The Sokoto State Government has formally received a report from the Judicial Commission of Inquiry alleging that N117 billion in public funds was misappropriated during the eight-year administration of former Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal. Justice Mu’azu Abdulkadir Pindiga (rtd), the commission’s chairman, presented the findings to Governor Ahmed Aliyu on February 3, 2026, at the […]
One of the major issues of concern in contemporary budgeting practice revolves around fiscal leakage points. These are holes that exist in the budget, which create an imbalance between the budgeted sum and the actual revenue expended. They constitute a channel of transforming public funds into private finances. They are decorated routes of embezzlement that […]
The High Court sitting in Jos, the Plateau State capital on Wednesday shuned bail plea by the defendant counsel to Senator Jonah Jang who was charged by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) with a 12 count charge bordering on misappropriation of N6.3billion. The lead counsel to Sen. Jang, Robert Clarke (SAN), said the […]
Following the alleged mismanagent of about N100m by the Vice Chancellor of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Prof Sabur Adesanya, the joint action committee (JAC) of three unions in the University on Tuesday advised a section of the institution’s ALUMNI association to leave the Vice Chancellor alone and wait for the outcome of a pending court […]