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Trouble With Anti Corruption Agency in Nigeria By Abba Dukawa

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The corrupt man is everywhere, the man on the street, the man next door, the man in the church or mosque, the man in the market or the departmental store, the policeman on beat patrol and the soldier at the check point (Okadigbo, 1987) The present administration came to power through change mantra of President Buhari with his top three cardinal promises in economic development, fighting insecurity and corruption. Still Nigerians are deep languishing in extremely poverty as result of the corruption and the fighting remain a mare political statements…

NCC Pledges Sustained Commitment To Regulatory Transparency … As ICPC inaugurates NCC’s anti-graft unit

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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has pledged to continually maintain high ethical standards in all its regulatory activities consistent with the Federal Government’s efforts to entrench the culture of accountability and transparency in the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the Federal Government. The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, gave the commitment at the inauguration of NCC’s Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit (ACTU) by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Thursday, December 10, 2020 in Abuja. ACTU is the…

ICPC Boss charges N’Assembly to support fight against corruption, inefficiency with Legislative power

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The Chairman of Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC),Prof. Bolaji Owosanoye has charged the 9th National Assembly to use its legislative investigative powers in curbing corruption, inefficiency and waste in the current system of government. Owosanoye said this on Monday in Abuja at a Legislative conference with theme ” Legislative investigative powers: Expectations, challenges and way forward” organised by Hallowmace Media in conjunction with the National Orientation Agency (NOA). The ICPC Chairman who spoke through his Chief of Staff, Esa Onoja, said Sections (88) and (89) of…

N’Assembly won’t back down on NDDC probe – Senate …dares Commission to provide corruption evidence against lawmakers to EFCC, ICPC

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Spokesman of the Senate, Senator Akinola Bashiru, has said that the National Assembly will under no circumstance back down on its probe of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). This was just as the spokesman dared the Commission to provide evidence of alleged corruption claims against lawmakers of the Senate and House of Representatives to anti-graft agencies for investigation. Ajibola made the official position of the upper chamber known in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday. According to the lawmaker, no amount of blackmail against lawmakers or the institution…

ICPC Chair To Inaugurate ACTU In NYSC

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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission ICPC has said plans were underway to inaugurate Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit in NYSC. It said ACTU has the mandate to educate public servants on the dangers of corruption and guide against its practice. ICPC Chairman, Professor Bolaji Owasanoye stated this while playing host to NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim in his office in Abuja. The Chairman described NYSC as a youth friendly institution and urged Corps Members to assist the commission in it’s crusade against corruption in order to…

Visa Fraudsters Bag 4-Year Jail Term

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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has secured the conviction of two men, Olusola Alabi and Balogun Teslim, to four years imprisonment over visa fraud. The accused persons were charged before Hon. Justice Mojishola Dada, of a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, on three counts bordering on procuring false documents to mislead a constituted authority. The court was told by ICPC that the offence committed by the accused persons violated Section 25(1) (a) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000 and was…

ICPC Gets New Boss

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The baton of leadership of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has been handed over to the Secretary to the Commission, Dr. Musa Usman Abubakar. In a brief ceremony which was witnessed by the heads of departments and other senior management staff, the former acting Chairman of the Commission and two-term Board Member, Alh. Bako Abdullahi, said he was handing over to the Secretary as his tenure as a Member had come to an end. He expressed his gratitude to the government for having been given…

Civil Servant Arraigned Over Fake ICAN Certificate

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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned a Civil Servant with the office of Auditor-General of the Federation (AUGF) Mr. Lebi Ayodele James, before Hon. Justice Yusuf Halliru of High Court 32 of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on a 3-count charge bordering on false statement and forgery. The charge sheet revealed that Ayodele, being a public officer in the AUGF’s office knowingly made a “false statement” to the Director of Administration and Human Resources of the same office when he wrote an application letter requesting…

ANTI GRAFT WAR: ALL RECOVERED ASSETS TO BE SOLD-OFF – BUHARI

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President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Daura, his hometown, said all mismanaged and misappropriated national assets recovered will be sold off and proceeds paid to the treasury for the benefit of the country. President Buhari who gave the assurance when he received representatives of social groups in Daura Emirate said his administration will continue to pursue a robust, effective and legitimate anti-corruption campaign that safeguards the treasury and commonwealth of all Nigerians. The President said he would not allow a repeat of what happened in the 1980s when buildings and other…

Anti-Corruption Directors Embezzle N4.5M for Anti-Corruption Celebration

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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has dragged a Deputy Director in the Federal Ministry of Works, Mr. Mohammed Musa Abimiku, to court for embezzling N4.5 million belonging to the Ministry. Abimiku was charged by ICPC alongside an Assistant Director in the Ministry, Mr. Micah Paman who was the Chairman of the Ministry’s Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit (ACTU), before Justice A. O. Adeniyi of FCT High Court 20, Apo, Abuja, on a 10-count charge bordering on using their offices to corruptly enrich themselves. Counsel to ICPC,…