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Alleged fake Presidential Council DG to face trial – Presidency
The Presidency has restated that Adeyemi Adeniyi Matthew, who allegedly posed as the Director-General of a non-existent Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, is an impostor facing criminal prosecution over alleged forgery, impersonation and obtaining by false pretence. Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, made the clarification in a statement posted [] The post Alleged fake Presidential Council DG to face trial – Presidency appeared first on Vanguard News.
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RedState
· Jun 27, 2026
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RAPPLER
· Jul 6, 2026
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Daily Post Nigeria
· Jul 5, 2026
PFIPC: Step aside for investigation of fake agency – Gbajabiamila told
A group, under the aegis of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, CDHR, has asked Femi Gbajabiamila, the Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu over the controversial bribery allegation levelled against him. A statement by the group on Sunday charged the Federal Government to launch an independent investigation into the allegations that [] PFIPC: Step aside for investigation of fake agency – Gbajabiamila told
The Guardian
· Jul 9, 2026
Furore in Nigeria over fake federal agency set up in government headquarters
President ordered investigation after fictitious federal body allocated funding and office space, triggering renewed scrutiny of corruptionA fictitious federal entity that was allocated 1.3 billion naira (£705,248) in Nigeria’s 2026 budget has precipitated a political storm in Africa’s largest democracy in the run-up to January’s general election.The fake agency came to light last October when Femi Gbajabiamila, the president’s chief of staff, wrote to the police alleging that his signature, along with official seals and reference numbers, had been forged by Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew, who was claiming to have been appointed by the presidency to head the presidential foreign intervention promotion council (PFIPC). Continue reading...
Vanguard News
· Jul 12, 2026
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Loonie Politics
· Jun 22, 2026
Judge blocks use of federal database to check citizenship, saying it could wrongly purge voters
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday ruled that a recently revamped version of a federal tool central to the Trump administration’s election integrity strategy is unlawful and can no longer be used. U.S. District Court Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan sided with advocacy groups that argued the recent upgrades to the program, called Systematic [] The post Judge blocks use of federal database to check citizenship, saying it could wrongly purge voters appeared first on Loonie Politics.
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