The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of three civil servants and a businessman for defrauding one Alhaji Bala Rabiu of N900,000 for fake Immigration jobs purportedly secured for six of his children. The convicts, Jibrin Babagana, a businessman, Mohammed Rabiu Isa, a civil servant with the State […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn in commissioners of the National Population Commission (NPC) and Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). The swearing-in took place shortly before the commencement of the weekly virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the State House, Abuja, on Wednesday. The affected commissioners of the NPC include Chief […]
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Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, Independent Corrupt Practises and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has arrested 26 officials of the Federal Road Safety Commmision (FRSC), for alleged extortion. In a statement by the, Spokesperson to the anti-graft agency, Mrs Rasheedat Okoduwa, states that they were arrested because they usually extort money from road users across the highways […]
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Mr Okoi Obono-Obla, former Chairman of the Special Presidential Investigation Panel (SPIP), has been declared wanted by the Independent Corrupt Practises And Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). Rasheedat Okoduwa, the spokesperson to the anti-graft agency made this known in a statement on Tuesday. Obono-Obla is declared wanted because “His repeated failure to appear before it […]
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the federal government has set up a task force to monitor the top 20 debtors on the list of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON). According to a statement released by Laolu Akande, the vice president’s spokesman, the federal government said it has renewed efforts to recover the N5 trillion […]
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The Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, said the nation had spent about N2 trillion on constituency projects without commensurate development at the grassroots. The Commission’s spokesperson, Mrs Rasheedat Okoduwa, in a statement in Abuja on Sunday quoted the chairman as saying it at the induction of newly-qualified […]
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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) will on Monday, Nov. 19 arraign a former lecturer of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Prof. Richard Akindele, at the Federal High Court, Osogbo. He is to be arraigned for allegedly demanding sex from one of his students, Ms Monica Osagie, in order to […]
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The Independent Corrupt Practices Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned Mr Bature Umar Masari, a former Director-General of the Small and Medium Scale Enterprise Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) before an FCT High Court sitting in Apo, Abuja. The former DG was arraigned on 27 counts bothering on money laundering and embezzlement. According to […]
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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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President Muhammadu Buhari says he expects the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offence Commission (ICPC) to “proceed with investigation” involving the two top government officials he sacked some hours ago. Buhari had ordered the dismissal of Babachir Lawal, secretary to the government of the federation (SGF) and […]
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