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
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
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
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
