A Federal High Court, Abuja on Monday, awarded a N10 million fine against Mr Festus Keyamo, the immediate-past Minister of State for Labour and Employment, for filing a frivolous suit against Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s presidential candidate in the Feb. 25 election. Justice James Omotosho,...
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A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, restrained the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) from detaining Sen. Abdul’aziz Yari pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice. Justice Donatus Okorowo, who gave the order in a...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A coalition of Civil Society Groups under the umbrella of the Network Against Corruption and Trafficking (NACAT) has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) to investigate Senator Godswill Akpabio, over corruption allegation during his tenure...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, fixed June 28 for judgment in a suit filed by Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, former Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), against the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) for alleged unlawful arrest. Justice Obiora Egwuatu fixed the date...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), on his 60th birthday, May 15. The President, in a congratulatory message by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, on Sunday in Abuja joined family members,...
Ignorance, they say, is not an excuse in law. In other words, you cannot defend you actions or inactions by claiming that you not know that it is offensive to the law. Laws are made to provide standards, regulations, our conducts and ensure a sane society. One of the...
A Federal High Court, Abuja on Thursday, adjourned the trial of former Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, until June 20. Justice Obiora Egwuatu adjourned the matter to enable the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) put its house in order on other witnesses lined...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has prayed a Federal High Court, Abuja to dismiss a suit by Minister of State for Labour, Festus Keyamo, seeking the probe and prosecution of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Independent Corrupt Practices and...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre), a leading anti-corruption organization, has written a petition to the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), expressing its concern about the Federal Civil Service Commission employing staff with fake...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday sentenced Umar Hussaini, a private lawyer to the late Comptroller-General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Abdullahi Dikko, to seven years’ imprisonment with an option of fine. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, in a judgment, found Hussaini guilty of the two-count charge preferred against him...
The absence of the four children of Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, former Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), in a Federal High Court, Abuja, stalled their arraignment on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) had earlier reported that Ojerinde and his children; Mary Funmilola, Olumide Abiodun, Adedayo and...
The Federal Government is to arraign Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, former Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on seven-count charge bordering on money laundering at a Federal High Court, Abuja. Ojerinde is being arraigned alongside his four children; Mary Funmilola, Olumide Abiodun, Adedayo and Oluwaseun Adeniyi, by the Independent...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, indicated its intention to respond in a suit filed by Festus Keyamo against Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Feb. 25 poll. This was also as Oluwakemi Odogun, lawyer to the Independent Corrupt...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has charged an officer of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps, Niger State Command, Anthony Damisa, to court over alleged forgery and making of false statements. The ICPC spokesperson, Mrs Azuka Ogugua, in a statement on Thursday, said...
Many FCT residents have continued to face difficulty in accessing the newly redesigned Naira notes, attributing the challenge to bank officials, who they say allegedly hoard and selling the legal tender. The stakeholders urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to impose heavy sections on Deposit Money Banks (DMBs)...
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...
A Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, on Wednesday, struck out two separate suits filed by former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and others. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a short ruling, struck out the suits for lack of diligent prosecution. Upon resumed hearing...
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...
Stakeholders in the education sector have been urged to take collective responsibility to rid the country of bad habits of wanting to cut corners during examinations. The Registrar, National Examination Council (NECO), Prof. Ibrahim Wushishi, made the appeal at a One-Day Sensitisation Workshop on Examination Malpractice in Abuja on...