigeria Police Force, on Thursday, paraded 48 suspects nabbed for various violent crimes ranging from kidnapping, armed robbery, cybercrime, money doublers to illegal possession of firearms among others.
Parading the suspects before news in Abuja, the Force Public Relations Officer FPRO, CP, Frank Mba, said that the suspects were arrested at various locations in the country based on credible and Intelligence informed by crack Police Operatives.
According to him, of interest was one suspect, Aliyu Suleiman, 26 years old who led an armed robbery gang, which attacked and collected gun from two police officers around Abuja.