An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday, fixed April 4 for the trial of the former Lagos Attorney-General, Olasupo Shasore charged with alleged 200,000 dollars corrupt offer. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had on Oct.21 arraigned the former attorney-general...
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The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Petroleum Upstream and governorship candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in Akwa Ibom State Senator Bassey Akpan has been sentenced to 42 years in a correctional facility by a Federal High Court, Uyo for corruption. Senator Akpan, who was prosecuted by...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja flayed the tendency of some chief executives to encourage corruption at the local government system, thereby inhibiting development at the grassroots. The President spoke at a parley with members of the Senior Executive Course (SEC) No. 44...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday said it was an error to think that corruption pays. Osinbajo said this in Abuja at the unveiling of the Operation Manuals for Integrity and Zero Tolerance Clubs, organised by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). According to him, many who thinks...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it will appeal against Friday’s ruling by Justice Charles Agbaza of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which dismissed a case of corruption against former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Babachir Lawal. Ruling in a no-case submission made by...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has advised Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in Nigeria to tackle issues that lead to pervasive corruption and its effects on its economy. The advice was given when the IMF team, led by Mr Alin Shane, paid a consultation visit to the Independent Corrupt...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Three Civil Society International and local Groups – ReCommon, Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) and Corner House have jointly written to President Buhari on the recent developments with regards to the various court proceedings relating to the corrupt award in 2011...
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Friday fixed Dec.6 for trial of of the former Attorney-General of Lagos State, Olasupo Shasore, SAN, charged with corrupt offers to public officers. Shasore served as the Attorney-General of Lagos State and the Commissioner for Justice during the tenure of Mr Babatunde Fashola...
For the bleeding economy to resurrect, there must be a battle for a man who has proven moral and sacred emblem of integrity, selflessness, true to self, focus and determination without fear of the unknown bullets of tomorrow. Yes, someone must be an example for others to follow. The...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) said it had succeeded in closing down 62 illegal degree awarding institutions in the country. The commission also said it closed down a fake NYSC Orientation Camp in its bid to tackle corruption in the education sector. The Chairman,...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and Department of Security Service (DSS) in Sokoto State on Tuesday renewed commitment to fight corruption in the state. The two organisations made the commitment at a meeting held at the state DSS office when Mr Garba Idris, the...
The Chairman, Southern Senators’ Forum, Sen. Opeyemi Bamidele has said that Nigerians needed a leader with scientific understanding to fix the nation’s economy. Sen. Bamidele who said this in an interview with newsmen in Abuja on Sunday, added that the President for 2023 should have the recipe to save...
Introduction I thank the organizers for inviting me to deliver the Keynote Address at this 4th National Summit on “Diminishing Corruption in the Public Sector”. It is an honour, which I gladly accepted, and I am glad to be here with you today. “Corruption and the Education Sector in...
Prof. Attahiru Jega, a former Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Tuesday said that no nation developed without adequate and appropriate investment in education sector. Jega stated this in his keynote address at the 4th National Summit on Diminishing Corruption in the Public Sector with the theme: ‘Corruption...
Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, the Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has described corruption in education sector as stealing the future of the country. Owasanoye stated this in Abuja at the annual ceremony of the 4th National Summit on Diminishing Corruption in the Public Sector with...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday presented SP Daniel Amah with a Public Service Integrity Award for displaying exceptional courage and integrity in the discharge of his duties. Amah, an indigene of Plateau received the award by President Buhari in Abuja at the 4th National Summit on Diminishing Corruption in...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – A prominent anti-corruption group, Transparency Advocacy for Development Initiative (TADI), says it will withdraw all petitions written against Registrar of Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Is-haq Oloyede. Director of Media and Advocacy of TADI, Comrade Adamu Kabir Matazu, who made this known at...
Nigerians from different spheres of life in the South-East have blamed the parlous state of the nation’s economy on corruption and insecurity. The people spoke in separate interviews by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) to evaluate how the economy has fared as the country marks its 62nd independence...
As a background to this piece, the word corruption came from the Latin word corruptus, which “means to break or to destroy.” Corruption according to AL-Gore, a former Vice President of the United States (USA), destroys and breaks that trust which is absolutely essential for the delicate alchemy at...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it has recovered N2.8 billion assets in the last three years through its Constituency and Executive Projects Tracking initiative (CEPTi). Mr Agwu Amefula, the ICPC Commissioner in Edo, disclosed this on Tuesday in Benin during his presentation at...