{
  "id": 2423968,
  "title": "Tinubu suspends three permanent secretaries over fresh fake agency, orders alleged promoter’s arrest",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/tinubu-suspends-three-permanent-secretaries-over-fresh-fake-agency",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T19:39:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Premium Times",
    "slug": "premium-times",
    "url": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/904543-tinubu-suspends-three-permanent-secretaries-over-fresh-fake-agency-orders-alleged-promoters-arrest.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "President Bola Tinubu has ordered the immediate arrest of Prince George Buchi Nwabueze over his alleged involvement in operating a fake agency. The agency, known as the National Brands Development and Made in Nigeria Special Project Office, was found to be operating within the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation without authorization.\n\nAccording to the ICPC Chairman, Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, the fake agency was discovered during an ongoing investigation into fictitious agencies and weaknesses in public sector processes. The ICPC also uncovered that office space was illegally allotted to the agency within the premises of the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.\n\nThree Permanent Secretaries - M.S Danjuma, Engineer Nadungu Gagare, and Richard P. Pheelangwah - have been suspended by President Tinubu over their alleged involvement in the operation of the fake agency, as per This Day and Daily Trust reports.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "BREAKING: Alleged drug trafficking: US court grants FBI request to review Tinubu files in private",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/breaking-alleged-drug-trafficking-us-court-grants-fbi-request-to",
        "published": "2026-08-21T17:22:57.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "BREAKING: Tinubu orders arrest, suspends three perm secs as ICPC uncovers new fake agency",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/breaking-tinubu-orders-arrest-suspends-three-perm-secs-as-icpc",
        "published": "2026-08-21T17:56:10.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}