Secrets Reporters It was a moment of liveliness and celebration as friends, family members and associates of Controller of Corrections, MB Anuwa gathered to celebrate him on his graduation from the National Defence College of Strategic Course 34. CC Anugwa was among the 102 participants drawn from various security, military and paramilitary organisations who completed […]
Read MoreSecrets Reporters In a detailed indictment contained in the Auditor-General for the Federation’s Annual Report on Non-Compliance and Internal Control Weaknesses for the year ended 31 December 2020, the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria under then Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer Daniel Asapokhai has been cited for irregularities totaling approximately N138.73 million across six […]
Read MoreSecrets Reporters A quieter but equally troubling set of findings have revealed non-compliance and internal control weaknesses at the Investment and Securities Tribunal in Abuja during the 2019–2020 financial period covered by the Auditor-General for the Federation’s Annual Report on Non-Compliance and Internal Control Weaknesses for the year ended 31 December 2020. SecretsReporters has exclusively […]
Read MoreSecrets Reporters The Central Bank of Nigeria is supposed to be the guardian of the nation’s monetary integrity, the last institution Nigerians should have to ask “where did the money go?” Yet a Federal Government audit report scrutinized by SecretsReporters lays out, in the government’s own words, well over ₦1.37 trillion in public funds tied […]
Read MoreSecrets Reporters Troubling financial and administrative lapses have been discovered in the Nigeria Customs Service Headquarters in Abuja, amounting to approximately N2.05 billion, after a review of its 2019 overhead accounts by SecretsReporters. The audit, which identified five separate issues, under the leadership of Col. Hameed Ali, raised concerns about the management of public funds, […]
Read MoreSecrets Reporters A government ministry does not run on personal bank transfers. Government financial system in the world is built to route money to verified vendors, contractors and service providers, not into the individual accounts of staff members, who then become the sole party responsible for what happens to it next. Yet a purview into […]
Read MoreSecrets Reporters The Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited exists for one reason, which is to build, deploy and commercialise satellite infrastructure that connects Nigeria to the world. It is not a constituency intervention fund neither a community development agency. It has no statutory business constructing roads, renovating town halls, or running youth empowerment schemes in specific […]
Read MoreSecrets Reporters While Abubakar Atiku Bagudu directs Nigeria’s national budget and economic planning from Abuja, public records in Texas list him as the owner of a modest 1966 brick ranch at 2124 York Drive in Fort Worth’s Edgecliff West Addition. The 1,486-square-foot, three-bedroom, two-bath single-story home sits on a 0.13-acre lot and is recorded as […]
Read MoreSecrets Reporters A review of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU), Awka, Anambra State, has exposed about N348.86 million in five financial issues, including unauthorised investments, unapproved expenditure, irregular allowances, and payments to external solicitors, according to a review by SecretsReporters. The findings, covering the 2018 financial period and related activities extending into 2019/2020, raise […]
Read MoreSecrets Reporters Dr. Dayo Mobereola was appointed Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) in March 2024, arriving with promises of a “purpose-driven organisation” built on transparency and efficiency. Less than a year into that mandate, SecretsReporters has obtained and reviewed NIMASA’s expenses across ten travel and training lines and the numbers […]
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