The newly appointed Account-General of the Federation, Dr Oluwatoyin Madein, has urged staff of the office to shun all forms of corruption in the discharge of their duties. Madein said this on Friday in Abuja, as she officially took over duties as AGF. President Muhammadu Buhari had appointed Madein,...
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Anti-corruption campaigners in Ukraine alleged that Supreme Court president, Vsevolod Knyazev was caught receiving three million dollars in bribes. Local media in Kiev reported that other Judges of the top judicial body were being raided. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) published a photo of bundles of banknotes...
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has identified the role of banks compliance officers as key to the fight against economic and financial crimes in the country. The Ilorin Zonal Commander of EFCC, Mr. Michael Nzekwe, stated this on Thursday during an interactive...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, has cleared the air over the Senate’s probe of its budgets for 2021 and 2022. In a statement of clarification, the NDDC Managing Director urged the public to avoid jumping to...
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), says it has achieved a lot in eradicating economic and financial crimes in Nigeria. Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, the Chairman EFCC, said this on Thursday in Maiduguri when he declared open a workshop on Economic and Financial Crimes Reporting for Journalists in Maiduguri...
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) on Thursday in Abuja charged students of tertiary institutions to steer clear of internet fraud to accelerate national development. Its spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, quoted the Executive Chairman of the EFCC, Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, as giving the charge at the inauguration of...
The Area Comptroller, Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Kwara Command, Mr Kehinde Ilesanmi, has pledged to partner with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in tackling corruption and the rising tide of smuggling in the area. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Wilson Uwujaren, the EFCC...
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,...
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...