The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has expressed determination to sanction corrupt state Houses of Assembly legislators. The Chairman of ICPC, Dr Musa Aliyu, stated this on Tuesday in Abuja at the opening of a three-day capacity building workshop for Jigawa State Legislators....
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A Northern Ethnic Youth Group , Assembly (NEYGA) has urged the embattled Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume representing Borno South Senatorial District to focus on addressing the ongoing issue of Boko Haram insurgency in his Constituency and good governance in the country rather...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), has said level of corruption among healthcare workers was the lowest when compared to other sectors, emphasising the association would ensure corruption becomes non-existent in the sector. The National President, Prof. Bala Audu, gave the assurance on Wednesday in Abuja, during a media...
The All Progressive Congress (APC) National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, and the founder, the Kukah Centre (TKC), Bishop Mathew Kukah, have attributed political corruption to weaker institutions in Nigeria. The duo made this known at a High-Level Meeting with the National Executives of Political Parties and other stakeholders on...
Legal icon, Chief Afe Babalola (SAN), on Tuesday, flayed the rising cases of corruption and indolence in the country’s civil service, describing the trends as alarming and dangerous. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Babalola condemned the development at the opening of a two-day capacity training...
The Kano Government on Tuesday filed fresh charge against former governor of the state, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje. In the charge sheet with case No. K/143c/24, the state government accused Ganduje and erstwhile Commissioner for Justice, Musa Lawan, of Criminal Conspiracy, and misappropriation contrary to Section 308 and punishable...
How ex-Adamawa Governor Murtala Nyako looted state’s funds, witness tells court An EFCC detective, Adekunle-Christopher Odofin, told a Federal High Court, Abuja, how former Governor of Adamawa, Murtala Nyako, siphoned the state’s funds running into billions of naira, while in office. Odofin, who is the EFCC’s star witness and...
A Civil Society Organization under the umbrella of “Civil Society for Good Government, has has urged all relevant government agencies to expedite action in the ongoing war against corruption by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu led administration. Speaking against the background of the corruption case against a former Kogi...
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, in a landmark judgment, has ordered Ms Sadia Umar-Farouk, former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disasters Management and Social Development to account for payments of N729bn to 24.3 million poor Nigerians for six months. The court also ordered the former minister...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has responded swiftly to allegations of corruption made by Ismaila Mustapha, aka Mompha, who is currently facing trial for money laundering and other financial crimes. It would be recalled that Mompha, in a recent outburst, accused EFCC...
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ola Olukoyede, has described public corruption as the bane of development in Nigeria. Olukoyede expressed this view on Wednesday in Abuja while receiving the management team of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) led by...
A group, ‘The Kaduna Citizens Watch for Good Governance’, has lodged a complaint with the EFCC and ICPC in Kaduna against the former Governor of the state, Malam Nasir El-Rufai. Mr Victor Duniya, Chairman of the group, made this known while addressing a press briefing on Wednesday in...
Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, has charged Chairmen and members of Boards and Commissions to avoid corrupt practices, warning that it had no place in his administration. Governor Fintiri gave the charge at their swearing-in ceremony in Yola on Thursday. He said that transparency and accountability were not...
Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia of Benue has vowed to end the deep-seated corruption in the state’s education sector. Alia said this at a public lecture and book launch organised by Dr Terna Francis, the Director General, Benue State Education Quality Assurance Agency. The News Agency of Nigeria...
An Ifa priest, Ifayemi Elebuibon, says swearing in of public officials through the traditional deities will reduce corruption to the barest minimum in the country. Elebuibon, who said this while speaking with newsmen on Thursday in Osogbo, noted that when politicians were allowed to take oaths with the...
The Commissioner of Police (CP) in Imo, Mr Aboki Danjuma, has said that the alleged corrupt practices in the Nigerian Police are unjustifiable and without good reason. Danjuma made the remark at a citizens’ engagement on police reform organised by the CLEEN Foundation, a Civil Society Organisation (CSO),...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has dissociated itself from a phantom report circulating in sections of the media claiming it has released a full list of ex-governors being investigated for alleged corruption. The Commission’s Head, Media & Publicity, Dele Oyewale ,...
A former Director of Information Technology of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr John Ayoh, has explained how he collected $600,000 allegedly for contract gratification for the embattled ex-apex bank governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele. Ayoh, while being led in evidence by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission...
The suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele on Monday challenged the jurisdiction of an Ikeja Special Offences Court to hear the alleged abuse of office and multi billion dollars fraud leveled against him. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Olalekan Ojo, SAN,...