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ICPC discovers 257 projects worth N20bn duplicated in 2021 budget.
The chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) ,Bolaji Owasanoye says the agency have uncovered 257 projects amounting to N20.138 bn duplicated in the 2021 budget. The ICPC chairman revealed this while speaking at the third national summit on diminishing corruption in the public service with the theme “Corruption and …
2.5BN BROADCAST SCANDAL: PINNACLE COMMUNICATIONS CHAIRMAN DIES
Gbeleyi Abayomi According to reports from PREMIUM TIMES, the chairman of pinnacle communications limited, Lucky Omoluwa, one of the companies involved in the digital switch corruption case has died. It was learnt from sources close to friends and families, that Mr Omoluwa died at the National Hospital, Abuja. His demise is coming on the heels …
EXCLUSIVE: Buhari suspends NBC Director-General, Modibbo Kawu
After several months of being investigated on allegations of corruption, the Director-General, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Modibbo Kawu, has been suspended with immediate effect. This is coming months after the anti-graft agency, ICPC, urged the federal government to suspend the Mr Kawu, and 32 other public officers/civil servants undergoing corruption trial at the time. A …
Don’t be afraid of audit if you are clean, Buhari tell public officers
President Muhammadu Buhari says no one in government should be afraid of audit if they have done the right thing, saying public servants must see audit as a means of improving their performance. The president stated this when he declared open the second edition of the conference of Auditors-General in Nigeria in Abuja on Tuesday. …
We Are All Nigerians
Segun Adeniyi You may not really know how it feels to be stigmatised as a Nigerian until you travel out of the country or have dealings with foreigners. Years ago, when I arrived at the University of Sussex, UK, for my master’s programme, I set out to fraternise with other African students. One evening, I …
BREAKING: Court grants ICPC’s request to freeze Ex-Zamfara Gov’s accounts
Gbeleyi Abayomi The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) has been granted permission by the Federal High Court abuja to freeze bank accounts allegedly owned by the immediate past Governor of Zamfara State, Abdul’aziz Abubakar Yari. Justice Taiwo Taiwo, in a ruling on Friday, on an ex-parte motion by the ICPC, ordered …
ICPC RECOVERS AMBULANCE AND OTHER MEDICAL ITEMS IN EDO STATE
Gbeleyi Abayomi The ongoing monitoring of constituency projects by the independent corrupt practices commission (ICPC) is yielding great dividends as more items are been recovered. Earlier in the month, the commission recovered items worth 117m from a senator in Enugu state. The discovery of the items made the senator hurriedly share of the items. The …
Buhari suspends Chairman of the Special Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the suspension from office, with immediate effect, of the Chairman of the Special Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property, Mr Okoi Obono-Obla. The suspension shall be in effect until the conclusion of ongoing ICPC investigations into a number of cases relating to Mr. Obono-Obla.
ICPC recovers 117m worth of constituency project
Gbeleyi Abayomi The ICPC has through its tracking mechanism recovered constituency projects worth of 117m From another senator. This was made public through its official Twitter handle where photos and videos of the items were displayed in the senator’s compound in uzo-beanie local govt area of enugu. It would be recalled that similar efforts led …
NIGERIAN CHRONIC DEBTORS NOW MINISTERS, LEGISLATORS – AMCON BOSS
Gbeleyi Abayomi The managing director of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) Ahmed Kuru, has complained bitterly over the chronic debtors that are behind the over N5trillion debt burden which are ministers and national assembly members Speaking at a Breakfast Meeting, organized by the Nigerian–American Chamber of Commerce (NACC) on Wednesday, Kuru said the …
