Speaking at the opening ceremony of the 8th Commonwealth Regional Conference for Heads of Anti-Corruption Agencies in Abuja, on Monday, Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, says the fight against corruption will not be won until some Nigerian leaders pass through the doors of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The professor said the country had […]
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The President of the United States of America (USA), Donald Trump has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for fighting MASSIVE corruption and terrorism in Nigeria. While both leaders were addressing a press conference on Monday, Trump said: “Nigeria has a reputation for very massive corruption. I also know that the President (Buhari) has been able to […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is said to have arrested Senator representing Delta North Senatorial District, Peter Nwaoboshi. Nwaoboshi is one of the three Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senators on the list of alleged looters released by the federal government. The others are Stella Oduah from Anambra and Jonah Jang from Plateau. According […]
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Jacob Zuma, former president of South Africa, is to be arraigned in court on Friday over a $2.5 billion arms deal, which saw one person being jailed in 2005. Claims are that Zuma through his former financial adviser Schabir Shaikh demanded bribes from a French arms company in the 1990s deal. The charges against Zuma […]
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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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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 sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, has lamented the “very high level” of corruption in Nigeria. He noted that Nigerians must fight the scourge of corruption to a “terminal end”. Sultan Abubakar III made the remark on Wednesday while speaking at the public presentation of ‘Dynamics of Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences’, a book […]
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The government of Ekiti state has barred Kayode Fayemi, the minister of solid minerals and a former governor of the state and others from holding public office for at least 10 years. Dapo Kolawole, who served Fayemi as commissioner for finance, has also been barred for the same number of years. The action is said […]
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An Italian court has approved the prosecution of Royal Dutch Shell and Eni in the controversial sale of OPL 245 oil block located in an extremely rich oilfield in the Niger Delta, estimated to worth half a trillion dollars. The sale of the block has been replete with allegations of graft amid lawsuits. A judge in Milan […]
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The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, said 25 officials of the Corps have been relieved of their jobs in Abuja. Oyeyemi, who made the disclosure in Ibadan on Thursday, said a massive self-cleansing to rid the corps of corrupt officials was ongoing He said this was done after […]
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