In its efforts to tackle illicit financial flows and corruption in Africa, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has begun the training of relevant stakeholders to build their capacity. The Acting Director and Division Manager, Policy Management at the African Development Institute of the AfDB, Dr Eric Ogunleye, said...
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No fewer than 30 representatives of lawyers have raised concerns over the alleged corruption with the Nigeria Army hierarchy and its Chief of Logistics, Major General Erema Akerejola. Addressing newsmen on Monday in Abuja, the spokesperson of the group, Barr. Shola Fakorede, called for proper investigation into the...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Saturday, reassured its commitment to the fight against economic and financial crimes and other related offences in the country. Its Chairman, Mr Ola Olukoyede, stated this at the annual celebration of the International Anti-Corruption Day in Ilorin. Olukoyede, who was...
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to strengthen efforts to fight corruption at all levels. Fagbemi said this at Friday’s High-Level Seminar in Commemoration of the United Nations International Anti-Corruption Day in Abuja. The minister was represented...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has identified corruption as one of the principal reasons behind the urge to travel out of Nigeria by most youths. “If all things are working fine in the country, nobody would want to leave the...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has said sexual harassment is corrupt practices that attracts imprisonment term not less than seven years. The Secretary to the commission, Mr Clifford Oparaodu, gave the warning in Abuja at a One Day Sensitization Workshop on Sexual Harassment...
The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) said it has arraigned the Chairman of the Kano State Anti-Graft Commission, Muhuyi Magaji, on a 10-count charge before the Code of Conduct Tribunal in Abuja. This is contained in a statement by the Head of Press, CCB, Veronica Kato and made...
A Professor of Law at Redeemer’s University, Ede, Ifeolu Koni, said the failure of many developed countries to honour their obligations under international instruments was responsible for persistent corruption in Africa. Koni said this at the 11th inaugural lecture of the university, on Thursday at the university campus...
Labour Party Presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi has urged Nigerian leaders to start working toward a country built on competence and commitment in the fight against corruption. Obi, who is the former governor of Anambra , made this known in a statement...
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, says the fight against corruption should not be limited to the Federal Government and its agencies alone. Fagbemi posited that the states should be involved in the fight against corruption. He stated this at a one-day...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has advanced reasons why political office holders deserve an increase in their salaries. The RMAFC Federal Commissioner in Charge of Gombe State, Kabiru Usman, who spoke to journalists in an interview shortly after paying...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has lamented that corruption and sabotage were majorly responsible for the decay in the state education sector. He said that it was disturbing that despite huge efforts and resources he has put into the sector, nothing much...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre), a prominent anti-corruption organization, has formally petitioned the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, to launch an immediate investigation into allegations of mismanagement and corruption within the Nigeria Police Trust Fund (NPTF). ...
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), under the umbrella of Coalition of Civil Society Organizations in Nigeria (CCSON) on Wednesday, debunked allegations leveled against the Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh. The National Secretary, CCSON, Comrade Dele Anifowoshe stated this while briefing journalists in...
Former Nigerian Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has been charged with bribery offences relating to her time as Nigeria’s oil minister, the United Kingdom (UK) National Crime Agency (NCA) said on Tuesday. Alison-Madueke, 63, has been on bail since first being arrested in London in October 2015. She will...
The Centre for Human Rights and Socio-Economic Justice has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to speed up investigations of its petition, requesting probe of Mr Timipre Sylva, immediate past minister of state for petroleum. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the group...
Former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has expressed worry over the pervasive corruption in Nigeria’s electoral system. He, however, called for an urgent need for Christians to engage in politics to drive positive change. The former president made the call while delivering a speech during the 57th...
A former staff member of the Federal Character Commission (FCC), Mr Haruna Kolo, has alleged that job seekers paid millions of naira into his personal account for remission to the commission’s Chairman, Mrs Farida Dankaka. Kolo said this on Monday in Abuja at the resumed investigative hearing of...
“Any man whom Allah has given the authority of ruling some people and he does not look after them in an honest manner, will never feel even the smell of Paradise.” – Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Before going to my topic, please allow me a little digression. I want...
Chairman of the Federal Character Commission, FCC, Dr Muheeba Dankaka, said the Commission was “a marketplace for selling job slots” before her appointment to the office by immediate past President Muhammadu Buhari on April 28, 2020. Dankaka said that her attempts to check the alleged corruption and obvious...