Special Report
ASTUTE LOOTER: HOW FMR GOV OF BAUCHI STATE EMBEZZLED OVER N212 BILLION NAIRA FROM STATE’S COFFERS IN 8 YEARS
Secret Reporters
Considered a star politician by the northern oligarchs such that the then President Late Umaru Yar’Adua, gave his third daughter Nafisa, to him as his fourth wife in October 2007, Isa Yuguda’s corruption track record has grown steadily to an endemic level with assorted nauseating manifestations in his State.
Anti-corruption agencies who barraged television screens and social media platforms with his trial, seem to have become complacent in prosecuting him perhaps due to his move to the ruling party or a marching order from the supposed cabals.
SecretReporters learnt that Isa Yuguda’s trouble started when a high-powered committee set up by the Bauchi State government to carry out forensic audit of all major contracts awarded by his administration from June 2007 to May 2015 as it concerns the Bauchi State Universal Basic Education Board, Ministry for Local Government Affairs, Bauchi Specialist Hospital, Ministries, Departments, and Agencies indicted him on account of over N212,000,000,000 (Two Hundred and Twelve Billion Naira) expended by his administration within the period under review.
Findings by the forensic audit report showed that the amounts expended by the Governor in executing projects was not in tandem with the records of amounts accrued to the state from June 2007 to May 2015 from the Federation accounts as contained in documents obtained from the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation.
Having successfully sidelined the 23 elected local government chairmen and singlehandedly coordinating all financial affairs in the LGAs, Isa Yuguda in collaboration with some Commissioners for Local Government Affairs, Special Advisers, Permanent Secretaries and Accountants General or their representatives who were signatories to the Joint Account and Allocation Committee (JAAC) accounts allegedly diverted over N16billion to their private pockets from the N212 billion probably as their share of the national cake. This was allegedly facilitated through illegal and unjustified cash withdrawals from accounts belonging to the Ministry for Local Government Affairs by the Cashier of JAAC Mohammed Musa, who was purported to be acting in line with the instructions of the Isa Yuguda.
Learning from the corrupt mentor, it was alleged that most public officers began scampering for their share of the pillage as more findings by the forensic committee showed that the former Commissioners in the Ministry for Local Government Affairs, Idris Halilu and Abubakar Ahmed Faggo, retired Permanent Secretaries, Ado Santurakin Pali and Hudu Yunusa Ari, Special Advisers, in the Ministry for Local Government Affairs, former Accountants General and their representatives who were co-signatories to the JAAC accounts also allegedly diverted over N3,500,000,000 (Three Billion Five Hundred Million Naira) to their pockets.
Additionally, it was discovered that within the same period, the Ministry for Local Government Affairs which was also clearly been remotely controlled by Yuguda, made huge payments to the tune of N96,000,000,000 (Ninety-Six Billion Naira) without appropriate payment vouchers.
As though been remotely controlled by a cabals, more findings revealed that Isa Yuguda brazenly took fraudulent loans to the tune of N14,000,000,000 (Fourteen Billion Naira) from FIN bank Bauchi State branch and approved a whopping N2,500,000,000 (Two Billion Five Hundred Thousand Naira) for the refurbishment of College of Islamic studies Bauchi.
Another glaring fraud by Isa and his cohorts christened ‘broad daylight fraud’ by experts, was a project for the refurbishment and expansion of Sa’ad Zungur Primary School, Bauchi awarded to M/S Current MEC Engineering LTD for an initial amount of N800,000,000 but later upgraded to N1,100,000,000 (One Billion One Hundred Million) on request of the company.
However, estimates by experts showed that the school which was been expanded to accommodate about 3000 to 5000 pupils should not have exceeded about N150million.
It was gathered that a separate committee set up to recover stolen assets from those who served under Isa’s administration by the Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar led administration, allegedly recovered 22 vehicles from Yuguda’s wives and an Embraer 145 aircraft worth N4.12 billion hidden in Morocco, among others. It was also alleged that the astute looter secretly stashed away N600 million in a FIN Bank account under the name Excalibre, which is a private company owned by him.
Isa Yuguda who did not spare any sector of the state from his looting antics also spread his net to the health sector as he allegedly awarded fictitious contracts worth over N1.55 Billion in respect of construction of Bauchi Specialist Hospital, and the supply, delivery, and installation of hospital equipment at the new Bauchi Specialist Hospital to Current Mechanical Eng., Accrom Services, Sahnazal International, Eagle Construction, Louizoni Ferreti Enterprises, and Yima Nigeria Limited respectively.
In the expenditure of Security Vote in the office of Secretary to the Government of Bauchi State, the committee’s report showed that Yuguda allegedly embezzled over N4,000,000,000 (Four Billion Naira) and diverted same to his private pockets.
Exerting the powers of his office, the former Governor through one Bahijja Mahmoud and Aisha Mahmoud also allegedly cornered another N22,000,000 (Twenty-Two Million Naira) meant for the construction of Bauchi Skills Acquisition Centre under the Agency for Orphans through direct labour.
Sources reveal that Isa Yuguda’s thread mark in all MDAs investigated ranges from the non-completion of projects, non-execution of projects despite full or part-payments, over-inflated cost of projects, poorly executed projects or non-adherence to due process in its award, and in worst cases, overpayment of contractors without any acceptable reason or explanation.
With these and many other unreported monumental frauds allegedly perpetuated by Isa Yuguda and his collaborators, no progress has been made with his prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) since 2017 apparently due to his announcement of planned defection to the All Progressive Congress (APC) in 2016 and his eventual movement in December 2018.
Special Report
Nigerian Government Accuses Secrets Reporters Publisher Fejiro Oliver of Espionage, Invites Him For Questioning Days After Kidnapping Its Reporter
Secrets Reporters
The Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC) has invited the Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Secrets Reporters, Mr. Tega Oghenedoro, also known as Mr. Fejiro Oliver, for questioning over an ongoing investigation into alleged offenses bordering on espionage, cyberstalking, and computer-related crimes, days after kidnapping one of SecretsReporters Senior Reporter Stanley Ugagbe
Recall that at the close of work on Wednesday the 1st of July, 2026, Ugagbe was kidnapped on his way home by officers of the NIgerian Police force in connection with a report published by SecretsReporters, titled “EXCLUSIVE: CBN Deputy Governor Emem Usoro Linked to N3.6bn Los Angeles Property Amid Questions Over Asset Declaration Compliance (Part 2)”
Mr Stanley was released on Monday by 7:30pm to the President of the International Press Institute (IPI), Mojeed Muskilu, who was on ground to ensure he was not detained further.
A letter dated 6 July 2026, with reference number CR: 3000/X/NPF-NCCC/FHQ/ABJ/TDP-LM/VOL.1/364, was issued by the National Cybercrime Centre and addressed to Mr. Oghenedoro at the media organization’s office in Wuye, Abuja.
According to the letter, the Cybercrime Centre stated that it is investigating “a case of espionage, cyberstalking, and computer-related offenses in which your name featured prominently.”
The police requested the publisher to report to the National Cybercrime Centre for an interview through the Assistant Director, Defence and Protection Unit, NPF-NCCC Abuja.
The invitation is scheduled to be held on Wednesday, 8th July 2026, at 10:00 a.m. at the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre office, Plot 625, Mission Road, Diplomatic Zone, Abuja.
The letter also directed the invitee to contact a phone number listed in it for directions upon arrival. It concluded by requesting his cooperation with the investigation, stating that it “will be highly appreciated.”
The invitation letter was signed by DCP Olufemi Akinola, psc (+), Deputy Director (Operations), NPF-NCCC, Abuja.
In the course of detaining its senior reporter, Stanley Ugagbe, the government through the police accused Secrets Reporters of leaking government documents through its medium and spying on the government to foreign countries, a claim the publisher has denied.
As at the time of filing this report, the publisher has stated that he’s currently not in Nigeria and will answer the invitation as soon as he gets back to the country.
BEHIND THE SCENCES
Kidnapped SecretsReporters Journalist Stanley Ugagbe Found at Police Headquarters After 48 Hours Blindfolded Over Government Secrets Leak and Petition by CBN Deputy Governor Emem Usoro
Secrets Reporters
Fresh details have emerged regarding the whereabouts of abducted SecretsReporters journalist, Stanley Ugagbe, who was allegedly seized by armed men in mufti on his way home before being taken to his residence, where his laptop and mobile phone were confiscated.
SecretsReporters has obtained videos showing masked security operatives handcuffing and taking Ugagbe away. According to information available to this newspaper, he was intercepted by armed men in Karu, Abuja, while returning home from official training on Wednesday, July 1, 2026, at about 6:00 p.m.
Policemen in masks abducting Journalist Stanley Ugagbe
The operatives handcuffed him, took him to his residence in Jikwoyi, seized his work laptop and phone, blindfolded him and drove him to an undisclosed location.
As earlier reported by this newspaper, Ugagbe’s arrest is believed to be connected to a report published by SecretsReporters titled: “EXCLUSIVE: CBN Deputy Governor Emem Usoro Linked to N3.6bn Los Angeles Property Amid Questions Over Asset Declaration Compliance (Part 2).”
Sources said Ugagbe remained blindfolded throughout the night at the first location until Thursday, July 2. He was then driven to another facility, still blindfolded, before the blindfold was removed. SecretsReporters has since established that the facility was the National Cybercrime Centre (NCCC).
Sources within the NCCC told SecretsReporters that one of the petitions against the journalist was submitted by the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Emem Usoro, who reportedly alleged that he published false information about her.
According to the same sources, a second petition, allegedly submitted anonymously, accused the journalist platform of leaking sensitive government information and official secrets considered detrimental by the authorities.
During questioning, Ugagbe reportedly maintained that, as a reporter, he was assigned stories by the management of SecretsReporters and was not the custodian of the source materials used in preparing some investigative reports, as all investigations belongs to the organization.
The sources further stated that he noted that laptops, communication devices and other equipment used by him and other reporters in carrying out their official assignments are company property belonging to SecretsReporters.
Meanwhile, an examination of Ugagbe’s mobile phone call records obtained by SecretsReporters showed that his phone was switched on by security operatives at about 4:00 a.m. on July 2. During that period, four calls were received but went unanswered before the device was switched off again.
The Police is yet to officially own up to kidnapping the journalist.
General News
Exclusive: Ex Militant Tompolo Moves Niger Delta Traditional Rulers To Beg President Tinubu Over N2.1 Trillion Pipeline Surveillance Contract Renewal
Secrets Reporters
The battle for the renewal and cancellation of the N2.1 trillion pipeline surveillance awarded to two companies owned by two cousins namely Tantita Security Services Limited and Maton Engineering Limited has shifted to Abuja.
SecretsReporters can exclusively report that the decentralization of the pipeline surveillance championed by social activist and businessman, Tega Oghenedoro, popularly known as Fejiro Oliver, has led to President Bola Tinubu giving his words to stakeholders that he will split the contract along ethnic line, which has caused worries to Government Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo, who owns Tantita Security company covering the Western Corridors of the pipeline contract. His cousin Matthew Tolangha owns Maton Engineering Limited that covers the central corridor.
To convince the President that his company Tantita be solely responsible for holding the multi trillion Naira contract while subleasing to other minor companies, we can authoritatively report that he has bought flight tickets and reserved hotel accommodation for almost all the Niger Delta traditional rulers, apart from the first class kings who refused the gestures, to meet the President next week Thursday in Abuja. They will be leaving for Abuja on Wednesday, revealed several traditional rulers to this medium. The contract is due for renewal in August 2026 but has faced opposition from major stakeholders under the banner of ‘Guard your pipeline and I guard my own’, led by Fejiro Oliver and former Niger Delta agitators like HRM Ateke Tom, Victor Ben aka General Boyloaf, Ajube aka Shoot at Sight, Ateke Tom and many others. Recently, Niger Delta stakeholders such as Ayiri Emami and Diden Michael aka Ejele also joined in the call for the decentralization of the pipeline surveillance.
“We have been promised $5,000 per person after seeing Mr President, which is different from our already paid return flight tickers and hotel accommodation. We should be around hundred selected kings that will meet the President to discuss Niger Delta issues, pass a vote of confidence on Tinubu, endorse him for a second term, even though we know the main purpose is to tell him to give the contract back to Tompolo next month” narrated a king who craved anonymity. An estimated cost of the logistics and welfare package means over N5 billion may be spent by the warlord on the king’s alone.
The meeting we gathered was made possible by the embattled Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, who is facing national heat for allegedly demanding for over Ten billion Naira bribe from Prince Adeyemi ‘fake’ Presidential Investment Council and the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, who is at the forefront of ensuring that the contract is awarded back to Tompolo despite obvious resistance from the region.
The National Assembly committees on Gas, Midstream, Upstream and Downstream recently passed a vote of confidence on Tantita, a move condemned by stakeholders led by Ijaw Youth Council President, Theophilus Alaye during a two hour live coverage on national television.
Since the award of the contract to the ex militant, local oil bunkering has reduced drastically, yet oil production has been below the OPEC benchmark.
-
STRAY BULLET10 years agoYOU ARE A THIEF SO YOU CAN’T PROBE A THIEF: ANOTHER UK NEWSPAPER WRITES BUHARI
-
General News10 years agoPREACH AND DIE: FOR DARING EARLY MORNING PREACHING IN ABUJA, MUSLIMS HACK TWO PASTORS TO DEATH
-
General News9 years agoBREAKING: TYRANNICAL NIGERIA PRESIDENT, MUHAMMADU BUHARI DIES IN LONDON HOSPITAL, BUT PRESIDENCY KEEPS SEALED LIPS
-
Special Report10 years agoMISS ANAMBRA CUCUMBER SAGA: HOW ANAMBRA BROADCASTING SERVICE DIRECTOR, UCHE NWORAH LEAKED SEX VIDEO TO THE PUBLIC FOR HER REFUSAL TO CONTINUE SEXUAL AFFAIR WITH HIM (PART ONE)
-
Special Report10 years agoEXCLUSIVE: HOW STEPHEN KESHI AND WIFE WERE KILLED BY HIS OWN BROTHER
-
Special Report9 years agoPOWER GAME ALMOST OVER: OSINBAJO UNDER PRESSURE TO HAND OVER TO SARAKI AS VP IN ANTICIPATION OF THE UNKNOWN
-
STRAY BULLET10 years agoDESPITE HUNGER IN NIGERIA, BUHARI ALLEGEDLY DONATES 500 MILLION DOLLARS TO HILARY CLINTON’S FAILED PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AS NIGERIANS PRESSURE HIM TO CONGRATULATE TRUMP
-
Special Report10 years agoEAR INFECTION SCAM: BUHARI JETS TO LONDON TO SECRETLY NEGOTIATE WITH NIGER DELTA AVENGERS