corruption

Non-governmental organization, ActionAid Nigeria has urged the Nigerian Government to improve on its battle against corruption via harsher punishment for looters. The Country Director of the organization, Mrs. Ene Obi revealed this recently. According to him, including Nigerians in the fight vs corruption is also compulsory if we want the ...

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has begged the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr. Abubakar Malami SAN, EFF, ICPC to “revisit and fast-track prosecution of all cases of corruption in the electricity sector and ensure effective recovery of stolen public funds.” This was revealed recently ...

New Archbishop of the Anglican Communion, Jos Province, Most Rev. Markus Anfani, has hailed Buhari and the Federal Government for their battles against corruption and insecurity. He, however, added that more has to be done to completely eradicate corruption and insecurity in the country. He revealed this in an interview ...

Bala Ka’oje, a Minister of Sports under the Olusegun Obasanjo administration, has said the All Progressives Congress, APC, is not helping President Muhammadu Buhari in his fight against corruption. According to him, Buhari’s administration came under the mantra of change and the battle vs corruption was one of its main ...

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB has come out to say that its agitation is not only for the liberation and well-being of Biafrans, but also for the improvement in the standard of living of every Nigerian. According to IPOB, Nigeria is trapped in the pit of corruption, backwardness, hardship ...

Muhammadu Buhari’s fight against corruption is total, comprehensive and dispassionate without political or ethnic sentiments, Abubakar Malami has said. According to the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, a minimum of 22 former governors are currently under probe or on trial. He revealed this in a meeting with ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has come out to say that the democratic process is slowing down his government’s fight against corruption. This was his response when he was asked to compare his time as Military Head of State to him being a democratically elected President. According to Buhari, he does not ...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has begged Nigerians to abandon their corrupt ways and join in the government’s fight against corruption. ICPC Chairman, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, also begged every citizen to accept integrity, transparency and accountability as the way to go if we all want ...

The seat of the jailed senator, Orji Uzor Kalu representing Abia North has been declared intact by the Senate. The politician was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment for corruption recently. According to Senate spokesperson, Senator Godiya Akwashiki, Kalu’s seat is retained until he has used up every legal option to ...

After the recent imprisonment of the former Governor of Abia State, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, who was found guilty of N7.65billion fraud, by a Federal High court sitting in Lagos, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to fish out more corrupt politicians and ex-governors. Revealing this ...

Ex Governor of Abia State, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, who has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment, over N7.65billion fraud, by a Federal High court sitting in Lagos, was heard saying “2023, here we come” as he was led out of the court by the Correctional Service officers. The politician ...

Executive Director, Kaduna State Rehabilitation Board, Alhaji Aliyu Yakassai has come out to say that those living with disabilities feel the most terrible effects of corruption due to their peculiarities. Aliyu revealed this at a symposium in Kaduna organized to celebrate the International Day of People with Disabilities. According to ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has shed light on the dispute surrounding serious charges against former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, and five others. Recently, reports had it that the EFCC dropped all 14 count charges against Diezani, Ben Otti, Nnamdi Okonkwo, Stanley Lawson, Lanre Adesanya, and ...

The Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has praised the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu for EFCC’s success since 2015. According to the group, EFCC has done remarkably well in the areas of convictions and recoveries in the last four years. Revealing this ...

Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has reached out to heads of anti-corruption agencies in Africa to unite and defeat corruption. Magu, who said this at the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Secretariat in Abuja, while delivering a goodwill message at a ...

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Tanko Muhammad, has come out to say that the National Judicial Council, NJC is ready to investigate and sanction corrupt judges all over the country. Justice Tanko Muhammad who is also Chairman of the NJC, begged everybody that is not happy with the ...

  The National Corruption Survey 2017 which was carried out by Dr. Yemi Kale The Statistician General of the Federation / CEO Nigerian National Bureau of Statistics, the survey which with the use of graphics explained one of the greatest challenges we have as a country. It shows the various ...