The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye (SAN), has called on legal practitioners and members of the Nigerian Bar Association to work in tandem with law enforcement agencies to curb money laundering and terrorism financing.
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This is sequel to an invitation sent to the PCACC and its officials by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) and Code of Conduct Bureau, respectively, to answer questions over the administration of the commission from 2011 to date.
He made this disclosure on Thursday in Abuja at the one-day hybrid sensitisation workshop on the published “Guidelines for Private Sector Response to Illicit Financial Flow (IFF) Vulnerabilities in Nigeria” organised by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).
The gathering is a one-day hybrid sensitization workshop on the published “Guidelines for Private Sector Response to IFF Vulnerabilities in Nigeria”, scheduled to hold on 17th August, 2023, at the Ultra-modern Auditorium of the ICPC in Abuja.
The event, according to the agency’s Spokesperson, Azuka Ogugua, is slated for Tuesday, August 15, will be physical and virtual, aimed at addressing negative social norms bedevilling the country while provoking behavioural change in citizens.
He was charged by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission before the State High Court.
Senator Adamu Bulkachuwa has accused the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), the Department of State Services (DSS) and others of colluding with his political enemies to harass him.
The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, revealed this on Tuesday in Abuja.
In a statement endorsed by its Chairman, Olanrewaju Suraju, the anti-corruption group emphasises the urgency for Nigeria’s anti-corruption agencies to rise to the occasion and take immediate action in investigating alleged corruption cases, particularly those involving high-profile individuals and politically exposed persons (PEPs).
The defendant was dragged before Honourable Justice A. A. Fashola of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court 34, sitting in Jabi, Abuja.
The African Union Anti-Corruption Day is commemorated annually on the 11th of July as designated by African Union via the adoption of the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption (AUCPCC) in recognition of the vast progress in the war against corruption on the African continent and the need to reflect on the approaches to end the vice.
Spokesman for DSS, Dr Peter Afunanya, said this in a statement issued on Sunday.
The CCB made its position known in a statement by Daniel Okafor, its Director of Education and Advocacy Services.
The commission was reacting to a report that the Department for State Services, DSS stormed one of the commission’s offices and carted away files implicating the president and his close aides.
The former Senator, while speaking at the 9th Senate valedictory session, had said Zainab Bulkachuwa, his wife, used her position as a judge to favour his colleagues in the red chamber.
The trio, according to a press statement by the ICPC Spokesperson, Azuka Ogugua, were arraigned before Justice J. E. Obanor of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court 29 sitting in Jabi, Abuja, Nigeria’s capital.
The duo were brought before Justice O. A. Musa of the Federal Capital Territory High Court 7, sitting in Jabi, Abuja via a Charge No: CR/151/2022.
Stelzer, who arrived the country on Tuesday, met with the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye at the office of the Anti-Corruption Academy of Nigeria (ACAN) in Keffi.
The court had fined the Commission N1 million damages and cost of N200,000 for the arrest and detention of Ojerinde.
Ojerinde’s Charge No: FHC/ABJ/CR/119/2023 revealed FRN v Prof Lawrence Adedibu Ojerinde and 10 others is coming up for arraignment today, Thursday, 15 June, 2023 before Hon Justice Inyang Ekwo of Federal High Court 7, 3rd floor, Abuja.