THE Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has reportedly questioned Chris Ngige, a former Minister of Labour and Employment, over alleged contract irregularities and job racketeering at the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) during his tenure. Previously, the ICPC had called in senior NSITF officials …
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THE Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has inaugurated a 12-member anti-corruption and transparency unit (ACTU) at the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Zacch Adedeji, chairman of FIRS, set up the unit to drive transparency and accountability in tax collection processes and ensure zero tolerance for unethical …
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THE Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) has warned against undermining the Supreme Court judgment on local government autonomy. The ICPC Chairman, Dr Musa Aliyu, gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. Aliyu spoke on the sidelines of the …
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THE Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has confirmed that some officials of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) have been arrested over the ₦90 billion hajj subsidy. The spokesperson of the commission, Demola Bakare, told TheCable that some NAHCON officials were arrested by the …
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Commissioners for Education in the country will engage with the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) in Abuja to strategise on the best way to address the pervasive issue of sexual harassment in tertiary institutions. The meeting, which is expected to focus on sexual harassment in tertiary …
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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), on Monday, arraigned Abubakar Sambo, Director of Finance and Account of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) for alleged fraud to the tune of N1.84 billion. Sambo was arraigned before Justice Bolaji Olajuwon of a Federal High Court, Abuja on three-count …
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A Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in the Apo area of Abuja has sentenced a staff of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Quadri Ismail Adeyinka, to seven years imprisonment for committing international passport fraud. The Immigration officer was sentenced to prison after he was arraigned by the Independent Corrupt Practices …
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A Federal High sitting in Apo, Abuja has ordered the arrest of former Director General of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies, Professor Ladi Aisha Hamalai over failure to appear in the corruption case preferred against her by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). …
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MINISTER of Interior, Mr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, says corruption and corrupt practices fuel insecurity in the country, calling for all hands to be on deck to fight the menace. The minister said this, when he paid a courtesy visit to Dr Musa Aliyu, SAN, the Chairman of Independent Corrupt Practices and …
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THE Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned a former Chairman of the defunct Special Presidential Investigation Panel for Recovery of Public Property (SPIP), Okoi Ofem Obono-Obla, over allegations of certificate forgery. In a two-count charge filed at the Jos Judicial Division of the High Court …
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