The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has said that the fight against corruptionin Nigeria has been daunting and may not end anytime soon because of the attitude of many Nigerians. Chairman of ICPC, Prof Bolaji Owasanoye, stated this during the 4th
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) has urged youths to take ownership of the anti-corruption fight in the country. A representative of the ICPC, Mr. Laban Lakum, stated this at an engagement meeting with youth leaders on anti-corruption behavioural approach and social norms held in Bauchi. He said that the fight […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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
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
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 […]
A 30-year-old lawyer, Bayo Adedokun, on Wednesday appeared in an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly threatening to kill Sen. Buruji Kashamu and Alhaji Muniru Ogunleyetwo over land disagreement. The came as the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) said it recovered three ambulances and a 500KVA Transformer from Senator
Following the alleged diversion of N300 million budgeted for procurement of health care facilities at the Federal Medical Center, Gusau, youths from Zamfara State under the aegis of Health, Safety and Environment Charity Initiative, have protested in front of the headquarters of the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC), demanding that an investigation be
A fake medical and nursing college called the International College of Professions, located in Nsukka, Enugu State, has been shut down by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). The school, located in a decrepit and run-down one-storey building in Eha Alumona, an outskirt of Nsukka, has faculty of applied and natural […]
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has moved to seize plots of land and duplexes which values have been put at over N264 million from three civil servants working in the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs. The properties, which are owned by Poloma Kabiru Nuhu, Mangset Longyl Dickson and Daniel Obah, […]
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
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
The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL), has joined the calls for the probe of diversion of local government funds by various state governments through the operation of the joint account by the two tiers of government. CACOL in a release signed by its Coordinator, Media and Publications, Adegboyega Otunuga, on behalf of the […]
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 […]
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
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Monday arraigned a former Director General of Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), Bature Masari, before an FCT High Court, Apo, for alleged N189.6million money laundering. Masari had pleaded not guilty to a 27-count charge, bordering on misappropriation,
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has recovered N7.5 million unused grant from 11 lecturers of the Kaduna Polytechnic. The said money was part of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) grant released to the school between 2010 and 2017 for staff capacity development through local and international trainings. ICPC, through