Corruption – South Korean authorities on Thursday arrested the wife of a former justice minister, who was at the centre of a graft scandal and was a close political confidant of President Moon Jae-in after a court upheld prosecutors’ request for a warrant. The arrest of Chung Kyung-shim, a college professor and the wife of […]
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu has been nominated to lead the charge by ECOWAS countries against irregular migration of citizens within the region and corruption on member countries’ national borders as well as the region’s joint anti-corruption forum. The EFCC boss was nominated came by the Head […]
Enugu – No fewer than 70 officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) have been arrested for alleged extortion during patrol and in the corps facilities, the Corps Marshal, Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi has said. Oyeyemi disclosed this on Thursday during a strategic session with unit commanders at the FRSC Academy, Udi in Enugu State. […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said President Muhammadu Buhari should leave the 8th National Assembly out of his failures to tame his fraudulent officials and curb the humongous corruption festering in his Presidency. The party in a statement on Friday signed by Kola Ologbondiyan National Publicity Secretary said the Chairman of Presidential Advisory Committee […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Indian government have agreed to pull more of their energies together in the fight against corruption and economic crimes in Nigeria and India. A statement by the spokesman for the commission Mr Wilson Uwujaren, in Abuja on Thursday, said the India High Commissioner to Nigeria, Abhay […]
Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that Nigeria lost an estimated 157.5 billion dollars to illicit financial flows between 2003 and 2012. The president’s spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, said Buhari disclosed this in an address to the High-Level National Side-Event organised by the African Union Development Agency and New Partnership for Africa’s Development (AUDA-NEPAD). […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with the International Police, INTERPOL as part of collaboration aimed at tackling corruption in Nigeria. The MoU, I-24/7, is a global police communications system that connects law enforcement officers in all member countries. It enables users share sensitive and urgent […]
Gentlemen of the press, It is my pleasure to welcome you all to this very important occasion to mark the third year of my being at the helm of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, leading the Commission’s charge against corruption. It seems like yesterday, when President Muhammadu Buhari, graciously appointed me to Chair […]
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Solomon Dalung, has said the ministry will soon hold a national youth dialogue to make Nigerian youths join the fight against corruption. Dalung said this in Abuja on Friday at a press conference held by the ministry to mark the “Africa Youth Day” celebrated yearly on Nov. […]
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has disclosed that investigative journalism remains the key to uncover corruption in the country. The group stated this in Lagos on Thursday during the launching of its latest publication, titled, ‘Uncovering Corruption in Nigeria: A Manual for Investigative Journalists’. The manual was presented by a journalist and human […]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has sent an open letter to Muhammadu Buhari urging him to use his “good offices and leadership position to direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami, SAN to without delay take over and expeditiously prosecute grand corruption cases involving all indicted former state […]
President Muhammadu Buhari says the Federal Government is committed to winning the war against corruption in Nigeria. Buhari said this in New York at the African Union High-Level Dialogue with the theme: “Winning the Fight against Corruption: A Sustainable Path to Africa’s Transformation.’’ The president was unanimously endorsed by AU leaders in January to champion […]
…Some lawyers in police net for forging court judgment -CJN …Says they are being investigated for forgery, prosecution The war against corruption has received a boost in the judiciary as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, disclosed that the Legal Practitioners and Privileges Committee (LPPC) has handed some lawyers who forged court […]
Chairman, Special Investigative Panel for Recovery of Public Property, (SPIP), Chief Okoi Obono-Obla has reiterated his stand to pursue a noble cause in fighting corruption in the country despite unhealthy criticism from some quarters. Obono-Obla who disclosed this during a presentation held at the University of Calabar’s post graduate seminar recently, challenged the critics to […]
Governor (Dr.) Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state has signed an Executive Order for Open Government Partnership (OGP), a move, geared towards the improvement of citizens’ participation and access to government’s information. According to the Chief Press Secretary to the state governor, Abba Anwar, the order is the second of its kind in the country at […]
Abdulwahab Abdulrahman, a former assistant to the sacked director general of Department of State Services, Lawal Daura, has accused his former boss of extensive corruption and portrayed him as a man who serially betrayed his boss, President Muhammadu Buhari, for money. Abdulrahman, who retired as a senior DSS official, claimed in a Premium Times interview […]
A civil society group under the aegis of Talakawa Parliament (TP), on Tuesday, called on Edo State government to allow the Ministry of Justice press criminal charges against contractors who abandoned their projects in the state to serve as deterrent to other public office holders that want to toe the same line of corruption. This […]
…Tasks Govt on affordable housing The leadership of Voice of Nigeria (VON), in partnership with the Trade Union Congress (TUC), has advocated better welfare package for Nigerian workers as such will help stamp out corruption among public servants and those in the private sector. The call was made Tuesday in Abuja during an interactive meeting […]
The Federal Government has noted that the Executive Order Number 6, recently signed by President Muhammadu Buhari, is the present administration’s most potent weapon against corruption. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this while addressing a press conference in Lagos on Sunday He also defended the constitutionality of the Executive Order, […]
The Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Patricia Scotland, has commended the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Magu, over what she described as Magu’s uncommon courage in fighting corruption in Nigeria. The Commonwealth scribe gave the commendation in a letter dated July 6 letter and addressed to Magu. According […]