The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of a civil servant, Mr. Ewere Morgan Eseosa, for receiving double salaries in gross violation of anti-corruption laws. Following a detailed investigation, the commission uncovered that Mr. Eseosa had been simultaneously drawing salaries from two separate government entities: the University of…
A mild drama played out at the office of the Lagos Island East Local Council Development Area, LCDA, recently, when a team of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, stormed the council premises to arrest the chairman of council, Muibi Folawiyo, over allegations of gross corruption. Sources disclosed that the anti-graft…
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, set aside the order directing the temporary forfeiture of 378, 000 US dollars and a Mercedes Benz GLS 600 Maybach to the federal government. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling, held that the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) concealed and suppressed material facts…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has uncovered massive fraud in a hospital project, revealing that full payments were made multiple times without any construction taking place. The ICPC Chairman, Dr. Musa Aliyu, disclosed this at a recent event, stating that certain government officials ensured that the project was paid for…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has arraigned Mrs Christiana Goka, a former Deputy Director in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on allegations of misappropriating public funds amounting to N6.3 million. Goka, who also served as the Head of the Department of Research Monitoring Information System at the Directorate of Technical…
A former Commissioner for Finance and Economic Planning in Abia State has given the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC), one month to apologise to him for malicious prosecution and for referring to those found guilty in a fraud case as his ” associates.“ He explained that two years after an Umuahia High Court acquitted and…
Sterling Bank Limited has been indicted as the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) seeks the temporary forfeiture of N1,373,180,510.07 Kaduna State fund allegedly hidden in the bank. The fund is believed to have been diverted from the Kaduna Light Rail Project’s budget into the account of a private company. Although the…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), on Tuesday, arraigned Bashir Sa’idu, ex-Chief of Staff for Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, for alleged forex racketeering and money laundering. It is the second charge the anti-graft agency would file against Sa’idu, who also served as Commissioner for Finance during the El-Rufai administration. Earlier,…
Waziri The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of Lukumanu Sani Waziri, an accountant at Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH), Sokoto, for diverting over N60 million public funds through unauthorized access to the Government Integrated Financial Information System (GIFMIS). Waziri was arraigned in 2021 alongside two others…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has filed a five-count charge against Jimi Lawal, a former aide to Malam Nasir El-Rufai, accusing him of corruption and money laundering. The case, with charge number FCH/KD/16c/2025, was filed by Dr. Osuobeni Ekpi Akponimishingha, the Assistant Chief Legal Officer of ICPC, on Wednesday, at…
