Garba Shehu, senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, has revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari “will step on big toes” in his anti-corruption campaign. Garba said this in Kaduna at the opening of a three-day retreat for state house correspondents. He described the media as “one of government’s most lethal weapons” in […]
Continue ReadingMore revelations by former Accounts Officer II, Ibrahim Idris Wambai have shown that the Office of Nigeria’s former Vice President Namadi Sambo was on a monthly stipend of N20million from the Office of the National Security Adviser(ONSA). Several presidential aides also benefitted from slush funds from the ONSA,according to Wambai,who singled out five firms which […]
Continue ReadingJust as Diezani was arrested in London by the newly formed International Corruption Unit (ICU) of the UK’s National Crimes Agency, EFCC operatives have stormed her home in Abuja. Diezani Alison-Madueke’ Abuja home was Friday, invaded by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). This is considered to be part of a multinational […]
Continue ReadingOn the eve of his departure to France to begin a three-day official visit, President Muhammadu Buhari has once again revisited the problems of corruption in Nigeria, blaming it for poor policy choices and the the prevalence of poverty in the midst of plenty. President Buhari added that Corruption, manifested in the barefaced theft of […]
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BY AYO OLOWO The ongoing anti-corruption fight has been taken to the doors of eight former governors by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC). An operative of the commission, on Wednesday, said that the task force was set up following petitions written against the former governors, on issues relating to contracts […]
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President Goodluck Jonathan, and two of his former officials, have been in indicted in an alleged purchase of three mobile stages to the tune of $6.9million, a Presidency source has said. The fund was said to have been withdrawn from one of the numerous accounts of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. According to a document […]
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In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Auditor General of the Nigerian Federation, Samuel Ukura, affirmed that over N183 billion was missing from the accounts of the Niger Delta Development Commission despite officials of the Commission denying the report. The Auditor General made public the missing funds in a report he submitted to the National […]
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In order to enhance the partnership between the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and the United States in the fight against economic and financial crimes, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, has donated a forensic work station to the EFCC. The device, which is simply called F.R.E.D (Forensic Recovery of Evidence Device) was […]
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The anti-corruption war in Nigeria is not abating just yet. This time, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Related Offences Tribunal has commenced a clampdown on super rich civil servants. The agency has succeeded in seizing 24 property and several cars from three civil servants with one of them having 18 property. A document from the […]
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President Buhari has responded to claims by the 49-member Senate Caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party which on Thursday kicked against the current administration’s war against corruption, claiming it was selective and lacked transparency and fairness. In a statement Sunday night, Mr. Buhari described the claims by the Godwill Akpabio-led caucus as “false, baseless and […]
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