Civil Society Legislative and Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has charged anti-graft and law enforcement agencies in Africa to return stolen money and recovered assets back to their original owners. Mr Auwal Rafsanjani, the Executive Director,CISLAC said this when he spoke at the Global South Forum for Asset Recovery, in Nairobi...
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The Police Service Commission (PSC), has announced a special promotion for CSP Daniel Amah, who rejected 200,000 dollars bribe, to the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP). The Commission’s spokesperson, Mrs Azuka Ogugua, disclosed this in a statement on Friday, in Abuja. Ogugua said the police officer was...
Some bank customers of various banks in the country have lamented the increasing spate of illegal withdrawals from their accounts. Some of the customers who were victims of the act said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday. They described the...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), says it will commence the tracking of 712 government-funded projects nationwide as from Nov. 8. The Commission’s spokesperson, Mrs Azuka Ogugua said this in a statement in Abuja on Sunday. It will be the fifth phase of the constituency...
A head of internal audit in First Bank, Mr Chris Owai, on Wednesday told an Ikeja Special Offences Court how two former staff of the bank, Stella Oyeluyi and Noel Benjamin allegedly falsified the account number of Chevron Cooperative by debiting N41.5 million to pay debt to another bank...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), on Wednesday, arraigned Prof. Alex Akpa, former acting Director-General, National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), and others over alleged N400 million fraud. Prof. Akpan, Famous Daunemigha, ex-member, Governing Board of NABDA and Wesley Ebi Siasia, ex-Director, Finance and Accounts of...
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Thursday remanded an oil marketer, Adeleke Fayose, for alleged N66.5 million oil fraud. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Fayose was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) alongside his company, Brooks and Knight International Ltd. They are standing...
An Oyo State High Court in Ibadan has adjourned N8 million fraud case against Ademola Idowu, a former Executive Director of the National Horticulture Research Institute (NIHORT) and Isiah Ajisafe, former Head of Accounts and Finance of the institute. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC)...
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...
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...
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...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, admitted Gabriel Nathaniel, a staff in the Accounts Department of the Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC), to a N100 million bail with a surety in the like sum. Justice Zainab Abubakar, in a ruling, ordered that the surety must have a landed...
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...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), on Tuesday, arraigned a director with Niger-Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr Solomon Okpa Ita for alleged diversion of N45 million. The ICPC also arraigned Gabriel Nathaniel, a staff in the Accounts Department of the Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC)...
Forensic Audit report has revealed that N11.9 billion of public funds were carted away from the treasury of Kwara between 2011 and 2019 without any lawful tie to any project or programme. The forensic audit report has revealed, amid other mind-boggling revelations, of alleged malfeasance within the period.N11.9bn stolen...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bauchi State has issued two weeks ultimatum to the Governor Bala Mohammed led administration to reverse the lease of Zaranda and Wikki Hotels and the sale of some companies in the state. The opposition party in the state...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has alerted the general public to a well-orchestrated smear campaign against JAMB and its management. The Head, Public Affairs and Protocol of JAMB, Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in statement on Thursday. Dr Benjamin said the sinister campaign...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Thursday, July 28, announced that it found a total of N540 million in the account of a public primary school teacher with a salary of N76,000. Premium Times reports that the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR , Abuja – The Online Publishers Association of Nigeria (OPAN) has condemned today’s raid of online newspaper, Peoples Gazette’s office in Abuja and the subsequent arrest of five journalists by armed policemen. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the policemen forcefully entered the media office and demanded to...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), says its operatives on election monitoring duties arrested three persons suspected of vote buying in the Osun gubernatorial election. Spokesperson for ICPC, Mrs Azuka Ogugua, made this known in a statement on Saturday in...