Tag: corruption
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Embattled AFN president vows to unravel corrupt practices
Ibrahim Shehu-Gusau, embattled President, Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), has said that the federation will work diligently to unravel all corrupt practices in the federation. Shehu-Gusau said this on Sunday in a news conference to address the situation of things happening in the federation. He said that the measure was in keeping with the President…
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U.S. advocates tougher fight against corruption
By Dayo Benson New York As countries around the globe grapple with the hydra-headed monster of corruption in the polity, United States has charged them to intensify fight against corruption, which it says stifles economic growth, enables transnational crime and fuels terrorism. Secretary of State Micheal Pompeo, said this in a statement Monday, on the…
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Nigerians are still shamelessly corrupt –Sagay
The Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay, said President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration had made a lot of progress in the fight against corruption, but Nigerians are still shamelessly corrupt. Sagay made the statement while speaking with journalists at the Centenary Anniversary Lecture of the Anglican Church held at All Souls’ Church, Lekki,…
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Accountants’Conference asks FG to adopt education, prevention, sanctions in fight against corruption
…Wants unemployment, poverty addressed by FG through entrepreneurship programmes for youths The Accountants’ Conference of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) has recommended a three-way approach to the Federal Government in its fight against corruption. The Conference urged the Government to adopt education, prevention and sanctions in its anti-corruption drive towards positioning the…
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Corruption responsible for insurgency, kidnapping in Nigeria – Buhari
…orders EFCC to go tougher on corrupt Nigerians As the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) completed training of 328 new detectives, President Muhammadu Buhari has charged the antigraft agency to go tougher on corrupt Nigerians. He said corruption was the major cause of insurgency, kidnapping, armed banditry and poverty in the country. President Buhari…
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Corruption not limited to Judiciary in Nigeria – Justice Tsoho
The newly sworn-in Acting Chief Judge (CJ) of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, has expressed his views on how anti-graft war in the judiciary can be a success. Tsoho spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)after he was sworn in as acting Chief Judge of the Federal High Court by the Chief…
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Alleged N25bn fraud: Why FG withdrew corruption charges against me – Goje
Former Gombe State Governor, Senator Danjuma Goje, on Thursday threw light on the withdrawal of criminal charges against him by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami. Goje in a statement by his lawyer, Paul Paul Erokoro (SAN), said that the two counts of the charge that were withdrawn by the Attorney-General were…
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Alleged corruption: EFCC submits names of individuals on watch list to immigration
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has submitted the particulars of individuals on its watch list to the Nigerian Immigration Service in Ilorin. The commission added that those individuals were under its investigation. Prominent in the list is immediate past Secretary to the State Government Isiaka Gold; former Commissioner for Finance Ademola Banu; former…
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New NNPC GMD, Kyari vows to collaborate EFCC to fight corruption
The new Group Managing Director (GMD), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Malam Mele Kyari says the corporation will partner with Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to fight corruption in its operations. Kyari disclosed this in his address at the Valedictory Session held for the outgoing GMD, Dr Maikanti Baru, in Abuja on Monday. Kyari…
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FG withdraws corruption case against Goje
A Federal High Court sitting in Jos Friday has quashed the charges on sales of 50 old-buses against Senator Danjuma Goje and thereafter discharged him. It is suspected that the withdrawal of Goje from the contesting the Senate Presidency against President Muhammadu Buhari’s favourite for the position, Ahmed Lawan, earned him the deal to drop…