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Exclusive: How SMEDAN DG, Charles Odi Who Was Nominated By Seyi Tinubu Mismanaged ₦1.97 Billion

Secrets Reporters The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) exists to help the country’s small businesses overcome the infrastructure and financing barriers that keep them small. Documents…

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Fed Min Of Industry, Trade & Investment Records N3.07bn in Questioned Transactions as Funds Are Misapplied, Payments Bypass Controls

Secrets Reporters   Amid the intricate paper trail of government finance, millions of naira moved through the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment in transactions that our review found…

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Exclusive: No National Population Census Since 2006, Yet Agency Chairman Nasir Isa Kwarra Said He Spent ₦240 Billion To Count Nigerians

Secrets Reporters Nigeria has not conducted a national census since 2006. For nearly two decades, the National Population Commission has cited funding gaps, logistics failures and political hesitation as the…

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Former FRC CEO, Daniel Asapokhai Questioned for N138.7 Million in Unremitted Surplus, Unapproved Legal Fees and Foreign Trips While in Office

Secrets 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…

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Investment and Securities Tribunal’s N18 Million Black Hole Under Chief Registrar Habu Yerima Saleh: Unvouched Payments, Extra-Budgetary Spending and Silence from Management

Secrets 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…

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N2.05bn Customs Audit Bombshell: N1.94bn Taxes Unremitted, N103.5m Legal Fees Questioned Under Hameed Ali

Secrets 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…

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Cash In Hand: The Multi Million Naira Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo Federal Ministry Of Interior Money Paid Directly To Individual Staff Accounts Without Vendors

Secrets 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,…

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A Satellite Agency Building Roads And Community Halls: Inside MD Jane Egerton-Idehen N236 Million Mandate Violation At NIGCOMSAT

Secrets 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…

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Exclusive: Abacha’s Pointman And Nigeria’s Minister Atiku Bagudu’s Quiet Owned Texas Property Raises Fresh Questions Under Nigeria’s Asset Declaration Rules

Secrets 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…

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Prof. Joseph Eberendu Ahaneku and The N348.86m Questionable Expenditure, Investments, and Allowances in Nnamdi Azikiwe University

Secrets 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,…

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