Tag: Looters
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Banks aiding looters, says EFCC boss,Magu
The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, has accused banks of creating a friendly atmosphere for looters to operate. He added that some banks were currently behind the moves to separate the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit and the EFCC. Magu further alleged that when the NFIU is established as…
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Bill seeking amnesty for treasury looters unconstitutional – Falana
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has condemned a bill in the House of Representatives seeking amnesty for treasury looters. The bill seeks to allow those who loot public treasury to return about 70 per cent of the stolen funds in exchange for total amnesty from prosecution. The bill was sponsored by Linus Okorie (Peoples Democratic…
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Court orders FG to publish names of suspected looters
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Wednesday ordered the Federal Government to “immediately release to Nigerians information about the names of high ranking public officials from whom public funds were recovered and the circumstances under which funds were recovered, as well as the exact amount of funds recovered from each public official.” The…
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Nigerians are fed up with corruption, looters – Magu
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has said Nigerians are fed up with corruption as obtained in both public and private institutions. He explained that the anti-graft agency has achieved a lot in the fight against corruption because President Muhammadu Buhari gave the agency a free hand to…
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Looters richer than 3-tiers of govt combined – FG
The Federal Government on Sunday in Abuja said the recent clampdown on looters by the joint efforts of whistleblowers and the Economic Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC shows that monies at the disposal of looters is more than that of the three tiers of government. The federal government noted that its whistleblowing programming has been very…
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We have recovered over N57.9bn, $666.68m from looters – FG
The Federal Government has said it has recovered over N57.9 billion and $666.68 million through the ongoing anti-corruption war. Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, made the revelation on Friday in Abuja while defending the ministry’s 2017 Appropriation bill before the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal…
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Looters behind Buhari’s death rumour – Ojudu
The Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Senator Babefemi Ojudu has said only those who had looted the country dry and were afraid of facing the music would wish the president dead. Ojodu spoke on Saturday at Ado Ekiti while hosting leaders and members of the All Progressives Congress in the state. He…