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EFCC to Prioritise Corruption Prevention – Bawa

7Jun

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Corruption, News, Nigeria

EFCC to Prioritise Corruption Prevention – Bawa

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa, has said the commission will prioritise measures aimed at preventing corruption to save the huge cost of prosecuting corruption cases. He said other measures undertaken by the agency included the re-launch of the inter-faith dialogue and instilling the culture of integrity among the youth. Bawa told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday in New York, the United States of America (U.S.A), that one of the best means to fight corruption in the country was for Nigerians to have attitudinal change. The EFCC boss said the commission was exploring Nigeria’s religious strength, adding that Nigerians are unarguably the most religious people on earth. He said the EFCC had, in 2012, launched the in...

Nigerians Deserve to Know How Recovered Loot is Spent, Sultan Tells Buhari

26May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Corruption, News, Nigeria

Nigerians Deserve to Know How Recovered Loot is Spent, Sultan Tells Buhari

The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, has urged the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to publicise the details of recovered loot and how the money was expended, while asking the anti-graft agencies to be accountable to the people. He disclosed this on Tuesday when he featured on the zonal dialogue with stakeholders on the National Ethics and Integrity Policy organised by the Office of Secretary to the Government of the Federation. The event was convened in collaboration with the anti-corruption agency, the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission for the North-West in Sokoto. The Sultan charged the government to keep Nigerians abreast of how much loots it had recovered and what they were spent on. He said, “Nigerians need (an) explanation ...

EFCC Arrests Ex-Kwara Governor, Over N9 Billion Fraud

17May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Corruption, News, Nigeria

EFCC Arrests Ex-Kwara Governor, Over N9 Billion Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has taken the immediate past governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed into custody. Reports say a crack team of the commission is grilling the former governor at the EFCC headquarters located at Jabi, Abuja, a source told Channels Television. Ahmed reportedly arrived at the EFCC headquarters at about 10am on Monday in responses to the invitation issued to him by the anti-graft agency. While details of the case were still sketchy as of press time, sources revealed that his arrest was in connection with how funds to the tune of about N9 billion were allegedly diverted from the coffers of the Kwara State government. The money was alleged to have been diverted during Mr Ahmed’s tenure as governor of the state and when he served a...

Why Diezani’s Prosecution is Stalling – EFCC

13May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Corruption, News, Nigeria

Why Diezani’s Prosecution is Stalling – EFCC

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has adduced reasons why the antigraft agency was yet to bring former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison Madueke, to justice. Bawa said the former minister’s prosecution was stalled by her relocation to a foreign country and the inherent obstacles involved with bringing her home for trial. This was disclosed in the April edition of the EFCC magazine, EFCC Alert. The EFCC chief said that the commission had recovered $153m from the former minister who had been residing in Britain since leaving office in 2015. According to Bawa, the antigraft agency recovered no fewer than 80 choice property valued at $80m. Bawa said, “There are several cases surrounding Diezani’s case. I was part of that inve...

Late President Yar’Adua’s Daughter To Be Arraigned In Court Over Alleged N2billion Fraud

3Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Corruption, Judiciary, News, Nigeria

Late President Yar’Adua’s Daughter To Be Arraigned In Court Over Alleged N2billion Fraud

An Abuja Court is set to hear a suit against Hajia Zainab Dakingari, a daughter of the late President Umaru Yar’adua and wife of former Kebbi State Governor Sa’idu Dakingari, for perpetrating an alleged N2 billion land fraud which involved her firm and another firm, ITBAN Global Resources Limited. Zainab was indicted for the alleged fraudulent take over of 1.5 hectares of land in the Kado area belonging to ITBAN firm and erected buildings on the site. She was also accused to have forged ITBAN papers to perpetuate the fraud – a matter which is already taken to the FCT High Court for determination. A source familiar with the incident stated that Hajia Zainab Dakingari is found wanting when she “deliberately forged land documents belonging to ITBAN Global Resources Limited owned by H...

Buhari, APC Have Failed to Deliver Campaign Promises – Fayemi

20Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Corruption, Economy, News, Nigeria, Security

Buhari, APC Have Failed to Deliver Campaign Promises – Fayemi

Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti has submitted that his party, All Progressives Congress, APC, and President Muhammadu Buhari, have failed to fulfil all their campaign promises to Nigerians. The Governor stated that despite the fact that some of the challenges facing the country preceded Buhari’s administration, elected officeholders should assume responsibility for not delivering on campaign promises to the citizens. Fayemi in an interview with Channels Television said, "I'm not going to shy away from the expectations people had before we came to office. I was a leading player in the campaign that brought my principal (Buhari) to power. "We promised Nigerians quite a number of things, particularly centring on security, anti-corruption, and on economic growth. Have we been able to ...

NYSC Dismisses 34 Employees Over Misconduct, other Offenses

13Mar

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Corruption, News, Nigeria, Youths

NYSC Dismisses 34 Employees Over Misconduct, other Offenses

The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier-General Ibrahim Shuaib, has disclosed that over 30 senior staff members of the NYSC have been dismissed for several offenses, including misconduct and indiscipline. Their dismissal was said to have been recommended in the report of a disciplinary committee and ratified by the national governing board of the NYSC on March 8, 2021. Shuaib, who stated these in an interview with newsmen on efforts being put in place to sustain discipline in the organisation, said every employee must abide by the ethics of the NYSC. He said, “The NYSC is also part of society and in any society, we have the good, the bad and the ugly; and of course, the majority of our staff are good, committed, patriotic and disciplined. But of course within...

No Trace of Money or Arms Procured by Ex-Service Chiefs – NSA

13Mar

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Boko Haram, Corruption, News, Nigeria, Security, Terrorism

No Trace of Money or Arms Procured by Ex-Service Chiefs – NSA

National Security Adviser Major General Babagana Monguno (rtd) has disclosed that the federal government is not aware of how monies meant for the purchase of arms were spent under the immediate past Service Chiefs. He also stated that government cannot also trace the arms claimed to have been bought. Monguno, who made the disclosures in an interview with Hausa service of the BBC, explained the new Service Chiefs also said they have not seen the arms bought by their predecessors. According to Monguno, it is still unclear how much President Muhammadu Buhari has spent on arms and other equipment to fight insecurity. He said the government was working hard to address the ongoing security crisis, “which some Nigerians saw as a serious setback.” The NSA said: “No one knows what ha...

Court Rescinds Forfeiture Order on Saraki’s Ikoyi Properties

5Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Corruption, Judiciary, News, Nigeria

Court Rescinds Forfeiture Order on Saraki’s Ikoyi Properties

The Federal High Court that sat in Lagos reversed its order of interim forfeiture on the properties of Senator Olubukola Saraki, situated on 17 and 17A MacDonald Road, Okoyi, Lagos State. The judgement followed the submissions by counsel for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr Nnaemeka Omewa and counsel for Saraki, Mr Kehinde Ogunwumiju, SAN, who had adopted their respective written addresses for and against the final forfeiture order sought by the EFCC. According to Justice Abdullah Liman, the essence of an interim order of forfeiture was to preserve the property from being squandered by the suspect and the responsibility was on the EFCC to prove to the court that the properties were acquired with unlawful or illegal funds under the corruption laws. Liman held ...

My $1.9 Billion in Minnesota Bank – Femi Adesina

26Feb

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Corruption, News, Nigeria

My $1.9 Billion in Minnesota Bank – Femi Adesina

Let’s have a comic diversion today from weightier matters of our national life. Because what I want to discuss can only be comic, if not also idiotic and otiose. Yes, you read the headline right. The money I allegedly stashed at a bank in Minnesota, United States of America. Not millions of dollars. But billions. $1.9 billion. Holy Moses! This misinformation, disinformation and hate speech first came out in 2016, about one year into my stint in government. Before then, I had been enjoying my work as a journalist and newspaper manager, in what I considered a comfort zone, never sparing a thought for service in government. And then, the offer to serve President Muhammadu Buhari came. Of course, I would follow him from Cape to Cairo, from Sambisa to anywhere. So I accepted. Goodbye anon...