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The Department of State Services (DSS) has  that it did not arrest Mr Ibrahim Magu, the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The Service’s Public Relations Officer, Peter Afunanya, said this in a statement on Monday. He added that the DSS has since been inundated with inquiries over the reported arrest of Magu, stressing that the Service has no connection with the incident. Afunanya issued the statement after reports emerged that the acting chairman of the anti-graft agency had been arrested by DSS officials in Abuja. When contacted, Magu’s S.A. on Media, Tony Amokeodo, told  Channels Television  that his boss was not arrested but only invited to answer questions regarding some allegations against the agency. Amokeodo explained that Magu was invited to appear before a Federal Government panel set up to investigate the allegations of corruption levelled against him. According to him, the panel is sitting at the Banquet Hall...

Ibrahim Magu, the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, has been arrested by officials of the Department of State Services (DSS). Magu who was arrested today Monday, July 6, is currently undergoing interrogation at the DSS Headquarters In Aso Drive. According to reports, Magu was arrested over allegations he was diverting some of the funds recovered from suspected looters by the commission. It was learnt that the security details to Magu put up a stiff resistance during the arrest of their principal. Magu's arrest comes a few weeks after  Abubakar Malami, the Attorney-General of the Federation  (AGF), wrote a letter to President Buhari demanding Magu's removal. Malami in his letter accused Magu of corruption raging from diversion of recovered loot to insubordination and misconduct.

Dr. Henry A. Adimula has been appointed as the new Acting Principal of Petroleum Training Institute, Effurun Delta State, by the Governing Council of the Institute in it’s 140th meeting with effect from 4th July 2020. Dr. Henry A. Adimula has been appointed as the new Acting Principal of Petroleum Training Institute, Effurun Delta State, by the Governing Council of the Institute in it’s 140th meeting with effect from 4th July 2020. Dr Adimula who took over from Prof. Sunny E. Iyuke, whose tenure expired on the 3rd of July, 2020, has served in various academic and administrative capacities in the institute. This includes Vice Principal of the Institute, Chairman, Staff Development Committee, Sports Director and Chairman of other committees. Dr. Adimula is the pioneer Director of the Research and Development Directorate and the Director of Science of the institute. He is an award-winning academia in the oil and gas related fields, which includes the award of 20 million na...