A former Minister of State for power in the country, Muhammad Wakil, is to remain in prison custody till March 31, 2021 on the order of a Federal Capital Territory High Court over his alleged involvement in the mismanagement of the N27...
The arrest of the Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo, by the officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Thursday, disrupted the sitting of lawmakers.
The PUNCH reported that Oluomo was picked up by officials of the anti-graft agency, Thursday morning, at the Muritala...
The governor-elect of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has said that the reason the state government is owing salaries and cannot pay pensioners is that a lot of Osun State’s money is taken to Lagos.
Adeleke disclosed this during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today.
The Independent National Electoral Commission...
The Chairman of the Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa said this on Tuesday at a workshop on financial crimes reporting organised by the Commission for some selected journalists in Lagos.
Bawa said the commission was stepping up its investigations of the DNFBPS through its Special Control Unit Against Money Laundering (SCUML) under...
KWARA State Land Bureau Director General, Bolaji Edun, has told the state Judicial Panel on Assets Recovery that the administrations of Bukola Saraki and AbdulFatah Ahmed sold several plots of land allocated in the 1980s for the construction of courtrooms in Ilorin.
The trial of erstwhile Senior Special Assistant, SSA, to Kwara State governor on Millenium Development Goals, MDGs, Alhaji Ope Saraki, commenced on Thursday with the prosecution calling its star witness, Kunle Adimula, according to EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren.
Saraki,...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has detained one Temitope Banjoko, a supreme court contractor, over allegations of money laundering.
TheCable understands that Banjoko, who is currently being detained at the ICPC facility, is the managing director of Asbat Construction Limited.
The construction company was said to...
The Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) says Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano, has several corruption cases to answer.
Sadiq Radda, executive secretary of the committee, said this on Thursday at the 26th Anti-Corruption Situation Room (ACSR) assessment held in Abuja.
TheCable had reported in October 2021 how Hafsat, wife of...
The World Bank has released a new report revealing a list of Nigerian companies and individuals involved in corrupt practices and fraud, Amarachi Orjiude and Sami Olatunji report
The World Bank has blacklisted 18 Nigerian individuals and firms for engaging...
…we are not aware of five percent collection fees, says Acting Chairman
The House of Representatives on Wednesday uncovered about N6 billion unspent funds in the coffers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), saying the commission may...
