DAILY NEWSPAPERS REVIEW WEDNESDAY MARCH 17TH, 2021

ADAMU CAN BE IG TILL 2024, SAY BUHARI, MALAMI – NATION PG.28, DAILY TRUST PG.4, THISDAY PG.12

Those pushing for the exit of Mohammed Adamu as the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) got an answer yesterday –

President Muhammadu Buhari has a constitutional backing to retain him as long as it suits him. Besides, the President is allowed by the constitution to extend the IGP’s tenure as he wishes. The President and the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami took the position in the joint response they filed to a suit instituted by a lawyer, Maxwell Opara.

EFCC TO BANKERS: ASSET DECLARATION NOW A MUST – NATION PG.1, PUNCH PG.17, SUN PG.6

Bankers have come under the searchlight of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the anti-graft agency’s new focus on infractions. More attention will also be devoted to cyber crime “which has become a big problem to this country”, EFCC Chairman AbdulRasheed Bawa said.

EFCC GETS ORDER FOR FORFEITURE OF ARMY GENERAL’S PROPERTY – DAILY TRUST PG.31

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has obtained an interim forfeiture order in respect of eight properties linked to Brigadier-General Jafaru Mohammed. Justice Folashade Ogunbanjo granted an ex parte application for interim forfeiture of the assets and property by the chairman of the EFCC, made on March 9.

DRUG WAR: U.S, UK PLEDGE MORE SUPPORT FOR NDLEA – NATION PG.3, THISDAY PG.52, SUN PG.5

The United States (U.S.A) and the United Kingdom (UK) governments have pledged more support for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The governments expressed satisfaction with the successes the new leadership of the agency recorded within eight weeks in the saddle.

JUDGE THREATENS TO STOP SANI’S TRIAL OVER EFCC’S ‘MISREPRESENTATION’ – NATION PG.2

Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has threatened to discontinue the trial of erstwhile Kaduna Central Senator Shehu Sani over alleged misrepresentation of proceedings by the prosecutor, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Ekwo spoke yesterday after Sani’s lawyer complained, at the resumption of proceedings, that the EFCC allegedly gave an inaccurate account, on its Twitter page, of what transpired on Monday during proceedings.

WAKILI, SONS ARRAIGNED ON KIDNAPPING, MURDER CHARGES, REMANDED – PUNCH PG.8,THISDAY PG.12,SUN PG.5,NATION PG.5

A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Iyaganku, Ibadan, has ordered that IskiluWakili, the Fulani herder accused to masterminding killings, rape and kidnapping in Kajola in the Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State and his two sons be remanded in prison custody. The order was delivered by the Chief Magistrate, Emmanuel Idowu, following the arraignment of Wakili, his sons; Abu (45) and Samaila (27) by the police.

TSA PROBE: SENATE SUMMONS EFCC, NFIU, OTHERS – DAILY TRUST PG.4

The Senate Committee on Finance has said it would summon the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit for the general audit of the Treasury Single Account since 2015. Speaking at the panel’s hearing in Abuja, the chairman of the committee, Senator Olamilekan Adeola said the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Office of the Accountant-General and the Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) had also been invited.