The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured an order of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Bwari, to detain former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, Mr Abdulrasheed Maina, and his son, Faisal, in its custody pending the conclusion of ongoing investigation. Sex for grades: Senate proposes five-year jail term for sexual […]
Abdulrasheed Maina, a former Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, on Wednesday applied to be joined as a party in a suit filed by Abubakar Malami, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, to stop the Senate from probing into his (Maina’s) controversial reinstatement into the civil service. According to […]
Says his return to civil service administratively flawed Maina stands dismissed – Oyo-Ita * Not on payroll since 2013 – Adeosun Magu: He never handed over recovered properties to EFCC The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of the Interior, Magaji Aliyu, on Thursday, took full responsibility for the controversial reinstatement of the former Chairman of defunct Pension […]
The Comptroller General of Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, Mohammed Babandede, has disclosed that a former Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdurasheed Maina, has not travelled out of the country since 2013. He said the documents and information available to them showed that Maina has not left the shores of the country […]
The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun on Thursday, revealed that the Federal Government stopped the payment of salary to the former Chairman of the Presidential Taskforce Team on Pension, Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina, in March 2013. Adeosun made this disclosure in Abuja while appearing before the House of Representatives’ Ad-Hoc Committee Investigating the Disappearance, Re-appearance, […]
A video making the rounds on social media shows former chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension, Abdulrasheed Maina, addressing allegations of financial impropriety leveled against him. The former pension boss was dismissed from office in 2013 during the Goodluck Jonathan administration after he was indicted in a N2.1 billion fraud. Maina evaded arrest […]
The Federal Civil Service Commission is yet to sack a former Chairman of the Presidential Taskforce on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina four days after President Muhammadu Buhari ordered for his immediate disengagement. According to findings by Punch, the process that would lead to his sack was yet to commence. The newspaper report indicated that as […]
Ï Seals off his shopping plaza, houses, firms in Kaduna Ï NASS begins probe over his illegal reinstatement Ï Maina speaks from hiding, denies N100bn pension fraud Olufemi Samuel, Chris Emetoh, Henry Omunu, Tom Okpe, Idu Jude and Myke Uchendu and Oluchi Okoroafor, Abuja Barely 24 hours after President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the sacking of […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has received the report of how fugitive Abdulrasheed Maina was reinstated to the civil service. The Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari, received the report on behalf of the President. Confirming the development on Monday night, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, […]
Online newspaper, Premium Times is reporting that operatives of the EFCC have stormed the $2 million mansion belonging to now sacked Director at the Ministry of Interior, Abdulrasheed Maina. The building at No. 10 Hamisu Musa Road, Jabi, was cordoned off this afternoon by police officers providing cover to an EFCC operative who was marking […]
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday directed the immediate dismissal of Abdulrasheed Maina, a civil servant who went missing for years after being declared wanted for corruption but was recently reinstated to a higher post. The president said the circumstances of Maina’s return to civil service must be investigated. A statement by presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, said […]
In the last few minutes, President Buhari has ordered the immediate disengagement of Mr Abdulrasheed Maina from service. According to the President’s spokesman, Femi Adesina, President Buhari has asked for a full report on circumstances of Maina’s recall. More to follow
On Sunday, February 17, 2013, a fugitive fled from Nigeria to escape arrest by the police and other security agents on his trail. Alhaji Abdulrasheed Maina was reported to have fled to Saudi Arabia, and then settled in the United Arab Emirates following an arrest warrant issued against him by the Senate, and the decision […]