Tag: Icpc
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Court Bars EFCC, ICPC, CBB From Arresting Kano Anti-graft Boss
A High Court sitting in Kano State has restrained the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), and Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) from arresting Barr. Muhuyi Rimingado, the Chairman of Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC). The court, presided over by Justice Farouk Lawan,…
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Senator used constituency project to private hotel — ICPC
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Offences Commission on Monday said a senator representing Imo State diverted a constituency project to his personal hotel. The ICPC commissioner in the state, Udonsi Arua, made the claim during the celebration of the 2019 United Nations International Anti-Corruption Day in Owerri. Arua equally alleged that another federal lawmaker,…
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ICPC declares Obono-Obla wanted
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has declared Okoi Obono-Obla, former chairman of the Special Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIP) wanted. The anti-graft agency said the action was due Obono-Obla’s “repeated failure to appear before it to answer questions bordering on allegations of fraud and corruption”. Obono-Obla…
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Fayemi Defends Security Vote Spending by governors
Says “when somebody is kidnapped, people don’t bother about how he is released. Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Wednesday, defended the use of security vote by state governors even as the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai disagreed with him over the spending of security vote at the headquarters of…
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EX-NIHSA DG jailed for using state fund for sallah
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission has secured the conviction of a former Director-General of the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, Mr John Ayoade Shamonda, after being found guilty of using part of the money meant for the Federal Government project to fund sallah welfare package. A statement from the spokesperson for the…
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Court fixes October 14 for ruling on N200m bribe case between ICPC, judge
Justice Eze Njemanze of the Imo State High Court, Owerri, on Friday fixed October 14 for ruling on the application filed by a former presiding judge of Owerri Federal Court of Appeal, Justice Ladan Tsamiya, challenging the decision of the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission to arraign him for allegedly demanding N200m bribe from a politician…