The suspended commander of the police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Abba Kyari, says Ramon Abbas, the self-confessed international fraudster popularly known as Hushpuppi reached his team to help recover N8 million for a friend. Abba Kyari, a deputy commissioner of police (DCP), had come under fire after Huspuppi, who is being tried in the US, […]
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A staunch supporter of President Muhammadu Buhari for re-election in 2019 and Governor of Kano State, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje has appeared in a video allegedly receiving bribe amounting to about $5million from contractors in the state. The video which was released by online investigative media, Daily Nigerian was a sting operation that captured the governor […]
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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has suspended 11 referees, who were caught on video allegedly taking monies to fix matches, by undercover investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas. Eleven others have also been handed bans ranging from two to ten years. Other referees have also been banned for life. In a statement released by CAF, […]
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A policeman has allegedly pursued a tricycle rider to his death over N100 bribe. The officer, a sergeant attached to the Bridge Head Police Division, Onitsha, Anambra State, was said to ave chased the 22-year-old deceased, Samuel Agu, to the path of a speeding bus, which crushed him to death. It was gathered that the […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Tuesday docked the Secretary to the Rivers State Government, Mr. Kenneth Kobani and a politician, Mr. Samuel Okposo on a six-count charge of money laundering before a Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt. EFCC accused the duo of receiving the sum of N750million, part of the […]
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The Lagos State Police Command has reacted to an incident involving some officials of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS and one Immanuel James, a businessman who alleged he was forced to hide in a Zenith Bank toilet to avoid bribing the men. The incident happened at Ago-Palace way, Okota, on Monday. In a statement released […]
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A video showing an apparently drunk policeman in the Mowo area of Badagry, Lagos, soliciting bribe from an operator of commercial motorcycle better known as ‘Okada’, has been trending on social media. “Me, N100? You are offering me N100? Never!” he said in Yoruba. Armed with his riffle, the policeman sat on the motorcycle as […]
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The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in its National Corruption Report released on Wednesday, disclosed that government officials received an estimated N400bn in bribes within a year. A survey carried out in collaboration with the UN office on drugs and crime showed that 32.3 per cent of Nigerian adults paid bribes to public officials between June 2015 and May […]
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The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, said it sacked seven of its officials attached to its Agege-Pen Cinema office because they took bribes. A LASTMA statement by its Public Affairs Officer, Mahmud Hassan, said: “The officials, who were attached to the Agege-Pen Cinema office were arrested last week. They are Adebeshin Adeola, Davies Idowu, […]
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The Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in Rivers State, Mrs. Gesila Khan, yesterday, denied allegation by the All Progressives Congress, APC, that she was bribed with N700 million to rig elections in the state in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. In a statement by her lawyer, Mr Selekeowei Larry, SAN, the Rivers REC said she […]
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