Bagudu and the Abacha plunder machine
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The systematic plunder of Nigeria by the Abacha family as well as the worldwide hunt for the stolen funds, worth billions of dollars, is reckoned to be one of the worst cases of kleptocracy and offshore shenanigans in the world. Between 1998, when Mr Abacha suddenly died, and 2020, 3.6 billion U.S. dollars have been recovered from the Abacha family and their most prolific bagman, Mr Bagudu, now a governor in Nigeria’s impoverished Kebbi State.

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How Kebbi Governor, Abubakar Bagudu, was arrested in America
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Long before he was elected governor, prosecutors in the United States and the United Kingdom said Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi State was a bagman for the infamous late military dictator, Sani Abacha. The money-laundering operations Mr Bagudu ran on behalf of Mr Abacha are well-documented in suits filed in the United States and the Bailiwick of Jersey, a British Crown dependency in the Channel Islands.

Eleven years ago, Abubakar Bagudu, the current governor of Kebbi State, but then a senator, dispatched a delegation to Singapore in search of a new haven to shelter his controversial wealth. Investigators say the huge funds, warehoused offshore, is part of billions of dollars Mr Bagudu helped the Sani Abacha family to steal from Nigeria in the 1990s.

Pandora Papers: How Governor Bagudu amassed dirty billions and how he is hiding it bit.ly/3uH0v66 #PandoraPapers: How Governor Bagudu amassed dirty billions and how he is hiding it bit.ly/3uH0v66

How Peter Obi broke the law (1)

In Nigeria, a person is statutorily obligated to withdraw from engaging in or directing a private business, except if it is farming, upon becoming a public officer, Section Six (6) of the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act stipulates. However, our investigation, based on records obtained from the UK Companies House shows that Mr Obi continued to be a director of Next International (UK) Limited for 14 months after becoming the governor of Anambra State, thereby breaking Nigeria’s law.

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Pandora Papers: Inside Peter Obi’s secret businesses — and how he broke the law bit.ly/3l3bx2m Sometime in 2010, more than four years after he became governor, the politician developed an appetite to set up his first discreet company in the British Virgin Island. He named the company Gabriella Investments Limited, after his daughter
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INVESTIGATION: Inside the bloody Southern Kaduna carnage where all sides are casualties premiumtimesng.com/investigations… Unguwan Gankon, August 18, 2020. After she was forced to strip, pregnant Hanatu Kefas, with her three-year-old girl, was locked up in a piggery and made to roll on the stinking floor, with a ruthless gunman barking out commands. premiumtimesng.com/investigations…

#EdoDecides2020 The Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on media, Crusoe Osagie, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of manipulating the ongoing election. bit.ly/2Elidq8 #EdoDecides2020 “Suddenly card readers are not working in areas where Governor Godwin Obaseki is very popular,” Mr Osagie said. bit.ly/2Elidq8

While millions of Nigerians are increasingly struggling to pay for life-saving healthcare bills, including payment for vital medical diagnosis, doctors, hospitals...... 1/2 .....and medical diagnostic services providers are defrauding them of billions of naira yearly through a fraudulent medical referral kickback scam. 2/2

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INVESTIGATION: Kickbacks for Referrals: How Nigerian doctors, hospitals, diagnostic centres are defrauding patients bit.ly/32uaWxw Our investigation uncovered the rotten underbelly of a sector where the rules are made by the profiteering owners of diagnostics centres & physicians, who without remorse, steal from their patients in blatant violation of the Code of Medical Ethics. bit.ly/32uaWxw

Jonathan, Lumumba, others speak at Osasu show symposium (LIVE UPDATES) premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines… LIVE: The second hour of the show is starting with a song by African all stars promoting unity in the continent. Some of the stars featured in the song are 2 Face Idibia, Betty G, Prodigio, Gigi Lamayne and Stanley Enow.
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Nigeria’s trade and investment environment challenges persist as Adebayo clocks one year in office bit.ly/2Dl7vPU FDI slumps:
In June, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development @UNCTAD disclosed that Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Nigeria declined by 48.2 per cent to $3.3 billion in 2019 from $6.4 billion in 2018.

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On August 23, News Website, @SaharaReporters SaharaReporters ran a story with the headline ‘Kaduna Government Takes Bishop To Court For Saying Governor @elrufai Will Never Be Nigeria’s President’.

premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines… The website added that Mr Ogunyemi made the statement in November 2019 over the demolition of churches in Kaduna State.

After a presentation of its findings on the quantum corruption at the NDDC, @ptcij called for #NDDCprobe and those involved in financial mismanagement within the commission. premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines… @ptcij The @ICPC_PE picked up two directors of @NDDCOnline on Monday and were detained till Thursday before they were released on administrative bail.
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

CAMA 2020: 15 business-friendly provisions in Nigeria’s new Companies and Allied Matters Act

SEE PROVISIONS BELOW;

1. Provision of single-member/shareholder companies – S.18(2) of the new CAMA now makes it possible to.... ...establish a private company with only
one (1) member or shareholder.
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EXCLUSIVE: This man stole from Nigeria. Today, he’s minister in Buhari’s cabinet premiumtimesng.com/?p=349164 As a top army officer holding command position, #BashirMagashi abused public trust and was caught with his hand in the cookie jar. premiumtimesng.com/?p=349164

HOW IT ALL STARTED:
Jonathan, Etete, Shell in fresh N155billion scandal bit.ly/2NeYo7j
#OPL245Fraud The 155billion naira presidential scam: How Jonathan approved transfer to ex-con, others. bit.ly/327nMj0
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INFOGRAPH: SPECIAL REPORT: The men who embezzled Nigerian Airways to death wp.me/p2LdGt-1eef Though several individuals, organisations, companies were indicted by the judicial panel of inquiry for their roles, which includes the stealing of several millions of dollars, in the eventual demise of Nigerian Airways, (1/2)
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#FreeSamuelOgundipe: Police secretly arraign PREMIUM TIMES journalist, deny him legal representation premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines… The Nigerian police secretly commenced the trial of PREMIUM TIMES’ journalist, Samuel Ogundipe, on Wednesday, while denying him access to his lawyers.
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