ICPC tracks N610 billion constituency projects in 21 states, FCT

ICPC tracks N610 billion constituency projects in 21 states, FCT

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) has kicked off the 7th phase of the constituency and executive projects tracking exercise involving 1,500 schemes valued at N610 billion. The spokesperson of the ICPC, Demola Bakare, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. According to Mr Bakare, the exercise is an … Read more

Sexual Harassment: Nigerian govt considering mobile courts to prosecute offenders

Sexual Harassment: Nigerian govt considering mobile courts to prosecute offenders

The federal government is considering the establishment of mobile courts to attend to issues relating to sexual harassment. The Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, made this known at a one-day National Stakeholder’s Engagement on Sexual Harassment Prevention on Tuesday in Abuja. The event was organised by the ICPC in collaboration with the Gender Mobile … Read more

ICPC tracks N219.8bn across 176 MDAs in five years

ICPC tracks N219.8bn across 176 MDAs in five years

In five years, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has been able to track a total of N219,843,922,945.48 across 176 ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs). Musa Aliyu, the commission’s chairperson, made this known to journalists at a press conference held in Lagos on Monday. He said this was made possible through … Read more

ICPC arrests suspected vote buyers during Sokoto, Adamawa re-run elections

ICPC arrests suspected vote buyers during Sokoto, Adamawa re-run elections

Officials of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), on Saturday, arrested three persons suspected of vote buying in Sokoto State during the by-elections monitoring exercise. The suspects – three males aged 48, 37 and 38 – were caught at Yabo/Shagari Federal Constituency in Sokoto State with the sum of N3,105,400 within … Read more

Court jails famous actress for spraying, stepping on Naira notes

Court jails famous actress for spraying, stepping on Naira notes

A judge, Chukwujekwu Aneke, of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Thursday, convicted and sentenced Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, aka Simi Gold, an actress, to six months imprisonment for spraying and stepping on the new Naira notes at a social event in Lagos. The actress is also a social media ‘serial entrepreneur’ who deals … Read more

Nigeria’s executive, legislature, judiciary highly corrupt

Nigeria’s executive, legislature, judiciary highly corrupt

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) says there is a high level of corruption across various sectors in the three arms of government and private sector. The Provost of the Anti-Corruption Academy of Nigeria, Tunde Babawale, a professor, said this at the validation meeting of the Nigeria Corruption Index (NCI) Survey … Read more