The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has agreed to partner with the Committee of Youth on Mobilisation and Sensitisation (CYMS), to curb the menace of vote buying during elections. This is to orientate Nigerian youths against vote buying, cyber crimes and other systemic corruption degrading the integrity of...
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By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday called on automobile dealers in Ilorin, the Kwara State Capital to ensure compliance with extant laws and regulations requiring registration and certification of their businesses by the Special Control Unit against Money Laundering (SCUM). The...
Prof. Angela Oyo-Ita, Deputy Vice Chancellor, (DVC) of the University of Calabar on Saturday said corruption in Nigeria was more infectious than the dreaded and highly infectious COVID-19. Oyo-Ita gave the statement at an anti corruption symposium organised by Students Christian Movement, (SCM) of Nigeria and Priests Peace and...
Abdulrasheed Bawa, Executive Chairman of the EFCC on Thursday called on the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members, to take ownership of the war against economic and financial crimes, to save the nation. Bawa who was represented by Ayodele Babatunde, the Head of Public Affairs Department, Ilorin Zonal Office,...
The trial of former South African president Jacob Zuma for corruption was adjourned again until Oct. 17 in a Pietermaritzburg High Court on Monday. The case was adjourned pending the outcome of Zuma’s leave to appeal. Zuma faces corruption, fraud, money laundering, and racketeering charges. Presiding Judge Piet Koen...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Police Force has dismissed an inspector, Mr Richard Gele, who was caught in a viral video “dignifying and justifying” the extortion of members of the public. The dismissed inspector, Mr Gele was attached to the Police Mobile Force 77 Squadron in Okene,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Cracks has enveloped the entire management of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) over reforms embarked upon by the Executive Secretary, Arch. Sonny Echono. A statement issued by TETFUND spokesman, Abdulmumin Oniyangi, said some of the more problematic were the Procurement and Project Management reforms...
U.S. based preacher Keith Moore has advised Christians and Nigerians in general to shun lies and all forms of corrupt practices, for God to intervene and save the country from its prevailing challenges and other satanic devices. Moore, a guest speaker at the Summit Bible Church Impartation Conference 2022,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), has debunked a media report published by Sun Newspaper, which alleged that about N110 billion unutilized intervention funds accessed from the commission by states in 2021 was left in its coffers. UBEC in a statement issued on Tuesday...
A Nigerian final year medical student at Irkutsk State Medical University (ISMU), Usman Yahaya, will be deported from Russia to Nigeria any moment from now, PRNigeria has learnt. Yahaya, a Sokoto State-born medical student has been in detention in Russia, for over a month. PRNigeria, had last week reported...
The U.S Justice Department says it has secured the forfeiture of a mansion bought by former Gambian president Yahya Jammeh for $3.5m (£2.7m) with alleged corruption proceeds. The property in Potomac, Maryland, is said to have been acquired through a trust set up by his wife, Zineb Jammeh. It...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Coalition Of Civil Society Organizations In Nigerian (COCSON) has criticized the recent corruption allegations leveled against the newly appointed acting Accountant General of The Federation, Anamekwe Nwabuoku by faceless media organisations. Recall that Mr Nwabuoku was on Sunday appointed by the Federal Government to...
Prof. Danladi Matawal, a Professor of Civil Engineering with the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, has identified corruption, poor funding, insecurity and decline of the teaching profession as the major factors responsible for the decline in the educational standard in the country. Matawal stated this in Abuja on Saturday...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has traced at least 17 properties to the Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris. This is just as the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, suspended Idris who is currently being investigated for fraud to the tune of N80bn. An...
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has urged the Federal Government to discard the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) being used for the payment of federal workers’ salaries. ASUU was reacting to Monday’s arrest of the Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, by the Economic and Financial...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has challenged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to come clean in its fight against corruption and not be selective as they are currently doing. Governor Ortom spoke on Friday, when he received at the Benue Peoples House,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum has identified corruption, poor funding and poor leadership as major problems bedeviling local government.councils administration in Nigeria. Governor Zulum made the observation on Wednesday while receiving participants of 44th Course Group 7 of National Institute of Policy and Strategic...
The United States (US) has accused the Nigerian Department of State Services (DSS), police and army of corruption and violation of human rights with impunity. It also added that there were credible evidence and reports that members of security forces committed numerous rights abuses, extrajudicial killings and stifling of...
Rather than seek election under the umbrella of the PDP in 2023, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar will do well to visit the United States of America to resolve his lingering corruption allegations which have led Senator Jefferson to jail. The outcome of an investigation against him and his “former” wife...
According to an exclusive report by SaharaReporters, a monumental fraud running into several billions of naira has been uncovered in the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Anchor Borrowers’ Programme. Some faceless officials of the scheme in connivance with their cronies in cooperative societies and commercial banks in the country have...