Sentences with phrase «probing contracts awarded»

US Attorney Preet Bharara is reported to be probing contracts awarded as part of Governor Cuomo's Buffalo Billion project, with questions over the timing of campaign contributions to the governor, as well as criteria used to choose the vendors.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara is reported to be probing contracts awarded as part of Cuomo's Buffalo Billion project, with questions over the timing of campaign contributions to the governor, as well as criteria used to choose the vendors.

Vanguard recalls that the House of Representatives, had on October 14 based on a motion promoted by Rep Solomon Ahwhinawi, PDP, Delta had set up the adhoc committee to probe contracts awarded for the rehabilitation of rail tracks, standard gauge, bridges, coaches, wagons and locomotives between 2010 and 2014 amounting to N1 trillion.

The EFCC had commenced investigating Azibaola last year sequel to a list sent to the commission by a committee set up by the Federal Government to probe contracts awarded by the ONSA from 2011 to 2015 which indicted more than 300 companies and prominent citizens, including serving and retired officers of the Nigerian Armed Forces.

Not exact matches

The Post is reporting the probe is focused on the multi-million-dollar contracts awarded to construct facilities for high - tech, drug development and clean - energy businesses.

Federal and state investigators began probing other Nassau contracts, including those awarded to campaign contributors and other politically connected vendors.

Bharara began probing how SUNY Poly was awarding contracts in the middle of last year, including how LPCiminelli was selected to build the solar panel factory.

The probe focused in part on whether Skelos influenced Nassau County's decision to award a $ 12 million contract to Arizona - based AbTech Industries in 2013.

CHRAJ's report follows a petition by the youth wing of the Convention People's Party, which demanded a probe into the conduct of the President, for accepting the gift worth GHc100, 000 from the contractor who was subsequently awarded some government contracts.

When reporters asked the governor on May 25 in Syracuse about economic development contract awards to politically connected campaign contributors — a matter that's at the heart of the federal probe — Cuomo said SUNY made those decisions, not him.

Mangano's chief deputy, Rob Walker, admitted under a grant of immunity during the trial that he was being investigated in a separate federal probe for allegedly awarding county contracts to campaign contributors.

From the President who has refused to act on investigative reports submitted to him on grievous allegations of diverting over a billion naira meant for resettlement of Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal under the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) and the miraculous discovery of 13billion naira in an apartment at Ikoyi, Lagos under the supervision of the Director of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, to the Head of Service of the Federation, Oyo - Ita Winifred Ekanem, who connived with others to reinstate into active duty and promote Abdulrasheed Maina, the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, who allegedly stole over 6billion naira pension fund; the Chief of Staff to President Buhari now renamed the «Thief of Staff», Abba Kyari, who allegedly received a bribe of 500million naira to negotiate a fine reduction for MTN Nigeria, and has continuously been in the heart of every sharp practices in the Presidency; the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu who allegedly received a kickback of 3.8 billion naira in exchange for marginal oilfield using his brother, Dumebi Kachikwu as front; the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who was the brain behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai who during his time as the Director of Procurement at the Army Headquarters allegedly diverted funds meant to equip the Military into buying choice properties worth millions of dollar in Dubai; the Minister for Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who allegedly embezled State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) funds as the Governor of Ekiti State; the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau who was indicted by a Presidential investigative committee probing Arm procurement for awarding ghost contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with others while as the Chief of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one of the brains behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor of Rivers State.

The probe of Adam Skelos» affairs has so far centered on a $ 20,000 payment from a title insurance company that the younger Skelos never worked for, and a Nassau County storm - water treatment contract awarded to a firm Adam represented that was not the lowest bidder, Kramer reported.

The probe focused on the awarding of a storm cleanup contract that was executed on the same day in 2014 that the vendor made a political contribution to Walker's political club.

The federal probe is reportedly focused on the multi-million-dollar contracts awarded to construct facilities for high - tech, drug development and clean - energy businesses in Buffalo.

The panel investigated allegations of violations of law and due process made against Lawal in the award of contracts under the Presidential Initiative on the North East while it probed Oke on the discovery of large amounts of foreign and local currencies by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in a residential apartment at Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos, for which NIA is laying claim.

In continuation of the probe, the EFCC arrested a former Commissioner for Public Utilities in the state, Mr. Benjamin Okah, for his alleged role in a $ 12m contract awarded to a United States - based firm, Califco Group, in 2012.

The governor was asked by reporters about the economic development contract awards to politically connected campaign contributors, which are at the heart of the federal probe.

Nassau County legislators said last week that they didn't know that the son of State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos was on the payroll of a firm awarded a contract that federal prosecutors reportedly are scrutinizing as part of a corruption probe.

ALBANY — State officials have been formally banned from speaking with Todd Howe, a lobbyist at the center of a federal criminal probe into how SUNY Polytechnic Institute awarded several development contracts.

Nassau auditors found questionable financial management and oversight in the awarding of a $ 12.5 million superstorm Sandy cleanup contract, but sparse county cooperation hampered their probe into the deal, according to a report by Comptroller George Maragos.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on Wednesday that he has no reason to question the way contracts were awarded for a solar panel factory in Buffalo that is being built with state funds, despite an ongoing probe by federal prosecutors.

Addressing the press in Accra on Tuesday, the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, appealed to the media «to probe further whether this contract was awarded through an open competitive tender process to guarantee and ensure value for money.»

The new investigation is focused on the multimillion - dollar contracts awarded to build facilities for high - tech, drug - development and clean - energy businesses, a source familiar with the probe told The Post.

The U.S. attorney first started looking into the awarding of the SolarCity development contract to LPCiminelli and has recently expanded the probe to include payments to Joseph Percoco, one of Cuomo's closest aides, by two companies who received work from the development corporations.