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...
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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,...
It’s not geopolitics, nepotism, or religion that will be the cause of the collapse of the largest black nation on the planet if the Nigerian state crumbles. Corruption is what’s going to make that happen if something drastic is not done before it’s too late. Countries like...
The Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Mrs Oluwatoyin Madein, has advised treasury managers to guard against corruption, fraud and financial mismanagement by implementing strong internal control mechanisms. Madein said this at the training programme organised by the Chartered Institute of Treasury Management (CITM) in Abuja on Thursday....
Fresh revelations have emerged on the probe of former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as the anti-graft commission says the embattled ex-governor withdrew $720,000 from the state’s accounts to pay his child’s school fees in advance just before...
The National Legal Adviser of the APC, Prof. Abdulkarim Kana, has said the party has not received the order of the Kano State High Court suspending Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, the National Chairman, by his ward executives. Kana said this when he spoke with newsmen at the party’s National...
A Kano State High Court has restrained the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, from parading himself as a member of the party. Justice Usman Malam Na’abba, on Wednesday, made the order, following an exparte motion filed by Dr Ibrahim Sa’ad on...
The arraignment of the All Progressive Congress (APC) National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, was on Wednesday stalled due to the inability of the Kano State Government to serve him with court papers. Ganduje, alongside his wife, Hafsat Umar, Abubakar Bawuro, Umar Abdullahi Umar, Jibrilla Muhammad, Lamash properties Limited,Safari...
The Minister of Interior, Mr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, says corruption and corrupt practices fuel insecurity in the country, calling for all hands to be on deck to fight the menace. The minister said this, when he paid a courtesy visit to Dr Musa Aliyu, SAN, the Chairman of Independent...
The Ganduje ward executives of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kano State, have denied the reported suspension of APC National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi-Umar Ganduje. The ward executives made the denial while briefing journalist at the APC State Secretariat, on Monday in Kano. According to the ward Chairman,...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has been suspended by members of his ward, the Ganduje Ward in the Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of Kano State. The Executive Council of Ganduje Ward led by Haruna Gwanjo disclosed this during a press briefing...
A Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) employee, Mr Monday Osazuwa, on Friday told an Ikeja Special Offences Court how the former apex bank governor, Godwin Emefiele, on different occasions, directed him to collect three million dollars cash in tranches. Osasuwa, while being led in evidence by the Economic...
Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf has said he is focused on taking the state to greater heights than engaging former governor of the state, Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje in war of attrition. Yususf through his Director-General Media and Publicity, Malam Sunusi Bature, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will on Monday (April 8) arraign the embattled former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, before Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court, for alleged abuse of office. Emefiele will be arraigned alongside one Henry Omoile...
Former Chinese Football Association (CFA) president, Chen Xuyuan, has been sentenced to life in prison for corruption, local media reported on Tuesday. A court in the central Chinese province of Hubei said Chen used his posts from 2010 to 2023 to influence projects awarded. It said Chen also...
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has blamed the neglect of cultural values for the high rate of corruption in the country. He said this on Tuesday when Chief Biodun Ajiboye, Executive Secretary of the National Institute for Cultural...
His Eminence, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, has said that it was time for Nigeria to change to a system of government that would reduce corruption and bring government closer to the people. The Emeritus Catholic Bishop of Abuja, stated this at a policy dialogue on new governance structure for...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu over “the failure to probe the grim allegations that $3.4 billion loan obtained by Nigeria from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to finance the budget and respond to COVID-19...
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday vowed to be relentless in fighting corruption in the country, saying that no matter how much it fought back, it must be exterminated. He spoke at the inauguration of the second phase of Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT), the Red Line rail...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Three non-profit organizations, Lawyers in Defence of Good Governance and Democracy (LIDOGG), Coalition of Civil Society Organizations of Nigeria, (COCSON), and the Bloggers and Vloggers, Content Creators Association in Nigeria (BAVCCA) have declared the allegations of corruption and nepotism leveled against the...