Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Olanipekun Olukoyede, has said that he turned down offers of not less than N500m given to him by many Nigerians when his mother died in his home state of Ekiti. He said this on Thursday at the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) 38th…
Fela Durotoye Fela Durotoye, leadership coach and politician has revealed how he resisted pressure from a presidency official to embezzle N5 billion from government coffers. Church Times Nigeria reports that Fela Durotoye, a former presidential candidate of the defunct Alliance for New Nigeria, made the disclosure on Tuesday at the ongoing biannual conference of the…
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the opposition Labour Party (LP) have clashed over Nigeria’s latest ranking as the 36th most corrupt country in the world. In its 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index released on Tuesday, Transparency International placed Nigeria in the 36th position on the global corruption index, alongside Uganda, Mexico, Madagascar, Iraq, and…
Former senior special adviser to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari on prosecution, Okoi Obono-Obla, has strongly advocated for the introduction of the death penalty for corruption and economic crimes. This recommendation was made during his address at the 16th Edition of the Ralph Opara Memorial Lecture, organized by the National Association of Seadogs (Pyrates Confraternity) in Calabar….
Muhuyi Rimingado, the chairman of the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC) has been arrested over an allegation of the diversion of N4 billion. It was gathered that Rimingado has been linked to a high-profile corruption case in the state and is billed to be moved to Abuja A source within the commission…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has warned that any attack on any of its officers will be met with the full force of the law. The anti graft Commission said it will not fold its arms and allow any of its officers to be killed in cold blood again. The commission was reacting…
