Tag: corruption
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Allegations of corruption, bribery won’t stop me in 2019 – Shittu
The Minister of Communications, Barrister Adebayo Shittu has said allegations of corruption and fraud leveled against him by his former public relations assistant won’t make him back out of the 2019 governorship race in Oyo State. Recall that the minister’s aide, Victor Oluwadamilare had in a March 12 letter, published by Sahara Reporters on March…
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Corruption allegations: Buhari’s minister, Shittu tags former aide ‘Judas’, ‘sinking man’
President Muhammadu Buhari’s minister of communications, Adebayo Shittu, has reacted to media reports on corruption allegations leveled on his person by his former aide, Victor Oluwadamilare. Describing Oluwadamilare as a sinking man, Shittu said some of the foreign trips he embarked upon brought benefits worth billions of naira to the country. He also rdenied the…
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BREAKING: Court frees Justice Ngwuta of corruption charges
A Federal High Court in Abuja has freed Justice Sylvester Ngwuta of the Supreme Court from his trial on corruption charges. Justice John Tsoho, in a ruling, relied on the Court of Appeal decision in the case of Justice Hyeladzira Nganjiwa of the Federal High Court, and held that the prosecution in the Justice Ngwuta…
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Corruption is endemic, can’t be wiped out anywhere in the world – Oyegun
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has said that corruption is a worldwide problem and its difficult for anyone to singlehandedly eliminate. Oyegun, however, noted that the President Muhammadu Buhari administration is firmly committed to curbing the monster to the bearest minimum in the country. The APC chairman who…
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Corruption trial: Court lacks jurisdiction to try Justice Yunusa’s case – Lawyer
The defence in the corruption trial of Justice Mohammed Yunusa, a judge of the Federal High Court, said on Friday that an Ikeja Special Offences Court lacked the jurisdiction try the case. The defence counsel, Mr Robert Clarke (SAN), made the assertion at Friday’s proceedings on the two preliminary objections filed by the defence before…
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Passage of Audit Services Bill will boost fight against corruption – Saraki
President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki on Thursday stated that the passage of the Federal Audit Services Bill by the National Assembly will further boost the fight against corruption when assented to by President Muhammadu Buhari. Saraki made the remarks at plenary after the adoption of the conference report on the Bill by…
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CJN unveils 13 reforms to curb corruption, delayed proceedings, others in Judiciary
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen on Tuesday unveils thirteen (13) reforms aimed at purging the Judiciary to serve the people better. Unfolding 13 reforms designed to sanitise the judiciary and rid it of corruption, the CJN said he must henceforth approve all overseas’ trips by judges. The CJN, who spoke at…
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Corruption index: SERAP backs TI, urges Buhari to take ranking as a ‘wake-up call’
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged “the government of President Muhammadu Buhari to see the Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index (CPI), published last week, as a wake-up call to renew its oft-expressed commitment and raise its game to fight both grand and petty corruption, as well as end the legacy of impunity rather…
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Corruption ratings: Transparency International report erroneous – Sagay
The chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Prof Itse Sagay (SAN) on Thursday faulted the latest Corruption Perception Index (CPI) released by Transparency International (TI) describing it as ‘erroneous’. The index, which ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption, uses a scale of 0 to 100,…
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What Presidency makes of Transparency International recent ranking of Nigeria under Buhari
Mallam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, has said the recent ranking by Transparency International of Nigeria as 14th corrupt country might have a political undertone, and not necessarily be based on facts. TheNewsGuru reports global anti-corruption watchdog, TI’s Corruption Perception Perception Index (CPI) scored Nigeria 28 out 100,…