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Nigeria: Police Pension - Convicted Director Remanded
Daily Trust, 31 January 2013
The former deputy director in the Police Pension Office, John Yakubu Yusuf, who was convicted and freed by an Abuja High Court after paying N750,000 fine for misappropriating over… Read more »
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Nigeria: CJN to Investigate Controversial Judge
Leadership, 31 January 2013
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Alooma Mukhtar, has promised that the National Judicial Council (NJC) look into the controversy surrounding the questionable judgement… Read more »
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Nigeria: Court Remands Convicted Pension Director in Prison
This Day, 31 January 2013
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered that a former Director of the Police Pension Board, Mr. John Yakubu Yusufu, who was convicted last Monday by an Abuja High Court for… Read more »
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Nigeria: Freed Pension Thief Remanded in Prison, Fails to Declare N250 Million
Premium Times, 30 January 2013
The former pension boss, John Yusufu, who was freed by a court on Monday after paying his fine, secretly hid money including N250 million in his bank account while in office, the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Reps to Amend Penal Code That Freed Pension Scam Convict
Premium Times, 30 January 2013
The House of Representatives has vowed to review sections of the constitution, the penal and criminal codes, cited on Monday in a controversial ruling that freed a former official… Read more »
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Nigeria: Police Pension Scam - Reps Ask EFCC, AGF to Appeal Judgment
Vanguard, 30 January 2013
Irked by public condemnation of the judgment on Mr John Yakubu Yusuf and others undergoing trial for the over N38 billion Police Pension scam at the FCT High Court, Abuja, the… Read more »
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Nigeria: EFCC Arrests Freed Pension Accountant, Re-Arraigns Him Today
Daily Trust, 30 January 2013
The EFCC yesterday re- arrested John Yakubu Yusuf, a former accountant at the Police Pensions fund, who was freed Monday after paying N750 fine for misappropriating over N23… Read more »
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Nigeria: New Charges - Ex-Police Pensions Accontant Remanded in Prison
Daily Trust, 30 January 2013
Ex-accountant of the Police Pensions Fund, Mr. John Yakubu Yusuf, was Wednesday morning remanded in prison custody till March 4 when his case would be heard again, following fresh… Read more »
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Nigeria: Judgement On Accountant Who Stole N1.4 Billion Is Okay - Yahaya Mahmoud
Daily Trust, 30 January 2013
The punishment meted out to one of the eight civil servants charged with alleged misappropriation of N33 billion from the Police Pension Office is enough, Kaduna-based lawyer… Read more »
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Nigeria: EFCC Re-Arrests Freed Police Pension Accountant
Daily Trust, 29 January 2013
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has re- arrested John Yakubu Yusuf, the former accountant at the Police Pensions fund, who was freed after paying N750 thousand… Read more »
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Nigeria: Man Who Stole U.S.$145m Freed After Paying Fine
Daily Trust, 29 January 2013
One of the eight civil servants charged with alleged misappropriation of N33 billion from the Police Pension Office was yesterday set free by an Abuja High Court under a plea… Read more »