Tag: corruption
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We gave our wives N80m only for Dubai trip – Lagos Speaker, Obasa
Follow @OlufemiAjasa The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, on Saturday appeared before the state assembly panel of enquiry on the corruption allegations levelled against him by an online medium (Not TheNewsGuru). Obasa told the panel that the allegations were untrue and that it was the handiwork of his enemies. The…
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Alleged corruption at AfDB: U.S. rejects Adesina’s exoneration, demands fresh probe
The United States has rejected the clean bill given Dr. Akinwumi Adesina by the African Development Bank ethics committee, over corruption allegations. Instead, the U.S. has called for an independent probe, thus upending AfDB’s board decision to end an investigation against Adesina. In a letter dated May 22 and addressed to Niale Kaba, chairwoman of…
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Time to scrap the corruption ridden NDDC – Mideno Bayagbon
By Mideno Bayagbon About 16 years ago, in my column in Vanguard newspapers, i called for the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, still tottering in its infancy, to be shut down. My grouse and those of many Niger Deltans then, was that the commission was becoming the centre of daylight robbery, of massive looting, of…
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PTI reacts to PENGASSAN’s corruption, contract racketeering allegations
The Petroleum Training Institute (PTI) has debunked corruption allegations leveled against it by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN). In a statement circulated to newsmen Monday, and signed by the deputy director, Public Affairs, Brown Ukanefimoni, the PTI management warned the perpetrators that such allegations are tantamount to slander and…
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Selective prosecution: You’re not sincere in your anti-corruption crusade, youth tells Buhari
A group of youth from the six geopolitical zones of the country has condemned the alleged lopsidedness in the anti-corruption fight of the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. The group under the aegis of Federation of Progressive Youth (FPY) through its press statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by its National President, Mr. Felix Afegbua,…
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Buhari congratulates EFCC, insists Nigeria winning war against corruption
As 281 Detective Inspectors joined the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari has said that, he will ensure that, there is no hiding place for corrupt persons and proceeds of corruption in Nigeria. The President equally said that, his administration is determined to ensure that no government financial transaction is…
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PDP, SERAP mock Buhari over Transparency International’s report on worsening corruption
The Federal Government has berated Transparency International for naming Nigeria as the second most corrupt country in West Africa. The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), said there was no evidence to back the report by TI which placed Nigeria at 146 out of the 180 countries on the…
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Buhari unserious about fighting corruption – Ango Abdullahi
Ango Abdullahi, acting chairman of Northern Elders Forum (NEF), says President Muhammadu Buhari is not serious about fighting corruption. Abdullahi made the remarks during a media chart with newsmen in Kaduna shortly after the opening ceremony of a public lecture on education, on Tuesday. He said the prisons would have been filled with corrupt politicians…