Tag: CCB

DSS debunks online media reports on alleged invasion of ICPC,CCB Offices

Emporium Reporters

The Department of State Services (DSS) has refuted reports by sections of the online media particularly SaharaReporters, Peoples Gazette and Jackson Ude on alleged invasion of ICPC and CCB Offices.   The Service in a statement by its Spokesperson,Dr.Afunanya Peter stated that the news platforms variously and wrongly fed the public with misleading narratives and accusations against it.     DSS said; “For instance, SaharaReporters wrote that the Service stormed the Independent Corrupt Pratices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and carted away certain…

I acquired my family assets before I became Governor – Seriake Dickson

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Former Governor of Bayelsa state and Senator representing Bayelsa West in the National Assembly, Senator Henry Seriake Dickson has maintained that his family assets were acquired in 2007 with loans,and were repeatedly declared to Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB)before he became Governor. He however described the petition before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission as frivolous. Sen.Dickson in a statement was reacting to the invited extended to him by the EFCC as a result of petitions submitted by NGO to the commission which bothered on Dickson tenure as Bayelsa state Governor…

Assets declaration: CCB to launch online verification portal

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The Code of Conduct Bureau will launch its online asset declaration portal on December 9, 2020, Prof. Isah Mohammad, its Chairman, has said. Mohammed, who disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja at the inauguration of assets declaration committees of the bureau, said that the portal would reduce the stress of manual filling and compilation of forms. “One of the tasks we undertook when we came into office in the last two years is to see how we can digitize and automate the bureau’s services and operations. “By the grace of God,…