The pioneer chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nuhu Ribadu, has disclosed that his local government, Yola South in Adamawa State did not have N500,000 in its account since 2002.
A Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected the request by the Governors of the 36 states for an order stopping the implementation of guidelines issued by the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) in relation to the operation of the States/Local Government Joint Accounts.
The NFIU directive is believed to have issued to ensure financial autonomy of the local councils. The new guidelines impose a daily N500,000 cash transaction limit on all the 774 LGs.
The NFIU gave the indication in a first public statement released by its Acting Chief Media Analyst, Ahmed Dikko, and made available to journalists in Abuja on Monday.
Twin explosions have unsettled the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) secretariat in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
The explosion, which occurred at about 3pm Thursday during the...
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts has summoned the Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari, to...