The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) has begun verification of political office holders and top government officials’ assets as part of renewed anti corruption crusade in the country. The acting Chairman of the Bureau, Mr Murtala Aliyu-Kankia, stated this while monitoring the ongoing verification exercise on Monday in...
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The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), has said there is a high level of corruption in all spheres of sectors, especially in the three arms of government and the private sector in the last two years. The Provost of the Anti-Corruption Academy of Nigeria,...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC, has advised staff of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to guard against falling foul of anti-graft laws by keeping abreast of the relevant statutes guiding the conduct of public servants. The ICPC Zonal Commissioner for Rivers...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has said sexual harassment is corrupt practices that attracts imprisonment term not less than seven years. The Secretary to the commission, Mr Clifford Oparaodu, gave the warning in Abuja at a One Day Sensitization Workshop on Sexual Harassment...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, warned the parties in the trial of former Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Dibu Ojerinde and four of his children, against frivolous adjournment. Justice Inyang Ekwo, who gave the warning following a plea for an adjournment by B.A....
The trial of former Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, and four of his children was on Monday, stalled at a Federal High Court, Abuja following a plea for an adjournment by the defence. The matter, which was listed for trial, could not proceed...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has deployed its operatives to monitor the Saturday governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi. The spokesperson of the Commission, Mrs Azuka Ogugua, said this in a statement on Thursday in...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has called for collaboration with the Department of State Services (DSS) on the University of Calabar (UNICAL) sex scandal. The Director of Public Relations and Strategic Communications of the DSS, Dr Peter...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A Civil Rights group, Accountable Leadership for Better Nigeria (ALBNI) has advised the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) against toeing the path of injustice and jeopardy against the Chief Medical Director, CMD, of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Professor Jesse...
A Federal High Court Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed the suit filed by Sen. Adamu Bulkachuwa seeking to stop the ICPC from investigating him over the comment he made during the valedictory session of the 9th National Assembly (NASS). Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, held that the suit...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Coalition of Civil Society Organization against Corruption and Social Vices (CCSOACS) has called on anti-graft agencies to probe the members of the House of Representatives ad hoc committee allegedly involved in extorting money from ministries, departments and agencies under the guise...
The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC says it is taking steps to block leakages and boost the Federal Government’s revenue generation initiatives. The Chairman of the commission, Mr Mohammed Shehu, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abuja....
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) says Nigerians fall victims of electronic fraud because they expose themselves to the fraudsters by releasing their sensitive information to them. The Commission’s Director of Consumer Affairs, Alhaji Umar Alkassim,stated this in an interview with journalists during a sensitization...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has debunked an online media report (not NATIONAL ACCORD) alleging that he planned inviting the EFCC and ICPC to investigate his predecessor, Malam Muhammad Bello. The rebuttal is contained in a...
The Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has commenced investigation into bribery allegations against the House of Representatives Committee on job racketeering and gross mismanagement in government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). ICPC spokesman, Mr Azuka Ogugua, said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Ogugua...
The House of Representatives Ad hoc committee investigating alleged job racketeering by MDAs has written to ICPC, urging it to investigate allegations of bribery and extortion made against the lawmakers. Rep Yusuf Gagdi, Chairman of the committee, disclosed this when Federal Polytechnic Rectors, under the aegis of Committee...
A core mandate of the Civil Service Commission, as an agency of Government, is the recruitment and deployment of officers with requisite qualifications into the civil service. A major plank on which the commission seeks to realize its vision of building a core of highly focused, disciplined, committed...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – In response to the recent announcement by the Federal Government to provide 5 billion Naira as financial support to the 36 states, aimed at mitigating the impact of the removal of petrol subsidy, HEDA Resource Centre, a leading civil society organization, has stressed...
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honorable Tajudeen Abbas, says lawmakers will ensure that Nigerians get a survival wage that can take them home in the ongoing minimum wage review. Abbas, who was represented by Hon. Busayo Oluwole-Oke, representing Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency, made the pledge on Tuesday in...
Sen. Adamu Bulkachuwa has accused the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), the Department of State Services (DSS) and others of colluding with his political enemies to harass him. Bulkachuwa told Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja, in a suit filed against the...