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ICPC seizes 44 assets worth N14.7bn

Abuja – The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Friday said it had seized 44 assets valued at N14.7 billion. Spokesperson of the anti-graft agency, Mrs Rasheedat Okoduwa, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja. Nigeria cannot solve any of its present problems without return to regional government – Odumakin Okoduwa […]
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ICPC arrests 2 officials over N68m fraud in SIP

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) says it has arrested two officials over alleged N68 million fraud in the federal government’s Social Investment Programme (SIP). Spokesperson of the commission, Mrs. Rasheedat Okoduwa, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. According to her, the money was meant for the payment of cooks […]
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ICPC’s claim laughable – Obono-Obla

Wanted chairman of Special Presidential Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIP), Okoi Obono-Obla, has said that Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) claims about him are laughable. Obono-Obla on his Facebook page wrote: “I want to open up to Nigerians the forces that masterminded what is happening to me, despite my efforts to execute a […]
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Two in ICPC net over certificate forgery

Abuja – The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arrested two men who specialised in forging education certificates at the University of Port-Harcourt (UNIPORT), Rivers. In a statement on Wednesday, the Spokesperson of the commission, Mrs Rasheedat Okoduwa, identified the suspects as Roland Onosemuode and Jacobson Jonathan.
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ICPC declares Obono-Obla wanted over alleged fraud

The former Chairman of the Special Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIP), Okoi Obono-Obla, has been declared wanted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). In a statement made available to journalists on Tuesday in Abuja, the ICPC stated that the development was informed by Obono-Obla’s “repeated failure
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Why ICPC declared Obono-Obla wanted

Abuja – The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has declared former Chairman of the Special Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIP), Mr Okoi Obono-Obla, wanted. Spokesperson of the commission, Mrs Rasheedat Okoduwa, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. Okoduwa said the move followed Obono-Obla’s
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Okoi Obono-Obla declared wanted

Okoi Obono-Obla, former chairman of the Special Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIP), has been declared wanted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) . ICPC in a statement on Tuesday, said ‘Obono-Obla had refused to honour its invitation over a series of allegations levelled against him. “The […]
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Alleged N2.5bn fraud: Court decides Pinnacle’s application challenging ICPC, Dec 14

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has fixed December 14, for ruling on application by Pinnacle Communications Ltd seeking to defreeze its bank account that was frozen by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over allegation of N2.5 billion fraud. Pinnacle Communications Limited is the only private licenced signal distributor
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SERAP to Adamu: Refer Cross River Basin to EFCC, ICPC over ‘widespread corruption’

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has sent an open letter to the Minister of Water Resources, Engr. Suleiman Adamu, urging him to use his good office and leadership position to “urgently refer the allegations of widespread and systemic corruption involving the management and leadership of the Cross River Basin Development Authority (CRBDA) to the
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Stakeholders want Presidency to probe ICPC over moves to scuttle Digital Switch-Over

Stakeholders in the broadcasting industry have called on the Presidency to investigate the activities of some top officials of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to disrupt the hitherto smooth migration from analogue to digital broadcasting in the country. The call was made following recent moves by officials of the ICPC […]
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Senate confirms 22 NPC commissioners, rejects one, to screen 9 ICPC nominees

The Senate has confirmed the appointment of 22 nominees of President Muhammadu Buhari as commissioners for the National Population Commission (NPC). Their confirmation followed presentation of report of the Committee on National Identity Card and National Population Commission on screening of 23 nominees for confirmation of appointment as commissioners of the NPC. Chairman