The Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) has issued a statement in reaction to a leaked audio wherein a professor in the institution is heard demanding sex from a female student to help her pass her examination. Richard Akindele, a Professor in the Department of Accounting at the university, had his name repeatedly mentioned […]
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Ike Ekweremadu, Deputy Senate President, will on 26 April argue before a Federal High Court in Abuja why the Federal Government should be stopped in seizing 22 houses, said to belong to him. The Federal Government had on March 21 filed an ex parte motion seeking an interim order for the temporary forfeiture of some […]
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A former aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has slammed the Federal Government and the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, over the two lists of alleged looters released by the administration. The Minister had on Sunday circulated a statement containing a fresh list of 23 individuals undergoing trials for alleged corruption. But […]
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Federal Government of Nigeria has released a teaser list of members of Peoples Democratic Party who allegedly stole public funds in the 16 years the party was in power. It will be recalled that PDP which ruled Nigeria from 1999 to 2015 had through its spokesperson, Kola Ologbodinyan on Thursday challenged Vice President Yemi Osinbajo […]
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The Federal Government said it recovered more than N143. 89 billion from corrupt officials through the implementation of the Whistleblower policy. The Presidential Initiative on Continuous Audit (PICA) disclosed this in a report made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. The report showed that government had successfully recovered N7.8 […]
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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday dismissed the 13-count charge of fraud brought against a Supreme Court justice, Sylvester Ngwuta. Justice Ngwuta was arraigned by the federal government, after his house and the residences of six other judges were raided by operatives of the State Security Service in October 2016. The trial […]
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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) said it may declare former Governor of Plateau, Sen. Jonah Jang, wanted for refusing to honour its invitations. Indication to this was given by Spokesperson of the commission, Mrs Rasheedat Okoduwa, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. She said that Jang was being investigated […]
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Operatives of EFCC and ONSA, have discovered $9 million cash at the residence of the sacked Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, retired Brig.-Gen. Paul Tarelah Boroh. Special Adviser on Niger Delta to President Muhammadu Buhari has also been arrested. The discovery of the cash was made a few hours after his arrest by a […]
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Former South African president, Jacob Zuma will face prosecution on corruption charges that haunted much of his term in office, the country’s chief prosecutor said Friday. The ruling is the latest twist in a case that has dogged post-apartheid South Africa’s democratic leadership after the country inked a $5-billion (4.2-billion-euro) arms deal in the 1990s. […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arraigned Kayode Odukoya, Managing Director FirstNation Airways on a four-count charge of forgery, use of false information, perjury and stealing to the tune of N1. 7 billion. He was arraigned before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court in Ikeja on Friday. The defendant allegedly forged […]
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