Looters

Former Minister of Information and Culture, Prince Tony Momoh, has called for exposure of those who have looted the treasury of Nigeria irrespective of how highly placed or the political parties they belonged to. Speaking to New…

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday bemoaned the looting of the treasury by past administrations, saying the stealing was too much. The looters, he said, were so inept that they did not cover their tracks well. The President…

Lai Mohammed, minister of information, says the federal government will continue to release more looters list until it exhausts the names of people who allegedly stole from the nation’s treasury. In a statement by Segun Adeyemi, his…

President Muhammadu Buhari says some wicked people plundered the country and “kept Nigerians poor”. According to Femi Adesina, spokesman of the president, Buhari said this in London Sunday while receiving a delegation of the Buhari…

•Presidency: looters behind it SOME Nigerians living in London yesterday protested against President Muhammadu Buhari. The protesters stormed the Abuja House in Kensington London, where the President is staying, blaming him for…

The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Anti-Corruption (PACAC), Professor Itse Sagay, has said the federal government omitted some names from the list of alleged treasury looters for strategic reasons. Sagay, who is a…

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, yesterday said that another list of treasury looters would be released very soon by the Federal Government and that many unexpected names will be revealed. The minister…

The former governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government, to adopt a “ruthless” measure against alleged looters of the nation’s treasury. Mr Oshiomhole, who disclosed this on…

The chairman of DAAR communications, Dr. Raymond Dokpesi, is demanding from Information Minister Lai Mohammed an immediate retraction of his inclusion on a list of alleged looters of public treasury. Dokpesi wants the retraction…

As controversy continues to trail the release of looters’ list by the Federal Government in the last one week, there are strong indications that government is compiling fresh names of people alleged to have looted the nation’s treasury.…

The  National Chairman of the PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, has dragged Mohammed to court for defamation of character. Mohammed had on Friday, last week, identified Secondus as one of those who looted the nation’s treasury in the first…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will soon commence the prosecution of those listed as “looters” in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by the federal government, TheCable understands. An EFCC official said…

Stella Oduah, senator representing Anambra north, says she has never taken illegal proceeds from government coffers. Oduah said this in a statement on Tuesday while reacting to her inclusion in the federal government’s looters list.…

A former Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu,  and the lawmaker representing Delta North Senatorial District, Peter Nwaboshi,  have faulted the  fresh looters’ list released by the Federal Government on Sunday. Aliyu, in a…

A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has rejected his inclusion in a list of alleged looters released by the Nigerian government on Sunday. Mr. Fani-Kayode is number 18 in a list of 24 individuals accused of having looted…

Godknows Igali, a former permanent secretary in the ministry of power, says his name was smuggled into the “looters” list recently released by the federal government. In the 23-man list released by Lai Mohammed, minister of…

The Federal Government has reacted to the barrage of attacks by some of the named alleged treasury looters and has gone further to name 23 others, most of them members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In a press statement,…

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, has threatened to take the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, to court for including his name in the alleged list of looters…

The Peoples Democratic Party has dismissed the list of alleged ‘looters’ released by the Federal Government as hollow and laughable. The party said the list was an extension of the Federal Government’s media trial and challenged it…

The All Progressives Congress, APC Federal Government of Nigeria had released the list of members of  Peoples Democratic Party who allegedly looted funds from the national treasury in the 16 years the opposition party was in power. PDP…

The Peoples Democratic Party, Kola Ologbodiyan, has accused Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo of not being bold enough to mention names of those he claimed stole public funds.Mr. Ologbondiyan said the vice president was only fond of bandying…