₦airaland Forum

TheShopKeeper:
GEJ administration had the perfect solution to the lingering Niger Delta issue. What did he do, absolutely nothing for 6 years. Only a selected few enjoyed from the amnesty programme.

Dr Reuben Abati was part & parcel of the previous government...what solution did he give towards the ND crisis.

hungryboy:
The dullard of Daura never ceases to amaze me,

Instead of repairing Warri and Kaduna refineries, and increasing their capacities, so that the can refine more crude,

he is trying to build new ones.

hungryboy:
The dullard of Daura never ceases to amaze me,

Instead of repairing Warri and Kaduna refineries, and increasing their capacities, so that the can refine more crude,

he is trying to build new ones.

It's better and wiser to build new ones that can operate at full capacity than to continue managing the old ones that can not run for at least two months. With modern technology, the new ones will last longer and perform better. therefore, it's economically wise to build new ones, make supply stable then overhaul the old ones.

searchng4love:
The executive is interfering too much in the affairs of the legislature. It's hi time the legislature responded with equal ferocity. I miss Chuba Okadigbo.

dgr8truth:
Senator BMB is my senator of the year! He is always making common sense, trust me zombies will never agree.

If 60% of our senators were socially interactive and making common sense like BMB, our political fortune may have changed for the better.

Last Bullet: it is time PMB starts making common sense, as our collective good depends on it.

ABUJA—Embattled former Finance Minister, Senator Esther Nenadi Usman, has returned N140 million out of the N2.5 billion she allegedly received from the office of the former National Security Adviser ahead of the 2015 Presidential elections.

In addition, the former Senator, who served as the Director of Finance for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential Campaign Organisation, has surrendered two of her houses to the Federal Government as a condition for her release from the custody of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.


Esther Nenadi Usman
A top source in the commission, who confirmed the figures to Vanguard, hinted that the former Finance Minister might be released on bail on health grounds, given the amount of money and the property she has forfeited to the government in lieu of what she collected.

Although the source said the commission had obtained a court order to keep her beyond the stipulated time to interrogate her further, it was learned that an undisclosed health challenge facing her had compelled the operatives to consider granting her administrative bail to seek medical attention.

When asked if the former minister had been released, the source said: “She is still with us, but we are considering granting her bail, even though we have a subsisting court order to keep her.

“The former minister and lawmaker has agreed to surrender two of her choice property in Abuja, in addition to refunding N140 million to the Federal Government.”

According to findings, the former minister is being quizzed over various sums of money, which were paid into her account, including the N2.5 billion which was transferred out of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, into her account.

In addition, N140 million cash was allegedly paid into her Zenith Bank Account in January 2015.

Usman is alleged to have had access to what EFCC sources described as “huge cash,” some of which the agency says came from the CBN.