Tag: Bribe
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17bn bribe: Lawmakers defend 7th assembly, tackle Okonjo-Iweala
Some of the lawmakers who held leadership positions during the 7th assembly have denied allegation that they took bribe [17 billion naira] as claimed by a former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, alleged in her book. Okonjo-Iweala, in her book, Fighting Corruption is Dangerous: The Story Behind the Headlines, revealed the blackmail and arm-twisting…
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LASU-ASUU demands probe of N5m bribe
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Lagos State University Chapter, has called for a probe into a N5million fraud allegedly committed by a senior official to facilitate processing of results by the university’s Senate. ASUU wants the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun, to investigate the N5 million allegedly collected by a former Assistant Director, School…
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How Agumogobia, Obla created shady company to collect bribe from lawyer – EFCC
A detective with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, identified as Lawal Abdullahi, on Friday in Lagos revealed how Godwin Obla, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia allegedly perverted the course of justice. Mr. Abdullahi alleged before an Ikeja High Court that Mr. Obla gave the Federal High Court judge N5…
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‘Evans offered us N200m bribe when arrested,’ says police detective, Abba Kyari
The Head of the Police, the Intelligence Response Team, [IRT] Unit, ACP Abba Kyari, that captured billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, aka, Evans, yesterday disclosed how his squad was offered a bribe of N200m by the Evans when he was captured by his officers. Abba Kyari who personally led the operation to arrest the kidnapper made…
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2015 Elections: How INEC officers received N264m bribe from Allison-Madueke – witness
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday, heard that two Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, employees, Christian Nwosu and Yisa Adegoyin, allegedly received N264million from a former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Allison-Madueke. A prosecution witness, Mr Timothy Olaobaju, said that the money was paid to Nwosu and Adedoyin in cash. Olaobaju said this while testifying…
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N23bn Diezani bribe: EFCC arraigns Jonathan’s ex-FCT minister, Akinjide, today
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, will on Thursday (today) arraign a former Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory, Jumoke Akinjide, for allegedly receiving N650m from a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, during the countdown to the 2015 general election. The money was said to be part of the $115m…
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I didn’t take N100m bribe to suspend Emir Sanusi’s probe – Kano Speaker
The Speaker, Kano State House of Assembly, Kabiru Rurum, has denied a media report that he received N100m bribe to suspend the probe of Emir of Kano, Mallam Muhammad Sanusi II. Rurum, on Tuesday in Kano, dismissed as false and an attempt to tarnish his image, the report by an online medium. He also gave…
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Senate indicts suspended SGF, Lawal, says he collected N507m bribe
The final report of the Senate ad-hoc Committee on Mounting Humanitarian Crisis in the North East has revealed that contractors paid over N500m in kickbacks to a company linked to the suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Engr. Babachir David Lawal. TheNewsGuru.com reports that an interim report, late last year, had indicted Lawal…
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2015 elections: Court jails INEC staff for alleged N122.4m bribe
A Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, Delta State has ordered that one Fidelia Omoile, a serving Independent National Electoral Commission’ s (INEC) official in Isoko- South Local Government Area of Delta State, to be remanded in prison custody for conspiracy and money laundering. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had accused Omoile of…