The Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, has revealed that the commission recovered over N117 billion between January and August. Owasanoye disclosed this before the House of Representatives’ committees on anti-corruption and appropriation during the commission’s defence of the 2023 Budget Proposal in …
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ICPC Freezes 1,233 Bank Accounts, Ex-governor May Lose 29 Duplexes
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has seized no fewer than 97 property from different individuals in the past four years. The list of seized assets include 33 buildings, plots of land and a factory forfeited to the Federal Government by a former accountant with the Joint Admission …
Read More »ICPC Honours Policeman Who Rejected $200,000 Bribe From Robbers
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), has honoured a serving policeman, CSP Daniel Itse Amah, with the 2022 Public Service Integrity Award. This was part of the activities at the 4th National Summit on Diminishing Corruption in the public sector organised by the ICPC which held …
Read More »Polytechnic Lecturers Protest EFCC Detention Of Colleagues
THE leadership and members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic, Federal Polytechnic Ado-Ekiti chapter, has taken to the street to express their displeasure over what they described as illegal detention of their members by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC). The aggrieved …
Read More »Osun Elections: ICPC Arrests Suspected Vote Buyers
At least three persons suspected of vote buying in the Osun gubernatorial election were arrested by operatives of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), on election monitoring duties. This was revealed in a statement on Saturday, July 16, in Abuja by the spokesperson for ICPC, Mrs Azuka …
Read More »I’ve No House In Wuse – Buratai Reacts To ‘Recovery Of N1.85bn In His Apartment’
Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai, has denied having a home in Wuse, Abuja, contrary to reports that his home was raided by the operatives of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC. Buratai in a statement signed by his Legal Advisor, OSUAGWU Ugochukwu …
Read More »Businesswoman Arraigned For Duping Job Seekers Of N4.5m, Impersonating Late Chief Of Staff, Abba Kyari
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has arraigned a business woman, Mrs. Ramat Mercy Mba, for allegedly defrauding job seekers of N4.5 million. Mba, who was docked before Justice Ibrahim Mohammed of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Gwagwalada, on Tuesday June 14, was also …
Read More »ICPC Boss, Owasanoye Reveals How To Curb Illicit Financial Flows
The Chairman of Nigeria’s Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Mr Bolaji Owasanoye, has rallied a global action against Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs), including a call for a global framework on IFFs similar to corruption. Mr Owasanoye made this call at a side event of the ongoing hybrid …
Read More »World Anti-Corruption Day: Be Decisive, Non-Partisan in Fighting Corruption, NGIJ Tells Buhari
Nigerian Guild of Investigative Journalists, NGIJ has urged Buhari – led administration to be decisive, nonpartisan and follow rule of law in its fight against corruption. This is contained in a release issued in Lagos and signed by the President of the Guild, Wale Abydeen and made available to pressmen. …
Read More »Allen Onyema: From hero to villain?
When in September, in the wake of Xenophobic attacks on Nigerians, Air Peace Limited Chairman, Allen Onyema volunteered to fly Nigerians in South Africa back home, the entire nation was awash with his praise. Nigerians were being brutalised and killed by savage South Africans. There was uproar in the land …
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