Foreign

U.S. returns 300m dollars linked to Malaysian corruption scandal

Ihesiulo Grace 15 April 2020 0

The U.S. has repatriated another 300 million dollars stolen from the corruption-stained Malaysian state development fund known as 1MDB, authorities said on Wednesday. In total, 620 million dollars has been returned to Malaysia, money the U.S. Justice Department said was laundered through

Africa World

Namibian ex-ministers enmeshed in fish scandal to spend New Year in custody

Ihesiulo Grace 27 December 2019 0

Two former ministers and four others accused of taking bribes to offer fishing rights in Namibia’s biggest corruption scandal will spend the New Year in custody after a court dismissed their urgent release application on Friday. The six are accused of conspiring to receive 100 million Namibian dollars (e6.8 million dollars) in kickbacks from subsidiaries […]

Opinion

Unorthodox Governance; The APC Way.

Ihesiulo Grace 12 April 2018 0

Scandal in the words of Paul Glenn is a needless word or deed which does harm to those who hear or observe them, it is the word or deed that occasions sin in another; it is a bad example. Very instructive also is the fact that; to the person scandalized, the scandal is passive while […]

News

US arrests former officials in Africa bribery schemes

Ihesiulo Grace 22 November 2017 0

The United States government has arrested an official connected with bribery scandals in Africa. The bribery scheme, according to agency report, was hatched in the halls of the United Nations (U.N) in New York and spanned several continents. The report fingered Chi Ping Patrick Ho, Hong Kong’s former Home Secretary, and Cheikh Gadio, a one-time […]

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Maina: Buhari receives report from HOSF

Ihesiulo Grace 24 October 2017 0

President Muhammadu Buhari has received the report of how fugitive Abdulrasheed Maina was reinstated to the civil service. The Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari, received the report on behalf of the President. Confirming the development on Monday night, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, […]