CORRUPTION
Civil Servant Bags 7 Years Jail Term In Niger For Receiving N11m Kickback From Contractor
A serving Deputy Director of the Niger State Ministry of Land Transportation, Umar Farouk, has been sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment by the Niger State High Court in Minna. Justice Abdullahi Mikail pronounced the sentence after convicting Farouk of unethical practices, relating to receiving kickback from a contractor to the tune of N11m. The convict was arraigned before the court by...
Corruption Under Buhari’s Government Historic, Says PDP Presidential Campaign Spokesperson
The Spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Presidential Campaign Council, Mr Daniel Bwala, has said President Muhammadu Buhari has failed in his war against corruption. Rather than curb corruption, Mr Bwala said the situation has worsened under the Buhari administration. In 2015, President Buhari was elected on a platform of eradicating corruption, reducing insecurity, and advancing the economy. Mr Bwala concedes that...
We’ve Recovered N30bn From Suspended Accountant-General Of The Federation — EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Thursday, said it had so far recovered over N30 billion from the corruption activities surrounding the suspended Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Idris Ahmed. Chairman of the Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, stated this at the media briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Recall that the Commission is currently prosecuting...
Court Orders EFCC To Arrest, Detain Imo Deputy Speaker
Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday granted an order to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to arrest and detain the Deputy Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Amarachi Iwuanyawu, over an alleged N785m fraud. The Deputy Speaker was also said to be the Chairman of an Abuja-based Sun Gold Estate Limited, the firm he allegedly...
EFCC Re-arraigns Former Kaduna Governor, Others Over Diezani’s N700m Cash
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, November 21, 2022, re-arraigned a former governor of Kaduna State, Mukhtar Ramalan Yero before Justice R.M Aikawa of the Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna on an eight-count amended charge bordering on money laundering. The re-arraignment is sequel to the transfer of the former trial judge, Justice M.G Umar, from the...
Alleged Bank Fraud: EFCC Arrests Kogi Assembly Candidate With $610,500 Cash In Abuja
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested the Kogi State House of Assembly candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Ismaila Atumeyi, with N326 million and $140,500 cash. Atumeyi who is seeking to represent Ankpa 11 Constituency in the Kogi State House of Assembly was arrested on Sunday, October 30, 2022, alongside one Joshua Dominic, an alleged serial fraudster,...
Court Convicts Mama Boko Haram Over N34m Fraud
The Borno State High Court in Maiduguri has convicted and sentenced, Aisha Alkali-Wakil, also known as Mama Boko Haram, as well as one Tahiru Saidu-Daura and Lawal Shoyode to seven years imprisonment. They were prosecuted by the Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a three-count charge of conspiracy and cheating to the tune of...
Court Orders Final Forfeiture Of Diezani’s Abuja Assets
Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday ordered the final forfeiture of two Abuja properties and two luxury cars belonging to a former minister of petroleum resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, to the Federal Government. The two properties are located at Plot 1854 Mohammed Mahashir Street, and No. 6, Aso Drive, in the highbrow Asokoro and Maitama...
It’ll Take Collective Will, Resolve Of All Nigerians To End Corruption — Dariye
A former governor of Plateau State Joshua Dariye says “with collective will and the resolve of every Nigerian”, corruption will be ended in the country. The ex-governor, who spoke on Channels Television’s NewsNight programme aired on Monday, said his conviction alongside a former governor of Taraba State Jolly Nyame for corruption charges has not in any way ended graft which...
ICPC Discovers Duplicated Projects Worth N400bn, N50bn Ghost Workers’ Salaries In Budgets
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission on Thursday said the 2021 and 2022 budgets were padded with duplicated projects worth N400bn by ministries, departments and agencies. الربح الحقيقى من الانترنت It also said N49.9bn was earmarked as salaries for ghost workers in the first half of 2022. ICPC Chairman, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, stated this during an interactive...
