A director with First Bank of Nigeria has been apprehended by officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The suspect, Dauda Lawal, is the Executive Director, Public Sector of the First Bank. Lawal was reportedly arrested on Tuesday, May 10, 2016. SaharaReporters said the First Bank director was nabbed by the EFCC over…
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Diezani Yet To Show Up At British Police Station
Reports reaching us from the United Kingdom indicate that the immediate past Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Maduekwe, is yet to show herself up at the Charing Cross Police Station. Diezani was arrested on Friday by the International Unit of the National Crime Agency for alleged bribery and corruption. She was granted bail by the…
Ex-Petrol Minister Diezani Arrested In London
United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency, NCA, has apprehended five persons in London on Friday in connection with bribery and corruption. The NCA’s International Corruption Unit confirmed on its website that five people were arrested in “London for suspected bribery and money laundering offences.” However, the agency did not disclose identities of the suspects, but Premium…
Diezani Becomes OPEC President
Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Allison-Madueke, has been elected as President of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC. Diezani becomes the first female to be elected into that position. She was elected on Thursday at the 166th ordinary meeting of OPEC in Vienna, Austria. Diezani now replaces Libya’s Vice Prime Minister for Corporations, Abdourhman…