We are all too familiar with the term “corruption” that there is at least a consensus that it is one of the obstacles to nation-building in Nigeria. Most Nigerians experience this malaise on a daily basis and indeed, our educational institutions are not immune to the virus.
Browsing: Kayode Oladele
Being a keynote address presented by Hon. Kayode Oladele, former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Financial Crimes in the 8th Assembly, aat an anti-corruption seminar in Abuja
How did the South Africans get it wrong? Does it mean that the present crop of South Africans don’t know their history? Does it mean that they lack proper understanding of the political economy of South Africa? Do they know who their real enemies are?
The assets of all public officials and senior political office holders will soon be open for public consumption, says Director, Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, Alhaji Modibbo Hamman-Tukur.
Hon. Kayode Oladele, member, House of Representatives representing Imeko-Afon and Yewa North Federal Constituency in Ogun State was on his way from Iperu where he had gone to congratulate and felicitate with the Ogun State Governor-elect, Prince Dapo Abiodun, and heading back to Abeokuta, the state capital, when an alleged assassination attempt was made on his life on Monday.
Amosun’s pronouncement on the House of Representatives seat was one of the many he made last week, including his own to head to the Senate after his tenure as governor next year
A member of the House of Representatives representing Yewa North and Imeko-Afon Federal Constituency and Chairman of the House Committee on Financial Crimes, Hon. Kayode Oladele, has expressed his deep condolences at the passing away of Kofi Annan, the first African Secretary-General of the United Nations and Nobel Peace Laureate.
Oladele described the shutting down of the National Assembly as a failed coup against democracy and a major constitutional infraction.
Oladele made this disclosure in a chat with the media in Abuja on Tuesday
The Bill, which seeks to harmonize and consolidate the existing legal frameworks, also seeks to establish a central agency to manage the proceeds recovered from illegally acquired properties.
The Bill was introduced by Hon. Kayode Oladele.
A bill for an Act to Amend the Public Holiday Act to give legal backing to the declaration of June 12 as Democracy Day on Wednesday scaled through the First Reading on the floor of the House of Representatives.
Oladele’s congratulatory message was contained in a letter he personally signed.
These funds typically originate from three main sources. Firstly, commercial tax evasion, trade mis-invoicing and abusive transfer pricing, that involves mostly multinational enterprises. These account for 65% of Illicit Financial Flows. The second aspect involves criminal activities, including the drug trade, human trafficking, illegal arms dealing, and the smuggling of contraband etc., which account for 30 per cent of Illicit Financial Flows. The third component comprises corruption, bribery and theft by corrupt government officials, which account for 5 per cent of IFFs, according to the Report of the AU/ECA High Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows of 2014.
Describing the rumour as the work of mischief makers, Oladele, who spoke with the press over the weekend, stated that there was no iota of truth in the report
This development has led the principal prosecution witness in the EFCC’s case against Daniel, Tunde Oladunjoye, withdrawing from appearing physically