EFCC to begin tracking disbursements to MDAs through new approach

EFCC to begin tracking disbursements to MDAs through new approach

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) can now access the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) to monitor government disbursements to Ministries, Departments and Agencies in the country, the anti-graft agency’s chair’ Ola Olukoyede, has said. “This access will enable the EFCC in tracking all disbursements and ensure proper utilisation,” Mr Olukoyede said … Read more

PREMIUM TIMES writes Tinubu, EFCC, CCB over Customs officers’ 12bn bribery scandal

PREMIUM TIMES writes Tinubu, EFCC, CCB over Customs officers’ 12bn bribery scandal

Nigeria’s leading investigative newspaper, PREMIUM TIMES, has written to President Bola Tinubu, asking him to order the prosecution of some officials of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) indicted for accepting bribes to the tune of N12 billion while sabotaging government policies. In the letter dated 12 March, PREMIUM TIMES told Mr Tinubu that seven top … Read more

EXCLUSIVE: Top Nigeria Customs officers enmeshed in multi-billion naira corruption scandal

EXCLUSIVE: Top Nigeria Customs officers enmeshed in multi-billion naira corruption scandal

An intense lobbying is ongoing in the highest hierarchy of the Nigerian government as powerful government officials attempt to cover up a multi-billion naira corruption scandal involving senior officials of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), PREMIUM TIMES has gathered. At least 40 NCS personnel, most of them in the services’ highest hierarchy, have been indicted … Read more