Corruption

The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has told the nation to give the anti-corruption agency two weeks within which it would conclude and report back to the nation the issue of corruption in the…

The Presidency has said the allegation of corruption against Abba Kyari, the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, was a concocted fiction.

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has restated that getting rid of corruption and entrenching good governance will be better for Nigeria than simple geographical restructuring.

The outgoing Ambassador of Denmark to Nigeria, Torben Gettermann, has stressed the need for Nigerians to hold politicians, companies and individuals accountable to win anti-corruption crusade in the country.

The Chief Imam of Ijebu-Ode, Alhaji Mufutau Ayanbadejo, has decried the spate of corruption in the country, and urged President Muhammadu Buhari not to relent in the anti-corruption war.

The Special Assistant to the President Muhammadu Buhari on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has urged Nigerians in Diaspora to support the president in his fight against corruption.

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, has predicted that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, is dying and would soon be history in Nigeria.

The permanent secretary also lauded the appointment of Buhari in January by the African Union to serve as the ‘Champion of the theme of the year’ for the continental body.

President Muhammadu Buhari made the declaration while signing Executive Order No. 6 of 2018 on the preservation of assets connected with serious corruption and other relevant offences, at the Presidential villa, Abuja.

Mohammed said this on Wednesday when he paid a visit to Delia Ferreria Rubio, Chairperson of Transparency International in Abuja.

The union said this would boost President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption war and fast track national development.

Speaking in Jalingo at a dinner with journalists organized to mark the Press Freedom Day, the envoy said Nigerian had a lot to learn from the Caribbean Island on the extent to which a nation could develop if corruption was checked.

Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), the Chairman, Presidential Advisory on Anti-Corruption, made the assertion on Tuesday at a symposium in Lagos.

Acting Chairman of the commission, Ibrahim Magu, raised the concern at the 7th Triennial National Delegates Conference of the National Council of Muslim Youth Organisations in Ibadan.

AFRICMIL’s project against graft is themed: “Corruption Anonymous,” while Akin Fadeyi Foundation took the nation by storm when it launched: “Corruption Not In My Country,” a series of audio-visual TV commercials against corruption at the…

Abrahams said: “After consideration of the matter, I am of the view that there are reasonable prospects of successful prosecution of Zuma on the charges listed in the indictment.”

The Chairman of the association, Umar Usman, made this known while briefing newsmen in Gusau on Wednesday.

The defence counsel, Robert Clarke (SAN), made the assertion at Friday’s proceedings on the two preliminary objections filed by the defence before the court.

Most detainees were released after reaching settlements with the authorities, who say they arranged to seize more than 100 billion dollars in assets through such deals.

Akaraiwe made the assertion while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria in Port Harcourt on the recent report of the Transparency International, ranking Nigeria low in corruption fight.