The Independent Corrupt Practice and other related offences Commission (ICPC) has mandated Lai Mohammed, the immediate past minister of information, to appear at a federal high court in Abuja over an alleged N2.5 billion fraud case involving the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). ICPC is prosecuting Ishaq Kawu, NBC director-general, over “abuse of office and money […]
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A committee set up to investigate Imo government’s assets says officials of the Rochas Okorocha administratio looted all property in their possession including chairs, spoons and other cutleries among others. The committee on recovery of missing government movable property in Imo state was set up by Emeka Ihedioha, governor of Imo state, shortly after he […]
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An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan on Tuesday struck out a N5.6 billion pension scam suit against Alhaja Kudirat Adeleke, a former Head of Service in the state, and 11 others for lack of diligent prosecution. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had instituted […]
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Olisa Metuh, the Former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who is standing trial for money laundering has told the Federal High Court in Abuja that the N400m project fund for which he is standing trial was paid to him by former President Goodluck Jonathan and not the former National Security Adviser, […]
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Sudan’s ex-president Omar al-Bashir was charged with corruption-related offences on Sunday, as he appeared in public for the first time since he was overthrown and detained in April. Looking much the same as prior to his removal by the military, he was driven to the prosecutor’s office in Khartoum. He was charged with illicit possession […]
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A businessman, Alhaji Idris Mohammed on Friday told a Zuba Upper Area Court Abuja, that Lukman Bada, a bank manager at First City Monument Bank (FCMB), and his accomplice, Idris Yusuf defrauded him of N210 million. The police charged Bada of FCMB Bank Area 11 Abuja and Yusuf who does business at 112 T/G Shanu […]
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The pioneer chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nuhu Ribadu, has alleged that corruption went unchecked during the administration of former president Goodluck Jonathan. Mr. Ribadu made the remark at a convocation lecture at the Federal University Dutsin-Ma, Katsina state, on Friday. He also said there was “nothing positively significant” that took […]
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The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-corruption Commission has recommended the suspension of Muhammadu Sanusi, emir of Kano. The commission said during its investigation, it uncovered that N3.4 billion was misspent by the emirate under Sanusi. The amount was said to have been misappropriated between 2014 and 2017. According to NAN, this is contained in […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, May 31, 2019, arraigned Philomina Chieshe, the controversial official of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, who claimed that the N35, 480, 000 (Thirty Five Million Four Hundred and Eighty Naira) being JAMB proceeds in her custody was swallowed by a snake in Makurdi, Benue […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will on Friday, May 31, 2019, arraign the controversial official of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Philomina Chieshe who claimed that the missing N35 million (Thirty Five Million Naira) JAMB proceeds in her custody was swallowed by a snake in Makurdi, Benue State JAMB office. Chieshe […]
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