A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, ordered the temporary forfeiture of the sum of 49, 700. 00 US dollars allegedly recovered from Dr Nura Ali, former Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), for Sokoto State in the 2023 general elections. Justice Emeka Nwite gave...
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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), on Monday said it has begun tracking N10 billion constituency and executive projects in Jigawa. The Resident Anti-Corruption Commissioner in Kano State, Mr Ibrahim Garba, said this in a statement in Dutse on Monday. Garba, who oversees the commission’s...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has commenced the tracking of more than N10 billion constituency projects executed by federal lawmakers in Osun. The head of the ICPC team, Mrs Mary Oke, disclosed this on Saturday during the tracking of federal constituency projects in Osogbo,...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has begun tracking of constituency and executive projects in Imo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the exercise kicked off in Owerri on Friday. The exercise, in its seventh phase , captured Zonal Intervention Projects across the...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, (ICPC), has commenced the phase 7 of the Constituency and Executive Project Tracking Exercise worth N25 billion in Kebbi. Team Leader, Alhaji Aminu Bala, the Chief Superintendent of the commission, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja- The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) has kicked off the 7th phase of the constituency and executive projects tracking exercise involving 1,500 schemes valued N610 billion. The Commission’s spokesman, Mr Demola Bakare, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in...
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the suit by 16 states against the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), challenging the constitutionality of the acts establishing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and two others. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the other agencies are the Independent Corrupt...
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the suit filed by 16 states challenging the legality of the laws establishing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and two other anti-corruption agencies. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the other agencies are the Independent Corrupt Practices and other...
The former Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, has said public servants should be restricted from taking traditional titles while in service, to curb the high rate of corrupt practices. Jega made the call on Wednesday at the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has warned government officials to shun corrupt practices. The commission urged heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of government to avoid common leadership pitfalls, `banana peels’, that could lead to disgraceful end of their career. The Chairman of...
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, granted a motion filed by the former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, seeking to amend his two separate suits filed against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and others. Justice Inyang Ekwo granted the application after it was moved by Saraki’s...
Jigawa State Government has withdrawn from the suit challenging the constitutionality of the laws that established the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) currently before the Supreme Court. The withdrawal was announced by the state’s Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Bello Abdulkadir-Fanini, at news conference in Dutse on...
The Supreme Court on Tuesday, October 22, reserved judgment in the suit filed by 19 state governments challenging the constitutionality of the laws establishing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and two other anti-corruption bodies. The other two agencies are the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences...
The Benue State Government has withdrawn from the suit challenging the constitutionality of the laws that established the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) currently before the Supreme Court. The withdrawal was contained in an application obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Makurdi. The...
Hyacinth Alia of Benue has suspended the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice and Public Order, Mr Fidelis Mnyim, over his role in the suit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Alia announced the suspension when he personally addressed newsmen after the State Executive Council (SEC) meeting...
Attempts by one of Nigeria’s anti-graft agencies, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), to investigate a case of corruption against the Accountant-General of the Federation, Oluwatoyin Sakirat Madein, may have suffered a serious setback due to alleged interference by the Executive Chairman of the Federal...
Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has announced the recovery of N13 billion diverted public funds in September. ICPC Chairman, Dr Musa Aliyu, SAN, who made the announcement in his address of welcome at the launch of ICPC Strategic Action Plan 2024-2028 on Wednesday in Abuja,...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has reiterated its commitment to tackle corruption head-on. The ICPC Spokesperson, Mr Demola Bakare, said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Bakare said that the commission was increasing the momentum by taking the fight to the corrupt,...
Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Dr Musa Aliyu, has said the commission will ensure strict enforcement of the Supreme Court judgment on Local Government Autonomy. Aliyu, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), said this on Thursday in Abuja, at a One-Day National...
Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has handed over a truck load of palliatives he confiscated, to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC), for investigation. This is contained in a press statement by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Sir Tersoo Kula, which...