By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has indicated his desire that the foundation laid by this administration in the war against graft would be sustained by successive governments in the country, as corruption remains an existential threat to nations. The President spoke Thursday at State House, Abuja,...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Chairman of Labour Party (LP), Mr. Julius Abure has dissolved the River State Executive Council in Rivers State with immediate effect over alleged anti-party activities and mismanagement of funds. Mr. Abure announced the dissolution in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja....
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kano, on Wednesday, admitted two Shari’a Court judges, a cashier and 16 other financial registrars to bail for alleged N580.2 million theft. The defendants: Sani Muhammad, Sani Buba-Aliyu, Bashir Baffa, Garzali Wada,, Hadi Tijjani Mu’azu, Alkasim Abdullahi, Yusuf Abdullahi, Mustapha Bala Ibrahim, Jafar Ahmad,...
Mr JImoh Olabisi, former Deputy Director, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Thursday, alleged that Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, ex-JAMB Registrar, opened different fictitious bank accounts while in service to conceal his identity. Olabisi, the 4th prosecution witness (PW4) of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission...
Mr JImoh Olabisi, former Deputy Director, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Wednesday, alleged that Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, ex-JAMB Registrar, instructed him to open a bank account through which the Federal Government’s money was diverted. Olabisi, who stood as a witness of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council has said that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lacks the character to be the country’s president. Mr Bayo Onanuga, Director, Media and Publicity of the APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), said this in a...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A Foremost Anti-Corruption Organization in Nigeria, the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has filled a petition to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) against state governments and the Federal Capital Territory over the allegation of converting the...
The Independent Corrupt Practice and Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has called on state governors to join its efforts at fighting corruption. Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, the ICPC Chairman, gave the charge on Friday during the inauguration of the ultra-modern prototype office of ICPC in Lokoja. He said that the fight...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A leading Anti-Corruption Organization in Nigeria, the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has filled a petition to the Economic Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) and the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) against the former Vice President of Nigeria and Presidential Candidate of...
The Supreme Court on Thursday granted a reprieve to the jailed Senator Peter Nwaoboshi by reversing the downward hearing date in the appeal challenging his seven years imprisonment for corruption. The hearing date in his appeal against the conviction was slated for Nov. 24, 2024, but was, however, brought...
The Spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Presidential Campaign Council, Mr Daniel Bwala, has said President Muhammadu Buhari has failed in his war against corruption. Rather than curb corruption, Mr Bwala said the situation has worsened under the Buhari administration. In 2015, President Buhari was elected on a platform...
The Oyo State Anti-Corruption Agency (OYACA), says it is determined to end corruption in the state to enable it witness rapid development. The OYACA Chairman, Retired Justice Eni Esan, gave the assurance at a news conference to mark International Anti-Corruption Day in Ibadan on Friday. The News Agency of...
Mr Ikechukwu Obiorah, Author of How To Lift Nigeria Out of Poverty, has released a new anti-corruption-specific short book. It is titled “A Treatise On Solving Nigeria’s Endemic Corruption Burden In The Political Space”. The book, which was released in Abuja, is a “Treatise to re-imagine the philosophical basis...
Malawi Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Director General, Martha Chizuma was on Tuesday arrested by the police over an alleged leaked audio conversation, local media reported. Malawi’s police spokesperson, Peter Kalaya confirmed the arrest but he is yet to outline the arrest details. According to the police, Chizuma is being kept...
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday, fixed April 4 for the trial of the former Lagos Attorney-General, Olasupo Shasore charged with alleged 200,000 dollars corrupt offer. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had on Oct.21 arraigned the former attorney-general...
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Petroleum Upstream and governorship candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in Akwa Ibom State Senator Bassey Akpan has been sentenced to 42 years in a correctional facility by a Federal High Court, Uyo for corruption. Senator Akpan, who was prosecuted by...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja flayed the tendency of some chief executives to encourage corruption at the local government system, thereby inhibiting development at the grassroots. The President spoke at a parley with members of the Senior Executive Course (SEC) No. 44...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday said it was an error to think that corruption pays. Osinbajo said this in Abuja at the unveiling of the Operation Manuals for Integrity and Zero Tolerance Clubs, organised by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). According to him, many who thinks...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it will appeal against Friday’s ruling by Justice Charles Agbaza of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which dismissed a case of corruption against former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Babachir Lawal. Ruling in a no-case submission made by...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has advised Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in Nigeria to tackle issues that lead to pervasive corruption and its effects on its economy. The advice was given when the IMF team, led by Mr Alin Shane, paid a consultation visit to the Independent Corrupt...