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Vote buying: INEC seeks ICPC collaboration

Ihesiulo Grace 11 September 2018 0

To effectively guard against the menace of vote buying, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has sought the collaboration of the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) in monitoring activities of voters during the September 22, Osun State governorship election. The

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Corruption : Sokoto loses bid to stop ICPC, EFCC from probing, prosecuting officials

Ihesiulo Grace 29 June 2018 0

The Sokoto State Government has lost its bid to stop the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from investigating and prosecuting its officials over corruption allegation. A Federal High Court in Sokoto on Wednesday affirmed that both the anti – corruption agencies were

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ICPC Arrests Poly Rector For Forging PhD Certificate

Ihesiulo Grace 26 June 2018 0

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it has arrested a polytechnic rector over alleged forgery of a doctorate degree certificate. Spokesperson of the commission, Mrs Rasheedat Okoduwa, said this in a statement on Monday, Okoduwa identified the suspect as Olaolu Olugbenga, Rector of Igbajo Polytechnic, Igbajo, Osun, who was

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ICPC arrests don for certificate forgery

Ihesiulo Grace 25 June 2018 0

The Rector of Igbajo Polytechnic, Igbajo, Osun State and former Acting Deputy Vice Chancellor, Oduduwa University, Ogun State, Mr. Olaolu Akinola Olugbenga, has been arrested by officials of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for alleged forgery of a doctorate degree (PhD) certificate. According to the spokesperson for the

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‘ICPC has brought sanity in Federal Civil Service’

Ihesiulo Grace 14 June 2018 0

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), says its Anti-Corruption Transparency Unit (ACTU), has brought sanity in the Federal Civil Service. The Head of Public Enlightenment, South-East zone of the commission, Mr Suleiman Achile, disclosed this on Thursday during a town hall meeting with the people of Ezeagu Local Government Area of

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FG plans to frame, arrest me over comments, Obasanjo alleges

Ihesiulo Grace 9 June 2018 0

…FG won’t frame -up anybody- Minister Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday raised alarm over attempt by the federal government to arrest and detain him over some phantom charges. Obasanjo in a release issued in Abeokuta and signed by his media aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, said the desperation to frustrate, intimidate and blackmail him into abandoning […]

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SURE-P Funds: ICPC witness admits discrepancies during investigation

Ihesiulo Grace 4 June 2018 0

Mr. Seidu Mohammed, Star witness of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), in the ongoing trial of a United Kingdom-based Professor of Neurology, Reuben Oluwakinmilehin Obaro and his wife, Mrs Ayodele Olubunmi Obaro, a practicing nurse in the UK, has told a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in […]

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$16bn power spending: Obasanjo under fire as groups demand probe

Ihesiulo Grace 24 May 2018 0

…SERAP, AFRICMIL want EFCC, ICPC to take action against ex- President, others …Lament decay in sector despite huge spending Barely 24 hours after the war-of-words between President Muhammadu Buhari and former President Olusegun Obasanjo, two groups have called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Independent Corrupt Practices and Other

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Corruption: ICPC reiterates need for special courts

Ihesiulo Grace 1 May 2018 0

THE acting Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Dr. Musa Abubakar has lent his voice to the call for the establishment of special courts for corruption cases. Dr Abubakar, in his lecture titled ‘Corruption, Economic and Financial Crimes: Special Courts to the Rescue’, delivered at the 5th Criminal Justice […]

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Jang deny ICPC invite, commission lawyers to protest media trial

Ihesiulo Grace 24 March 2018 0

The immediate past governor of Plateau State, Senator Jonah Jang has refuted the rumors making the rounds that he has been declared wanted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC)   In a statement signed by his media aid Mr. Clinton Garuba and made available to our correspondent yesterday, Jang said, […]

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Anxiety as Senate delays confirmation of 60 nominees over Magu

Ihesiulo Grace 5 February 2018 0

.Nominees for CBN, ICPC, PenCom, ICPC, NDDC, others affected .We’re acting within the purview of our powers -Senate .Presidency keeps mum, as Joe-Odumakin wants Senate to confirm Magu Controversy is now trailing the stance of the Senate to put further confirmation of about 60 nominees from President Muhammadu Buhari on hold, pending action of the […]

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ICPC arrests ex-Appeal Court justice over alleged N200m bribe

Ihesiulo Grace 6 December 2017 0

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arrested a retired Justice of the Court of Appeal (JCA), Justice Mohammed Tsamiya , for allegedly demanding N200million bribe. The ICPC’s spokesperson, Mrs Rasheedat Okoduwa, stated this development in a statement made available in Abuja on Wednesday. According to the ICPC, the former

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ICPC arrests 4 ex- commissioners in Kogi State over N11.3bn fraud

Ihesiulo Grace 1 December 2017 0

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has arrested four commissioners who served during the administration of former Governor of Kogi State , Captain Idris Wada (rtd) over alleged fraud totaling about N11.3Billion . ICPC Spokesperson, Mrs . Rasheedat Okoduwa , disclosed in a statement on Thursday that the four suspects are […]

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Corruption Fuelled Boko Haram, “EFCC, ICPC Politicised” says Obasanjo

Ihesiulo Grace 29 October 2017 0

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has said that the massive corrupt tendencies of the nation’s educated leaders gave birth to the dreaded terrorist organisation, Boko Haram. He said this while delivering a public lecture to mark the 14th anniversary of the Dorcas Oke Hope Alive Initiative at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Oyo state. Speaking […]

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ICPC gets acting chairman as Ekpo Nta bows out

Ihesiulo Grace 13 September 2017 0

The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, Ekpo Nta, has successfully bowed out of office after six years at the commission. Nta handed over the affairs of the ICPC to Abdullahi Bako, a Board Member, who would be acting pending the assumption of duty by the chairman designate, Prof […]

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Osinbajo directs PenCom, ICPC, CCB boards to act pending Senate confirmation

Ihesiulo Grace 19 August 2017 0

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has directed the appointed board members of the National Pension Commission (PenCom), Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to resume work in acting capacity, pending the confirmation of their appointments by the Senate. Osinbajo gave the directive on Friday in