The Department of State Security Services (DSS), has released all the judges arrested during overnight raid on residences of judicial officers in different parts of the country between Friday and early Saturday morning.It was gathered that the judges were released on self-recognition on Sunday night, but were asked to report back on Monday morning. According […]
Continue ReadingAs the media is taken over the arrest of some judges for corruption by the DSS, the Presidency has assured that the President reserves his highest respect for the judiciary as the third arm of government.Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on media and publicity, said the President will not do anything to […]
Continue ReadingThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in rejecting a proposal by the president of the Nigerian Bar Association, Abubakar Mahmoud, for the agency to be stripped of its prosecutorial powers, says the call is “self-serving” and aimed at creating “a cabal of untouchables”. In a stinging statement signed by spokesperson Wilson Uwujaren, the EFCC […]
Continue ReadingThe Attorney -General of the Federation, Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN), has directed agencies with prosecutorial powers to compile pending cases they are currently handling in various courts. This, he said, was with a view to determine which of them falls within the category of high profile cases to be taken over by the National Prosecution […]
Continue ReadingIjaw elder statesman and national leader, Edwin Clark, says he has always been in support of the fight against corruption, saying he fought former Delta State Governor, James Ibori and also challenged former President Olusegun Obasanjo for having just N20,000 when he left prison but is now one of the wealthiest former presidents. Clark spoke […]
Continue ReadingIn interview with Stephen Sackur, on BBC’s HardTalk, Nigeria’s minister of power, works and housing, Babatunde Fashola, says corruption is a symptom of lack of law and order, stating that he would focus on these rather than corruption.Mr. Fashola emphasised that there is no corruption-free country in the world, but lack of law enforcement makes […]
Continue ReadingA former Minister of Finance and Director of Finance for the Goodluck Jonathan Presidential Campaign Organisation, Mrs Nenadi Usman has explained how she shared N23 billion among states in the Northeast of Nigeria. Mrs Usman told Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) detectives that former Petroleum Resources Minister Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke gave her the list of […]
Continue ReadingEmbattled Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has aimed a jibe at President Muhammadu Buhari, urging him to stop acting like the grandfather of corruption in Nigeria by shielding his men from probe. Fayose also asked Nigerians to demand the release of the authentic report of the Committee on Audit of Defence Equipment Procurement in […]
Continue ReadingThe All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is not in a position to dictate to it how to prosecute the war against corruption. This was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday, by APC national secretary. The APC made the statement, in reaction to a statement by PDP senators, […]
Continue ReadingThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has seized a mansion worth N3.58bn ($18m at the official exchange rate of N199 to a dollar) allegedly belonging to the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, in the Asokoro area of Abuja.The acting Chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, said this during an interview with Al-Jazeera. […]
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