Odumakin made this pronouncement while featuring on Space FM Ibadan’s programme, Parrot Xtra Hour on Radio, anchored by Olayinka Agboola, on Tuesday.
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But those who thought otherwise had strong arguments, too. The turmoil in the South South following the Ogoni crisis and the murder of Ken Saro-Wiwa by the government of General Sani Abacha, had heightened demands for “resource control” in the region. The crisis needed more than the appeasement offered under the existing fiscal structure.
The party said this in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Monday.
The Centre highlighted fair and upright application of the rules as one of three key areas in engaging the whistleblowing policy.
Prosecutors said that Diack, an 87-year-old Senegalese who led track and field’s governing body for nearly 16 years, directly or indirectly solicited 3.45 million euros ($3.9 million) from athletes suspected by the IAAF of doping.
ASCAB described as inconsistent the President’s statement contained in an article he wrote for the international magazine, Newsweek, adding that the $1 billion quoted by Buhari is barely one-fifth of the total amount top officials of the same government claimed to have recovered from the late military henchman.
Marcelo Navas was removed from office to prevent him from interfering with an investigation into the purchase of 170 Spanish ventilators, government spokeswoman Isabel Fernandez was quoted as saying.
Former Fifa executives took bribes in return for voting for Russia and Qatar to host the World Cup, according to US prosecutors.
The former Group Managing Director of ASCON Oil Company Limited, Grace Olowofoyeku, has named the factors that compelled the Board of Directors to approve that the company be sold.
The Adamawa State High Court sitting in Yola has sentenced a former Executive Secretary, Adamawa State Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board, Bishop Jingi Mayo, to five years imprisonment.
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday frowned at the manner the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission was prosecuting a former Comptroller General, Nigeria Customs Service, Abdullahi Dikko.
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has sought the assistance of the United Nations on the repatriation of looted funds back to Nigeria.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has re-arraigned Mohammed Yunusa, a dismissed judge of the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court, and Esther Agbo, a member of staff of the law chambers of Rickey Tarfa (SAN), at an Ikeja Special Offences Court.
The National Association of Nigerian Traders has advised the Federal Government and the Economic Community of West African States to address corruption and regional cross border trade challenges before adopting ECO Currency.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this on Monday in Lagos at a media briefing to present the major achievements of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration for the outgoing year 2019.
A new public survey released on Wednesday by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project shows that corruption remains a serious problem in Nigeria and affects majority of Nigerians despite Nigerian authorities’ oft-repeated commitment to address the problem.
Jega gave the advise while reviewing a book titled: “Curbing Electoral Spending” launched by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission on Monday in Abuja.
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offence Commission on Monday vowed to deal with corruption and corrupt tendencies with a degree of ruthlessness to reduce its effect on the nation’s economy and development.
Lawan disclosed this at the two-day National Summit on Diminishing Corruption in the Public Sector in Abuja.
Growing up in the late 60s through to the early 70s in Owo, Ondo State enriched my childhood experience. I had the wonderful fortune of living with my paternal grandmother, my uncle (her first child), as well as his caring wives, particularly the senior one. May Allah bless granny’s soul! Whenever my cousins and I were going to school, we enjoyed everything a child should have