Tag: corruption
‘Were you called to bar before going to law school?’ | Fayose’s camp attacks Falana
Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media to Ayodele Fayose, Ekiti state governor, Lere Olayinka has described a Senior ...
‘If you don’t touch public funds, you’ll sleep soundly’ – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has for the umpteenth declared his desire to rid the country of corruption and punish anyone found ...
Opinion: Nigeria – The change we can’t run away from
by Jide Ayobolu President Muhammadu Buhari recently penned an article in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) titled, “The Three Changes ...
Jude Ndukwe: Halliburton scandal – Between Governor Fayose and Aisha Buhari
by Jude Ndukwe This week has been mired in official scandals. From the purported secret employment by the Federal Inland ...
How Fayose, Obanikoro’s sons diverted $15bn – EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) claims to have found a connection between the Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose and ...
‘We won’t be distracted by dark forces, negative propaganda’ – EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has challenged anyone who has evidence that a member of the Presidential Committee ...
Senate to AGF: Come and explain Saraki, Ekweremadu’s forgery case
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has been invited by the Senate over the planned ...
Life pension, immunity: ‘Senators don’t fear Nigerians’ – Itse Sagay
Itse Sagay, Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to ignore any bill on life ...
Just In: Ex-NNPC boss, Andrew Yakubu, Jide Omokore arrested by EFCC
Former Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Andrew Yakubu has been arrested by the Economic and Financial ...
EFCC ‘seizes N2bn mansion’ from ex-Customs boss, Dikko
A N2 billion mansion allegedly owned by a former Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Abdullahi Dikko has been ...
‘I insist that Obasanjo’s administration should be probed’ – APC Senator
Senator Joseph Waku, a prominent member of the All Progressives Congress in Benue State has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to probe ...
Opinion: Okonjo-Iweala, the global anti-corruption super star
by Femi Hassan A year after leaving public service as Minister of Finance of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr ...
‘Is this the change we asked for? Yes, it is’ – Oshiomhole
The Edo state Governor, Adams Oshiomole, has lambasted critics of President Muhammadu Buhari for saying that the President is yet ...
Opinion: Why propaganda against Amaechi will ultimately fail
By Eze Chukwuemeka Eze Jordan B Peterson, a psychology professor at the University of Toronto, a clinical psychologist must have had ...
EFCC witness has no documents to support testimony against Badeh
As the trial of former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Air Chief Marshall Alex Badeh (rtd) continued at the federal ...
‘Nigerians justify corruption… they see nothing bad in it’ – ICPC
The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), on Tuesday, said that it is saddening ...
Money laundering: 17-count criminal charge filed against Fani-Kayode
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has slammed a 17-count criminal charge against former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, and ...
FG goes after $1.76bn, yachts, private jets, houses seized from Omokore, Aluko
The Federal Government has initiated legal processes that would allow it freeze both local and international assets of Kola Aluko ...
Why we retired top Army officers – Minister of Defence
The decision by the Army Council to retire thirty-eight senior officers from the Nigerian Army was not a witch-hunt but ...
How former Head of Service diverted another N382m
Former Head of Service of the Federation, Stephen Oronsaye, allegedly misappropriated the sum of N382.9 million while he served as ...
EFCC seizes $18m house from Diezani (VIDEO)
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that its investigations into corruption has led to the recovery of ...
Names of Generals, Colonels kicked out of the Nigerian Army
The Nigerian Army, on Saturday, revealed that it has sent some senior officials on compulsory retirement following findings that the ...
How former acting governor ‘diverted N1.9bn in 3 months’
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has allegedly confiscated a property situated at No. 7, Gana Street, Maitama, Abuja ...
No out-of-court settlement for ex-Airforce chief, Dikko Umar
In the trial of former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Mohammed Dikko Umar for an alleged N7.8billion fraud, the ...
Report: Over N1bn already recovered from Diezani’s election largesse
Nigeria has recovered over N1 billion illegally disbursed during the 2015 general elections to some former ministers, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ...
Metuh must be punished despite willing to return N400m – Sagay
The decision of the former Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh to return to the Economic ...
EFCC will bargain with Metuh, former Chief of Air Staff… on these conditions
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is ready to accept plea bargain in the corruption cases against a former National Publicity ...
Opinion: The one year hangover from change
by Sir Farouk The messiah of Nigeria and supreme anti-corruption crusader who is friend to everybody and belongs to nobody ...
SERAP to FG: ‘Publish names of looters’
Civil rights group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), on Sunday, called on the federal government to “publish the names ...
Why FG can’t yet release names of treasury looters
The Nigerian Presidency on Saturday, released the breakdown of figures recovered in the past one year from treasury looters. While ...
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