Nigeria In One Minute
N33bn fraud: Osinbajo queried NEMA boss, but…—Presidency
Indications emerged, yesterday, that the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, queried the embattled Director-General of National Management Emergency Agency, NEMA, Mustapha Maihaja, over allegations of fraud and other issues relating to the management of the agency, but the issue was suppressed.
Maihaja has lately been in the news, following his indictment by the House of Representatives over allegations of fraud and diversion of N33 billion.
Also, NEMA was accused of failing to distribute thousands of bags of rice provided by the Chinese government for internally-displaced persons, IDPs, allowing same to rot in warehouses.
It was learned that Maihaja was queried by the Vice President on January 15 over sundry allegations of fraud.
Vanguard, November 19, 2018
Join the conversation
Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism
Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.
As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.
If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.
Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.
INVESTIGATION: In Kwara, multimillion-naira milk processing plant is abandoned, converted to a chicken outlet
After the government spent millions of naira to establish a milk processing plant in Kwara State that would provided jobs...
SPECIAL REPORT: For Sokoto communities, promise of healthcare is akin to death sentence
In this story, ABDULRASHEED HAMMAD delves into the dire realities of Primary Health Care services in Sokoto State, shedding light...
ICYMI…SPECIAL REPORT: NNPCL hides behind PIA to frustrate disclosure, accountability
Nigeria’s major oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), in what appears to be a common practice of disregard...
INVESTIGATION: Multi-million naira Ekiti resort center remains uncompleted a decade after
The multimillion-naira project, expected to comprise recreational buildings, now consists of cassava farmland, a bush used for excretion, and a...
SPECIAL REPORT: Torturous experiences of students with disabilities in Oyo tertiary institutions
For students with disabilities in Oyo state-owned tertiary institutions, learning is a torturous and distressing experience, considering the building structures...