Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama has declared that Nigeria remained steadfast in the fight against corruption and called for close collaborations to fight the menace to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. According to report, Onyeama stated this at an event on “Building Interactive Coalition against Corruption to Achieve the SDGs” co-hosted by Britain, […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has signed an extradition treaty with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as part of efforts to rid Nigeria of corruption. The President, who signed the treaty on Thursday in Abuja, also ratified three other agreements covering legal assistance in criminal, civil and commercial matters, and extradition. The others treaties are Agreement on […]
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Leader of the Senate was on Wednesday cleared of corruption charges, ending of one of the most high-profile trials in President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-graft campaign. Lawyers for Bukola Saraki argued prosecutors had failed to establish a case alleging that he made a false declaration of his assets before and after his tenure as governor of […]
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The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday passed an executive bill seeking mutual assistance in criminal matters between Nigeria and foreign states. The bill, Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters between Nigeria and other Foreign States, 2017 (SB. 224) was read for the third time at plenary and eventually passed. Senate President, Bukola Saraki said the passage of […]
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Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has advocated the need to prioritize deterrence rather than punishment in other to permanently win the ongoing war against corruption. Saraki gave the charge in his speech at the Public Presentation and Book-Signing ceremony of Senator Dino Melaye’s book titled: “Antidotes For Corruption – The Nigerian Story”, held in […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has queried the Ibrahim Magu led Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC over recoveries of looted funds from Nigerians and organisations. Also queried by President Buhari are the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC; Ministry of Finance, Department of State Services, DSS, among others. […]
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Ex – President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday advocated a spiritual approach to the anti-corruption crusade in Nigeria, calling on the church to wield its influence against the menace. Obasanjo made the call in Abeokuta at the 2017 Convention Lecture of the Victory Life Bible Church International. He spoke on the theme: “The Role of the Church […]
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Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Friday, disagreed with the National Assembly budget, which the governor says lacks transparency. The governor also expressed doubt over the support or otherwise of the current National Assembly, particularly the Senate, in the fight against corruption by the President Muhammadu […]
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The Presidency on Sunday night maintained that the arrest of some justices and judges across the country by the Department of State Security (DSS) was an attack on corruption and not on judiciary. DSS at the weekend had recovered N93.5 million, $530,087 and £25,970 from three of the justices and judges in its custody. There […]
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The move analysts saw the above title as expansion of anti-corruption crusade to the private sector especially the Banking industry as the order direct all the 19 Deposit Money Banks in the country to declare their assets. The order, which came in a letter through the Banking Supervision Department of the CBN to all the 19 commercial […]
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The former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan yesterday defended his tenure, saying he fought corruption, but added that he is being investigated for graft by the present President administration, Muhammadu Buhari. He also denied leaving an empty treasury. In an interview with Bloomberg Television in London, aired yesterday, Dr.Jonahan said the threats by the Niger Delta […]
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Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia on Monday granted bail in the sum of N500,000 to a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Raymond Omatseye, who was convicted of contract scam. The judge had on May 20, 2016 convicted Omatseye of severally awarding contracts above the threshold stipulated by the Bureau of Public Procurement […]
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