Tag: corruption
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Alleged N5bn fraud: Shema runs to appeal court
Former governor of Katsina State, Ibrahim Shehu Shema has approached the court of appeal sitting in Kaduna to set aside the ruling of the Federal High Court Katsina which had on April 23, 2018 dismissed his preliminary objection to the corruption charge brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Counsel to…
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Is Kemi Adeosun a corruption that is fighting back? – Godwin Etakibuebu
Godwin Etakibuebu We ran the first part one of this article last week with a promise of concluding the topic today. It means that what you are now reading is fulfillment of promise made. Like as l said last week in the opening paragraph of the discussion, the topic is properly and adequately captured for…
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Journalists should expose corruption, bad governance – Sen. Sodangi
A three-term senator, Alhaji Abubakar Sodangi, has urged journalists to expose corruption and bad governance to save the country from its negative consequences. Sodangi, who represented Nasarawa West in the Senate from 1999 to 2011 under PDP, made the call on Monday in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Nasarawa. Sodangi, who…
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I won’t surrender to corruption – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that the option of surrendering to corruption will never be considered by his government. The president, in a Sallah message yesterday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said corruption has the capacity of destroying the very fabric of Nigerian society. Buhari, who just returned from…
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Preaching against corruption: Omokri, Sani lampoon Ag President Osinbajo
Reno Omokri, former social media aide to Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan and Kaduna Central Senator Shehu Sani have lampooned Acting President Yemi Osinbajo for berating gospel preachers not preaching against corruption. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports the duo were reacting to Osinbajo’s utterances on Saturday in Enugu State, during the 30th National Biennial Conference of the Students Christian…
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Corruption: No going back on Buhari’s Executive Order No 6 – Minister
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the Federal Government will not be intimidated by criticisms from those opposed to the Executive Order No. 6 signed by President Muhammadu Buhari on July 5. The executive order empowers the Federal Government to temporarily seize landed properties suspected to be proceeds of financial…
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Corruption is most deeply entrenched culture in Nigeria – Magu
The Acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, on Wednesday described corruption as “most extensive and deeply entrenched culture” in Nigeria. Magu said between January and July this year, the Commission had secured 142 convictions including that of two former governors – Joshua Dariye (Plateau) and Rev. Jolly Nyame (Taraba).…
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War against corruption can’t be won by EFCC alone – Magu
The Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has reiterated the determination of the commission to win the war against corruption , saying war against corruption cannot be won by EFCC alone. Magu said this on the occasion of the Road Walk Against Corruption commemorating the African Anti-Corruption Day with the theme…
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Corruption: Buhari signs Executive Order on ‘preservation of suspicious assets’
President Muhammadu Buhari has on Thursday signed an Executive Order on the Preservation of Suspicious Assets Connected with Corruption. He signed the order inside the council chamber of the State House, Presidential Villa Abuja. Buhari had on Wednesday while hosting the President of Namibia, Hage Geingob, said as a military Head of State, he seized…
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How Transparency International is frustrating our fight against corruption – FG
The Federal Government has admonished the global anti-corruption body, Transparency International (TI) and local civil society organisations affiliated to it, to stop frustrating its anti corruption fight. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed gave the admonition when he received a TI delegation, led by the Chair of the body’s International Board, Delia…