The Federal Government has conferred national honours on a bank security guard and airport cleaner. The duo bagged the Federal Republic Medal II (FRM II), and were part of the 450 Nigerians that were honoured by President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday at the...
CORRUPTION SCRAPBOOK
Alleged N400m Fraud: Court Strikes Out Charge Against Olisa Metuh
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday struck out the fresh charges against Olisa Metuh by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over alleged N400 million money laundering. Justice Nwite struck it out after considering the...
349 Ghost Schools Benefitting From Nigerian Government’s Feeding Programme In Nasarawa
The enumeration committee of the Federal Government's homegrown feeding programme for public primary schools has uncovered 349 ghost schools in Nasarawa State. The team leader of the committee and adviser to the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Mallam Abdullahi...
ICPC Uncovers N400bn Budget Padding, N50bn Ghost Workers’ Salaries
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission on Thursday said the 2021 and 2022 budgets were padded with duplicated projects worth N400bn by ministries, departments and agencies. It also said N49.9bn was earmarked as salaries for ghost...
Alleged Money Laundering: EFCC Files 11-Count Charge Against Ogun Speaker Oluomo
The Economic & Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed an 11 count charge of conspiracy, forgery and stealing against the Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo and three others. The charge was filed by the EFFC’s Lagos Head of Legal...
2023: We won’t work on politically motivated petitions -ICPC
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has warned politicians against frivolous corruption petitions against opponents. The ICPC Chairman, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye gave the warning on Friday in...
EFCC hails NYSC members, restate stance on vote buying
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has commended the National Youth Service Corps for its deployment policy of posting Corps members to all the nooks and crannies of the country to add value to their host communities. It said the commission would...
Police Arrest Suspected Fake Soldiers With Charms In Lagos
The police in Lagos have arrested two suspected fake soldiers in the state. This was confirmed in a statement on Friday by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Benjamin Hundeyin. One of the suspects, 39-year-old Oluwatosin Gabriel, was apprehended during...
Three arraigned for selling twins N3m, killing mum
The Enugu State Police Command has arraigned three women for an alleged conspiracy, trafficking of newborn twins and subsequent killing of their mother. This was contained in a statement on Friday by the command’s spokesman Daniel Ndukwe. The statement noted that the...
EFCC arraigns Cubana manager for money laundering, partner Precious Ofure convicted
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday arraigned Lucky Uchechukwu Ndukwe, a manager with Cubana Group. Ndukwe was arraigned alongside Precious Omonkhoa Ofure before Justice O. A. Fadipe of the Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos. The...