Heads of Anti-Corruption Agencies in Commonwealth, Africa on Friday, rounded off its 8th Regional Conference with the appointment of the Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr Ibrahim Magu as its new chairman. Magu’s appointment followed the body’s resolve to strengthen cooperation and collaboration among member countries for the purpose of facilitating assets […]
The Federal Government has said it will review the investigation framework of the whistleblowing policy to improve the effectiveness of the policy and put in place, required institutions and tools to strengthen the anti-graft war. The whistleblower policy provides various channels through which anyone with information about a violation of government’s financial regulations, mismanagement of […]
…FEC approves N7bn for UN building security, furnishing …Approves N1.14bn for communications equipments in 14 airports …Sets up committee to review AfCFA agreement One year after the introduction of the Whistleblowing Policy, the Federal Government has disclosed that it has recovered N9.12billion through the policy. This is even as the federal government was trying to […]
Africa is estimated to have lost over $1 trillion in illicit financial flows (IFFs) within the past 50 years, with drainage of over $50 billion annually. These outflows, according to the African Union and Economic Commission for Africa (AU/ECA) High Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs), refer to “money that is illegally earned, transferred […]